1997–98 UEFA Champions League group stage

The group stage of the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League began on 17 September 1997 and ended on 10 December 1997. Eight teams qualified automatically for the group stage, while 16 more qualified via a preliminary round. The 24 teams were divided into six groups of four, and the teams in each group played against each other on a home-and-away basis, meaning that each team played a total of six group matches. For each win, teams were awarded three points, with one point awarded for each draw.

Seeding

Seeding was based on the UEFA associations 1997 ranking.[1][2] Title holders and champions of nations ranked 1–5 were put in the Pot 1. Champions of nations ranked 6–7 as well as runners-up of nations ranked 1–4 formed Pot 2. The remaining qualified runners-up (from the nations 5–8) and champions of nations ranked 8–9 formed Pot 3. The remaining six national champions formed Pot 4.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and best-ranked runners-up advance to the knockout stage
Pot 1
Assoc. Team
TH Germany Borussia Dortmund
1 Italy Juventus
2 Spain Real Madrid
3 France Monaco
4 Germany Bayern Munich
5 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Pot 2
Assoc. Team
6 Portugal Porto
7 England Manchester United
1 Italy Parma
2 Spain Barcelona
3 France Paris Saint-Germain
4 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Pot 3
Assoc. Team
5 Netherlands Feyenoord
6 Portugal Sporting CP
7 England Newcastle United
8 Turkey Galatasaray
8 Turkey Beşiktaş
9 Greece Olympiacos
Pot 4
Assoc. Team
12 Belgium Lierse
14 Sweden Göteborg
15 Norway Rosenborg
16 Czech Republic Sparta Prague
22 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
27 Slovakia Košice

Groups

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DOR PRM SPP GAL
1 Germany Borussia Dortmund 6 5 0 1 14 3 +11 15 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 4–1 4–1
2 Italy Parma 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 9 1–0 — 2–2 2–0
3 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 6 1 2 3 6 11 −5 5 0–3 0–0 — 3–0
4 Turkey Galatasaray 6 1 1 4 4 11 −7 4 0–1 1–1 2–0 —
Source: UEFA
Galatasaray Turkey0–1Germany Borussia Dortmund
Report Chapuisat 74'
Attendance: 21,000
Sparta Prague Czech Republic0–0Italy Parma
Report
Attendance: 17,846
Parma Italy2–0Turkey Galatasaray
Sensini 24'
Crespo 30'		 Report
Attendance: 15,922
Borussia Dortmund Germany4–1Czech Republic Sparta Prague
Herrlich 20'
Chapuisat 59', 75'
Heinrich 69'		 Report Siegl 76'
Attendance: 46,500
Parma Italy1–0Germany Borussia Dortmund
Crespo 62' Report
Attendance: 13,449
Sparta Prague Czech Republic3–0Turkey Galatasaray
Siegl 34'
Gabriel 66'
Obajdin 86'		 Report
Attendance: 11,108
Borussia Dortmund Germany2–0Italy Parma
Möller 50', 75' Report
Attendance: 40,000
Galatasaray Turkey2–0Czech Republic Sparta Prague
Tugay 58', 86' Report
Attendance: 14,700
Parma Italy2–2Czech Republic Sparta Prague
Chiesa 22', 90' (pen.) Report Novotný 87'
Obajdin 89'
Attendance: 14,847
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
Borussia Dortmund Germany4–1Turkey Galatasaray
But 22'
Herrlich 34'
Zorc 48', 86' (pen.)		 Report Penbe 87'
Attendance: 45,000
Galatasaray Turkey1–1Italy Parma
Ilie 52' Report Chiesa 47'
Attendance: 14,000
Sparta Prague Czech Republic0–3Germany Borussia Dortmund
Report Möller 29'
Kirovski 47'
Booth 71'
Attendance: 10,925

