1997–98 Vicenza Calcio season
| 1997–98 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager |  Francesco Guidolin | |||
| Serie A | 14th | |||
| Coppa Italia | Round of 32 | |||
| Supercoppa Italiana | Runners-up | |||
| Cup Winners' Cup | Semi-finals | |||
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During the 1997-98 season Vicenza competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
Season summary
Vicenza reached the semi-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup. They only avoided relegation by one point.
Kit
Vicenza's kit was manufactured by Lotto and sponsored by Pal Zileri.
First-team squad
- Squad at end of season[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Competitions
Serie A
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Piacenza | 34 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 37 | |
| 13 | Empoli | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 37 | |
| 14 | Vicenza | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 61 | −25 | 36 | |
| 15 | Brescia (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 45 | 63 | −18 | 35 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 16 | Atalanta (R) | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 48 | −23 | 32 |
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).[2]
(R) Relegated
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).[2]
(R) Relegated
Matches
| 31 August 1997 1 | Sampdoria | 2-1 | Vicenza | Genova |
Boghossian 10'Tovalieri 85' |
Di Napoli 53' |
Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi |
| 14 September 1997 2 | Vicenza | 3-2 | Piacenza | Vicenza |
| Di Carlo 32'pen Luiso 51'Di Napoli 60' |
Tramezzani 29'pen Valtolina 69' |
Stadium: Romeo Menti |
| 21 September 1997 3 | Vicenza | 1-1 | Napoli | Vicenza |
| Di Napoli 17' |
Turrini 18' |
Stadium: Romeo Menti |
| 28 September 1997 4 | Milan | 0-1 | Vicenza | Milan |
| Report | 45' Di Napoli |
Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 53.672 Referee: Pierluigi Collina |
| 5 October 1997 5 | Vicenza | 0-0 | Parma | Vicenza |
| 15:30 | Report | Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 16.806 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti |
| 19 October 1997 6 | Brescia | 4-0 | Vicenza | Brescia |
| 15:30 | Neri 45+2' (rig.), 69' Hübner 65'Pirlo 79' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 13 550 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino |
| 2 November 1997 7 | Atalanta | 1-3 | Vicenza | Bergamo |
| 14:30 | Sgro 27' |
Report | 43', 65' Ambrosetti 68' (aut.) Englaro |
Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 16 741 Referee: Daniele Tombolini |
| 9 November 1997 8 | Vicenza | 3-2 | Bologna | Vicenza |
| 14:30 | Di Carlo 9' (rig.) Otero 64'Schenardi 85' |
Report | 35' Marocchi 56' Baggio |
Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 15.213 Referee: Pier Paolo Rossi |
| 23 November 1997 9 | Roma | 2-2 | Vicenza | Roma |
| Balbo 28' Paulo Sergio 44' |
Report | 1' Luiso 45+2' Ambrosetti |
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Roma Attendance: 48 552 Referee: Graziano Cesari |
| 30 November 1997 10 | Vicenza | 1-3 | Internazionale | Vicenza |
| 14:30 | Ambrosini 59' |
Report | 33', 39' Simeone 68' Ronaldo |
Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 19 612 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange |
| 7 December 1997 11 | Lecce | 0-1 | Vicenza | Lecce |
| 14:30 | Report | 81' Luiso |
Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 13.966 Referee: Massimo De Santis |
| 14 December 1997 12 | Vicenza | 1-5 | Fiorentina | Vicenza |
| 20:30 | Di Napoli 81' |
Report | 7', 54' Luis Oliveira 43' Batistuta 59' Serena 65'Schwarz |
Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 15 944 Referee: Gennaro Borriello |
| 21 December 1997 13 | Lazio | 4-0 | Vicenza | Roma |
| 14:30 | Casiraghi 7' Fuser 63'Venturin 70'Boksic 91' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Roma Attendance: 37 201 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino |
| 4 January 1998 14 | Vicenza | 1-2 | Bari | Vicenza |
| 14:30 | Luiso 28' |
Report | 40' Masinga 65' Zambrotta |
Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 15.729 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino |
| 11 January 1998 15 | Juventus | 2-0 | Vicenza | Torino |
| 14:30 | Del Piero 27' (rig.) Ferrara 76' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Delle Alpi Attendance: 42 036 Referee: Daniele Tombolini |
| 18 January 1998 16 | Vicenza | 1-0 | Empoli | Vicenza |
| 14:30 | Luiso 89'} |
Report | Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 18 955 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto |
| 25 January 1998 17 | Udinese | 3-0 | Vicenza | Udine |
| 14:30 | Bierhoff 20', 37' Locatelli 44' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 23 096 Referee: Massimo De Santis |
| 1 February 1998 18 | Vicenza | 1-1 | Sampdoria | Vicenza |
| Zauli 27' |
Report | 18' Veron |
Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 15 518 Referee: Robert Boggi |
| 8 February 1998 19 | Piacenza | 1-1 | Vicenza | Piacenza |
