1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage

The group stage of the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League began on 17 September 1997 and ended on 10 December 1997. Eight teams qualified automatically for the group stage, while 16 more qualified via a preliminary round. The 24 teams were divided into six groups of four, and the teams in each group played against each other on a home-and-away basis, meaning that each team played a total of six group matches. For each win, teams were awarded three points, with one point awarded for each draw.

Seeding edit

Seeding was based on the UEFA associations 1997 ranking.[1][2] Title holders and champions of nations ranked 1–5 were put in the Pot 1. Champions of nations ranked 6–7 as well as runners-up of nations ranked 1–4 formed Pot 2. The remaining qualified runners-up (from the nations 5–8) and champions of nations ranked 8–9 formed Pot 3. The remaining six national champions formed Pot 4.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and best-ranked runners-up advance to the knockout stage
Pot 1
Assoc. Team
TH   Borussia Dortmund
1   Juventus
2   Real Madrid
3   Monaco
4   Bayern Munich
5   PSV Eindhoven
Pot 2
Assoc. Team
6   Porto
7   Manchester United
1   Parma
2   Barcelona
3   Paris Saint-Germain
4   Bayer Leverkusen
Pot 3
Assoc. Team
5   Feyenoord
6   Sporting CP
7   Newcastle United
8   Galatasaray
8   Beşiktaş
9   Olympiacos
Pot 4
Assoc. Team
12   Lierse
14   Göteborg
15   Rosenborg
16   Sparta Prague
22   Dynamo Kyiv
27   Košice

Groups edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Borussia Dortmund 6 5 0 1 14 3 +11 15 Advance to knockout stage
2   Parma 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 9
3   Sparta Prague 6 1 2 3 6 11 −5 5
4   Galatasaray 6 1 1 4 4 11 −7 4
Source: UEFA
Galatasaray  0–1  Borussia Dortmund
Report Chapuisat   74'
Sparta Prague  0–0  Parma
Report
Attendance: 17,846

Parma  2–0  Galatasaray
Sensini   24'
Crespo   30'
Report
Borussia Dortmund  4–1  Sparta Prague
Herrlich   20'
Chapuisat   59', 75'
Heinrich   69'
Report Siegl   76'

Parma  1–0  Borussia Dortmund
Crespo   62' Report
Attendance: 13,449
Sparta Prague  3–0  Galatasaray
Siegl   34'
Gabriel   66'
Obajdin   86'
Report
Attendance: 11,108

Borussia Dortmund  2–0  Parma
Möller   50', 75' Report
Galatasaray  2–0  Sparta Prague
Tugay   58', 86' Report
Attendance: 14,700

Parma  2–2  Sparta Prague
Chiesa   22', 90' (pen.) Report Novotný   87'
Obajdin   89'
Attendance: 14,847
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
Borussia Dortmund  4–1  Galatasaray
But   22'
Herrlich   34'
Zorc   48', 86' (pen.)
Report Penbe   87'
Attendance: 45,000

Galatasaray  1–1  Parma
Ilie   52' Report Chiesa   47'
Sparta Prague  0–3  Borussia Dortmund
Report Möller   29'
Kirovski   47'
Booth   71'
Attendance: 10,925

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Manchester United 6 5 0 1 14 5 +9 15 Advance to knockout stage
2   Juventus 6 4 0 2 12 8 +4 12
3   Feyenoord 6 3 0 3 8 10 −2 9
4   Košice 6 0 0 6 2 13 −11 0
Source: UEFA
Juventus  5–1  Feyenoord
Del Piero   3', 11' (pen.)
Inzaghi   34'
Zidane   67'
Birindelli   81'
Report Van Gastel   58' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,622
Košice  0–3  Manchester United
Report Irwin   30'
Berg   61'
Cole   88'
Attendance: 9,550
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Manchester United  3–2  Juventus
Sheringham   37'
Scholes   69'
Giggs   89'
Report Del Piero   1'
Zidane   90'
Attendance: 53,428
Feyenoord  2–0  Košice
Van Gastel   25' (pen.)
Cruz   34'
Report
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Košice  0–1  Juventus
Report Del Piero   34'
Attendance: 10,021
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Germany)
Manchester United  2–1  Feyenoord
Scholes   32'
Irwin   72' (pen.)
Report Vos   82'

Juventus  3–2  Košice
Del Piero   42'
Amoruso   59'
Fonseca   60'
Report Lyubarskyi   66'
Ferrara   70' (o.g.)
Attendance: 3,505
Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)
Feyenoord  1–3  Manchester United
Korneev   86' Report Cole   30', 43', 73'
Attendance: 40,597

