1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

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1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates14 August 1997 – 13 May 1998
Teams32 (first round)
47 (qualifying round)
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Chelsea (2nd title)
Runners-upGermany VfB Stuttgart
Tournament statistics
Matches played91
Goals scored272 (2.99 per match)
Attendance826,944 (9,087 per match)
Top scorer(s)Pasquale Luiso (Vicenza)
8 goals

The 1997–98 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup club football tournament was won by Chelsea in the final against Stuttgart.

Teams

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Location of teams competing in the 1997-98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round.
Yellow: Did not qualify from qualifying round; Red: Qualified for first round.
First round
Italy Vicenza Spain Real Betis France Nice Germany VfB Stuttgart
Netherlands Roda Portugal Boavista England Chelsea Turkey Kocaelispor
Greece AEK Athens Austria Sturm Graz Russia Lokomotiv Moscow Belgium Germinal Ekeren
Denmark Copenhagen Sweden AIK Norway Tromsø Czech Republic Slavia Prague
Switzerland Luzern
Qualifying round
Poland Legia Warsaw Scotland Kilmarnock Romania Național București Croatia NK Zagreb
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Cyprus APOEL Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hungary BVSC
Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi Slovakia Slovan Bratislava Latvia Dinaburg Slovenia Primorje
Finland HJK Belarus Belshina Bobruisk Iceland ÍBV Bulgaria Levski Sofia
North Macedonia Sloga Jugomagnat Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius Moldova Zimbru Chișinău Northern Ireland Glenavon
Liechtenstein Balzers Wales Cwmbrân Town Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade Estonia Tallinna Sadam
Malta Hibernians Republic of Ireland Shelbourne Armenia Ararat Yerevan Luxembourg Union Luxembourg
Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn Azerbaijan Kapaz

Qualifying round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
HB Tórshavn Faroe Islands 1–7 Cyprus APOEL 1–1 0–6
Hibernians Malta 0–4 Iceland ÍBV 0–1 0–3
Glenavon Northern Ireland 1–5 Poland Legia Warsaw 1–1 0–4
Cwmbrân Town Wales 2–12 Romania Național București 2–5 0–7
Žalgiris Vilnius Lithuania 1–2 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva 0–0 1–2 (aet)
Zimbru Chișinău Moldova 1–4 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 1–1 0–3
Dinaburg Latvia 2–0 Azerbaijan Kapaz 1–0 1–0
Kilmarnock Scotland 3–2 Republic of Ireland Shelbourne 2–1 1–1
HJK Finland 1–3 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 1–0 0–3
Sloga Jugomagnat North Macedonia 1–4 Croatia NK Zagreb 1–2 0–2
Balzers Liechtenstein 1–5 Hungary BVSC 1–3 0–2
Tallinna Sadam Estonia 2–5 Belarus Belshina Bobruisk 1–1 1–4
Primorje Slovenia 3–0 Luxembourg Union Luxembourg 2–0 1–0
Levski Sofia Bulgaria 2–3 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 1–1 1–2
Dinamo Batumi Georgia (country) 2–31 Armenia Ararat Yerevan 0–3 2–0
Notes
  • Note 1: Ararat Yerevan were awarded a 3–0 win in the qualifying round first leg after Dinamo Batumi were found guilty of fielding an ineligible player — Sotogashvili. The match originally ended as a 4–2 win for Dinamo Batumi.

