1997–98 Parma AC season

Parma
1997–98 season
Owner	Parmalat
President	Calisto Tanzi
Manager	Carlo Ancelotti
Stadium	Stadio Ennio Tardini
Serie A	6th
Coppa Italia	Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Hernán Crespo (12); All: ; Enrico Chiesa (21)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

During the 1997–98 season, the club's eighth in Serie A, Parma Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A, the Coppa Italia, and the UEFA Champions League.

Season review

The team had another good season, finishing 6th in the league and thus qualifying for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup, as well as reaching the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia. The team's solitary disappointment was a group stage exit in their first-ever appearance in the UEFA Champions League.

Players

Squad information

Squad at end of season^[1]

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	Gianluigi Buffon
2	DF	BRA	Zé Maria
3	DF	ITA	Antonio Benarrivo
4	MF	ITA	Stefano Fiore
7	DF	ARG	Roberto Sensini
8	MF	ITA	Dino Baggio
9	MF	ITA	Massimo Crippa
10	MF	ITA	Pietro Strada
11	FW	ARG	Hernán Crespo
12	GK	ITA	Matteo Guardalben
13	MF	CRO	Mario Stanić
14	DF	ITA	Roberto Mussi
15	MF	FRA	Reynald Pedros
16	DF	ITA	Luigi Apolloni


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	ITA	Fabio Cannavaro
18	MF	ITA	Federico Giunti
19	MF	ITA	Pierluigi Orlandini
20	FW	ITA	Enrico Chiesa
21	DF	FRA	Lilian Thuram
23	GK	ITA	Alessandro Nista
25	FW	BRA	Adaílton
26	MF	ITA	Simone Barone
28	MF	SWE	Jesper Blomqvist
29	DF	ITA	Edric Tiozzo
30	DF	ITA	Nicola Mora
31	FW	COL	Faustino Asprilla
32	DF	ITA	Antonio Calabro
33	MF	ITA	Matteo Apolloni

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
MF	Stefano Fiore	Padova Calcio
GK	Matteo Guardalben	Hellas Verona	-
MF	Federico Giunti	Perugia Calcio
MF	Pierluigi Orlandini	Internazionale
MF	Adaílton	Juventude	-
MF	Jesper Blomqvist	A.C. Milan	U$9,0 million
FW	Faustino Asprilla	Newcastle United	loan ended
DF	Mauro Milanese	SSC Napoli
FW	Filippo Maniero	Hellas Verona

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Alessandro Melli	Perugia Calcio
MF	Daniel Bravo	Olympique Lyonnais
MF	Reynald Pedros	SSC Napoli
MF	Amaral	Benfica	loan

Left club during season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	MF	FRA	Daniel Bravo (to Lyon)
6	DF	ITA	Mauro Milanese (to Internazionale)
22	FW	ITA	Filippo Maniero (to Milan)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	ITA	Alessandro Melli (to Perugia)
27	DF	ITA	Ivan Franceschini (to Salernitana)

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Roma	34	16	11	7	67	42	+25	59	Qualification to UEFA Cup
5	Fiorentina	34	15	12	7	65	36	+29	57^[a]
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^[2]

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).^[3]
Notes:

^ Fiorentina finished ahead of Parma on head-to-head points: FIO 1–1 PAR; PAR 1–2 FIO.
^ Bologna finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: BOL 2–2 SAM; SAM 2–3 BOL.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	15	12	7	55	39	+16	57	9	5	3	30	19	+11	6	7	4	25	20	+5

Last updated: 16 May 1998.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	L
Position	1	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	6

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed; = Leader, 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying round; = 1998–99 UEFA Cup First round; = Qualification to Intertoto Cup; = 1998–99 Serie B

Matches

31 August 1997 1	Bari	0–2	Parma	Bari
		Report	Strada 43' Benarrivo 71'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Pierluigi Collina

14 September 1997 2	Parma	2–2	Atalanta	Parma
	Maniero 30' Strada 36'	Report	Lucarelli 20', 62'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

