1997–98 Parma AC 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.

Parma
1997–98 season
OwnerParmalat
PresidentCalisto Tanzi
ManagerCarlo Ancelotti
StadiumStadio Ennio Tardini
Serie A6th
Coppa ItaliaSemi-finals
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Hernán Crespo (12)

All:
Enrico Chiesa (21)

Season review

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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

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Squad information

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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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ITA Gianluigi Buffon
2 DF   BRA Zé Maria
3 DF   ITA Antonio Benarrivo
4 MF   ITA Stefano Fiore
7 DF   ARG Roberto Sensini
8 MF   ITA Dino Baggio
9 MF   ITA Massimo Crippa
10 MF   ITA Pietro Strada
11 FW   ARG Hernán Crespo
12 GK   ITA Matteo Guardalben
13 MF   CRO Mario Stanić
14 DF   ITA Roberto Mussi
15 MF   FRA Reynald Pedros
16 DF   ITA Luigi Apolloni
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF   ITA Fabio Cannavaro
18 MF   ITA Federico Giunti
19 MF   ITA Pierluigi Orlandini
20 FW   ITA Enrico Chiesa
21 DF   FRA Lilian Thuram
23 GK   ITA Alessandro Nista
25 FW   BRA Adaílton
26 MF   ITA Simone Barone
28 MF   SWE Jesper Blomqvist
29 DF   ITA Edric Tiozzo
30 DF   ITA Nicola Mora
31 FW   COL Faustino Asprilla
32 DF   ITA Antonio Calabro
33 MF   ITA Matteo Apolloni

Transfers

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Left club during season

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 MF   FRA Daniel Bravo (to Lyon)
6 DF   ITA Mauro Milanese (to Internazionale)
22 FW   ITA Filippo Maniero (to Milan)
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF   ITA Alessandro Melli (to Perugia)
27 DF   ITA Ivan Franceschini (to Salernitana)

Competitions

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Serie A

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League table

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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[a]
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[b] Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round[2]
Source: 1997–98 Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
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:
  1. ^ Fiorentina finished ahead of Parma on head-to-head points: FIO 1–1 PAR; PAR 1–2 FIO.
  2. ^ Bologna finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: BOL 2–2 SAM; SAM 2–3 BOL.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
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

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAH
ResultWDWWDWLWDLDWWDLWLWDDDWWWLDDLWWWDDL
Position1322223335544444545555545557544446
Source: Competitive matches
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

