1997–98 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season

The 1997–98 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season was the 68th consecutive Primera División season played by the senior squad.

Boca Juniors
1997–98 season
PresidentMauricio Macri
ManagerHéctor Veira
StadiumLa Bombonera
Apertura Tournament2nd.
Clausura Tournament6th.
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Martín Palermo (20)

Summary

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The club reinforced the squad with several players: Claudio Caniggia [1] came back after a brief retirement, forward Martin Palermo [2] from Estudiantes La Plata, twins Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Gustavo Barros Schelotto [3] arrived from Gimnasia LP, Colombian centre back Jorge Bermúdez from Benfica, goalkeeper Oscar Cordoba [4] from America de Cali, defender Walter Samuel [5] from Newell's Old Boys, Mexican striker Luis Hernandez[6] and Peruvian midfielder Nolberto Solano.[7]

In Apertura Tournament the squad finished on 2nd spot just one single point below champions River Plate. On 25 October 1997 Diego Maradona announced his retirement being in fact, the last official match that he played.[8]

For the Clausura Tournament, the club was reinforced with Rodolfo Cardoso, Sergio Castillo and Colombian midfielder Mauricio Serna. In spite of being heavily favourites the squad sank to the 6th spot prompting coach Veira to quit as head coach on 2 May 1998.[9] Chairman Mauricio Macri wanted to appoint Daniel Passarella- then coach of Argentina National team- as new head manager, however, after a majority of Boca fans rejected him due to his past a River Plate idol,[10] the club board did not sign a contract.

Meanwhile, former Velez Sarsfield head coach Carlos Bianchi rejected an offer from Julio Grondona Chairman of AFA to be the Argentina National team coach after the 1998 FIFA World Cup not accepting Jose Pekerman as manager and his high influence on Grondona.[11] On 27 May 1998 Bianchi took the vacancy out at Boca appointed by Macri as new head coach of the club with a contract signed until December 1999.[12]

Special uniforms

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Alternate kits worn only in 1997 Supercopa Libertadores

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Squad

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Permanent squad numbers entered into force since 1997 Apertura:
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   COL Oscar Córdoba
2 DF   COL Jorge Bermúdez
3 DF   ARG Mauricio Pineda
4 MF   PER Nolberto Solano
5 MF   ARG Alfredo Berti
6 DF   ARG Néstor Fabbri
7 FW   URU Sergio Martínez
28 MF   ARG Julio Cesar Toresani
8 FW   ARG Claudio Caniggia
9 FW   ARG Martín Palermo
10 FW   ARG Diego Maradona
11 MF   ARG Diego Latorre
12 GK   ARG Roberto Abbondanzieri
13 GK   ARG Emanuel Ruiz
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF   ARG Nelson Vivas
16 DF   ARG Christian Traverso
17 DF   ARG Walter Samuel
18 DF   ARG Rodolfo Arruabarrena
19 MF   ARG Diego Cagna
20 MF   ARG Juan Román Riquelme
21 MF   ARG Gustavo Barros Schelotto
22 MF   ARG César La Paglia
23 FW   ARG Guillermo Barros Schelotto
25 GK   ARG Christian Muñoz
26 MF   ARG Pablo Islas
15 DF   ARG Aníbal Matellán
24 FW   ARG Sebastián Rambert
27 FW   MEX Luis Hernández

Transfers

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January

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Competitions

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Torneo Apertura

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 River Plate 19 14 3 2 43 17 +26 45
2 Boca Juniors 19 13 5 1 35 12 +23 44
3 Rosario Central 19 10 5 4 35 20 +15 35
4 Vélez Sársfield 19 8 8 3 42 23 +19 32
5 San Lorenzo 19 9 5 5 42 32 +10 32
Source: [citation needed]

