# 1997–98 UEFA Champions League

The 1997–98 UEFA Champions League was the 43rd season of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA's premier club football tournament, and the sixth since its re-branding from the "European Champion Clubs' Cup" or "European Cup". The tournament was won by Real Madrid, winning for the first time in 32 years, beating 1–0 Juventus who were playing in a third consecutive final. It started a run of three victories in five seasons for the Spanish club.
This season was the first to have six groups, instead of previous four, which meant that only two group runners-up qualified for the quarter-finals as opposed to all the second-placed teams. It was also the first to have two qualifying rounds instead of just one. After three years of entering the UEFA Cup, champions of smaller nations returned to the Champions League. For the first time, the runners-up of eight domestic leagues entered into the competition. With Borussia Dortmund being the title holders but finishing third in their domestic league the previous season, Germany became the first association to provide three teams to the premier European competition.
Borussia Dortmund, the defending champions, were eliminated in the semi-finals by eventual winners Real Madrid.
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Slovakia and the Republic of Macedonia all entered their champions for the first time, while the champion of Yugoslavia returned to this competition for the first time since 1991–92 season after the UN ban was lifted.

## Association team allocation

Number of teams per country as well as the starting round for each club and seeding were based on UEFA association coefficients.
* Associations ranked 1–8 each have two participants
* Associations ranked 9–48 each have one participant (except Liechtenstein and Albania)

### Association ranking

For the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 1997 UEFA association coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 1992–93 to 1996–97.
Apart from the allocation based on the association coefficients, an association could have an additional team participating in the Champions League, as noted below:
* (TH) – Additional berth for UEFA Champions League title holders
| Rank | Association | Coeff. | Teams | Notes |
| 1 | Italy | 60.735 | 2 | |
| 2 | Spain | 46.532 | 2 | |
| 3 | France | 45.733 | 2 | |
| 4 | Germany | 43.949 | 2 | +1 (TH) |
| 5 | Netherlands | 36.350 | 2 | |
| 6 | Portugal | 34.800 | 2 | |
| 7 | England | 30.816 | 2 | |
| 8 | Turkey | 25.000 | 2 | |
| 9 | Greece | 25.000 | 1 | |
| 10 | Austria | 24.950 | 1 | |
| 11 | Russia | 24.866 | 1 | |
| 12 | Belgium | 24.400 | 1 | |
| 13 | Denmark | 22.950 | 1 | |
| 14 | Sweden | 22.750 | 1 | |
| 15 | Norway | 22.249 | 1 | |
| 16 | Czech Republic | 21.666 | 1 | |
| 17 | Switzerland | 21.500 | 1 | |
| Rank | Association | Coeff. | Teams |
| 18 | Poland | 19.500 | 1 |
| 19 | Scotland | 18.800 | 1 |
| 20 | Romania | 18.650 | 1 |
| 21 | Croatia | 18.500 | 1 |
| 22 | Ukraine | 17.998 | 1 |
| 23 | Cyprus | 16.665 | 1 |
| 24 | Israel | 16.416 | 1 |
| 25 | Hungary | 16.249 | 1 |
| 26 | Georgia | 16.000 | 1 |
| 27 | Slovakia | 15.999 | 1 |
| 28 | Latvia | 13.832 | 1 |
| 29 | Slovenia | 12.998 | 1 |
| 30 | Finland | 12.082 | 1 |
| 31 | Belarus | 11.500 | 1 |
| 32 | Iceland | 10.999 | 1 |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 10.666 | 1 |
| 34 | Macedonia | 7.333 | |
| Rank | Association | Coeff. | Teams |
| 35 | Lithuania | 6.000 | 1 |
| 36 | Moldova | 6.000 | 1 |
| 37 | Northern Ireland | 5.332 | 1 |
| 38 | Liechtenstein | 5.000 | 0 |
| 39 | Wales | 4.999 | 1 |
| 40 | FR Yugoslavia | 4.750 | 1 |
| 41 | Estonia | 4.666 | 1 |
| 42 | Malta | 4.664 | 1 |
| 43 | Republic of Ireland | 4.331 | 1 |
| 44 | Armenia | 4.166 | 1 |
| 45 | Luxembourg | 3.666 | 1 |
| 46 | Faroe Islands | 3.000 | 1 |
| 47 | Albania | 2.666 | 0 |
| 48 | Azerbaijan | 1.833 | 1 |
| 49 | Andorra | 0.000 | 0 |
| 50 | San Marino | 0.000 | 0 |