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31 August 1997 1 Bari 0–2 Parma Bari
Report Strada   43'
Benarrivo   71'
Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
14 September 1997 2 Parma 2–2 Atalanta Parma
Maniero   30'
Strada   36'
Report Lucarelli   20', 62' Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi
21 September 1997 3 Piacenza 1–3 Parma Piacenza
Scienza   45' Report Crespo   1', 63'
Sensini   29'
Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
27 September 1997 4 Parma 4–0 Udinese Parma
Crespo   32'
Sensini   83'
Maniero   86'
Strada   89' (pen.)
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   36'
D. Baggio   47'
Report Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Domenico Messina
1 November 1997 7 Internazionale 1–0 Parma Milan
Ronaldo   15' Report Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
9 November 1997 8 Parma 2–0 Empoli Parma
Adaílton   74'
Sensini   85' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Roberto Bettin
23 November 1997 9 Juventus 2–2 Parma Turin
Del Piero   43'
Amoruso   82'
Report Chiesa   34'
Crespo   45'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
30 November 1997 10 Parma 0–2 Roma Parma
Report Totti   9'
Paulo Sérgio   22'
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Stefano Braschi
7 December 1997 11 Fiorentina 1–1 Parma Florence
Morfeo   58' Report Apolloni   54' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto
14 December 1997 12 Napoli 0–4 Parma Naples
Report Blomqvist   18'
D. Baggio   53'
Crespo   65', 73'
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
21 December 1997 13 Parma 2–1 Lecce Parma
D. Baggio   55'
Chiesa   62'
Report Rossi   71' Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
4 January 1998 14 Parma 1–1 Lazio Parma
Chiesa   55' (pen.) Report Bokšić   19' Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Roberto Bettin
11 January 1998 15 Sampdoria 5–2 Parma Genoa
Montella   5'
Signori   26', 83'
Vergassola   33'
Thuram   49' (o.g.)
Report Maniero   54', 58' Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
18 January 1998 16 Parma 3–1 Milan Parma
Chiesa   33', 75'
D. Baggio   44'
Report Ganz   70' Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
25 January 1998 17 Brescia 2–1 Parma Brescia
Hübner   15', 60' (pen.) Report Fiore   43' Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Referee: Stefano Braschi
1 February 1998 18 Parma 1–0 Bari Parma
D. Baggio   68' 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   13' (pen.) Report Buso   28' Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Massimo De Santis
15 February 1998 21 Udinese 1–1 Parma Udine
Bierhoff   80' Report Crespo   33' Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Referee: Stefano Farina
22 February 1998 22 Parma 2–1 Vicenza Parma
Stanić   63'
Chiesa   72' (pen.)
Report Ambrosetti   59' Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
1 March 1998 23 Bologna 1–2 Parma Bologna
Paramatti   11' Report Stanić   15'
Crippa   28'
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
8 March 1998 24 Parma 1–0 Internazionale Parma
Crespo   78' Report Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
15 March 1998 25 Empoli 2–0 Parma Empoli
Martusciello   26'
Bonomi   45+3'
Report Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
22 March 1998 26 Parma 2–2 Juventus Parma
Stanić   36'
Crippa   40'
Report Tacchinardi   55'
Inzaghi   60'
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Robert Anthony Boggi
29 March 1998 27 Roma 2–2 Parma Rome
Totti   10'
Paulo Sérgio   25'
Report Chiesa   26', 53' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
5 April 1998 28 Parma 1–2 Fiorentina Parma
Crespo   58' Report Edmundo   54'
Rui Costa   77'
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
11 April 1998 29 Parma 3–1 Napoli Parma
Crespo   3', 86'
Apolloni   76'
Report Bellucci   69' Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Diego Preschern
19 April 1998 30 Lecce 0–2 Parma Lecce
Report Casale   39' (o.g.)
Adaílton   90'
Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
26 April 1998 31 Lazio 1–2 Parma Rome
Nedvěd   57' Report Sensini   71'
Stanić   74'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto
3 May 1998 32 Parma 2–2 Sampdoria Parma
Chiesa   35'
Sensini   79'
Report Soares   66'
Boghossian   87'
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Pierpaolo Rossi
10 May 1998 33 Milan 1–1 Parma Milan
Weah   56' Report André Cruz   16' (o.g.) Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Domenico Messina
16 May 1998 34 Parma 1–3 Brescia Parma
De Paola   5' (o.g.) Report Bizzarri   33', 44'
Neri   72' (pen.)
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Graziano Cesari

Coppa Italia

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Second round

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3 September 1997 First leg Venezia 3–2 Parma Venice
Ballarin   19'
Antonioli   23'
Polesel   48' (pen.)
Maniero   57'
Milanese   67'
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   26', 34'
Pavan   45' (o.g.)
Marangon   62' Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

Round of 16

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15 October 1997 First leg Parma 2–1 Bari Parma
Adaílton   36'
Fiore   45'
Zambrotta   60' Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
19 November 1997 Second leg Bari 0–1
(1–3 agg.)
Parma Bari
Maniero   87' Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Referee: Domenico Messina

Quarter-finals

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7 January 1998 First leg Parma 1–0 Atalanta Parma
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Chiesa   37' Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 4,453
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
21 January 1998 Second leg Atalanta 1–1
(1–2 agg.)
Parma Bergamo
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Bonacina   77' Chiesa   56' Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Semi-finals

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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   49'
Stanić   85'
Kluivert   45', 90+3' Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

