1997–98 UEFA Cup

The UEFA Cup 1997–98 was won by Internazionale comfortably in an all-Italian final against Lazio. It was their third title in eight years in the competition.

It was the first instance of the UEFA Cup final being a one-game contest at a neutral stadium, having previously being decided over two legs with each team having one home game.

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo Minsk	(a)2-2	Kolheti Poti	1-0	1-2
Hapoel Petah Tikva	3-1	Flora Tallinn	1-0	2-1
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	8-1	FC Yerevan	6-1	2-0
Inkaras Kaunas	4-7	Boby Brno	3-1	1-6
MyPa	1-4	Apollon Limassol	1-1	0-3
Inter CableTel AFC	0-8	Celtic	0-3	0-5
Neuchâtel Xamax	10-1	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	7-0	3-1
CS Grevenmacher	1-6	Hajduk Split	1-4	0-2
Grasshoppers	10-1	Coleraine	3-0	7-1
Vojvodina	2-2(p)	Viking FK	0-2	2-0(aet)
KR Reykjavík	4-1	Dinamo Bucharest	2-0	2-1
Bohemians	0-6	Ferencvárosi TC	0-1	0-5
FK Jablonec 97	8-0	FK Karabakh	5-0	3-0
Birkirkara	1-4	Spartak Trnava	0-1	1-3
Odra Wodzislaw	4-2	Podeda	3-0	1-2
Daugava Riga	2-5	Vorskla Poltava	1-3	1-2
Brann	(a)4-4	Naftex Burgas	2-1	2-3
Principat	0-17	Dundee United	0-8	0-9
HIT Gorica	(a)4-4	Otelul Galati	2-0	2-4
Újpest	9-2	KÍ Klaksvík	6-0	3-2

First leg

23 July 1997	Dinamo Minsk	1 – 0	Kolheti Poti	Minsk
	Charnyawski  10'

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23 July 1997	Hapoel Petah Tikva	1 – 0	Flora Tallinn	Petah Tikva
	Márton  90'

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23 July 1997	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	6 – 1	FC Yerevan	Dnipropetrovsk
	Hetsko  31' Sharan  55', 62', 74' Palyanytsya  60' Moroz  72'		N'diaye  82'

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23 July 1997	Inkaras Kaunas	3 – 1	Boby Brno	Kaunas
	Přibyl  14' (o.g.) Šlekys  63' Rudzionis  75'		Holomek  5'

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23 July 1997	MyPa	1 – 1	Apollon Limassol	Anjalankoski
	Enberg  36'		Tsolakis  86'

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23 July 1997	Inter CableTel AFC	0 – 3	Celtic	Cardiff
			Thom  6' (pen.) Johnson  45' Wieghorst  81'

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23 July 1997	Neuchâtel Xamax	7 – 0	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Xamax
	Isabella  9', 16' Kunz  15' Sandjak  70' Perret  72' Rothenbühler  76' Gigon  90'

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23 July 1997	CS Grevenmacher	1 – 4	Hajduk Split	Grevenmacher
	Thill  69'		Erceg  9' Tudor  23' Vulić  31', 89'

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23 July 1997	Grasshoppers	3 – 0	Coleraine	Zürich
	H. Yakin  33' Aspinall  36' (o.g.) Subiat  80'

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23 July 1997	Vojvodina	0 – 2	Viking FK	Novi Sad
			Skogheim  52' Andresen  67'

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23 July 1997	KR Reykjavík	2 – 0	Dinamo Bucharest	Reykjavík
	Daníelsson  26' Dadason  51'

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23 July 1997	Bohemians	0 – 1	Ferencvárosi TC	Dublin
			Zavadszky  30'

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23 July 1997	FK Jablonec 97	5 – 0	FK Karabakh	Jablonec
	Holub  7', 76' Neumann  11', 37' Hromádko  26'

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23 July 1997	Birkirkara	0 – 1	Spartak Trnava	Birkirkara
			Tittel  14'

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23 July 1997	Odra Wodzislaw	3 – 0	Podeda	Wodzislaw
	Polak  34' Paluch  48' Nosal  68'

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23 July 1997	Daugava Riga	1 – 3	Vorskla Poltava	Riga
	Vucāns  72'		Kobzar  51' Chuichenko  57' Antyukhin  70'

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23 July 1997	Brann	2 – 1	Naftex Burgas	Bergen
	Mjelde  22' Løvvik  28'		Kishishev  81'

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23 July 1997	Principat	0 – 8	Dundee United	Andorra la Vella
			Winters  14', 31', 75', 77' McSwegan  46', 73', 76' Zetterlund  48'

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23 July 1997	HIT Gorica	2 – 0	Otelul Galati	Nova Gorica
	Demirović  32' Bečaj  90'

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23 July 1997	Újpest	6 – 0	KÍ Klaksvík	Ujpest
	Kovács  6', 12', 87' Herczeg  9', 27' Jenei  38'

First leg

30 July 1997	Kolheti Poti	2 – 1	Dinamo Minsk	Poti
	Mikaberidze  40' Ghaghanidze  61'		U. Makowski  18'

Dinamo Minsk 2–2 Kolheti Poti on aggregate. Kolheti Poti won on away goals rule.

