The 1997–98 season was the 63rd season for Real Zaragoza in its history. The club competed in La Liga and Copa del Rey.
Summary During summer Alfonso Solans in his 6th season as President, reinforced the squad with several players such as midfielders Nordin Wooter from AFC Ajax, Jose Ignacio from Valencia CF,Arde Valencia (Valencia burns); Mundo Deportivo, 4 July 1995 (in Spanish) Roberto Acuña, Defender Gary Sundgren and forwards Yordi and Pier. Meanwhile, the club transferred out Gus Poyet to Chelsea FC after 7 years, youngstar forward Fernando Morientes and Dani were sold to Real Madrid. Also, forwards Higuera and Miguel Pardeza along Nayim left the club after several seasons.
In his 2nd season as head coach Luis Costa did fix the defensive line with decent performances of Sundgren, on the midfield the Dutch midfielder Nordin Wooter was a total flop being surpassed as starter by Jose Ignacio on the right wing, on the contrary, the other midfielders Kily Gonzalez, Santiago Aragon and Roberto Acuña did cover in a decent way the departures of Gus Poyet and Nayim. Costa found troubles at the offensive line with new arrivals Yordi and Pier delivering poor performances -prompting the arrival of Paulo Jamelli during Winter-, the team only reached the mid-table spots even far away to play the upcoming 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup finishing in a 13th spot. The season is remembered by the match won by the squad against Real Madrid 0-2 at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium after 13 seasons only the 2nd league victory over there in its club history.
Meanwhile, in Copa del Rey the squad advanced to the semifinals only to be defeated by FC Barcelona.
Squad
Transfers In Pos. Name from Type DF Gary SundgrenAIK Fotboll MF José IgnacioValencia CF MF Roberto AcuñaCA Independiente FW Pier Real Betis FW Yordi Atlético Madrid MF Nordin WooterAFC Ajax MF Marcos ValesSporting de Gijón Out Pos. Name To Type MF Gus PoyetChelsea FC FW Fernando MorientesReal Madrid FW Dani GarcíaReal Madrid loan ended FW Francisco Higuera end of contract MF NayimLogroñes CF FW Miguel PardezaPuebla FC DF Quique Sanchez Flores retired MF OscarLas Palmas FW LoretoCordoba CF GK BoscaTalavera
Winter In Pos. Name from Type FW Paulo JamelliKashiwa Reysol Out Pos. Name To Type
La Liga
League table
Position by round
Matches
Copa del Rey
Eightfinals
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Statistics Players statistics
References