Feyenoord  2–0  Juventus
Cruz   68', 87' Report
Manchester United  3–0  Košice
Cole   40'
Faktor   84' (o.g.)
Sheringham   90'
Report
Attendance: 52,535
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

Juventus  1–0  Manchester United
Inzaghi   84' Report
Attendance: 47,786
Košice  0–1  Feyenoord
Report Van Bronckhorst   81'
Attendance: 2,662
Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Dynamo Kyiv 6 3 2 1 13 6 +7 11 Advance to knockout stage
2   PSV Eindhoven 6 2 3 1 9 8 +1 9
3   Newcastle United 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7
4   Barcelona 6 1 2 3 7 14 −7 5
Source: UEFA
Newcastle United  3–2  Barcelona
Asprilla   22' (pen.), 31', 49' Report Luis Enrique   73'
Figo   89'
Attendance: 35,274
PSV Eindhoven  1–3  Dynamo Kyiv
Jonk   40' Report Maximov   33'
Rebrov   46'
Shevchenko   90'
Attendance: 27,000

Dynamo Kyiv  2–2  Newcastle United
Rebrov   4'
Shevchenko   28'
Report Beresford   78'
Holovko   85' (o.g.)
Attendance: 92,000
Barcelona  2–2  PSV Eindhoven
Luis Enrique   61', 74' Report Cocu   70'
Møller   86'
Attendance: 82,000

PSV Eindhoven  1–0  Newcastle United
Jonk   37' Report
Attendance: 29,200
Dynamo Kyiv  3–0  Barcelona
Rebrov   6'
Maximov   32'
Kalitvintsev   65'
Report
Attendance: 95,030
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Newcastle United  0–2  PSV Eindhoven
Report Nilis   33'
De Bilde   90'
Attendance: 35,214
Barcelona  0–4  Dynamo Kyiv
Report Shevchenko   9', 32', 44' (pen.)
Rebrov   79'
Attendance: 52,200

Barcelona  1–0  Newcastle United
Giovanni   17' Report
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Dynamo Kyiv  1–1  PSV Eindhoven
Rebrov   19' Report De Bilde   65'
Attendance: 80,000

PSV Eindhoven  2–2  Barcelona
Abelardo   54' (o.g.)
De Bilde   56'
Report Abelardo   32'
Giovanni   66'
Attendance: 29,400
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Newcastle United  2–0  Dynamo Kyiv
Barnes   10'
Pearce   21'
Report
Attendance: 33,694

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Real Madrid 6 4 1 1 15 4 +11 13 Advance to knockout stage
2   Rosenborg 6 3 2 1 13 8 +5 11
3   Olympiacos 6 1 2 3 6 14 −8 5
4   Porto 6 1 1 4 3 11 −8 4
Source: UEFA
Real Madrid  4–1  Rosenborg
Panucci   7'
Zé Roberto   39'
Raúl   43'
Morientes   83'
Report Jakobsen   22'
Attendance: 53,000
Olympiacos  1–0  Porto
Giannakopoulos   6' Report
Attendance: 60,006

Porto  0–2  Real Madrid
Report Hierro   14'
Raúl   78'
Attendance: 32,300
Rosenborg  5–1  Olympiacos
Brattbakk   13', 79'
Strand   33', 43'
Rushfeldt   56'
Report Ofori-Quaye   69'
Attendance: 16,038

Rosenborg  2–0  Porto
Rushfeldt   10'
Brattbakk   37'
Report
Attendance: 17,214
Real Madrid  5–1  Olympiacos
Šuker   34' (pen.), 66' (pen.)
Morientes   44'
Víctor   85'
Roberto Carlos   90'
Report Dabizas   18'
Attendance: 48,000

Porto  1–1  Rosenborg
Jardel   8' Report Strand   88'
Attendance: 11,000
Olympiacos  0–0  Real Madrid
Report
Attendance: 55,000

Rosenborg  2–0  Real Madrid
Strand   42'
Brattbakk   53'
Report
Attendance: 19,147
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)
Porto  2–1  Olympiacos
Jardel   29', 52' Report Georgatos   25'
Attendance: 7,300

Real Madrid  4–0  Porto
Hierro   5'
Šuker   29', 73' (pen.)
Roberto Carlos   49'
Report
Attendance: 66,000
Olympiacos  2–2  Rosenborg
Mavrogenidis   48'
Đorđević   88'
Report Rushfeldt   49', 69'
Attendance: 21,095

