1997–98 Juventus FC season

Juventus Football Club had one of its most successful seasons in the club's history, winning the domestic league competition and reaching the final of the Champions League. There, Juventus stumbled on Real Madrid by Predrag Mijatović' solitary goal, which ensured Juventus lost the final for the second year running. The progress to the final had been much less smooth than in the 1995–96 and 1996–97 European campaigns, prompting fears among supporters that the side was experiencing a decline. Indeed, on their way to the final in Amsterdam, the Italians had lost three games compared to none the previous season. They had needed to win their matchday six fixture against Manchester United to reach the quarter-final, where Dynamo Kyiv held them to a 1–1 draw in Turin in the first leg.

Juventus
1997–98 season
PresidentVittorio Chiusano
ManagerMarcello Lippi
StadiumStadio delle Alpi
Serie A1st
Coppa ItaliaSemi-finals
Supercoppa ItalianaWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Alessandro Del Piero (21)

All:
Alessandro Del Piero (32)

Alessandro Del Piero and Filippo Inzaghi, combined with French playmaker Zinedine Zidane, were the main reasons for Juventus' success. Rather than relying on the tight defence of 1996–97's league title, Juventus had two of the league's top scorers.

Players

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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   ITA Angelo Peruzzi
2 DF   ITA Ciro Ferrara
3 DF   ITA Moreno Torricelli
4 DF   URU Paolo Montero
5 MF   ITA Fabio Pecchia
6 DF   POR Dimas
7 MF   ITA Angelo Di Livio
8 MF   ITA Antonio Conte (captain)
9 FW   ITA Filippo Inzaghi
10 FW   ITA Alessandro Del Piero
11 FW   ITA Michele Padovano
12 GK   ITA Michelangelo Rampulla
13 DF   ITA Mark Iuliano
14 MF   FRA Didier Deschamps
15 DF   ITA Alessandro Birindelli
16 FW   ITA Nicola Amoruso
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 GK   ITA Morgan De Sanctis
18 FW   URU Daniel Fonseca
20 MF   ITA Alessio Tacchinardi
21 MF   FRA Zinedine Zidane
22 DF   ITA Gianluca Pessotto
23 DF   ITA Marco Zamboni
24 MF   ITA Raffaele Ametrano
25 DF   URU César Pellegrín
26 MF   NED Edgar Davids
27 FW   URU Marcelo Zalayeta
30 DF   ITA Rudy Nicoletto
31 DF   ITA Salvatore Aronica
32 FW   ITA Luigi Giandomenico
33 DF   ITA Massimiliano Zazzetta
35 MF   ITA Marco Rigoni

Transfers

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Winter

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Competitions

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Supercoppa Italiana

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23 August 1997 Juventus 3–0 Vicenza Stadio delle Alpi, Turin
20:30 CET Inzaghi   4', 10'
Conte   80'
Report Attendance: 16,157
Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Serie A

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 34 21 11 2 67 28 +39 74 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Internazionale 34 21 6 7 62 27 +35 69 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Udinese 34 19 7 8 62 40 +22 64 Qualification to UEFA Cup
4 Roma 34 16 11 7 67 42 +25 59
5 Fiorentina 34 15 12 7 65 36 +29 57[a]
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).[1]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Fiorentina finished ahead of Parma on head-to-head points: FIO 1–1 PAR; PAR 1–2 FIO.