21 September 1997 3	Piacenza	1–3	Parma	Piacenza
	Scienza 45'	Report	Crespo 1', 63' Sensini 29'	Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

27 September 1997 4	Parma	4–0	Udinese	Parma
	Crespo 32' Sensini 83' Maniero 86' Strada 89' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

5 October 1997 5	Vicenza	0–0	Parma	Vicenza
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

19 October 1997 6	Parma	2–0	Bologna	Parma
	Chiesa 36' D. Baggio 47'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Domenico Messina

1 November 1997 7	Internazionale	1–0	Parma	Milan
	Ronaldo 15'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Piero Ceccarini

9 November 1997 8	Parma	2–0	Empoli	Parma
	Adaílton 74' Sensini 85' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Roberto Bettin

23 November 1997 9	Juventus	2–2	Parma	Turin
	Del Piero 43' Amoruso 82'	Report	Chiesa 34' Crespo 45'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

30 November 1997 10	Parma	0–2	Roma	Parma
		Report	Totti 9' Paulo Sérgio 22'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Stefano Braschi

7 December 1997 11	Fiorentina	1–1	Parma	Florence
	Morfeo 58'	Report	Apolloni 54'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

14 December 1997 12	Napoli	0–4	Parma	Naples
		Report	Blomqvist 18' D. Baggio 53' Crespo 65', 73'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Livio Bazzoli

21 December 1997 13	Parma	2–1	Lecce	Parma
	D. Baggio 55' Chiesa 62'	Report	Rossi 71'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Daniele Tombolini

4 January 1998 14	Parma	1–1	Lazio	Parma
	Chiesa 55' (pen.)	Report	Bokšić 19'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Roberto Bettin

11 January 1998 15	Sampdoria	5–2	Parma	Genoa
	Montella 5' Signori 26', 83' Vergassola 33' Thuram 49' (o.g.)	Report	Maniero 54', 58'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

18 January 1998 16	Parma	3–1	Milan	Parma
	Chiesa 33', 75' D. Baggio 44'	Report	Ganz 70'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Piero Ceccarini

25 January 1998 17	Brescia	2–1	Parma	Brescia
	Hübner 15', 60' (pen.)	Report	Fiore 43'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Stefano Braschi

1 February 1998 18	Parma	1–0	Bari	Parma
	D. Baggio 68'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

8 February 1998 19	Atalanta	0–0	Parma	Bergamo
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

11 February 1998 20	Parma	1–1	Piacenza	Parma
	Crespo 13' (pen.)	Report	Buso 28'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Massimo De Santis

15 February 1998 21	Udinese	1–1	Parma	Udine
	Bierhoff 80'	Report	Crespo 33'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Stefano Farina

22 February 1998 22	Parma	2–1	Vicenza	Parma
	Stanić 63' Chiesa 72' (pen.)	Report	Ambrosetti 59'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

1 March 1998 23	Bologna	1–2	Parma	Bologna
	Paramatti 11'	Report	Stanić 15' Crippa 28'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

8 March 1998 24	Parma	1–0	Internazionale	Parma
	Crespo 78'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

15 March 1998 25	Empoli	2–0	Parma	Empoli
	Martusciello 26' Bonomi 45+3'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Livio Bazzoli

22 March 1998 26	Parma	2–2	Juventus	Parma
	Stanić 36' Crippa 40'	Report	Tacchinardi 55' Inzaghi 60'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi

29 March 1998 27	Roma	2–2	Parma	Rome
	Totti 10' Paulo Sérgio 25'	Report	Chiesa 26', 53'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Gennaro Borriello

5 April 1998 28	Parma	1–2	Fiorentina	Parma
	Crespo 58'	Report	Edmundo 54' Rui Costa 77'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

11 April 1998 29	Parma	3–1	Napoli	Parma
	Crespo 3', 86' Apolloni 76'	Report	Bellucci 69'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Diego Preschern