Group E edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Bayern Munich 6 4 0 2 13 6 +7 12 Advance to knockout stage
2   Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 0 2 11 10 +1 12
3   Beşiktaş 6 2 0 4 6 9 −3 6
4   IFK Göteborg 6 2 0 4 4 9 −5 6
Source: UEFA
Bayern Munich  2–0  Beşiktaş
Helmer   3'
Basler   70'
Report
Attendance: 38,000
Paris Saint-Germain  3–0  IFK Göteborg
Ngotty   27'
Lučić   51' (o.g.)
Raí   82' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 26,189
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)

IFK Göteborg  1–3  Bayern Munich
Lučić   86' Report Jancker   2'
Hamann   34'
Élber   89'
Attendance: 26,503
Beşiktaş  3–1  Paris Saint-Germain
Derelioğlu   5', 42'
Sağlam   83'
Report Simone   66'

Beşiktaş  1–0  IFK Göteborg
Derelioğlu   6' Report
Bayern Munich  5–1  Paris Saint-Germain
Élber   4', 73'
Jancker   21', 47'
Helmer   51'
Report Simone   48'
Attendance: 46,000

IFK Göteborg  2–1  Beşiktaş
Pettersson   18' (pen.)
Andersson   22'
Report Derelioğlu   45'
Attendance: 14,073
Referee: Armand Ancion (Belgium)
Paris Saint-Germain  3–1  Bayern Munich
Gava   17'
Maurice   73'
Leroy   75'
Report Babbel   28'
Attendance: 32,274

Beşiktaş  0–2  Bayern Munich
Report Jancker   5'
Helmer   31'
Attendance: 22,000
IFK Göteborg  0–1  Paris Saint-Germain
Report Rabésandratana   88'
Attendance: 19,323
Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Greece)

Bayern Munich  0–1  IFK Göteborg
Report Babbel   50' (o.g.)
Attendance: 27,000
Paris Saint-Germain  2–1  Beşiktaş
Gava   23'
Simone   58'
Report Özdilek   37'
Attendance: 34,038

Group F edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Monaco 6 4 1 1 15 8 +7 13 Advance to knockout stage
2   Bayer Leverkusen 6 4 1 1 11 7 +4 13
3   Sporting CP 6 2 1 3 9 11 −2 7
4   Lierse 6 0 1 5 3 12 −9 1
Source: UEFA
Sporting CP  3–0  Monaco
Oceano   4'
Hadji   8'
Machado   65'
Report
Attendance: 27,000
Bayer Leverkusen  1–0  Lierse
Beinlich   40' (pen.) Report

Lierse  1–1  Sporting CP
Huistra   88' Report Machado   86'
Attendance: 7,100
Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)
Monaco  4–0  Bayer Leverkusen
Henry   30', 83'
Ikpeba   72', 90'
Report
Attendance: 8,038

Monaco  5–1  Lierse
Henry   33'
Collins   51'
Ikpeba   66'
Trezeguet   88', 89'
Report Van Meir   61'
Attendance: 7,484
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Sporting CP  0–2  Bayer Leverkusen
Report Beinlich   70'
Emerson   82'
Attendance: 22,500

Lierse  0–1  Monaco
Report Ikpeba   74'
Attendance: 7,100
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
Bayer Leverkusen  4–1  Sporting CP
Emerson   16', 73'
Rink   84'
Frýdek   90'
Report Hadji   44'

Monaco  3–2  Sporting CP
Trezeguet   65'
Henry   75', 89'
Report Luís Miguel   31'
Oceano   37' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,287
Lierse  0–2  Bayer Leverkusen
Report Emerson   54'
Kirsten   66'
Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Sporting CP  2–1  Lierse
Ramírez   46'
Marioni   67'
Report Haagdoren   28'
Bayer Leverkusen  2–2  Monaco
Beinlich   29'
Meijer   57'
Report Pignol   63'
Henry   81'

Ranking of second-placed teams edit

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F   Bayer Leverkusen 6 4 1 1 11 7 +4 13 Advance to knockout stage
2 B   Juventus 6 4 0 2 12 8 +4 12
3 E   Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 0 2 11 10 +1 12
4 D   Rosenborg 6 3 2 1 13 8 +5 11
5 C   PSV Eindhoven 6 2 3 1 9 8 +1 9
6 A   Parma 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 9
Source: [citation needed]

References edit

  1. ^ "UEFA Country Ranking 1997". Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  2. ^ 1997–98 European Cups draw