UEFA Cup 1997-98
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The UEFA Cup
1997–98 was won by Internazionale
comfortably in an all-Italian final against Lazio
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It was the first instance of the UEFA Cup final being a one-game contest at a neutral stadium, having previously being decided over two legs with each team having one home game.
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Flora Tallinn won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 8–1 on aggregate.
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Boby Brno won 4–7 on aggregate.
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Apollon Limassol won 1–4 on aggregate.
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Celtic won 0–8 on aggregate.
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Neuchâtel Xamax won 10–1 on aggregate.
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Hajduk Split won 1–6 on aggregate.
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Grasshoppers won 10–1 on aggregate.
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Vojvodina 2–2 Viking FK on aggregate. Viking FK won 4–5 on penalties.
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KR Reykjavík won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Ferencvárosi TC won 0–6 on aggregate.
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FK Jablonec 97 won 8–0 on aggregate.
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Spartak Trnava won 1–4 on aggregate.
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Odra Wodzislaw won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Vorskla Poltava won 2–5 on aggregate.
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Brann 4–4 Naftex Burgas on aggregate. Brann won on away goals rule
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Dundee United won 0–17 on aggregate.
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HIT Gorica 4–4 Otelul Galati on aggregate. HIT Gorica won on away goals rule
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Újpest won 9–2 on aggregate.
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Anderlecht won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Neuchâtel Xamax won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Rotor Volgograd won 6–3 on aggregate.
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Trabzonspor won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Rapid Wien won 6–3 on aggregate.
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Celtic won 5–7 on aggregate.
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Helsingborg 1–1 Ferencvárosi TC on aggregate. Ferencvárosi TC won 3–4 on penalties.
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Hapoel Petah Tikva won 0–1 on aggregate.
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Grasshoppers won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Club Brugge won 3–8 on aggregate.
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PAOK won 6–3 on aggregate.
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OFI Crete won 1–3 on aggregate.
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FK Jablonec 97 1–1 Örebro on aggregate. Örebro won on away goals rule
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Excelsior Mouscron won 0–3 on aggregate.
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Lillestrøm won 0–3 on aggregate.
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AGF Aarhus won 2–3 on aggregate.
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Alania Vladikavkaz won 6–2 on aggregate.
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Anderlecht won 6–7 on aggregate.
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PAOK won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Udinese won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Ajax won 2–10 on aggregate.
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Lyon won 7–3 on aggregate.
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Dinamo Tbilisi won 1–2 on aggregate.
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Real Valladolid won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Lazio won 6–1 on aggregate.
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Strasbourg won 4–2 on aggregate.
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MTK Hungária won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Schalke won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Bastia won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Spartak Moscow won 1–6 on aggregate.
The 2nd leg finished 2-2 (Shirko
, Alenichev
- Lota
2x) on Sep 30, but had to be replayed because the goals were 8 cm short of the prescribed height.
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OFI Crete won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Athletic Bilbao won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Aston Villa won 0–1 on aggregate.
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Steaua Bucharest won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Rotor Volgograd won 6–1 on aggregate.
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1860 Munich won 1–7 on aggregate.
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Bochum won 6–5 on aggregate.
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Croatia Zagreb won 9–4 on aggregate.
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Braga won 2–3 on aggregate.
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Rapid Wien won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Internazionale won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Celtic 2–2 Liverpool on aggregate. Liverpool won on away goals rule
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Metz won 1–6 on aggregate.
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Twente 2–2 Lillestrøm on aggregate. Twente won on away goals rule
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Club Brugge won 2–4 on aggregate.
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Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.
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AGF Aarhus won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Karlsruhe won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Internazionale won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Braga won 5–0 on aggregate.
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Schalke 04 won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Udinese 2–2 Ajax on aggregate. Ajax won on away goals rule.
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Bochum won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Karlsruhe won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Spartak Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Croatia Zagreb won 1–2 on aggregate.
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Atlético Madrid won 9–6 on aggregate.
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Steaua Bucharest 3–3 Bastia on aggregate. Steaua Bucharest won on away goals rule
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Aston Villa won 1–2 on aggregate.
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Rapid Wien won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Lazio won 3–0 on aggregate.
