1997–98 Parma A.C. season
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.
| 1997–98 season | |||
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| 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) | ||
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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.
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Transfers
| In | |||
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| 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 | |||
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| 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.
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Competitions
Serie A
League table
| Pos | Team | 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[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 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[lower-alpha 2] | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round[2] |
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 | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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
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 Benarrivo |
Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Pierluigi Collina |
| 14 September 1997 2 | Parma | 2–2 | Atalanta | Parma |
| Maniero Strada |
Report | Lucarelli |
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi |
| 21 September 1997 3 | Piacenza | 1–3 | Parma | Piacenza |
| Scienza |
Report | Crespo Sensini |
Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Referee: Alfredo Trentalange |
| 27 September 1997 4 | Parma | 4–0 | Udinese | Parma |
| Crespo Sensini Maniero Strada |
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 D. Baggio |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Domenico Messina |
| 1 November 1997 7 | Internazionale | 1–0 | Parma | Milan |
| Ronaldo |
Report | Stadium: San Siro Referee: Piero Ceccarini |
| 9 November 1997 8 | Parma | 2–0 | Empoli | Parma |
| Adaílton Sensini |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Roberto Bettin |
| 23 November 1997 9 | Juventus | 2–2 | Parma | Turin |
| Del Piero Amoruso |
Report | Chiesa Crespo |
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi |
| 30 November 1997 10 | Parma | 0–2 | Roma | Parma |
| Report | Totti Paulo Sérgio |
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Stefano Braschi |
| 7 December 1997 11 | Fiorentina | 1–1 | Parma | Florence |
| Morfeo |
Report | Apolloni |
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto |
| 14 December 1997 12 | Napoli | 0–4 | Parma | Naples |
| Report | Blomqvist D. Baggio Crespo |
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Livio Bazzoli |
| 21 December 1997 13 | Parma | 2–1 | Lecce | Parma |
| D. Baggio Chiesa |
Report | Rossi |
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Daniele Tombolini |
| 4 January 1998 14 | Parma | 1–1 | Lazio | Parma |
| Chiesa |
Report | Bokšić |
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Roberto Bettin |
| 11 January 1998 15 | Sampdoria | 5–2 | Parma | Genoa |
| Montella Signori Vergassola Thuram |
Report | Maniero |
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti |
| 18 January 1998 16 | Parma | 3–1 | Milan | Parma |
| Chiesa D. Baggio |
Report | Ganz |
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Piero Ceccarini |
| 25 January 1998 17 | Brescia | 2–1 | Parma | Brescia |
| Hübner |
Report | Fiore |
Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Stefano Braschi |
| 1 February 1998 18 | Parma | 1–0 | Bari | Parma |
| D. Baggio |
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 |
Report | Buso |
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Massimo De Santis |
| 15 February 1998 21 | Udinese | 1–1 | Parma | Udine |
| Bierhoff |
Report | Crespo |
Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Stefano Farina |
| 22 February 1998 22 | Parma | 2–1 | Vicenza | Parma |
| Stanić Chiesa |
Report | Ambrosetti |
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Emilio Pellegrino |
| 1 March 1998 23 | Bologna | 1–2 | Parma | Bologna |
| Paramatti |
Report | Stanić Crippa |
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Cosimo Bolognino |
| 8 March 1998 24 | Parma | 1–0 | Internazionale | Parma |
| Crespo |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti |
| 15 March 1998 25 | Empoli | 2–0 | Parma | Empoli |
| Martusciello Bonomi |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Referee: Livio Bazzoli |
| 22 March 1998 26 | Parma | 2–2 | Juventus | Parma |
| Stanić Crippa |
Report | Tacchinardi Inzaghi |
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi |
| 29 March 1998 27 | Roma | 2–2 | Parma | Rome |
| Totti Paulo Sérgio |
Report | Chiesa |
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Gennaro Borriello |
| 5 April 1998 28 | Parma | 1–2 | Fiorentina | Parma |
| Crespo |
Report | Edmundo Rui Costa |
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Cosimo Bolognino |
| 11 April 1998 29 | Parma | 3–1 | Napoli | Parma |
| Crespo Apolloni |
Report | Bellucci |
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Diego Preschern |
| 19 April 1998 30 | Lecce | 0–2 | Parma | Lecce |
| Report | Casale Adaílton |
Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Referee: Pierluigi Collina |
| 26 April 1998 31 | Lazio | 1–2 | Parma | Rome |
| Nedvěd |
Report | Sensini Stanić |
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto |
| 3 May 1998 32 | Parma | 2–2 | Sampdoria | Parma |
