1997–98 UEFA Cup

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1997–98 UEFA Cup

Parc des Princes hosted the final
Dates	22 July 1997 – 6 May 1998
Final positions
Champions	Internazionale (3rd title)
Runner-up	Lazio
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Stéphane Guivarc'h (7 goals)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 UEFA Cup was won by Internazionale comfortably in an all-Italian final against Lazio. 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

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo Minsk	(a)2–2	Kolheti Poti	1–0	1–2
Hapoel Petah Tikva	3–1	Flora Tallinn	1–0	2–1
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	8–1	FC Yerevan	6–1	2–0
Inkaras Kaunas	4–7	Boby Brno	3–1	1–6
MyPa	1–4	Apollon Limassol	1–1	0–3
Inter CableTel AFC	0–8	Celtic	0–3	0–5
Neuchâtel Xamax	10–1	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	7–0	3–1
CS Grevenmacher	1–6	Hajduk Split	1–4	0–2
Grasshoppers	10–1	Coleraine	3–0	7–1
Vojvodina	2–2(p)	Viking FK	0–2	2–0(aet)
KR Reykjavík	4–1	Dinamo Bucharest	2–0	2–1
Bohemians	0–6	Ferencvárosi TC	0–1	0–5
FK Jablonec 97	8–0	FK Karabakh	5–0	3–0
Birkirkara	1–4	Spartak Trnava	0–1	1–3
Odra Wodzislaw	4–2	Pobeda	3–0	1–2
Torpedo Rīga	2–5	Vorskla Poltava	1–3	1–2
Brann	(a)4–4	Naftex Burgas	2–1	2–3
Principat	0–17	Dundee United	0–8	0–9
HIT Gorica	(a)4–4	Oţelul Galaţi	2–0	2–4
Újpest	9–2	KÍ Klaksvík	6–0	3–2

First leg

23 July 1997	Dinamo Minsk	1–0	Kolheti Poti	Minsk
	Charnyawski  10'	Report

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23 July 1997	Hapoel Petah Tikva	1–0	Flora Tallinn	Petah Tikva
	Márton  90'	Report

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23 July 1997	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	6–1	FC Yerevan	Dnipropetrovsk
	Hetsko  31' Sharan  55', 62', 74' Palyanytsya  60' Moroz  72'	Report	N'diaye  82'

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23 July 1997	Inkaras Kaunas	3–1	Boby Brno	Kaunas
	Přibyl  14' (o.g.) Šlekys  63' Rudzionis  75'	Report	Holomek  5'

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23 July 1997	MyPa	1–1	Apollon Limassol	Anjalankoski
	Enberg  36'	Report	Tsolakis  86'

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23 July 1997	Inter CableTel AFC	0–3	Celtic	Cardiff
		Report	Thom  6' (pen.) Johnson  45' Wieghorst  81'

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23 July 1997	Neuchâtel Xamax	7–0	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Xamax
	Isabella  9', 16' Kunz  15' Sandjak  70' Perret  72' Rothenbühler  76' Gigon  90'	Report

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23 July 1997 20:00	CS Grevenmacher	1–4	Hajduk Split	Op Flohr Stadion, Grevenmacher Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Takhir Souleimanov (Azerbaijan)
	Thill  69'	Report	Erceg  9' Tudor  23' Vulić  31', 89'

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23 July 1997	Grasshoppers	3–0	Coleraine	Zürich
	H. Yakin  33' Aspinall  36' (o.g.) Subiat  80'	Report

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23 July 1997	Vojvodina	0–2	Viking FK	Novi Sad
		Report	Skogheim  52' Andresen  67'

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23 July 1997	KR Reykjavík	2–0	Dinamo Bucharest	Reykjavík
	Daníelsson  26' Dadason  51'	Report

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23 July 1997	Bohemians	0–1	Ferencvárosi TC	Dublin
		Report	Zavadszky  30'

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23 July 1997	FK Jablonec 97	5–0	FK Karabakh	Jablonec
	Holub  7', 76' Neumann  11', 37' Hromádko  26'	Report

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23 July 1997	Birkirkara	0–1	Spartak Trnava	Birkirkara
		Report	Tittel  14'

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23 July 1997	Odra Wodzislaw	3–0	Podeda	Wodzislaw
	Polak  34' Paluch  48' Nosal  68'	Report

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23 July 1997	Daugava Riga	1–3	Vorskla Poltava	Riga
	Vucāns  72'	Report	Kobzar  51' Chuichenko  57' Antyukhin  70'

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23 July 1997	Brann	2–1	Naftex Burgas	Bergen
	Mjelde  22' Løvvik  28'	Report	Kishishev  81'

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23 July 1997	Principat	0–8	Dundee United	Andorra la Vella
		Report	Winters  14', 31', 75', 77' McSwegan  46', 73', 76' Zetterlund  48'

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23 July 1997	HIT Gorica	2–0	Oţelul Galaţi	Nova Gorica
	Demirović  32' Bečaj  90'	Report

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23 July 1997	Újpest	6–0	KÍ Klaksvík	Ujpest
	Kovács  6', 12', 87' Herczeg  9', 27' Jenei  38'	Report

Second leg

30 July 1997	Kolheti Poti	2–1	Dinamo Minsk	Poti
	Mikaberidze  40' Ghaghanidze  61'	Report	U. Makowski  18'

Dinamo Minsk 2–2 Kolheti Poti on aggregate. Dinamo Minsk won on away goals rule.