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AGF Aarhus 1–1 Twente on aggregate. Twente won on away goals rule
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Auxerre won 5–4 on aggregate.
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Schalke 04 won 0–2 on aggregate.
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Ajax won 6–4 on aggregate.
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Spartak Moscow won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Atlético Madrid won 1–2 on aggregate.
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Aston Villa won 2–3 on aggregate.
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Lazio won 3–0 on aggregate.
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Auxerre won 0–3 on aggregate.
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Spartak Moscow won 1–4 on aggregate.
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Atlético Madrid 2–2 Aston Villa on aggregate. Atlético Madrid won on away goals rule
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Lazio won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Lazio won 1–0 on aggregate.
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
1997–98 was won by Internazionale
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
comfortably in an all-Italian final against Lazio
S.S. Lazio
Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...
. It was their third title in eight years in the competition.
It was the first instance of the UEFA Cup final being a one-game contest at a neutral stadium, having previously being decided over two legs with each team having one home game.
First qualifying round
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First leg
Dinamo Minsk 2–2 Kolheti Poti on aggregate. Kolheti Poti won on away goals ruleAway goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
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Flora Tallinn won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 8–1 on aggregate.
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Boby Brno won 4–7 on aggregate.
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Apollon Limassol won 1–4 on aggregate.
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Celtic won 0–8 on aggregate.
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Neuchâtel Xamax won 10–1 on aggregate.
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Hajduk Split won 1–6 on aggregate.
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Grasshoppers won 10–1 on aggregate.
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Vojvodina 2–2 Viking FK on aggregate. Viking FK won 4–5 on penalties.
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KR Reykjavík won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Ferencvárosi TC won 0–6 on aggregate.
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FK Jablonec 97 won 8–0 on aggregate.
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Spartak Trnava won 1–4 on aggregate.
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Odra Wodzislaw won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Vorskla Poltava won 2–5 on aggregate.
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Brann 4–4 Naftex Burgas on aggregate. Brann won on away goals rule
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
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Dundee United won 0–17 on aggregate.
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HIT Gorica 4–4 Otelul Galati on aggregate. HIT Gorica won on away goals rule
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
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Újpest won 9–2 on aggregate.
Second qualifying round
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Second leg
Hajduk Split won 5–2 on aggregate.----
Anderlecht won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Neuchâtel Xamax won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Rotor Volgograd won 6–3 on aggregate.
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Trabzonspor won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Rapid Wien won 6–3 on aggregate.
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Celtic won 5–7 on aggregate.
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Helsingborg 1–1 Ferencvárosi TC on aggregate. Ferencvárosi TC won 3–4 on penalties.
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Hapoel Petah Tikva won 0–1 on aggregate.
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Grasshoppers won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Club Brugge won 3–8 on aggregate.
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PAOK won 6–3 on aggregate.
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OFI Crete won 1–3 on aggregate.
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FK Jablonec 97 1–1 Örebro on aggregate. Örebro won on away goals rule
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
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Excelsior Mouscron won 0–3 on aggregate.
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Lillestrøm won 0–3 on aggregate.
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AGF Aarhus won 2–3 on aggregate.
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Alania Vladikavkaz won 6–2 on aggregate.
First round
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Second leg
Auxerre won 1–2 on aggregate.----
Anderlecht won 6–7 on aggregate.
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PAOK won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Udinese won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Ajax won 2–10 on aggregate.
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Lyon won 7–3 on aggregate.
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Dinamo Tbilisi won 1–2 on aggregate.
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Real Valladolid won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Lazio won 6–1 on aggregate.
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Strasbourg won 4–2 on aggregate.
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MTK Hungária won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Schalke won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Bastia won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Spartak Moscow won 1–6 on aggregate.
The 2nd leg finished 2-2 (Shirko
Aleksandr Shirko
Aleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals...
, Alenichev
Dmitri Alenichev
Dmitri Anatolievich Alenitchev is a professional association football coach and a former player and politician. Currently, he is managing the Russia Under-18 national football team.-Biography:...
- Lota
Dennis Lota
Dennis Lota was a Zambian football striker who.He started his professional career with Zanaco FC of Zambia in 1989 before leaving for Nchanga Rangers at the beginning of the 1991 season. At Nchanga Rangers he established a midfield partnership with Abeauty Kunda. He later left Nchanga to join...
