1997–98 Inter Milan season

Internazionale
1997–98 season
Chairman	Massimo Moratti
Manager	Luigi Simoni
Serie A	2nd
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Ronaldo (25); All: Ronaldo (34)
Highest home attendance	80,095 vs. Milan; (22 November 1997)
Lowest home attendance	16,085 vs. Lyon; (21 October 1997)
Average home league attendance	67,825
	All statistics correct as of 16 May 1998.

In the 1997–98 season, the Italian football club Inter Milan, managed by Luigi Simoni, won the UEFA Cup and achieved second place in the Serie A league.

Season overview

Moratti relied on Luigi Simoni as coach and on Ronaldo as star.[1] Further purchases resulted in Diego Simeone, Francesco Moriero and Álvaro Recoba who – in his debut – scored twice, helping Inter beat Brescia in a 2–1 comeback.[2] Compared to the previous seasons, it proved to be better for Inter who mounted their first serious shot at the title since 1989.[3]

However, with a loss at Juventus, the reigning champions won 1–0, holding three points over Inter.[4] Ten days later, Inter conquered – for the third time in the last seven years – the UEFA Cup beating Lazio 3–0.[5] The domestic league ended with Inter in second place, last achieved in 1993.

Players

Squad information

Squad no.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Gianluca Pagliuca	GK	(1966-12-18)18 December 1966 (aged 30)
12	Andrea Mazzantini	GK	(1968-07-11)11 July 1968 (aged 28)
22	Raffaele Nuzzo	GK	(1973-02-21)21 February 1973 (aged 24)
Defenders
2	Giuseppe Bergomi (Captain)	RB / CB / SW	(1963-12-22)22 December 1963 (aged 33)
3	Massimo Tarantino	LB	(1971-05-20)20 May 1971 (aged 26)
4	Javier Zanetti	RB / CM / RM	(1973-08-10)10 August 1973 (aged 23)
5	Fabio Galante	CB	(1973-11-20)20 November 1973 (aged 23)
7	Salvatore Fresi	CB / SW	(1973-01-18)18 January 1973 (aged 24)
16	Taribo West	LB / CB	(1974-03-26)26 March 1974 (aged 23)
21	Luca Mezzano	CB	(1977-08-01)1 August 1977 (aged 19)
24	Luigi Sartor	RB / CB / RM	(1975-01-30)30 January 1975 (aged 22)
33	Francesco Colonnese	CB / RB	(1971-08-10)10 August 1971 (aged 25)
35	Martín Rivas	CB / LB	(1977-02-17)17 February 1977 (aged 20)
36	Mauro Milanese	LB / LM	(1971-02-17)17 February 1971 (aged 26)
Midfielders
6	Youri Djorkaeff	AM / SS / CF	(1968-03-09)9 March 1968 (aged 29)
8	Aron Winter	DM / CM	(1967-03-01)1 March 1967 (aged 30)
13	Zé Elias	DM / CM	(1975-09-25)25 September 1975 (aged 21)
14	Diego Simeone	CM / RM / LM	(1970-04-28)28 April 1970 (aged 27)
15	Benoît Cauet	CM / DM	(1969-05-02)2 May 1969 (aged 28)
17	Francesco Moriero	RM / RW	(1969-03-31)31 March 1969 (aged 28)
18	Nicola Berti	CM / LM / DM	(1967-04-14)14 April 1967 (aged 30)
40	Paulo Sousa	DM / CM / AM	(1970-08-30)30 August 1970 (aged 26)
Forwards
9	Iván Zamorano	CF	(1967-01-18)18 January 1967 (aged 30)
10	Ronaldo	CF	(1976-09-18)18 September 1976 (aged 20)
11	Nwankwo Kanu	CF / SS	(1976-08-01)1 August 1976 (aged 20)
20	Álvaro Recoba	SS / CF / AM / LW	(1976-03-17)17 March 1976 (aged 21)
23	Maurizio Ganz	CF	(1968-10-13)13 October 1968 (aged 28)
27	Marco Branca	CF	(1965-01-06)6 January 1965 (aged 32)
27	Alessandro Sgrigna	SS / LW / RW	(1980-04-24)24 April 1980 (aged 17)

Competitions

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	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Internazionale	34	21	6	7	62	27	+35	69	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Udinese	34	19	7	8	62	40	+22	64	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Roma	34	16	11	7	67	42	+25	59
5	Fiorentina	34	15	12	7	65	36	+29	57[lower-alpha 1]

Source: 1997–98 Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[6]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

Fiorentina finished ahead of Parma on head-to-head points: FIO 1–1 PAR; PAR 1–2 FIO.

