1997–98 FC Barcelona season

99th season in existence of FC Barcelona May 2021 Barcelona 1997–98 Head Coach Louis van Gaal President Josep Lluís Núñez Camp Nou La Liga Winners Copa del Rey Winners UEFA Champions League Group stage (4th) Supercopa de España Runners-up UEFA Super Cup Winners Rivaldo (19) Rivaldo (28) _barcelona98 _barcelona98 _barcelona98 _barcelona98 _barcelona98 0000FF _barcelona98a _barcelona98a _barcelona98a _barcelona98a _barcelona98a FF5800 FF5800 FF5800 FF5800 FF5800 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 FC Barcelona season saw the club win the La Liga title and the Copa Del Rey, under the guidance of new coach Louis van Gaal. Van Gaal was hired from Ajax. Strikers Sonny Anderson and Rivaldo also joined the team. The club sold Ronaldo to Inter Milan just before the season began, with Anderson becoming their main striker. Van Gaal introduced a 4-3-3 formation to Barcelona, under which Rivaldo scored 20 goals in the league as centre forward. Barcelona won their 15th La Liga title after secured a narrow win over Real Zaragoza on 18 April 1998 with four league games to spare, their second European Super Cup title and their 24th Copa del Rey title, thus winning a domestic double. Barcelona crashed out of the UEFA Champions League, however, finishing last in their group. Squad Squad at end of seasonFootballSquads - Barcelona - 1997/98 https://www.footballsquads.co.uk/spain/1997-1998/laliga/barce.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20101224093609/http://footballsquads.co.uk/spain/1997-1998/laliga/barce.htm 2010-12-24 live 2013-07-10 1 POR GK Vítor Baía 2 ESP DF Albert Ferrer 3 ESP DF Abelardo 4 ESP MF Pep Guardiola captain 5 POR DF Fernando Couto 6 ESP MF Óscar García 7 POR MF Luís Figo 8 BUL FW Hristo Stoitchkov 9 BRA FW Sonny Anderson 10 BRA MF Giovanni 11 BRA MF Rivaldo 12 ESP DF Sergi Barjuán 13 NED GK Ruud Hesp 14 NGA MF Emmanuel Amunike 16 FRY MF Dragan Ćirić 17 NED DF Winston Bogarde 18 ESP MF Guillermo Amor 19 ESP FW Juan Antonio Pizzi 20 ESP DF Miguel Ángel Nadal 21 ESP MF Luis Enrique 22 NED DF Michael Reiziger 23 ESP MF Iván de la Peña 25 ESP GK Carles Busquets 26 ESP MF Albert Celades 27 ESP MF Roger García 28 ESP DF Carles Puyol 29 ESP MF Xavi 31 ESP MF Mario Rosas 32 ESP MF Jofre Transfers In Pos. Name from TypeFWRivaldo Deportivo U$20,0 million FWSonny Anderson Monaco GKRuud Hesp Roda JC DFMichael Reiziger AC Milan FWChristophe Dugarry AC Milan MFDragan Ćirić Partizan Out Pos. Name To TypeFWRonaldo Inter Milan U$31,0 million DFLaurent Blanc Marseille MFGheorghe Popescu Galatasaray FWÁngel Cuéllar Real Betis GKJulen Lopetegui Rayo Vallecano MFGoran Vučević FC Köln DFQuique Álvarez Logroñés Loan Winter In Pos. Name from Type DF Winston Bogarde AC Milan Out Pos. Name To TypeFWChristophe Dugarry Marseille FWHristo Stoichkov CSKA Sofia Competitions La Liga 1997–98 La Liga League table FCB Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H Result W/W/W/W/W/W/D/W/W/L/L/W/L/W/W/W/W/L/D/L/L/W/D/D/W/W/W/W/W/W/L/W/W/W/D/L/L/L Position 1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/2/2/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss #FFD700 Leader, 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Group stage #E8FFD8 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round blue2 1998–99 UEFA Cup First round #CCCCFF Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round #DDDDFF Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round red1 1998–99 Segunda División complete Competitive matches November 2021 Matches 31 August 1997 1 Barcelona 3–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-fc-barcelona-real-sociedad/ Real Sociedad Rivaldo 26 80 Giovanni 56 Barcelona Camp Nou W 8 September 1997 2 Valencia 0–3 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-valencia-cf-fc-barcelona/ Barcelona Anderson 1 Rivaldo 37 pen. de la Peña 81 Valencia Estadio Mestalla W 13 September 1997 3 Barcelona 2–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-fc-barcelona-deportivo-la-coruna/ Deportivo La Coruña Enrique 23 Anderson 87 Luizão 89 Barcelona Camp Nou W 27 September 1997 4 Sporting de Gijón 1–4 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-sporting-gijon-fc-barcelona/ Barcelona Bango 30 Enrique 2 73 Rivaldo 8 82 Gijón Estadio El Molinon W 5 October 1997 5 Barcelona 3–2 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-fc-barcelona-cd-tenerife/ Tenerife Óscar 6 31 Enrique 50 Juanele 24 Paz 28 Barcelona Camp Nou W 14 October 1997 6 Mallorca 0–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-rcd-mallorca-fc-barcelona/ Barcelona Enrique 5 Palma de Mallorca Lluís Sitjar Stadium W18 October 1997 7 Compostela 2–2 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-sd-compostela-fc-barcelona/ Barcelona Penev 36 Nacho 56 Óscar 59 Rivaldo 73 Santiago de Compostela San Lázaro D26 October 1997 8 Barcelona 2–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-fc-barcelona-racing-santander/ Racing de Santander Óscar 51 Enrique 68 Barcelona Camp Nou W1 November 1997 9 Real Madrid 2–3 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-real-madrid-fc-barcelona/ Barcelona Raúl 48 Šuker 61 Rivaldo 5 Enrique 50 Anderson 79 Madrid Estadio Santiago Bernabéu W 9 November 1997 10 Barcelona 1–2 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-fc-barcelona-real-valladolid/ Real Valladolid Pizzi 89 Eusebio 10 Peternac 50 Barcelona Camp Nou L 13 November 1997 11 Athletic de Bilbao 3–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-athletic-bilbao-fc-barcelona/ Barcelona Ziganda 40 Alkiza 50 Urzaiz 72 Bilbao San Mamés L 16 November 1997 12 Barcelona 3–2 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-fc-barcelona-celta-vigo/ Celta de Vigo Eggen 10 o.g. Rivaldo 60 Pizzi 66 Cadete 37 Sánchez 84 Barcelona Camp Nou W 22 November 1997 13 Real Oviedo 1–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-real-oviedo-fc-barcelona/ Barcelona Pompei 67 pen. Oviedo Estadio Carlos Tartiere L 1 December 1997 14 Barcelona 3–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-fc-barcelona-cd-merida/ Mérida Anderson 34 Enrique 70 Rivaldo 73 pen. Sinval 81 pen. Barcelona Camp Nou W 6 December 1997 15 Real Zaragoza 1–2 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-real-zaragoza-fc-barcelona/ Barcelona Aragón 54 Barjuán 17 Rivaldo 30 Zaragoza Estadio La Romareda W 13 December 1997 16 Barcelona 3–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-fc-barcelona-espanyol-barcelona/ Espanyol Enrique 24 Giovanni 51 Barjuán 72 Esnáider 58 pen. Barcelona Camp Nou W 20 December 1997 18 Barcelona 3–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-fc-barcelona-atletico-madrid/ Atlético de Madrid Enrique 48 70 Giovanni 65 pen. Roberto 21 Barcelona Camp Nou W 5 January 1998 19 Salamanca 