UEFA Champions League 1997–98

The 1997–98 UEFA Champions League was the 43rd edition of UEFA's premier club football tournament, and the sixth since its rebranding as the UEFA Champions League. The tournament was won by Real Madrid, beating Juventus, who were playing in a third consecutive final, 1–0 in the final. It started a run of three victories in five seasons for the Spanish giants.

This season was the first to have six groups, as opposed to four in the previous tournament, which meant that only two group runners-up qualified for the quarter finals as opposed to all the second-placed teams. It was also the first to have two qualifying rounds instead of just one. After three years of entering the UEFA Cup, champions of smaller nations returned to the Champions League.

First qualifying round

econd qualifying round

Group stage

Group A

Group D

Ranking of runners-up

Quarter-finals

emi-finals

Final

footballbox
date = 1998-05-20
time = 20:45 CEST
team1 = Real Madrid flagicon|ESP
score = 1 – 0
team2 = flagicon|ITA Juventus
goals1 = Mijatović goal|67
goals2 =
stadium = Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
attendance = 50,000
referee = Hellmut Krug flagicon|GER

Trivia

*Košice earned the dubious distinction of becoming the first team in Champions League history to end the group stage without earning a single point.

ee also

*UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1997–98
*UEFA Cup 1997-98
*UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/history/Season=1997/intro.html 1997-98 season at UEFA website]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/ec/ec199798.html#cc European Cup results at RSSSF]