# 1997–98 Atlético Madrid season

The 1997–1998 campaign was the 92nd season in Atlético Madrid's history and their 63rd season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football.

## Season summary

Atlético Madrid failed to regain the title they had won in 1996 and finished the season in 7th place. One of the high points of the season was the club's run in the UEFA Cup, reaching the semi-finals. Striker Christian Vieri was the club's top scorer, scoring 24 goals in La Liga (he finished as the league's top scorer and was awarded the Pichichi Trophy) and 29 in all competitions, but transferred to Lazio (who knocked Atlético out of the UEFA Cup) at the end of the season.

## Squad

    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 | ESP | José Francisco Molina |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Toni |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Andrei Frascarelli |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Juan Manuel López |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Santi |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Juninho |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Juan Vizcaíno |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Christian Vieri |
| 10 | MF | YUG | Milinko Pantić |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Jordi Lardín |
| 12 | FW | POR | Paulo Futre |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Pedro Jaro |
| 14 | FW | ESP | José Mari |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Carlos Aguilera |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Kiko |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Delfí Geli |
| 21 | MF | ESP | José Luis Caminero |
| 23 | DF | ROU | Daniel Prodan |
| 24 | MF | CZE | Radek Bejbl |
| 25 | MF | YUG | Veljko Paunović |
| 26 | MF | ISR | Avi Nimni |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Ivo |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Ramón |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| FW | Christian Vieri | Juventus |
| MF | Juninho | Middlesbrough |
| DF | Andrei Frascarelli | Atletico Paranaense |
| FW | Jordi Lardín | RCD Espanyol |
| FW | Jose Mari | Sevilla FC |
| FW | Paulo Futre | West Ham United |
| MF | Rade Bogdanović | JEF United Ichihara |
| GK | Pedro Jaro | Real Betis |
| FW | Avi Nimni | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| DF | Ramón | Real Valladolid |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To |
| MF | Diego Simeone | Internazionale |
| FW | Juan Esnaider | Espanyol |
| FW | Juan Carlos | Real Valladolid |
| FW | Leonardo Biagini | CP Merida |
| DF | Roberto Solozabal | Real Betis |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Rade Bogdanović | NAC Breda | |
| FW | Avi Nimni | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |
| FW | Santiago Ezquerro | Mallorca | |
| MF | Roberto | Espanyol | loan |
| GK | Ricardo | Real Valladolid | |

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Mallorca | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 60 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 60 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 79 | 56 | +23 | 60 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 8 | Real Betis | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 59 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 9 | Valencia | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 55 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round |
* 1 2 3 MLL: 9 pts; CEL: 5 pts; ATM: 2 pts
* ↑ Since Barcelona, winners of 1997–98 Copa del Rey, was qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League, losing cup finalists RCD Mallorca earned a spot in the first round of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

#### 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup

First round
Second round
Eightfinals

#### Semifinals
### Copa del Rey

Second round

## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | UEFA | UEFA |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Molina | 47 | -65 | 37 | -54 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -11 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Carlos Aguilera | 45 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Santi | 43 | 4 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Andrei | 41 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Geli | 36 | 1 | 22+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Vizcaino | 42 | 1 | 27+6 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Juninho | 31 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Caminero | 35 | 5 | 22+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7+1 | 3 |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Kiko | 42 | 10 | 30+1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Lardin | 42 | 6 | 29+3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8+1 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Vieri | 32 | 29 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Jaro | 3 | -5 | 1 | -2 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | CZE | Bejbl | 37 | 0 | 21+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ROU | Prodan | 25 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | YUG | Pantic | 39 | 3 | 15+14 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Toni | 18 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | YUG | Bogdanovic | 18 | 7 | 10+4 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | ESP | José Mari | 44 | 9 | 8+27 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | YUG | Paunovic | 18 | 6 | 6+8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Juanma López | 9 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Ramón | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ISR | Nimni | 10 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ESP | Ezquerro | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Roberto | 5 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | POR | Futre | 10 | 0 | 0+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Ivo | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ARG | Christian Diaz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Fede Bahon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1997-987.html

### Top scorers

| Rank | Position | Number | Player | La Liga | Copa del Rey | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Christian Vieri | 24 | 0 | 5 | 29 |
| 2 | FW | 19 | Kiko | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | 14 | José Mari | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | MF | 7 | Juninho Paulista | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | FW | 17 | Rade Bogdanović$^1$ | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | FW | 11 | Jordi Lardín | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | MF | 25 | Veljko Paunović | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | MF | 21 | José Luis Caminero | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | DF | 4 | Andrei | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | DF | 6 | Santi Denia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | MF | 10 | Milinko Pantić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | DF | 15 | Aguilera | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | 8 | Juan Vizcaíno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 18 | Roberto Fresnedoso$^1$ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 20 | Delfí Geli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 79 | 2 | 17 | 98 |
$^1$Player left the club during the season.