19 April 1998 30	Lecce	0–2	Parma	Lecce
		Report	Casale 39' (o.g.) Adaílton 90'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: Pierluigi Collina

26 April 1998 31	Lazio	1–2	Parma	Rome
	Nedvěd 57'	Report	Sensini 71' Stanić 74'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

3 May 1998 32	Parma	2–2	Sampdoria	Parma
	Chiesa 35' Sensini 79'	Report	Soares 66' Boghossian 87'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Pierpaolo Rossi

10 May 1998 33	Milan	1–1	Parma	Milan
	Weah 56'	Report	André Cruz 16' (o.g.)	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Domenico Messina

16 May 1998 34	Parma	1–3	Brescia	Parma
	De Paola 5' (o.g.)	Report	Bizzarri 33', 44' Neri 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Graziano Cesari

Coppa Italia

Second round

3 September 1997 First leg	Venezia	3–2	Parma	Venice
	Ballarin 19' Antonioli 23' Polesel 48' (pen.)		Maniero 57' Milanese 67'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo Attendance: 8,636 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

24 September 1997 Second leg	Parma	3–1 (5–4 agg.)	Venezia	Parma
	Chiesa 26', 34' Pavan 45' (o.g.)		Marangon 62'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

Round of 16

15 October 1997 First leg	Parma	2–1	Bari	Parma
	Adaílton 36' Fiore 45'		Zambrotta 60'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

19 November 1997 Second leg	Bari	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	Parma	Bari
			Maniero 87'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Domenico Messina

Quarter-finals

7 January 1998 First leg	Parma	1–0	Atalanta	Parma
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Chiesa 37'			Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 4,453 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

21 January 1998 Second leg	Atalanta	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Parma	Bergamo
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bonacina 77'		Chiesa 56'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Semi-finals

18 February 1998 First leg	Milan	0–0	Parma	Milan
				Stadium: San Siro Referee: Stefano Braschi

12 March 1998 Second leg	Parma	2–2 (2–2a agg.)	Milan	Parma
	Chiesa 49' Stanić 85'		Kluivert 45', 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

13 August 1997 First leg	Widzew Łódź	1–3	Parma	Łódź, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mikhalchuk 52' Gęsior 68'	Report	Benarrivo 6' Chiesa 27', 47', 49' Crespo 60'	Stadium: Stadion Widzewa Referee: Marc Batta (France)

27 August 1997 Second leg	Parma	4–0 (7–1 agg.)	Widzew Łódź	Parma, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pedros 36' Sensini 41', 52', 46' Adaílton 78'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Borussia Dortmund	6	5	0	1	14	3	+11	15	Advance to knockout stage
2	Parma	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1	9
3	Sparta Prague	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5
4	Galatasaray	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4

Source: UEFA

17 September 1997 1	Sparta Prague	0–0	Parma	Prague, Czech Republic
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Svoboda 40' Řepka 54' Hašek 63' Němeček 82' Baranek 85'	Report	Chiesa 27' Thuram 30' Crippa 36' Benarrivo 41' Cannavaro 77'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 17,846 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

1 October 1997 2	Parma	2–0	Galatasaray	Parma, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sensini 24' Crespo 30'	Report	Okan 83'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 15,922 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

22 October 1997 3	Parma	1–0	Borussia Dortmund	Parma, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Crespo 62' Stanić 89'	Report	Reuter 21' Sousa 43' Chapuisat 65'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 13,449 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

5 November 1997 4	Borussia Dortmund	2–0	Parma	Dortmund, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Möller 50', 75'	Report	D. Baggio 37' Mussi 45' Crippa 79'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

27 November 1997 5	Parma	2–2	Sparta Prague	Parma, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Chiesa 22', 90' (pen.)	Report	Horňák 21' Řepka 72' Siegl 78' Novotný 87' Obajdin 89'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 16,200 Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

