1997–98 UEFA Cup

Format

According to 1996 UEFA ranking, Spain took a slot to Germany (but this one took the place of the holders), the Netherlands took a place from Russia, while Ukraine, Czech Republic, and Hungary took a slot from Israel, FR Yugoslavia and Poland (but this one took the place of troubled Albania).

The access list was finally decreased to 102 clubs, because only the 16 best national champions excluded from the Champions League group stage entered in the UEFA Cup.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

• TH: Title holders
• LC: League Cup winners
• Nth: League position
• IC: Intertoto Cup winners
• FP: Fair play
• CL Q2: Losers from the Champions League second qualifying round

Notes

First qualifying round

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First leg

Sharan Palyanytsya Moroz

Šlekys Rudžionis

Johnson Wieghorst

Kunz Sandjak Perret Rothenbühler Gigon

Tudor Vulić

Moldovan Subiat

Andresen

Daðason

Neumann Hromádko

Paluch Nosal

Chuichenko Antyukhin

Løvvik

McSwegan Zetterlund

Bečaj

Herczeg Jenei

Second leg

Jackson Johnson Hannah Hay Celtic won 8–0 on aggregate.

Erceg Hajduk Split won 6–1 on aggregate.

Jagodics Schultz Zavadszky Ferencváros won 6–0 on aggregate.

Gaganidze 2–2 on aggregate. Dinamo Minsk won on away goals.

Kakoun Hapoel Petah Tikva won 3–1 on aggregate.

Belkin Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 8–1 on aggregate.

Valnoha Pav. Holomek Kolomazník Boby Brno won 7–4 on aggregate.

Tsolakis Pittas Apollon Limassol won 4–1 on aggregate.

Martin Jeanneret Neuchâtel Xamax won 10–1 on aggregate.

Esposito Ahinful Shiels Tikva Yakin Aspinall Grasshopper won 10–1 on aggregate.

Aarsheim Flindt-Bjerg Fuglestad Espevoll Aleksić Vulević Jovanović Vanić 2–2 on aggregate. Viking won 5–4 on penalties.

KR won 4–1 on aggregate.

Holub Fukal Jablonec won 8–0 on aggregate.

Hadviger Formanko Spartak Trnava won 4–1 on aggregate.

Odra Wodzisław won 4–2 on aggregate.

Antyukhin Vorskla Poltava won 5–2 on aggregate.

Trendafilov Kiselichkov 4–4 on aggregate. Brann won on away goals.

Winters McLaren Olofsson Zetterlund Thompson Dundee United won 17–0 on aggregate.

State V. Ion Demirović 4–4 on aggregate. Gorica won on away goals.

Mørkøre Sebők Újpest won 9–2 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

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First leg

Sedloski Sarr Gudmundsson

Stoica

Fuglestad

Veretennikov

Stöger Prosenik Stumpf

Türkyilmaz Thüler

Staelens

Marangos Frantzeskos Olivares Luhový

Ashvetia

Second leg

Erceg Hajduk Split won 5–2 on aggregate.

Scifo Anderlecht won 4–0 on aggregate.

Månsson Neuchâtel Xamax won 4–2 on aggregate.

Zagórski Brzoza Abramov Veretennikov Rotor Volgograd won 6–3 on aggregate.

Trabzonspor won 2–1 on aggregate.

Valnoha Rapid Wien won 6–3 on aggregate.

Thom Burley Wieghorst Larsson Krinner Celtic won 7–5 on aggregate.

Vincze Zavadszky Nyilas Lipcsei Jonson Nilsson Powell Wibrån 1–1 on aggregate. Ferencváros won 4–3 on penalties.

Hapoel Petah Tikva won 1–0 on aggregate.

Grasshopper won 3–2 on aggregate.

De Brul Van der Elst Club Brugge won 8–3 on aggregate.

PAOK won 6–3 on aggregate.

Mitić Papadopoulos OFI won 3–1 on aggregate.

1–1 on aggregate. Örebro won on away goals.

Vidović Mouscron won 3–0 on aggregate.

Lillestrøm won 3–0 on aggregate.

Hallum Sørensen Z. Kovács AGF won 3–2 on aggregate.

Yanovsky Kobiashvili Alania Vladikavkaz won 6–2 on aggregate.

