1997–98 Premier League

Premier League 1997-98
Season information
Winners	Arsenal
Relegated	Barnsley Bolton Wanderers Crystal Palace
Domestic cup winners
FA Cup	Arsenal
Coca-Cola Cup	Chelsea
Charity Shield	Manchester United
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Arsenal Manchester United
UEFA Cup	Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Leeds United Liverpool
Cup Winners' Cup	Chelsea Newcastle United
Season statistics
Goals scored	970
Average	2.55
Top goalscorer	Dion Dublin Michael Owen (18) Chris Sutton
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The 1997–98 FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the FA Premier League. It saw Arsenal lift their first league title since 1991 and, in so doing, became only the second team to win 'The Double' for the second time.

It was Arsenal's first full season under French manager Arsène Wenger, who became the third manager to win the Premier League. Wenger followed in the footsteps of Alex Ferguson and Kenny Dalglish and, while both Ferguson and Dalglish were Scottish, Wenger was the first manager from outside the British Isles to win a league title in England.

Promotion and relegation

Start of season

Teams promoted from the First Division 1996-97

• Bolton Wanderers (Champions)
• Barnsley (Runners-up)
• Crystal Palace (Playoff winners)

End of season

Teams relegated to the First Division 1998-99

• Barnsley
• Bolton Wanderers
• Crystal Palace

Final league table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Arsenal (C) (Q)	38	23	9	6	68	33	+35	78	Champions League Group stage
2	Manchester United (Q)	38	23	8	7	73	26	+47	77	Champions League Second qualifying round
3	Liverpool (Q)	38	18	11	9	68	42	+26	65	UEFA Cup First round
4	Chelsea (Q)	38	20	3	15	71	43	+28	63	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round
5	Leeds United (Q)	38	17	8	13	57	46	+11	59	UEFA Cup First round
6	Blackburn Rovers (Q)	38	16	10	12	57	52	+5	58
7	Aston Villa (Q)	38	17	6	15	49	48	+1	57
8	West Ham United	38	16	8	14	56	57	-1	56
9	Derby County	38	16	7	15	52	49	+3	55
10	Leicester City	38	13	14	11	51	41	+10	53
11	Coventry City	38	12	16	10	46	44	+2	52
12	Southampton	38	14	6	18	50	55	-5	48
13	Newcastle United (Q)	38	11	11	16	35	44	-9	44	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round
14	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	11	16	44	56	-12	44
15	Wimbledon	38	10	14	14	34	46	-12	44
16	Sheffield Wednesday	38	12	8	18	52	67	-15	44
17	Everton	38	9	13	16	41	56	-15	40
18	Bolton Wanderers (R)	38	9	13	16	41	61	-20	40	Relegated to the First Division
19	Barnsley (R)	38	10	5	23	37	82	-45	35
20	Crystal Palace (R)	38	8	9	21	37	71	-34	32

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd goal difference; 3^rd goals scored.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Premier League 1997-98 Winners
Arsenal 1st Premier League title 11th English title

Top goalscorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Dion Dublin	18	Coventry City
Michael Owen		Liverpool
Chris Sutton		Blackburn Rovers
Dennis Bergkamp	16	Arsenal
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink		Leeds United
John Hartson		West Ham United

External links

• 1997-98 Premier League Season at RSSSF

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