First leg

HB Tórshavn Faroe Islands1–1Cyprus APOEL
Arge 19' Lineups Alexandrou 40'
Attendance: 62
Referee: Oleg Timofejev (Estonia)
Hibernians Malta0–1Iceland ÍBV
Lineups Guðmundsson 70'
Attendance: 631[1]
Glenavon Northern Ireland1–1Poland Legia Warsaw
Tony Grant (Irish footballer) 59' Lineups Sokołowski 33'
Attendance: 1,075[2]
Referee: Juan Fernández Marin (Spain)
Cwmbrân Town Wales2–5Romania Național București
Parfitt 75' (pen.)
Townsend 83'		 Lineups Vasc 31'
Niculescu 47', 61'
Liță 76', 80'
Attendance: 1,800[3]
Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Belarus)
Žalgiris Vilnius Lithuania0–0Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Lineups
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Morgan Norman (Sweden)
Zimbru Chișinău Moldova1–1Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Zghura 72' Lineups Atelkin 45'
Attendance: 2,500[4]
Dinaburg Latvia1–0Azerbaijan Kapaz
Tarasovs 36' Lineups
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Alan Howells (Wales)
Kilmarnock Scotland2–1Republic of Ireland Shelbourne
Wright 66' (pen.), 90' Lineups Rutherford 12'
Attendance: 9,041
HJK Finland1–0Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Helin 58' Lineups
Attendance: 5,140
Sloga Jugomagnat North Macedonia1–2Croatia NK Zagreb
Petkov 60' Lineups Bule 65'
Čižmek 90'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland)
Balzers Liechtenstein1–3Hungary BVSC Budapest
Wörnhard 38' Lineups Telser 50' (o.g.)
Füzi 76'
Csordás 84'
Attendance: 660
Referee: Ante Kulušić (Croatia)
Tallinna Sadam Estonia1–1Belarus Belshina Bobruisk
Olumets 48' Lineups Khripach 19'
Attendance: 332[5]
Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
Primorje Slovenia2–0Luxembourg Union Luxembourg
Sabadin 37'
Ščulac 85' (pen.)		 Lineups
Attendance: 1,200[6]
Referee: Roland Beck (Liechtenstein)
Levski Sofia Bulgaria1–1Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
G. Ivanov 18' Lineups Novák 64'
Attendance: 14,373[7]
Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)
Dinamo Batumi Georgia (country)0–3
Awarded1		Armenia Ararat Yerevan
Guchua 25', 31'
Glonti 78'
Shekiladze 90'		 Lineups Ter-Petrosyan 59'
Nazaryan 81'
Attendance: 4,500[8]
Referee: Manfred Schüttengruber (Austria)

Second leg

APOEL Cyprus6–0Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn
Hörtnagl 15', 21'
Sotiriou 52'
Ioannou 77', 79'
Fasouliotis 81'		 Lineups
Attendance: 3,498[9]

APOEL won 7–1 on aggregate.

ÍBV Iceland3–0Malta Hibernians
Helgason 22'
Guðmundsson 34', 88'		 Lineups
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Juha Hirviniemi (Finland)

ÍBV won 4–0 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw Poland4–0Northern Ireland Glenavon
Kacprzak 73'
Sokołowski 75', 89' (pen.)
Skrzyek 85'		 Lineups
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Loizos Loizou (Cyprus)

Legia Warsaw won 5–1 on aggregate.

Național București Romania7–0Wales Cwmbrân Town
Niculescu 15'
Pigulea 23', 41', 70'
Albeanu 25', 38'
Savu 47'		 Lineups
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)

Național București won 12–2 on aggregate.

Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel2–1 (a.e.t.)Lithuania Žalgiris Vilnius
Benayoun 106' (pen.)
Buchnik 115'		 Lineups Radžius 96'
Attendance: 8,700[10]
Referee: Attila Juhos (Hungary)

Hapoel Be'er Sheva won 2–1 on aggregate.

Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine3–0Moldova Zimbru Chișinău
Orbu 28'
Atelkin 44'
Kryventsov 81'		 Lineups
Attendance: 21,000[11]

Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate.

Kapaz Azerbaijan0–1Latvia Dinaburg
Lineups Sergei Isayev 70'
Attendance: 10,286[12]
Referee: Milan Mitrović (Slovenia)

Dinaburg won 2–0 on aggregate.

Shelbourne Republic of Ireland1–1Scotland Kilmarnock
Baker 38' Lineups McIntyre 22'
Attendance: 8,100
Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)

Kilmarnock won 3–2 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade Federal Republic of Yugoslavia3–0Finland HJK
Stanković 6', 25'
Njeguš 90' (pen.)		 Lineups
Attendance: 24,375[13]
Referee: Robert Boggi (Italy)

Red Star Belgrade won 3–1 on aggregate.

NK Zagreb Croatia2–0North Macedonia Sloga Jugomagnat
Sopić 2'
Bule 7'		 Lineups
Attendance: 669[14]
Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)

Zagreb won 4–1 on aggregate.