Results by round

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Matches

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31 August 1997 1 Juventus 2–0 Lecce Turin
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Inzaghi   84'
Conte   90+4'
Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
14 September 1997 2 Roma 0–0 Juventus Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
21 September 1997 3 Juventus 4–0 Brescia Turin
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Filippini   7' (o.g.)
Conte   36'
Inzaghi   38'
Del Piero   56'
Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Massimo De Santis
27 September 1997 4 Sampdoria 1–1 Juventus Genoa
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Morales   16' Report Inzaghi   90+2' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi
5 October 1997 5 Juventus 2–1 Fiorentina Turin
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Inzaghi   33'
Del Piero   36'
Report Pessotto   24' (o.g.) Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
19 October 1997 6 Bari 0–5 Juventus Bari
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Ingesson   45+2' (o.g.)
Zidane   63', 81'
Del Piero   88'
Garzya   90' (o.g.)
Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
1 November 1997 7 Juventus 4–1 Udinese Turin
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Conte   36'
Inzaghi   68'
Del Piero   72' (pen.)
Amoruso   89'
Report Locatelli   14' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Graziano Cesari
9 November 1997 8 Napoli 1–2 Juventus Naples
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Bellucci   58' Report Zidane   38'
Fonseca   88'
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Referee: Stefano Braschi
23 November 1997 9 Juventus 2–2 Parma Turin
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Del Piero   43'
Amoruso   82'
Report Chiesa   34'
Crespo   45'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
30 November 1997 10 Milan 1–1 Juventus Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Ferrara   27' (o.g.) Report Inzaghi   32' Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Domenico Messina
6 December 1997 11 Juventus 2–1 Lazio Turin
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Del Piero   15', 34' (pen.) Report Marcolin   26' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi
14 December 1997 12 Piacenza 1–1 Juventus Piacenza
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Piovani   80' Report Fonseca   78' Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli
Referee: Stefano Farina
21 December 1997 13 Juventus 5–2 Empoli Turin
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Inzaghi   15'
Del Piero   16', 27', 55'
Tonetto   79' (o.g.)
Report Florijančič   41'
C. Esposito   74' (pen.)
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Tarcisio Serena
11 January 1998 15 Juventus 2–0 Vicenza Turin
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Del Piero   27' (pen.)
Ferrara   76'
Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
18 January 1998 16 Bologna 1–3 Juventus Bologna
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Kolyvanov   90+3' Report Inzaghi   10', 20'
Del Piero   60'
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
25 January 1998 17 Juventus 3–1 Atalanta Turin
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Conte   65'
Zidane   72', 90+2'
Report Caccia   71' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
1 February 1998 18 Lecce 0–2 Juventus Lecce
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Iuliano   45+2'
Del Piero   89'
Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
8 February 1998 19 Juventus 3–1 Roma Turin
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Zidane   45+2'
Del Piero   49'
Davids   65'
Report Paulo Sérgio   57' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Domenico Messina
11 February 1998 20 Brescia 1–1 Juventus Brescia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Savino   73' Report Inzaghi   52' Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Referee: Roberto Bettin
15 February 1998 21 Juventus 3–0 Sampdoria Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Del Piero   5'
Inzaghi   11'
Fonseca   78'
Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti P.
28 February 1998 23 Juventus 1–0 Bari Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Neqrouz   19' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Massimo De Santis
8 March 1998 24 Udinese 1–1 Juventus Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Bachini   76' Report Del Piero   89' Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
14 March 1998 25 Juventus 2–2 Napoli Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Del Piero   45+1'
Zalayeta   75'
Report Turrini   69'
Protti   90+2'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
22 March 1998 26 Parma 2–2 Juventus Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Stanić   36'
Crippa   40'
Report Tacchinardi   55'
Inzaghi   60'
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi
28 March 1998 27 Juventus 4–1 Milan Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Del Piero   12' (pen.), 39'
Inzaghi   60', 83'
Report Boban   33' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Stefano Braschi
5 April 1998 28 Lazio 0–1 Juventus Rome
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Inzaghi   60' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
11 April 1998 29 Juventus 2–0 Piacenza Turin
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Zidane   53'
Del Piero   81'
Report Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
19 April 1998 30 Empoli 0–1 Juventus Empoli
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Pecchia   70' Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti P.
10 May 1998 33 Juventus 3–2 Bologna Turin
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Inzaghi   34', 50', 81' Report Kolyvanov   11'
R. Baggio   56'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi
15 May 1998 34 Atalanta 1–1 Juventus Bergamo
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Caccia   45+3' (pen.) Report Fonseca   69' Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Referee: Livio Bazzoli

Top Scorers

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UEFA Champions League

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Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Manchester United 6 5 0 1 14 5 +9 15 Advance to knockout stage
2   Juventus 6 4 0 2 12 8 +4 12
3   Feyenoord 6 3 0 3 8 10 −2 9
4   Košice 6 0 0 6 2 13 −11 0
Source: UEFA
17 September 1997 1 Juventus   5–1   Feyenoord Turin, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Del Piero   3' (pen.), 11'
Ferrara   24'
Conte   28'
Inzaghi   34'
Di Livio   57'
Zidane   67'
Tacchinardi   69'
Birindelli   81'
Report Van Gobbel   17'
Bosvelt   41'
Cruz   44'
Van Gastel   58' (pen.)
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)
1 October 1997 2 Manchester United   3–2   Juventus Manchester, England
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Sheringham   37'
Giggs   45',   89'
Scholes   69'
Report Del Piero   1',   58'
Pecchia   14'
Ferrara   53'
Deschamps   66'   66'
Zidane   90'
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 53,428
Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)
22 October 1997 3 Košice   0–1   Juventus Košice, Slovakia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Dzúrik   39'
Lubarskyi   51'
Špilár   53'
Report Dimas   30'
Del Piero   34'
Pessotto   59'
Stadium: Všešportový areál
Attendance: 10,021
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Germany)
5 November 1997 4 Juventus   3–2   Košice Turin, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Conte   33'
Del Piero   42'
Amoruso   59'
Fonseca   60'
Report Lyubarskyi   66'
Ferrara   70' (o.g.)
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)
26 November 1997 5 Feyenoord   2–0   Juventus Rotterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Boateng   21'
Cruz   66', 87',   73'
Van Wonderen   79'
Report Del Piero   38'
Torricelli   83'
Stadium: Feijenoord Stadion
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)
10 December 1997 6 Juventus   1–0   Manchester United Turin, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Zidane   60'
Inzaghi   84'
Report Berg   77' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 47,786
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Knockout phase

