1997–98 SS Lazio season

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During the 1997–98 Italian football season, Società Sportiva Lazio competed in the Serie A, Coppa Italia and UEFA Cup.

Lazio
1997–98 season
OwnerSergio Cragnotti
PresidentDino Zoff
ManagerSven-Göran Eriksson
StadiumStadio Olimpico
Serie A7th
Coppa ItaliaWinners
UEFA CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Pavel Nedvěd (11)

All:
Alen Bokšić,
Pavel Nedvěd (15)

Season review

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Lazio appointed a new coach in Sven-Göran Eriksson, snatching the Swede from an almost readied contract with Blackburn Rovers. Ex-Sampdoria man Eriksson brought playmaking secondary striker Roberto Mancini with him. In addition, he signed Vladimir Jugović and Alen Bokšić from Juventus, with Bokšić embarking on a second tenure at Lazio. Matias Almeyda also arrived at the club from Spanish side Sevilla, while wing-back Giuseppe Pancaro, signed from Cagliari, also proved to be a key player.

The new players managed to form an effective unit that was involved in the battle for the title until the 28th round, when they lost 1–0 at home to Juventus in a game that completely turned the tide for Lazio. The loss to Juventus had a detrimental effect on the team's form and led to a poor run of one point in six matches, dropping the team down to seventh. It was the club's worst league position for more than five years, but Eriksson was saved by the fact that the team had been seriously in the hunt for the scudetto for the first time, plus it reached the finals of both the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Cup. Lazio won the Coppa Italia, but stood no chance against Inter and on-song Ronaldo in the UEFA Cup final, eventually losing 3–0.

The 1997–98 season also saw the departure of club legend Giuseppe Signori, who failed to get on with Eriksson and was duly sold to Sampdoria as a long-overdue replacement for Mancini. Given the team's strong form at the time, his departure did not cause the same riots as happened when he was on the verge of being sold to Parma in 1995.[1]

Lazio's best player during the season was arguably Pavel Nedvěd, the Czech winger scoring eleven goals and revelling in the confidence he got from Eriksson.

Players

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Squad information

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Squad at end of season[2]

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 Luca Marchegiani
2 DF   ITA Paolo Negro
3 DF   ITA Giovanni Lopez
4 MF   ITA Dario Marcolin
5 DF   ITA Giuseppe Favalli
6 DF   ARG José Chamot
7 MF   ITA Roberto Rambaudi
9 FW   ITA Pierluigi Casiraghi
10 FW   ITA Roberto Mancini
12 GK   ITA Fernando Orsi
13 DF   ITA Alessandro Nesta
14 MF   ITA Diego Fuser
15 DF   ITA Giuseppe Pancaro
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF   AUS Paul Okon
17 DF   SUI Guerino Gottardi
18 MF   CZE Pavel Nedvěd
19 FW   CRO Alen Bokšić
20 DF   ITA Alessandro Grandoni
21 MF   YUG Vladimir Jugović
22 GK   ITA Marco Ballotta
23 MF   ITA Giorgio Venturin
25 MF   ARG Matías Almeyda
26 DF   ITA Mauro Di Lello
27 MF   ITA Mirko Laurentini
28 DF   ITA Maurizio Domizzi

Transfers

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Out
Pos. Name To Type
DF Mark Fish Bolton Wanderers
FW Marco Di Vaio Salernitana
GK Carlo Cudicini Castel di Sangro end of contract
MF Marco Piovanelli Piacenza Calcio co-ownership
FW Igor Protti S.S.C. Napoli loan
GK Flavio Roma Foggia Calcio loan
MF Roberto Baronio Vicenza Calcio loan
MF Daniele Franceschini Foggia Calcio loan
FW Alessandro Iannuzzi Lecce loan

Autumn

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In
Pos. Name from Type
Out
Pos. Name To Type
FW Renato Buso Piacenza Calcio
FW Giuseppe Signori Sampdoria co-ownership

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
10 FW   ITA Roberto Mancini from Sampdoria
19 FW   CRO Alen Bokšić from Juventus
21 MF   SCG Vladimir Jugović from Juventus
25 MF   ARG Matías Almeyda from Sevilla CF
15 DF   ITA Giuseppe Pancaro from Cagliari Calcio

Left club during season

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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
8 FW   ITA Renato Buso (on loan to Piacenza)
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW   ITA Giuseppe Signori (on loan to Sampdoria)

Competitions

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Serie A

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Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultWDLWDLWWDLLWWDWWWDWWWWDWWDWLDLLLLL
Position1386695566976755444332322333333457

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Fiorentina 34 15 12 7 65 36 +29 57[a] Qualification to UEFA Cup
6 Parma 34 15 12 7 55 39 +16 57
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[b] Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round[3]
9 Sampdoria 34 13 9 12 52 55 −3 48 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
Source: 1997–98 Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[4]
Notes:
  1. ^ Fiorentina finished ahead of Parma on head-to-head points: FIO 1–1 PAR; PAR 1–2 FIO.
  2. ^ Bologna finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: BOL 2–2 SAM; SAM 2–3 BOL.