BVSC Budapest Hungary2–0Liechtenstein Balzers
Komlósi 12'
Bükszegi 90'		 Lineups
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Richard O'Hanlon (Republic of Ireland)

BVSC won 5–1 on aggregate.

Belshina Bobruisk Belarus4–1Estonia Tallinna Sadam
Smirnykh 3'
Timofeev 58'
Hlebasolaw 74'
Putrash 75'		 Lineups Rychkov 69' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,365[15]
Referee: Ladislav Gádoši (Slovakia)

Belshina Bobruisk won 5–2 on aggregate.

Union Luxembourg Luxembourg0–1Slovenia Primorje
Lineups Rudonja 18'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Vanco Kocev (Macedonia)

Primorje won 3–0 on aggregate.

Slovan Bratislava Slovakia2–1Bulgaria Levski Sofia
Novák 15'
Mužlay 51'		 Lineups Todorov 2'
Attendance: 6,800[16]
Referee: Claude Détruche (Switzerland)

Slovan Bratislava won 3–2 on aggregate.

Ararat Yerevan Armenia0–2Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi
Lineups Torgashvili 2'
Makharadze 36'
Attendance: 1,700[17]
Referee: Marek Kowalczyk (Poland)

Ararat Yerevan won 3–2 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kocaelispor Turkey 3–0 Romania Național București 2–0 1–0
APOEL Cyprus 0–4 Austria Sturm Graz 0–1 0–3
ÍBV Iceland 2–5 Germany VfB Stuttgart 1–3 1–2
Boavista Portugal 3–4 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 2–3 1–1
Germinal Ekeren Belgium 4–3 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 3–2 1–1
AIK Sweden 1–2 Slovenia Primorje 0–1 1–1 (aet)
AEK Athens Greece 9–2 Latvia Dinaburg 5–0 4–2
Slavia Prague Czech Republic 6–2 Switzerland Luzern 4–2 2–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel 1–14 Netherlands Roda 1–4 0–10
NK Zagreb Croatia 5–6 Norway Tromsø 3–2 2–4 (aet)
Copenhagen Denmark 5–0 Armenia Ararat Yerevan 3–0 2–0
Belshina Bobruisk Belarus 1–5 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 1–2 0–3
Chelsea England 4–0 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 2–0 2–0
Nice France 4–2 Scotland Kilmarnock 3–1 1–1
Real Betis Spain 4–0 Hungary BVSC Budapest 2–0 2–0
Vicenza Italy 3–1 Poland Legia Warsaw 2–0 1–1

First leg

Kocaelispor Turkey2–0Romania Național București
Albayrak 41'
Moshoeu 44'		 Lineups
Attendance: 5,794[18]
APOEL Cyprus0–1Austria Sturm Graz
Lineups Spiteri 80'
Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)
ÍBV Iceland1–3Germany VfB Stuttgart
Ólafsson 40' Lineups Bobic 9', 12'
Akpoborie 70'
Attendance: 3,148
Referee: John Ashman (Wales)
Boavista Portugal2–3Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Rui Miguel 35'
Litos 44'		 Lineups Zubov 29'
Atelkin 60', 63'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Luc Huyghe (Belgium)
Germinal Ekeren Belgium3–2Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Kovács 17'
Hofmans 57'
Dauwe 70'		 Lineups Ognjenović 60'
Stanković 63'
Veltwijckstadion, Ekeren
Attendance: 3,750
AIK Sweden0–1Slovenia Primorje
Lineups Rudonja 84'
Attendance: 4,100
AEK Athens Greece5–0Latvia Dinaburg
Kopitsis 36' (pen.), 45'
Katsavos 64'
Kalitzakis 67'
Marcelo 77'		 Lineups
Attendance: 10,587
Slavia Prague Czech Republic4–2Switzerland Luzern
Ašanin 4'
Vácha 13'
Vágner 48'
Labant 53'		 Lineups Aleksandrov 6'
Koilov 74'
Attendance: 5,614
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi (Italy)
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Israel1–4Netherlands Roda
Benayoun 63' (pen.) Lineups Van Houdt 14', 30'
Torma 23', 34'
Attendance: 3,240[19]
Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibañez (Spain)
NK Zagreb Croatia3–2Norway Tromsø
Lalić 44'
Sopić 49'
Baturina 50'		 Lineups B. Johansen 56'
Årst 79'
Attendance: 569[20]
Referee: Attila Juhos (Hungary)
Copenhagen Denmark3–0Armenia Ararat Yerevan
Jónsson 16'
Højer 54'
Tur 89'		 Lineups
Attendance: 7,563
Belshina Bobruisk Belarus1–2Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
Hlebasolaw 14' (pen.) Lineups Loskov 49'
Borodyuk 72'
Attendance: 3,594[21]
Referee: Kostadin Gerginov (Bulgaria)
Chelsea England2–0Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
Di Matteo 6'
Granville 80'		 Lineups
Attendance: 23,067
Referee: Robert Boggi (Italy)
Nice France3–1Scotland Kilmarnock
Kohn 13', 48'
Rol 79'		 Lineups Wright 78' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,812
Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)
Real Betis Spain2–0Hungary BVSC Budapest
Alfonso 58', 73' Lineups
Attendance: 5,300[22]
Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)
Vicenza Italy2–0Poland Legia Warsaw
Luiso 10'
Ambrosetti 24'		 Lineups
Attendance: 10,081