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30 July 1997	Flora Tallinn	1 – 2	Hapoel Petah Tikva	Tallinn
	Oper  17'		Ofri  46' Kakoun  63'

Flora Tallinn won 3–1 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	FC Yerevan	0 – 2	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Yerevan
			Hetsko  42' Belkin  90'

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 8–1 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Boby Brno	6 – 1	Inkaras Kaunas	Brno
	Chaloupka  7', 50' Valnoha  15', 54' Holomek  25' Kolomazník  63'		Rudzionis  16'

Boby Brno won 4–7 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Apollon Limassol	3 – 0	MyPa	Limassol
	Mladenović  54' Tsolakis  58' Pittas  82'

Apollon Limassol won 1–4 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Celtic	0 – 3	Inter CableTel AFC	Glasgow
	Thom  19' (pen.) Jackson  42' Johnson  45' Hannah  63' Hay  85'

Celtic won 0–8 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	1 – 3	Neuchâtel Xamax	Tiraspol
	Lukianchikov  14'		Sandjak  11' Martin  28' Jeanneret  80'

Neuchâtel Xamax won 10–1 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Hajduk Split	2 – 0	CS Grevenmacher	Stadion Poljud, Split
	Bulat  61' Erceg  90'

Hajduk Split won 1–6 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Coleraine	1 – 7	Grasshoppers	Coleraine
	O'Dowd  22'		Magnin  15' Esposito  27' Ahinful  33' Shiels  51' (o.g.) Tikva  63' H. Yakin  64' Aspinall  83' (o.g.)

Grasshoppers won 10–1 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Viking FK	0 – 2 5 – 4 on penalties	Vojvodina	Stavanger
			Vulević  4', 88'

Vojvodina 2–2 Viking FK on aggregate. Viking FK won 4–5 on penalties.

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30 July 1997	Dinamo Bucharest	1 – 2	KR Reykjavík	Bucharest
	Mihalcea  42'		Dadason  12', 22'

KR Reykjavík won 4–1 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Ferencvárosi TC	5 – 0	Bohemians	Budapest
	Albert  15' Jagodics  47', 74' Schultz  58' Zavadszky  71'

Ferencvárosi TC won 0–6 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	FK Karabakh	0 – 3	FK Jablonec 97	Karabakh
			Procházka  73' Holub  86' Fukal  88'

FK Jablonec 97 won 8–0 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Spartak Trnava	3 – 1	Birkirkara	Trnava
	Timko  29' Hadviger  45' Formanko  89'		Galea  86'

Spartak Trnava won 1–4 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Podeda	2 – 1	Odra Wodzislaw	Prilep
	Rogério Oliveira  79', 88'		Zagórski  18'

Odra Wodzislaw won 4–2 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Vorskla Poltava	2 – 1	Daugava Riga	Poltava
	Chuichenko  30' Antyukhin  58'		Vucāns  49'

Vorskla Poltava won 2–5 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Naftex Burgas	3 – 2	Brann	Burgas
	Trendafilov  10' Parushev  26' Kiselichkov  72'		Hasund  60', 72'

Brann 4–4 Naftex Burgas on aggregate. Brann won on away goals rule.

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30 July 1997	Dundee United	9 – 0	Principat	Dundee
	McSwegan  8', 24', 65' Winters  23', 42' McLaren  37' Olofsson  55' Zetterlund  59' Thompson  88'

Dundee United won 0–17 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Otelul Galati	4 – 2	HIT Gorica	Galati
	Ştefan  20', 27' State  63' Ion  75'		Protega  88' Demirović  90'

HIT Gorica 4–4 Otelul Galati on aggregate. HIT Gorica won on away goals rule.

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30 July 1997	KÍ Klaksvík	2 – 3	Újpest	Klaksvík
	Danielsen  14' Mørkøre  73'		Szanyó  39' Sebők  77', 89'

Újpest won 9–2 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hajduk Split	5-2	Malmö	3-2	2-0
Anderlecht	4-0	Vorskla Poltava	2-0	2-0
Neuchâtel Xamax	4-2	Viking FK	3-0	1-2
Rotor Volgograd	6-3	Odra Wodzislaw	2-0	4-3
Trabzonspor	2-1	Dundee United	1-0	1-1
Rapid Wien	6-3	Boby Brno	6-1	0-2
Tirol Innsbruck	5-7	Celtic	2-1	3-6
Helsingborg	1-1(p)	Ferencvárosi TC	0-1	1-0(aet)
Vejle	0-1	Hapoel Petah Tikva	0-0	0-1
Grasshoppers	3-2	Brann	3-0	0-2
HIT Gorica	3-8	Club Brugge	3-5	0-3
PAOK	6-3	Spartak Trnava	5-3	1-0
KR Reykjavík	1-3	OFI Crete	0-0	1-3
FK Jablonec 97	1-1(a)	Örebro	1-1	0-0
Apollon Limassol	0-3	Excelsior Mouscron	0-0	0-3
Dinamo Minsk	0-3	Lillestrøm	0-2	0-1
Újpest	2-3	AGF Aarhus	0-0	2-3
Alania Vladikavkaz	6-2	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2-1	4-1

First leg

12 August 1997	Hajduk Split	3 – 2	Malmö	Stadion Poljud, Split
	Skoko  78' Sedloski  80' Sarr  90'		Wirmola  11' Gudmundsson  60'

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12 August 1997	Anderlecht	2 – 0	Vorskla Poltava	Brussel
	Petersen  18' Stoica  90'

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12 August 1997	Neuchâtel Xamax	3 – 0	Viking FK	Xamax
	Sandjak  54', 81' Fuglestad  58' (o.g.)

