1997–98 Parma A.C. season

Parma
1997–98 season
President Calisto Tanzi
Manager Carlo Ancelotti
Stadium Stadio Ennio Tardini
Serie A 6th
Coppa Italia Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League Group stage
Top goalscorer League:
Hernán Crespo (12)
All:
Enrico Chiesa (21)
Home colours
Away colours

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. 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.

Season review

Parma finished 6th in Serie A, following a disappointing season. Carlo Ancelotti's team had taken the fight to Juventus for the title the previous season, but in the follow-up campaign Parma was unable to ever challenge the top three of the standings, also disappointingly failing to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Ancelotti was sacked at the end of the season, with the view that he had failed to get the most out of one of Italy's most talented squads.

Players

Squad information

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 Italy GK Gianluigi Buffon
2 Brazil DF Zé Maria
3 Italy DF Antonio Benarrivo
4 Italy MF Stefano Fiore
7 Argentina DF Roberto Sensini
8 Italy MF Dino Baggio
9 Italy MF Massimo Crippa
10 Italy MF Pietro Strada
11 Argentina FW Hernán Crespo
12 Italy GK Matteo Guardalben
13 Croatia MF Mario Stanić
14 Italy DF Roberto Mussi
15 France MF Reynald Pedros
16 Italy DF Luigi Apolloni
17 Italy DF Fabio Cannavaro
No. Position Player
18 Italy MF Federico Giunti
19 Italy MF Pierluigi Orlandini
20 Italy FW Enrico Chiesa
21 France DF Lilian Thuram
23 Italy GK Alessandro Nista
25 Brazil FW Adaílton
26 Italy MF Simone Barone
28 Sweden MF Jesper Blomqvist
29 Italy DF Edric Tiozzo
30 Italy DF Nicola Mora
31 Colombia FW Faustino Asprilla
32 Italy DF Antonio Calabro
33 Italy MF Matteo Apolloni
43 United States FW Zack Davis

Left club during season

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

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

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 52 553 48 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
10 Milan 34 11 11 12 37 436 44
11 Bari 34 10 8 16 30 4515 38
12 Empoli 34 10 7 17 50 588 37
13 Piacenza 34 7 16 11 29 389 37
14 Vicenza 34 9 9 16 36 6125 36
15 Brescia (R) 34 9 8 17 45 6318 35 Relegation to Serie B
16 Atalanta (R) 34 7 11 16 25 4823 32
17 Lecce (R) 34 6 8 20 32 7240 26
18 Napoli (R) 34 2 8 24 25 7651 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 55 39 +16 57 9 5 3 30 19 +11 6 7 4 25 20 +5

Last updated: 8 August 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAH
Result W D W W D W L W D L D W W D L W L W D D D W W W L D D L W W W D D L

Last updated: 8 August 2015.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Coppa Italia

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Germany Borussia Dortmund 6501143+1115
Italy Parma 623165+19
Czech Republic Sparta Prague 6123611−55
Turkey Galatasaray 6114411−74

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA CL Total
1 20 FW Italy Enrico Chiesa 10 5 6 21
2 11 FW Argentina Hernán Crespo 12 0 2 14
3 7 DF Argentina Roberto Sensini 5 0 3 8
4 22 FW Italy Filippo Maniero 4 2 0 6
5 8 MF Italy Dino Baggio 5 0 0 5
13 MF Croatia Mario Stanić 4 1 0 5
7 25 FW Brazil Adaílton 2 1 1 4
8 10 MF Italy Pietro Strada 3 0 0 3
9 4 MF Italy Stefano Fiore 1 1 0 2
9 MF Italy Massimo Crippa 2 0 0 2
16 DF Italy Luigi Apolloni 2 0 0 2
12 3 DF Italy Antonio Benarrivo 1 0 0 1
6 DF Italy Mauro Milanese 0 1 0 1
15 MF France Reynald Pedros 0 0 1 1
28 MF Sweden 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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