1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Tournament details
Dates	14 August 1997 – 13 May 1998
Teams	32 (first round) 47 (qualifying round)
Final positions
Champions	Chelsea (2nd title)
Runners-up	Stuttgart
Tournament statistics
Matches played	91
Goals scored	272 (2.99 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pasquale Luiso (8 goals)

The 1997–98 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Chelsea in the final against Stuttgart.

Qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HB Tórshavn	1–7	APOEL	1–1	0–6
Hibernians	0–4	ÍBV	0–1	0–3
Glenavon	1–5	Legia Warsaw	1–1	0–4
Cwmbrân Town	2–12	Național București	2–5	0–7
Žalgiris Vilnius	1–2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–0	1–2 (aet)
Zimbru Chișinău	1–4	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1	0–3
Dinaburg	2–0	Kapaz	1–0	1–0
Kilmarnock	3–2	Shelbourne	2–1	1–1
HJK	1–3	Red Star Belgrade	1–0	0–3
Sloga Jugomagnat	1–4	Zagreb	1–2	0–2
Balzers	1–5	BVSC Budapest	1–3	0–2
Tallinna Sadam	2–5	Belshina Bobruisk	1–1	1–4
Primorje	3–0	Union Luxembourg	2–0	1–0
Levski Sofia	2–3	Slovan Bratislava	1–1	1–2
Dinamo Batumi	2–31	Ararat Yerevan	0–3	2–0

Notes

• Note 1: Ararat Yerevan were awarded a 3–0 win in the qualifying round first leg after Dinamo Batumi were found guilty of fielding an ineligible player ― Sotogashvili. The match originally ended as a 4–2 win for Dinamo Batumi.

First leg

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Second leg

APOEL won 7–1 on aggregate.

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ÍBV won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Legia Warsaw won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Național București won 12–2 on aggregate.

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Hapoel Be'er Sheva won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Dinaburg won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Kilmarnock won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Red Star Belgrade won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Zagreb won 4–1 on aggregate.

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BVSC Budapest won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Belshina Bobruisk won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Primorje won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Slovan Bratislava won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Ararat Yerevan won 3–2 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kocaelispor	3–0	Național București	2–0	1–0
APOEL	0–4	Sturm Graz	0–1	0–3
ÍBV	2–5	Stuttgart	1–3	1–2
Boavista	3–4	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–3	1–1
Germinal Ekeren	4–3	Red Star Belgrade	3–2	1–1
AIK	1–2	Primorje	0–1	1–1 (aet)
AEK Athens	9–2	Dinaburg	5–0	4–2
Slavia Prague	6–2	Luzern	4–2	2–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–14	Roda	1–4	0–10
Zagreb	5–6	Tromsø	3–2	2–4 (aet)
Copenhagen	5–0	Ararat Yerevan	3–0	2–0
Belshina Bobruisk	1–5	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–2	0–3
Chelsea	4–0	Slovan Bratislava	2–0	2–0
Nice	4–2	Kilmarnock	3–1	1–1
Real Betis	4–0	BVSC Budapest	2–0	2–0
Vicenza	3–1	Legia Warsaw	2–0	1–1

First leg

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Second leg

Kocaelispor won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Sturm Graz won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Stuttgart won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Germinal Ekeren won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Primorje won 2–1 on aggregate.

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AEK Athens won 9–2 on aggregate.

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Slavia Prague won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Roda won 14–1 on aggregate.

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Tromsø won 6–5 on aggregate.

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Copenhagen won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Lokomotiv Moscow won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Chelsea won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Nice won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Real Betis won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Vicenza won 3–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tromsø	4–9	Chelsea	3–2	1–7
Germinal Ekeren	4–6	Stuttgart	0–4	4–2
Lokomotiv Moscow	2–1	Kocaelispor	2–1	0–0
Shakhtar Donetsk	2–5	Vicenza	1–3	1–2
Real Betis	3–1	Copenhagen	2–0	1–1
AEK Athens	2–1	Sturm Graz	2–0	0–1
Nice	3–3 (a)	Slavia Prague	2–2	1–1
Primorje	0–6	Roda	0–2	0–4

First leg

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Second leg

Chelsea won 9–4 on aggregate.

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Stuttgart won 6–4 on aggregate.

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Lokomotiv Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Vicenza won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Real Betis won 3–1 on aggregate.

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AEK Athens won 2–1 on aggregate.

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3–3 on aggregate. Slavia Prague won on away goals.

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Roda won 6–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Roda	1–9	Vicenza	1–4	0–5
Slavia Prague	1–3	Stuttgart	1–1	0–2
AEK Athens	1–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–0	1–2
Real Betis	2–5	Chelsea	1–2	1–3

First leg

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Second leg

Vicenza won 9–1 on aggregate.

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Stuttgart won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Lokomotiv Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Chelsea won 5–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vicenza	2–3	Chelsea	1–0	1–3
Stuttgart	3–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–1	1–0

First leg

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Second leg

Chelsea won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Stuttgart won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Top goalscorers

The top goalscorers from the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Pasquale Luiso	Vicenza	8
2	Jonathan Akpoborie	Stuttgart	6
	Fredi Bobic	Stuttgart	6
	Peter Van Houdt	Roda	6
	Gianluca Vialli	Chelsea	6
6	Alfonso	Real Betis	4
	Gábor Torma	Roda	4
	Karel Vácha	Slavia Prague	4
	Gianfranco Zola	Chelsea	4
10	Ole Martin Årst	Tromsø	3
	Serhiy Atelkin	Shakhtar Donetsk	3
	Nino Bule	Zagreb	3
	Roberto Di Matteo	Chelsea	3
	Tryggvi Guðmundsson	ÍBV	3
	Yevgeni Kharlachyov	Lokomotiv Moscow	3
	Charis Kopitsis	AEK Athens	3
	Garba Lawal	Roda	3
	Radu Niculescu	Național București	3
	Adrian Pigulea	Național București	3
	Mladen Rudonja	Primorje	3
	Tomasz Sokołowski	Legia Warsaw	3
	Dejan Stanković	Red Star Belgrade	3
	Paul Wright	Kilmarnock	3

See also

• 1997–98 UEFA Champions League
• 1997–98 UEFA Cup
• 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup

References

External links

• 1997-98 competition at UEFA website
• results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• Cup Winners Cup Seasons 1997-98 – results, protocols
• Archive of old pages site UEFA Season 1997–98, written protocol games.