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12 August 1997	Rotor Volgograd	2 – 0	Odra Wodzislaw	Volgograd
	Niederhaus  73' Veretennikov  87'

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12 August 1997	Trabzonspor	1 – 0	Dundee United	Trabzon
	Mandıralı  78' (pen.)

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12 August 1997	Rapid Wien	6 – 1	Boby Brno	Vienna
	Ipoua  36', 62' Stöger  45', 86' Prosenik  79' Stumpf  80'		Dostálek  53'

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12 August 1997	Tirol Innsbruck	2 – 1	Celtic	Innsbruck
	Mayrleb  22', 29'		Stubbs  82'

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12 August 1997	Helsingborg	0 – 1	Ferencvárosi TC	Helsingborg
			Vincze  41'

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12 August 1997	Vejle	0 – 0	Hapoel Petah Tikva	Vejle

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12 August 1997	Grasshoppers	3 – 0	Brann	Zürich
	Magnin  50' Türkyilmaz  65' Thüler  83'

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12 August 1997	HIT Gorica	3 – 5	Club Brugge	Nova Gorica
	Osterc  62', 64', 83'		Claessens  11', 26' Staelens  13' (pen.)  21'  43' (pen.)

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12 August 1997	PAOK	5 – 3	Spartak Trnava	Thessaloniki
	Zagorakis  32' Marangos  35', 45' Frantzeskos  52' Olivares  80'		Ujlaky  22', 27' Luhový  24'

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12 August 1997	KR Reykjavík	0 – 0	OFI Crete	Reykjavik

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12 August 1997	FK Jablonec 97	1 – 1	Örebro	Jablonec
	Hromádko  20'		Sahlin  67'

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12 August 1997	Apollon Limassol	0 – 0	Excelsior Mouscron	Limassol

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12 August 1997	Dinamo Minsk	0 – 2	Lillestrøm	Minsk
			Diallo  43', 75' (pen.)

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12 August 1997	Újpest	0 – 0	AGF Aarhus	Ujpest

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12 August 1997	Alania Vladikavkaz	2 – 1	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Spartak, Vladikavkaz Attendance: 32.000 Referee: Dermot Gallagher, (England)
	Žutautas  18' Ashvetia  58'		Palyanytsya  8'

Second leg

26 August 1997	Malmö	0 – 2	Hajduk Split	Malmö
			Vučko  45' Erceg  90'

Hajduk Split won 5–2 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Vorskla Poltava	0 – 2	Anderlecht	Poltava
			Zetterberg  31' Scifo  42'

Anderlecht won 4–0 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Viking FK	2 – 1	Neuchâtel Xamax	Stavanger
	Skogheim  54' Mansson  85'		Kunz  48'

Neuchâtel Xamax won 4–2 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Odra Wodzislaw	3 – 4	Rotor Volgograd	Wodzislaw
	Staniek  35' Zagórski  44' Brzoza  45'		Berketov  5' Abramov  50' Veretennikov  68', 72'

Rotor Volgograd won 6–3 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Dundee United	1 – 1	Trabzonspor	Dundee
	McLaren  56'		Mandıralı  81'

Trabzonspor won 2–1 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Boby Brno	2 – 0	Rapid Wien	Brno
	Pacanda  4' Valnoha  45'

Rapid Wien won 6–3 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Celtic	6 – 3	Tirol Innsbruck	Glasgow
	Donnelly  34', 69' Thom  45' Burley  70', 90' Wieghorst  90'		Mayrleb  39' Severeyns  45' Krinner  82'

Celtic won 5–7 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Ferencvárosi TC	0 – 1 3–4 on penalties	Helsingborg	Budapest
			Jacobsson  43'

Helsingborg 1–1 Ferencvárosi TC on aggregate. Ferencvárosi TC won 3–4 on penalties.

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26 August 1997	Hapoel Petah Tikva	1 – 0	Vejle	Petah Tikva
	Kakoun  32'

Hapoel Petah Tikva won 0–1 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Brann	2 – 0	Grasshoppers	Bergen
	Paldan  41', 44'

Grasshoppers won 3–2 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Club Brugge	3 – 0	HIT Gorica	Brugge
	Jbari  4' De Brul  84' Van der Elst  85'

Club Brugge won 3–8 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Spartak Trnava	0 – 1	PAOK	Trnava
			Zagorakis  80'

PAOK won 6–3 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	OFI Crete	3 – 1	KR Reykjavík	Heraklion
	Anastasiou  10' Mitić  66' Papadopoulos  72' (pen.)		Björnsson  41'

OFI Crete won 1–3 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Örebro	0 – 0	FK Jablonec 97	Örebro

FK Jablonec 97 1–1 Örebro on aggregate. Örebro won on away goals rule.

