1997–98 Chelsea F.C. season

English football club season February 2015 February 2015 February 2010 Chelsea F.C. 1997–98 Ruud Gullit (until 12 February)Gianluca Vialli (from 12 February) Ken Bates FA Premier League 4th FA Cup Third round League Cup Winners FA Charity Shield Runners-up UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Winners Gianluca VialliTore André Flo(11 each) Gianluca Vialli(19 goals) 34,845 (vs. Bolton Wanderers, 10 May) 29,075 (vs. Blackpool, 19 Apr) 32,901 _chelsea1997h _chelsea1997h _chelsea1997h _chelsea9899h 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF _chelsea1996a _chelsea1996a _chelsea1996a FFDD00 FFDD00 FFDD00 FFDD00 FFDD00 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 season was Chelsea F.C.'s 84th competitive season, their 9th consecutive season in the English top flight and 92nd year as a club. Season summary With conceding goals being a major issue last season, Chelsea signed Dutch international goalkeeper Ed de Goey, who proved to be a relative success. Chelsea's only other major signings were young Norwegian striker Tore Andre Flo and Uruguayan international midfielder Gustavo Poyet from Real Zaragoza, who added more goals from an otherwise very defensive midfield. Chelsea were well on course for a top-five finish and success in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the League Cup when manager Ruud Gullit was sacked on 12 February following a dispute with chairman Ken Bates. His job went to 33-year-old striker Gianluca Vialli, who took on the role of player-manager and achieved instant success - within three months of his appointment, Vialli had guided the Blues to glory on the continent and at Wembley. This success gave Chelsea fans hope that the following season could spell the end of their title wait which began in 1955. Final league table 1997–98 FA Premier League CHE Results summary 13 2 4 37 14 7 1 11 34 29 1997-98 FA Premier League table August 2015 Results by round table b Round Ground A/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/H/A/A/A/H/H/H/H/A/H Result L/W/W/W/W/L/D/W/L/W/L/W/W/L/W/W/W/D/W/D/L/W/L/W/L/L/L/L/W/L/W/L/W/W/W/L/L/W Position 14/11/6/4/3/5/5/4/5/4/4/4/4/4/3/2/2/3/3/3/3/2/3/2/2/4/5/5/4/4/4/5/4/4/3/3/4/4 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 11v11.com: 1997-98 Chelsea results August 2015 Results FA Premier League 1 9 August 1997 Coventry City 3–2 Chelsea Dublin 41 42 88 Sinclair 39Flo 71 Coventry, West Midlands Highfield Road L 2 24 August 1997 Barnsley 0–6 Chelsea Petrescu 25Poyet 38Vialli 44 57 65 82 Barnsley, South Yorkshire Oakwell W 3 27 August 1997 Wimbledon 0–2 Chelsea Di Matteo 60Petrescu 64 Croydon, London Selhurst Park W 4 30 August 1997 Chelsea 4–2 Southampton Petrescu 7Leboeuf 28Hughes 31Wise 34 Davies 25Monkou 59 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge W 5 13 September 1997 Crystal Palace 0–3 Chelsea Hughes 20Leboeuf 26 pen.Le Saux 90 Croydon, London Selhurst Park W 6 21 September 1997 Chelsea 2–3 Arsenal Poyet 40Zola 60 Bergkamp 45 59Winterburn 89 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge L 7 24 September 1997 Manchester United 2–2 Chelsea Scholes 36Solskjær 86 Berg 25 o.g.Hughes 68 Trafford, Greater Manchester Old Trafford D 8 27 September 1997 Chelsea 1–0 Newcastle United Poyet 75 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge W 9 5 October 1997 Liverpool 4–2 Chelsea Berger 20 35 57Fowler 64 Zola 22Poyet 85 pen. Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield L 10 18 October 1997 Chelsea 1–0 Leicester City Leboeuf 88 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge W 11 26 October 1997 Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Chelsea Holdsworth 72 Bolton, Greater Manchester Reebok Stadium L 12 1 November 1997 Aston Villa 0–2 Chelsea Hughes 38Flo 82 Birmingham, West Midlands Villa Park W 13 9 November 1997 Chelsea 2–1 West Ham United Ferdinand 57 o.g.Zola 83 Hartson 85 pen. Fulham, London Stamford Bridge W 14 22 November 1997 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Chelsea Croft 11 Blackburn, Lancashire Ewood Park L 15 26 November 1997 Chelsea 2–0 Everton Wise 80 pen.Zola 90 pen. Fulham, London Stamford Bridge W 16 29 November 1997 Chelsea 4–0 Derby County Zola 12 66 77Hughes 35 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge W 17 6 December 1997 Tottenham Hotspur 1–6 Chelsea Vega 43 Flo 40 63 90Di Matteo 48Petrescu 59Nicholls 78 Haringey, London White Hart Lane W 18 13 December 1997 Chelsea 0–0 Leeds United Fulham, London Stamford Bridge D 19 20 December 1997 Sheffield Wednesday 1–4 Chelsea Pembridge 71 Petrescu 30Vialli 56Leboeuf 65 pen.Flo 84 Sheffield, South Yorkshire Hillsborough W 20 26 December 1997 Chelsea 1–1 Wimbledon Vialli 8 Mi. Hughes 28 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge D 21 29 December 1997 Southampton 1–0 Chelsea Davies 16 Southampton, Hampshire The Dell L 22 10 January 1998 Chelsea 3–1 Coventry City Nicholls 65 70Di Matteo 78 Telfer 30 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge W 23 18 January 1998 Everton 3–1 Report Chelsea Speed 39Ferguson 62Duberry 83 o.g. Flo 37 Liverpool, Merseyside Goodison Park L 24 31 January 1998 Chelsea 2–0 Report Barnsley Vialli 23Hughes 47 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge W 25 8 February 1998 Arsenal 2–0 Chelsea S. Hughes 4 42 Islington, London Highbury L 26 21 February 1998 Leicester City 2–0 Chelsea Heskey 3 89 Leicester, Leicestershire Filbert Street L 27 28 February 1998 Chelsea 0–1 Manchester United P . Neville 31 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge L 28 8 March 1998 Chelsea 0–1 Aston Villa Joachim 51 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge L 29 11 March 1998 Chelsea 6–2 Crystal Palace Vialli 15 44Zola 17Wise 84Flo 89 90 Hreiðarsson 7Bent 87 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge W 30 14 March 1998 West Ham United 2–1 Chelsea T. Sinclair 69Unsworth 74 Charvet 54 Newham, London Boleyn Ground L 31 5 April 1998 Derby County 0–1 Chelsea Hughes 37 Derby, Derbyshire Pride Park Stadium W 32 8 April 1998 Leeds United 3–1 Chelsea Hasselbaink 7 47Wetherall 22 Charvet 11 Leeds, West Yorkshire Elland Road L 33 11 April 1998 Chelsea 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur Flo 75Vialli 88 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge W 34 19 April 1998 Chelsea 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday Leboeuf 23 pen. Fulham, London Stamford Bridge W 35 25 April 1998 Chelsea 4–1 Liverpool Hughes 11 78Clarke 67Flo 72 Riedle 45 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge W 36 29 April 1998 Chelsea 0–1 Blackburn Rovers Gallacher 48 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge L 37 2 May 1998 Newcastle United 3–1 Chelsea Dabizas 39Lee 42Speed 59 Di Matteo 77 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyneside St. James' Park L 38 10 May 1998 Chelsea 2–0 Bolton Wanderers Vialli 73Morris 90 Fulham, London Stamford Bridge W FA Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 4 January 1998 3 Manchester UnitedH3–534,792Le Saux, Vialli (2) League Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 15 October 1997 3 Blackburn RoversH1–118,671 Di MatteoAfter extra time, Chelsea won on 4–1 on penalties 19 November 1997 4 SouthamptonH2–120,968Morris, Flo 7 January 1998 QF Ipswich TownA2–222,088Le Saux, FloAfter extra time, Chelsea won on 4–1 on penalties 28 January 1998 SF ArsenalA1–238,144Hughes 18 February 1998 SF ArsenalH3–134,330Petrescu, Di Matteo, Hughes 29 March 1998 F MiddlesbroughN2–077,698Sinclair, Di Matteo UEFA Cup Winners' Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 8 September 1997 1 SVK Slovan BratislavaH2–023,067Danny Granville, Di Matteo 2 October 1997 1 SVK Slovan BratislavaA2–013,850Di Matteo, Vialli 23 October 1997 2 NOR TromsøA2–36,438Vialli (2) 6 November 1997 2 NOR