Matches

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31 August 1997 1 Lazio 2–0 Napoli Rome
Casiraghi   45'
R. Mancini   68'
Pancaro   76'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 55,739
Referee: Stefano Braschi
13 September 1997 2 Milan 1–1 Lazio Milan
Ba   37' Report Signori   90+4' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio San Siro
Attendance: 67,151
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
21 September 1997 3 Empoli 1–0 Lazio Empoli
Martusciello   11' Report Jugović   49'
Signori   79'
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 12,799
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
27 September 1997 4 Lazio 3–2 Bari Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Nedvěd   5', 90+4'
Signori   90+1'
Report Venturin   45+3' (o.g.)
Ripa   61'
Masinga   69'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 41,528
Referee: Angelo Bonfrisco
5 October 1997 5 Internazionale 1–1 Lazio Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Ronaldo   41' (pen.) Report Nedvěd   35' Stadium: Stadio San Siro
Attendance: 65,656
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
18 October 1997 6 Lazio 0–2 Atalanta Rome
Report Sottil   34'
Dunđerski   50'
Foglio   59'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 40,006
Referee: Stefano Farina
1 November 1997 7 Roma 1–3 Lazio Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00) Di Biagio   90'
Delvecchio   90+1'
Report Favalli   7'
R. Mancini   47'
Casiraghi   57'
Nedvěd   84'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 73,121
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
9 November 1997 8 Lazio 3–0 Sampdoria Rome
Marcolin   25' (pen.)
Nedvěd   65'
Bokšić   87'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 40,514
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
22 November 1997 9 Piacenza 0–0 Lazio Piacenza
Tramezzani   17' Report Stadium: Stadio Galleana
Attendance: 10,265
Referee: Domenico Messina
30 November 1997 10 Lazio 2–3 Udinese Rome
Fuser   31'
Negro   41'
Report Poggi   32'
Cappioli   73'
Amoroso   84'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 38,249
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
6 December 1997 11 Juventus 2–1 Lazio Turin
Del Piero   15', 34' (pen.) Report Marcolin   26' (pen.)
Chamot   61'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi
14 December 1997 12 Lazio 1–0 Brescia Rome
Bokšić   27' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 35,064
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
21 December 1997 13 Lazio 4–0 Vicenza Rome
Casiraghi   7'
Fuser   63'
Venturin   70'
Bokšić   90+1'
Report Stovini   45+1' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 37,201
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
4 January 1998 14 Parma 1–1 Lazio Parma
Chiesa   55' (pen.) Report Bokšić   19'
Favalli   46'
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 21,783
Referee: Roberto Bettin
11 January 1998 15 Lazio 4–0 Lecce Rome
Rambaudi   55'
Fuser   74'
Bokšić   83', 90+3'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 38,424
Referee: Tarcisio Serena
18 January 1998 16 Fiorentina 1–3 Lazio Florence
Cois   19'
Schwarz   48'
Report Bokšić   31'
Rambaudi   78'
Nedvěd   84'
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 36,601
Referee: Graziano Cesari
25 January 1998 17 Lazio 1–0 Bologna Rome
Nedvěd   43' Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 40,698
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto
1 February 1998 18 Napoli 0–0 Lazio Naples
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 41,543
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
8 February 1998 19 Lazio 2–1 Milan Rome
R. Mancini   6'
Bokšić   90+3'
Report Leonardo   29'
Kluivert   90+4'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 52,215
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
11 February 1998 20 Lazio 3–1 Empoli Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00) Nedvěd   17'
Negro   55'
Gottardi   90+3'
Report Cappellini   35' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 38,751
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
15 February 1998 21 Bari 0–2 Lazio Bari
Report Jugović   10' (pen.)
Rambaudi   90+1'
Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Referee: Stefano Braschi
22 February 1998 22 Lazio 3–0 Internazionale Rome
Fuser   25'
Bokšić   29'
Casiraghi   81'
Report Milanese   90+2' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 66,025
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
28 February 1998 23 Atalanta 0–0 Lazio Bergamo
Report Lopez   59' Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 19,379
Referee: Graziano Cesari
8 March 1998 24 Lazio 2–0 Roma Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+01:00) Bokšić   50'
Nedvěd   62'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 69,450
Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi
14 March 1998 25 Sampdoria 0–4 Lazio Genoa
Balleri   24'
Montella   73'
Report Jugović   1'
Nedvěd   54'
Fuser   66', 81'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 26,311
Referee: Domenico Messina
22 March 1998 26 Lazio 0–0 Piacenza Rome
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 44,181
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
28 March 1998 27 Udinese 0–2 Lazio Udine
Report Jugović   18'
R. Mancini   33'
Fuser   57'
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 14,635
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
5 April 1998 28 Lazio 0–1 Juventus Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Nedvěd   76' Report Inzaghi   60' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 70,136
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
11 April 1998 29 Brescia 1–1 Lazio Brescia
Diana   70' Report Rambaudi   10' Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Attendance: 10,831
Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi
19 April 1998 30 Vicenza 2–1 Lazio Vicenza
Zauli   27'
Luiso   54'
Report R. Mancini   48' Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti
Attendance: 17,754
Referee: Stefano Braschi
26 April 1998 31 Lazio 1–2 Parma Rome
Nedvěd   57' Report Sensini   71'
Stanić   74'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto
2 May 1998 32 Lecce 1–0 Lazio Lecce
Annoni   86'
Palmieri   88'
Cyprien   90+2'
Report Marcolin   90+3' Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 8,498
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
10 May 1998 33 Lazio 1–4 Fiorentina Rome
M. Serena   42' (o.g.)
Casiraghi   68'
Report Oliveira   14'
Edmundo   24'
Batistuta   41'
Rui Costa   84'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 39,929
Referee: Stefano Farina
16 May 1998 34 Bologna 2–1 Lazio Bologna
R. Baggio   40' (pen.), 70' Report Fuser   50' Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 31,241
Referee: Tarcisio Serena