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30 July 1997	Flora Tallinn	1–2	Hapoel Petah Tikva	Tallinn
	Oper  17'	Report	Ofri  46' Kakoun  63'

Flora Tallinn won 3–1 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	FC Yerevan	0–2	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Yerevan
		Report	Hetsko  42' Belkin  90'

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 8–1 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Boby Brno	6–1	Inkaras Kaunas	Brno
	Chaloupka  7', 50' Valnoha  15', 54' Holomek  25' Kolomazník  63'	Report	Rudzionis  16'

Boby Brno won 4–7 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Apollon Limassol	3–0	MyPa	Limassol
	Mladenović  54' Tsolakis  58' Pittas  82'	Report

Apollon Limassol won 1–4 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Celtic	5–0	Inter CableTel AFC	Glasgow
	Thom  19' (pen.) Jackson  42' Johnson  45' Hannah  63' Hay  85'	Report

Celtic won 0–8 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	1–3	Neuchâtel Xamax	Tiraspol
	Lukianchikov  14'	Report	Sandjak  11' Martin  28' Jeanneret  80'

Neuchâtel Xamax won 10–1 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997 20:00	Hajduk Split	2–0	CS Grevenmacher	Stadion Poljud, Split Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Spiridon Papadakos (Greece)
	Bulat  61' Erceg  90'	Report

Hajduk Split won 1–6 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Coleraine	1–7	Grasshoppers	Coleraine
	O'Dowd  22'	Report	Magnin  15' Esposito  27' Ahinful  33' Shiels  51' (o.g.) Tikva  63' H. Yakin  64' Aspinall  83' (o.g.)

Grasshoppers won 10–1 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Viking FK	0 – 2 5 – 4 on penalties	Vojvodina	Stavanger
		Report	Vulević  4', 88'

Vojvodina 2–2 Viking FK on aggregate. Viking FK won 4–5 on penalties.

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30 July 1997	Dinamo Bucharest	1–2	KR Reykjavík	Bucharest
	Mihalcea  42'	Report	Dadason  12', 22'

KR Reykjavík won 4–1 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Ferencvárosi TC	5–0	Bohemians	Budapest
	Albert  15' Jagodics  47', 74' Schultz  58' Zavadszky  71'	Report

Ferencvárosi TC won 0–6 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	FK Karabakh	0–3	FK Jablonec 97	Karabakh
		Report	Procházka  73' Holub  86' Fukal  88'

FK Jablonec 97 won 8–0 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Spartak Trnava	3–1	Birkirkara	Trnava
	Timko  29' Hadviger  45' Formanko  89'	Report	Galea  86'

Spartak Trnava won 1–4 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Podeda	2–1	Odra Wodzislaw	Prilep
	Rogério Oliveira  79', 88'	Report	Zagórski  18'

Odra Wodzislaw won 4–2 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Vorskla Poltava	2–1	Daugava Riga	Poltava
	Chuichenko  30' Antyukhin  58'	Report	Vucāns  49'

Vorskla Poltava won 2–5 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Naftex Burgas	3–2	Brann	Burgas
	Trendafilov  10' Parushev  26' Kiselichkov  72'	Report	Hasund  60', 72'

Brann 4–4 Naftex Burgas on aggregate. Brann won on away goals rule.

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30 July 1997	Dundee United	9–0	Principat	Dundee
	McSwegan  8', 24', 65' Winters  23', 42' McLaren  37' Olofsson  55' Zetterlund  59' Thompson  88'	Report

Dundee United won 0–17 on aggregate.

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30 July 1997	Oţelul Galaţi	4–2	HIT Gorica	Galați
	Ştefan  20', 27' State  63' Ion  75'	Report	Protega  88' Demirović  90'

HIT Gorica 4–4 Oţelul Galaţi on aggregate. HIT Gorica won on away goals rule.

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30 July 1997	KÍ Klaksvík	2–3	Újpest	Klaksvík
	Danielsen  14' Mørkøre  73'	Report	Szanyó  39' Sebők  77', 89'

Újpest won 9–2 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hajduk Split	5–2	Malmö	3–2	2–0
Anderlecht	4–0	Vorskla Poltava	2–0	2–0
Neuchâtel Xamax	4–2	Viking FK	3–0	1–2
Rotor Volgograd	6–3	Odra Wodzislaw	2–0	4–3
Trabzonspor	2–1	Dundee United	1–0	1–1
Rapid Wien	6–3	Boby Brno	6–1	0–2
Tirol Innsbruck	5–7	Celtic	2–1	3–6
Helsingborg	1–1(p)	Ferencvárosi TC	0–1	1–0(aet)
Vejle	0–1	Hapoel Petah Tikva	0–0	0–1
Grasshoppers	3–2	Brann	3–0	0–2
HIT Gorica	3–8	Club Brugge	3–5	0–3
PAOK	6–3	Spartak Trnava	5–3	1–0
KR Reykjavík	1–3	OFI Crete	0–0	1–3
FK Jablonec 97	1–1(a)	Örebro	1–1	0–0
Apollon Limassol	0–3	Excelsior Mouscron	0–0	0–3
Dinamo Minsk	0–3	Lillestrøm	0–2	0–1
Újpest	2–3	AGF Aarhus	0–0	2–3
Alania Vladikavkaz	6–2	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2–1	4–1