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Quarter-finals
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4 March 1998 First leg Juventus   1–1   Dynamo Kyiv Turin, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Davids   47'
Montero   64'
Inzaghi   69'
Report Luzhnyi   40'
Husin   56'
Mykhaylenko   84'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 40,723
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)
18 March 1998 Second leg Dynamo Kyiv   1–4
(2–5 agg.)
  Juventus Kyiv, Ukraine
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Rebrov   54'
Gerasimenko   61'
Report Inzaghi   29', 65', 73'
Del Piero   88'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Semi-finals
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1 April 1998 First leg Juventus   4–1   Monaco Turin, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Deschamps   31'
Del Piero   35', 45+3' (pen.), 62' (pen.)
Zidane   87'
Report Djetou   34'
Costinha   42',   66'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)
15 April 1998 Second leg Monaco   3–2
(4–6 agg.)
  Juventus Monaco
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Léonard   38'
Henry   50'
Martin   79'
Špehar   83'
Report Amoruso   15'
Del Piero   74'
Conte   88'
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
Final
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20 May 1998 Final Juventus   0–1   Real Madrid Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Davids   34'
Montero   79'
Report Hierro   23'
Roberto Carlos   37'
Karembeu   56'
Mijatović   66'
Seedorf   90+4'
Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 48,500
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

Coppa Italia

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Round of 32

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4 September 1997 First Leg Brescello 1-1 Juventus Reggio Emilia
Franzini   42' Conte   56' Stadium: Stadio Giglio
Referee: Bettin
24 September 1997 Second Leg Juventus 4-0
(5–1 agg.)
Brescello Torino
Delpiano   6' (o.g.)
Amoruso   47' (pen.)
Fonseca   68', 86'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Preschern

Round of 16

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15 October 1997 First Leg Juventus 2-0 Lecce Torino
Amoruso   32'
Del Piero   54'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Bolognino
19 November 1997 Second Leg Lecce 0-1
(0-3 agg.)
Juventus Lecce
Birindelli   26' Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Referee: Serena

Quarterfinals

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7 January 1998 First Leg Fiorentina 2-2 Juventus Firenze
Rui Costa   5'
Montero   42' (o.g.)
Inzaghi   64'
Zidane   73'
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Referee: Treossi
20 January 1998 Second Leg Juventus 0-0
(2-2 agg.)
Fiorentina Torino
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Rodomonti

Semifinals

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19 February 1998 First Leg Juventus 0-1 Lazio Torino
Bokšić   22' Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Treossi
11 March 1998 Second Leg Lazio 2-2
(3-2 agg.)
Juventus Roma
Nedvěd   62', 66' Fonseca   35'
Favalli   90+3' (o.g.)
Stadium: stadium Olimpico
Referee: Pellegrino

Statistics

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Players statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA
Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ITA Peruzzi 43 -41 31 -25 1 -1 11 -15
15 DF   ITA Birindelli 46 2 26+3 0 7 1 10 1
13 DF   ITA Iuliano 42 1 24+1 1 7 0 10 0
4 DF   URU Montero 38 0 24+2 0 5 0 7 0
7 MF   ITA Di Livio 43 0 23+7 0 6 0 7 0
14 MF   FRA Deschamps 33 0 23+2 0 0 0 8 0
8 MF   ITA Conte 43 5 25+3 4 6 1 9 0
21 MF   FRA Zidane 47 11 31+1 7 4 1 11 3
26 MF   NED Davids 27 1 19+1 1 2 0 5 0
9 FW   ITA Inzaghi 45 25 29+2 18 4 1 10 6
10 FW   ITA Del Piero 46 32 32 21 4 1 10 10
12 GK   ITA Rampulla 13 -8 3+2 -3 7 -5 1 0
2 DF   ITA Ferrara 24 1 17 1 2 0 5 0
3 DF   ITA Torricelli 33 0 18+2 0 6 0 7 0
22 DF   ITA Pessotto 36 0 15+6 0 7 0 8 0
5 MF   ITA Pecchia 34 1 5+16 1 8 0 5 0
6 DF   POR Dimas 35 0 12+9 0 6 0 8 0
20 MF   ITA Tacchinardi 41 1 11+12 1 8 0 10 0
16 FW   ITA Amoruso 18 6 4+6 2 4 2 4 2
18 FW   URU Fonseca 29 8 1+14 4 8 3 6 1
27 FW   URU Zalayeta 7 1 0+5 1 2 0
11 FW   ITA Padovano 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
23 DF   ITA Zamboni 3 0 0+1 0 2 0
24 MF   ITA Ametrano 1 0 0 0 1 0
35 MF   ITA Rigoni 1 0 0 0 1 0
32 FW   ITA Giandomenico 1 0 0 0 1 0
31 DF   ITA Aronica 1 0 0+1 0
25 DF   URU Pellegrin 0 0 0 0
30 DF   ITA Nicoletto
17 GK   ITA De Sanctis 0 0 0 0
33 DF   ITA Zazzetta

References

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  1. ^ 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.