# 1997–98 Serie A

The 1997–98 Serie A saw Juventus win their 25th national title, with Internazionale placing second; both teams qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League. Udinese, Roma, Fiorentina, Parma qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup. Lazio qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners Cup courtesy of winning the Coppa Italia. Bologna and Sampdoria qualified for the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup. Brescia, Atalanta, Lecce and Napoli were relegated to Serie B.

## Personnel and Sponsoring

| Team | Head Coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Atalanta | Emiliano Mondonico | Asics | Somet |
| Bari | Eugenio Fascetti | Lotto | Gio.Bi. Trasporti |
| Bologna | Renzo Ulivieri | Diadora | Granarolo |
| Brescia | Edigio Salvi & Adriano Bacconi | Erreà | Ristora |
| Empoli | Luciano Spalletti | Erreà | Sammontana |
| Fiorentina | Alberto Malesani | Fila | Nintendo |
| Internazionale | Luigi Simoni | Umbro | Pirelli |
| Juventus | Marcello Lippi | Kappa | Sony MiniDisc |
| Lazio | Sven-Göran Eriksson | Umbro | Cirio |
| Lecce | Nedo Sonetti | Asics | Banca del Salento |
| Milan | Fabio Capello | Lotto | Opel |
| Napoli | Vincenzo Montefusco | Nike | Polenghi |
| Parma | Carlo Ancelotti | Puma | Parmalat |
| Piacenza | Vincenzo Guerini | Lotto | None |
| Roma | Zdeněk Zeman | Diadora | INA Assitalia |
| Sampdoria | Vujadin Boškov | Asics | Daewoo |
| Udinese | Alberto Zaccheroni | Hummel | Atreyu |
| Vicenza | Francesco Guidolin | Lotto | Pal Zileri |

## Teams and stadiums

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Atalanta | Bergamo | Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia | 26,542 |
| Bari* | Bari | Stadio San Nicola | 58,270 |
| Bologna | Bologna | Stadio Renato Dall'Ara | 38,279 |
| Brescia* | Brescia | Stadio Mario Rigamonti | 16,308 |
| Empoli* | Empoli | Stadio Carlo Castellani | 19,795 |
| Fiorentina | Florence | Stadio Artemio Franchi | 47,282 |
| Internazionale | Milan | San Siro | 80,074 |
| Juventus | Turin | Stadio delle Alpi | 69,295 |
| Lazio | Rome | Stadio Olimpico | 72,698 |
| Lecce* | Lecce | Stadio Via del Mare | 33,876 |
| Milan | Milan | San Siro | 80,018 |
| Napoli | Naples | Stadio San Paolo | 60,240 |
| Parma | Parma | Stadio Ennio Tardini | 27,906 |
| Piacenza | Piacenza | Stadio Leonardo Garilli | 27,906 |
| Roma | Rome | Stadio Olimpico | 72,698 |
| Sampdoria | Genoa | Stadio Luigi Ferraris | 36,685 |
| Udinese | Udine | Stadio Friuli$^2$ | 30,642 |
| Vicenza | Vicenza | Stadio Romeo Menti | 17,163 |
(*) Promoted from Serie B.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventus (C) | 34 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 67 | 28 | +39 | 74 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Internazionale | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 62 | 27 | +35 | 69 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Udinese | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 62 | 40 | +22 | 64 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Roma | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 67 | 42 | +25 | 59 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Fiorentina | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 65 | 36 | +29 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 6 | Parma | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 7 | Lazio | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 56 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |
| 8 | Bologna | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 48 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 9 | Sampdoria | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 48 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 10 | Milan | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 44 | |
| 11 | Bari | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 38 | |
| 12 | Piacenza | 34 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 37 | |
| 13 | Empoli | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 37 | |
| 14 | Vicenza | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 61 | −25 | 36 | |
| 15 | Brescia (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 45 | 63 | −18 | 35 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 16 | Atalanta (R) | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 48 | −23 | 32 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 17 | Lecce (R) | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 72 | −40 | 26 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 18 | Napoli (R) | 34 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 76 | −51 | 14 | Relegation to Serie B |
* ↑ Fiorentina finished ahead of Parma on head-to-head points: FIO 1–1 PAR; PAR 1–2 FIO.
* ↑ Bologna finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: BOL 2–2 SAM; SAM 2–3 BOL.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATA | BAR | BOL | BRE | EMP | FIO | INT | JUV | LAZ | LCE | MIL | NAP | PAR | PIA | ROM | SAM | UDI | VIC |
| Atalanta | | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Bari | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Bologna | 0–0 | 4–3 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Brescia | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 4–0 |
| Empoli | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Fiorentina | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Internazionale | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Juventus | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Lazio | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 |
| Lecce | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Milan | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Napoli | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Parma | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Piacenza | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Roma | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Sampdoria | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 6–3 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Udinese | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | | 3–0 |
| Vicenza | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Oliver Bierhoff | Udinese | 27 |
| 2 | Ronaldo | Internazionale | 25 |
| 3 | Roberto Baggio | Bologna | 22 |
| 4 | Gabriel Batistuta | Fiorentina | 21 |
| 4 | Alessandro Del Piero | Juventus | 21 |
| 6 | Vincenzo Montella | Sampdoria | 20 |
| 7 | Filippo Inzaghi | Juventus | 18 |
| 8 | Dario Hübner | Brescia | 16 |
| 9 | Luís Oliveira | Fiorentina | 15 |
| 10 | Abel Balbo | Roma | 14 |
| 10 | Carmine Esposito | Empoli | 14 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
| Gabriel Batistuta | Fiorentina | Udinese | 3-2 | 31 August 1997 |
| Dario Hübner | Brescia | Sampdoria | 3-3 | 13 September 1997 |
| Abel Balbo | Roma | Napoli | 6-2 | 5 October 1997 |
| Roberto Baggio | Bologna | Napoli | 5-1 | 2 November 1997 |
| Alessandro Del Piero | Juventus | Empoli | 5-2 | 21 December 1997 |
| Vincenzo Montella | Sampdoria | Napoli | 6-3 | 21 December 1997 |
| Ronaldo | Internazionale | Lecce | 5-0 | 15 February 1998 |
| Kennet Andersson | Bologna | Sampdoria | 3-2 | 29 March 1998 |
| George Weah | Milan | Atalanta | 3-0 | 11 April 1998 |
| Filippo Inzaghi | Juventus | Bologna | 3-2 | 10 May 1998 |

## References and sources

* Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005