Primera Division1997/1998

Season

Tier : 1

Type of clubs : A

Country : Spain

Games played : 380

Goals scored : 1009 (2.66 goals per match )

Yellow cards : 1972

Red cards : 139

48%
Home victories

29%
Draws

23%
Away victories

Players age average : 26.9 years

Number of players participating : 513

Promoted : Mallorca, Salamanca, CP Mérida

Relegated to lower tier : Sevilla FC, Rayo Vallecano, CF Extremadura, CD Logroñés, Hércules CF

Primera Division 1997/1998's fixtures and results

Round 1

August 30, 1997

August 31, 1997

68'Lyuboslav Penev (p)

84'Romano Sion

76'Alberto

86'Fernando Cáceres (o.g)

18'Aitor Larrazabal (p)

26'Rivaldo

56'Giovanni

80'Rivaldo

32'Juan Carlos

86'Alexis (p)

89'Albert Nadj

General rankingLast updated on 16/05/1998

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	FC Barcelona	74	38	23	5	10	78	56	+22
2	Athletic Bilbao	65	38	17	14	7	52	42	+10
3	Real Sociedad	63	38	16	15	7	60	37	+23
4	Real Madrid	63	38	17	12	9	63	45	+18
5	Atlético Madrid	60	38	16	12	10	79	56	+23
6	Mallorca	60	38	16	12	10	55	39	+16
7	Celta Vigo	60	38	17	9	12	54	47	+7
8	Real Betis	59	38	17	8	13	49	50	-1
9	Valencia CF	55	38	16	7	15	58	52	+6
10	Espanyol	53	38	12	17	9	44	31	+13
11	Valladolid	50	38	13	11	14	36	47	-11
12	Deportivo	49	38	12	13	13	44	46	-2
13	Real Zaragoza	48	38	12	12	14	45	53	-8
14	Salamanca	45	38	12	9	17	46	46	0
15	Racing Santander	45	38	12	9	17	46	55	-9
16	Tenerife	45	38	11	12	15	44	57	-13
17	Compostela	44	38	11	11	16	56	66	-10
18	Real Oviedo	40	38	9	13	16	36	51	-15
19	CP Mérida	39	38	9	12	17	33	53	-20
20	Sporting Gijón	13	38	2	7	29	31	80	-49

Latest transfers

March 01, 1998
Gabriel Leis mana.		Compostela

February 20, 1998
Juan Manuel Lillo mana.( Real Oviedo)		Tenerife

January 22, 1998
Álvaro Benito ( RM Castilla)		Tenerife

January 19, 1998
Paulo Jamelli ( Kashiwa)		Saragosse

January 15, 1998
Rodrigão ( Braga)		Sporting
Dragoje Lekovic ( Kilmarnock)		Sporting
Iván Rocha ( Atlético B)		Mallorca

January 13, 1998
Emerson ( Middlesbrough)		Tenerife

January 07, 1998
Christian Karembeu ( Sampdoria)		Real

January 05, 1998
Á. A. Morales ( Sampdoria)		CP Mérida

January 03, 1998
J.-F. Hernández ( Marseille)		Compostela

January 01, 1998
Nemanja Miljanovic ( Hércules CF)		Salamanca

All transfers

The best XI according to FBDB Index

Alberto

Spain

B.date20/05/1969

Age56 years

H1m82

Larrainzar

Iñigo Larrainzar

Spain

B.date05/06/1971

Age54 years

H1m80

Pikabea

José Pikabea

Spain

B.date26/09/1970

Age55 years

H1m80

Carlos García

Spain

B.date13/08/1970

Age55 years

H1m83

Larrazabal

Aitor Larrazabal

Spain

B.date21/06/1971

Age54 years

H1m70

Luis Enrique

Spain

B.date08/05/1970

Age55 years

H1m79

Seedorf

Clarence Seedorf

Netherlands

B.date01/04/1976

Age49 years

H1m77

Lardín

Jordi Lardín

Spain

B.date04/06/1973

Age52 years

H1m75

Rivaldo

Brazil

B.date19/04/1972

Age53 years

H1m86

Vieri

Christian Vieri

Italy

B.date12/07/1973

Age52 years

H1m87

Kovacevic

Darko Kovacevic

Serbia

B.date18/11/1973

Age52 years

H1m88

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One match scorers

Fernando Correahas scored 3 goals during the match Racing Santander 4-1 Sporting Gijón (05/10/1997)

