1997–98 Valencia CF season

Valencia CF
1997–98 season
President	Francisco Roig; (until 30 November 1997); Pedro Cortes
Manager	Jorge Valdano; (until 14 September 1997); Claudio Ranieri
Stadium	Mestalla
La Liga	9th; (in UEFA Intertoto Cup)
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Claudio Löpez; Adrian Ilie (12 each); All: ; Adrian Ilie (13 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

During the 1997–98 Spanish football season, Valencia CF competed in La Liga and Copa del Rey.

Summary

During summer the club transferred out 13 players and bought several players such as right back Defender Jocelyn Angloma^[1] from Internazionale, centre-back Defender Miroslav Đukić^[2] from Deportivo La Coruña, left back Defender Amedeo Carboni,^[3] midfielder Marcelinho Carioca (lasting just 6 months) and Romário returned from Flamengo only to be injured in pre-season and left the team in December. The squad started poorly with three consecutive losses and Jorge Valdano was sacked being appointed Claudio Ranieri^[4] as new manager in October. Meanwhile, the bad streak of results prompted President Paco Roig to quit the job after three years in charge, and later the shareholders appointed Pedro Cortes (former President in 1986) as its new chairman. After a chaotic first half of the campaign, the squad improved its performance in the second part of the campaign thanks to Ranieri's team handling to boost the upcoming midfield youngstars Gaizka Mendieta, Miguel Angulo, Francisco Javier Farinos and Forward Adrian Ilie^[5] who arrived to the club in late December and scored 12 goals.

The team finished in a disappointing 9th spot in League being qualified to the next UEFA Intertoto Cup. Also, in the Copa del Rey, the squad was defeated in two legs by FC Barcelona being eliminated in eighthfinals.

Squad

Squad at end of season^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Andoni Zubizarreta
2	DF	ESP	Javi Navarro
3	DF	ESP	Juanfran
4	DF	ESP	Francisco José Camarasa
5	DF	YUG	Miroslav Đukić
6	MF	ESP	Gaizka Mendieta
7	FW	ARG	Claudio López
8	MF	ESP	Francisco Javier Farinos
9	FW	ARG	Ariel Ortega
10	MF	ESP	Fernando
11	FW	BRA	Romário
12	MF	ARG	Guillermo Morigi
13	GK	ARG	Gustavo Campagnuolo
14	MF	ESP	Gerard López


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	ITA	Amedeo Carboni
16	MF	PER	José del Solar
17	MF	BRA	Marcelinho Carioca
18	DF	ALG	Moussa Saib
19	FW	CRO	Goran Vlaović
20	DF	FRA	Jocelyn Angloma
21	MF	ESP	Luis Milla
22	MF	ESP	David Albelda
23	MF	ESP	Miguel Angulo
24	DF	ARG	Fernando Cáceres
25	GK	ESP	Jorge Bartual
28	MF	ESP	Miguel Ángel Soria
11	FW	ROU	Adrian Ilie
17	FW	URU	Nicolás Olivera

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Romário	Flamengo
FW	Marcelinho Carioca	SC Corinthians	€5.20 million
DF	Moussa Saib	AJ Auxerre	€4.30 million
DF	Amedeo Carboni	AS Roma	€4.00 million
GK	Gustavo Campagnuolo	Deportivo Español
MF	José del Solar	Celta Vigo
DF	Jocelyn Angloma	Internazionale
DF	Miroslav Đukić	Deportivo La Coruña
MF	Luis Milla	Real Madrid
FW	Miguel Angulo	Villarreal CF
DF	Juanfran	UD Levante
MF	Guillermo Morigi	Velez Sarsfield
MF	Gerard López	FC Barcelona B
MF	David Albelda	Villarreal CF
FW	Nicolás Olivera	Defensor Sporting Club

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Enrique Romero	RCD Mallorca
DF	Iván Campo	RCD Mallorca	€1.0 million
FW	Gabriel Moya	RCD Mallorca
MF	Vicente Engonga	RCD Mallorca
FW	Jose Galvez	RCD Mallorca
MF	Xabier Eskurza	RCD Mallorca
MF	Leandro Machado	Sporting CP	€1.0 million
DF	Jorge Otero	Real Betis
MF	Valeri Karpin	Celta Vigo
DF	Patxi Ferreira	Athletic Bilbao
MF	José Ignacio	Real Zaragoza
GK	Andrés Palop	Villarreal CF
MF	Antonio Poyatos	Sporting Gijón
DF	Sietes	Racing Santander