TromsøH7–129,363Leboeuf, Petrescu (2), Vialli (3), Zola 5 March 1998 QF ESP Real BetisA2–131,000Flo (2) 19 March 1998 QF ESP Real BetisH3–132,300Sinclair, Di Matteo, Zola 2 April 1998 SF ITA VicenzaA0–119,319 16 April 1998 SF ITA VicenzaH3–133,810Poyet, Zola, Hughes 13 May 1998 F GER VfB StuttgartN1–030,216Zola First team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1996-1997/faprem/chelsea.htm FootballSquads - Chelsea - 1996/97 www.footballsquads.co.uk 1 NED GK Ed de Goey 2 ROU DF Dan Petrescu 3 NGA DF Celestine Babayaro 5 FRA DF Frank Leboeuf 6 SCO DF Steve Clarke 7 FRA DF Bernard Lambourde 8 URU MF Gus Poyet 9 ITA FW Gianluca Vialli 10 WAL FW Mark Hughes 11 ENG MF Dennis Wise captain 12 ENG DF Michael Duberry 13 ENG GK Kevin Hitchcock 14 ENG DF Graeme Le Saux 15 ENG DF David Lee 16 ITA MF Roberto Di Matteo 17 ENG DF Danny Granville 18 ENG DF Andy Myers 19 NOR FW Tore André Flo 20 JAM DF Frank SinclairSinclair was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally. 21 ENG MF Paul Hughes 22 ENG FW Mark Nicholls 23 RUS GK Dmitri Kharine 24 ENG MF Eddie Newton 25 ITA FW Gianfranco Zola 26 FRA DF Laurent Charvet on loan from Cannes 28 ENG MF Jody Morris 29 ENG DF Neil Clement 31 IRL GK Nick Colgan 32 SCO MF Steven Hampshire 33 ENG FW Joe Sheerin 34 ENG MF Nick Crittenden 35 ENG DF Jon Harley Left club during season 30 NOR GK Frode Grodås to Tottenham Hotspur 4 NED MF Ruud Gullit retired ENG MF David Rocastle on loan to Hull City Reserve squad ENG DF Stephen Broad ENG DF John Terry RSA FW Mark Stein Statistics FA Premier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1 Ed de Goey GK NED 28 0 1 0 4 0 9 0 2 Dan Petrescu DF ROU 31 5 1 0 3 1 7 2 3 Celestine Babayaro DF NGA 8 0 0 0 1+1 0 3 0 4 Ruud Gullit MF NED 0+6 0 0 0 3+1 0 0 0 5 Frank Leboeuf DF FRA 32 5 1 0 4 0 9 1 6 Steve Clarke DF SCO 22+4 1 1 0 4+2 0 7 0 7 Bernard Lambourde DF FRA 5+2 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 8 Gus Poyet MF URU 11+3 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 9 Gianluca Vialli FW ITA 14+7 11 0+1 2 2+1 0 8 6 10 Mark Hughes FW WAL 25+4 9 1 0 3+3 2 3 1 11 Dennis Wise MF ENG 26 3 0 0 4 0 9 0 12 Michael Duberry DF ENG 23 0 1 0 3 0 6 0 13 Kevin Hitchcock GK ENG 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 Graeme Le Saux DF ENG 26 1 1 1 4 1 3 0 15 David Lee DF ENG 1 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 16 Roberto Di Matteo MF ITA 28+2 4 1 0 4 3 8 3 17 Danny Granville DF ENG 9+4 0 0 0 3 0 4 1 18 Andy Myers DF ENG 11+1 0 0+1 0 1 0 3 0 19 Tore André Flo FW NOR 16+18 11 1 0 3+1 2 5 2 20 Frank Sinclair DF JAM 20+2 1 0 0 4+1 1 5 0 21 Paul Hughes MF ENG 5+4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 22 Mark Nicholls FW ENG 8+11 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 23 Dmitri Kharine GK RUS 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Eddie Newton MF ENG 17+1 0 0 0 3+1 0 7 0 25 Gianfranco Zola FW ITA 23+4 8 1 0 4 0 8 4 26 Laurent Charvet DF FRA 7+4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 28 Jody Morris MF ENG 9+2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 32 Steven Hampshire FW SCO 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 34 Nick Crittenden MF ENG 0+2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 35 Jon Harley DF ENG 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |} Statistics taken from https://web.archive.org/web/20090520151010/http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=536 20 May 2009 . Squad details and shirt numbers from and . Transfers In Laurent Charvet - Cannes, loan Ed de Goey - Feyenoord, £2,250,000, June 1997 Gus Poyet - Real Zaragoza, free, June 1997 Tore André Flo - Brann, £300,000, 1997 Celestine Babayaro - Anderlecht, £2,250,000, 1997 Bernard Lambourde - Bordeaux, 1997 Graeme Le Saux - Blackburn Rovers, £5,000,000, August 1997 Out David Rocastle - Sabah, released, May 1998 Notes note References 1997-98 Chelsea 1997-98