First leg

12 August 1997 20:00	Hajduk Split	3–2	Malmö FF	Stadion Poljud, Split Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Garcia Redondo (Spain)
	Skoko  78' Sedloski  80' Sarr  90'	Report	Wirmola  11' Gudmundsson  60'

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12 August 1997	Anderlecht	2–0	Vorskla Poltava	Brussel
	Petersen  18' Stoica  90'	Report

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12 August 1997	Neuchâtel Xamax	3–0	Viking FK	Xamax
	Sandjak  54', 81' Fuglestad  58' (o.g.)	Report

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12 August 1997	Rotor Volgograd	2–0	Odra Wodzislaw	Volgograd
	Niederhaus  73' Veretennikov  87'	Report

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12 August 1997	Trabzonspor	1–0	Dundee United	Trabzon
	Mandıralı  78' (pen.)	Report

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12 August 1997	Rapid Wien	6–1	Boby Brno	Vienna
	Ipoua  36', 62' Stöger  45', 86' Prosenik  79' Stumpf  80'	Report	Dostálek  53'

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12 August 1997	Tirol Innsbruck	2–1	Celtic	Innsbruck
	Mayrleb  22', 29'	Report	Stubbs  82'

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12 August 1997	Helsingborg	0–1	Ferencváros	Helsingborg
		Report	Vincze  41'

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12 August 1997	Vejle	0–0	Hapoel Petah Tikva	Vejle
		Report

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12 August 1997	Grasshoppers	3–0	Brann	Zürich
	Magnin  50' Türkyilmaz  65' Thüler  83'	Report

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12 August 1997	HIT Gorica	3–5	Club Brugge	Nova Gorica
	Osterc  62', 64', 83'	Report	Claessens  11', 26' Staelens  13' (pen.), 21', 43' (pen.)

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12 August 1997	PAOK	5–3	Spartak Trnava	Thessaloniki
	Zagorakis  32' Marangos  35', 45' Frantzeskos  52' Olivares  80'	Report	Ujlaky  22', 27' Luhový  24'

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12 August 1997	KR Reykjavík	0–0	OFI Crete	Reykjavík
		Report

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12 August 1997	FK Jablonec 97	1–1	Örebro	Jablonec
	Hromádko  20'	Report	Sahlin  67'

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12 August 1997	Apollon Limassol	0–0	Excelsior Mouscron	Limassol
		Report

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12 August 1997	Dinamo Minsk	0–2	Lillestrøm	Minsk
		Report	Diallo  43', 75' (pen.)

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12 August 1997	Újpest	0–0	AGF Aarhus	Ujpest
		Report

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12 August 1997	Alania Vladikavkaz	2–1	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Spartak, Vladikavkaz Attendance: 32.000 Referee: Dermot Gallagher, (England)
	Žutautas  18' Ashvetia  58'	Report	Palyanytsya  8'

Second leg

26 August 1997 19:30	Malmö	0–2	Hajduk Split	Malmö Stadion, Malmö Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)
		Report	Vučko  45' Erceg  90'

Hajduk Split won 5–2 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Vorskla Poltava	0–2	Anderlecht	Poltava
		Report	Zetterberg  31' Scifo  42'

Anderlecht won 4–0 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Viking FK	2–1	Neuchâtel Xamax	Stavanger
	Skogheim  54' Mansson  85'	Report	Kunz  48'

Neuchâtel Xamax won 4–2 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Odra Wodzislaw	3–4	Rotor Volgograd	Wodzislaw
	Staniek  35' Zagórski  44' Brzoza  45'	Report	Berketov  5' Abramov  50' Veretennikov  68', 72'

Rotor Volgograd won 6–3 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Dundee United	1–1	Trabzonspor	Dundee
	McLaren  56'	Report	Mandıralı  81'

Trabzonspor won 2–1 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Boby Brno	2–0	Rapid Wien	Brno
	Pacanda  4' Valnoha  45'	Report

Rapid Wien won 6–3 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Celtic	6–3	Tirol Innsbruck	Glasgow
	Donnelly  34', 69' Thom  45' Burley  70', 90' Wieghorst  90'	Report	Mayrleb  39' Severeyns  45' Krinner  82'

Celtic won 5–7 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Ferencvárosi TC	0 – 1 3–4 on penalties	Helsingborg	Budapest
		Report	Jacobsson  43'

Helsingborg 1–1 Ferencvárosi TC on aggregate. Ferencvárosi TC won 3–4 on penalties.

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26 August 1997	Hapoel Petah Tikva	1–0	Vejle	Petah Tikva
	Kakoun  32'	Report

Hapoel Petah Tikva won 0–1 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Brann	2–0	Grasshoppers	Bergen
	Paldan  41', 44'	Report

Grasshoppers won 3–2 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Club Brugge	3–0	HIT Gorica	Brugge
	Jbari  4' De Brul  84' Van der Elst  85'	Report

Club Brugge won 3–8 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Spartak Trnava	0–1	PAOK	Trnava
		Report	Zagorakis  80'

PAOK won 6–3 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	OFI Crete	3–1	KR Reykjavík	Heraklion
	Anastasiou  10' Mitić  66' Papadopoulos  72' (pen.)	Report	Björnsson  41'

OFI Crete won 1–3 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Örebro	0–0	FK Jablonec 97	Örebro
		Report

FK Jablonec 97 1–1 Örebro on aggregate. Örebro won on away goals rule.

