# 1997–98 Real Madrid CF season

The 1997–98 season was the 96th season in Real Madrid CF's history and their 67th consecutive season in La Liga.
Real Madrid failed to retain their La Liga title, but made up for the domestic disappointment by winning the UEFA Champions League with a 1–0 victory over Juventus in the Amsterdam final. The European Cup title was Real Madrid's 7th overall and first since 1966. This, however, was not enough to save the job of manager Jupp Heynckes, who was sacked due to Madrid's low league finish just eight days after the European triumph. In the Copa del Rey, Real lost to Alaves in the round of 16 on away goals.

## Kit

Real Madrid's kits were manufactured by Spanish apparel manufacturer Kelme and sponsored by Teka.

## 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 | Santiago Cañizares |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Chendo |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Roberto Carlos |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Fernando Hierro |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Manolo Sanchís (captain) |
| 6 | MF | ARG | Fernando Redondo |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Raúl |
| 8 | FW | YUG | Predrag Mijatović |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Davor Šuker |
| 10 | MF | NED | Clarence Seedorf |
| 11 | MF | ESP | José Amavisca |
| 12 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Benito |
| 13 | GK | GER | Bodo Illgner |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Guti |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Fernando Morientes |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Jaime |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Christian Panucci |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Víctor |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Fernando Sanz |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Sávio |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Zé Roberto |
| 22 | DF | POR | Carlos Secretário |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Christian Karembeu |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Dani |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Aitor Karanka |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Pedro Contreras |
| 26 | FW | ESP | Manuel Canabal |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Roberto Rojas |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Raúl Pareja |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Fernando Morientes | Real Zaragoza | |
| MF | Jaime | Racing Santander | loan ended |
| FW | Dani García | Real Zaragoza | loan ended |
| DF | Aitor Karanka | Athletic Bilbao | |
| GK | Pedro Contreras | Rayo Vallecano | loan ended |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Rafael Alkorta | Athletic Bilbao | |
| GK | Paco Buyo | | retired |
| MF | Luis Milla | Valencia CF | |
| DF | Mikel Lasa | Athletic Bilbao | |
| FW | Dejan Petkovic | EC Vitoria | |

#### Winter

Reference:
In :
| Pos. | Name | from |
| MF | Christian Karembeu | Sampdoria |
| MF | Sávio | Flamengo |
| DF | Roberto Rojas | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Manuel Canabal | Valladolid | loan |
| MF | Zé Roberto | Flamengo | loan |
| MF | Álvaro Benito | Tenerife | loan |
| DF | Carlos Secretario | Porto | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 63 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Real Madrid | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 63 | 45 | +18 | 63 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 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 |
* 1 2 RMA 2–0 RSO; RSO 4–2 RMA
* ↑ Real Madrid was qualified directly for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League as holders.
* 1 2 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | W |
| Position | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches
### Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RMA | ROS | OLY | POR |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 4–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Rosenborg | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 11 | | 2–0 | — | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Olympiacos | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 5 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Porto | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 4 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — |

##### Matches
#### Final
### Supercopa
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Cañizares | 32 | -34 | 26 | -30 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -4 |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Panucci | 32 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Sanchís | 42 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Hierro | 39 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Roberto Carlos | 45 | 7 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Jaime | 41 | 0 | 21+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ARG | Redondo | 46 | 0 | 31+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NED | Seedorf | 47 | 6 | 34+2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | YUG | Mijatovic | 32 | 11 | 22+2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | ESP | Morientes | 45 | 16 | 17+16 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6+4 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Raúl | 47 | 12 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 25 | GK | GER | Illgner | 19 | -18 | 12 | -15 | 2 | -2 | 5 | -1 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Chendo | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Suker | 37 | 15 | 21+8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5+2 | 4 |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Amavisca | 32 | 0 | 16+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Guti | 20 | 1 | 11+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Víctor Sánchez | 37 | 3 | 13+15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0+7 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Sanz | 10 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Sávio | 15 | 3 | 4+8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Karembeu | 23 | 3 | 14+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Dani | 11 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Karanka | 25 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Contreras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ESP | Álvaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Rojas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Pareja | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Zé Roberto | 10 | 1 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
* Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1997-982.html