1997–98 Vicenza Calcio season

Vicenza Calcio
1997–98 season
Manager	Francesco Guidolin
Serie A	14th
Coppa Italia	Round of 32
Supercoppa Italiana	Runners-up
Cup Winners' Cup	Semi-finals
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Last updated July 09, 2023

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	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 v t e	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	Relegation to Serie B

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 19971	Sampdoria	2-1	Vicenza	Genova
	Boghossian 10' Tovalieri 85'		Di Napoli 53'	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi

14 September 19972	Vicenza	3-2	Piacenza	Vicenza
	Di Carlo 32'pen Luiso 51' Di Napoli 60'		Tramezzani 29'pen Valtolina 69'	Stadium: Romeo Menti

21 September 19973	Vicenza	1-1	Napoli	Vicenza
	Di Napoli 17'		Turrini 18'	Stadium: Romeo Menti

28 September 19974	Milan	0-1	Vicenza	Milan
		Report	45' Di Napoli	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 53.672 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

5 October 19975	Vicenza	0-0	Parma	Vicenza
15:30		Report		Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 16.806 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

19 October 19976	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 19977	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 19978	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 19979	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 199710	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 199711	Lecce	0-1	Vicenza	Lecce
14:30		Report	81' Luiso	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 13.966 Referee: Massimo De Santis

14 December 199712	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 199713	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 199814	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 199815	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 199816	Vicenza	1-0	Empoli	Vicenza
14:30	Luiso 89'}	Report		Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 18 955 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

25 January 199817	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 199818	Vicenza	1-1	Sampdoria	Vicenza
	Zauli 27'	Report	18' Veron	Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 15 518 Referee: Robert Boggi

8 February 199819	Piacenza	1-1	Vicenza	Piacenza
14:30	Murgita 57'	Report	Zauli 47'	Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Attendance: 15 518 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

11 February 199820	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 199821	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 199822	Parma	2-1	Vicenza	Parma
	Stanic 63' Chiesa 72'pen	Report	Ambrosetti 59'	Stadium: Ennio Tardini Attendance: 19.537 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

1 March 199823	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 199824	Vicenza	1-0	Atalanta	Vicenza
15:00	Di Napoli 83'	Report		Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 17 548 Referee: Livio Bazzoli

14 March 199825	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 199826	Vicenza	1-1	Roma	Vicenza
15:00	Luiso 24'	Report	12' Balbo	Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 16.904 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

28 March 199827	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 199828	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 199829	Fiorentina	1-1	Vicenza	Firenze
	Luis Oliveira 33'	Report	Mendez 11'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 33.342 Referee: Livio Bazzoli

19 April 199830	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 199831	Bari	0-0	Vicenza	Bari
16:00		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Attendance: 17.942 Referee: Robert Boggi

3 May 199832	Vicenza	0-0	Juventus	Vicenza
16:00		Report		Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 19 852 Referee: Graziano Cesari

10 May 199833	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 199834	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	Legia Warsaw	Vicenza
20:45	Luiso 10' Ambrosetti 24'	Report		Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 10,081 Referee: Hermann Albrecht

2 October 1997	Legia Warsaw	1-1	Vicenza	Warsaw
20:45	Jacek Kacprzak 57'	Report	86' Lamberto Zauli	Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego Attendance: 8 000 Referee: Milan Mitrovic

Eightfinals

23 October 1997	Shakhtar 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: Pascal Garibian

6 November 1997	Vicenza	2-1	Shakhtar 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	Roda 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: Vaclav Krondl

19 March 1998	Vicenza	5-0	Roda 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: Hugh Dallas

Semifinals

2 April 1997	Vicenza	1-0	Chelsea	Vicenza
20:45	Zauli 16'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Attendance: 19 319 Referee: Manuel Diaz Vega

16 April 1998	Chelsea	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

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References

↑ "FootballSquads - Vicenza - 1997/98".
↑ 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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[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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