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26 August 1997	Excelsior Mouscron	3–0	Apollon Limassol	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
	Pierre  30', 66' Vidović  55'	Report

Excelsior Mouscron won 0–3 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Lillestrøm	1–0	Dinamo Minsk	Lillestrøm
	Diallo  40'	Report

Lillestrøm won 0–3 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	AGF Aarhus	3–2	Újpest	Aarhus
	Rieper  25' Hallum  67' Sørensen  70'	Report	Sebők  29' Kovács  76'

AGF Aarhus won 2–3 on aggregate.

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26 August 1997	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1–4	Alania Vladikavkaz	Meteor, Dnipropetrovsk Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson, (Sweden)
	Sharan  23'	Report	Gakhokidze  2', 27' Yanovskiy  33' Kobiashvili  44'

Alania Vladikavkaz won 6–2 on aggregate.

First round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo La Coruña	1–2	Auxerre	1–2	0–0
Austria Salzburg	6–7	Anderlecht	4–3	2–4
PAOK	2–1	Arsenal	1–0	1–1
Widzew Łódź	1–3	Udinese	1–0	0–3
NK Maribor	2–10	Ajax	1–1	1–9
Lyon	7–3	Brøndby	4–1	3–2
MPKC Mozyr	1–2	Dinamo Tbilisi	1–1	0–1
Real Valladolid	2–1	Skonto	2–0	0–1
Vitória Guimarães	1–6	Lazio	0–4	1–2
Strasbourg	4–2	Rangers	2–1	2–1
MTK Hungária	4–1	Alania Vladikavkaz	3–0	1–1
Schalke 04	5–2	Hajduk Split	2–0	3–2
Bastia	1–0	Benfica	1–0	0–0
Sion	1–6	Spartak Moscow	0–1	1–5
OFI Crete	4–2	Ferencvárosi TC	3–0	1–2
Sampdoria	1–4	Athletic Bilbao	1–2	0–2
FC Girondins de Bordeaux	0–1	Aston Villa	0–0	0–1(aet)
Steaua Bucharest	2–1	Fenerbahçe	0–0	2–1
Rotor Volgograd	6–1	Örebro	2–0	4–1
FC Jazz	1–7	1860 Munich	0–1	1–6
Trabzonspor	5–6	Bochum	2–1	3–5
Croatia Zagreb	9–4	Grasshoppers	4–4	5–0
Vitesse	2–3	Braga	2–1	0–2
Rapid Wien	2–1	Hapoel Petah Tikva	1–0	1–1
Internazionale	4–0	Neuchâtel Xamax	2–0	2–0
Celtic	2–2(a)	Liverpool	2–2	0–0
Excelsior Mouscron	1–6	Metz	0–2	1–4
Twente	(a)2–2	Lillestrøm	0–1	2–1
Beitar Jerusalem	2–4	Club Brugge	2–1	0–3
Atlético Madrid	4–1	Leicester City	2–1	2–0
AGF Aarhus	3–2	Nantes Atlantique	2–2	1–0
Karlsruhe	3–2	Anorthosis Famagusta	2–1	1–1

First leg

16 September 1997	Deportivo La Coruña	1–2	Auxerre	La Coruña
	Djalminha  87'	Report	Diomède  72' Guivarc'h  84'

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16 September 1997	Austria Salzburg	4–3	Anderlecht	Salzburg
	Klausz  33', 52' Glieder  51', 64' (pen.)	Report	Iachtchouk  34' Goor  59' Stoica  80'

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16 September 1997	PAOK	1–0	Arsenal	Thessaloniki
	Frantzeskos  61'	Report

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16 September 1997	Widzew Łódź	1–0	Udinese	Stadion Widzewa, Łódź Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)
	Bogusz  63'	Report

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16 September 1997	NK Maribor	1–1	Ajax	Maribor
	Čeh  47'	Report	Litmanen  66'

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16 September 1997	Lyon	4–1	Brøndby	Lyon
	Kanouté  20' Linarès  50' Carteron  63' Giuly  75'	Report	Daugaard  34' (pen.)

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16 September 1997	MPKC Mozyr	1–1	Dinamo Tbilisi	Mozyr
	Kushnir  50'	Report	Mujiri  42'

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16 September 1997	Real Valladolid	2–0	Skonto	Valladolid
	Juan Carlos  30' (pen.) Edu Manga  30'	Report

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16 September 1997	Vitória Guimarães	0–4	Lazio	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães Referee: Roelof Luinge (Netherlands)
		Report	Casiraghi  48' Fuser  62' Nedvěd  69' Nesta  79'

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16 September 1997	Strasbourg	2–1	Rangers	Strasbourg
	Baticle  45' (pen.)  61' (pen.)	Report	Albertz  49' (pen.)

