1997–98 Vicenza Calcio season

During the 1997-98 season Vicenza competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Vicenza Calcio
1997–98 season
Manager Francesco Guidolin
Serie A14th
Coppa ItaliaRunners-up
Supercoppa ItalianaRunners-up
Cup Winners' CupSemi-finals

Season summary

Vicenza reached the semi-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup. They only avoided relegation by one point.

Kit

Vicenza's kit was manufactured by Lotto and sponsored by Pal Zileri.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  ITA Paolo Pasqualin
3 DF  ITA Francesco Coco (on loan from Milan)
4 MF  ITA Domenico Di Carlo
5 DF  ITA Davide Belotti
6 MF  ITA Roberto Baronio (on loan from Lazio)
7 MF  ITA Marco Schenardi
8 DF  URU Gustavo Méndez
9 FW  ITA Pasquale Luiso
10 MF  ITA Fabio Viviani
12 GK  ITA Roberto Verdi
13 MF  ITA Fabio Firmani
14 MF  ITA Lamberto Zauli
15 MF  ITA Massimo Ambrosini (on loan from Milan)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF  ITA Massimo Beghetto
17 DF  ITA Sebastiano Sapienza
18 DF  ITA Giacomo Dicara
19 FW  URU Marcelo Otero
20 FW  ITA Arturo Di Napoli
21 DF  ITA Lorenzo Stovini
22 GK  ITA Pierluigi Brivio
23 MF  ITA Gabriele Ambrosetti
24 DF  URU Ricardo Canals
26 GK  ITA Davide Falcioni
27 MF  ITA Riccardo Maspero
28 DF  ITA Mirko Conte

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ITA Luca Mondini (to Treviso)
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW  ITA Alessandro Iannuzzi (to Lecce)

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
12 Piacenza 34 7 16 11 29 38 9 37
13 Empoli 34 10 7 17 50 58 8 37
14 Vicenza 34 9 9 16 36 61 25 36
15 Brescia (R) 34 9 8 17 45 63 18 35 Relegation to Serie B
16 Atalanta (R) 34 7 11 16 25 48 23 32
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).[2]
(R) Relegated.

Matches

31 August 1997 1Sampdoria2-1VicenzaGenova
Boghossian 10'
Tovalieri 85'
Di Napoli 53' Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
14 September 1997 2Vicenza3-2PiacenzaVicenza
Di Carlo 32'pen
Luiso 51'
Di Napoli 60'
Tramezzani 29'pen
Valtolina 69'
Stadium: Romeo Menti
21 September 1997 3Vicenza1-1NapoliVicenza
Di Napoli 17' Turrini 18' Stadium: Romeo Menti
28 september 1997 4Milan0-1VicenzaMilano
Report  45' Di Napoli Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 53.672
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
5 october 1997 5Vicenza0-0ParmaVicenza
15:30 Report Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 16.806
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
19 october 1997 6Brescia4-0VicenzaBrescia
15:30 Neri  45+2' (rig.), 69'
Hübner  65'
Pirlo  79'
Report Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Attendance: 13 550
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
2 november 1997 7Atalanta1-3VicenzaBergamo
14:30 Sgro  27' Report  43', 65' Ambrosetti
 68' (aut.) Englaro
Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 16 741
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
9 november 1997 8Vicenza3-2BolognaVicenza
14:30 Di Carlo  9' (rig.)
Otero  64'
Schenardi  85'
Report  35' Marocchi
 56' Baggio
Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 15.213
Referee: Pier Paolo Rossi
23 november 1997 9Roma2-2VicenzaRoma
Balbo  28'
Paulo Sergio  44'
Report  1' Luiso
 45+2' Ambrosetti
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Roma
Attendance: 48 552
Referee: Graziano Cesari
30 november 1997 10Vicenza1-3InternazionaleVicenza
14:30 Ambrosini  59' Report  33', 39' Simeone
 68' Ronaldo
Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 19 612
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
7 december 1997 11Lecce0-1VicenzaLecce
14:30 Report  81' Luiso Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 13.966
Referee: Massimo De Santis
14 december 1997 12Vicenza1-5FiorentinaVicenza
20:30 Di Napoli  81' Report  7', 54' Luis Oliveira
 43' Batistuta
 59' Serena
 65'Schwarz
Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 15 944
Referee: Gennaro Borriello
21 december 1997 13Lazio4-0VicenzaRoma
14:30 Casiraghi  7'
Fuser  63'
Venturin  70'
Boksic  91'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Roma
Attendance: 37 201
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
4 January 1998 14Vicenza1-2BariVicenza
14:30 Luiso 28' Report  40' Masinga
 65' Zambrotta
Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 15.729
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
11 January 1998 15Juventus2-0VicenzaTorino
14:30 Del Piero  27' (rig.)
Ferrara  76'
Report Stadium: Stadio Delle Alpi
Attendance: 42 036
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
18 January 1998 16Vicenza1-0EmpoliVicenza
14:30 Luiso 89'} Report Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 18 955
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
25 January 1998 17Udinese3-0VicenzaUdine
14:30 Bierhoff  20', 37'
Locatelli  44'
Report Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 23 096
Referee: Massimo De Santis
1 February 1998 18Vicenza1-1SampdoriaVicenza
Zauli 27' Report  18' Veron Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 15 518
Referee: Robert Boggi
8 February 1998 19Piacenza1-1VicenzaPiacenza
14:30 Murgita  57' Report Zauli 47' Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli
Attendance: 15 518
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
11 February 1998 20Napoli2-0VicenzaNapoli
20:30 Turrini  43' (rig.)
Stojak  47'
Report Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 31 085
Referee: Stefano Braschi
15 February 1998 21Vicenza1-4MilanVicenza
15:00 Otero 54' Report  3', 82' Kluivert
 8' Ganz
 73' Maniero
Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 16 141
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto
22 February 1998 22Parma2-1VicenzaParma
Stanic  63'
Chiesa  72'pen
Report Ambrosetti 59' Stadium: Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 19.537
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
1 March 1998 23Vicenza2-1BresciaVicenza
15:00 Dicara 12'
Dicara 85'
Report  71' A. Filippini Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 16 139
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
8 March 1998 24Vicenza1-0AtalantaVicenza
15:00 Di Napoli 83' Report Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 17 548
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
14 March 1998 25Bologna3-1VicenzaBologna
15:00 Andersson  18', 45+1'
Kolyvanov  39'
Report Zauli 33' Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 32 076
Referee: Stefano Farina
22 March 1998 26Vicenza1-1RomaVicenza
15:00 Luiso 24' Report  12' Balbo Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 16.904
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
28 March 1998 27Internazionale2-1VicenzaMilano
15:00 Simeone  67'
Ronaldo  95'pen
Report Zauli 82' Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 64 674
Referee: Domenico Messina
5 April 1998 28Vicenza1-3LecceVicenza
16:00 Luiso 88' Report  29' Palmieri
 55'Palmieri
 95' Piangerelli
Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 17 857
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
11 April 1998 29Fiorentina1-1VicenzaFirenze
Luis Oliveira  33' Report Mendez 11' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 33.342
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
19 April 1998 30Vicenza2-1LazioVicenza
16:00 Zauli 27'
Luiso 54'
Report  48' Mancini Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 17 622
Referee: Stefano Braschi
26 April 1998 31Bari0-0VicenzaBari
16:00 Report Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Attendance: 17.942
Referee: Robert Boggi
3 May 1998 32Vicenza0-0JuventusVicenza
16:00 Report Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 19 852
Referee: Graziano Cesari
10 May 1998 33Empoli3-2VicenzaEmpoli
16:00 Esposito  60'pen
Bonomi  76'
Baldini  93'
Report Ambrosetti 31'
Schenardi 87'pen
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 19 063
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
16 May 1998 34Vicenza1-3UdineseVicenza
16:30 Dicara 15' Report  1' Amoroso
 31' Bierhoff
Bierhoff 38'
Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 18 517
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

