# 1997–98 Paris Saint-Germain FC season

The 1997–98 season was Paris Saint-Germain's 28th season in existence. PSG played their home league games at the Parc des Princes in Paris, registering an average attendance of 36,723 spectators per match. The club was presided by Michel Denisot and the team was coached by Ricardo. Raí was the team captain.

## Players

    As of the 1997–98 season.

### Squad

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 | FRA | Christophe Revault |
| 2 | MF | FRA | Bernard Allou |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Bruno Ngotty |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Alain Roche |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Paul Le Guen |
| 7 | FW | LBR | James Debbah |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Vincent Guérin |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Marco Simone |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Raí (captain) |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Patrice Loko |
| 12 | MF | ALB | Edvin Murati |
| 13 | MF | FRA | Laurent Fournier |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Francis Llacer |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Éric Rabésandratana |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Vincent Fernandez |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Jimmy Algerino |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Florian Maurice |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Jérôme Leroy |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Franck Gava |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Edmilson |
| 22 | FW | YUG | Marko Pantelić |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Pierre Ducrocq |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Édouard Cissé |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Grégory Paisley |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Didier Martel |
| 28 | DF | FRA | Fabrice Kelban |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Didier Domi |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Division 1 | 2 August 1997 | 31 May 1998 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 041.18 |
| Coupe de France | January 1998 | 2 May 1998 | Round of 64 | Winners | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 100.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 4 January 1998 | 4 April 1998 | Round of 32 | Winners | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 080.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 13 August 1997 | 10 December 1997 | Second qualifying round | Group stage | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 062.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 29 | 9 | 15 | 76 | 53 | +23 | 054.72 |
Source: Competitions

### Division 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Lyon | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 53 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Auxerre | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 51 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 8 | Paris Saint-Germain | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 50 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 9 | Bastia | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 50 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 10 | Le Havre | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 44 | |
* ↑ Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1997–98 Coupe de France and 1997–98 Coupe de la Ligue.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Division 1

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 12 | |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | |
| 4 | IFK Göteborg | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 6 | |