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26 August 1997	Excelsior Mouscron	3 – 0	Apollon Limassol	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
	Pierre  30', 66' Vidović  55'

Excelsior Mouscron won 0–3 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Lillestrøm	1 – 0	Dinamo Minsk	Lillestrøm
	Diallo  40'

Lillestrøm won 0–3 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	AGF Aarhus	3 – 2	Újpest	Aarhus
	Rieper  25' Hallum  67' Sørensen  70'		Sebők  29' Kovács  76'

AGF Aarhus won 2–3 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1 – 4	Alania Vladikavkaz	Meteor, Dnipropetrovsk Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson, (Sweden)
	Sharan  23'		Gakhokidze  2', 27' Yanovskiy  33' Kobiashvili  44'

Alania Vladikavkaz won 6–2 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo La Coruña	1-2	Auxerre	1-2	0-0
Austria Salzburg	6-7	Anderlecht	4-3	2-4
PAOK	2-1	Arsenal	1-0	1-1
Widzew Lodz	1-3	Udinese	1-0	0-3
NK Maribor	2-10	Ajax	1-1	1-9
Lyon	7-3	Brøndby	4-1	3-2
MPKC Mozyr	1-2	Dinamo Tbilisi	1-1	0-1
Real Valladolid	2-1	Skonto	2-0	0-1
Vitória Guimarães	1-6	Lazio	0-4	1-2
Strasbourg	4-2	Rangers	2-1	2-1
MTK Hungária	4-1	Alania Vladikavkaz	3-0	1-1
Schalke 04	5-2	Hajduk Split	2-0	3-2
Bastia	1-0	Benfica	1-0	0-0
Sion	1-6	Spartak Moscow	0-1	1-5
OFI Crete	4-2	Ferencvárosi TC	3-0	1-2
Sampdoria	1-4	Athletic Bilbao	1-2	0-2
FC Girondins de Bordeaux	0-1	Aston Villa	0-0	0-1(aet)
Steaua Bucharest	2-1	Fenerbahce	0-0	2-1
Rotor Volgograd	6-1	Örebro	2-0	4-1
FC Jazz	1-7	1860 Munich	0-1	1-6
Trabzonspor	5-6	Bochum	2-1	3-5
Croatia Zagreb	9-4	Grasshoppers	4-4	5-0
Vitesse	2-3	Braga	2-1	0-2
Rapid Wien	2-1	Hapoel Petah Tikva	1-0	1-1
Internazionale	4-0	Neuchâtel Xamax	2-0	2-0
Celtic	2-2(a)	Liverpool	2-2	0-0
Excelsior Mouscron	1-6	Metz	0-2	1-4
Twente	(a)2-2	Lillestrøm	0-1	2-1
Beitar Jerusalem	2-4	Club Brugge	2-1	0-3
Atlético Madrid	4-1	Leicester City	2-1	2-0
AGF Aarhus	3-2	Nantes Atlantique	2-2	1-0
Karlsruhe	3-2	Anorthosis Famagusta	2-1	1-1

First leg

16 September 1997	Deportivo La Coruña	1 – 2	Auxerre	La Coruna
	Djalminha  87'		Diomède  72' Guivarc'h  84'

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16 September 1997	Austria Salzburg	4 – 3	Anderlecht	Salzburg
	Klausz  33', 52' Glieder  51', 64' (pen.)		Iachtchouk  34' Goor  59' Stoica  80'

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16 September 1997	PAOK	1 – 0	Arsenal	Thessaloniki
	Frantzeskos  61'

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16 September 1997	Widzew Lodz	1 – 0	Udinese	Stadion Widzewa, Łódź Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)
	Bogusz  63'

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16 September 1997	NK Maribor	1 – 1	Ajax	Maribor
	Čeh  47'		Litmanen  66'

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16 September 1997	Lyon	4 – 1	Brøndby	Lyon
	Kanouté  20' Linarès  50' Carteron  63' Giuly  75'		Daugaard  34' (pen.)

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16 September 1997	MPKC Mozyr	1 – 1	Dinamo Tbilisi	Mozyr
	Kushnir  50'		Mujiri  42'

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16 September 1997	Real Valladolid	2 – 0	Skonto	Valladolid
	Juan Carlos  30' (pen.) Edu Manga  30'

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16 September 1997	Vitória Guimarães	0 – 4	Lazio	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães Referee: Roelof Luinge (Netherlands)
			Casiraghi  48' Fuser  62' Nedvěd  69' Nesta  79'

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16 September 1997	Strasbourg	2 – 1	Rangers	Strasbourg
	Baticle  45' (pen.)  61' (pen.)		Albertz  49' (pen.)

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16 September 1997	MTK Hungária	3 – 0	Alania Vladikavkaz	Budapest
	Illés  55' Preisinger  71' Lörincz  88'

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16 September 1997	Schalke 04	2 – 0	Hajduk Split	Gelsenkirchen
	Goossens  7', 23'

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16 September 1997	Bastia	1 – 0	Benfica	Bastia
	André  80'

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16 September 1997	Sion	0 – 1	Spartak Moscow	Sion
			Kechinov  73'

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16 September 1997	OFI Crete	3 – 0	Ferencvárosi TC	Heraklion
	Papadopoulos  21' Kounenakis  57' Nioplias  86'

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16 September 1997	Sampdoria	1 – 2	Athletic Bilbao	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
	Boghossian  74'		Ríos  19' Larrainzar  62'

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16 September 1997	Bordeaux	0 – 0	Aston Villa	Bordeaux

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16 September 1997	Steaua Bucharest	0 – 0	Fenerbahce	Bucharest

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16 September 1997	Rotor Volgograd	2 – 0	Örebro	Volgograd
	Burlachenko  45' Veretennikov  72'

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16 September 1997	FC Jazz	0 – 1	1860 Munich	Pori
			Abedi Pele  90'

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16 September 1997	Trabzonspor	2 – 1	Bochum	Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon Attendance: 12.000 Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)
	Hami  22' (pen.) Çetin  45'	Report	Bałuszyński  1' (pen.)

