Recreativo entered into the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League .
For the first time , the runners-up of eight domestic leagues ( three teams : Germany ( Bayer Leverkusen , Bayern Munich , Borussia Dortmund as UEFA Champions League title holder ) ; two teams : England ( Newcastle United , Manchester United ) , France ( AS Monaco , Paris Saint-Germain ) , Netherlands ( Feyenoord , PSV Eindhoven ) , Italy ( Juventus , Parma ) , Portugal ( Porto , Sporting CP ) , Spain ( Recreativo , Real Madrid ) and Turkey ( Beşiktaş , Galatasaray ) were entered into the competition .
1997–98 UEFA Champions League