# 1997–98 Valencia CF season

During the 1997–98 Spanish football season, Valencia CF competed in La Liga and Copa del Rey.

## Summary

During summer the club transferred out 13 players and bought several players such as right back Defender Jocelyn Angloma from Internazionale, centre-back Defender Miroslav Đukić from Deportivo La Coruña, left back Defender Amedeo Carboni, midfielder Marcelinho Carioca (lasting just 6 months) and Romário returned from Flamengo only to be injured in pre-season and left the team in December. The squad started poorly with three consecutive losses and Jorge Valdano was sacked being appointed Claudio Ranieri as new manager in October. Meanwhile, the bad streak of results prompted President Paco Roig to quit the job after three years in charge, and later the shareholders appointed Pedro Cortes (former President in 1986) as its new chairman. After a chaotic first half of the campaign, the squad improved its performance in the second part of the campaign thanks to Ranieri's team handling to boost the upcoming midfield youngstars Gaizka Mendieta, Miguel Angulo, Francisco Javier Farinos and Forward Adrian Ilie who arrived to the club in late December and scored 12 goals.
The team finished in a disappointing 9th spot in League being qualified to the next UEFA Intertoto Cup. Also, in the Copa del Rey, the squad was defeated in two legs by FC Barcelona being eliminated in eighthfinals.

## 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 | Andoni Zubizarreta |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Javi Navarro |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Juanfran |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Francisco José Camarasa |
| 5 | DF | YUG | Miroslav Đukić |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Gaizka Mendieta |
| 7 | FW | ARG | Claudio López |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Francisco Javier Farinos |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Ariel Ortega |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Fernando |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Romário |
| 12 | MF | ARG | Guillermo Morigi |
| 13 | GK | ARG | Gustavo Campagnuolo |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Gerard López |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Amedeo Carboni |
| 16 | MF | PER | José del Solar |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Marcelinho Carioca |
| 18 | DF | ALG | Moussa Saib |
| 19 | FW | CRO | Goran Vlaović |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Jocelyn Angloma |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Luis Milla |
| 22 | MF | ESP | David Albelda |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Miguel Angulo |
| 24 | DF | ARG | Fernando Cáceres |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Jorge Bartual |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Miguel Ángel Soria |
| 11 | FW | ROU | Adrian Ilie |
| 17 | FW | URU | Nicolás Olivera |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Romário | Flamengo | |
| FW | Marcelinho Carioca | SC Corinthians | €5.20 million |
| DF | Moussa Saib | AJ Auxerre | €4.30 million |
| DF | Amedeo Carboni | AS Roma | €4.00 million |
| GK | Gustavo Campagnuolo | Deportivo Español | |
| MF | José del Solar | Celta Vigo | |
| DF | Jocelyn Angloma | Internazionale | |
| DF | Miroslav Đukić | Deportivo La Coruña | |
| MF | Luis Milla | Real Madrid | |
| FW | Miguel Angulo | Villarreal CF | |
| DF | Juanfran | UD Levante | |
| MF | Guillermo Morigi | Velez Sarsfield | |
| MF | Gerard López | FC Barcelona B | |
| MF | David Albelda | Villarreal CF | |
| FW | Nicolás Olivera | Defensor Sporting Club | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Enrique Romero | RCD Mallorca | |
| DF | Iván Campo | RCD Mallorca | €1.0 million |
| FW | Gabriel Moya | RCD Mallorca | |
| MF | Vicente Engonga | RCD Mallorca | |
| FW | Jose Galvez | RCD Mallorca | |
| MF | Xabier Eskurza | RCD Mallorca | |
| MF | Leandro Machado | Sporting CP | €1.0 million |
| DF | Jorge Otero | Real Betis | |
| MF | Valeri Karpin | Celta Vigo | |
| DF | Patxi Ferreira | Athletic Bilbao | |
| MF | José Ignacio | Real Zaragoza | |
| GK | Andrés Palop | Villarreal CF | |
| MF | Antonio Poyatos | Sporting Gijón | |
| DF | Sietes | Racing Santander | |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Adrian Ilie | Galatasaray | €3.76 million |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Romário | Flamengo | |
| FW | Marcelinho Carioca | SC Corinthians | €5.20 million |
Source: BDFutbol.com

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 10 | Espanyol | 38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 53 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round |
| 11 | Valladolid | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 50 | |
* ↑ MLL: 9 pts; CEL: 5 pts; ATM: 2 pts

#### Position 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L |
| Position | 14 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches

Source: Competitive Matches

### Copa del Rey
#### Eightfinals
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Andoni Zubizarreta | 40 | -47 | 34 | -40 | 6 | -7 |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Jocelyn Angloma | 37 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | YUG | Miroslav Đukić | 36 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Miguel Ángel Soria | 26 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ARG | Fernando Cáceres | 35 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Amedeo Carboni | 35 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Gaizka Mendieta | 35 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Luis Milla | 35 | 0 | 28+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Javier Farinós | 37 | 2 | 26+5 | 2 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | CRO | Goran Vlaović | 27 | 7 | 21+5 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ARG | Claudio Lopez | 37 | 12 | 26+6 | 12 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ARG | Gustavo Campagnuolo | 2 | -8 | 2 | -8 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Miguel Angulo | 31 | 6 | 14+14 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | ROU | Adrian Ilie | 20 | 13 | 15+2 | 12 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Juanfran | 24 | 0 | 11+9 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ALG | Moussa Saib | 16 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Ariel Ortega | 23 | 2 | 10+10 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Fernando Gomez | 25 | 3 | 9+12 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | PER | José del Solar | 13 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Gerard López | 14 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Romário | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | ARG | Guillermo Morigi | 20 | 1 | 4+11 | 1 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Javi Navarro | 8 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Jorge Bartual | 2 | -4 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Marcelinho Carioca | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Paco Camarasa | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ESP | David Albelda | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | URU | Nicolás Olivera | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
* Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1997-9836.html