2x) on Sep 30, but had to be replayed because the goals were 8 cm short of the prescribed height.
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OFI Crete won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Athletic Bilbao won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Aston Villa won 0–1 on aggregate.
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Steaua Bucharest won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Rotor Volgograd won 6–1 on aggregate.
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1860 Munich won 1–7 on aggregate.
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Bochum won 6–5 on aggregate.
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Croatia Zagreb won 9–4 on aggregate.
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Braga won 2–3 on aggregate.
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Rapid Wien won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Internazionale won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Celtic 2–2 Liverpool on aggregate. Liverpool won on away goals rule
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
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Metz won 1–6 on aggregate.
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Twente 2–2 Lillestrøm on aggregate. Twente won on away goals rule
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
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Club Brugge won 2–4 on aggregate.
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Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.
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AGF Aarhus won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Karlsruhe won 3–2 on aggregate.
Second round
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Second leg
Strasbourg won 3–2 on aggregate.----
Internazionale won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Braga won 5–0 on aggregate.
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Schalke 04 won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Udinese 2–2 Ajax on aggregate. Ajax won on away goals rule.
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Bochum won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Karlsruhe won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Spartak Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Croatia Zagreb won 1–2 on aggregate.
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Atlético Madrid won 9–6 on aggregate.
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Steaua Bucharest 3–3 Bastia on aggregate. Steaua Bucharest won on away goals rule
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
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Aston Villa won 1–2 on aggregate.
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Rapid Wien won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Lazio won 3–0 on aggregate.
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AGF Aarhus 1–1 Twente on aggregate. Twente won on away goals rule
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
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Auxerre won 5–4 on aggregate.
Third round
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Second leg
Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.----
Schalke 04 won 0–2 on aggregate.
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Ajax won 6–4 on aggregate.
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Spartak Moscow won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Atlético Madrid won 1–2 on aggregate.
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Aston Villa won 2–3 on aggregate.
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Lazio won 3–0 on aggregate.
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Auxerre won 0–3 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
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Second leg
Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.----
Spartak Moscow won 1–4 on aggregate.
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Atlético Madrid 2–2 Aston Villa on aggregate. Atlético Madrid won on away goals rule
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
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Lazio won 3–2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
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Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.----
Lazio won 1–0 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1997–98 UEFA Cup are as follows:| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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| 1 |  Stéphane Guivarc'hStéphane Guivarc'h Stéphane Guivarc'h is a retired French footballer that played as striker. He featured in the France squad that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup on home soil.... |
Auxerre AJ Auxerre Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise is a French association football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Auxerre plays its home matches at the Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps on the banks of the... |
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| 2 |  Gary McSweganGary McSwegan Gary John McSwegan is a Scottish professional footballer currently without a club following his release from Clyde... |
Dundee United Dundee United F.C. Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923... |
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 RonaldoRonaldo Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima , commonly known as Ronaldo, is a retired Brazilian footballer who last played for Corinthians. Ronaldo is widely considered to be the greatest 'pure' striker in the history of the modern game, and by some accounts, in the history of football. Ronaldo was one of the... |
 InterF.C. Internazionale Milano Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always... |
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 Aleksandr ShirkoAleksandr Shirko Aleksandr Petrovich Shirko is association footballer.Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals... |
Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times... |
