1997–98 Udinese Calcio season

Udinese Calcio
1997–98 season
Chairman	Giampaolo Pozzo
Manager	Alberto Zaccheroni
Serie A	3rd
UEFA Cup	Round of 32
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Oliver Bierhoff (27); All: Oliver Bierhoff (31)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Last updated October 23, 2025

In the 1997-98 season, Udinese Calcio finished third in Serie A, part due to the performances of striker Oliver Bierhoff, who scored 27 league goals in 34 matches. The season was the team's highest final league position since the 1954-55 season.

Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Luigi Turci
2	DF	DEN	Thomas Helveg
3	DF	ITA	Alessandro Orlando
4	DF	ITA	Valerio Bertotto
5	DF	ITA	Alessandro Calori
6	MF	BEL	Johan Walem
7	FW	BRA	Márcio Amoroso
8	DF	GHA	Mohammed Gargo
9	MF	EGY	Hazem Emam
10	MF	ITA	Tomas Locatelli
11	FW	ITA	Paolo Poggi
12	GK	ITA	Massimiliano Caniato
13	DF	BEL	Régis Genaux
15	DF	ITA	Marco Zanchi
16	MF	ITA	Giuliano Giannichedda


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	GK	ITA	Alessandro Leopizzi
18	MF	MAR	Adil Ramzi
19	MF	DEN	Martin Jørgensen
20	FW	GER	Oliver Bierhoff
21	MF	ITA	Vito Lasalandra
22	DF	SEN	Joachim Fernandez
23	DF	ITA	Alessandro Pierini
24	DF	ITA	Giovanni Bia
25	DF	ITA	Gilberto D'Ignazio
26	MF	ITA	Jonathan Bachini
27	MF	ITA	Massimiliano Cappioli
22	GK	ITA	Giorgio Frezzolini
28	MF	ITA	Francesco Statuto
29	MF	GHA	Stephen Appiah
30	DF	ARG	Hector Pineda
31	GK	ITA	Raffaele Clemente
33	DF	ARG	Mauro Navas

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Gilberto D'Ignazio	Vicenza Calcio
DF	Marco Zanchi	Chievo Verona
MF	Adil Ramzi	Kawkab Marrakech
MF	Martin Jørgensen	Aarhus GF
MF	Johan Walem	Anderlecht
MF	Jonathan Bachini	Lecce	loan ended
GK	Alessandro Leopizzi

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Graziano Battistini	Hellas Verona
MF	Raffaele Sergio	S.S.C. Napoli
MF	Stefano Desideri	Livorno Calcio
MF	Luca Compagnon	U.S. Cremonese
MF	Marek Koźmiński]	Brescia Calcio
DF	Pier Luigi Nicoli	Padova Calcio
DF	Fabio Pittilino	Lecce

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	Giorgio Frezzolini	Internazionale	loan
MF	Francesco Statuto	A.S. Roma
MF	Stephen Appiah	Hearts of Oak
DF	Mauricio Pineda	Boca Juniors
DF	Mauro Navas	Racing Club
GK	Raffaele Clemente

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Massimiliano Cappioli	Atalanta B.C.
DF	Giovanni Bia	Brescia Calcio
MF	Adil Ramzi	Willem II
MF	Vito Lasalandra	Fidelis Andria
DF	Joachim Fernandez	A.C. Monza
GK	Massimiliano Caniato	Chievo Verona

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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
4	Roma	34	16	11	7	67	42	+25	59
5	Fiorentina	34	15	12	7	65	36	+29	57^[a]

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) Champions
Notes:

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

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W
Position	11	9	6	9	5	6	8	7	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed; = Leader, 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Group stage ; = 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying round ; = 1998–99 UEFA Cup First round ; = 1998–99 Serie B

Matches

31 August 19971	Udinese	2–3	Fiorentina	Udine
	Amoroso 29' Poggi 73'	Report	Batistuta 59' Batistuta 89' Batistuta 93'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli

