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.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 1996–97 Segunda División
Teams relegated to 1997–98 Segunda División

Clubs and locations

1997–98 season was composed of the following clubs:
TeamStadiumCapacity
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
MallorcaSon Moix23,142
TenerifeHeliodoro Rodríguez López22,824
Racing de SantanderEl Sardinero22,222
SalamancaHelmántico17,341
MéridaEstadio Romano14,600
CompostelaSan Lázaro12,000

League table

Positions by round

Results

Relegation playoff

First Leg

Second Leg

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.
RankGoalscorersGoalsClub
1
 Christian Vieri
24
Atlético Madrid
2
 Rivaldo
19
Barcelona
3
 Luis Enrique
18
Barcelona
4
 Darko Kovačević
17
Real Sociedad
5
 Lyuboslav Penev
16
Compostela
6
 Pauleta
15
Salamanca
7
 Fernando Correa
14
Racing Santander
8
 Juan Esnáider
13
Espanyol
8
 Alen Peternac
13
Valladolid
8
 Gabriel Amato
13
Mallorca

Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with least goals to games ratio.
RankGoalkeeperGoalsMatchesAverageTeam
1
 Toni
31
37
Espanyol
2
 Alberto
37
38
Real Sociedad
3
 Bogdan Stelea
32
30
Salamanca
4
 Imanol Etxeberria
42
38
Athletic Bilbao
5
 Andoni Zubizarreta
40
34
Valencia

Signings

Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/es/t/t1996-97.html
TeamGoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Barcelona Ruud Hesp '
 Winston Bogarde '
Michael Reiziger '
 Dragan Ćirić '
 Sonny Anderson '
Christophe Dugarry '
Rivaldo '
Athletic Bilbao Rafael Alkorta '
Patxi Ferreira '
Jesús Lacruz '
Mikel Lasa '
Roberto Ríos '		 Gaizka Garitano '
Javi González '
Txomin Nagore '
 Aitor Huegun '
Real Sociedad Mikel Antía '
Iker Sarriegi '		 Dietmar Kühbauer '
 Igor Cvitanović '
Ricardo Sá Pinto '
Real Madrid Aitor Karanka '
 Sávio '
Christian Karembeu '		 Manuel Canabal '
Fernando Morientes '
Mallorca Carlos Roa '
 Iván Campo '
Milan Milijaš '
Enrique Romero '
 Vicente Engonga '
Xabier Eskurza '
Óscar Mena '
Palhinha '
Paco Sanz '
Juan Carlos Valerón '		 Gabriel Amato '
Gabi Moya '
Celta Vigo Goran Đorović '
Dan Eggen '
Michel Salgado '		 Ito Álvarez '
Bruno Caires '
Valeri Karpin '		 Jorge Cadete '
Atlético Madrid Pedro Jaro '
 Cristian Dáiz '
Andrei Frascarelli '
Ramón González '
 Paulo Futre '
Avi Nimni '
 Rade Bogdanović '
Jordi Lardín '
José Mari Romero '
Christian Vieri '
Betis Jorge Otero '
Roberto Solozábal '
Joaquín Valerio '		 Fernando Sánchez '
 Oli Álvarez '
Ángel Cuéllar '
Iván Pérez '
Valencia Gustavo Campagnuolo '
 Jocelyn Angloma '
Amedeo Carboni '
Miroslav Đukić '
Juanfran García '
 Marcelinho Carioca '
Gerard López '
Luis Milla '
Guillermo Morigi '
Moussa Saïb '
José del Solar '		 Adrian Ilie '
Nico Olivera '
Espanyol Goran Milošević '
 Roberto Fresnedoso '
Constantin Gâlcă '
José Mari García '		 Juan Esnáider '
Quique Martín '
Valladolid José Belman '
 Chavo Díaz '
José García Calvo '
Gabriel Heinze '		 Chema Jiménez '
Eusebio Sacristán '
 Juan Carlos Gómez
Diego Klimowicz '
Deportivo Peter Rufai '
 Luis Ramis '
Lionel Scaloni '
 Djalminha '
Mustapha Hadji '
 Sebastián Abreu '
Salaheddine Bassir
Luizão Goulart '
Manteca Martínez '
Zaragoza Gary Sundgren '
 Roberto Acuña '
José Ignacio Sáenz '
Marcos Vales '
Nordin Wooter '		 Yordi González '
Paulo Jamelli '
Pier Loggi '
Racing Santander José Manuel Sietes '
Washington Tais '
 Nelson Abeijón '
Ignacio Conte '
José Félix Guerrero '
Hugo Porfírio '		 Nando Có '
Salamanca Bogdan Stelea '
 Rogerio Brito '
Sergio Korino '
Marco Lanna '
Gustavo Lombardi '
Dubravko Pavličić '
Axel Smeets '		 Edu Alonso '
Gabi Popescu '
Manuel Tulipa '
 Ronen Harazi '
Walter Silvani '
Tenerife Juan Carlos Unzué '
 André Luiz Moreira '
Ferdi Vierklau '		 Emerson Costa '
Samuel Slovák '		 Roy Makaay '
Domingos '
Compostela René Ponk
Francisco Agirretxu '
Toño Castro '
Jean-Fr. Hernandez '
Pignol '
Óscar Tabuenka '		 Romano Sion '
Oviedo José María Buljubasich '
 Joyce Moreno '
 Roberto Pompei '
 Julio Dely Valdés '
Juan González '
Mérida Leo Franco '
Carlos N. Montoya '
 Pablo Alfaro '
José Cortés '
Ramón de Quintana '
 Marcos Martín '
Pirri Mori '
Francisco Ruano '
Gonzalo de los Santos '
 David Ávila '
Leonardo Biagini '
Cléber Eduardo '
Iván Gabrich '
Dmitri Radchenko '
Juan Sabas '
Sporting Gijón Dragoje Leković '
 Carles Mingo '
Roberto Trotta '
 José Manuel Colmenero '
Mario Cotelo '
Rodrigão '
Alexei Kosolapov '
Antonio Poyatos '		 Cezary Kucharski '
Kaiku Martín '
Vladimir Popović