Christian Vierihas scored 3 goals during the match Real Zaragoza 1-5 Atlético Madrid (18/10/1997)

George Finidi has scored 3 goals during the match Real Betis 3-0 Tenerife (07/12/1997)

Pauletahas scored 3 goals during the match Salamanca 4-1 Deportivo (07/12/1997)

Adrian Iliehas scored 3 goals during the match Valencia CF 6-1 Racing Santander (25/01/1998)

Christian Vierihas scored 4 goals during the match Salamanca 5-4 Atlético Madrid (21/03/1998)

Gabriel Popescuhas scored 3 goals during the match Salamanca 5-4 Atlético Madrid (21/03/1998)

Fernando Correahas scored 3 goals during the match Athletic Bilbao 4-3 Racing Santander (29/03/1998)

Romano Sionhas scored 3 goals during the match Deportivo 2-6 Compostela (10/05/1998)

Individual rankingsLast updated on 03/03/2025 at 21:21

Scorers

Assists

Games

clean sheets

Fair play

Scorers as subs

Scorers + Assists

Newcomers

Player	Goals	pen.	eff.	Min.p.	M.p.	Start	Home	Away	1H	2H	Team %	Last goal
Christian Vieri	24	2	82	1956	24	24	11	13	10	14	31%	10/05/1998
Rivaldo	19	2	150	2857	34	34	7	12	9	10	25%	10/05/1998
Luis Enrique	18	0	164	2945	34	34	10	8	9	9	24%	11/04/1998
Darko Kovacevic	17	4	143	2425	33	30	11	6	6	11	29%	15/05/1998
Lyuboslav Penev	16	5	188	3014	34	34	10	6	8	8	29%	15/05/1998
Fernando Correa	15	1	187	2803	36	34	12	3	7	8	33%	03/05/1998
Pauleta	15	1	175	2632	34	31	9	6	4	11	33%	15/05/1998
Alen Peternac	13	3	220	2864	37	33	8	5	7	6	38%	05/04/1998
Juan Esnáider	13	3	156	2031	24	23	7	6	6	7	31%	19/04/1998
Gaby Amato	13	3	218	2836	35	32	6	7	9	4	25%	10/05/1998
Meho Kodro	12	6	198	2372	29	28	9	3	5	7	28%	22/03/1998
Fernando Morientes	12	0	151	1814	33	17	3	9	7	5	19%	19/04/1998
Claudio López	12	0	199	2392	32	26	7	5	3	9	21%	09/05/1998
Adrian Ilie	12	0	100	1200	17	15	7	5	6	6	21%	15/05/1998
Joseba Etxeberria	11	0	278	3056	36	35	7	4	6	5	22%	15/05/1998