Matches

31 August 1997 1	Internazionale	2–1	Brescia	Milan
16:00 CET	Recoba 80, 85'	Report	Hübner 73'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 69,682 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

14 September 1997 2	Bologna	2–4	Internazionale	Bologna
16:00 CET	R. Baggio 45', 58' (pen.)	Report	Galante 12' Ganz 38' Ronaldo 52' Zamorano 66'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 36,267 Referee: Stefano Braschi

21 September 1997 3	Internazionale	3–2	Fiorentina	Milan
16:00 CET	Ronaldo 45' Moriero 72' Djorkaeff 81'	Report	Serena 46' Batistuta 47'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 73,375 Referee: Graziano Cesari

27 September 1997 4	Lecce	1–5	Internazionale	Lecce
20:30 CET	Palmieri 61' (pen.)	Report	Djorkaeff 33, 78' Ronaldo 48, 81' Ganz 84'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 35,535 Referee: Stefano Farina

5 October 1997 5	Internazionale	1–1	Lazio	Milan
20:30 CET	Ronaldo 41' (pen.)	Report	Nedvěd 35'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 65,656 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

18 October 1997 6	Napoli	0–2	Internazionale	Napoli
15:30 CET		Report	Galante 10' Turrini 69' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 55,881 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

1 November 1997 7	Internazionale	1–0	Parma	Milan
14:30 CET	Ronaldo 15'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 72,000 Referee: Piero Ceccarini

9 November 1997 8	Atalanta	1–2	Internazionale	Bergamo
15:00 CET	Caccia 81'	Report	Djorkaeff 28' West 88'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 23,870 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

22 November 1997 9	Internazionale	2–2	Milan	Milan
20:30 CET	Simeone 13' Ronaldo 68' (pen.)	Report	Weah 29' André Cruz 80' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 80,905 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

30 November 1997 10	Vicenza	1–3	Internazionale	Vicenza
15:00 CET	Ambrosini 59'	Report	Simeone 33, 39' Ronaldo 68'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 19,744 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange

6 December 1997 11	Sampdoria	1–1	Internazionale	Genoa
14:30 CET	Montella 31' (pen.)	Report	Ronaldo 9'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 35,375 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

14 December 1997 12	Internazionale	3–0	Roma	Milan
14:30 CET	Djorkaeff 40' (pen.) Branca 49' Petruzzi 71' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 65,846 Referee: Domenico Messina

21 December 1997 13	Udinese	1–0	Internazionale	Udine
20:30 CET	Bierhoff 90 + 1'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 29,123 Referee: Livio Bazzoli

4 January 1998 14	Internazionale	1–0	Juventus	Milan
20:30 CET	Djorkaeff 47'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 80,569 Referee: Stefano Braschi

11 January 1998 15	Piacenza	0–1	Internazionale	Piacenza
14:30 CET		Report	Moriero 70'	Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Attendance: 17,508 Referee: Gennaro Borriello

18 January 1998 16	Internazionale	0–1	Bari	Milan
14:30 CET		Report	Masinga 77'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 63,846 Referee: Stefano Farina

25 January 1998 17	Empoli	1–1	Internazionale	Empoli
14:30 CET	Esposito 3'	Report	Recoba 82'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 19,720 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

1 February 1998 18	Brescia	0–1	Internazionale	Brescia
14:30 CET		Report	Ronaldo 75'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 26,121 Referee: Graziano Cesari

8 February 1998 19	Internazionale	0–1	Bologna	Milan
14:30 CET		Report	Paramatti 56'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 66,327 Referee: Roberto Bettin

11 February 1998 20	Fiorentina	1–1	Internazionale	Firenze
20:30 CET	Batistuta 42'	Report	Ronaldo 26'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 40,547 Referee: Robert Boggi