Second leg

Național București Romania0–1Turkey Kocaelispor
Lineups Çolak 79'
Attendance: 8,000

Kocaelispor won 3–0 on aggregate.

Sturm Graz Austria3–0Cyprus APOEL
Reinmayr 3'
Vastić 29'
Haas 43'		 Lineups
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Haim Lipkovitz (Israel)

Sturm Graz won 4–0 on aggregate.

VfB Stuttgart Germany2–1Iceland ÍBV
Akpoborie 73', 76' Lineups Lárusson 79'
Attendance: 12,483[23]
Referee: Marek Kowalczyk (Poland)

Stuttgart won 5–2 on aggregate.

Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine1–1Portugal Boavista
Potskhveria 79' Lineups Latapy 89'
Attendance: 25,000

Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–3 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–1Belgium Germinal Ekeren
Drulić 18' Lineups Radzinski 67'
Attendance: 48,000

Germinal Ekeren won 4–3 on aggregate.

Primorje Slovenia1–1 (a.e.t.)Sweden AIK
Rudonja 110' Lineups Novaković 78'
Attendance: 1,132[24]
Referee: Sotirios Vorgias (Greece)

Primorje won 2–1 on aggregate.

Dinaburg Latvia2–4Greece AEK Athens
Fedotovs 34'
Sergei Isayev 62'		 Lineups Nikolaidis 35', 80'
Vlachos 50'
Kostis 72'
Attendance: 500[25]

AEK Athens won 9–2 on aggregate.

Luzern Switzerland0–2Czech Republic Slavia Prague
Lineups Koilov 55' (o.g.)
Vágner 74'
Attendance: 5,614[26]
Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)

Slavia Prague won 6–2 on aggregate.

Roda Netherlands10–0Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Van Houdt 18', 31', 69'
Lawal 40', 60'
Ooijer 50', 85' (pen.)
Vrede 54'
Torma 71', 90'		 Lineups
Attendance: 5,010
Referee: Roland Beck (Liechtenstein)

Roda won 14–1 on aggregate.

Tromsø Norway4–2 (a.e.t.)Croatia NK Zagreb
Lange 14', 117'
Årst 75'
S.M. Johansen 90'		 Lineups Vukić 54'
Bule 58'
Attendance: 3,893
Referee: Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland)

Tromsø won 6–5 on aggregate.

Ararat Yerevan Armenia0–2Denmark Copenhagen
Lineups M. Nielsen 87'
Šestan 89'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Ladislav Gádoši (Hungary)

Copenhagen won 5–0 on aggregate.

Lokomotiv Moscow Russia3–0Belarus Belshina Bobruisk
Maminov 22'
Kharlachyov 41'
Loskov 74'		 Lineups
Attendance: 1,500[27]

Lokomotiv Moscow won 5–1 on aggregate.

Slovan Bratislava Slovakia0–2England Chelsea
Lineups Vialli 28'
Di Matteo 60'
Attendance: 11,003[28]

Chelsea won 4–0 on aggregate.