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Athletic Bilbao	V 2-0 Valladolid12/04/1998	V 2-0 Compostela19/04/1998	DCelta Vigo 1-1 26/04/1998	V 3-0 Real Oviedo03/05/1998	DCP Mérida 0-0 10/05/1998	V 1-0 Real Zaragoza15/05/1998
2	Atlético Madrid	V 3-0 Deportivo11/04/1998	VSporting Gijón 2-3 19/04/1998	D 2-2 Tenerife26/04/1998	LMallorca 2-1 03/05/1998	V 5-2 FC Barcelona10/05/1998	VRacing Santander 0-1 15/05/1998
3	Tenerife	LEspanyol 2-0 12/04/1998	V 3-1 Real Betis19/04/1998	DAtlético Madrid 2-2 26/04/1998	V 2-0 Salamanca03/05/1998	DReal Sociedad 1-1 10/05/1998	V 3-2 Valencia CF15/05/1998
4	Real Sociedad	VCompostela 1-3 12/04/1998	LValencia CF 3-2 18/04/1998	D 1-1 Deportivo27/04/1998	VSporting Gijón 0-2 03/05/1998	D 1-1 Tenerife10/05/1998	VMallorca 0-1 15/05/1998
5	Compostela	L 1-3 Real Sociedad12/04/1998	LAthletic Bilbao 2-0 19/04/1998	V 3-1 Valencia CF26/04/1998	DCelta Vigo 3-3 03/05/1998	VDeportivo 2-6 10/05/1998	V 1-0 Real Oviedo15/05/1998
6	Salamanca	V 6-0 Valencia CF12/04/1998	LDeportivo 1-0 19/04/1998	V 4-0 Sporting Gijón26/04/1998	LTenerife 2-0 03/05/1998	D 1-1 Mallorca10/05/1998	VFC Barcelona 1-4 15/05/1998
7	Espanyol	V 2-0 Tenerife12/04/1998	DMallorca 2-2 19/04/1998	D 1-1 FC Barcelona25/04/1998	DRacing Santander 1-1 03/05/1998	V 1-0 Real Madrid09/05/1998	DValladolid 0-0 15/05/1998
8	Racing Santander	VReal Oviedo 0-1 12/04/1998	V 2-0 CP Mérida19/04/1998	LReal Zaragoza 2-0 26/04/1998	D 1-1 Espanyol03/05/1998	VReal Betis 0-2 10/05/1998	L 0-1 Atlético Madrid15/05/1998
9	Celta Vigo	V 2-1 Real Madrid11/04/1998	DValladolid 0-0 19/04/1998	D 1-1 Athletic Bilbao26/04/1998	D 3-3 Compostela03/05/1998	LReal Oviedo 3-1 10/05/1998	V 2-0 CP Mérida15/05/1998
10	Real Betis	V 2-1 Sporting Gijón13/04/1998	LTenerife 3-1 19/04/1998	V 2-1 Mallorca25/04/1998	VFC Barcelona 1-3 03/05/1998	L 0-2 Racing Santander10/05/1998	LReal Madrid 1-0 15/05/1998
11	Mallorca	VReal Zaragoza 2-3 12/04/1998	D 2-2 Espanyol19/04/1998	LReal Betis 2-1 25/04/1998	V 2-1 Atlético Madrid03/05/1998	DSalamanca 1-1 10/05/1998	L 0-1 Real Sociedad15/05/1998
12	Real Madrid	LCelta Vigo 2-1 11/04/1998	V 5-1 Real Oviedo19/04/1998	DCP Mérida 2-2 26/04/1998	L 0-2 Real Zaragoza04/05/1998	LEspanyol 1-0 09/05/1998	V 1-0 Real Betis15/05/1998
-	Deportivo	LAtlético Madrid 3-0 11/04/1998	V 1-0 Salamanca19/04/1998	DReal Sociedad 1-1 27/04/1998	L 1-2 Valencia CF02/05/1998	L 2-6 Compostela10/05/1998	VSporting Gijón 0-3 16/05/1998
14	Valladolid	LAthletic Bilbao 2-0 12/04/1998	D 0-0 Celta Vigo19/04/1998	VReal Oviedo 0-1 26/04/1998	D 0-0 CP Mérida03/05/1998	DReal Zaragoza 0-0 10/05/1998	D 0-0 Espanyol15/05/1998
15	Real Zaragoza	L 2-3 Mallorca12/04/1998	LFC Barcelona 1-0 18/04/1998	V 2-0 Racing Santander26/04/1998	VReal Madrid 0-2 04/05/1998	D 0-0 Valladolid10/05/1998	LAthletic Bilbao 1-0 15/05/1998
16	Valencia CF	LSalamanca 6-0 12/04/1998	V 3-2 Real Sociedad18/04/1998	LCompostela 3-1 26/04/1998	VDeportivo 1-2 02/05/1998	D 2-2 Sporting Gijón09/05/1998	LTenerife 3-2 15/05/1998
17	FC Barcelona	VCP Mérida 1-2 11/04/1998	V 1-0 Real Zaragoza18/04/1998	DEspanyol 1-1 25/04/1998	L 1-3 Real Betis03/05/1998	LAtlético Madrid 5-2 10/05/1998	L 1-4 Salamanca15/05/1998
18	Real Oviedo	L 0-1 Racing Santander12/04/1998	LReal Madrid 5-1 19/04/1998	L 0-1 Valladolid26/04/1998	LAthletic Bilbao 3-0 03/05/1998	V 3-1 Celta Vigo10/05/1998	LCompostela 1-0 15/05/1998
19	CP Mérida	L 1-2 FC Barcelona11/04/1998	LRacing Santander 2-0 19/04/1998	D 2-2 Real Madrid26/04/1998	DValladolid 0-0 03/05/1998	D 0-0 Athletic Bilbao10/05/1998	LCelta Vigo 2-0 15/05/1998
20	Sporting Gijón	LReal Betis 2-1 13/04/1998	L 2-3 Atlético Madrid19/04/1998	LSalamanca 4-0 26/04/1998	L 0-2 Real Sociedad03/05/1998	DValencia CF 2-2 09/05/1998	L 0-3 Deportivo16/05/1998

