The 1997–1998 campaign was the 92nd season in Atlético Madrid's history and their 63rd season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football.
Season summary
Atlético Madrid failed to regain the title they had won in 1996 and finished the season in 7th place. One of the high points of the season was the club's run in the
UEFA Cup, reaching the semi-finals. Striker
Christian Vieri was the club's top scorer, scoring 24 goals in La Liga (he finished as the league's top scorer and was awarded the
Pichichi Trophy
In Spanish football, the Trofeo Pichichi is awarded by the sports newspaper '' Marca'' to the top goalscorer of each La Liga season. Named after the Athletic Bilbao striker Rafael "Pichichi" Moreno, the trophy has been awarded annually since the ...
) and 29 in all competitions, but transferred to
Lazio (who knocked Atlético out of the UEFA Cup) at the end of the season.
Squad
:''Squad at end of season''
Left club during season
Starting 11
Transfers
In
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Paulo Futre –
West Ham United
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Juninho –
Middlesbrough
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Christian Vieri –
Juventus
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...
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Rade Bogdanović –
JEF United Ichihara
Out
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Santiago Ezquerro
Santiago 'Santi' Ezquerro Marín (born 14 December 1976) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Having made a name for himself at Athletic Bilbao, appearing in nearly 300 official games for the club in seven yea ...
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Mallorca
Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean.
The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Bal ...
Winter
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Rade Bogdanović –
NAC Breda
NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...
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Roberto –
Espanyol
Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as Espanyol, is a professional sports club based in Barcelona, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish football league sy ...
, loan
La Liga
League table
Results by round
Matches
UEFA Cup
First round
Second round
Eightfinals
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Copa del Rey
Second round
Statistics
Players statistics
Goal scorers
La Liga
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Christian Vieri 24
Copa del Rey
UEFA Cup
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Christian Vieri 5
Overall
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Christian Vieri 29
Results
See also
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Atlético Madrid
Club Atlético de Madrid, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish profess ...
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1997–98 La Liga
The 1997–98 La Liga season, the 67th since its establishment, started on 30 August 1997 and finished on 16 May 1998. On 29 March 1998, Sporting Gijón drew 0–0 with Real Zaragoza while Racing Santander, who were 19th in the table at the time, ...
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1997–98 Copa del Rey
The 1997–98 Copa del Rey was the 96th staging of the Copa del Rey.
The competition started on 3 September 1997 and concluded on 29 April 1998 with the final, held at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia.
Format
* All rounds are played ove ...
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1997–98 UEFA Cup
The 1997–98 UEFA Cup was won by Internazionale in an all-Italian final against Lazio. It was their third title in eight years in the competition.
It was the first instance of the UEFA Cup final being a one-game contest at a neutral stadium, ha ...
References
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Spanish football clubs 1997–98 season