15 February 1998 21	Internazionale	5–0	Lecce	Milan
15:00 CET	Ronaldo 18', 70' (pen.), 79' Milanese 29' Cauet 40'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 57,362 Referee: Tarcisio Serena

22 February 1998 22	Lazio	3–0	Internazionale	Rome
15:00 CET	Fuser 25' Bokšić 29' Casiraghi 61'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 66,535 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

28 February 1998 23	Internazionale	2–0	Napoli	Milan
20:30 CET	Zamorano 63' Ronaldo 73'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 57,564 Referee: Pierpaolo Rossi

8 March 1998 24	Parma	1–0	Internazionale	Parma
15:30 CET	Crespo 78'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 27,924 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

14 March 1998 25	Internazionale	4–0	Atalanta	Milan
15:00 CET	Moriero 66' Kanu 74' Ronaldo 78' Cauet 89'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 60,131 Referee: Massimo De Santis

22 March 1998 26	Milan	0–3	Internazionale	Milan
20:30 CET		Report	Simeone 42, 87' Ronaldo 77'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 80,227 Referee: Livio Bazzoli

28 March 1998 27	Internazionale	2–1	Vicenza	Milan
15:00 CET	Simeone 67' Ronaldo 90 + 5' (pen.)	Report	Zauli 82'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 64,674 Referee: Domenico Messina

5 April 1998 28	Internazionale	3–0	Sampdoria	Milan
15:00 CET	Hugo 50' (o.g.) Sartor 53' Ronaldo 88'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 69,273 Referee: Robert Boggi

11 April 1998 29	Roma	1–2	Internazionale	Rome
16:00 CET	Cafu 63'	Report	Ronaldo 53, 75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 71,766 Referee: Graziano Cesari

19 April 1998 30	Internazionale	2–0	Udinese	Milan
16:00 CET	Djorkaeff 80' Ronaldo 85'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 77,172 Referee: Gennaro Borriello

26 April 1998 31	Juventus	1–0	Internazionale	Torino
16:00 CET	Del Piero 21'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 64,001 Referee: Piero Ceccarini

3 May 1998 32	Internazionale	0–0	Piacenza	Milan
16:00 CET		Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 65,484 Referee: Livio Bazzoli

10 May 1998 33	Bari	2–1	Internazionale	Bari
16:00 CET	Ventola 86' Masinga 89'	Report	Ronaldo 34'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 48,614 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

16 May 1998 34	Internazionale	4–1	Empoli	Milan
16:00 CET	Colonnese 23' Fusco 31' (o.g.) Ronaldo 62' (pen.), 72'	Report	Cappellini 79' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 58,205 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Coppa Italia

Round of 32

3 September 1997 First leg	Foggia	0–1	Internazionale	Foggia
20:45 CET			Recoba 21'	Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto

23 September 1997 Second leg	Internazionale	3–2 (4–2 agg.)	Foggia	Milan
20:45 CET	Recoba 3' (pen.) Zé Elias 82' Winter 90+4'		Bergomi 45' (o.g.) Di Michele 67'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Pierpaolo Rossi

Round of 16

15 October 1997 First leg	Piacenza Calcio	0–3	Internazionale	Piacenza
20:45 CET			Ronaldo 17', 19', 58'	Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

18 November 1997 Second leg	Internazionale	0–1 (3–1 agg.)	Piacenza Calcio	Milan
20:45 CET			Stroppa 90'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Lorenzo Branzoni

Quarter-finals

8 January 1998 First leg	Milan	5–0	Internazionale	Milan
20:45 CET	Albertini 29' (pen.) Ganz 33' Savićević 44' Colonnese 46' (o.g.) Nilsen 60'			Stadium: San Siro Referee: Graziano Cesari

21 January 1998 Second leg	Internazionale	1–0 (1–5 agg.)	Milan	Milan
20:45 CET	Branca 90'			Stadium: San Siro Referee: Roberto Bettin

UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 1997	Inter	2-0	Neuchatel Xamax	Milano
20:45 (CET)	Ronaldo 59' Zé Elias 71'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson

30 September 1997	Neuchâtel Xamax	0-2	Inter	Neuchâtel
20:45 (CET)		Report	26' Moriero 69' Ganz	Stadium: La Maladière Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Wójcik