Kilmarnock Scotland1–1France Nice
Reilly 32' Lineups Milinković 76'
Attendance: 8,402
Referee: Juha Hirviniemi (Finland)

Nice won 4–2 on aggregate.

BVSC Budapest Hungary0–2Spain Real Betis
Lineups Alexis Trujillo 7'
Alfonso 49'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Kazimir Znaydinsky (Belarus)

Real Betis won 4–0 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw Poland1–1Italy Vicenza
Kacprzak 57' Lineups Zauli 86'
Attendance: 4,022[29]
Referee: Milan Mitrović (Slovenia)

Vicenza won 3–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tromsø Norway 4–9 England Chelsea 3–2 1–7
Germinal Ekeren Belgium 4–6 Germany VfB Stuttgart 0–4 4–2
Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 2–1 Turkey Kocaelispor 2–1 0–0
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 2–5 Italy Vicenza 1–3 1–2
Real Betis Spain 3–1 Denmark Copenhagen 2–0 1–1
AEK Athens Greece 2–1 Austria Sturm Graz 2–0 0–1
Nice France 3–3 (a) Czech Republic Slavia Prague 2–2 1–1
Primorje Slovenia 0–6 Netherlands Roda 0–2 0–4

First leg

Tromsø Norway3–2England Chelsea
Nilsen 6'
Fermann 19'
Årst 86'		 Lineups Vialli 85', 90'
Attendance: 6,438
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)
Germinal Ekeren Belgium0–4Germany VfB Stuttgart
Lineups Bobic 43', 61'
Akpoborie 55', 75'
Veltwijckstadion, Ekeren
Attendance: 2,704
Lokomotiv Moscow Russia2–1Turkey Kocaelispor
Kharlachyov 33'
Janashia 82'		 Lineups Uzun 73'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany)
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine1–3Italy Vicenza
Zubov 62' Lineups Luiso 1', 90+3'
Beghetto 56'
Attendance: 15,286[30]
Real Betis Spain2–0Denmark Copenhagen
Oli 25'
Cañas 39'		 Lineups
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
AEK Athens Greece2–0Austria Sturm Graz
Batista 75'
Marcelo 84'		 Lineups
Attendance: 13,329
Nice France2–2Czech Republic Slavia Prague
Aulanier 6' (pen.), 77' Lineups Vácha 14', 35'
Attendance: 14,274
Referee: Celino Gracia Redondo (Spain)
Primorje Slovenia0–2Netherlands Roda
Lineups Lawal 15'
Van Houdt 67'
Attendance: 984[31]
Referee: Metin Tokat (Turkey)

Second leg

Chelsea England7–1Norway Tromsø
Petrescu 12', 85'
Vialli 24', 60', 75'
Zola 43'
Leboeuf 54' (pen.)		 Lineups B. Johansen 39'
Attendance: 29,363

Chelsea won 9–4 on aggregate.

VfB Stuttgart Germany2–4Belgium Germinal Ekeren
Verlaat 12'
Poschner 34'		 Lineups Van Ankeren 43', 82'
Van Geneugden 45'
Karagiannis 72'
Attendance: 10,800

Stuttgart won 6–4 on aggregate.

Kocaelispor Turkey0–0Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
Lineups
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Fernand Meese (Belgium)

Lokomotiv Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.

Vicenza Italy2–1Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Luiso 24'
Viviani 70'		 Lineups Atelkin 59'
Attendance: 9,500[32]

Vicenza won 5–2 on aggregate.

Copenhagen Denmark1–1Spain Real Betis
P. Nielsen 60' (pen.) Lineups Ureña 80'
Attendance: 10,140
Referee: Willie Young (Scotland)

Real Betis won 3–1 on aggregate.

Sturm Graz Austria1–0Greece AEK Athens
Spiteri 82' Lineups
Attendance: 15,400

AEK Athens won 2–1 on aggregate.

Slavia Prague Czech Republic1–1France Nice
Labant 80' Lineups Vandecasteele 74'
Attendance: 7,312
Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany)

3–3 on aggregate. Slavia Prague won on away goals.

