1997–98 Real Zaragoza season

The 1997–98 season was the 63rd season for Real Zaragoza in its history. The club competed in La Liga and Copa del Rey.

Real Zaragoza S.A.D.
1997–98 season
OwnerSolans Family (64%)
PresidentAlfonso Solans
Head coachLuis Costa
StadiumLa Romareda
La Liga10th
Copa del ReySemifinals
Top goalscorerLeague: Pier (5 goals)
All: Ander Garitano (7 goals)

Summary

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During summer Alfonso Solans in his 6th season as President, reinforced the squad with several players such as midfielders Nordin Wooter from AFC Ajax,[1] Jose Ignacio from Valencia CF,[2] Roberto Acuña,[3] Defender Gary Sundgren[4] and forwards Yordi and Pier. Meanwhile, the club transferred out Gus Poyet to Chelsea FC after 7 years,[5] youngstar forward Fernando Morientes[6] and Dani were sold to Real Madrid. Also, forwards Higuera and Miguel Pardeza along Nayim left the club after several seasons.

In his 2nd season as head coach Luis Costa did fix the defensive line with decent performances of Sundgren, on the midfield the Dutch midfielder Nordin Wooter was a total flop being surpassed as starter by Jose Ignacio on the right wing, on the contrary, the other midfielders Kily Gonzalez, Santiago Aragon and Roberto Acuña did cover in a decent way the departures of Gus Poyet and Nayim. Costa found troubles at the offensive line with new arrivals Yordi and Pier delivering poor performances -prompting the arrival of Paulo Jamelli during Winter-, the team only reached the mid-table spots even far away to play the upcoming 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup finishing in a 13th spot. The season is remembered by the match won by the squad against Real Madrid 0-2 at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium after 13 seasons only the 2nd league victory over there in its club history.

Meanwhile, in Copa del Rey the squad advanced to the semifinals only to be defeated by FC Barcelona.

Squad

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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   ESP Juanmi
2 DF   ESP Alberto Belsué
3 DF   ESP Jesús Solana
4 DF   ESP Luis Cuartero
5 MF   ESP Jesús García Sanjuan
6 DF   ESP Xavier Aguado
7 MF   NED Nordin Wooter
8 MF   ESP Santiago Aragon
9 FW   ESP Pier
10 MF   ESP Ander Garitano
11 FW   ESP Yordi
12 FW   BRA Paulo Jamelli
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK   ESP José Belman
14 MF   ESP Marcos Vales
15 DF   BRA Gilmar
16 MF   ESP José Ignacio
17 MF   RUS Vladislav Radimov
18 MF   ARG Kily Gonzalez
19 FW   ARG Gustavo Adrián López
20 MF   PAR Roberto Acuña
21 DF   ESP Miquel Soler
22 DF   SWE Kari Juhani Sundgren
22 MF   ESP Iñigo Rodriguez
25 GK   AUT Otto Konrad
26 FW   ESP Jesús Seba
28 DF   ESP Antonio García Torres
29 DF   ESP Jose Angel Ferrera
31 DF   ESP Javi Suárez
33 MF   ESP Luis Helguera

Transfers

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Out
Pos. Name To Type
MF Gus Poyet Chelsea FC
FW Fernando Morientes Real Madrid
FW Dani García Real Madrid loan ended
FW Francisco Higuera end of contract
MF Nayim Logroñes CF
FW Miguel Pardeza Puebla FC
DF Quique Sanchez Flores retired
MF Oscar Las Palmas
FW Loreto Cordoba CF
GK Bosca Talavera

Winter

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In
Pos. Name from Type
FW Paulo Jamelli Kashiwa Reysol
Out
Pos. Name To Type