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16 September 1997	MTK Hungária	3–0	Alania Vladikavkaz	Budapest
	Illés  55' Preisinger  71' Lörincz  88'	Report

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16 September 1997 20:30	Schalke 04	2–0	Hajduk Split	Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 53,250 Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)
	Goossens  7', 23'	Report

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16 September 1997	Bastia	1–0	Benfica	Bastia
	André  80'	Report

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16 September 1997	Sion	0–1	Spartak Moscow	Sion
		Report	Kechinov  73'

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16 September 1997	OFI Crete	3–0	Ferencvárosi TC	Heraklion
	Papadopoulos  21' Kounenakis  57' Nioplias  86'	Report

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16 September 1997	Sampdoria	1–2	Athletic Bilbao	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
	Boghossian  74'	Report	Ríos  19' Larrainzar  62'

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16 September 1997	Bordeaux	0–0	Aston Villa	Bordeaux
		Report

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16 September 1997	Steaua Bucharest	0–0	Fenerbahçe	Bucharest
		Report

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16 September 1997	Rotor Volgograd	2–0	Örebro	Volgograd
	Burlachenko  45' Veretennikov  72'	Report

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16 September 1997	FC Jazz	0–1	1860 Munich	Pori
		Report	Abedi Pele  90'

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16 September 1997	Trabzonspor	2–1	Bochum	Avni Aker Stadium, Trabzon Attendance: 12.000 Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)
	Hami  22' (pen.) Çetin  45'	Report	Bałuszyński  1' (pen.)

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16 September 1997	Croatia Zagreb	4–4	Grasshoppers	Zagreb
	Šarić  23' Viduka  41' Prosinečki  58' (pen.) Cvitanović  78'	Report	Moldovan  20', 79' Mladinić  62' (o.g.) Türkyilmaz  65'

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16 September 1997	Vitesse	2–1	Braga	Arnhem
	Čurović  33' Trustfull  85' (pen.)	Report	Karoglan  90' (pen.)

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16 September 1997	Rapid Wien	1–0	Hapoel Petah Tikva	Vienna
	Freund  37'	Report

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16 September 1997	Internazionale	2–0	Neuchâtel Xamax	San Siro, Milan Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)
	Ronaldo  59' Zé Elias  71'	Report

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16 September 1997	Celtic	2–2	Liverpool	Glasgow Attendance: 48,526
	McNamara  53' Donnelly  74' (pen.)	Report	Owen  6' McManaman  89'

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16 September 1997	Excelsior Mouscron	0–2	Metz	Mouscron
		Report	Meyrieu  19' Rodriguez  22'

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16 September 1997	Twente	0–1	Lillestrøm	Enschede
		Report	Diallo  25' (pen.)

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16 September 1997	Beitar Jerusalem	2–1	Club Brugge	Jerusalem
	Pisont  47' Sallói  50'	Report	Jbari  57'

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16 September 1997	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Leicester City	Madrid
	Juninho  69' Vieri  71' (pen.)	Report	Marshall  11'

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16 September 1997	AGF Aarhus	2–2	Nantes Atlantique	Aarhus
	Piechnik  19' Hallum  77'	Report	Gourvennec  12' N'Diaye  24'

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16 September 1997	Karlsruhe	2–1	Anorthosis Famagusta	Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Adrian Stoica (Romania)
	Regis  11' Schroth  88'	Report	Charalambous  34'

Second leg

16 September 1997	Auxerre	0–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Auxerre
		Report

Auxerre won 1–2 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Anderlecht	4–2	Austria Salzburg	Brussel
	Peiremans  46', 67' Iachtchouk  57' Dheedene  66'	Report	Glieder  5' Ivanauskas  30'

Anderlecht won 6–7 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Arsenal	1–1	PAOK	London
	Bergkamp  22'	Report	Vryzas  88'

PAOK won 2–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Udinese	3–0	Widzew Łódź	Udine
	Bierhoff  2' Poggi  7' Locatelli  89'	Report

Udinese won 3–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Ajax	9–1	NK Maribor	Amsterdam
	Arveladze  1', 26' Litmanen  21' Witschge  37' Babangida  40' F. de Boer  63' McCarthy  79', 87' Oliseh  85'	Report	Ljubobratovic  83'

Ajax won 2–10 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Brøndby	2–3	Lyon	Brøndby
	Sand  5' Daugaard  10' (pen.)	Report	Giuly  15' (pen.) Job  80' Bardon  88'

Lyon won 7–3 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Dinamo Tbilisi	1–0	MPKC Mozyr	Tbilisi
	Aleksidze  73'	Report

Dinamo Tbilisi won 1–2 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Skonto	1–0	Real Valladolid	Riga
	Miholaps  6'	Report

Real Valladolid won 2–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Lazio	2–1	Vitória Guimarães	Rome
	Signori  40' Nedvěd  73'	Report	Paas  1'

Lazio won 6–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Rangers	1–2	Strasbourg	Glasgow
	Gattuso  11'	Report	Baticle  35' Zitelli  49'

Strasbourg won 4–2 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Alania Vladikavkaz	1–1	MTK Hungária	Vladikavkaz
	Moroz  17'	Report	Halmai  85'

MTK Hungária won 4–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997 16:00	Hajduk Split	2–3	Schalke 04	Stadion Poljud, Split Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)
	Vulić  20' Računica  34'	Report	Wilmots  21' Eijkelkamp  68', 73'

Schalke won 5–2 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Benfica	0–0	Bastia	Lisbon
		Report

Bastia won 1–0 on aggregate.

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15 October 1997	Spartak Moscow	5–1	Sion	Moscow
	Buznikin  6' Titov  34' Kechinov  41' Tikhonov  60' Romaschenko  83'	Report	Camadini  65'

Spartak Moscow won 1–6 on aggregate.
The 2nd leg finished 2–2 (Shirko, Alenichev – Lota 2x) on 30 September (Report), but had to be replayed because the goals were 8 cm short of the prescribed height.

