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, lost by Athletic Bilbao 4–3, to make Sporting Gijón the first team in La Liga history to be relegated in March, ending the season with a League record low points tally of just 13.

La Liga
Season1997–98
Dates30 August 1997 – 16 May 1998
ChampionsBarcelona
15th title
RelegatedCompostela (relegation playoff)
Mérida
Sporting
Champions LeagueReal Madrid (group stage) (via UEFA Champions League)
Barcelona (group stage)
Athletic Bilbao (second qualifying round)
UEFA Cup Winners' CupMallorca (first round) (Copa del Rey runner-up)
UEFA CupReal Sociedad (first round)
Celta Vigo (first round)
Atlético Madrid (first round)
Betis (first round)
Intertoto CupValencia (third round)
Espanyol (second round)
Matches played380
Goals scored1,009 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorerChristian Vieri
(24 goals)
Biggest home winSalamanca 6–0 Valencia
(12 April 1998)[1]
Biggest away winReal Oviedo 0–5 Real Sociedad
(19 October 1997)[2]
Highest scoringSalamanca 5–4 Atlético Madrid
(21 March 1998)[3]

Promotion and relegation

Twenty 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

Clubs and locations
Location of teams in La Liga 1997–98
Canary Islands

1997–98 season was composed of the following clubs:

Team Stadium Capacity
BarcelonaCamp Nou98,772
Real MadridSantiago Bernabéu80,354
EspanyolEstadi Olímpic de Montjuïc55,926
Atlético MadridVicente Calderón55,005
ValenciaMestalla55,000
Real BetisManuel Ruiz de Lopera52,132
Athletic BilbaoSan Mamés39,750
Deportivo de La CoruñaRiazor34,600
Real ZaragozaLa Romareda34,596
Celta de VigoEstadio Balaídos32,500
Real SociedadAnoeta32,200
Real OviedoCarlos Tartiere30,500
ValladolidJosé Zorrilla27,846
Sporting de GijónEl Molinón25,885
MallorcaLluís Sitjar23,142
TenerifeHeliodoro Rodríguez López22,824
Racing de SantanderEl Sardinero22,222
SalamancaHelmántico17,341
MéridaEstadio Romano14,600
CompostelaSan Lázaro12,000

League table
Pos 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[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Real Madrid 38 17 12 9 63 45 +18 63[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 2]
5 Mallorca 38 16 12 10 55 39 +16 60[lower-alpha 3] Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 4]
6 Celta de Vigo 38 17 9 12 54 47 +7 60[lower-alpha 3] Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
7 Atlético Madrid 38 16 12 10 79 56 +23 60[lower-alpha 3]
8 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[lower-alpha 5]
15 Salamanca 38 12 9 17 46 46 0 45[lower-alpha 5]
16 Tenerife 38 11 12 15 44 57 −13 45[lower-alpha 5]
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
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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. RMA 2–0 RSO; RSO 4–2 RMA
  2. Real Madrid was qualified directly for the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League as holders.
  3. MLL: 9 pts; CEL: 5 pts; ATM: 2 pts
  4. 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.
  5. RAC: 8 pts; SAL: 4 pts → SAL 2-0 TEN; TEN: 4 pts → TEN 2-0 SAL

Results
Home \ Away ATH ATM FCB BET CEL COM RCD ESP MLL MER RAC RMA ROV RSO SAL RSG TEN VCF VLD ZAR
Athletic Bilbao 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–3 3–1 5–1 4–3 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 0–3 2–0 1–0
Atlético Madrid 3–0 5–2 0–0 3–3 3–1 3–0 0–2 2–3 4–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–1 5–0 2–1
Barcelona 4–0 3–1 1–3 3–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–4 2–1 3–2 3–4 1–2 1–0
Betis 1–1 2–3 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 0–2 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 3–3
Celta de Vigo 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1
Compostela 1–4 2–1 2–2 2–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–0 3–1 2–3 1–0 1–3 2–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 2–0
Deportivo La Coruña 3–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–6 1–1 1–1 0–1 4–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 2–1
Espanyol 0–1 2–2 1–1 5–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–1
Mallorca 4–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 4–2 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 6–2 5–1 2–1 1–1 0–2
Mérida 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–3 4–0 3–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1
Racing Santander 0–0 0–1 2–4 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–3
Real Madrid 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 5–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 0–2
Oviedo 1–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–5 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–0
Real Sociedad 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 5–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–1
Salamanca 0–0 5–4 4–3 0–0 0–1 0–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 4–0 2–0 6–0 1–0 1–2
Sporting Gijón 1–2 2–3 1–4 2–3 0–1 0–2 0–3 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–3 1–2 2–3
Tenerife 0–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–3 5–1 0–0 0–0 1–4 1–1 2–2 4–3 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 0–0
Valencia 1–1 4–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 6–1 0–2 1–1 3–2 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–1
Valladolid 3–0 2–1 1–2 1–3 0–0 4–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–4 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–3 4–0
Zaragoza 1–1 1–5 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–3 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–0
Source: LFP (in Spanish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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
21 May 1998 Villarreal CF 0–0 SD Compostela Villarreal
21:45 Report (in Spanish) Stadium: El Madrigal
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Víctor Esquinas Torres Community of Madrid
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 Basque Country (autonomous community)

Second leg
24 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 Asturias
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 Andalusia

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Rank Goalscorers Goals Club
1 Italy Christian Vieri 24 Atlético Madrid
2 Brazil Rivaldo 19 Barcelona
3 Spain Luis Enrique 18 Barcelona
4 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Darko Kovačević 17 Real Sociedad
5 Bulgaria Lyuboslav Penev 16 Compostela
6 Portugal Pauleta 15 Salamanca
7 Uruguay Fernando Correa 14 Racing Santander
8 Argentina Juan Esnáider 13 Espanyol
Croatia Alen Peternac 13 Valladolid
Argentina Gabriel Amato 13 Mallorca

Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with least goals to games ratio.

Rank Goalkeeper Goals Matches Average Team
1 Spain Toni 31 37 0.84 Espanyol
2 Spain Alberto 37 38 0.97 Real Sociedad
3 Romania Bogdan Stelea 32 30 1.07 Salamanca
4 Spain Imanol Etxeberria 42 38 1.11 Athletic Bilbao
5 Spain Andoni Zubizarreta 40 34 1.18 Valencia

See also

References
  1. "Salamanca 6-0 Valencia". LFP. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  2. "Real Oviedo 0–5 Real Sociedad". LFP. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  3. "Salamanca 5-4 Atlético Madrid". LFP. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
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