### Distribution

| | | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round |
| First qualifying round (30 teams) | First qualifying round (30 teams) | 30 champions from associations 17–48 (except Liechtenstein and Albania) | |
| Second qualifying round (32 teams) | Second qualifying round (32 teams) | 9 champions from associations 8–16 8 runners-up from associations 1–8 | 15 winners from the first qualifying round |
| Group stage (24 teams) | Group stage (24 teams) | Champions League title holders (Borussia Dortmund) 7 champions from associations 1–7 | 16 winners from the second qualifying round |
| Knockout phase (8 teams) | Knockout phase (8 teams) | | 6 group winners from the group stage 2 best-ranked group runners-up from the group stage |

### Teams

55 teams entered the competition: the national champions of each of the top 48 nations in the UEFA coefficient rankings (except Liechtenstein and Albania), plus the runners-up from each of the top eight nations and UEFA Champions League holders, Borussia Dortmund. The national champions of the associations ranked 1–7 (Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal and England), plus the title holders, all received a bye to the group stage, while the national champions of the associations ranked 8–16 and the runners-up of the associations ranked 1–8 all entered in the second qualifying round. The remaining national champions from the associations ranked 17–48 entered in the first qualifying round.
Group stage :
| Borussia Dortmund (TH) | Real Madrid (1st) | Bayern Munich (1st) | Porto (1st) |
| Juventus (1st) | Monaco (1st) | PSV Eindhoven (1st) | Manchester United (1st) |
| Second qualifying round ||||
| Parma (2nd) | Sporting CP (2nd) | Olympiacos (1st) | Brøndby (1st) |
| Barcelona (2nd) | Newcastle United (2nd) | Wüstenrot Salzburg (1st) | IFK Göteborg (1st) |
| Paris Saint-Germain (2nd) | Galatasaray (1st) | Spartak Moscow (1st) | Rosenborg (1st) |
| Bayer Leverkusen (2nd) | Beşiktaş (2nd) | Lierse (1st) | Sparta Prague (1st) |
| Feyenoord (2nd) | | | |
| First qualifying round ||||
| Sion (1st) | MTK (1st) | CSKA Sofia (1st) | Lantana (1st) |
| Widzew Łódź (1st) | Dinamo Tbilisi (1st) | Sileks (1st) | Valletta (1st) |
| Rangers (1st) | Košice (1st) | Kareda (1st) | Derry City (1st) |
| Steaua București (1st) | Skonto (1st) | Constructorul Chișinău (1st) | Pyunik (1st) |
| Croatia Zagreb (1st) | Maribor (1st) | Crusaders (1st) | Jeunesse Esch (1st) |
| Dynamo Kyiv (1st) | Jazz (1st) | Barry Town (1st) | GÍ (1st) |
| Anorthosis Famagusta (1st) | MPKC Mozyr (1st) | Partizan (1st) | Neftçi (1st) |
| Beitar Jerusalem (1st) | ÍA (1st) | | |

#### Notes

* ^ Albania (ALB): Clubs from Albania were not admitted to UEFA competitions as 1996–97 Albanian Superliga was suspended for several months due to the 1997 Albanian civil unrest and eventually ended in mid-August 1997 (won by Tirana), past the UEFA deadline.

## Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held in Geneva, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
| Qualifying | First qualifying round | 9 July 1997 | 23 July 1997 | 30 July 1997 |
| Qualifying | Second qualifying round | 9 July 1997 | 13 August 1997 | 27 August 1997 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 29 August 1997 | 17 September 1997 | 17 September 1997 |
| Group stage | Matchday 2 | 29 August 1997 | 1 October 1997 | 1 October 1997 |
| Group stage | Matchday 3 | 29 August 1997 | 22 October 1997 | 22 October 1997 |
| Group stage | Matchday 4 | 29 August 1997 | 5 November 1997 | 5 November 1997 |
| Group stage | Matchday 5 | 29 August 1997 | 26–27 November 1997 | 26–27 November 1997 |
| Group stage | Matchday 6 | 29 August 1997 | 10 December 1997 | 10 December 1997 |
| Knockout phase | Quarter-finals | 17 December 1997 | 4 March 1998 | 18 March 1998 |
| Knockout phase | Semi-finals | 20 March 1998 (Lausanne) | 1 April 1998 | 15 April 1998 |
| Knockout phase | Final | 20 March 1998 (Lausanne) | 20 May 1998 at Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam | 20 May 1998 at Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam |

## Qualifying rounds
### First qualifying round

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Derry City | 0–3 | Maribor | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Pyunik | 3–6 | MTK | 0–2 | 3–4 |
| Crusaders | 2–8 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 1–3 | 1–5 |
| Košice | 4–0 | ÍA | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Partizan | 1–5 | Croatia Zagreb | 1–0 | 0–5 |
| Valletta | 1–2 | Skonto | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Sileks | 1–3 | Beitar Jerusalem | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Steaua București | 5–3 | CSKA Sofia | 3–3 | 2–0 |
| Constructorul Chișinău | 3–4 | MPKC Mozyr | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Lantana | 0–3 | Jazz | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| GÍ | 0–11 | Rangers | 0–5 | 0–6 |
| Neftçi | 0–10 | Widzew Łódź | 0–2 | 0–8 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 6–0 | Barry Town | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Sion | 5–0 | Jeunesse Esch | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 4–1 | Kareda | 3–0 | 1–1 |

### Second qualifying round

The losing teams qualified for the first round of the 1997–98 UEFA Cup.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Beşiktaş | 3–1 | Maribor | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| MTK | 1–4 | Rosenborg | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Sion | 2–8 | Galatasaray | 1–4 | 1–4 |
| Olympiacos | 7–2 | MPKC Mozyr | 5–0 | 2–2 |
| Wüstenrot Salzburg | 0–3 | Sparta Prague | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| IFK Göteborg | 4–1 | Rangers | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Barcelona | 4–2 | Skonto | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Brøndby | 3–4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 2–4 | 1–0 |
| Newcastle United | 4–3 | Croatia Zagreb | 2–1 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Feyenoord | 8–3 | Jazz | 6–2 | 2–1 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 6–2 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 6–1 | 0–1 |
| Košice | 2–1 | Spartak Moscow | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Steaua București | 3–5 | Paris Saint-Germain | 3–0 | 0–5 |
| Widzew Łódź | 1–7 | Parma | 1–3 | 0–4 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 0–3 | Sporting CP | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Anorthosis Famagusta | 2–3 | Lierse | 2–0 | 0–3 |
* ↑ The original first leg of the MTK v Rosenborg tie was abandoned in the 68th minute with MTK leading 3–2, and replayed from scratch a day later.
* ↑ The match was awarded to Steaua București after Paris Saint-Germain fielded an ineligible player.

## Group stage

Bayer Leverkusen, Beşiktaş, Košice, Feyenoord, Lierse, Newcastle United, Olympiacos, Parma, Sparta Prague (who already qualified for the 1991-92 European Cup group stage) and Sporting CP made their debut in the group stage. Košice lost all six of their group stage matches and thus became the first team to finish a Champions League group stage with no points. They were also first team from Slovakia to play in group stage.