Coppa Italia

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Second round

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3 September 1997 First leg Fidelis Andria 0–3 Lazio Andria
Recchi   20' (o.g.)
Signori   48', 77' (pen.)
Stadium: Stadio Degli Ulivi
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Graziano Cesari
24 September 1997 Second leg Lazio 3–2 Fidelis Andria Rome
Signori   18', 73'
Bokšić   23'
Biagioni   34'
Cappellacci   65'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Gilberto Dagnello

Round of 16

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14 October 1997 First leg Lazio 4–0 Napoli Rome
Bokšić   3', 30'
Signori   16' (pen.), 20'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 10,799
Referee: Graziano Cesari
19 November 1997 Second leg Napoli 3–0 Lazio Naples
Protti   30'
Giannini   78'
Rossitto   87'
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 6,257
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Quarter-finals

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6 January 1998 First leg Lazio 4–1 Roma Rome
Bokšić   2'
Jugović   31' (pen.)
R. Mancini   75'
Fuser   80'
Balbo   38' (pen.),   83' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 49,260
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
21 January 1998 Second leg Roma 1–2 Lazio Rome
Paulo Sérgio   54'
Di Biagio   72'
Jugović   45' (pen.)
Gottardi   90+4'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 46,583
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

Semi-finals

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19 February 1998 First leg Juventus 0–1 Lazio Turin
Bokšić   22' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 5,247
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
11 March 1998 Second leg Lazio 2–2 Juventus Rome
Nedvěd   62', 65' Fonseca   34'
Favalli   90+3' (o.g.)
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Final

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8 April 1998 First leg Milan 1–0 Lazio Milan
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Weah   89' Stadium: Stadio San Siro
Attendance: 63,564
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
29 April 1998 Second leg Lazio 3–1 Milan Rome
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Gottardi   55'
Jugović   58' (pen.)
Nesta   65'
Fuser   80'
Albertini   46'
Desailly   80'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 64,189
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

UEFA Cup

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First round

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16 September 1997 First leg Vitória Guimarães   0–4   Lazio Guimarães, Portugal
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Chamot   38'
Nesta   38',   80'
Marchegiani   44'
Casiraghi   48'
Fuser   64'
Nedvěd   70'
Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Roelof Luinge (Netherlands)
30 September 1997 Second leg Lazio   2–1   Vitória Guimarães Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Signori   40',   57'
Nedvěd   74'
Report Paas   1'
Alexandre   39'
Fangueiro   56'   83'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Second round