UEFA Champions League

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Second qualifying round

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13 August 1997 First leg Widzew Łódź   1–3   Parma Łódź, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Mikhalchuk   52'
Gęsior   68'
Report Benarrivo   6'
Chiesa   27', 47', 49'
Crespo   60'
Stadium: Stadion Widzewa
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
27 August 1997 Second leg Parma   4–0
(7–1 agg.)
  Widzew Łódź Parma, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Pedros   36'
Sensini   41', 52',   46'
Adaílton   78'
Report Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Group stage

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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
17 September 1997 1 Sparta Prague   0–0   Parma Prague, Czech Republic
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Svoboda   40'
Řepka   54'
Hašek   63'
Němeček   82'
Baranek   85'
Report Chiesa   27'
Thuram   30'
Crippa   36'
Benarrivo   41'
Cannavaro   77'
Stadium: Stadion Letná
Attendance: 17,846
Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)
1 October 1997 2 Parma   2–0   Galatasaray Parma, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Sensini   24'
Crespo   30'
Report Okan   83' Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 15,922
Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
22 October 1997 3 Parma   1–0   Borussia Dortmund Parma, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Crespo   62'
Stanić   89'
Report Reuter   21'
Sousa   43'
Chapuisat   65'
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 13,449
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
5 November 1997 4 Borussia Dortmund   2–0   Parma Dortmund, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Möller   50', 75' Report D. Baggio   37'
Mussi   45'
Crippa   79'
Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
27 November 1997 5 Parma   2–2   Sparta Prague Parma, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Chiesa   22', 90' (pen.) Report Horňák   21'
Řepka   72'
Siegl   78'
Novotný   87'
Obajdin   89'
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 16,200
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
10 December 1997 6 Galatasaray   1–1   Parma Istanbul, Turkey
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Hagi   34'
Ilie   52'
Tugay   54'
Report Fiore   20'
Thuram   30'
Chiesa   47'
Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

Statistics

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Players statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ITA Buffon 40 -39 32 -33 8 -6
21 DF   FRA Thuram 40 0 32 0 8 0
3 DF   ITA Benarrivo 29 1 23+1 1 5 0
17 DF   ITA Cannavaro 38 0 31 0 7 0
7 DF   ARG Sensini 30 8 23+1 5 6 3
13 MF   CRO Stanic 27 4 20+3 4 3+1 0
8 MF   ITA Dino Baggio 37 5 29 5 8 0
9 MF   ITA Crippa 33 2 18+8 2 6+1 0
28 MF   SWE Blomqvist 28 1 24+4 1 0 0
11 FW   ARG Crespo 33 14 22+3 12 7+1 2
20 FW   ITA Chiesa 41 16 33 10 8 6
12 GK   ITA Guardalben 2 -4 2 -4 0 0
2 DF   BRA Zé Maria 26 0 18+2 0 6 0
14 DF   ITA Mussi 25 0 14+6 0 2+3 0
4 MF   ITA Fiore 32 1 13+13 1 2+4 0
16 DF   ITA Apolloni 15 2 10+4 2 1 0
18 MF   ITA Giunti 14 0 7+6 0 1 0
10 MF   ITA Strada 14 3 5+4 3 1+4 0
6 DF   ITA Milanese 10 0 5+1 0 1+3 0
25 FW   BRA Adaílton 15 3 4+9 2 0+2 1
19 MF   ITA Orlandoni 15 0 4+9 0 0+2 0
22 FW   ITA Maniero 16 4 2+8 4 5+1 0
31 FW   COL Asprilla 4 0 2+2 0
30 DF   ITA Mora 3 0 1+2 0
23 GK   ITA Nista 1 -2 0+1 -2
15 MF   FRA Pedros 3 1 0+1 0 0+2 1
26 MF   ITA Barone 0 0 0 0
29 DF   ITA Tiozzo 0 0 0 0
23 FW   ITA Melli 0 0 0 0
32 DF   ITA Calabro
33 MF   ITA Apolloni

Goalscorers

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Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA CL Total
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

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  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Parma - 1997/98".
  2. ^ With consequent qualification to UEFA Cup
  3. ^ 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.