Position by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWDWDWDWWWWLWDWWWDWW
Position3426474221322222222
Source: www.afa.com.ar
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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24 August 1997 1 Boca Juniors 4–2 Argentinos Juniors Buenos Aires
Latorre   6', 71'
Arruabarrena   12'
Maradona   62' (pen)
Report Gómez   10'
Vespa   80' (pen)
Stadium: La Bombonera
Referee: Daniel Giménez
30 August 1997 2 Platense 2–2 Boca Juniors Buenos Aires
Spontón   10', 54' Report S. Martinez   40'
Arruabarrena   72'
Stadium: Jose Amalfitani
Referee: Francisco Lamolina
14 September 1997 3 Boca Juniors 2–1 Newell's Old Boys Buenos Aires
Maradona   40' (pen)
Guillermo B.S.   79'
Report Lujambio   67' Stadium: La Bombonera
Referee: Rubén Pascualino
16 September 1997 4 Velez Sarsfield 0–0 Boca Juniors Buenos Aires
Report Stadium: José Amalfitani Stadium
Referee: Angel Sánchez
21 September 1997 5 Boca Juniors 2–1 San Lorenzo Buenos Aires
Latorre   19', 25' Report Biaggio   37' Stadium: La Bombonera
Referee: Horacio Elizondo
27 September 1997 6 Estudiantes (LP) 0–0 Boca Juniors Avellaneda
Report Stadium: Independiente
Referee: Javier Castrilli
30 September 1997 7 Boca Juniors 2–1 Independiente Buenos Aires
Palermo   1'
Arruabarrena   13'
Report Rojas   52' Stadium: La Bombonera
Referee: Angel Sánchez
4 October 1997 8 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 0–3 Boca Juniors Jujuy
Report Bermúdez   55'
Palermo   56'
Latorre   72'
Stadium: 23 de Agosto
Referee: Oscar Sequeira
19 October 1997 9 Boca Juniors 2–1 Colón Buenos Aires
Fuertes   6' (o.g.)
Latorre   44'
Report Ibarra   56' Stadium: La Bombonera
Referee: Francisco Lamolina
25 October 1997 10 River Plate 1–2 Boca Juniors Buenos Aires
S. Berti   40' Report Toresani   47'
Palermo  67'
Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Referee: Horacio Elizondo
1 November 1997 11 Boca Juniors 0–1 Lanús Buenos Aires
Report Clotet   60' Stadium: La Bombonera
Referee: Aníbal Hay
8 November 1997 12 Rosario Central 0-3 [13] Boca Juniors Rosario
Report Solano   47'
Latorre   58'
Guillermo B.S.   61'
Stadium: Gigante de Arroyito
Referee: Javier Castrilli
20 November 1997 13 Boca Juniors 1–1 Ferro Carril Oeste Buenos Aires
Guillermo B.S.   36' Report Bustos   46' Stadium: La Bombonera
Referee: Oscar Sequeira
23 November 1997 14 Deportivo Español 0–4 Boca Juniors Buenos Aires
Report Palermo   7'
Palermo   8'
Palermo   47'
Cagna   71'
Riquelme  
Guillermo Barros Schelotto  
Stadium: Nueva España
Referee: Angel Sánchez
30 November 1997 15 Boca Juniors 2–1 Huracán Buenos Aires
Latorre   15'
Solano   75'
Report Biscay   90' Stadium: La Bombonera
Referee: Daniel Giménez
7 December 1997 16 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 0–1 Boca Juniors La Plata
Report Palermo   89' Referee: Horacio Elizondo
10 December 1997 17 Boca Juniors 0–0 Racing Buenos Aires
Report Stadium: La Bombonera
Referee: Angel Sánchez
14 December 1997 18 Gimnasia y Tiro (S) 0–1 Boca Juniors Salta
Report P. Islas   77' Stadium: Gigante del Norte
Referee: Francisco Lamolina
21 December 1997 19 Boca Juniors 4–0 Unión (SF) Buenos Aires
Arruabarrena   5'
Palermo   22'
Solano   51' (pen)
Latorre   71'
Report Stadium: La Bombonera
Referee: Daniel Giménez

Torneo Clausura

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 19 9 5 5 23 20 +3 32
5 San Lorenzo 19 9 3 7 36 27 +9 30
6 Boca Juniors 19 8 5 6 38 30 +8 29
7 River Plate 19 7 8 4 32 24 +8 29
8 Argentinos Juniors 19 7 7 5 26 17 +9 28
Source: [citation needed]