Roda Netherlands4–0Slovenia Primorje
Van der Luer 44'
Peeters 49'
Zafarin 74'
Valgaeren 84'		 Lineups
Attendance: 8,000[33]

Roda won 6–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Roda Netherlands 1–9 Italy Vicenza 1–4 0–5
Slavia Prague Czech Republic 1–3 Germany VfB Stuttgart 1–1 0–2
AEK Athens Greece 1–2 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 0–0 1–2
Real Betis Spain 2–5 England Chelsea 1–2 1–3

First leg

Roda Netherlands1–4Italy Vicenza
Peeters 73' Lineups Luiso 17', 40'
Belotti 29'
Otero 67'
Attendance: 14,000[34]
Slavia Prague Czech Republic1–1Germany VfB Stuttgart
Vácha 39' Lineups Poschner 51'
Attendance: 8,712
AEK Athens Greece0–0Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
Lineups
Attendance: 24,367
Real Betis Spain1–2England Chelsea
Alfonso 46' Lineups Flo 7', 12'
Attendance: 19,300[35]

Second leg

Vicenza Italy5–0Netherlands Roda
Luiso 4'
Firmani 24'
Méndez 38'
Ambrosetti 42'
Zauli 47'		 Lineups
Attendance: 14,362

Vicenza won 9–1 on aggregate.

VfB Stuttgart Germany2–0Czech Republic Slavia Prague
Balakov 9', 88' Lineups
Attendance: 18,921[36]

Stuttgart won 3–1 on aggregate.

Lokomotiv Moscow Russia2–1Greece AEK Athens
Kharlachyov 53'
Chugainov 90'		 Lineups Kopitsis 67' (pen.)
Attendance: 11,256
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Lokomotiv Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.

Chelsea England3–1Spain Real Betis
Sinclair 30'
Di Matteo 50'
Zola 90'		 Lineups Finidi 20'
Attendance: 32,300

Chelsea won 5–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vicenza Italy 2–3 England Chelsea 1–0 1–3
VfB Stuttgart Germany 3–1 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 2–1 1–0

First leg

Vicenza Italy1–0England Chelsea
Zauli 16' Lineups
Attendance: 19,319
VfB Stuttgart Germany2–1Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
Akpoborie 42'
Bobic 90'		 Lineups Janashia 22'
Attendance: 14,416[37]

Second leg

Chelsea England3–1Italy Vicenza
Poyet 34'
Zola 50'
M. Hughes 76'		 Lineups Luiso 32'
Attendance: 33,810
Referee: Marc Batta (France)

Chelsea won 3–2 on aggregate.

Lokomotiv Moscow Russia0–1Germany VfB Stuttgart
Lineups Bobic 24'
Attendance: 18,650

Stuttgart won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final
Chelsea England1–0Germany VfB Stuttgart
Zola 71' Lineups
Attendance: 30,216

Top goalscorers

The top goalscorers from the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Italy Pasquale Luiso Italy Vicenza 8
2 Nigeria Jonathan Akpoborie Germany VfB Stuttgart 6
Germany Fredi Bobic Germany VfB Stuttgart 6
Belgium Peter Van Houdt Netherlands Roda 6
3 Italy Gianluca Vialli England Chelsea 5
6 Spain Alfonso Spain Real Betis 4
Hungary Gábor Torma Netherlands Roda 4
Czech Republic Karel Vácha Czech Republic Slavia Prague 4
Italy Gianfranco Zola England Chelsea 4
10 Norway Ole Martin Årst Norway Tromsø 3
Ukraine Serhiy Atelkin Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 3
Croatia Nino Bule Croatia NK Zagreb 3
Italy Roberto Di Matteo England Chelsea 3
Iceland Tryggvi Guðmundsson Iceland ÍBV 3
Russia Yevgeni Kharlachyov Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 3
Greece Charis Kopitsis Greece AEK Athens 3
Nigeria Garba Lawal Netherlands Roda 3
Romania Radu Niculescu Romania Național București 3
Romania Adrian Pigulea Romania Național București 3
Slovenia Mladen Rudonja Slovenia Primorje 3
Poland Tomasz Sokołowski Poland Legia Warsaw 3
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Stanković Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 3
Scotland Paul Wright Scotland Kilmarnock 3

See also

References

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