4–3 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-ud-salamanca-fc-barcelona/ Barcelona Zegarra 43 Brito 80 pen. 83 Silvani 87 Anderson 12 Enrique 50 Giovanni 68 pen. Villares de la Reina Helmántico Stadium L 11 January 1998 20 Real Sociedad 2–2 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-real-sociedad-fc-barcelona/ Barcelona Loren 82 de Paula 89 Enrique 30 Anderson 70 San Sebastián Estadio Anoeta D 19 January 1998 21 Barcelona 3–4 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-fc-barcelona-valencia-cf/ Valencia Enrique 32 Rivaldo 49 Cáceres 54 o.g. Morigi 69 López 75 87 Ortega 88 Barcelona Camp Nou L25 January 1998 22 Deportivo La Coruña 3–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-deportivo-la-coruna-fc-barcelona/ Barcelona Fran 3 Abreu 75 Djalminha 84 Pizzi 85 La Coruña Estadio Riazor L 1 February 1998 23 Barcelona 2–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-fc-barcelona-sporting-gijon/ Sporting de Gijón Rivaldo 18 37 Cheryshev 35 Barcelona Camp Nou W 8 February 1998 24 Tenerife 1–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-cd-tenerife-fc-barcelona/ Barcelona Jokanović 46 Rivaldo 44 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Estadio Heliodoro Rodriguez D 15 February 1998 25 Barcelona 0–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-fc-barcelona-rcd-mallorca/ Mallorca Barcelona Camp Nou D 22 February 1998 26 Barcelona 2–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-fc-barcelona-sd-compostela/ Compostela Figo 14 Enrique 29 Barcelona Camp Nou W 2 March 1998 27 Racing de Santander 2–4 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-racing-santander-fc-barcelona/ Barcelona Correa 10 pen. Alberto 80 Rivaldo 69 72 Anderson 82 89 Santander Estadio El Sardinero W 7 March 1998 28 Barcelona 3–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-fc-barcelona-real-madrid/ Real Madrid Anderson 69 Figo 80 Giovanni 85 Barcelona Camp Nou W 15 March 1998 29 Real Valladolid 1–2 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-real-valladolid-fc-barcelona/ Barcelona Chema 12 Rivaldo 56 Figo 89 Valladolid Estadio Jose Zorrilla W 22 March 1998 30 Barcelona 4–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-fc-barcelona-athletic-bilbao/ Athletic de Bilbao Giovanni 3 Anderson 13 47 Óscar 79 Barcelona Camp Nou W 29 March 1998 31 Celta de Vigo 3–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-celta-vigo-fc-barcelona/ Barcelona Revivo 21 Mostovoy 32 Mazinho 70 Enrique 27 Vigo Estadio Balaídos L 4 April 1998 32 Barcelona 2–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-fc-barcelona-real-oviedo/ Real Oviedo Enrique 31 Bogarde 41 Bogarde 69 o.g. Barcelona Camp Nou W 7 April 1998 17 Real Betis 0–2 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-real-betis-fc-barcelona/ Barcelona Giovanni 52 Rivaldo 59 Sevilla Estadio Benito Villamarin W 11 April 1998 33 Mérida 1–2 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-cd-merida-fc-barcelona/ Barcelona Biagini 80 Figo 66 Enrique 71 Mérida Estadio Romano W 18 April 1998 34 Barcelona 1–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-fc-barcelona-real-zaragoza/ Real Zaragoza Giovanni 77 Barcelona Camp Nou W 25 April 1998 35 Espanyol 1–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-espanyol-barcelona-fc-barcelona/ Barcelona Sergio 56 Figo 37 Barcelona Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys D 3 May 1998 36 Barcelona 1–3 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-fc-barcelona-real-betis/ Real Betis Bogarde 24 Alfonso 44 George 58 89 Barcelona Camp Nou L 10 May 1998 37 Atlético de Madrid 5–2 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-atletico-madrid-fc-barcelona/ Barcelona Paunović 19 Couto 25 o.g. Vieri 60 82 Caminero 70 Rivaldo 12 de la Peña 81 Madrid Estadio Vicente Calderón L 15 May 1998 38 Barcelona 1–4 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-1997-1998-fc-barcelona-ud-salamanca/ Salamanca Jofre 89 Silvani 18 Pauleta 52 55 Brito 72 Barcelona Camp Nou L Copa del Rey 1997–98 Copa del Rey Eight-finals 1998 01 15 y 20:30 Barcelona 2–1 Valencia Enrique 4 Rivaldo 66 Gómez 37 pen. Barcelona Camp Nou 55,000 Manuel Mejuto González W 1998 01 22 y 20:30 Valencia 1–3 Barcelona Angloma 68 Rivaldo 26 pen. 79 Giovanni 90 Valencia Mestalla Stadium 48,000 Antonio López Nieto W Quarter-finals 1998 02 5 y 21:00 Barcelona 2–0 Mérida Enrique 16 Figo 79 Barcelona Camp Nou 25,000 Víctor Esquinas Torres W 1998 02 11 y 21:00 Mérida 0–3 Barcelona Barjuán 2 Rivaldo 52 pen. Ćirić 80 Mérida Estadio Romano 15,000 José López De La Fuente W Semi-finals 1998 02 18 y 20:30 Barcelona 5–2 Real Zaragoza Rivaldo 3 6 47 Giovanni 11 Enrique 20 Garitano 1 40 Barcelona Camp Nou 45,000 Antonio López Nieto W 1998 02 26 y 21:00 Real Zaragoza 0–0 Barcelona Zaragoza La Romareda 34,000 Manuel Díaz Vega D Final 1998 Copa del Rey Final 29 April 1998 21:00 CET Barcelona 1–1 (a.e.t.) Mallorca Valencia Stadium: Mestalla 54,000 Daudén Ibáñez Aragon Rivaldo 66 Stanković 6 Rivaldo Giovanni Celades Pizzi Roger Figo Óscar Reiziger 5–4 Iván Rocha Soler Campo Olaizola Roa Stanković Amato Eskurza D UEFA Champions League 1997–98 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round Skonto v Barcelona 13 August 1997 21:30 Barcelona ESP 3–2 Report LAT Skonto Giovanni 27 70Stoichkov 90 pen. Babicevs 26Abelardo 46 o.g. Camp Nou, Barcelona 50,000 Fernand Meese (Belgium) W Barcelona v Skonto 27 August 1997 20:00 Skonto LAT 0–1 Report ESP Barcelona Anderson 50 Daugava Stadium, Riga 12,000 Terje Hauge (Norway) W Group stage 1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group C Group C BAR Newcastle United v Barcelona 17 September 1997 20:45 Newcastle United ENG 3–2 Report ESP Barcelona Asprilla 22 pen. 31 49 Luis Enrique 73Figo 89 St James' Park, Newcastle 35,274 Pierluigi Collina (Italy) L Barcelona v PSV Eindhoven 1 October 1997 20:45 Barcelona ESP 2–2 Report NED PSV Eindhoven Luis Enrique 61 74 Cocu 70Møller 86 Camp Nou, Barcelona 82,000 Hellmut Krug (Germany) D Dynamo Kyiv v Barcelona 22 October 1997 20:45 Dynamo Kyiv UKR 3–0 Report ESP Barcelona Rebrov 6Maximov 32Kalitvintsev 65 Olympic Stadium, Kyiv 100,000 Markus Merk (Germany) L Barcelona v Dynamo Kyiv 5 November 1997 20:45 Barcelona ESP 0–4 Report UKR Dynamo Kyiv Shevchenko 9 32 44 pen.Rebrov 79 Camp Nou, Barcelona 52,200 Hugh Dallas (Scotland) L Barcelona v Newcastle United 26 November 1997 20:45 Barcelona ESP 1–0 Report ENG Newcastle United Giovanni 17 Camp Nou, Barcelona 26,000 Marc Batta (France) W PSV Eindhoven v Barcelona 10 December 1997 20:45 PSV Eindhoven NED 2–2 Report ESP Barcelona Abelardo 54 o.g.De Bilde 56 Abelardo 32Giovanni 66 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven 29,400 Anders Frisk (Sweden) D Supercopa de España 1997 Supercopa de