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
FW	Adrian Ilie	Galatasaray	€3.76 million

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
FW	Romário	Flamengo
FW	Marcelinho Carioca	SC Corinthians	€5.20 million

Source: BDFutbol.com^[7]

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Atlético Madrid	38	16	12	10	79	56	+23	60^[a]	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
8	Real Betis	38	17	8	13	49	50	−1	59	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
9	Valencia	38	16	7	15	58	52	+6	55	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
10	Espanyol	38	12	17	9	44	31	+13	53	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
11	Valladolid	38	13	11	14	36	47	−11	50

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ MLL: 9 pts; CEL: 5 pts; ATM: 2 pts

Position by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L
Position	14	18	18	18	17	16	17	16	17	17	18	17	17	18	19	16	13	13	13	15	13	11	10	11	11	9	10	9	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	9	9

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Group stage; = 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Qualifying round; = 1998–99 UEFA Cup First round; = 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup; = 1998–99 Segunda División

Matches

31 August 1997 1	RCD Mallorca	2-1	Valencia	Palma de Mallorca
18:15	Amato 5' Olaizola 66' Eskurza 68' Djukic 88' (o.g.) Eskurza 88' Moya 90'	Report	16' Djukic 33' Saïb 55'Djukic 57' Juanfran 91' Djukic	Stadium: Lluis Sitjar Referee: Megia Davila

8 September 1997 2	Valencia	0-3	FC Barcelona	Valencia
	Carboni 44'		1' Anderson 38' (pen.) Rivaldo 78' De La Peña	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Puentes Leira

14 September 1997 3	Racing Santander	2-1	Valencia	Santander
	Javi Lopez 25' Correa 32' Porfirio 49'	Report	19' Vlaovic	Referee: Losantos Omar

27 September 1997 4	Valencia	0-2	Real Madrid	Valencia
20:30	Javi Navarro 64'	Report	72' Raul 79' Mijatovic	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Perez Lasa

5 October 1997 5	Real Valladolid	0-3	Valencia	Valladolid
17:00		Report	7' Vlaovic 45' Vlaovic 57' (o.g.) Julio Cesar	Stadium: Jose Zorrilla Referee: Brito Arceo

15 October 1997 6	Valencia	1-1	Athletic Bilbao	Valencia
21:30	Claudio Lopez 10'	Report	74' (pen.) Javi Gonzalez	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Rodriguez Martel

19 October 1997 7	Celta Vigo	1-0	Valencia	Vigo
17:00	Mostovoi 10' (pen.)		13' Carboni	Stadium: Balaidos Referee: Dauden Ibañez

26 October 1997 8	Valencia	1-1	Real Oviedo	Valencia
17:00	Romario 8'		85' Dely Valdes	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Lopez de la Fuente

3 November 1997 9	CP Mérida	1-0	Valencia	Mérida
21:30	Marcos 5' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Romano Jose Fouto Referee: Garcia Aranda

9 November 1997 10	Valencia	2-1	Real Zaragoza	Valencia
17:00	Angloma 26' Claudio Lopez 63'	Report	88' Kily Gonzalez	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Carmona Mendez

12 November 1997 11	RCD Espanyol	3-0	Valencia	Barcelona
20:45	Arteaga 14' Pocchettino 20' Galca 65'	Report		Stadium: Montjuic Referee: Puentes Leira

16 November 1997 12	Valencia	1-0	Real Betis	Valencia
19:30	Djukic 1'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Diaz Vega

22 November 1997 13	Atlético Madrid	3-1	Valencia	Madrid
20:30	Bogdanovic 24' Juninho 60' (pen.) Pantic 85'	Report	50' Vlaovic	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Japon Sevilla

30 November 1997 14	Valencia	0-1	UD Salamanca	Valencia
17:00		Report	59' Pauleta	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Javega Jimenez

7 December 1997 15	Real Sociedad	1-1	Valencia	San Sebastián
17:30	Antia 58'	Report	79'Mendieta	Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Andradas Asurmendi

14 December 1997 16	Valencia	4-1	SD Compostela	Valencia
17:00	Claudio Lopez 11' Vlaovic 62' Angulo 64' Ortega 86'	Report	87' Bellido	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Dauden Ibañez

18 December 1997 17	Valencia	1-0	Deportivo La Coruña	Valencia
21:30	Vlaovic 53'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Mejuto Gonzalez

21 December 1997 18	Sporting Gijón	0-3	Valencia	Gijón
17:00			9' Farinos 42' Claudio Lopez 66' Claudio Lopez	Stadium: El Molinon Referee: Lopez Nieto

