The 1997–98 La Liga season was the 67th since its establishment. It began on 30 August 1997, and concluded on 16 May 1998.
Season | 1997–98 |
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Dates | 30 August 1997 – 16 May 1998 |
Champions | Barcelona 15th title |
Relegated | Compostela (relegation playoff) Mérida Sporting Gijón |
Champions League | Real Madrid (as Champions League winners) Barcelona Athletic Bilbao |
Cup Winners' Cup | Mallorca (as Copa del Rey runners-up) |
UEFA Cup | Real Sociedad Celta Vigo Atlético Madrid Real Betis |
Intertoto Cup | Valencia Espanyol |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 1,009 (2.66 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Christian Vieri (24 goals) |
Biggest home win | Salamanca 6–0 Valencia (12 April 1998)[1] |
Biggest away win | Oviedo 0–5 Real Sociedad (19 October 1997)[2] |
Highest scoring | Salamanca 5–4 Atlético Madrid (21 March 1998)[3] |
← 1996–97 1998–99 → |
On 29 March 1998, following Sporting Gijón's 0–0 draw with Zaragoza, combined with Racing Santander's 4–3 loss to Athletic Bilbao, Sporting Gijón became the first team in La Liga history to be relegated in March, ending the season with a league-record lowest points tally of just 13.
Promotion and relegation
editTwenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Mérida, Salamanca (both teams returning after a season's absence) and Mallorca (returning after a five-year absence). They replaced Rayo Vallecano, Extremadura, Sevilla FC, Hércules CF and CD Logrones after spending time in the top flight for two, one, twenty two, one and one years respectively. Starting from this season, twenty teams contested in the La Liga as opposed to previous seasons with twenty-two teams.
Team information
editClubs and locations
edit1997–98 season was composed of the following clubs:
Team | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|
Barcelona | Camp Nou | 98,772 |
Real Madrid | Santiago Bernabéu | 80,354 |
Espanyol | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc | 55,926 |
Atlético Madrid | Vicente Calderón | 55,005 |
Valencia | Mestalla | 55,000 |
Real Betis | Manuel Ruiz de Lopera | 52,132 |
Athletic Bilbao | San Mamés | 39,750 |
Deportivo de La Coruña | Riazor | 34,600 |
Real Zaragoza | La Romareda | 34,596 |
Celta de Vigo | Estadio Balaídos | 32,500 |
Real Sociedad | Anoeta | 32,200 |
Real Oviedo | Carlos Tartiere | 30,500 |
Valladolid | José Zorrilla | 27,846 |
Sporting de Gijón | El Molinón | 25,885 |
Mallorca | Lluís Sitjar | 23,142 |
Tenerife | Heliodoro Rodríguez López | 22,824 |
Racing de Santander | El Sardinero | 22,222 |
Salamanca | Helmántico | 17,341 |
Mérida | Estadio Romano | 14,600 |
Compostela | San Lázaro | 12,000 |
League table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Barcelona (C) | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 78 | 56 | +22 | 74 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
3 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 63[a] | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
4 | Real Madrid | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 63 | 45 | +18 | 63[a] | Qualification for the Champions League group stage[b] |
5 | Mallorca | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 60[c] | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[d] |
6 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 60[c] | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
7 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 79 | 56 | +23 | 60[c] | |
8 | Real Betis | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 59 | |
9 | Valencia | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 55 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round |
10 | Espanyol | 38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 53 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round |
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[e] | |
15 | Salamanca | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 45[e] | |
16 | Tenerife | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 45[e] | |
17 | Compostela (R) | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 56 | 66 | −10 | 44 | Qualification for the relegation playoffs |
18 | Oviedo (O) | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 40 | |
19 | Mérida (R) | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 33 | 53 | −20 | 39 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
20 | Sporting Gijón (R) | 38 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 31 | 80 | −49 | 13 |
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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b RMA 2–0 RSO; RSO 4–2 RMA
- ^ Real Madrid was qualified directly for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League as holders.
- ^ a b c MLL: 9 pts; CEL: 5 pts; ATM: 2 pts
- ^ Since Barcelona, winners of 1997–98 Copa del Rey, was qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League, losing cup finalists RCD Mallorca earned a spot in the first round of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
- ^ a b c RAC: 8 pts; SAL: 4 pts → SAL 2-0 TEN; TEN: 4 pts → TEN 2-0 SAL
Results
editRelegation playoff
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Villarreal CF | (a) 1–1 | SD Compostela | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Real Oviedo | 4–3 | UD Las Palmas | 3–0 | 1–3 |
First leg
edit21 May 1998 | Villarreal CF | 0–0 | SD Compostela | Villarreal |
21:45 | Report (in Spanish) | Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Víctor Esquinas Torres |
22 May 1998 | Real Oviedo | 3–0 | UD Las Palmas | Oviedo |
21:45 | Iván Ania 9' (pen.), 27' Dely Valdés 59' |
Report (in Spanish) | Stadium: Carlos Tartiere Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González |
Second leg
edit24 May 1998 | SD Compostela | 1–1 (1–1 agg.) | Villarreal CF | Santiago de Compostela |
21:45 | Chiba 57' | Report (in Spanish) | Alberto 7' | Stadium: Multiusos de San Lázaro Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega |
25 May 1998 | UD Las Palmas | 3–1 (3–4 agg.) | Real Oviedo | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
22:00 | Gamboa 20' Walter Pico 65' Paquito 66' |
Report (in Spanish) | Gamboa 29' (o.g.) | Stadium: Insular Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto |
Awards
editPichichi Trophy
editThe Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Christian Vieri | Atlético Madrid | 24 |
2 | Rivaldo | Barcelona | 19 |
3 | Luis Enrique | Barcelona | 18 |
4 | Darko Kovačević | Real Sociedad | 17 |
5 | Lyuboslav Penev | Compostela | 16 |
6 | Pauleta | Salamanca | 15 |
7 | Fernando Correa | Racing Santander | 14 |
8 | Gabriel Amato | Mallorca | 13 |
Juan Esnáider | Espanyol | ||
Alen Peternac | Valladolid |
Zamora Trophy
editThe Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals against | Matches | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Toni | Espanyol | 31 | 37 | 0.84 |
2 | Alberto | Real Sociedad | 37 | 38 | 0.97 |
3 | Bogdan Stelea | Salamanca | 32 | 30 | 1.07 |
4 | Imanol Etxeberria | Athletic Bilbao | 42 | 38 | 1.11 |
5 | Andoni Zubizarreta | Valencia | 40 | 34 | 1.18 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Salamanca 6–0 Valencia". LFP. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ "Real Oviedo 0–5 Real Sociedad". LFP. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ "Salamanca 5–4 Atlético Madrid". LFP. Retrieved 14 September 2010.