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21 October 1997 First leg Rotor Volgograd   0–0   Lazio Volgograd, Russia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Berketov   78' Report Stadium: Central Stadium
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Juan Antonio Fernández Martín (Spain)
4 November 1997 Second leg Lazio   3–0   Rotor Volgograd Rome, Italy
20:00 CEST (UTC+01:00) Casiraghi   5'
R. Mancini   34'
Signori   89'
Report Zakharchuk   26'
Krivov   51'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Third round

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25 November 1997 First leg Rapid Wien   0–2   Lazio Wien, Austria
20:45 CEST (UTC+01:00) Freund   41'   56'
Schöttel   65'
Ipoua   68'
Report R. Mancini   36'   63',   61'
Casiraghi   38'
Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Vitor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
9 December 1997 Second leg Lazio   1–0   Rapid Wien Rome, Italy
20:15 CEST (UTC+01:00) Negro   62'
Venturin   85'
Report Hiden   77' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

Quarter-finals

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3 March 1998 First leg Lazio   1–0   Auxerre Rome, Italy
20:00 CEST (UTC+01:00) Jugović   56'   66'
Casiraghi   63'
Bokšić   71'
Report Diomède   41' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 29,444
Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)
17 March 1998 Second leg Auxerre   2–2   Lazio Auxerre, France
20:15 CEST (UTC+01:00) Guivarc’h   39', 85' Report R. Mancini   7' (pen.)
Gottardi   13'
Nesta   15'
Nedvěd   43'
Marcolin   74'
Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)

Semi-finals

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31 March 1998 First leg Atlético Madrid   0–1   Lazio Madrid, Spain
21:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Caminero   30'
Frascarelli   74'
Santi   81'
Report Jugović   9',   33'
Grandoni   73'
Favalli   83'
Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)
14 April 1998 Second leg Lazio   0–0   Atlético Madrid Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Aguilera   62' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

Final

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6 May 1998 Lazio   0–3   Internazionale Paris, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Jugović   59'
Almeyda   63'   88'
Negro   70'
Report Zamorano   5'
Fresi   18'
J. Zanetti   60',   63'
Ronaldo   70',   74'
West   82'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 44,412
Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)

Statistics

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Players statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ITA Marchegiani 51 -40 33 -29 8 -6 10 -5
15 DF   ITA Pancaro 34 1 23+1 1 3 0 7 0
2 DF   ITA Negro 47 2 26+2 2 10 0 9 0
13 DF   ITA Nesta 49 2 30 0 9 1 10 1
5 DF   ITA Favalli 41 0 23+1 0 8 0 9 0
14 MF   ITA Fuser 51 10 32 8 9 1 10 1
23 MF   ITA Venturin 44 2 17+9 1 9 0 9 1
21 MF   SCG Jugovic 42 6 27 2 9 3 6 1
18 MF   CZE Nedved 43 15 21+5 11 6 2 11 2
10 FW   ITA Mancini 52 9 31+3 5 8 1 10 3
19 FW   CRO Boksic 38 15 17+9 10 6 5 6 0
22 GK   ITA Ballotta 5 -7 1 -1 3 -5 1 -1
3 DF   ITA Lopez 34 0 18+5 0 5 0 6 0
4 MF   ITA Marcolin 31 2 6+12 2 7 0 6 0
6 DF   ARG Chamot 17 0 10+1 0 3 0 3 0
7 MF   ITA Rambaudi 26 4 6+15 4 4 0 1 0
9 FW   ITA Casiraghi 44 7 19+9 3 6 0 10 4
17 DF   SUI Gottardi 32 4 10+9 1 8 2 5 1
20 DF   ITA Grandoni 22 0 5+5 0 8 0 4 0
25 MF   ARG Almeyda 28 0 16+3 0 2 0 7 0
26 DF   ITA Di Lello 0 0 0 0
27 MF   ITA Laurentini 1 0 0+1 0
28 DF   ITA Domizzi 0 0 0 0
11 FW   ITA Signori 13 10 3+3 2 4 6 3 2
12 GK   ITA Orsi
16 MF   AUS Okon
8 MF   ITA Buso 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

Goalscorers

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References

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  1. ^ (In Italian) "Signori to Parma". But the riot blocked the deal
  2. ^ "FootballSquads - Lazio - 1997/98".
  3. ^ With consequent qualification to UEFA Cup
  4. ^ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.