# 1997–98 Leeds United A.F.C. season

The 1997–1998 season saw Leeds United competing in the Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

## Competitions

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Liverpool | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 68 | 42 | +26 | 65 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Chelsea | 38 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 71 | 43 | +28 | 63 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Leeds United | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 59 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 57 | 52 | +5 | 58 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 57 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions. As they were also the League Cup winners, the UEFA Cup berth vacated was awarded to Blackburn Rovers.
* ↑ Aston Villa was rewarded entry to the UEFA Cup through UEFA Fair Play ranking.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: 1997–98 FA Premier League table

### 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 | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | D |
| Position | 9 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Premier League

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 9 August 1997 | Arsenal | H | 1–1 | 37,993 | Hasselbaink |
| 13 August 1997 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | 3–1 | 31,520 | Wallace (2), Ribeiro |
| 23 August 1997 | Crystal Palace | H | 0–2 | 29,076 | |
| 26 August 1997 | Liverpool | H | 0–2 | 39,775 | |
| 30 August 1997 | Aston Villa | A | 0–1 | 39,027 | |
| 14 September 1997 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 4–3 | 21,956 | Wallace (2), Molenaar, Hopkin |
| 20 September 1997 | Leicester City | H | 0–1 | 29,620 | |
| 24 September 1997 | Southampton | A | 2–0 | 15,102 | Molenaar, Wallace |
| 27 September 1997 | Manchester United | H | 1–0 | 39,952 | Wetherall |
| 4 October 1997 | Coventry City | A | 0–0 | 17,770 | |
| 18 October 1997 | Newcastle United | H | 4–1 | 39,834 | Ribeiro, Kewell, Beresford (own goal), Wetherall |
| 25 October 1997 | Wimbledon | A | 0–1 | 15,718 | |
| 1 November 1997 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 1–0 | 26,441 | Wallace |
| 8 November 1997 | Derby County | H | 4–3 | 33,572 | Wallace, Kewell, Hasselbaink (pen), Bowyer |
| 23 November 1997 | West Ham United | H | 3–1 | 30,031 | Hasselbaink (2), Haaland |
| 29 November 1997 | Barnsley | A | 3–2 | 18,690 | Haaland, Wallace, Lilley |
| 6 December 1997 | Everton | H | 0–0 | 34,869 | |
| 13 December 1997 | Chelsea | A | 0–0 | 34,690 | |
| 20 December 1997 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 2–0 | 31,163 | Ribeiro, Hasselbaink |
| 26 December 1997 | Liverpool | A | 1–3 | 43,854 | Haaland |
| 28 December 1997 | Aston Villa | H | 1–1 | 36,287 | Hasselbaink |
| 10 January 1998 | Arsenal | A | 1–2 | 38,018 | Hasselbaink |
| 17 January 1998 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | 1–2 | 33,166 | Pembridge (own goal) |
| 31 January 1998 | Crystal Palace | A | 2–0 | 25,248 | Wallace, Hasselbaink |
| 7 February 1998 | Leicester City | A | 0–1 | 21,244 | |
| 22 February 1998 | Newcastle United | A | 1–1 | 36,511 | Wallace |
| 28 February 1998 | Southampton | H | 0–1 | 28,791 | |
| 4 March 1998 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 1–0 | 31,394 | Kewell |
| 11 March 1998 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 4–0 | 32,933 | Bowyer, Hasselbaink, Haaland (2) |
| 15 March 1998 | Derby County | A | 5–0 | 30,217 | Laursen (own goal), Halle, Bowyer, Kewell, Hasselbaink |
| 30 March 1998 | West Ham United | A | 0–3 | 24,107 | |
| 4 April 1998 | Barnsley | H | 2–1 | 37,749 | Hasselbaink, Moses (own goal) |
| 8 April 1998 | Chelsea | H | 3–1 | 37,276 | Hasselbaink (2), Wetherall |
| 11 April 1998 | Everton | A | 0–2 | 37,099 | |
| 18 April 1998 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 3–2 | 25,000 | Haaland, Halle, Hasselbaink |
| 25 April 1998 | Coventry City | H | 3–3 | 36,522 | Hasselbaink (2), Kewell |
| 4 May 1998 | Manchester United | A | 0–3 | 55,167 | |
| 10 May 1998 | Wimbledon | H | 1–1 | 38,172 | Haaland |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R3 | 3 January 1998 | Oxford United | H | 4–0 | 20,568 | Radebe, Hasselbaink (pen), Kewell (2) |
| R4 | 24 January 1998 | Grimsby Town | H | 2–0 | 29,598 | Molenaar, Hasselbaink |
| R5 | 14 February 1998 | Birmingham City | H | 3–2 | 35,463 | Wallace, Hasselbaink (2) |
| QF | 7 March 1998 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | 0–1 | 39,902 | |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R2 1st leg | 17 September 1997 | Bristol City | H | 3–1 | 8,806 | Wetherall, Hasselbaink (pen), Ribeiro |
| R2 2nd leg | 30 September 1997 | Bristol City | A | 1–2 (won 4–3 on agg) | 10,857 | Hasselbaink |
| R3 | 15 October 1997 | Stoke City | A | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | 16,203 | Kewell, Wallace (2) |
| R4 | 18 November 1997 | Reading | H | 2–3 | 15,069 | Wetherall, Bowyer |

## Statistics

    (Starting appearances + substitute appearances)
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Nigel Martyn | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Gary Kelly | 34 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 40+1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | David Robertson | 24+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Alfie Haaland | 26+6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31+6 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Lucas Radebe | 26+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 32+1 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | David Wetherall | 33+1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 40+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Rod Wallace | 29+2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 37+2 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | 30+3 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 37+3 | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Bruno Ribeiro | 28+1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 33+2 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Lee Bowyer | 21+4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 26+5 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | David Hopkin | 22+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Derek Lilley | 0+12 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Gunnar Halle | 31+2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 36+3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | Harry Kewell | 26+3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 32+3 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | Ian Harte | 12 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Martin Hiden | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Alan Maybury | 9+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Mark Jackson | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Robert Molenaar | 18+4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 23+5 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | Lee Matthews | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Stephen McPhail | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers

In
Date
Pos.
Name
From
Fee
12 June 1997FW Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Boavista£2,000,000
DF Alf-Inge Haaland Nottingham Forest£1,600,000
18 June 1997MF Bruno Ribeiro Vitória£500,000
21 July 1997
MF David Hopkin Crystal Palace£3,250,000
25 February 1998
DF Martin Hiden Rapid Vienna£1,300,000
16 May 1998
FW Clyde Wijnhard Willem II£1,500,000
Out
Date
Pos.
Name
To
Fee
1 June 1997GK Paul EvansReleased
1 August 1997MF Mark Ford Burnley£250,000
FW Brian Deane Sheffield United£1,500,000
MF Andy Couzens Carlisle United£100,000
18 August 1997FW Ian Rush Newcastle UnitedFree
20 August 1997DF Tony Dorigo Torino
23 September 1997DF Carlton Palmer Southampton£1,300,000
23 September 1997FW Tony Yeboah Hamburger SV£1,000,000
5 January 1998FW Pierre Laurent Bastia£500,000
5 January 1998FW Richard Jobson Manchester CityFree
Loan out
Date from
Date to
Pos.
Name
To
11 December 19971 June 1998FW Andy Gray Bury
21 January 19981 March 1998DF Richard Jobson Southend United
31 March 199831 May 1998MF Jason Blunt Raith Rovers :