Longest streaksLast updated on 08/03/2025 at 18:25

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
FC Barcelona	6
Espanyol	4
Mallorca	4
Real Betis	4
Athletic Bilbao	4
Celta Vigo	3
Racing Santander	3
Atlético Madrid	3	2
Real Sociedad	3
Real Madrid	3
Real Zaragoza	3
Valencia CF	3
Valladolid	3
CP Mérida	3
Compostela	2	2
Real Oviedo	2
Tenerife	2
Salamanca	2
Deportivo	2
Sporting Gijón	1

Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 08/03/2025 at 18:25

Team \ Rd	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
FC Barcelona	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Athletic Bilbao	16	16	13	15	15	13	11	9	8	8	8	8	9	11	9	8	7	5	6	4	4	5	4	5	6	7	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	3	3	2	2	2
Real Sociedad	20	12	15	8	10	8	7	4	6	5	6	6	6	4	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	5	4	4	3	3
Real Madrid	9	7	3	3	4	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4
Atlético Madrid	9	2	9	10	6	3	3	7	5	4	5	5	3	3	3	3	4	6	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	7	7	8	9	8	7	8	8	7	5
Mallorca	6	9	2	2	2	4	4	5	7	6	7	7	7	8	10	11	9	8	9	9	9	9	6	6	7	5	7	8	9	8	7	4	4	4	5	5	5	6
Celta Vigo	6	9	4	4	3	5	5	6	4	3	3	3	5	6	6	6	6	4	7	7	6	6	7	7	5	6	5	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	7
Real Betis	2	5	12	14	7	9	9	8	9	10	10	12	11	10	7	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	10	6	6	5	5	5	7	7	8	7	6	6	8
Valencia CF	13	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	9	9	9
Espanyol	2	5	8	7	8	6	6	3	2	7	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	7	5	6	7	7	8	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Valladolid	16	20	19	20	20	18	19	19	18	18	17	18	18	17	17	14	16	14	15	18	16	19	19	16	15	14	12	13	14	13	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11
Deportivo	11	13	16	11	11	15	14	14	15	16	12	13	15	14	14	15	17	17	17	14	14	14	11	12	13	12	14	12	13	11	13	12	12	11	12	13	13	12
Real Zaragoza	13	14	11	13	13	12	15	12	10	11	13	11	10	9	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	13	13	14	13	12	12	13
Salamanca	15	17	14	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	16	17	14	15	14	16	18	15	17	19	19	18	17	15	17	16	17	16	14	15	14	15	15	14
Racing Santander	8	11	6	9	5	7	8	11	14	15	14	15	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	17	19	17	15	13	15	14	14	15
Tenerife	11	8	5	5	9	11	12	10	12	13	15	16	16	16	17	19	19	19	18	19	19	16	18	18	18	16	18	19	19	18	18	19	19	17	16	16	16	16
Compostela	4	3	10	12	12	14	13	15	13	14	16	14	14	15	15	18	18	18	19	17	15	18	15	15	17	19	19	18	18	19	16	18	18	19	18	17	17	17
Real Oviedo	4	3	7	6	14	10	10	13	11	9	9	9	8	7	8	10	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	14	12	14	14	14	16	16	17	19	18	18
CP Mérida	18	15	17	17	18	19	16	17	16	12	11	10	12	13	13	13	15	16	15	13	17	17	16	17	16	17	15	17	15	15	15	15	17	18	19	18	19	19
Sporting Gijón	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

Goals per quarterLast updated on 08/03/2025 at 18:25

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	136
Best scorer : Gaby Amato - 5 Goals
16 - 30	143
Best scorer : Luis Enrique - 5 Goals
31 - 45+	142
Best scorer : Christian Vieri - 7 Goals
46 - 60	166
Best scorer : Christian Vieri - 6 Goals
61 - 75	175
Best scorer : Claudio López - 6 Goals
76 - 90+	247
Best scorer : Darko Kovacevic - 9 Goals

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 08/03/2025 at 18:25

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	42 times
1 - 0	58 times
1 - 1	45 times
2 - 0	41 times
2 - 1	62 times
2 - 2	18 times
3 - 0	26 times
3 - 1	27 times
3 - 2	15 times
3 - 3	5 times
4 - 0	7 times