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DOR | PRM | SPP | GAL |
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Parma | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 | | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Sparta Prague | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 5 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Galatasaray | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 4 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MUN | JUV | FEY | KOS |
| 1 | Manchester United | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Juventus | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–0 | — | 5–1 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 9 | | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Košice | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 | | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DKV | PSV | NEW | BAR |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| 2 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Barcelona | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 5 | | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — |

### Group D

| 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 | — |

### Group E

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

### Group F

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MON | LEV | SPO | LIE |
| 1 | Monaco | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 4–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–2 | — | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 7 | | 3–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Lierse | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 1 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |

### Ranking of second-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | F | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | B | Juventus | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | E | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 12 | |
| 4 | D | Rosenborg | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 11 | |
| 5 | C | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | |
| 6 | A | Parma | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Juventus | Juventus | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | Dynamo Kyiv | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | Dynamo Kyiv | 1 | 1 | 2 | Juventus | Juventus | 4 | 2 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | Monaco | Monaco | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | |
| Monaco (a) | Monaco (a) | 0 | 1 | 1 | Monaco | Monaco | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | |
| Monaco (a) | Monaco (a) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 20 May – Amsterdam | | | |
| Manchester United | Manchester United | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 20 May – Amsterdam | | | |
| Manchester United | Manchester United | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Juventus | 0 | | |
| | | | | | | Juventus | 0 | | | Real Madrid | Real Madrid | 1 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | Bayer Leverkusen | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | Real Madrid | Real Madrid | 1 |
| Real Madrid | Real Madrid | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| Real Madrid | Real Madrid | 1 | 3 | 4 | Real Madrid | Real Madrid | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | Borussia Dortmund | Borussia Dortmund | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Bayern Munich | Bayern Munich | 0 | 0 | 0 | Borussia Dortmund | Borussia Dortmund | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Borussia Dortmund (a.e.t.) | Borussia Dortmund (a.e.t.) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

The quarter-final between German clubs Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund marked the first meeting of two teams from the same country in the Champions League (including the European Cup era, the first game between teams from the same country occurred in 1958–59). With Bayer Leverkusen also having qualified, it marked the first time three clubs from the same nation played in the knockout phase.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1–4 | Real Madrid | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Bayern Munich | 0–1 | Borussia Dortmund | 0–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Juventus | 5–2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Monaco | 1–1 (a) | Manchester United | 0–0 | 1–1 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Real Madrid | 2–0 | Borussia Dortmund | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Juventus | 6–4 | Monaco | 4–1 | 2–3 |

### Final

The final was played on 20 May 1998 at the Amsterdam Arena in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Alessandro Del Piero | Juventus | 10 |
| 2 | Thierry Henry | Monaco | 7 |
| 3 | Filippo Inzaghi | Juventus | 6 |
| 3 | Serhiy Rebrov | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 |
| 5 | Andy Cole | Manchester United | 5 |
| 5 | Andriy Shevchenko | Dynamo Kyiv | 5 |
| 7 | Stefan Beinlich | Bayer Leverkusen | 4 |
| 7 | Oktay Derelioğlu | Beşiktaş | 4 |
| 7 | Emerson | Bayer Leverkusen | 4 |
| 7 | Victor Ikpeba | Monaco | 4 |
| 7 | Carsten Jancker | Bayern Munich | 4 |
| 7 | Fernando Morientes | Real Madrid | 4 |
| 7 | Sigurd Rushfeldt | Rosenborg | 4 |
| 7 | Davor Šuker | Real Madrid | 4 |
| 7 | David Trezeguet | Monaco | 4 |
| 7 | Stéphane Chapuisat | Borussia Dortmund | 4 |
| 7 | Harald Brattbakk | Rosenborg | 4 |
| 7 | Roar Strand | Rosenborg | 4 |