España 1997 08 20 y 21:30 Barcelona 2–1 Real Madrid Nadal 11Giovanni 85 pen. Raúl 5 Barcelona Camp Nou 120,000 Gracia Redondo W 22:00 1997 08 23 y Real Madrid 4–1 https://www.bdfutbol.com/es/p/p.php?id=490101 Barcelona Raúl 42 54 Mijatović 58 Seedorf 65 Giovanni 80 Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 70,000 Dauden Ibáñez L UEFA Super Cup 1997 UEFA Super Cup 1998 01 8 y 21:00 Barcelona 2–0 Borussia Dortmund Enrique 8Rivaldo 61 pen. Barcelona Camp Nou 50,000 David Elleray W 20:00 1998 03 11 y Borussia Dortmund 1–1 https://www.bdfutbol.com/es/p/p.php?id=490101 Barcelona Heinrich 64 Giovanni 8 Dortmund Westfalenstadion 32,500 Piero Ceccarini D Friendlies GAMES August 2026 InternetArchiveBot 24-3-1998 COPA CATALUNYA LLEIDA-BARCELONA 1–2 5-5-1998 COPA CATALUNYA BARCELONA-EUROPA 1–1 /3–4/ PENALTY 25-7-1997 FRIENDLY ELFSBORG-BARCELONA 0–3 3-8-1997 FRIENDLY AZ-BARCELONA 1–2 6-8-1997 FRIENDLY TWENTE-BARCELONA 0–1 9-8-1997 FRIENDLY MALLORCA-BARCELONA 1-1 16-8-1997 Joan Gamper Trophy BARCELONA-SAMPDORIA 2–2 /6–5/ PENALTY 27-1-1998 FRIENDLY BARCELONA-PARTIZAN 1–0 12-5-1998 FRIENDLY BARCELONA-SOUTHAMPTON 4–0 Statistics Players statistics La Liga Copa del Rey UEFA Champions League 13 NED GK Hesp 36 -47 7 -5 7 -11 22 NED DF Reiziger 25+4 0 4 0 8 0 2 ESP DF Ferrer 21+3 0 4 0 4+2 0 17 NED DF Bogarde 19 2 3 0 0 0 12 ESP DF Sergi 31 2 6 1 6 0 7 POR MF Figo 35 5 6 1 7 1 10 BRA MF Giovanni 21+6 9 4+1 2 5 4 26 ESP MF Celades 34+2 0 7 0 5 0 21 ESP MF Luis Enrique 34 18 6 3 4 3 9 BRA FW Anderson 20+3 10 4+1 0 5 1 11 BRA FW Rivaldo 34 19 7 8 6 0 1 POR GK Baia 2 -8 0 0 1 -4 20 ESP DF Nadal 18+3 0 4+1 0 3+2 0 5 POR DF Couto 13+5 0 1+1 0 4+1 0 23 ESP MF Iván de la Peña 13+4 2 2 0 2 0 3 ESP DF Abelardo 13+2 0 3 0 3 1 6 ESP MF Óscar 11+5 5 3+1 0 2 0 18 ESP MF Amor 10+12 0 2+2 0 1+3 0 27 ESP MF Roger 7+11 0 2+3 0 2 0 16 FR Yugoslavia MF Ciric 6+15 0 1+2 1 5+3 0 4 ESP MF Guardiola 5+1 0 1 0 4+1 0 19 ESP FW Pizzi 4+11 3 0+4 0 0+4 0 15 FRA FW Dugarry 4+3 0 0 0 1+3 0 8 BUL FW Stoichkov 1+1 0 0+1 0 0+2 1 25 ESP GK Busquets 1 -1 0 0 1 -1 14 NGA MF Amunike 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 ESP DF Puyol 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 ESP MF Xavi 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 ESP MF Rosas 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 ESP MF Jofre 0+1 1 0 0 0 0 April 2021 See also FC Barcelona 1997–98 UEFA Champions League 1997–98 La Liga 1997–98 Copa del Rey Spanish Super Cup References External links http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20100823140730/http%3A//www.fcbarcelona.cat/web/english/ FC Barcelona official website 2010-08-23 FCBarcelonaweb.co.uk English Speaking Barcelona Supporters ESPNsoccernet: Barcelona Team Page https://web.archive.org/web/20120507152913/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team?id=83&cc=5901 2012-05-07 Barcelona (Spain) profile uefa.com - UEFA Champions League Web Oficial de la Liga de Fútbol Profesional https://web.archive.org/web/20111225041824/http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/index.html FIFA.com 2011-12-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20091223210501/http://www.fcf.cat/pub/home.asp Federació Catalana de Futbol 2009-12-23 Category:FC Barcelona seasons Barcelona Category:Spanish football championship–winning seasons Category:1997 in Catalan sport Category:1998 in Catalan sport