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30 September 1997	Ferencvárosi TC	2–1	OFI Crete	Heraklion
	Nichenko  70' Horváth  85' (pen.)	Report	Nioplias  14'

OFI Crete won 4–2 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Sampdoria	San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Marc Batta (France)
	Larrazábal  40' (pen.) Ziganda  47'	Report

Athletic Bilbao won 4–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Aston Villa	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Bordeaux	Birmingham
	Milošević  111'	Report

Aston Villa won 0–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Fenerbahçe	1–2	Steaua Bucharest	Istanbul
	Bolić  63'	Report	Militaru  10' Ciocoiu  44'

Steaua Bucharest won 2–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Örebro	1–4	Rotor Volgograd	Örebro
	Karlsson  84'	Report	Niederhaus  25', 67' Zernov  40' Veretennikov  72'

Rotor Volgograd won 6–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	1860 Munich	6–1	FC Jazz	Munich
	Winkler  34', 71' Cerny  45' Böhme  50' Nowak  52' Hamann  68'	Report	Méndez  83'

1860 Munich won 1–7 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Bochum	5–3	Trabzonspor	Ruhrstadion, Bochum Attendance: 24.500 Referee: Miroslav Radoman (Yugoslavia)
	Stickroth  22' Yuran  44', 51' Dickhaut  60' Peschel  68'	Report	Missé-Missé  31' Ogün  73' Osman  78'

Bochum won 6–5 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Grasshoppers	0–5	Croatia Zagreb	Zürich
		Report	Cvitanović  25', 32', 89' Prosinečki  86' (pen.)

Croatia Zagreb won 9–4 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Braga	2–0	Vitesse	Arnhem
	Artur Jorge  14' (pen.), pen.'	Report

Braga won 2–3 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Hapoel Petah Tikva	1–1	Rapid Wien	Tel Aviv
	Kakoun  30' (pen.)	Report	Penksa  73'

Rapid Wien won 2–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Neuchâtel Xamax	0–2	Internazionale	Neuchâtel
		Report	Moriero  26' Ganz  69'

Internazionale won 4–0 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Liverpool	0–0	Celtic	Liverpool Attendance: 38,205
		Report

Celtic 2–2 Liverpool on aggregate. Liverpool won on away goals rule.

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30 September 1997	Metz	4–1	Excelsior Mouscron	Metz
	Rodriguez  4', 25' Kastendeuch  39' Gaillot  90'	Report	van Durme  10'

Metz won 1–6 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Lillestrøm	1–2	Twente	Lillestrøm
	Diallo  89' (pen.)	Report	Vennegoor of Hesselink  56' van Halst  90' (pen.)

Twente 2–2 Lillestrøm on aggregate. Twente won on away goals rule.

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30 September 1997	Club Brugge	3–0	Beitar Jerusalem	Brugge
	Jbari  66' Fadiga  70' Verheyen  81'	Report

Club Brugge won 2–4 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Leicester City	0–2	Atlético Madrid	Leicester
		Report	Juninho  72' Kiko  88'

Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Nantes Atlantique	0–1	AGF Aarhus	Aarhus
		Report	Piechnik  45'

AGF Aarhus won 3–2 on aggregate.

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30 September 1997	Anorthosis Famagusta	1–1	Karlsruhe	Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca Attendance: 9,000
	Mihajlović  12'	Report	Schepens  42'

Karlsruhe won 3–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Strasbourg	3–2	Liverpool	3–0	0–2
Internazionale	4–3	Lyon	1–2	3–1
Braga	5–0	Dinamo Tbilisi	4–0	1–0
Schalke 04	3–1	Anderlecht	1–0	2–1
Ajax	(a)2–2	Udinese	1–0	1–2
Club Brugge	2–4	Bochum	1–0	1–4
Metz	1–3	Karlsruhe	0–2	1–1
Spartak Moscow	4–1	Real Valladolid	2–0	2–1
MTK Hungária	1–2	Croatia Zagreb	1–0	0–2
Atlético Madrid	9–6	PAOK	5–2	4–4
Steaua Bucharest	(a)3–3	Bastia	1–0	2–3
Athletic Bilbao	1–2	Aston Villa	0–0	1–2
Rapid Wien	4–2	1860 Munich	3–0	1–2
Rotor Volgograd	0–3	Lazio	0–0	0–3
AGF Aarhus	1–1(a)	Twente	1–1	0–0
Auxerre	5–4	OFI Crete	3–1	2–3

First leg

21 October 1997	Strasbourg	3–0	Liverpool	Strasbourg Attendance: 18,813
	Zitelli  20', 62' Conteh  72'	Report

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21 October 1997	Internazionale	1–2	Lyon	Milan
	Ganz  69'	Report	Giuly  22' Caveglia  80' (pen.)