La Liga

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
11 Valladolid 38 13 11 14 36 47 −11 50
12 Deportivo La Coruña 38 12 13 13 44 46 −2 49
13 Zaragoza 38 12 12 14 45 53 −8 48
14 Racing Santander 38 12 9 17 46 55 −9 45[a]
15 Salamanca 38 12 9 17 46 46 0 45[a]
Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b RAC: 8 pts; SAL: 4 pts → SAL 2-0 TEN; TEN: 4 pts → TEN 2-0 SAL

Position by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLDWDDDLWDLLWWWLWDLDWLDLWWLDWLLDDLLWWDL
Position1314111313121512101113111091191010101010101310911111012111313141413121213

Matches

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31 August 1997 1 Celta Vigo 2 – 1 Real Zaragoza Vigo
Karpin   76'
Salinas   87'
Report   55' González Stadium: Balaídos
Referee: Victor José Esquinas Torres
7 September 1997 2 Real Zaragoza 3-3 Real Oviedo Zaragoza
Kily González   52'
Garitano   64' (pen)
Yordi   77'
Report   12' Pompei
  26' Pompei
  70' (pen) González
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Pérez Lasa
14 September 1997 3 CP Mérida 0-1 Real Zaragoza Mérida
Report   44' (pen) Garitano Stadium: Romano
Referee: Díaz Vega
28 September 1997 4 Real Zaragoza 2-2 SD Compostela Zaragoza
Aguado  63'
Aguado   73'
Report   55' Bellido
  89' Ohen
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Ansuategui Roca
4 October 1997 5 Real Zaragoza 1-1 RCD Espanyol Zaragoza
Garitano   68' (pen) Report   84' Esnaider Stadium: La Romareda
15 October 1997 6 Real Betis 3-3 Real Zaragoza Sevilla
Oli  28'
Oli   29'
Fernando   56'
Report   14' Acuña
  73' Aguado
  75' Garitano
Stadium: Benito Villamarin
Referee: Pérez Burrull
17 October 1997 7 Real Zaragoza 1-5 Atlético de Madrid Zaragoza
Garitano  73' (pen) Report   3' Kiko
  19'Vieri
  39'Vieri
  63'Vieri
  82' Jose Mari
Stadium: La Romareda
26 October 1997 8 Salamanca CF 1-2 Real Zaragoza Salamanca
Pauleta   21' Report   24' Garitano
  62' Wooter
Stadium: El Helmantico
Referee: Megía Dávila
2 November 1997 9 Real Zaragoza 0-0 Real Sociedad Zaragoza
Report Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Puentes Leira
9 November 1997 10 Valencia CF 2-1 Real Zaragoza Valencia
Angloma   26'
Claudio Lopez   63'
Report   88' Kily González Stadium: Mestalla
Referee: Carmona Méndez
12 November 1997 11 Real Zaragoza 1 – 2 Deportivo La Coruña Zaragoza, Spain
Yordi   51'
Gilmar  
Report   17' Djalminha
  89' Fran
  Bonnissel
  Manjarín
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González
16 November 1997 12 Real Sporting 2–3 Real Zaragoza Gijón
Isma     77'
Luna   88'
Tomás   89'
Report   20', 50'Aragón
  22'Yordi
Stadium: El Molinón
Referee: Losantos Omar
23 November 1997 13 Real Zaragoza 1-0 CD Tenerife Zaragoza
Pier   67' Report Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Mejuto Gonzalez
30 November 1997 14 RCD Mallorca 0-2 Real Zaragoza Palma de Mallorca
Report Soler   37'
Kily González  89'
Stadium: Son Moix
Referee: Gil García
6 December 1997 15 Real Zaragoza 1-2 FC Barcelona Zaragoza
Aragón   54' Report   17'Sergi
  30'Rivaldo
Stadium: La Romareda
14 December 1997 16 Racing Santander 2-3 Real Zaragoza Santander
Schürrer   44'
Beschastnykh   88'
Report   11' Belsue
  47' (pen) Aragon
  86' Yordi
Stadium: El Sardinero
Referee: Japón Sevilla