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MUN JUV FEY KOS
1 England Manchester United 6 5 0 1 14 5 +9 15 Advance to knockout stage — 3–2 2–1 3–0
2 Italy Juventus 6 4 0 2 12 8 +4 12 1–0 — 5–1 3–2
3 Netherlands Feyenoord 6 3 0 3 8 10 −2 9 1–3 2–0 — 2–0
4 Slovakia Košice 6 0 0 6 2 13 −11 0 0–3 0–1 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
Juventus Italy5–1Netherlands Feyenoord
Del Piero 3', 11' (pen.)
Inzaghi 34'
Zidane 67'
Birindelli 81'		 Report Van Gastel 58' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,622
Košice Slovakia0–3England Manchester United
Report Irwin 30'
Berg 61'
Cole 88'
Attendance: 9,550
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
Manchester United England3–2Italy Juventus
Sheringham 37'
Scholes 69'
Giggs 89'		 Report Del Piero 1'
Zidane 90'
Attendance: 53,428
Feyenoord Netherlands2–0Slovakia Košice
Van Gastel 25' (pen.)
Cruz 34'		 Report
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
Košice Slovakia0–1Italy Juventus
Report Del Piero 34'
Attendance: 10,021
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Germany)
Manchester United England2–1Netherlands Feyenoord
Scholes 32'
Irwin 72' (pen.)		 Report Vos 82'
Attendance: 53,188
Juventus Italy3–2Slovakia Košice
Del Piero 42'
Amoruso 59'
Fonseca 60'		 Report Lyubarskyi 66'
Ferrara 70' (o.g.)
Attendance: 3,505
Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)
Feyenoord Netherlands1–3England Manchester United
Korneev 86' Report Cole 30', 43', 73'
Attendance: 40,597
Feyenoord Netherlands2–0Italy Juventus
Cruz 68', 87' Report
Attendance: 34,027
Manchester United England3–0Slovakia Košice
Cole 40'
Faktor 84' (o.g.)
Sheringham 90'		 Report
Attendance: 52,535
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
Juventus Italy1–0England Manchester United
Inzaghi 84' Report
Attendance: 47,786
Košice Slovakia0–1Netherlands Feyenoord
Report Van Bronckhorst 81'
Attendance: 2,662
Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DKV PSV NEW BAR
1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 3 2 1 13 6 +7 11 Advance to knockout stage — 1–1 2–2 3–0
2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 2 3 1 9 8 +1 9 1–3 — 1–0 2–2
3 England Newcastle United 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7 2–0 0–2 — 3–2
4 Spain Barcelona 6 1 2 3 7 14 −7 5 0–4 2–2 1–0 —
Source: UEFA
Newcastle United England3–2Spain Barcelona
Asprilla 22' (pen.), 31', 49' Report Luis Enrique 73'
Figo 89'
Attendance: 35,274
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands1–3Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Jonk 40' Report Maximov 33'
Rebrov 46'
Shevchenko 90'
Attendance: 27,000
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine2–2England Newcastle United
Rebrov 4'
Shevchenko 28'		 Report Beresford 78'
Holovko 85' (o.g.)
Attendance: 92,000
Barcelona Spain2–2Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Luis Enrique 61', 74' Report Cocu 70'
Møller 86'
Attendance: 82,000
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands1–0England Newcastle United
Jonk 37' Report
Attendance: 29,200
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine3–0Spain Barcelona
Rebrov 6'
Maximov 32'
Kalitvintsev 65'		 Report
Attendance: 95,030
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Newcastle United England0–2Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Report Nilis 33'
De Bilde 90'
Attendance: 35,214
Barcelona Spain0–4Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Report Shevchenko 9', 32', 44' (pen.)
Rebrov 79'
Attendance: 52,200
Barcelona Spain1–0England Newcastle United
Giovanni 17' Report
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Marc Batta (France)
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine1–1Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Rebrov 19' Report De Bilde 65'
Attendance: 80,000
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands2–2Spain Barcelona
Abelardo 54' (o.g.)
De Bilde 56'		 Report Abelardo 32'
Giovanni 66'
Attendance: 29,400
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Newcastle United England2–0Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
Barnes 10'
Pearce 21'		 Report
Attendance: 33,694