13 September 19972	Lecce	1–2	Udinese	Lecco
	Francesco Palmieri (60)	Report	Jonathan Bachini (1)Tomas Locatelli (59)	Stadium: Via del Mare

21 September 19973	Udinese	2–1	Milan	Udine
	Oliver Bierhoff (25)Oliver Bierhoff (85)	Report	Patrick Kluivert (4)	Stadium: Stadio Friuli

27 September 19974	Parma	4–0	Udinese	Parma
	Hernán Crespo (32) 2–0 Néstor Sensini (83) 3–0 Filippo Maniero (86) 4–0 Pietro Strada (89 pen)	Report		Stadium: Il Tardini

5 October 19975	Udinese	3–2	Sampdoria	Udine
	Calori 8' Bierhoff 35' Pierini 47'	Report	Montella 26' Boghossian 39'	Stadium: Friuli Referee: Piero Ceccarini

18 October 19976	Udinese	2–2	Empoli
	Márcio Amoroso (29) Massimiliano Cappioli (85)	Report	Giovanni Martusciello (4) Alessandro Calori (35 og)

1 November 19977	Juventus	4–1	Udinese
	Antonio Conte (36) 2–1 Filippo Inzaghi (68) 3–1 Alessandro Del Piero (72 pen) 4–1 Nicola Amoruso (89)	Report	Tomas Locatelli (14)

9 November 19978	Udinese	2–0	Piacenza	Udine
	Paolo Poggi (45)Oliver Bierhoff (86 pen)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli

23 November 19979	Brescia	0–4	Udinese
		Report	Oliver Bierhoff (55) 0–2 Paolo Poggi (83) 0–3 Oliver Bierhoff (90 + 2) 0–4 Johan Walem (90 + 4)

30 November 199710	Lazio	2–3	Udinese
	Diego Fuser (31)Paolo Negro (41)	Report	Paolo Poggi (32)Massimiliano Cappioli (73)Márcio Amoroso (84)

7 December 199711	Udinese	4–3	Bologna	Udine
	Oliver Bierhoff (13)Márcio Amoroso (36)Paolo Poggi (67) Oliver Bierhoff (81)	Report	Kennet Andersson (27)Carlo Nervo (42)Igor Kolyvanov (85)	Stadium: Friuli

14 December 199712	Bari	0–0	Udinese
		Report

21 December 199713	Udinese	1–0	Inter Milan	Udine
	Oliver Bierhoff (90 + 1)	Report		Stadium: Friuli

4 January 199814	Roma	1–2	Udinese
	Abel Balbo (59 pen)	Report	Oliver Bierhoff (49) 0–2 Oliver Bierhoff (56)

11 January 199815	Udinese	1–1	Napoli	Udine
	Bertrand Crasson (90 + 2 og)	Report	Claudio Bellucci (27)	Stadium: Friuli

18 January 199816	Atalanta	1–1	Udinese
	Fabio Gallo (9)	Report	Oliver Bierhoff (49)

25 January 199817	Udinese	3–0	Vicenza	Udine
	Oliver Bierhoff (20) 2–0 Oliver Bierhoff (37) 3–0 Tomas Locatelli (44)	Report		Stadium: Friuli

1 February 199818	Fiorentina	1–0	Udinese
	Luis Oliveira (75)	Report

8 February 199819	Udinese	6-0	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)	Report		Stadium: Friuli

11 February 199820	Milan	0–0	Udinese
		Report

15 February 199821	Udinese	1–1	Parma	Udine
	Oliver Bierhoff (80)	Report	Hernán Crespo (33)	Stadium: Friuli

22 February 199822	Sampdoria	0–3	Udinese
		Report	Martin Jørgensen (36) 0–2 Martin Jørgensen (60 pen) 0–3 Francesco Statuto (86)