18 September 1997 Vicenza2-0Legia WarsawVicenza
20:45 Luiso  10'
Ambrosetti  24'
Report Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 10,081
Referee: Hermann Albrecht
2 October 1997 Legia Warsaw1-1VicenzaWarsaw
20:45 Jacek Kacprzak  57' Report  86' Lamberto Zauli Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego
Attendance: 8 000
Referee: Milan Mitrovic

Eightfinals

23 October 1997 Shakhtar Donetsk1-3VicenzaDonetsk
20:00 Hennadiy Zubov  56' Report  1', 89' Pasquale Luiso
 49' Massimo Beghetto
Stadium: Stadio Shakhtar
Attendance: 30.000
Referee: Pascal Garibian
6 November 1997 Vicenza2-1Shakhtar DonetskVicenza
20:45 Pasquale Luiso  24'
Fabio Viviani  70'
Report  59' Serhiy Atelkin Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 9 544
Referee: Roy Helge OlsenNOR

Quarterfinals

5 March 1998 Roda JC1-4VicenzaKerkrade
20:45 Bob Peeters  73' Report  17', 40' Pasquale Luiso
 29' Davide Belotti
 67' Marcelo Otero
Stadium: Stadio Sportpark Kaalheide
Attendance: 14 000
Referee: Vaclav Krondl
19 March 1998 Vicenza5-0Roda JCVicenza
20:45 Pasquale Luiso  4'
Fabio Firmani  24'
Gustavo Mendez  38'
Gabriele Ambrosetti  42'
Lamberto Zauli  47'
Report Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti
Attendance: 14 362
Referee: Hugh Dallas

Semifinals

2 April 1997 Vicenza1-0ChelseaVicenza
20:45 Zauli  16' Report Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti
Attendance: 19 319
Referee: Manuel Diaz Vega
16 April 1998 Chelsea3-1
(3-2 agg.)
VicenzaLondon
20:45 Gustavo Poyet  34'
Gianfranco Zola  50'
Mark Hughes  76'
Report  32' Pasquale Luiso Stadium: Stadio Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 33 810
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References

  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/italy/1997-1998/seriea/vicenza.htm
  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.
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