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RMA ROS OLY POR
1 Spain Real Madrid 6 4 1 1 15 4 +11 13 Advance to knockout stage — 4–1 5–1 4–0
2 Norway Rosenborg 6 3 2 1 13 8 +5 11 2–0 — 5–1 2–0
3 Greece Olympiacos 6 1 2 3 6 14 −8 5 0–0 2–2 — 1–0
4 Portugal Porto 6 1 1 4 3 11 −8 4 0–2 1–1 2–1 —
Source: UEFA
Real Madrid Spain4–1Norway Rosenborg
Panucci 7'
Zé Roberto 39'
Raúl 43'
Morientes 83'		 Report Jakobsen 22'
Attendance: 53,000
Olympiacos Greece1–0Portugal Porto
Giannakopoulos 6' Report
Attendance: 60,006
Porto Portugal0–2Spain Real Madrid
Report Hierro 14'
Raúl 78'
Attendance: 32,300
Rosenborg Norway5–1Greece Olympiacos
Brattbakk 13', 79'
Strand 33', 43'
Rushfeldt 56'		 Report Ofori-Quaye 69'
Attendance: 16,038
Rosenborg Norway2–0Portugal Porto
Rushfeldt 10'
Brattbakk 37'		 Report
Attendance: 17,214
Real Madrid Spain5–1Greece Olympiacos
Šuker 34' (pen.), 66' (pen.)
Morientes 44'
Víctor 85'
Roberto Carlos 90'		 Report Dabizas 18'
Attendance: 48,000
Porto Portugal1–1Norway Rosenborg
Jardel 8' Report Strand 88'
Attendance: 11,000
Olympiacos Greece0–0Spain Real Madrid
Report
Attendance: 55,000
Rosenborg Norway2–0Spain Real Madrid
Strand 42'
Brattbakk 53'		 Report
Attendance: 19,147
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)
Porto Portugal2–1Greece Olympiacos
Jardel 29', 52' Report Georgatos 25'
Attendance: 7,300
Real Madrid Spain4–0Portugal Porto
Hierro 5'
Šuker 29', 73' (pen.)
Roberto Carlos 49'		 Report
Attendance: 66,000
Olympiacos Greece2–2Norway Rosenborg
Mavrogenidis 48'
Đorđević 88'		 Report Rushfeldt 49', 69'
Attendance: 21,095

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAY PAR BES GOT
1 Germany Bayern Munich 6 4 0 2 13 6 +7 12 Advance to knockout stage — 5–1 2–0 0–1
2 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 0 2 11 10 +1 12 3–1 — 2–1 3–0
3 Turkey Beşiktaş 6 2 0 4 6 9 −3 6 0–2 3–1 — 1–0
4 Sweden IFK Göteborg 6 2 0 4 4 9 −5 6 1–3 0–1 2–1 —
Source: UEFA
Bayern Munich Germany2–0Turkey Beşiktaş
Helmer 3'
Basler 70'		 Report
Attendance: 38,000
Paris Saint-Germain France3–0Sweden IFK Göteborg
Ngotty 27'
Lučić 51' (o.g.)
Raí 82' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 26,189
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)
IFK Göteborg Sweden1–3Germany Bayern Munich
Lučić 86' Report Jancker 2'
Hamann 34'
Élber 89'
Attendance: 26,503
Beşiktaş Turkey3–1France Paris Saint-Germain
Derelioğlu 5', 42'
Sağlam 83'		 Report Simone 66'
Attendance: 12,056
Beşiktaş Turkey1–0Sweden IFK Göteborg
Derelioğlu 6' Report
Attendance: 19,950
Bayern Munich Germany5–1France Paris Saint-Germain
Élber 4', 73'
Jancker 21', 47'
Helmer 51'		 Report Simone 48'
Attendance: 46,000
IFK Göteborg Sweden2–1Turkey Beşiktaş
Pettersson 18' (pen.)
Andersson 22'		 Report Derelioğlu 45'
Attendance: 14,073
Referee: Armand Ancion (Belgium)
Paris Saint-Germain France3–1Germany Bayern Munich
Gava 17'
Maurice 73'
Leroy 75'		 Report Babbel 28'
Attendance: 32,274
Beşiktaş Turkey0–2Germany Bayern Munich
Report Jancker 5'
Helmer 31'
Attendance: 22,000
IFK Göteborg Sweden0–1France Paris Saint-Germain
Report Rabésandratana 88'
Attendance: 19,323
Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Greece)
Bayern Munich Germany0–1Sweden IFK Göteborg
Report Babbel 50' (o.g.)
Attendance: 27,000
Paris Saint-Germain France2–1Turkey Beşiktaş
Gava 23'
Simone 58'		 Report Özdilek 37'
Attendance: 34,038