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| Robbie Winters Robbie Winters Robbie Winters is a Scottish footballer who currently plays for Alloa Athletic.-Career:Winters began his career at Dundee United in 1992 and played 99 league games for the Terrors, scoring 19 times. A move to Aberdeen beckoned, which saw Billy Dodds and cash come to Tannadice in exchange for Winters... |
Dundee United Dundee United F.C. Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923... |
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| 6 |  Shota ArveladzeShota Arveladze Shota Arveladze is a former Georgian professional football player and currently the manager of Kayserispor. He is Georgia’s all-time top scorer with 291 goals in his 410 league games for his clubs and 26 goals during his 61 games on the national team... |
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 Mamadou DialloMamadou Diallo Mamadou Diallo , also known as Big Mama, is a former Senegalese football striker.-European career:Diallo has played all over the world: United States, Senegal, Morocco, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, South Africa, Mali, Germany, Turkey, Sweden and Norway... |
 Lillestrøm |
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 Nordin JbariNordin Jbari Nordin Jbari is a Belgian football player from Moroccan descent. Just like Sanharib Malki, Jbari started his football career at local team SCUP Jette. Soon after, he went to the youth teams of Anderlecht. He made his début for the first team in 1995... |
Club Brugge |
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 Robert ProsinečkiRobert Prosinecki Robert Prosinečki is a Croatian football manager and former football midfielder. Prosinečki is regarded by many as the player with best technique that ever played in and for Croatia. Former national squad teammate Zvonimir Boban, humbly, also agreed with this. His dribbling is considered... |
Croatia Zagreb |
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| Oleg Veretennikov Oleg Veretennikov Oleg Veretennikov is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records... |
Rotor Volgograd |
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| Christian Vieri Christian Vieri Christian Vieri is a retired Italian footballer who played as a centre forward.Vieri was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé as a part of FIFA's centenary celebrations... |
 Atlético Madrid |
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| 12 | Gérald Baticle Gérald Baticle Gérald Baticle , is a former French football player and manager.-Playing career:Baticle started his pro-career in his native Picardie region at Amiens SC but quickly attracted the attention of Guy Roux who recruited him at AJ Auxerre. He played his first game in Ligue 1 on September 19, 1991... |
Strasbourg RC Strasbourg Racing Club de Strasbourg is a French association football club founded in 1906 and professional since 1933, based in the city of Strasbourg, in Alsace... |
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| Pierluigi Casiraghi |
Lazio S.S. Lazio Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football... |
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| Igor Cvitanović Igor Cvitanovic Igor Cvitanović is a retired Croatian football striker.He is currently the all-time top goalscorer of the Croatian First League with a total of 126 goals, and also scored 122 domestic league goals for Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb, 117 of which were in the Croatian First League... |
Croatia Zagreb |
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 Kostas FrantzeskosKostas Frantzeskos Kostas Frantzeskos is a Greek former footballer, best known for his deadly free-kick accuracy. He was regarded as one of the best free-kick specialists in Europe, scoring numerous times from set-pieces during his career.... |
PAOK |
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 Zoltán Kovács |
Újpest Újpest FC Újpest Football Club , earlier known as Újpesti TE and Újpesti Dózsa, is a Hungarian football club, based in Újpest, Budapest. The club's colours are purple and white... |
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| Nikos Papadopoulos |
OFI Crete OFI Crete OFI , the Sportfriends Association Heraklion, is a Greek association football club based in Heraklion, on the island of Crete. Outside Greece, the club is generally known as OFI Crete F.C., however, the name Crete is not actually part of the club's official title.OFI is the club with most... |
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 Liazid SandjakLiazid Sandjak Liazid Sandjak, is a former Algerian international football player. In his career, he was a midfielder for several French and Swiss clubs and member of the Algeria national team.-External links:* *... |
 Neuchâtel XamaxNeuchâtel Xamax Neuchâtel Xamax Football Club is a Swiss football club, based in Neuchâtel. It was created in 1970 through a merger between FC Cantonal and FC Xamax . The club plays in red shirts, black shorts and red socks and are currently in the Axpo Super League, the highest Swiss football league. They play... |
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 Volodymyr SharanVolodymyr Sharan Volodymyr Bohdanovych Sharan is a Ukrainian football midfielder who represented Ukraine once at the national level and currently is a manager of PFC Oleksandria.He also capped for USSR U-20 team at 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.... |
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovsk.-BRIT:The club's franchise traces its history all the way back when the first team that was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called as BRIT . The team participated in the regional competition... |
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See also
- UEFA Champions League 1997-98UEFA Champions League 1997-98The 1997–98 UEFA Champions League was the 43rd edition of UEFA's premier club football tournament, and the sixth since its rebranding as the UEFA Champions League. The tournament was won 1–0 by Real Madrid, winning for the first time in 32 years, beating Juventus who were playing in a third...
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1997-98UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1997-98The season 1997-98 of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Chelsea in the final against VfB Stuttgart.-Qualifying round:-First leg:...
- UEFA Intertoto Cup 1997