4 January 1998 19	Valencia	1-2	CD Tenerife	Valencia
19:00	Angloma 42'	Report	50' (pen.) Kodro 79' Domingos	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Esquinas Torres

12 January 1998 20	Valencia	0-0	RCD Mallorca	Valencia
		Report		Stadium: Mestalla

19 January 1998 21	FC Barcelona	3-4	Valencia	Barcelona
	Luis Enrique 32' Rivaldo 49' Fernando Cáceres 54' (own goal) Ferrer	Report	69' Morigi 75' Claudio Lopez 87' Claudio Lopez 88' 89' Ortega Carboni Djukic	Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Perez Burrull

25 January 1998 22	Valencia	6-1	Racing Santander	Valencia
17:00	Ilie 3' Ilie 29' Angloma 51' Ilie 71' Claudio Lopez 75' Claudio Lopez 77'	Report	84' Schürrer 86' Abeijon	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Iturralde Gonzalez

2 February 1998 23	Real Madrid	1-2	Valencia	Madrid
21:30	Mijatovic 12' Suker 67' (pen.)	Report	3' (pen.) Mendieta 17' Ilie	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Lopez de La Fuente

8 February 1998 24	Valencia	1-2	Real Valladolid	Valencia
	Djukic 45' Juanfran 58' Ortega 92'	Report	14' Benjamin 42' Victor	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Esquinas Torres

15 February 1998 25	Athletic Bilbao	0-3	Valencia	Bilbao
19:30	Roberto Rios 77'	Report	38' Ilie 58' Ilie 75' Mendieta	Stadium: San Mames Referee: Carmona Mendez

22 February 1998 26	Valencia	2-1	Celta Vigo	Valencia
17:00	Farinos 43' Mendieta 53'	Report	65' Cadete	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Andradas Asurmendi

1 March 1998 27	Real Oviedo	0-0	Valencia	Oviedo
		Report		Stadium: Carlos Tartiere

9 March 1998 28	Valencia	3-0	CP Mérida	Valencia
21:30	Vlaovic 6' Ilie 46' Mendieta 68'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Dauden Ibañez

15 March 1998 29	Real Zaragoza	0-2	Valencia	Zaragoza
17:00		Report	72' Ilie 90' Claudio Lopez	Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Diaz Vega

22 March 1998 30	Valencia	0-0	RCD Espanyol	Valencia
		Report		Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Brito Arceo

28 March 1998 31	Real Betis	1-0	Valencia	Sevilla
20:30	Oli 79'	Report		Stadium: Benito Villamarin Referee: LosantosOmar

5 April 1998 32	Valencia	4-1	Atlético Madrid	Valencia
19:30	Ilie 47' Mendieta 68' (pen.) Mendieta 70' (pen.) Claudio Lopez 79'	Report	74' Kiko	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Perez Lasa

12 April 1998 33	UD Salamanca	6-0	Valencia	Salamanca
17:00	Rogerio 5' Lanna 25' Pauleta 42' Pauleta 76' (pen.) Silvani 79' Sito 89'	Report	58' Mendieta 63' Carboni	Stadium: Helmantico Referee: Puentes Leira

18 April 1998 34	Valencia	3-2	Real Sociedad	Valencia
20:30	Angulo 22' Angulo 68' Ilie 77' Juanfran 90'	Report	31' Loren 80' Gomez 83' (pen.) Craioveanu	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Mejuto Gonzalez

26 April 1998 35	SD Compostela	3-1	Valencia	Santiago de Compostela
17:00	Chiba 4' Bellido 32' Penev 45'	Report	40' (pen.) Mendieta	Referee: Esquinas Torres

2 May 1998 36	Deportivo La Coruña	1-2	Valencia	La Coruña
21:00	Scaloni 81'	Report	65' (pen.) Mendieta 91' Mendieta	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Garcia Aranda

9 May 1998 37	Valencia	2-2	Sporting Gijón	Gijón
21:00	Ilie 26' Claudio Lopez 69' Claudio Lopez 87'	Report	40' Miguel 41' Cano	Referee: Gracia Redondo

15 May 1998 38	CD Tenerife	3-2	Valencia	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
22:00	Felipe 28' Domingos 80' Jokanovic 82' (pen.) Dani 85'	Report	17' Ilie 79' Fernando Gomez 87' Djukic	Stadium: Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez Referee: Dauden Ibañez

Source: Competitive Matches^[8]

