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) 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
Transfers In Pos. Name from TypeFW Christian Vieri Juventus MF Juninho Middlesbrough DF Andrei Frascarelli Atletico Paranaense FW Jordi Lardín RCD Espanyol FW Jose Mari Sevilla FC FW Paulo Futre West Ham United MF Rade Bogdanović JEF United Ichihara GK Pedro Jaro Real Betis FW Avi Nimni Maccabi Tel Aviv DF Ramón Real Valladolid Out Pos. Name To Type MF Diego Simeone Internazionale FW Juan Esnaider Espanyol FW Juan Carlos Real Valladolid FW Leonardo Biagini CP Merida DF Roberto Solozabal Real Betis
Winter In Pos. Name from Type Out Pos. Name To Type MF Rade Bogdanović NAC Breda FW Avi Nimni Maccabi Tel Aviv FW Santiago Ezquerro Mallorca MF Roberto Espanyol loan GK Ricardo Real Valladolid
Out
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
Top scorers RankPositionNumberPlayerLa LigaCopa del ReyUEFA CupTotal1 FW 9 Christian Vieri 24 0 5 292 FW 19 Kiko 6 1 3 103 FW 14 José Mari 9 0 0 94 MF 7 Juninho Paulista 5 1 2 85 FW 17 Rade Bogdanović1 6 0 1 76 FW 11 Jordi Lardín 4 0 2 6 MF 25 Veljko Paunović 6 0 0 68 MF 21 José Luis Caminero 2 0 3 59 DF 4 Andrei 4 0 0 4 DF 6 Santi Denia 3 0 1 411 MF 10 Milinko Pantić 3 0 0 312 DF 15 Aguilera 2 0 0 213 MF 8 Juan Vizcaíno 1 0 0 1 MF 18 Roberto Fresnedoso1 1 0 0 1 DF 20 Delfí Geli 1 0 0 1Own goals2002Totals7921798
1Player left the club during the season.
Results
See also Atlético Madrid 1997–98 La Liga 1997–98 Copa del Rey 1997–98 UEFA Cup
References