Vicenza Calcio
1997–98 season
ManagerItaly Francesco Guidolin
Serie A14th
Coppa ItaliaRound of 32
Supercoppa ItalianaRunners-up
Cup Winners' CupSemi-finals

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

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 Italy ITA Paolo Pasqualin
3 DF Italy ITA Francesco Coco (on loan from Milan)
4 MF Italy ITA Domenico Di Carlo
5 DF Italy ITA Davide Belotti
6 MF Italy ITA Roberto Baronio (on loan from Lazio)
7 MF Italy ITA Marco Schenardi
8 DF Uruguay URU Gustavo Méndez
9 FW Italy ITA Pasquale Luiso
10 MF Italy ITA Fabio Viviani
12 GK Italy ITA Roberto Verdi
13 MF Italy ITA Fabio Firmani
14 MF Italy ITA Lamberto Zauli
15 MF Italy ITA Massimo Ambrosini (on loan from Milan)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Italy ITA Massimo Beghetto
17 DF Italy ITA Sebastiano Sapienza
18 DF Italy ITA Giacomo Dicara
19 FW Uruguay URU Marcelo Otero
20 FW Italy ITA Arturo Di Napoli
21 DF Italy ITA Lorenzo Stovini
22 GK Italy ITA Pierluigi Brivio
23 MF Italy ITA Gabriele Ambrosetti
24 DF Uruguay URU Ricardo Canals
26 GK Italy ITA Davide Falcioni
27 MF Italy ITA Riccardo Maspero
28 DF Italy 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 Italy ITA Luca Mondini (to Treviso)
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW Italy 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 1 Sampdoria 2-1 Vicenza Genova
Boghossian 10'
Tovalieri 85'
Di Napoli 53' Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi
14 September 1997 2 Vicenza 3-2 Piacenza Vicenza
Di Carlo 32'pen
Luiso 51'
Di Napoli 60'
Tramezzani 29'pen
Valtolina 69'
Stadium: Romeo Menti
21 September 1997 3 Vicenza 1-1 Napoli Vicenza
Di Napoli 17' Turrini 18' Stadium: Romeo Menti
28 September 1997 4 Milan 0-1 Vicenza Milan
Report 45' Di Napoli Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 53.672
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
5 October 1997 5 Vicenza 0-0 Parma Vicenza
15:30 Report Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 16.806
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
19 October 1997 6 Brescia 4-0 Vicenza Brescia
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 7 Atalanta 1-3 Vicenza Bergamo
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 8 Vicenza 3-2 Bologna Vicenza
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 9 Roma 2-2 Vicenza Roma
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 10 Vicenza 1-3 Internazionale Vicenza
14:30 Ambrosini 59' Report 33', 39' Simeone
68' Ronaldo
Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 19 612
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange
7 December 1997 11 Lecce 0-1 Vicenza Lecce
14:30 Report 81' Luiso Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 13.966
Referee: Massimo De Santis
14 December 1997 12 Vicenza 1-5 Fiorentina Vicenza
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 13 Lazio 4-0 Vicenza Roma
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 14 Vicenza 1-2 Bari Vicenza
14:30 Luiso 28' Report 40' Masinga
65' Zambrotta
Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 15.729
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
11 January 1998 15 Juventus 2-0 Vicenza Torino
14:30 Del Piero 27' (rig.)
Ferrara 76'
Report Stadium: Stadio Delle Alpi
Attendance: 42 036
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
18 January 1998 16 Vicenza 1-0 Empoli Vicenza
14:30 Luiso 89'} Report Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 18 955
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
25 January 1998 17 Udinese 3-0 Vicenza Udine
14:30 Bierhoff 20', 37'
Locatelli 44'
Report Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 23 096
Referee: Massimo De Santis
1 February 1998 18 Vicenza 1-1 Sampdoria Vicenza
Zauli 27' Report 18' Veron Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 15 518
Referee: Robert Boggi
8 February 1998 19 Piacenza 1-1 Vicenza Piacenza