17 December 1997 17 Real Zaragoza 2–2 Real Madrid Zaragoza
Sundgren   44 '
Acuña   52 '
Report   2 'Raúl
  21'Guti
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Alfonso Burrull
21 December 1997 18 Real Valladolid 4-0 Real Zaragoza Valladolid
Víctor   24'
Peternac   50'
Júlio César   72'
García Calvo   84'
Report Stadium: Jose Zorrilla
Referee: Puentes Leira
4 January 1998 19 Real Zaragoza 1-1 Athletic Bilbao Zaragoza
Radimov   69' Report   32' Julen Guerrero Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Megía Dávila
11 January 1998 20 Real Zaragoza 1 – 0 Celta Vigo Zaragoza, Spain
Acuña   58' Report Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Carmelo Rodríguez Martel
17 January 1998 21 Real Oviedo 3-0 Real Zaragoza Oviedo
Pompei   8'
Dubovský   41'
Pompei   50' (pen)
Report Stadium: Carlos Tartiere
Referee: Pérez Lasa
25 January 1998 22 Real Zaragoza 1-1 CP Mérida Zaragoza
Aragón   89' (pen)   85' Cléber Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Megía Dávila
1 February 1998 23 SD Compostela 2-0 Real Zaragoza Santiago de Compostela
Ohen   58'
Penev   69'
Referee: Carmona Méndez
8 February 1998 24 RCD Espanyol 0-1 Real Zaragoza Barcelona
  17' Kily González Stadium: Olímpic
Referee: Japón Sevilla
15 February 1998 25 Real Zaragoza 3-1 Real Betis Zaragoza
Aguado   11'
Kily González   49'
Garitano  73' (pen)
Report   17' Alfonso Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Iturralde González
22 February 1998 26 Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Real Zaragoza Madrid
Vieri  52'
Kiko  74'
Report Miquel Soler  88' Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón
1 March 1998 27 Real Zaragoza 1-1 Salamanca CF Zaragoza
Yordi  58'   42' Silvani Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Esquinas Torres
8 March 1998 28 Real Sociedad 0-1 Real Zaragoza San Sebastian
  50' Belsue Stadium: Anoeta
Referee: Fernández Marín
15 March 1998 29 Real Zaragoza 0-2 Valencia CF Zaragoza
  72' Ilie
  89' Claudio López
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Díaz Vega
22 March 1998 30 Deportivo La Coruña 2 – 1 Real Zaragoza A Coruña, Spain
Conceição   8'
Bassir   66'  
Abreu  
Report   80' Aguado
  Sundgren
Stadium: Estadio Riazor
Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca
29 March 1998 31 Real Zaragoza 0–0 Sporting Gijon Zaragoza
Gilmar     34' Summary Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: López Nieto
5 April 1998 32 CD Tenerife 0-0 Real Zaragoza Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Stadium: Heliodoro Rodriguez
12 April 1998 33 Real Zaragoza 2-3 RCD Mallorca Zaragoza
Jamelli   50'
Jamelli   58'
  9' Ezquerro
  62' Ezquerro
  78' Mena
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: López de la Fuente
18 April 1998 34 FC Barcelona 1-0 Real Zaragoza Barcelona
Giovanni   77' Report Stadium: Camp Nou
26 April 1998 35 Real Zaragoza 2-0 Racing Santander Zaragoza
Radimov   19'
Jamelli  46'
Stadium: La Romareda
Referee: Asurmendi
4 May 1998 36 Real Madrid 0–2 Real Zaragoza Madrid
Report Jamelli   57'
Gustavo Lopez   79'
Stadium: Santiago Bernabeu
Referee: Jose Omar
10 May 1998 37 Real Zaragoza 0-0 Real Valladolid Zaragoza
Stadium: La Romareda
15 May 1998 38 Athletic Club 1-0 Real Zaragoza Bilbao
Etxeberria   40' Stadium: San Mames