| Chiesa Sensini |
Report | Soares Boghossian |
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Pierpaolo Rossi |
| 10 May 1998 33 | Milan | 1–1 | Parma | Milan |
| Weah |
Report | André Cruz |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: Domenico Messina |
| 16 May 1998 34 | Parma | 1–3 | Brescia | Parma |
| De Paola |
Report | Bizzarri Neri |
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Graziano Cesari |
Coppa Italia
Second round
| 3 September 1997 First leg | Venezia | 3–2 | Parma | Venice |
| Ballarin Antonioli Polesel |
Maniero Milanese |
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 Pavan |
Marangon |
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Cosimo Bolognino |
Round of 16
| 15 October 1997 First leg | Parma | 2–1 | Bari | Parma |
| Adaílton Fiore |
Zambrotta |
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Emilio Pellegrino |
| 19 November 1997 Second leg | Bari | 0–1 (1–3 agg.) | Parma | Bari |
| Maniero |
Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Domenico Messina |
Quarter-finals
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 Stanić |
Kluivert |
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto |
UEFA Champions League
Second qualifying round
| 13 August 1997 First leg | Widzew Łódź | 1–3 | | Łódź, Poland |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Mikhalchuk Gęsior |
Report | Benarrivo Chiesa Crespo |
Stadium: Stadion Widzewa Referee: Marc Batta (France) |
| 27 August 1997 Second leg | Parma | 4–0 (7–1 agg.) | | Parma, Italy |
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Pedros Sensini Adaílton |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland) |
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | |
| 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 4 |
| 17 September 1997 1 | Sparta Prague | 0–0 | | Prague, Czech Republic |
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Svoboda Řepka Hašek Němeček Baranek |
Report | Chiesa Thuram Crippa Benarrivo Cannavaro |
Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 17,846 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands) |
| 1 October 1997 2 | Parma | 2–0 | | Parma, Italy |
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Sensini Crespo |
Report | Okan |
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 15,922 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland) |
| 22 October 1997 3 | Parma | 1–0 | | Parma, Italy |
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Crespo Stanić |
Report | Reuter Sousa Chapuisat |
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 13,449 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France) |
| 5 November 1997 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 2–0 | | Dortmund, Germany |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) | Möller |
Report | D. Baggio Mussi Crippa |
Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) |
Statistics
Players statistics
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Serie A | Champions League | |||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | Buffon | 40 | -39 | 32 | -33 | 8 | -6 | |
| 21 | DF | Thuram | 40 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Benarrivo | 29 | 1 | 23+1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| 17 | DF | Cannavaro | 38 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 7 | DF | Sensini | 30 | 8 | 23+1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | |
| 13 | MF | Stanic | 27 | 4 | 20+3 | 4 | 3+1 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Dino Baggio | 37 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 0 | |
| 9 | MF | Crippa | 33 | 2 | 18+8 | 2 | 6+1 | 0 | |
| 28 | MF | Blomqvist | 28 | 1 | 24+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | FW | Crespo | 33 | 14 | 22+3 | 12 | 7+1 | 2 | |
| 20 | FW | Chiesa | 41 | 16 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 6 | |
| 12 | GK | Guardalben | 2 | -4 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Zé Maria | 26 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 14 | DF | Mussi | 25 | 0 | 14+6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | |
| 4 | MF | Fiore | 32 | 1 | 13+13 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 | |
| 16 | DF | Apolloni | 15 | 2 | 10+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 18 | MF | Giunti | 14 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | Strada | 14 | 3 | 5+4 | 3 | 1+4 | 0 | |
| 6 | DF | Milanese | 10 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | |
| 25 | FW | Adaílton | 15 | 3 | 4+9 | 2 | 0+2 | 1 | |
| 19 | MF | Orlandoni | 15 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
| 22 | FW | Maniero | 16 | 4 | 2+8 | 4 | 5+1 | 0 | |
| 31 | FW | Asprilla | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | |||
| 30 | DF | Mora | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | |||
| 23 | GK | Nista | 1 | -2 | 0+1 | -2 | |||
| 15 | MF | Pedros | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | |
| 26 | MF | Barone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 29 | DF | Tiozzo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 23 | FW | Melli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 32 | DF | Calabro | |||||||
| 33 | MF | Apolloni | |||||||
Goalscorers
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | Total |
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| 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 | |
| 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.