14:30 Murgita 57' Report Zauli 47' Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli
Attendance: 15 518
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
11 February 1998 20 Napoli 2-0 Vicenza Napoli
20:30 Turrini 43' (rig.)
Stojak 47'
Report Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 31 085
Referee: Stefano Braschi
15 February 1998 21 Vicenza 1-4 Milan Vicenza
15:00 Otero 54' Report 3', 82' Kluivert
8' Ganz
73' Maniero
Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 16 141
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto
22 February 1998 22 Parma 2-1 Vicenza Parma
Stanic 63'
Chiesa 72'pen
Report Ambrosetti 59' Stadium: Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 19.537
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
1 March 1998 23 Vicenza 2-1 Brescia Vicenza
15:00 Dicara 12'
Dicara 85'
Report 71' A. Filippini Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 16 139
Referee: Piero Ceccarini
8 March 1998 24 Vicenza 1-0 Atalanta Vicenza
15:00 Di Napoli 83' Report Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 17 548
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
14 March 1998 25 Bologna 3-1 Vicenza Bologna
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 26 Vicenza 1-1 Roma Vicenza
15:00 Luiso 24' Report 12' Balbo Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 16.904
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
28 March 1998 27 Internazionale 2-1 Vicenza Milan
15:00 Simeone 67'
Ronaldo 95'pen
Report Zauli 82' Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Attendance: 64 674
Referee: Domenico Messina
5 April 1998 28 Vicenza 1-3 Lecce Vicenza
16:00 Luiso 88' Report 29' Palmieri
55'Palmieri
95' Piangerelli
Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 17 857
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
11 April 1998 29 Fiorentina 1-1 Vicenza Firenze
Luis Oliveira 33' Report Mendez 11' Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 33.342
Referee: Livio Bazzoli
19 April 1998 30 Vicenza 2-1 Lazio Vicenza
16:00 Zauli 27'
Luiso 54'
Report 48' Mancini Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 17 622
Referee: Stefano Braschi
26 April 1998 31 Bari 0-0 Vicenza Bari
16:00 Report Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
Attendance: 17.942
Referee: Robert Boggi
3 May 1998 32 Vicenza 0-0 Juventus Vicenza
16:00 Report Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 19 852
Referee: Graziano Cesari
10 May 1998 33 Empoli 3-2 Vicenza Empoli
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 34 Vicenza 1-3 Udinese Vicenza
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 Vicenza 2-0 PolandLegia Warsaw Vicenza
20:45 Luiso 10'
Ambrosetti 24'
Report Stadium: Romeo Menti
Attendance: 10,081
Referee: GermanyHermann Albrecht
2 October 1997 PolandLegia Warsaw 1-1 Vicenza Warsaw
20:45 Jacek Kacprzak 57' Report 86' Lamberto Zauli Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego
Attendance: 8 000
Referee: SloveniaMilan Mitrovic

Eightfinals

23 October 1997 UkraineShakhtar Donetsk 1-3 Vicenza Donetsk
20:00 Hennadiy Zubov 56' Report 1', 89' Pasquale Luiso
49' Massimo Beghetto
Stadium: Stadio Shakhtar
Attendance: 30.000
Referee: FrancePascal Garibian
6 November 1997 Vicenza 2-1 UkraineShakhtar Donetsk Vicenza
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 NetherlandsRoda JC 1-4 Vicenza Kerkrade
20:45 Bob Peeters 73' Report 17', 40' Pasquale Luiso
29' Davide Belotti
67' Marcelo Otero
Stadium: Stadio Sportpark Kaalheide
Attendance: 14 000
Referee: Czech RepublicVaclav Krondl
19 March 1998 Vicenza 5-0 NetherlandsRoda JC Vicenza
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: ScotlandHugh Dallas

Semifinals

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

References

  1. "FootballSquads - Vicenza - 1997/98".
  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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