Copa del Rey

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Eightfinals

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14 January 1998 Real Zaragoza 2-0 Atlético de Madrid Zaragoza
Report Stadium: Estadio La Romareda
20 January 1998 Atlético de Madrid 2-1
(3-2 agg.)
Real Zaragoza Madrid
Report Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón

Quarterfinals

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4 February 1998 Real Zaragoza 3-0 Real Betis Zaragoza
Report Stadium: La Romareda
12 February 1998 Real Betis 2–2
(2-5 agg.)
Real Zaragoza Sevilla
21:30 CET Alfonso   43'
Finidi   64'
Report (in Spanish) Jamelli   15'
Pier   17'
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Fernández Marín  

Semifinals

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18 February 1998 (1998-02-18) FC Barcelona 5-2 Real Zaragoza Barcelona
20:30 Rivaldo   3'   6'   47'
Giovanni   11'
Enrique   20'
Garitano   1'   40' Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Antonio López Nieto
26 February 1998 (1998-02-26) Real Zaragoza 0–0 FC Barcelona Zaragoza
21:00 Stadium: La Romareda
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega

Statistics

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Players statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total La Liga Copa del Rey
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ESP Juanmi 36 -43 31 -37 5 -6
2 DF   ESP Alberto Belsué 36 2 28+1 2 7 0
6 DF   ESP Xavier Aguado 41 6 31 5 9+1 1
15 DF   BRA Gilmar 31 0 21+4 0 6 0
22 DF   SWE Sundgren 36 1 30+1 1 5 0
16 MF   ESP José Ignacio 41 4 32+1 0 8 4
20 MF   PAR Roberto Acuña 37 4 30 3 7 1
8 MF   ESP Santiago Aragon 36 6 20+6 5 6+4 1
18 MF   ARG Kily Gonzalez 38 7 28+3 6 6+1 1
9 FW   ESP Pier 37 6 22+8 1 6+1 5
19 FW   ARG Gustavo Adrián López 27 3 13+9 1 3+2 2
25 GK   AUT Otto Konrad 12 -24 7 -16 5 -8
3 DF   ESP Jesús Solana 32 0 22+2 0 6+2 0
21 DF   ESP Miquel Soler 30 2 17+7 2 5+1 0
12 FW   BRA Paulo Jamelli 21 5 16 4 4+1 1
11 FW   ESP Yordi 39 5 14+16 5 4+5 0
10 MF   ESP Ander Garitano 23 10 14+4 7 3+2 3
17 MF   RUS Vladislav Radimov 32 2 13+11 2 7+1 0
14 MF   ESP Marcos Vales 28 1 12+11 0 4+1 1
4 DF   ESP Luis Cuartero 20 0 11+4 0 3+2 0
7 MF   NED Nordin Wooter 15 1 5+9 1 1 0
5 MF   ESP Jesús García Sanjuan 4 0 1+2 0 0+1 0
13 GK   ESP José Belman 0 0 0 0
22 MF   ESP Iñigo Rodriguez 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
26 FW   ESP Jesús Seba 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF   ESP Antonio García Torres 1 0 0+1 0
29 DF   ESP Jose Angel Ferrera 1 0 0+1 0
31 DF   ESP Javi Suárez 2 0 1+1 0
33 MF   ESP Luis Helguera 1 0 1 0
FW   ESP Javi Peña 2 0 0 0 0+2 0

References

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  1. ^ "Football: Watford in record buy as Wooter signs for pounds 950,000". The Independent. 14 September 1999. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022.
  2. ^ Arde Valencia (Valencia burns); Mundo Deportivo, 4 July 1995 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ "Los argentinos que han jugado para Paraguay en los últimos años" (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Sundgren, primera alta maña" [Sundgren, first maño in]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 3 June 1997. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Chelsea book Champions League spot". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 5 May 1999. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  6. ^ Urriza Arpal, Jorge (14 November 2017). "Yo jugué en el Real Zaragoza: Fernando Morientes" [I played for Real Zaragoza: Fernando Morientes] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 23 March 2021.