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21 October 1997	Braga	4–0	Dinamo Tbilisi	Braga
	Rodrigão  22' Toni  55' Karoglan  66' Bruno  77'	Report

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21 October 1997	Schalke 04	1–0	Anderlecht	Gelsenkirchen
	Thon  18'	Report

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21 October 1997	Ajax	1–0	Udinese	Amsterdam Referee: Urs Meier (Swiss)
	Dani  28'	Report

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21 October 1997	Club Brugge	1–0	Bochum	Olympic Stadium, Bruges Attendance: 13.000 Referee: Karol Ihring (Slovakia)
	Jbari  80'	Report

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21 October 1997	Metz	0–2	Karlsruhe	Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz Attendance: 14,000 Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)
		Report	Häßler  13', 39'

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21 October 1997	Spartak Moscow	2–0	Real Valladolid	Moscow
	Tikhonov  60' Titov  84'	Report

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21 October 1997	MTK Hungária	1–0	Croatia Zagreb	Budapest
	Lőrincz  82'	Report

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21 October 1997	Atlético Madrid	5–2	PAOK	Madrid
	Vieri  10', 31', 55' Lardín  12' Kiko  75'	Report	Frantzeskos  19' Marangos  65'

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21 October 1997	Steaua Bucharest	1–0	Bastia	Bucharest
	Hrib  66'	Report

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21 October 1997	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	Aston Villa	San Mamés, Bilbao Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)
		Report

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21 October 1997	Rapid Wien	3–0	1860 Munich	Vienna
	Stöger  45' (pen.) Schöttel  64' Penksa  82'	Report

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21 October 1997	Rotor Volgograd	0–0	Lazio	Central Stadium, Volgograd Attendance: 25,000
		Report

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21 October 1997	AGF Aarhus	1–1	Twente	Aarhus
	Mølby  41' (pen.)	Report	Sumiala  16'

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21 October 1997	Auxerre	3–1	OFI Crete	Auxerre
	Sibierski  15' Guivarc'h  61', 90'	Report	Nioplias  13'

Second leg

4 November 1997	Liverpool	2–0	Strasbourg	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 32,426
	Fowler  63' (pen.) Riedle  84'	Report

Strasbourg won 3–2 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	Lyon	1–3	Internazionale	Lyon
	Bąk  67'	Report	Moriero  9', 69' Cauet  46'

Internazionale won 4–3 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	Dinamo Tbilisi	0–1	Braga	Moscow
		Report	Toni  55'

Braga won 5–0 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	Anderlecht	1–2	Schalke 04	Brussel
	De Boeck  16'	Report	van Hoogdalem  59' Wilmots  66'

Schalke 04 won 3–1 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	Udinese	2–1	Ajax	Udine
	Poggi  25' Bierhoff  32'	Report	Arveladze  80'

Udinese 2–2 Ajax on aggregate. Ajax won on away goals rule.

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6 November 1997	Bochum	4–1	Club Brugge	Ruhrstadion, Bochum Attendance: 23.900 Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)
	Donkov  12' (pen.), 57' Yuran  83' Wosz  90'	Report	Jbari  37'

Bochum won 4–2 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	Karlsruhe	1–1	Metz	Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)
	Häßler  36'	Report	Boffin  10'

Karlsruhe won 3–1 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	Real Valladolid	1–2	Spartak Moscow	Valladolid
	Juan Carlos  90'	Report	Shirko  64', 87'

Spartak Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	Croatia Zagreb	2–0	MTK Hungária	Zagreb
	Prosinečki  12', 56'	Report

Croatia Zagreb won 1–2 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	PAOK	4–4	Atlético Madrid	Thessaloniki
	Frantzeskos  17' Olivares  55' Zagorakis  76' (pen.) Zouboulis  81'	Report	Lardín  2' Bogdanović  28' Santi  51' Kiko  90'

Atlético Madrid won 9–6 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	Bastia	3–2	Steaua Bucharest	Bastia
	Daye  52', 68' Mendy  80'	Report	Munteanu  14', 40'

Steaua Bucharest 3–3 Bastia on aggregate. Steaua Bucharest won on away goals rule.

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4 November 1997	Aston Villa	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 35,915 Referee: S. Piller (Hungary)
	Taylor  27' Yorke  50'	Report	González  70'

Aston Villa won 1–2 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	1860 Munich	2–1	Rapid Wien	Munich
	Borimirov  6' Winkler  23' (pen.)	Report	Zingler  70'

Rapid Wien won 4–2 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	Lazio	3–0	Rotor Volgograd	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
	Casiraghi  4' Mancini  34' Signori  89'	Report

Lazio won 3–0 on aggregate.

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4 November 1997	Twente	0–0	AGF Aarhus	Enschede
		Report

AGF Aarhus 1–1 Twente on aggregate. Twente won on away goals rule.

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4 November 1997	OFI Crete	3–2	Auxerre	Heraklion
	Papadopoulos  57', 75' (pen.) Anastasiou  90'	Report	Guivarc'h  37' Deniaud  60'

Auxerre won 5–4 on aggregate.

Third round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Strasbourg	2–3	Internazionale	2–0	0–3
Braga	0–2	Schalke 04	0–0	0–2
Ajax	6–4	Bochum	4–2	2–2
Karlsruhe	0–1	Spartak Moscow	0–0	0–1(aet)
Croatia Zagreb	1–2	Atlético Madrid	1–1	0–1
Steaua Bucharest	2–3	Aston Villa	2–1	0–2
Rapid Wien	0–3	Lazio	0–2	0–1
Twente	0–3	Auxerre	0–1	0–2

First leg

25 November 1997	Strasbourg	2–0	Internazionale	Strasbourg
	Baticle  11' Ismaël  19'	Report

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25 November 1997	Braga	0–0	Schalke 04	Braga
		Report

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25 November 1997	Ajax	4–2	Bochum	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
	Laudrup  34', 36' Arveladze  38' F. de Boer  45'	Report	Reis  20' Wałdoch  24'

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25 November 1997	Karlsruhe	0–0	Spartak Moscow	Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)
		Report

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25 November 1997	Croatia Zagreb	1–1	Atlético Madrid	Zagreb
	Mujčin  2'	Report	Caminero  61'

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25 November 1997	Steaua Bucharest	2–1	Aston Villa	Ghencea Stadium, Bucharest Attendance: 24.000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
	Cristian Ciocoiu  30', 32'	Report	Yorke  54'

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25 November 1997	Rapid Wien	0–2	Lazio	Vienna
		Report	Casiraghi  38' Mancini  62'

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25 November 1997	Twente	0–1	Auxerre	Enschede
		Report	Diomède  70'

Second leg

9 December 1997	Internazionale	3–0	Strasbourg	San Siro, Milan
	Ronaldo  27' Zanetti  48' Simeone  73'	Report

Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.