First round

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First leg

Guivarc'h

Glieder Goor Stoica

Linarès Carteron Giuly

Edu Manga

Fuser Nedvěd Nesta

Preisinger Lőrincz

Kounenakis Nioplias

Larrainzar

Veretennikov

Çetin

Viduka Prosinečki I. Cvitanović Mladinić Türkyilmaz

Trustfull

Zé Elias

Donnelly McManaman

Rodriguez

Sallói

Vieri

Hallum N'Diaye

Schroth

Second leg

Auxerre won 2–1 on aggregate.

Yashchuk Dheedene Ivanauskas Anderlecht won 7–6 on aggregate.

PAOK won 2–1 on aggregate.

Poggi Locatelli Udinese won 3–1 on aggregate.

Litmanen Witschge Babangida F. de Boer Oliseh McCarthy Ajax won 10–2 on aggregate.

Daugaard Job Bardon Lyon won 7–3 on aggregate.

Dinamo Tbilisi won 2–1 on aggregate.

Real Valladolid won 2–1 on aggregate.

Nedvěd Lazio won 6–1 on aggregate.

Zitelli Strasbourg won 4–2 on aggregate.

MTK won 4–1 on aggregate.

Računica Eijkelkamp Schalke 04 won 5–2 on aggregate.

Bastia won 1–0 on aggregate.

Horváth OFI won 4–2 on aggregate.

Ziganda Athletic Bilbao won 4–1 on aggregate.

Aston Villa won 1–0 on aggregate.

Ciocoiu Steaua București won 2–1 on aggregate.

Zernov Veretennikov Rotor Volgograd won 6–1 on aggregate.

Cerny Böhme Nowak Hamann 1860 Munich won 7–1 on aggregate.

Yuran Dickhaut Peschel Ogün Osman Bochum won 6–5 on aggregate.

Prosinečki Croatia Zagreb won 9–4 on aggregate.

Braga won 3–2 on aggregate.

Rapid Wien won 2–1 on aggregate.

Ganz Internazionale won 4–0 on aggregate.

2–2 on aggregate. Liverpool won on away goals.

Kastendeuch Gaillot Metz won 6–1 on aggregate.

van Halst 2–2 on aggregate. Twente won on away goals.

Fadiga Verheyen Club Brugge won 4–2 on aggregate.

Kiko Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.

AGF won 3–2 on aggregate.

Karlsruhe won 3–2 on aggregate.

Titov Kechinov Tikhonov Romashchenko The original 2nd leg game finished 2–2 (scorers: Shirko, Alenichev – Lota 2) on 30 September (Report), but had to be replayed because the goal posts were 8 cm short of the prescribed height.

Spartak Moscow won 6–1 on aggregate.

Second round

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First leg

Conteh

Caveglia

Toni Karoglan Bruno

Titov

Lardín Kiko Marangos

Guivarc'h

Schöttel Penksa

Second leg

Riedle Strasbourg won 3–2 on aggregate.

Cauet Coupet Internazionale won 4–3 on aggregate.

Braga won 5–0 on aggregate.

Wilmots Schalke 04 won 3–1 on aggregate.

Bierhoff 2–2 on aggregate. Ajax won on away goals.

Karlsruhe won 3–1 on aggregate.

Spartak Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.

Croatia Zagreb won 2–1 on aggregate.

Olivares Zagorakis Zouboulis Bogdanović Santi Kiko Atlético Madrid won 9–6 on aggregate.

Mendy 3–3 on aggregate. Steaua București won on away goals.

Yorke Aston Villa won 2–1 on aggregate.

Winkler Rapid Wien won 4–2 on aggregate.

Mancini Signori Lazio won 3–0 on aggregate.

1–1 on aggregate. Twente won on away goals.

Anastasiou Deniaud Auxerre won 5–4 on aggregate.

Yuran Wosz Bochum won 4–2 on aggregate.

Third round

The draw for the third round was held on 7 November 1997.

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First leg

Ismaël

Arveladze F. de Boer Wałdoch

Mancini

Second leg

Zanetti Simeone Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.

Eijkelkamp Schalke 04 won 2–0 on aggregate.

Spartak Moscow won 1–0 on aggregate.

Atlético Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.

Taylor Aston Villa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Lazio won 3–0 on aggregate.

Guivarc'h Auxerre won 3–0 on aggregate.

Mamić Dani Ajax won 6–4 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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First leg

Kechinov

Second leg

Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.

Spartak Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.

Collymore 2–2 on aggregate. Atlético Madrid won on away goals.

Gottardi Lazio won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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First leg

Zé Elias

Second leg

Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.

Lazio won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1998 UEFA Cup final

Top goalscorers

References

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