# 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

The 1997–98 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup club football tournament was won by Chelsea in the final against Stuttgart.

## Teams

First round :
| Vicenza | Real Betis | Nice | VfB Stuttgart |
| Roda | Boavista | Chelsea | Kocaelispor |
| AEK Athens | Sturm Graz | Lokomotiv Moscow | Germinal Ekeren |
| Copenhagen | AIK | Tromsø | Slavia Prague |
| Luzern | | | |
| Qualifying round ||||
| Legia Warsaw | Kilmarnock | Național București | NK Zagreb |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | APOEL | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | BVSC |
| Dinamo Batumi | Slovan Bratislava | Dinaburg | Primorje |
| HJK | Belshina Bobruisk | ÍBV | Levski Sofia |
| Sloga Jugomagnat | Žalgiris Vilnius | Zimbru Chișinău | Glenavon |
| Balzers | Cwmbrân Town | Red Star Belgrade | Tallinna Sadam |
| Hibernians | Shelbourne | Ararat Yerevan | Union Luxembourg |
| HB Tórshavn | Kapaz | | |

## Qualifying round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| HB Tórshavn | 1–7 | APOEL | 1–1 | 0–6 |
| Hibernians | 0–4 | ÍBV | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Glenavon | 1–5 | Legia Warsaw | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Cwmbrân Town | 2–12 | Național București | 2–5 | 0–7 |
| Žalgiris Vilnius | 1–2 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 0–0 | 1–2 (aet) |
| Zimbru Chișinău | 1–4 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Dinaburg | 2–0 | Kapaz | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Kilmarnock | 3–2 | Shelbourne | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| HJK | 1–3 | Red Star Belgrade | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Sloga Jugomagnat | 1–4 | NK Zagreb | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Balzers | 1–5 | BVSC | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Tallinna Sadam | 2–5 | Belshina Bobruisk | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Primorje | 3–0 | Union Luxembourg | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Levski Sofia | 2–3 | Slovan Bratislava | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Dinamo Batumi | 2–3 | Ararat Yerevan | 0–3 | 2–0 |

### Notes

* Note 1: Ararat Yerevan were awarded a 3–0 win in the qualifying round first leg after Dinamo Batumi were found guilty of fielding an ineligible player — Sotogashvili. The match originally ended as a 4–2 win for Dinamo Batumi.

### Second leg

APOEL won 7–1 on aggregate.
ÍBV won 4–0 on aggregate.
Legia Warsaw won 5–1 on aggregate.
Național București won 12–2 on aggregate.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva won 2–1 on aggregate.
Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate.
Dinaburg won 2–0 on aggregate.
Kilmarnock won 3–2 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 3–1 on aggregate.
Zagreb won 4–1 on aggregate.
BVSC won 5–1 on aggregate.
Belshina Bobruisk won 5–2 on aggregate.
Primorje won 3–0 on aggregate.
Slovan Bratislava won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ararat Yerevan won 3–2 on aggregate.

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Kocaelispor | 3–0 | Național București | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| APOEL | 0–4 | Sturm Graz | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| ÍBV | 2–5 | VfB Stuttgart | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Boavista | 3–4 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Germinal Ekeren | 4–3 | Red Star Belgrade | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| AIK | 1–2 | Primorje | 0–1 | 1–1 (aet) |
| AEK Athens | 9–2 | Dinaburg | 5–0 | 4–2 |
| Slavia Prague | 6–2 | Luzern | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1–14 | Roda | 1–4 | 0–10 |
| NK Zagreb | 5–6 | Tromsø | 3–2 | 2–4 (aet) |
| Copenhagen | 5–0 | Ararat Yerevan | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Belshina Bobruisk | 1–5 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Chelsea | 4–0 | Slovan Bratislava | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Nice | 4–2 | Kilmarnock | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Real Betis | 4–0 | BVSC Budapest | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Vicenza | 3–1 | Legia Warsaw | 2–0 | 1–1 |

### Second leg

Kocaelispor won 3–0 on aggregate.
Sturm Graz won 4–0 on aggregate.
Stuttgart won 5–2 on aggregate.
Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–3 on aggregate.
Germinal Ekeren won 4–3 on aggregate.
Primorje won 2–1 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 9–2 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague won 6–2 on aggregate.
Roda won 14–1 on aggregate.
Tromsø won 6–5 on aggregate.
Copenhagen won 5–0 on aggregate.
Lokomotiv Moscow won 5–1 on aggregate.
Chelsea won 4–0 on aggregate.
Nice won 4–2 on aggregate.
Real Betis won 4–0 on aggregate.
Vicenza won 3–1 on aggregate.

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tromsø | 4–9 | Chelsea | 3–2 | 1–7 |
| Germinal Ekeren | 4–6 | VfB Stuttgart | 0–4 | 4–2 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 2–1 | Kocaelispor | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2–5 | Vicenza | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Real Betis | 3–1 | Copenhagen | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| AEK Athens | 2–1 | Sturm Graz | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Nice | 3–3 (a) | Slavia Prague | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Primorje | 0–6 | Roda | 0–2 | 0–4 |

### Second leg

Chelsea won 9–4 on aggregate.
Stuttgart won 6–4 on aggregate.
Lokomotiv Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.
Vicenza won 5–2 on aggregate.
Real Betis won 3–1 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 2–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Slavia Prague won on away goals.
Roda won 6–0 on aggregate.

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Roda | 1–9 | Vicenza | 1–4 | 0–5 |
| Slavia Prague | 1–3 | VfB Stuttgart | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| AEK Athens | 1–2 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Real Betis | 2–5 | Chelsea | 1–2 | 1–3 |

### Second leg

Vicenza won 9–1 on aggregate.
Stuttgart won 3–1 on aggregate.
Lokomotiv Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.
Chelsea won 5–2 on aggregate.

## Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Vicenza | 2–3 | Chelsea | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 3–1 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2–1 | 1–0 |

### Second leg

Chelsea won 3–2 on aggregate.
Stuttgart won 3–1 on aggregate.

## Top goalscorers

The top goalscorers from the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Pasquale Luiso | Vicenza | 8 |
| 2 | Jonathan Akpoborie | VfB Stuttgart | 6 |
| 2 | Fredi Bobic | VfB Stuttgart | 6 |
| 2 | Peter Van Houdt | Roda | 6 |
| 3 | Gianluca Vialli | Chelsea | 5 |
| 6 | Alfonso | Real Betis | 4 |
| 6 | Gábor Torma | Roda | 4 |
| 6 | Karel Vácha | Slavia Prague | 4 |
| 6 | Gianfranco Zola | Chelsea | 4 |
| 10 | Ole Martin Årst | Tromsø | 3 |
| 10 | Serhiy Atelkin | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 |
| 10 | Nino Bule | NK Zagreb | 3 |
| 10 | Roberto Di Matteo | Chelsea | 3 |
| 10 | Tryggvi Guðmundsson | ÍBV | 3 |
| 10 | Yevgeni Kharlachyov | Lokomotiv Moscow | 3 |
| 10 | Charis Kopitsis | AEK Athens | 3 |
| 10 | Garba Lawal | Roda | 3 |
| 10 | Radu Niculescu | Național București | 3 |
| 10 | Adrian Pigulea | Național București | 3 |
| 10 | Mladen Rudonja | Primorje | 3 |
| 10 | Tomasz Sokołowski | Legia Warsaw | 3 |
| 10 | Dejan Stanković | Red Star Belgrade | 3 |
| 10 | Paul Wright | Kilmarnock | 3 |