# 1997–98 Parma AC season

During the 1997–98 season, the club's eighth in Serie A, Parma Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A, the Coppa Italia, and the UEFA Champions League.

## Season review

The team had another good season, finishing 6th in the league and thus qualifying for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup, as well as reaching the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia. The team's solitary disappointment was a group stage exit in their first-ever appearance in the UEFA Champions League.

## Players
### Squad information

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Gianluigi Buffon |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Zé Maria |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Antonio Benarrivo |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Stefano Fiore |
| 7 | DF | ARG | Roberto Sensini |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Dino Baggio |
| 9 | MF | ITA | Massimo Crippa |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Pietro Strada |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Hernán Crespo |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Matteo Guardalben |
| 13 | MF | CRO | Mario Stanić |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Roberto Mussi |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Reynald Pedros |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Luigi Apolloni |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Fabio Cannavaro |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Federico Giunti |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Pierluigi Orlandini |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Enrico Chiesa |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Lilian Thuram |
| 23 | GK | ITA | Alessandro Nista |
| 25 | FW | BRA | Adaílton |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Simone Barone |
| 28 | MF | SWE | Jesper Blomqvist |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Edric Tiozzo |
| 30 | DF | ITA | Nicola Mora |
| 31 | FW | COL | Faustino Asprilla |
| 32 | DF | ITA | Antonio Calabro |
| 33 | MF | ITA | Matteo Apolloni |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| MF | Stefano Fiore | Padova Calcio | |
| GK | Matteo Guardalben | Hellas Verona | - |
| MF | Federico Giunti | Perugia Calcio | |
| MF | Pierluigi Orlandini | Internazionale | |
| MF | Adaílton | Juventude | - |
| MF | Jesper Blomqvist | A.C. Milan | U$9,0 million |
| FW | Faustino Asprilla | Newcastle United | loan ended |
| DF | Mauro Milanese | SSC Napoli | |
| FW | Filippo Maniero | Hellas Verona | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Alessandro Melli | Perugia Calcio | |
| MF | Daniel Bravo | Olympique Lyonnais | |
| MF | Reynald Pedros | SSC Napoli | |
| MF | Amaral | Benfica | loan |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Daniel Bravo (to Lyon) |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Mauro Milanese (to Internazionale) |
| 22 | FW | ITA | Filippo Maniero (to Milan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Melli (to Perugia) |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Ivan Franceschini (to Salernitana) |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
* ↑ 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 summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 May 1998. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Second qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Parma | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 | |
| 3 | Sparta Prague | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 5 | |
| 4 | Galatasaray | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 4 | |

## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Buffon | 40 | -39 | 32 | -33 | 8 | -6 |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Thuram | 40 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Benarrivo | 29 | 1 | 23+1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Cannavaro | 38 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | ARG | Sensini | 30 | 8 | 23+1 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 13 | MF | CRO | Stanic | 27 | 4 | 20+3 | 4 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Dino Baggio | 37 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | ITA | Crippa | 33 | 2 | 18+8 | 2 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SWE | Blomqvist | 28 | 1 | 24+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Crespo | 33 | 14 | 22+3 | 12 | 7+1 | 2 |
| 20 | FW | ITA | Chiesa | 41 | 16 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Guardalben | 2 | -4 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Zé Maria | 26 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Mussi | 25 | 0 | 14+6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Fiore | 32 | 1 | 13+13 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Apolloni | 15 | 2 | 10+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Giunti | 14 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Strada | 14 | 3 | 5+4 | 3 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Milanese | 10 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | BRA | Adaílton | 15 | 3 | 4+9 | 2 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Orlandoni | 15 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ITA | Maniero | 16 | 4 | 2+8 | 4 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | COL | Asprilla | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ITA | Mora | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | ITA | Nista | 1 | -2 | 0+1 | -2 |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Pedros | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | ITA | Barone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Tiozzo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ITA | Melli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ITA | Calabro |
| 33 | MF | ITA | Apolloni |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1997/1127/

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | Total |
| 1 | 20 | FW | | Enrico Chiesa | 10 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | | Hernán Crespo | 12 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | 7 | DF | | Roberto Sensini | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 22 | FW | | Filippo Maniero | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | | Dino Baggio | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 13 | MF | | Mario Stanić | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 25 | FW | | Adaílton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 10 | MF | | Pietro Strada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | MF | | Stefano Fiore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 9 | MF | | Massimo Crippa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 16 | DF | | Luigi Apolloni | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 3 | DF | | Antonio Benarrivo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 6 | DF | | Mauro Milanese | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 15 | MF | | Reynald Pedros | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 28 | MF | | Jesper Blomqvist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 55 | 12 | 13 | 80 |
Last updated: 16 May 1998