Position by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWLWLLDWDDWLDLLWWWWD
Position41159121411897101113141210766
Source: www.afa.com.ar
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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19 February 1998 1 Argentinos Juniors 1-3 Boca Juniors Caballito
Brizuela   80' Report Latorre   6'
Fabbri  
Arruabarrena  
Solano  
Cardoso   31'
Palermo  
Palermo   50'
Latorre   67'
Stadium: Ricardo Etcheverri
Referee: Elizondo
22 February 1998 2 Boca Juniors 0-4 Platense La Boca
Bermudez  
Cagna  
Cardoso  
Caniggia   89'  
Report Hanuch   2'
Godoy   74'
Hanuch   81'
Sponton   89'
Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)
Referee: Ruscio
25 February 1998 3 Newell's Old Boys 2-4 Boca Juniors Rosario
Franco   43'
Quiroga   55'
Report Serna   14'
Solano   21' (pen)
Palermo   31'
Guillermo Barros Schelotto   38'
Solano  
Fabbri  
Arruabarrena  
Stadium: El Coloso del Parque
Referee: Castrilli
28 February 1998 4 Boca Juniors 2-3 Velez Sarsfield La Boca
Palermo   39'
Latorre   61'
Fabbri   86'  
Report Castroman   27'
Arruabarrena  53' (own goal)
Chilavert   87' (pen)
Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)
Referee: Sanchez
8 March 1998 5 San Lorenzo 2-1 Boca Juniors Almagro
Basavilvaso  14'
Biagio   34'
Report Palermo   7'
Bermudez   86'  
Palermo   89'  
Samuel  
Stadium: Nuevo Gasometro
Referee: Gimenez
15 March 1998 6 Boca Juniors 0-0 Estudiantes La Plata La Boca
Fabbri  
Serna  
Cagna  
Palermo  
Report Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)
Referee: Lamolina
22 March 1998 7 Independiente 0-4 Boca Juniors Avellaneda
Report Arruabarrena   19'
Caniggia   39'
Solano   44'
Guillermo Barros Schelotto   65'
Guillermo Barros Schelotto   70'
Stadium: La Doble Visera
Referee: Madorran
27 March 1998 8 Boca Juniors 0-0 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) La Boca
Latorre   20'
Matellan  52'
Arruabarrena  
Report Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)
Referee: Elizondo
5 April 1998 9 Colon 2-2 Boca Juniors Santa Fe
Sandoval  2'
Fuertes   25'
Ulambre   74'  
Report Palermo  55'
Bermudez  
Serna 
Caniggia 
Stadium: Cementerio de los Elefantes
Referee: Scime
11 April 1998 10 Boca Juniors 3-2 River Plate La Boca
Fabbri   13'
Guillermo Barros Schelotto  16'
Caniggia   56'
Serna  64'
Palermo   69'
Arruabarrena   73'
Palermo  87'
Report Solari  36'
Salas   53'
Berizzo   80'  
Salas   89'
Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)
Referee: Castrilli
14 April 1998 11 Lanús 2-1 Boca Juniors Lanús
Serrizuela   55'
Siviero   74'
Report Latorre   37' Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Lanús-Néstor Díaz Pérez
Referee: Gimenez
17 April 1998 12 Boca Juniors 1-1 Rosario Central La Boca
Latorre   12' Report Bustos Montoya   58'
Gaitan   68'  
Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)
Referee: Mendez
26 April 1998 13 Ferro Carril Oeste 4-1 Boca Juniors Caballito
Bustos   35'
Bustos   50'
Yaque   54'
Bustos   85'
Report Palermo   27' Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Etcheverri
Referee: Scime
2 May 1998 14 Boca Juniors 2-3 Deportivo Español La Boca
Caniggia   68'
Solano  72' (pen)
Report Galvan   41'
Parodi   44'
Parodi   48'
Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)
Referee: Bongianino
5 May 1998 15 Huracán 2-4 Boca Juniors Parque Patricios
Guerra   26'
Montenegro   42'
Report Palermo   36'
Fabbri   39'
Fabbri   80'
La Paglia   81'
Stadium: El Palacio
Referee: Lamolina
10 May 1998 16 Boca Juniors 3-1 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) La Boca
Fabbri   7'
Palermo  50'
Palermo   64'
Report Sosa   32' Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)
Referee: Sanchez
12 May 1998 17 Racing 0-2 Boca Juniors Avellaneda
Report Fabbri   75'
Caniggia   90'
Stadium: Cilindro de Avellaneda
Referee: Elizondo
31 May 1998 18 Boca Juniors 4-0 Gimnasia y Tiro (S) La Boca
Palermo   3'
Caniggia   10'
Cardoso   25'
Navas   81'
Report Stadium: Estadio Alberto Cichero (La Bombonera)
Referee: Ruscio
6 June 1998 19 Unión de Santa Fe 1-1 Boca Juniors Santa Fe
Castillo   90' Report Ortiz   57' Stadium: Estadio 15 de Abril
Referee: Guerra