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16 September 1997	Croatia Zagreb	4 – 4	Grasshoppers	Zagreb
	Šarić  23' Viduka  41' Prosinečki  58' (pen.) Cvitanović  78'		Moldovan  20', 79' Mladinić  62' (o.g.) Türkyilmaz  65'

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16 September 1997	Vitesse	2 – 1	Braga	Arnhem
	Čurović  33' Trustfull  85' (pen.)		Karoglan  90' (pen.)

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16 September 1997	Rapid Wien	1 – 0	Hapoel Petah Tikva	Vienna
	Freund  37'

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16 September 1997	Internazionale	2 – 0	Neuchâtel Xamax	San Siro, Milan Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)
	Ronaldo  59' Zé Elias  71'

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16 September 1997	Celtic	2 – 2	Liverpool	Glasgow
	McNamara  53' Donnelly  74' (pen.)		Owen  6' McManaman  89'

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16 September 1997	Excelsior Mouscron	0 – 2	Metz	Mouscron
			Meyrieu  19' Rodriguez  22'

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16 September 1997	Twente	0 – 1	Lillestrøm	Enschede
			Diallo  25' (pen.)

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16 September 1997	Beitar Jerusalem	2 – 1	Club Brugge	Jerusalem
	Pisont  47' Sallói  50'		Jbari  57'

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16 September 1997	Atlético Madrid	2 – 1	Leicester City	Madrid
	Juninho  69' Vieri  71' (pen.)		Marshall  11'

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16 September 1997	AGF Aarhus	2 – 2	Nantes Atlantique	Aarhus
	Piechnik  19' Hallum  77'		Gourvennec  12' N'Diaye  24'

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16 September 1997	Karlsruhe	2 – 1	Anorthosis Famagusta	Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Adrian Stoica (Romania)
	Regis  11' Schroth  88'		Charalambous  34'

Second leg

16 September 1997	Auxerre	0 – 0	Deportivo La Coruña	Auxerre

Auxerre won 1–2 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Anderlecht	4 – 2	Austria Salzburg	Brussel
	Peiremans  46', 67' Iachtchouk  57' Dheedene  66'		Glieder  5' Ivanauskas  30'

Anderlecht won 6–7 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Arsenal	1 – 1	PAOK	London
	Bergkamp  22'		Vryzas  88'

PAOK won 2–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Udinese	3 – 0	Widzew Lodz	Udine
	Bierhoff  2' Poggi  7' Locatelli  89'

Udinese won 3–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Ajax	9 – 1	NK Maribor	Amsterdam
	Arveladze  1', 26' Litmanen  21' Witschge  37' Babangida  40' F. de Boer  63' McCarthy  79', 87' Oliseh  85'		Ljubobratovic  83'

Ajax won 2–10 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Brøndby	2 – 3	Lyon	Brøndby
	Sand  5' Daugaard  10' (pen.)		Giuly  15' (pen.) Job  80' Bardon  88'

Lyon won 7–3 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Dinamo Tbilisi	1 – 0	MPKC Mozyr	Tbilisi
	Aleksidze  73'

Dinamo Tbilisi won 1–2 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Skonto	1 – 0	Real Valladolid	Riga
	Miholaps  6'

Real Valladolid won 2–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Lazio	2 – 1	Vitória Guimarães	Rome
	Signori  40' Nedvěd  73'		Paas  1'

Lazio won 6–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Rangers	1 – 2	Strasbourg	Glasgow
	Gattuso  11'		Baticle  35' Zitelli  49'

Strasbourg won 4–2 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Alania Vladikavkaz	1 – 1	MTK Hungária	Vladikavkaz
	Moroz  17'		Halmai  85'

MTK Hungária won 4–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Hajduk Split	2 – 3	Schalke 04	Stadion Poljud, Split
	Vulić  20' Računica  34'		Wilmots  21' Eijkelkamp  68', 73'

Schalke won 5–2 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Benfica	0 – 0	Bastia	Lisbon

Bastia won 1–0 on aggregate.

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15 October 1997	Spartak Moscow	5 – 1	Sion	Moscow
	Buznikin  6' Titov  34' Kechinov  41' Tikhonov  60' Romaschenko  83'		Camadini  65'

Spartak Moscow won 1–6 on aggregate.
The 2nd leg finished 2-2 (Shirko, Alenichev - Lota 2x) on Sep 30, but had to be replayed because the goals were 8 cm short of the prescribed height.