Copa del Rey

Eightfinals

15 January 1998 (1998-01-15)	FC Barcelona	2-1	Valencia CF	Barcelona
20:30	Luis Enrique 4' Rivaldo 66'		Gómez 37' (pen.)	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

22 January 1998 (1998-01-22)	Valencia CF	1-3	FC Barcelona	Valencia
20:30	Angloma 68'		Rivaldo 26' (pen.) 79' Giovanni 90'	Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Antonio López Nieto

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ESP	Andoni Zubizarreta	40	-47	34	-40	6	-7
20	DF	FRA	Jocelyn Angloma	37	4	32	3	5	1
5	DF	YUG	Miroslav Đukić	36	3	33	3	3	0
28	DF	ESP	Miguel Ángel Soria	26	0	23	0	3	0
24	DF	ARG	Fernando Cáceres	35	0	29	0	6	0
15	DF	ITA	Amedeo Carboni	35	1	29	0	6	1
6	MF	ESP	Gaizka Mendieta	35	10	30	10	5	0
21	MF	ESP	Luis Milla	35	0	28+2	0	4+1	0
8	MF	ESP	Javier Farinós	37	2	26+5	2	4+2	0
19	FW	CRO	Goran Vlaović	27	7	21+5	7	0+1	0
7	FW	ARG	Claudio Lopez	37	12	26+6	12	3+2	0
13	GK	ARG	Gustavo Campagnuolo	2	-8	2	-8	0	0
23	MF	ESP	Miguel Angulo	31	6	14+14	3	3	3
11	FW	ROU	Adrian Ilie	20	13	15+2	12	2+1	1
3	DF	ESP	Juanfran	24	0	11+9	0	1+3	0
18	DF	ALG	Moussa Saib	16	0	11+3	0	2	0
9	FW	ARG	Ariel Ortega	23	2	10+10	2	3	0
10	MF	ESP	Fernando Gomez	25	3	9+12	1	4	2
16	MF	PER	José del Solar	13	0	9+3	0	0+1	0
14	MF	ESP	Gerard López	14	0	6+5	0	2+1	0
11	FW	BRA	Romário	7	2	6	1	1	1
12	MF	ARG	Guillermo Morigi	20	1	4+11	1	0+5	0
2	DF	ESP	Javi Navarro	8	0	4+2	0	2	0
25	GK	ESP	Jorge Bartual	2	-4	2	-4	0	0
17	MF	BRA	Marcelinho Carioca	6	0	2+3	0	1	0
4	DF	ESP	Paco Camarasa	3	0	2+1	0
22	MF	ESP	David Albelda	5	0	0+5	0
17	FW	URU	Nicolás Olivera	3	0	0+2	0	0+1	0

Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1997-9836.html

References

La Liga Primera División 97–98 RSSSF.com

^ ESCLUSIVA – L’Inter di Jocelyn Angloma: “La rovesciata di Djorkaeff, le feste, Moratti. Conte è speciale. Italia? Mi tengo la mia isola!” passioninter.com
^ Urrutia, Carlos (3 July 1997). "Djukic, todo ambición" [Djukic, all ambition] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2018.
^ "Carboni y Angloma, los mejores laterales" [Carboni and Angloma, the best fullbacks]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). 16 January 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
^ "Valencia appoint Ranieri". BBC Sport. 8 June 2004. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
^ De Cobra stuurt zijn kat Het Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
^ "95–96 Valencia squad". BDfutbol.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
^ "95-96 Valencia transfers". BDfutbol.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
^ "97-98 Valencia Matches". bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

[table_hth_MLL0.53952072166815-8] MLL: 9 pts; CEL: 5 pts; ATM: 2 pts

[1] ESCLUSIVA – L’Inter di Jocelyn Angloma: “La rovesciata di Djorkaeff, le feste, Moratti. Conte è speciale. Italia? Mi tengo la mia isola!” passioninter.com

[2] Urrutia, Carlos (3 July 1997). "Djukic, todo ambición" [Djukic, all ambition] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2018.

[3] "Carboni y Angloma, los mejores laterales" [Carboni and Angloma, the best fullbacks]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). 16 January 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

[4] "Valencia appoint Ranieri". BBC Sport. 8 June 2004. Retrieved 30 April 2010.

[5] De Cobra stuurt zijn kat Het Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 24 January 2015.

[6] "95–96 Valencia squad". BDfutbol.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

[7] "95-96 Valencia transfers". BDfutbol.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

[9] "97-98 Valencia Matches". bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

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