10 December 1997 6	Galatasaray	1–1	Parma	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hagi 34' Ilie 52' Tugay 54'	Report	Fiore 20' Thuram 30' Chiesa 47'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ITA	Buffon	40	-39	32	-33	8	-6
21	DF	FRA	Thuram	40	0	32	0	8	0
3	DF	ITA	Benarrivo	29	1	23+1	1	5	0
17	DF	ITA	Cannavaro	38	0	31	0	7	0
7	DF	ARG	Sensini	30	8	23+1	5	6	3
13	MF	CRO	Stanic	27	4	20+3	4	3+1	0
8	MF	ITA	Dino Baggio	37	5	29	5	8	0
9	MF	ITA	Crippa	33	2	18+8	2	6+1	0
28	MF	SWE	Blomqvist	28	1	24+4	1	0	0
11	FW	ARG	Crespo	33	14	22+3	12	7+1	2
20	FW	ITA	Chiesa	41	16	33	10	8	6
12	GK	ITA	Guardalben	2	-4	2	-4	0	0
2	DF	BRA	Zé Maria	26	0	18+2	0	6	0
14	DF	ITA	Mussi	25	0	14+6	0	2+3	0
4	MF	ITA	Fiore	32	1	13+13	1	2+4	0
16	DF	ITA	Apolloni	15	2	10+4	2	1	0
18	MF	ITA	Giunti	14	0	7+6	0	1	0
10	MF	ITA	Strada	14	3	5+4	3	1+4	0
6	DF	ITA	Milanese	10	0	5+1	0	1+3	0
25	FW	BRA	Adaílton	15	3	4+9	2	0+2	1
19	MF	ITA	Orlandoni	15	0	4+9	0	0+2	0
22	FW	ITA	Maniero	16	4	2+8	4	5+1	0
31	FW	COL	Asprilla	4	0	2+2	0
30	DF	ITA	Mora	3	0	1+2	0
23	GK	ITA	Nista	1	-2	0+1	-2
15	MF	FRA	Pedros	3	1	0+1	0	0+2	1
26	MF	ITA	Barone	0	0	0	0
29	DF	ITA	Tiozzo	0	0	0	0
23	FW	ITA	Melli	0	0	0	0
32	DF	ITA	Calabro
33	MF	ITA	Apolloni

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1997/1127/

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA CL	Total
1	20	FW	Enrico Chiesa	10	5	6	21
2	11	FW	Hernán Crespo	12	0	2	14
3	7	DF	Roberto Sensini	5	0	3	8
4	22	FW	Filippo Maniero	4	2	0	6
5	8	MF	Dino Baggio	5	0	0	5
5	13	MF	Mario Stanić	4	1	0	5
7	25	FW	Adaílton	2	1	1	4
8	10	MF	Pietro Strada	3	0	0	3
9	4	MF	Stefano Fiore	1	1	0	2
	9	MF	Massimo Crippa	2	0	0	2
	16	DF	Luigi Apolloni	2	0	0	2
12	3	DF	Antonio Benarrivo	1	0	0	1
	6	DF	Mauro Milanese	0	1	0	1
	15	MF	Reynald Pedros	0	0	1	1
	28	MF	Jesper Blomqvist	1	0	0	1
Own goal				3	1	0	4
Totals				55	12	13	80

Last updated: 16 May 1998

References

^ "FootballSquads - Parma - 1997/98".
^ With consequent qualification to UEFA Cup
^ 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.

[table_hth_FIO0.8902248488228-3] Fiorentina finished ahead of Parma on head-to-head points: FIO 1–1 PAR; PAR 1–2 FIO.

[table_hth_BOL0.8902248488228-4] Bologna finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: BOL 2–2 SAM; SAM 2–3 BOL.

[1] "FootballSquads - Parma - 1997/98".

[2] With consequent qualification to UEFA Cup

[5] 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.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	15	12	7	55	39	+16	57	9	5	3	30	19	+11	6	7	4	25	20	+5

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	15	12	7	55	39	+16	57	9	5	3	30	19	+11	6	7	4	25	20	+5

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	15	12	7	55	39	+16	57	9	5	3	30	19	+11	6	7	4	25	20	+5