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30 September 1997	Ferencvárosi TC	2 – 1	OFI Crete	Heraklion
	Nichenko  70' Horváth  85' (pen.)		Nioplias  14'

OFI Crete won 4–2 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Athletic Bilbao	2 – 0	Sampdoria	San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Marc Batta (France)
	Larrazábal  40' (pen.) Ziganda  47'

Athletic Bilbao won 4–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Aston Villa	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Bordeaux	Birmingham
	Milošević  111'

Aston Villa won 0–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Fenerbahce	1 – 2	Steaua Bucharest	Istanbul
	Bolić  63'		Militaru  10' Ciocoiu  44'

Steaua Bucharest won 2–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Örebro	1 – 4	Rotor Volgograd	Örebro
	Karlsson  84'		Niederhaus  25', 67' Zernov  40' Veretennikov  72'

Rotor Volgograd won 6–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	1860 Munich	6 – 1	FC Jazz	Munich
	Winkler  34', 71' Cerny  45' Böhme  50' Nowak  52' Hamann  68'		Méndez  83'

1860 Munich won 1–7 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Bochum	5 – 3	Trabzonspor	Ruhrstadion, Bochum Attendance: 24.500 Referee: Miroslav Radoman (Yugoslavia)
	Stickroth  22' Yuran  44', 51' Dickhaut  60' Peschel  68'	Report	Missé-Missé  31' Ogün  73' Osman  78'

Bochum won 6–5 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Grasshoppers	0 – 5	Croatia Zagreb	Zürich
			Cvitanović  25', 32', 89' Prosinečki  86' (pen.)  90'

Croatia Zagreb won 9–4 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Braga	2 – 0	Vitesse	Arnhem
	Artur Jorge  14' (pen.)  26' (pen.)

Braga won 2–3 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Hapoel Petah Tikva	1 – 1	Rapid Wien	Tel Aviv
	Kakoun  30' (pen.)		Penksa  73'

Rapid Wien won 2–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Neuchâtel Xamax	0 – 2	Internazionale	Neuchâtel
			Moriero  26' Ganz  69'

Internazionale won 4–0 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Liverpool	0 – 0	Celtic	Liverpool

Celtic 2–2 Liverpool on aggregate. Liverpool won on away goals rule.

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30 September 1997	Metz	4 – 1	Excelsior Mouscron	Metz
	Rodriguez  4', 25' Kastendeuch  39' Gaillot  90'		van Durme  10'

Metz won 1–6 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Lillestrøm	1 – 2	Twente	Lillestrøm
	Diallo  89' (pen.)		Vennegoor of Hesselink  56' van Halst  90' (pen.)

Twente 2–2 Lillestrøm on aggregate. Twente won on away goals rule.

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30 September 1997	Club Brugge	3 – 0	Beitar Jerusalem	Brugge
	Jbari  66' Fadiga  70' Verheyen  81'

Club Brugge won 2–4 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Leicester City	0 – 2	Atlético Madrid	Leicester
			Juninho  72' Kiko  88'

Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Nantes Atlantique	0 – 1	AGF Aarhus	Aarhus
			Piechnik  45'

AGF Aarhus won 3–2 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Anorthosis Famagusta	1 – 1	Karlsruhe	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca Attendance: 9,000
	Mihajlović  12'		Schepens  42'

Karlsruhe won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Strasbourg	3-2	Liverpool	3-0	0-2
Internazionale	4-3	Lyon	1-2	3-1
Braga	5-0	Dinamo Tbilisi	4-0	1-0
Schalke 04	3-1	Anderlecht	1-0	2-1
Ajax	(a)2-2	Udinese	1-0	1-2
Club Brugge	2-4	Bochum	1-0	1-4
Metz	1-3	Karlsruhe	0-2	1-1
Spartak Moscow	4-1	Real Valladolid	2-0	2-1
MTK Hungária	1-2	Croatia Zagreb	1-0	0-2
Atlético Madrid	9-6	PAOK	5-2	4-4
Steaua Bucharest	(a)3-3	Bastia	1-0	2-3
Athletic Bilbao	1-2	Aston Villa	0-0	1-2
Rapid Wien	4-2	1860 Munich	3-0	1-2
Rotor Volgograd	0-3	Lazio	0-0	0-3
AGF Aarhus	1-1(a)	Twente	1-1	0-0
Auxerre	5-4	OFI Crete	3-1	2-3

First leg

21 October 1997	Strasbourg	3 – 0	Liverpool	Strasbourg
	Zitelli  20', 62' Conteh  72'

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21 October 1997	Internazionale	1 – 2	Lyon	Milan
	Ganz  69'		Giuly  22' Caveglia  80' (pen.)

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21 October 1997	Braga	4 – 0	Dinamo Tbilisi	Braga
	Rodrigão  22' Toni  55' Karoglan  66' Bruno  77'

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21 October 1997	Schalke 04	1 – 0	Anderlecht	Gelsenkirchen
	Thon  18'

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21 October 1997	Ajax	1 – 0	Udinese	Amsterdam Referee: Urs Meier (Swiss)
	Dani  28'

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21 October 1997	Club Brugge	1 – 0	Bochum	Olympic Stadium, Bruges Attendance: 13.000 Referee: Karol Ihring (Slovakia)
	Jbari  80'	Report

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21 October 1997	Metz	0 – 2	Karlsruhe	Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz Attendance: 14,000 Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)
			Häßler  13', 39'

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21 October 1997	Spartak Moscow	2 – 0	Real Valladolid	Moscow
	Tikhonov  60' Titov  84'

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21 October 1997	MTK Hungária	1 – 0	Croatia Zagreb	Budapest
	Lőrincz  82'