Second round

21 October 1997	Inter Milan	1-2	Olympique Lyonnais	Milano
20:45 (CET)	Ganz 69'	Report	22' Giuly 80' (rig.) Caveglia	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 16,085 Referee: Mikkelsen

4 November 1997	Olympique Lyonnais	1-3	Inter	Lyon
20:45 (CET)	Bąk 67'	Report	9', 69' Moriero 46' Cauet	Stadium: Stade Gerland Attendance: 29,591 Referee: Heynemann

Eightfinals

25 November 1997	RC Strasbourg	2-0	Inter	Strasbourg
20:45 (CET)	Baticle 11' Ismaël 19'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,101 Referee: Khussainov

9 December 1997	Inter Milan	3-0	RC Strasbourg	Milano
20:45 (CET)	Ronaldo 27' Zanetti 48' Simeone 73'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 46,560 Referee: Ouzounov

Quarterfinals

3 March 1998	Inter	1-0	Schalke 04	Milano
20:45 (CET)	Ronaldo 17'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Meier

17 March 1998	Schalke 04	1-1	Inter	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 (CET)	Goossens 92'	Report	91' West	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 56,824 Referee: Veissière

Semifinals

31 March 1998	Inter	2-1	Spartak Moscow	Milano
20:45 (CET)	Zamorano 45' Zé Elias 89'	Report	48' Alenichev	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 57,803 Referee: Merk

14 April 1998	Spartak Moscow	1-2	Inter	Moscow
17:30 (CET)	Tikhonov 12'	Report	45', 75' Ronaldo	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 36,500 Referee: Dallas

Final

6 May 1998	Inter	3-0	Lazio	Paris
20:45 (CET)	Zamorano 5' Zanetti 60' Ronaldo 70'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 44,412 Referee: López Nieto

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA Cup	Total
1	10	FW	Ronaldo	25	3	6	34
2	6	MF	Youri Djorkaeff	7	0	0	7
2	14	MF	Diego Simeone	6	0	1	7
4	17	MF	Francesco Moriero	3	0	3	6
5	20	FW	Álvaro Recoba	3	2	0	5
6	9	FW	Iván Zamorano	2	0	2	4
6	23	FW	Maurizio Ganz	2	0	2	4
8	13	MF	Zé Elias	0	1	2	3
8	15	MF	Benoît Cauet	2	0	1	3
10	4	DF	Javier Zanetti	0	0	2	2
	5	DF	Fabio Galante	2	0	0	2
	16	DF	Taribo West	1	0	1	2
	27	FW	Marco Branca	1	1	0	2
14	8	MF	Aron Winter	0	1	0	1
	11	FW	Nwankwo Kanu	1	0	0	1
	24	DF	Luigi Sartor	1	0	0	1
	33	DF	Francesco Colonnese	1	0	0	1
	36	DF	Mauro Milanese	1	0	0	1
Own goal				4	0	0	4
Totals				62	8	20	90

References

Enrico Currò (May 30, 1997). "Ronaldo, è proprio Inter". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 51.
Gianni Mura (September 1, 1997). "Recoba l' altro fenomeno Entra, segna e salva l' Inter". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 40.
Gianni Piva (January 26, 1998). "SORPASSO/INTER 37 Recoba evita l' umiliazione". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 32.
Licia Granello (April 27, 1998). "Juventus, toccata e fuga". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 32.
Alberto Cerruti; Luigi Garlando; Antonello Capone (May 7, 1998). "Champagne per l' Inter". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 1997/98

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[table_hth_FIO0.097486239437706-6] Fiorentina finished ahead of Parma on head-to-head points: FIO 1–1 PAR; PAR 1–2 FIO.

[1] Enrico Currò (May 30, 1997). "Ronaldo, è proprio Inter". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 51.

[2] Gianni Mura (September 1, 1997). "Recoba l' altro fenomeno Entra, segna e salva l' Inter". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 40.

[3] Gianni Piva (January 26, 1998). "SORPASSO/INTER 37 Recoba evita l' umiliazione". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 32.

[4] Licia Granello (April 27, 1998). "Juventus, toccata e fuga". la Repubblica (in Italian). p. 32.

[5] Alberto Cerruti; Luigi Garlando; Antonello Capone (May 7, 1998). "Champagne per l' Inter". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).

[7] Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.