1 March 199823	Empoli	1–0	Udinese
	Carmine Esposito (35 pen)	Report

8 March 199824	Udinese	1–1	Juventus	Udine
	Jonathan Bachini (76)	Report	Alessandro Del Piero (89)	Stadium: Friuli

15 March 199825	Piacenza	0–2	Udinese
		Report	Oliver Bierhoff (18 pen)Paolo Poggi (27)

22 March 199826	Udinese	3–1	Brescia	Udine
	Oliver Bierhoff (41) 2–0 Johan Walem (49) Aimo Diana (83 og)	Report	Ivan Javorčić (78)	Stadium: Friuli

28 March 199827	Udinese	0–2	Lazio	Udine
		Report	Roberto Mancini (33)Diego Fuser (57)	Stadium: Friuli

5 April 199828	Bologna	2–0	Udinese
	Igor Shalimov (1) 2–0 Igor Kolyvanov (4 pen)	Report

11 April 199829	Udinese	2–0	Bari	Udine
	Oliver Bierhoff (54) 2–0 Oliver Bierhoff (59)	Report		Stadium: Friuli

19 April 199830	Inter Milan	2–0	Udinese	Milan
	Youri Djorkaeff 80' Ronaldo 85'	Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

26 April 199831	Udinese	4–2	Roma	Udine
	Bierhoff 23' Calori 59' Poggi 74' Bierhoff 89'	Report	Totti 45' Totti 73'	Stadium: Friuli

3 May 199832	Napoli	1–3	Udinese	Naples
	Turrini 12' (pen.)	Report	Poggi 4' Bierhoff 45' Bierhoff 87'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo

10 May 199833	Udinese	1–0	Atalanta	Udine
	Calori 94'	Report		Stadium: Friuli

16 May 199834	Vicenza	1–3	Udinese	Vicenza
	Dicara 15'	Report	1' Amoroso 31' Bierhoff 38' Bierhoff

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		1997–98 Serie A
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ITA	Turci	31	-33	31	-33
4	DF	ITA	Bertotto	30	0	30	0
5	DF	ITA	Calori	30	3	30	3
23	DF	ITA	Pierini	32	1	32	1
2	MF	DEN	Helveg	28	0	26+2	0
6	MF	BEL	Walem	28	2	24+4	2
16	MF	ITA	Giannichedda	30	1	30	1
26	MF	ITA	Bachini	29	2	26+3	2
7	FW	BRA	Amoroso	25	5	22+3	5
20	FW	GER	Bierhoff	32	27	31+1	27
11	FW	ITA	Poggi	31	10	26+5	10
22	GK	ITA	Frezzolini	2	-3	2	-3
10	MF	ITA	Locatelli	28	3	13+15	3
19	MF	DEN	Jorgensen	21	2	11+10	2
28	MF	ITA	Statuto	19	1	8+11	1
29	MF	GHA	Appiah	11	0	5+6	0
33	DF	ARG	Navas	10	0	5+5	0
30	DF	ARG	Pineda	8	-1	5+3	-1
27	MF	ITA	Cappioli	10	2	4+6	2
15	DF	ITA	Zanchi	7	0	3+4	0
24	DF	ITA	Bia	3	0	3	0
25	DF	ITA	D'Ignazio	6	0	2+4	0
13	DF	BEL	Genaux	6	0	2+4	0
9	MF	EGY	Emam	7	0	1+6	0
8	DF	GHA	Gargo	4	0	1+3	0
3	DF	ITA	Orlando	2	0	0+2	0
12	GK	ITA	Caniato	1	-3	1	-3
17	GK	ITA	Leopizzi	0	0	0	0
18	MF	MAR	Ramzi	0	0	0	0
21	MF	ITA	Lasalandra	1	0	0+1	0
22	DF	SEN	Fernandez	1	0	0+1	0
31	GK	ITA	Clemente	0	0	0	0

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1997/1140/

Topscorers

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_FIO0.57638374603185-1] 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.

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