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21 October 1997	Atlético Madrid	5 – 2	PAOK	Madrid
	Vieri  10', 31', 55' Lardín  12' Kiko  75'		Frantzeskos  19' Marangos  65'

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21 October 1997	Steaua Bucharest	1 – 0	Bastia	Bucharest
	Hrib  66'

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21 October 1997	Athletic Bilbao	0 – 0	Aston Villa	San Mamés, Bilbao Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

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21 October 1997	Rapid Wien	3 – 0	1860 Munich	Vienna
	Stöger  45' (pen.) Schöttel  64' Penksa  82'

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21 October 1997	Rotor Volgograd	0 – 0	Lazio	Central Stadium, Volgograd Attendance: 25,000

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21 October 1997	AGF Aarhus	1 – 1	Twente	Aarhus
	Mølby  41' (pen.)		Sumiala  16'

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21 October 1997	Auxerre	3 – 1	OFI Crete	Auxerre
	Sibierski  15' Guivarc'h  61', 90'		Nioplias  13'

Second leg

4 November 1997	Liverpool	2 – 0	Strasbourg	Liverpool
	Fowler  63' (pen.) Riedle  84'

Strasbourg won 3–2 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	Lyon	1 – 3	Internazionale	Lyon
	Bąk  67'		Moriero  9', 69' Cauet  46'

Internazionale won 4–3 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	Dinamo Tbilisi	0 – 1	Braga	Moscow
			Toni  55'

Braga won 5–0 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	Anderlecht	1 – 2	Schalke 04	Brussel
	De Boeck  16'		van Hoogdalem  59' Wilmots  66'

Schalke 04 won 3–1 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	Udinese	2 – 1	Ajax	Udine
	Poggi  25' Bierhoff  32'		Arveladze  80'

Udinese 2–2 Ajax on aggregate. Ajax won on away goals rule.

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6 November 1997	Bochum	4 – 1	Club Brugge	Ruhrstadion, Bochum Attendance: 23.900 Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)
	Donkov  12' (pen.), 57' Yuran  83' Wosz  90'	Report	Jbari  37'

Bochum won 4–2 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	Karlsruhe	1 – 1	Metz	Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)
	Häßler  36'		Boffin  10'

Karlsruhe won 3–1 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	Real Valladolid	1 – 2	Spartak Moscow	Valladolid
	Juan Carlos  90'		Shirko  64', 87'

Spartak Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	Croatia Zagreb	2 – 0	MTK Hungária	Zagreb
	Prosinečki  12', 56'

Croatia Zagreb won 1–2 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	PAOK	4 – 4	Atlético Madrid	Thessaloniki
	Frantzeskos  17' Olivares  55' Zagorakis  76' (pen.) Zouboulis  81'		Lardín  2' Bogdanović  28' Santi  51' Kiko  90'

Atlético Madrid won 9–6 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	Bastia	3 – 2	Steaua Bucharest	Bastia
	Daye  52', 68' Mendy  80'		Munteanu  14', 40'

Steaua Bucharest 3–3 Bastia on aggregate. Steaua Bucharest won on away goals rule.

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4 November 1997	Aston Villa	2 – 0	Athletic Bilbao	Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 35,915 Referee: S. Piller (Hungary)
	Taylor  27' Yorke  50'		González  70'

Aston Villa won 1–2 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	1860 Munich	2 – 1	Rapid Wien	Munich
	Borimirov  6' Winkler  23' (pen.)		Zingler  70'

Rapid Wien won 4–2 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	Lazio	3 – 0	Rotor Volgograd	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
	Casiraghi  4' Mancini  34' Signori  89'

Lazio won 3–0 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	Twente	0 – 0	AGF Aarhus	Enschede

AGF Aarhus 1–1 Twente on aggregate. Twente won on away goals rule.

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4 November 1997	OFI Crete	3 – 2	Auxerre	Heraklion
	Papadopoulos  57', 75' (pen.) Anastasiou  90'		Guivarc'h  37' Deniaud  60'

Auxerre won 5–4 on aggregate.

Third round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Strasbourg	2-3	Internazionale	2-0	0-3
Braga	0-2	Schalke 04	0-0	0-2
Ajax	6-4	Bochum	4-2	2-2
Karlsruhe	0-1	Spartak Moscow	0-0	0-1(aet)
Croatia Zagreb	1-2	Atlético Madrid	1-1	0-1
Steaua Bucharest	2-3	Aston Villa	2-1	0-2
Rapid Wien	0-3	Lazio	0-2	0-1
Twente	0-3	Auxerre	0-1	0-2

First leg

25 November 1997	Strasbourg	2 – 0	Internazionale	Strasbourg
	Baticle  11' Ismaël  19'

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25 November 1997	Braga	0 – 0	Schalke 04	Braga

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25 November 1997	AFC Ajax	4 – 2	Bochum	Arena, Amsterdam Attendance: 50.000 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
	Laudrup  34', 36' Arveladze  38' F. de Boer  45'	Report	Reis  20' Wałdoch  24'

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25 November 1997	Karlsruhe	0 – 0	Spartak Moscow	Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

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25 November 1997	Croatia Zagreb	1 – 1	Atlético Madrid	Zagreb
	Mujčin  2'		Caminero  61'

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25 November 1997	Steaua Bucharest	2 – 1	Aston Villa	Ghencea Stadium, Bucharest Attendance: 24.000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ {Slovakia)
	Cristian Ciocoiu  30', 32'		Yorke  54'

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25 November 1997	Rapid Wien	0 – 2	Lazio	Vienna
			Casiraghi  38' Mancini  62'

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25 November 1997	Twente	0 – 1	Auxerre	Enschede
			Diomède  70'

Second leg

9 December 1997	Internazionale	3 – 0	Strasbourg	Milan
	Ronaldo  27' Zanetti  48' Simeone  73'

Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.