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MON LEV SPO LIE
1 France Monaco 6 4 1 1 15 8 +7 13 Advance to knockout stage — 4–0 3–2 5–1
2 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 6 4 1 1 11 7 +4 13 2–2 — 4–1 1–0
3 Portugal Sporting CP 6 2 1 3 9 11 −2 7 3–0 0–2 — 2–1
4 Belgium Lierse 6 0 1 5 3 12 −9 1 0–1 0–2 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Sporting CP Portugal3–0France Monaco
Oceano 4'
Hadji 8'
Machado 65'		 Report
Attendance: 27,000
Bayer Leverkusen Germany1–0Belgium Lierse
Beinlich 40' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 22,500
Lierse Belgium1–1Portugal Sporting CP
Huistra 88' Report Machado 86'
Attendance: 7,100
Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)
Monaco France4–0Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Henry 30', 83'
Ikpeba 72', 90'		 Report
Attendance: 8,038
Monaco France5–1Belgium Lierse
Henry 33'
Collins 51'
Ikpeba 66'
Trezeguet 88', 89'		 Report Van Meir 61'
Attendance: 7,484
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Sporting CP Portugal0–2Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Report Beinlich 70'
Emerson 82'
Attendance: 22,500
Lierse Belgium0–1France Monaco
Report Ikpeba 74'
Attendance: 7,100
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
Bayer Leverkusen Germany4–1Portugal Sporting CP
Emerson 16', 73'
Rink 84'
Frýdek 90'		 Report Hadji 44'
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
Monaco France3–2Portugal Sporting CP
Trezeguet 65'
Henry 75', 89'		 Report Luís Miguel 31'
Oceano 37' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,287
Lierse Belgium0–2Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Report Emerson 54'
Kirsten 66'
Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Sporting CP Portugal2–1Belgium Lierse
Ramírez 46'
Marioni 67'		 Report Haagdoren 28'
Attendance: 8,400
Bayer Leverkusen Germany2–2France Monaco
Beinlich 29'
Meijer 57'		 Report Pignol 63'
Henry 81'
Attendance: 22,500

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F Germany Bayer Leverkusen 6 4 1 1 11 7 +4 13 Advance to knockout stage
2 B Italy Juventus 6 4 0 2 12 8 +4 12
3 E France Paris Saint-Germain 6 4 0 2 11 10 +1 12
4 D Norway Rosenborg 6 3 2 1 13 8 +5 11
5 C Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6 2 3 1 9 8 +1 9
6 A Italy Parma 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 9
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Association coefficient; 6) Club coefficient.[3]

References

  1. ^ "UEFA Country Ranking 1997". Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  2. ^ 1997–98 European Cups draw
  3. ^ "UEFA Champions League: Format". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 12 September 2024.