1997–98 A.C. Fiorentina season

Fiorentina
1997–98 season
President Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Manager Alberto Malesani
Stadium Stadio Artemio Franchi
Serie A 5th
Coppa Italia Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer League:
Gabriel Batistuta (21)
All:
Gabriel Batistuta (24)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Associazione Calcio Fiorentina came off second best in a competitive battle for fourth in Serie A. Under Alberto Malesani's leadership, Fiorentina played an attacking 3–5–2 formation, where goal scoring duo Gabriel Batistuta and Luís Oliveira scored an accumulated 36 goals between them. Following the end of the season, Malesani accepted an offer from Parma, thus departing the club after only one season in charge. Sensationally, Giovanni Trapattoni became his successor, remarking that Fiorentina was serious about winning the league.

Players

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 1997–98 Serie A

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 34 21 11 2 67 28+39 74 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Internazionale 34 21 6 7 62 27+35 69 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3 Udinese 34 19 7 8 62 40+22 64 1998–99 UEFA Cup First round
4 Roma 34 16 11 7 67 42+25 59
5 Fiorentina 34 15 12 7 65 36+29 57
6 Parma 34 15 12 7 55 39+16 57
7 Lazio 34 16 8 10 53 30+23 56 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round
8 Bologna 34 12 12 10 55 46+9 48 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
9 Sampdoria 34 13 9 12 52 55−3 48 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
10 Milan 34 11 11 12 37 43−6 44
11 Bari 34 10 8 16 30 45−15 38
12 Empoli 34 10 7 17 50 58−8 37
13 Piacenza 34 7 16 11 29 38−9 37
14 Vicenza 34 9 9 16 36 61−25 36
15 Brescia (R) 34 9 8 17 45 63−18 35 Relegation to Serie B
16 Atalanta (R) 34 7 11 16 25 48−23 32
17 Lecce (R) 34 6 8 20 32 72−40 26
18 Napoli (R) 34 2 8 24 25 76−51 14

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 15 12 7 65 36  +29 57 8 7 2 36 13  +23 7 5 5 29 23  +6

Last updated: 24 July 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAH
Result W W L L L D D W D D D W W D W L W W W D D W L D D D W W D L L W W W

Last updated: 24 July 2015.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Coppa Italia

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

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