1997–98 Udinese Calcio season

Udinese Calcio
1997–98 season
Chairman	Giampaolo Pozzo
Manager	Alberto Zaccheroni
Serie A	3rd
UEFA Cup	Last 32
Coppa Italia	Last 16
Top goalscorer	Oliver Bierhoff (27)

Udinese Calcio sensationally finished third in Serie A, much due to Oliver Bierhoff being in the form of his life, scoring 27 goals in a league season consisting of just 34 matches. Bierhoff, coach Alberto Zaccheroni and winger Thomas Helveg all left for Milan at the end of the season, ensuring Udinese had much work to do to maintain its level.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Luigi Turci
Giorgio Frezzolini
Massimiliano Canato

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Serie A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	34	21	11	2	67	28	+39	74	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Internazionale	34	21	6	7	62	27	+35	69	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Udinese	34	19	7	8	62	40	+22	64	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Roma	34	16	11	7	67	42	+25	59
5	Fiorentina	34	15	12	7	65	36	+29	57[lower-alpha 1]

Source: 1997–98 Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[1]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

Fiorentina finished ahead of Parma on head-to-head points: FIO 1–1 PAR; PAR 1–2 FIO.

Matches

1	Udinese	2–3	Fiorentina
	Márcio Amoroso (29)Paolo Poggi (73)		Gabriel Batistuta (59)Gabriel Batistuta (89)Gabriel Batistuta (90 + 3)

2	Lecce	1–2	Udinese
	Francesco Palmieri (60)		Jonathan Bachini (1)Tomas Locatelli (59)

3	Udinese	2–1	Milan
	Oliver Bierhoff (25)Oliver Bierhoff (85)		Patrick Kluivert (4)

4	Parma	4–0	Udinese
	Hernán Crespo (32) 2–0 Néstor Sensini (83) 3–0 Filippo Maniero (86) 4–0 Pietro Strada (89 pen)

5	Udinese	3–2	Sampdoria	Udine
	Calori 8' Bierhoff 35' Pierini 47'		Montella 26' Boghossian 39'	Stadium: Friuli Referee: Piero Ceccarini

6	Udinese	2–2	Empoli
	Márcio Amoroso (29)Massimiliano Cappioli (85)		Giovanni Martusciello (4)Alessandro Calori (35 og)

7	Juventus	4–1	Udinese
	Antonio Conte (36) 2–1 Filippo Inzaghi (68) 3–1 Alessandro Del Piero (72 pen) 4–1 Nicola Amoruso (89)		Tomas Locatelli (14)

8	Udinese	2–0	Piacenza
	Paolo Poggi (45)Oliver Bierhoff (86 pen)

9	Brescia	0–4	Udinese
			Oliver Bierhoff (55) 0–2 Paolo Poggi (83) 0–3 Oliver Bierhoff (90 + 2) 0–4 Johan Walem (90 + 4)

10	Lazio	2–3	Udinese
	Diego Fuser (31)Paolo Negro (41)		Paolo Poggi (32)Massimiliano Cappioli (73)Márcio Amoroso (84)

11	Udinese	4–3	Bologna	Udine
	Oliver Bierhoff (13)Márcio Amoroso (36)Paolo Poggi (67) Oliver Bierhoff (81)		Kennet Andersson (27)Carlo Nervo (42)Igor Kolyvanov (85)	Stadium: Friuli

12

Bari

0–0

Udinese

13	Udinese	1–0	Inter	Udine
	Oliver Bierhoff (90 + 1)			Stadium: Friuli

14	Roma	1–2	Udinese
	Abel Balbo (59 pen)		Oliver Bierhoff (49) 0–2 Oliver Bierhoff (56)

15	Udinese	1–1	Napoli	Udine
	Bertrand Crasson (90 + 2 og)		Claudio Bellucci (27)	Stadium: Friuli

16	Atalanta	1–1	Udinese
	Fabio Gallo (9)		Oliver Bierhoff (49)

17	Udinese	3–0	Vicenza	Udine
	Oliver Bierhoff (20) 2–0 Oliver Bierhoff (37) 3–0 Tomas Locatelli (44)			Stadium: Friuli

18	Fiorentina	1–0	Udinese
	Luis Oliveira (75)

19	Udinese	v	Lecce	Udine
	Jean-Pierre Cyprien (21 og) 2–0 Oliver Bierhoff (38) 3–0 Oliver Bierhoff (48) 4–0 Paolo Poggi (58 pen) 5–0 Paolo Poggi (66) 6–0 Giuliano Giannichedda (89)			Stadium: Friuli

20

Milan

0–0

Udinese

21	Udinese	1–1	Parma	Udine
	Oliver Bierhoff (80)		Hernán Crespo (33)	Stadium: Friuli

22	Sampdoria	0–3	Udinese
			Martin Jørgensen (36) 0–2 Martin Jørgensen (60 pen) 0–3 Francesco Statuto (86)

23	Empoli	1–0	Udinese
	Carmine Esposito (35 pen)

24	Udinese	1–1	Juventus	Udine
	Jonathan Bachini (76)		Alessandro Del Piero (89)	Stadium: Friuli

25	Piacenza	0–2	Udinese
			Oliver Bierhoff (18 pen)Paolo Poggi (27)

26	Udinese	3–1	Brescia	Udine
	Oliver Bierhoff (41) 2–0 Johan Walem (49)Aimo Diana (83 og)		Ivan Javorčić (78)	Stadium: Friuli

27	Udinese	0–2	Lazio	Udine
			Roberto Mancini (33)Diego Fuser (57)	Stadium: Friuli

28	Bologna	2–0	Udinese
	Igor Shalimov (1) 2–0 Igor Kolyvanov (4 pen)

29	Udinese	2–0	Bari	Udine
	Oliver Bierhoff (54) 2–0 Oliver Bierhoff (59)			Stadium: Friuli

30	Inter	2–0	Udinese
	Youri Djorkaeff (80) 2–0 Ronaldo (85)

31	Udinese	4–2	Roma	Udine
	Oliver Bierhoff (23)Alessandro Calori (59)Paolo Poggi (74) 4–2 Oliver Bierhoff (89)		Francesco Totti (45)Francesco Totti (73)	Stadium: Friuli

32	Napoli	1–3	Udinese
	Francesco Turrini (12 pen)		Paolo Poggi (4)Oliver Bierhoff (45) 1–3 Oliver Bierhoff (87)

33	Udinese	1–0	Atalanta	Udine
	Alessandro Calori (90 + 4)			Stadium: Friuli

34	Vicenza	1–3	Udinese
	Giacomo Dicara (15)		Márcio Amoroso (1)Oliver Bierhoff (31) 1–3 Oliver Bierhoff (38)

Topscorers

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References

Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

Sources

RSSSF – Italy 1997/98

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[table_hth_FIO0.63678911078572-1] Fiorentina finished ahead of Parma on head-to-head points: FIO 1–1 PAR; PAR 1–2 FIO.

[2] Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.