1997–98 FC Barcelona season

FC Barcelona

1997–98 season

President

Head coach

1st

Winners

Winners

Top goalscorer

League: Rivaldo (19)
All: Rivaldo (28)

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← 1996–97

1998–99 →

FC Barcelona returned to its previous glorious league ways under the guidance of new coach Louis van Gaal. The highly rated coach, hired from Ajax Amsterdam, brought lethal striker Sonny Anderson and the attacing midfielder Rivaldo with him. But surprisedly Barcelona sold Ronaldo to Inter Milan just before season begin and thus handed Sonny Anderson as main striker. He introduced Barcelona to his marvelous 4-3-3 formation, in which Rivaldo was a perfect centre forward, scoring 20 goals in the league. Under van Gaal at helm on his first season, Barcelona won their 15th La Liga title, 2nd European Super Cup title as well as 24th Copa del Rey title (thus winning their domestic double) but Barcelona crashed out of the UEFA Champions League, following a lackluster performance in the First Group Phase. In fact, Barcelona ended up last in the group, and was not even qualifying for the remainder of the UEFA Cup, contributing only single victory, two draws and three defeats and thus denying Barcelona's first treble winner.

Barcelona had a marvelous second half of the season, in which it kept pace with La Liga championship leaders Real Madrid, then passing the Madrids when they had a couple of slips. In the end, a win in the 36th round was more than enough to clinch Barcelona's first league title for four years.

Squad

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.	Position	Player
1	GK	Vítor Baía
2	DF	Albert Ferrer
3	DF	Abelardo Fernández
4	DF	Fernando Couto
5	DF	Gheorghe Popescu (captain)
6	MF	Óscar García
7	MF	Luís Figo
8	FW	Hristo Stoichkov
9	FW	Sonny Anderson
10	MF	Giovanni
11	MF	Rivaldo
12	DF	Sergi Barjuán
13	GK	Ruud Hesp
14	MF	Emmanuel Amunike
15	FW	Christophe Dugarry

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Dragan Ćirić
17	DF	Winston Bogarde
18	MF	Guillermo Amor
19	FW	Juan Antonio Pizzi
20	DF	Miguel Ángel Nadal
21	MF	Luis Enrique
22	DF	Michael Reiziger
23	MF	Iván de la Peña
25	GK	Carles Busquets
26	MF	Albert Celades
27	MF	Roger García
28	DF	Carles Puyol
29	MF	Xavi Hernández
31	MF	Mario Rosas
32	MF	Jofre Mateu

References

↑ "FootballSquads - Barcelona - 1997/98". Archived from the original on 2013-07-13. Retrieved 2013-07-10.

External links

FC Barcelona Official Site
FCBarcelonaweb.co.uk English Speaking FC Barcelona Supporters
ESPNsoccernet: Barcelona Team Page
FC Barcelona (Spain) profile
uefa.com - UEFA Champions League
Web Oficial de la Liga de Fútbol Profesional
FIFA.com
Federació Catalana de Futbol

Futbol Club Barcelona

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Other teams	FC Barcelona B FCB (women's) FC Barcelona Juvenil A FC Barcelona C (defunct)

Home stadium	Camp Nou Camp de Les Corts Camp de la Indústria Mini Estadi Palau Blaugrana Nou Palau Blaugrana Palau de Gel

Training ground	Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper

Rivalries	El Clásico Derbi barceloní El Clásico (basketball)

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