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9 December 1997	Schalke 04	2 – 0	Braga	Gelsenkirchen
	Max  46' Eijkelkamp  63'

Schalke 04 won 0–2 on aggregate.

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11 December 1997	Bochum	2 – 2	AFC Ajax	Ruhrstadion, Bochum Attendance: 24.500 Referee: Claude Colombo (France)
	Hofmann  59' Mamić  70'	Report	Arveladze  51' Dani  73'

Ajax won 6–4 on aggregate.

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9 December 1997	Spartak Moscow	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Karlsruhe	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Amand Ancion (Belgium)
	Shirko  109'

Spartak Moscow won 1–0 on aggregate.

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9 December 1997	Atlético Madrid	1 – 0	Croatia Zagreb	Madrid
	Caminero  44'

Atlético Madrid won 1–2 on aggregate.

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9 December 1997	Aston Villa	2 – 0	Steaua Bucharest	Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 35.102 Referee: Bernard Heynemann (Germany)
	Milošević  71' Taylor  85'

Aston Villa won 2–3 on aggregate.

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9 December 1997	Lazio	1 – 0	Rapid Wien	Rome
	Venturin  86'

Lazio won 3–0 on aggregate.

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9 December 1997	Auxerre	2 – 0	Twente	Auxerre
	Diomède  3' Guivarc'h  82' (pen.)

Auxerre won 0–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Internazionale	2-1	Schalke 04	1-0	1-1(aet)
Ajax	1-4	Spartak Moscow	1-3	0-1
Atlético Madrid	(a)2-2	Aston Villa	1-0	1-2
Lazio	3-2	Auxerre	1-0	2-2

First leg

3 March 1998	Internazionale	1 – 0	Schalke 04	San Siro, Milan Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
	Ronaldo  17'

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3 March 1998	Ajax	1 – 3	Spartak Moscow	Amsterdam
	Arvaladze  57'		Shirko  26', 52' Kechinov  84'

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3 March 1998	Atlético Madrid	1 – 0	Aston Villa	Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)
	Vieri  42' (pen.)

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3 March 1998	Lazio	1 – 0	Auxerre	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)
	Casiraghi  64'

Second leg

17 March 1998	Schalke 04	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Internazionale	Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
	Goossens  90'		West  91'

Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.

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17 March 1998	Spartak Moscow	1 – 0	Ajax	Moscow
	Shirko  85'

Spartak Moscow won 1–4 on aggregate.

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17 March 1998	Aston Villa	2 – 1	Atlético Madrid	Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 39,163 Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
	Taylor  72' Collymore  74'		Caminero  29'

Atlético Madrid 2–2 Aston Villa on aggregate. Atlético Madrid won on away goals rule.

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17 March 1998	Auxerre	2 – 2	Lazio	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)
	Guivarc'h  39', 81'		Mancini  8' (pen.) Gottardi  13'

Lazio won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Internazionale	4-2	Spartak Moscow	2-1	2-1
Atlético Madrid	0-1	Lazio	0-1	0-0

First leg

31 March 1998	Internazionale	2 – 1	Spartak Moscow	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 57,803 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Zamorano  45' Zé Elias  89'		Alenichev  48'

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31 March 1998	Atlético Madrid	0 – 1	Lazio	Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Paul Durkin (England)
			Jugović  33'

Second leg

14 April 1998	Spartak Moscow	1 – 2	Internazionale	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
	Tikhonov  12'		Ronaldo  45', 75'

Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.

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14 April 1998	Lazio	0 – 0	Atlético Madrid	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 40,000 Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

Lazio won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1998 UEFA Cup Final

6 May 1998 20:45	Internazionale	3 – 0	Lazio	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 44,412 Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)
	Zamorano  5' Zanetti  60' Ronaldo  70'	Report

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1997–98 UEFA Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Stéphane Guivarc'h	Auxerre	7
2	Gary McSwegan	Dundee United	6
	Ronaldo	Inter	6
	Aleksandr Shirko	Spartak Moscow	6
	Robbie Winters	Dundee United	6
6	Shota Arveladze	Ajax	5
	Mamadou Diallo	Lillestrøm	5
	Nordin Jbari	Club Brugge	5
	Robert Prosinečki	Croatia Zagreb	5
	Oleg Veretennikov	Rotor Volgograd	5
	Christian Vieri	Atlético Madrid	5
12	Gérald Baticle	Strasbourg	4
	Pierluigi Casiraghi	Lazio	4
	Igor Cvitanović	Croatia Zagreb	4
	Kostas Frantzeskos	PAOK	4
	Zoltán Kovács	Újpest	4
	Nikos Papadopoulos	OFI Crete	4
	Liazid Sandjak	Neuchâtel Xamax	4
	Volodymyr Sharan	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	4

See also

• UEFA Champions League 1997-98
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1997-98
• UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997

External links

• Official Site
• Results at RSSSF.com