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9 December 1997	Schalke 04	2–0	Braga	Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
	Max  46' Eijkelkamp  63'	Report

Schalke 04 won 0–2 on aggregate.

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11 December 1997	Bochum	2–2	Ajax	Ruhrstadion, Bochum Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Claude Colombo (France)
	Hofmann  59' Mamić  70'	Report	Arveladze  51' Dani  73'

Ajax won 6–4 on aggregate.

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9 December 1997	Spartak Moscow	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Karlsruhe	Luzhniki Stadium, [Moscow Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Amand Ancion (Belgium)
	Shirko  109'	Report

Spartak Moscow won 1–0 on aggregate.

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9 December 1997	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Croatia Zagreb	Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid
	Caminero  44'	Report

Atlético Madrid won 1–2 on aggregate.

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9 December 1997	Aston Villa	2–0	Steaua Bucharest	Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 35.102 Referee: Bernard Heynemann (Germany)
	Milošević  71' Taylor  85'	Report

Aston Villa won 2–3 on aggregate.

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9 December 1997	Lazio	1–0	Rapid Wien	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
	Venturin  86'	Report

Lazio won 3–0 on aggregate.

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9 December 1997	Auxerre	2–0	Twente	Auxerre
	Diomède  3' Guivarc'h  82' (pen.)	Report

Auxerre won 0–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Internazionale	2–1	Schalke 04	1–0	1–1(aet)
Ajax	1–4	Spartak Moscow	1–3	0–1
Atlético Madrid	(a)2–2	Aston Villa	1–0	1–2
Lazio	3–2	Auxerre	1–0	2–2

First leg

3 March 1998	Internazionale	1–0	Schalke 04	San Siro, Milan Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
	Ronaldo  17'	Report

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3 March 1998	Ajax	1–3	Spartak Moscow	Amsterdam
	Arveladze  57'	Report	Shirko  26', 52' Kechinov  84'

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3 March 1998	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Aston Villa	Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)
	Vieri  42' (pen.)	Report

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3 March 1998	Lazio	1–0	Auxerre	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)
	Casiraghi  64'	Report

Second leg

17 March 1998	Schalke 04	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Internazionale	Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
	Goossens  90'	Report	West  91'

Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.

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17 March 1998	Spartak Moscow	1–0	Ajax	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
	Shirko  85'	Report

Spartak Moscow won 1–4 on aggregate.

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17 March 1998	Aston Villa	2–1	Atlético Madrid	Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 39,163 Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
	Taylor  72' Collymore  74'	Report	Caminero  29'

Atlético Madrid 2–2 Aston Villa on aggregate. Atlético Madrid won on away goals rule.

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17 March 1998	Auxerre	2–2	Lazio	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)
	Guivarc'h  39', 81'	Report	Mancini  8' (pen.) Gottardi  13'

Lazio won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Internazionale	4–2	Spartak Moscow	2–1	2–1
Atlético Madrid	0–1	Lazio	0–1	0–0

First leg

31 March 1998	Internazionale	2–1	Spartak Moscow	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 57,803 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Zamorano  45' Zé Elias  89'	Report	Alenichev  48'

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31 March 1998	Atlético Madrid	0–1	Lazio	Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Paul Durkin (England)
		Report	Jugović  33'

Second leg

14 April 1998	Spartak Moscow	1–2	Internazionale	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
	Tikhonov  12'	Report	Ronaldo  45', 75'

Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.

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14 April 1998	Lazio	0–0	Atlético Madrid	Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 40,000 Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)
		Report

Lazio won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article:1998 UEFA Cup Final

6 May 1998 20:45	Lazio	0–3	Internazionale	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 44,412 Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)
		Report	Zamorano  5' Zanetti  60' Ronaldo  70'

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Stéphane Guivarc'h	Auxerre	7
2	Gary McSwegan	Dundee United	6
	Ronaldo	Internazionale	6
	Aleksandr Shirko	Spartak Moscow	6
	Robbie Winters	Dundee United	6
	Shota Arveladze	Ajax	6
6	Mamadou Diallo	Lillestrøm	5
	Nordin Jbari	Club Brugge	5
	Robert Prosinečki	Croatia Zagreb	5
	Oleg Veretennikov	Rotor Volgograd	5
	Christian Vieri	Atlético Madrid	5
12	Gérald Baticle	Strasbourg	4
	Pierluigi Casiraghi	Lazio	4
	Igor Cvitanović	Croatia Zagreb	4
	Kostas Frantzeskos	PAOK	4
	Zoltán Kovács	Újpest	4
	Nikos Papadopoulos	OFI Crete	4
	Liazid Sandjak	Neuchâtel Xamax	4
	Volodymyr Sharan	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	4

External links

• UEFA Europa League (official website)

Template:1998–99 in European football (UEFA)