Score	Frequence
4 - 1	12 times
4 - 2	3 times
4 - 3	4 times
5 - 0	3 times
5 - 1	6 times
5 - 2	1 times
5 - 4	1 times
6 - 0	1 times
6 - 1	1 times
6 - 2	2 times

Goals scored per matchdayLast updated on 08/03/2025 at 18:25

General statistics by teamLast updated on 03/03/2025 at 21:21

	Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
Sporting Gijón	34	38	13	Dmitriy Cheryshev (6 goals)
Deportivo	33	35	15	Djalminha (8 goals)
Valencia CF	28	34	12	Claudio López (12 goals)
Espanyol	28	24	12	Juan Esnáider (13 goals)
FC Barcelona	27	33	11	Rivaldo (19 goals)
Real Zaragoza	27	37	14	Ander Garitano (7 goals)
Salamanca	26	34	13	Pauleta (15 goals)
Tenerife	26	37	15	Meho Kodro (12 goals)
Compostela	26	36	17	Lyuboslav Penev (16 goals)
Atlético Madrid	26	37	15	Christian Vieri (24 goals)
Racing Santander	25	34	13	Fernando Correa (15 goals)
CP Mérida	24	36	12	José Sinval (7 goals)
Real Betis	24	34	12	Alfonso (10 goals)
Real Sociedad	24	33	16	Darko Kovacevic (17 goals)
Real Madrid	23	38	12	Fernando Morientes (12 goals)
Real Oviedo	23	27	8	Julio César Dely Valdés (9 goals)
Celta Vigo	22	31	13	Juan Sánchez (9 goals)
Mallorca	22	26	13	Gaby Amato (13 goals)
Valladolid	22	28	12	Alen Peternac (13 goals)
Athletic Bilbao	22	31	12	Joseba Etxeberria (11 goals)

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 03/03/2025 at 21:21

	Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
Valladolid	24.6	Eusebio (32 years)	Julio César (18 years)
Racing Santander	24.7	Alberto (29 years)	Gonzalo Colsa (17 years)
Sporting Gijón	24.9	Juan Carlos Ablanedo (33 years)	Miguel (18 years)
Real Madrid	24.9	Chendo (35 years)	Raúl (19 years)
Athletic Bilbao	25.3	Jon Andoni Goikoetxea (31 years)	Mario Bermejo (18 years)
Atlético Madrid	25.6	Pedro Jaro (33 years)	José Mari (18 years)
Real Oviedo	25.7	Berto (34 years)	Iván Ania (19 years)
FC Barcelona	25.7	Ruud Hesp (31 years)	Mario Rosas (16 years)
Real Zaragoza	25.8	Otto Konrad (32 years)	Nordin Wooter (20 years)
Tenerife	26	Chano (31 years)	Benito Dominguez (17 years)
Real Sociedad	26.1	Miguel Angel Fuentes (32 years)	Rubén Vega (19 years)
Mallorca	26.2	Vicente Engonga (31 years)	Santi Ezquerro (20 years)
Real Betis	26.2	Alexis (31 years)	Iván Pérez (20 years)
Valencia CF	26.3	Andoni Zubizarreta (35 years)	Gerard (17 years)
Espanyol	26.4	Dominique Lemoine (30 years)	Antonio Soldevilla (18 years)
Deportivo	26.4	Donato (34 years)	Lionel Scaloni (18 years)
Salamanca	26.6	Lutxo Iturrino (33 years)	Rogério (20 years)
Celta Vigo	26.7	Patxi Salinas (33 years)	Bruno Caires (20 years)
CP Mérida	26.9	Luis Sierra (31 years)	Leo Franco (19 years)
Compostela	28.2	Paco Llorente (31 years)	Changui (19 years)

Countries statisticsLast updated on 04/03/2025 at 18:32

	Number of games played	Number of players	Number of goals scored
Spain	6074	310	403
Argentina	658	28	84
Brazil	611	29	96
Portugal	375	18	44
Serbia	300	13	46
Russia	275	11	38
Netherlands	254	10	23
Uruguay	241	11	35
France	224	12	14
Croatia	181	8	40
Romania	140	6	27
Italy	102	4	26
Morocco	88	4	12
Nigeria	82	4	17
Sweden	73	4	1
Montenegro	67	4	10
Colombia	64	2	1
Panama	59	2	9
Bosnia and Herzegovina	53	3	14
Paraguay	52	2	6