Statistics

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Players statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Apertura 97[14] Clausura 98[15]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   COL Oscar Cordoba 25 0 17 0 8 0
DF   PER Nolberto Solano 32 5 18 3 14 2
DF   COL Jorge Bermudez 31 1 17 1 14 0
DF   ARG Nestor Fabbri 27 4 12 0 15 4
DF   ARG Rodolfo Arruabarrena 35 6 18 4 17 2
MF   ARG Diego Cagna 33 1 19 1 14 0
MF   ARG Diego Latorre 30 14 18 9 12 5
MF   ARG Rodolfo Cardoso 11 1 0 0 11 1
FW   ARG Claudio Paul Caniggia 22 5 5 0 17 5
FW   ARG Martin Palermo 32 20 17 8 15 12
FW   ARG Guillermo Barros Schelotto 33 6 16 3 17 3
GK   ARG Roberto Abbondanzieri 13 0 2 0 11 0
MF   ARG Christian Traverso 13 0 12 0 1 0
MF   ARG Juan Roman Riquelme 19 0 13 0 6 0
DF   ARG Nelson Vivas 8 0 8 0
MF   ARG Pablo Eduardo Islas 9 1 6 1 3 0
DF   ARG Hector Pineda 6 0 6 0
10 FW   ARG Diego Maradona 5 2 5 2 - -
MF   ARG Gustavo Barros Schelotto 5 0 5 0 0 0
MF   ARG Alfredo Berti 13 0 13 0
DF   ARG Emanuel Ruiz 9 0 5 0 4 0
DF   ARG Walter Samuel 12 0 4 0 8 0
DF   ARG Cesar Osvaldo La Paglia 9 1 3 0 6 1
DF   ARG Julio Cesar Toresani 16 1 16 1
FW   URU Sergio Daniel Martinez 1 1 1 1
DF   ARG Anibal Matellan 6 0 1 0 5 0
GK   ARG Christan Fernando Muñoz 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW   ARG Sebastián Rambert 1 0 1 0
FW   MEX Luis Hernandez 0 0 0 0 - -
MF   COL Mauricio Serna 9 1 0 0 9 1
DF   ARG Sergio Castillo 13 0 0 0 13 0
DF   ARG Luis Darío Calvo 12 0 0 0 12 0
DF   ARG Ariel Rosada 8 0 0 0 8 0
DF   ARG Fernando Rodolfo Navas 6 1 0 0 6 1
MF   ARG Hernan Vigna 3 0 0 0 3 0
FW   ARG Fernando Ortiz 2 1 0 0 2 1
DF   ARG Hernan Florentin 2 0 0 0 2 0
MF   ARG Sebastián Battaglia 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF   ARG Héctor Andrés Bracamonte 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF   ARG Hugo Darío Dominguez 1 0 0 0 1 0

References

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  1. ^ "Caniggia arrives to Boca" (in Spanish). clarin.com. 9 August 1997. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  2. ^ "First Palermo' goal in his Boca debut" (in Spanish). clarin.com. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Barros Schelotto twins a special date" (in Spanish). clarin.com. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  4. ^ "The unbelievable comment of Macri when Cordoba was signing his agreement with Boca" (in Spanish). ole.com.ar. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Walter Samuel, his fan side, the River streak, Boca, Bianchi and ..." (in Spanish). ole.com.ar. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  6. ^ "I chose to play in Boca because Maradona was over there". record.com.mx. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Peruvian footballers who played with Boca" (in Spanish). espndeportes.espn.com. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  8. ^ "1997:The Last Match of Maradona" (in Spanish). elgrafico.com.ar. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  9. ^ "The Day Passarella was meeting with Boca". ole.com.ar. 3 May 1998. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  10. ^ "A fascinating story, the day when Macri sent Passarella a contract for being Boca Juniors coach" (in Spanish). infobae.com. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Why Did Bianchi Never Manage Argentine National Team?" (in Spanish). 2 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  12. ^ "The 1000 Days of Bianchi". lanacion.com.ar. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  13. ^ Suspended on 68' due to Rosario Central fans throwing fireworks onto the field. AFA did not modify the final score. "Violence emerged to stop the Boca landslide". lanacion.com.ar. 9 November 1997. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  14. ^ "Plantel Boca Torneo Apertura 1997". historiadeboca.com.ar. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  15. ^ "Plantel Boca Torneo Clausura 1998". historiadeboca.com.ar. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
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