| 14:30 | Murgita 57' |
Report | Zauli 47' |
Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Attendance: 15 518 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti |
| 11 February 1998 20 | Napoli | 2-0 | Vicenza | Napoli |
| 20:30 | Turrini 43' (rig.) Stojak 47' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 31 085 Referee: Stefano Braschi |
| 15 February 1998 21 | Vicenza | 1-4 | Milan | Vicenza |
| 15:00 | Otero 54' |
Report | 3', 82' Kluivert 8' Ganz 73' Maniero |
Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 16 141 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto |
| 22 February 1998 22 | Parma | 2-1 | Vicenza | Parma |
| Stanic 63' Chiesa 72'pen |
Report | Ambrosetti 59' |
Stadium: Ennio Tardini Attendance: 19.537 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino |
| 1 March 1998 23 | Vicenza | 2-1 | Brescia | Vicenza |
| 15:00 | Dicara 12' Dicara 85' |
Report | 71' A. Filippini |
Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 16 139 Referee: Piero Ceccarini |
| 8 March 1998 24 | Vicenza | 1-0 | Atalanta | Vicenza |
| 15:00 | Di Napoli 83' |
Report | Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 17 548 Referee: Livio Bazzoli |
| 14 March 1998 25 | Bologna | 3-1 | Vicenza | Bologna |
| 15:00 | Andersson 18', 45+1' Kolyvanov 39' |
Report | Zauli 33' |
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 32 076 Referee: Stefano Farina |
| 22 March 1998 26 | Vicenza | 1-1 | Roma | Vicenza |
| 15:00 | Luiso 24' |
Report | 12' Balbo |
Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 16.904 Referee: Pierluigi Collina |
| 28 March 1998 27 | Internazionale | 2-1 | Vicenza | Milan |
| 15:00 | Simeone 67' Ronaldo 95'pen |
Report | Zauli 82' |
Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 64 674 Referee: Domenico Messina |
| 5 April 1998 28 | Vicenza | 1-3 | Lecce | Vicenza |
| 16:00 | Luiso 88' |
Report | 29' Palmieri 55'Palmieri 95' Piangerelli |
Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 17 857 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino |
| 11 April 1998 29 | Fiorentina | 1-1 | Vicenza | Firenze |
| Luis Oliveira 33' |
Report | Mendez 11' |
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 33.342 Referee: Livio Bazzoli |
| 19 April 1998 30 | Vicenza | 2-1 | Lazio | Vicenza |
| 16:00 | Zauli 27' Luiso 54' |
Report | 48' Mancini |
Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 17 622 Referee: Stefano Braschi |
| 26 April 1998 31 | Bari | 0-0 | Vicenza | Bari |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 17.942 Referee: Robert Boggi |
| 3 May 1998 32 | Vicenza | 0-0 | Juventus | Vicenza |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 19 852 Referee: Graziano Cesari |
| 10 May 1998 33 | Empoli | 3-2 | Vicenza | Empoli |
| 16:00 | Esposito 60'pen Bonomi 76'Baldini 93' |
Report | Ambrosetti 31' Schenardi 87'pen |
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 19 063 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi |
| 16 May 1998 34 | Vicenza | 1-3 | Udinese | Vicenza |
| 16:30 | Dicara 15' |
Report | 1' Amoroso 31' Bierhoff Bierhoff 38' |
Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 18 517 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
| 18 September 1997 | Vicenza | 2-0 |  Legia Warsaw | Vicenza |
| 20:45 | Luiso 10' Ambrosetti 24' |
Report | Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 10,081 Referee:  Hermann Albrecht |
| 2 October 1997 | Legia Warsaw | 1-1 | Vicenza | Warsaw |
| 20:45 | Jacek Kacprzak 57' |
Report | 86' Lamberto Zauli |
Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego Attendance: 8 000 Referee:  Milan Mitrovic |
Eightfinals
| 23 October 1997 |  Shakhtar Donetsk | 1-3 | Vicenza | Donetsk |
| 20:00 | Hennadiy Zubov 56' |
Report | 1', 89' Pasquale Luiso 49' Massimo Beghetto |
Stadium: Stadio Shakhtar Attendance: 30.000 Referee:  Pascal Garibian |
| 6 November 1997 | Vicenza | 2-1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Vicenza |
| 20:45 | Pasquale Luiso 24' Fabio Viviani 70' |
Report | 59' Serhiy Atelkin |
Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 9 544 Referee: Roy Helge OlsenNOR |
Quarterfinals
| 5 March 1998 |  Roda JC | 1-4 | Vicenza | Kerkrade |
| 20:45 | Bob Peeters 73' |
Report | 17', 40' Pasquale Luiso 29' Davide Belotti 67' Marcelo Otero |
Stadium: Stadio Sportpark Kaalheide Attendance: 14 000 Referee:  Vaclav Krondl |
| 19 March 1998 | Vicenza | 5-0 | Roda JC | Vicenza |
| 20:45 | Pasquale Luiso 4' Fabio Firmani 24'Gustavo Mendez 38'Gabriele Ambrosetti 42'Lamberto Zauli 47' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 14 362 Referee:  Hugh Dallas |
Semifinals
| 2 April 1997 | Vicenza | 1-0 |  Chelsea | Vicenza |
| 20:45 | Zauli 16' |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 19 319 Referee:  Manuel Diaz Vega |
| 16 April 1998 | Chelsea | 3-1 (3-2 agg.) | Vicenza | London |
| 20:45 | Gustavo Poyet 34' Gianfranco Zola 50'Mark Hughes 76' |
Report | 32' Pasquale Luiso |
Stadium: Stadio Stamford Bridge Attendance: 33 810 |
References
- ^ "FootballSquads - Vicenza - 1997/98".
- ^ 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.