# 1997–98 Bologna FC 1909 season

During the 1997-98 season Bologna F.C. competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia.

## Summary

Bologna Football Club 1909 had a successful season, in which it reached the top half of the standings in Serie A for the second year running. The most notable feature about the Bologna side was the presence of superstar Roberto Baggio, who flourished when getting out of a terrible spell at Milan. He scored 22 out of the teams' 55 goals, before leaving for Inter at the end of the season. Given that fellow strikers Kennet Andersson and Igor Kolyvanov also impressed, Bologna could live with losing Baggio. Other well-performing players included goalkeeper Giorgio Sterchele, defender Michele Paramatti and playmaker Carlo Nervo. On the last day of the season, the team qualified to the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Francesco Antonioli |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Daniele Carnasciali |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Michele Paramatti |
| 5 | MF | ITA | Giancarlo Marocchi |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Paolo Cristallini |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Massimo Brambilla |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Igor Kolyvanov |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Roberto Baggio (Captain) |
| 11 | MF | ITA | Oscar Magoni |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Andrea Ferrari |
| 13 | MF | ITA | Antonio Maschio |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Igor Shalimov |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Carlo Nervo |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Antonio Foschini |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Davide Fontolan |
| 19 | FW | SWE | Kennet Andersson |
| 20 | DF | ITA | Mauro Bonomi |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Dall'Igna |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Alex Brunner |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Cristiano Pavone |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Amedeo Mangone |
| 25 | FW | SLE | Mohamed Kallon |
| 27 | DF | ITA | Stefano Torrisi |
| 29 | MF | ITA | Giuliano Gentilini |
| 30 | DF | ITA | Massimo Paganin |
| 31 | GK | ITA | Giorgio Sterchele |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Massimo Tarantino |
| 35 | MF | URU | Andrés Martínez |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Roberto Baggio | A.C. Milan | €1.80 million |
| GK | Giorgio Sterchele | A.S. Roma | loan |
| DF | Daniele Carnasciali | Fiorentina | - |
| DF | Massimo Paganin | Inter | - |
| DF | Massimo Tarantino | Inter | - |
| MF | Paolo Cristallini | Torino F.C. | - |
| MF | Giuliano Gentilini | Calcio Padova | - |
| FW | Andrés Martínez | Boca Juniors | - |
| FW | Mohamed Kallon | Inter | - |
| DF | Mauro Bonomi | Cesena F.C. | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Andrea Tarozzi | Fiorentina | |
| GK | Francesco Gnudi | | - |
| MF | Massimo Brambilla | Torino F.C. | - |
| MF | Andrea Bergamo | Ravenna F.C. | - |
| MF | Marco De Marchi | Vitesse Arnhem | - |
| DF | Giuseppe Cardone | A.C. Milan | - |
| FW | Pierpaolo Bresciani | Venezia F.C. | - |
| MF | Giuseppe Anaclerio | U.S. Avellino | - |
| MF | Andrea Seno | Calcio Padova | - |
| MF | Marco Schenardi | Vicenza Calcio | - |
| DF | Mauro Bonomi | Torino F.C. | |

## Competitions
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Parma | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 7 | Lazio | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 56 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |
| 8 | Bologna | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 48 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 9 | Sampdoria | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 48 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 10 | Milan | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 44 | |
* ↑ Bologna finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: BOL 2–2 SAM; SAM 2–3 BOL.

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 11 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Coppa Italia
#### Eightfinals
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 1997-98 Serie A | 1997-98 Serie A |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 31 | GK | ITA | Sterchele | 32 | -38 | 32 | -38 |
| | DF | ITA | Paramatti | 28 | 5 | 28 | 5 |
| | DF | ITA | Mangone | 32 | 0 | 30+2 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Paganin | 31 | 1 | 28+3 | 1 |
| | DF | ITA | Torrisi | 24 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Nervo | 33 | 1 | 27+6 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Magoni | 32 | 0 | 30+2 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Marocchi | 31 | 1 | 31 | 1 |
| | FW | RUS | Kolyvanov | 31 | 9 | 25+6 | 9 |
| | FW | ITA | Baggio | 30 | 22 | 27+3 | 22 |
| | FW | SWE | Andersson | 32 | 12 | 31+1 | 12 |
| | GK | ITA | Brunner | 2 | -8 | 2 | -8 |
| | DF | ITA | Carnasciali | 16 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Tarantino | 21 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Pavone | 16 | 0 | 2+14 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Brambilla | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Cristallini | 19 | 1 | 16+3 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Foschini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Gentilini | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Fontolan | 27 | 2 | 6+21 | 2 |
| | MF | URU | Martínez | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Bonomi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | RUS | Shalimov | 15 | 1 | 4+11 | 1 |
| | FW | SLE | Kallon | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Dall'Igna | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Ferrari | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Seno | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1997/1125/

### Goalscorers

* Roberto Baggio 22
* Kennet Andersson 12
* Igor Kolyvanov 9
* Michele Paramatti 5