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1997–98 La Liga

67th season of La Liga

Field	Value
competition	La Liga
season	1997–98
dates	30 August 1997 – 16 May 1998
winners	Barcelona
15th title
relegated	Compostela (relegation playoff)
Mérida
Sporting Gijón
continentalcup1	[Champions League](1998-99-uefa-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Real Madrid (as [Champions League](1997-98-uefa-champions-league) winners)
Barcelona
Athletic Bilbao
continentalcup2	[Cup Winners' Cup](1998-99-uefa-cup-winners-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Mallorca (as [Copa del Rey](1997-98-copa-del-rey) runners-up)
continentalcup3	[UEFA Cup](1998-99-uefa-cup)
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Real Sociedad
Celta Vigo
Atlético Madrid
Real Betis
continentalcup4	[Intertoto Cup](1998-uefa-intertoto-cup)
continentalcup4 qualifiers	Valencia
Espanyol
league topscorer	Christian Vieri
(24 goals)
biggest home win	Salamanca 6–0 Valencia
(12 April 1998)
biggest away win	Oviedo 0–5 Real Sociedad
(19 October 1997)
highest scoring	Salamanca 5–4 Atlético Madrid
(21 March 1998)
matches	380
total goals	1009
prevseason	[1996–97](1996-97-la-liga)
nextseason	[1998–99](1998-99-la-liga)

15th title Mérida Sporting Gijón Barcelona Athletic Bilbao Celta Vigo Atlético Madrid Real Betis Espanyol (24 goals) (12 April 1998) (19 October 1997) (21 March 1998) The 1997–98 La Liga season was the 67th since its establishment. It began on 30 August 1997, and concluded on 16 May 1998.

On 29 March 1998, following Sporting Gijón's 0–0 draw with Zaragoza, combined with Racing Santander's 4–3 loss to Athletic Bilbao, Sporting Gijón became the first team in La Liga history to be relegated in March, ending the season with a league-record lowest points tally of just 13.

Promotion and relegation

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Mérida, Salamanca (both teams returning after a season's absence) and Mallorca (returning after a five-year absence). They replaced Rayo Vallecano, Extremadura, Sevilla FC, Hércules CF and CD Logrones after spending time in the top flight for two, one, twenty two, one and one years respectively. Starting from this season, twenty teams contested in the La Liga as opposed to previous seasons with twenty-two teams.

Team information

Clubs and locations

1997–98 season was composed of the following clubs:

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Barcelona	Camp Nou	98,772
Real Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	80,354
Espanyol	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc	55,926
Atlético Madrid	Vicente Calderón	55,005
Valencia	Mestalla	55,000
Real Betis	Benito Villamarín	52,132
Athletic Bilbao	San Mamés	39,750
Deportivo de La Coruña	Riazor	34,600
Real Zaragoza	La Romareda	34,596
Celta de Vigo	Balaídos	32,500
Real Sociedad	Anoeta	32,200
Valladolid	José Zorrilla	27,846
Sporting de Gijón	El Molinón	25,885
Real Oviedo	Carlos Tartiere	23,500
Tenerife	Heliodoro Rodríguez López	22,824
Racing de Santander	El Sardinero	22,222
Mallorca	Lluís Sitjar	18,000
Salamanca	El Helmántico	17,341
Mérida	Estadio Romano	14,600
Compostela	San Lázaro	12,000

League table

Results

Relegation playoff

First leg

Dely Valdés

Second leg

Walter Pico
Paquito

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Italy Christian Vieri	Atlético Madrid	24
2	Brazil Rivaldo	Barcelona	19
3	Spain Luis Enrique	Barcelona	18
4	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Darko Kovačević	Real Sociedad	17
5	Bulgaria Lyuboslav Penev	Compostela	16
6	Portugal Pauleta	Salamanca	15
7	Uruguay Fernando Correa	Racing Santander	14
8	Argentina Gabriel Amato	Mallorca	13
Argentina Juan Esnáider	Espanyol
Croatia Alen Peternac	Valladolid

Zamora Trophy

The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals against	Matches	Average
1	ESP Toni	Espanyol	31	37	****
2	ESP Alberto	Real Sociedad	37	38
3	ROU Bogdan Stelea	Salamanca	32	30
4	ESP Imanol Etxeberria	Athletic Bilbao	42	38
5	ESP Andoni Zubizarreta	Valencia	40	34

Attendances

Source:

#	Club	Avg. attendance	Highest
1	FC Barcelona	74,053	115,000
2	Real Madrid	73,368	104,000
3	Valencia CF	44,684	54,000
4	Real Betis	38,816	47,500
5	Athletic Club	36,158	41,000
6	Atlético de Madrid	30,895	58,000
7	Real Zaragoza	23,053	35,000
8	Celta de Vigo	22,714	32,000
9	Real Sociedad	22,651	28,399
10	RCD Espanyol	21,921	31,500
11	Deportivo de La Coruña	21,395	33,000
12	CD Tenerife	19,068	22,500
13	Real Valladolid	17,966	23,000
14	Racing de Santander	17,237	22,000
15	RCD Mallorca	16,966	30,800
16	Real Oviedo	16,500	23,500
17	Real Sporting de Gijón	15,154	22,000
18	UD Salamanca	12,916	20,199
19	Mérida UD	10,789	15,000
20	SD Compostela	8,381	14,000

References

"Salamanca 6–0 Valencia". [[Liga de Fútbol Profesional.
"Real Oviedo 0–5 Real Sociedad". [[Liga de Fútbol Profesional.
"Salamanca 5–4 Atlético Madrid". [[Liga de Fútbol Profesional.
https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/esp/aveesp98.htm

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