1997–98 A.C. Milan season

Milan

1997–98 season

President

Silvio Berlusconi

Manager

Stadium

10th

Runners-up

Top goalscorer

League:
George Weah (10)
All:
George Weah (13)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 1996–97

1998–99 →

A.C. Milan had a second consecutive disastrous season. Fabio Capello returned as coach, following the dismal second half of the 1996–97 league campaign, but failed to turn the corner, and Milan was a shadow of the team he had left the year before. With Capello's reputation seemingly ruined, he was sacked at the end of the season, with Milan finishing a mere 10th in the league.

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.	Position	Player
1	GK	Sebastiano Rossi
3	DF	Paolo Maldini
4	MF	Demetrio Albertini
5	DF	Alessandro Costacurta
8	DF	Marcel Desailly^[2]
9	FW	Patrick Kluivert
10	MF	Dejan Savićević
12	GK	Simone Braglia
13	MF	Ibrahim Ba^[3]
14	FW	George Weah
15	DF	André Cruz
16	GK	Jens Lehmann
17	DF	Christian Ziege
19	MF	Giampiero Maini
20	MF	Zvonimir Boban
21	DF	Giuseppe Cardone
22	DF	Daniele Daino

No.	Position	Player
23	GK	Massimo Taibi
24	DF	Dario Smoje
25	MF	Simone Bonomi
26	DF	Alberto Comazzi
27	MF	Nicola Corrent
28	FW	Massimiliano Grego
29	MF	Roberto De Zerbi
30	MF	Leonardo
31	FW	Mirco Gasparetto
32	MF	Roberto Donadoni
33	MF	Nicola Padoin
34	FW	Massimo Maccarone
35	DF	Steinar Nilsen
36	FW	Maurizio Ganz
37	DF	Samir Beloufa
38	FW	Filippo Maniero
39	DF	Gianluca Zanetti

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.		Position	Player
2		DF	Winston Bogarde (to Barcelona)
7		MF	Edgar Davids^[4] (to Juventus)

No.		Position	Player
11		FW	Andreas Andersson (to Newcastle United)
18		FW	Matteo Pelatti (on loan to Como)

Results

Serie A

1	Piacenza	1–1	Milan
	Delli Carri 69'		Delli Carri 29' (o.g.)

2	Milan	1–1	Lazio
	Ba 37'		Signori 90 + 4' (pen.)

3	Udinese	2–1	Milan
	Bierhoff 25, 85'		Kluivert 4'

4	Milan	0–1	Vicenza
			Di Napoli 45'

5	Empoli	0–1	Milan
			A. Andersson 88'

6	Milan	1–2	Lecce
	Cyprien 76' (o.g.)		Govedarica 2' Casale 49' (pen.)

7	Sampdoria	0–3	Milan
			Weah 75, 81' Ziege 87'

8	Milan	2–1	Brescia
	Leonardo 7, 25'		Hübner 44'

9	Inter	2–2	Milan
	Simeone 13' Ronaldo 68'		Weah 29' André Cruz 80' (pen.)

10	Milan	1–1	Juventus
	Ferrara 27' (o.g.)		F. Inzaghi 32'

11	Milan	2–0	Bari
	Boban 47' Kluivert 62'

12	Atalanta	1–2	Milan
	Sgrò 17'		Lucarelli 2' (o.g.) Kluivert 65'

13	Milan	0–0	Bologna

14	Napoli	1–2	Milan
	Bellucci 75'		Leonardo 52' Ganz 71'

15	Milan	0–0	Roma

16	Parma	3–1	Milan
	Chiesa 33, 75' D. Baggio 44'		Ganz 70'

17	Milan	0–2	Fiorentina
			L. Oliveira 3' Morfeo 52'

18	Milan	1–0	Piacenza
	Maniero 90'

19	Lazio	2–1	Milan
	Mancini 6' Bokšić 90 + 3'		Kluivert 90 + 4'

20	Milan	0–0	Udinese

21	Vicenza	1–4	Milan
	Otero 54'		Kluivert 3, 74' Ganz 8' Maniero 74'

22	Milan	3–1	Empoli
	Weah 3' Ganz 15' Maniero 82'		C. Esposito 65'

23	Lecce	0–0	Milan

24	Milan	1–0	Sampdoria
	Ziege 38'

25	Brescia	2–2	Milan
	Hübner 40' (pen.) Bizzarri 68'		Weah 44, 51'

26	Milan	0–3	Inter
			Simeone 42, 87' Ronaldo 77'

27	Juventus	4–1	Milan
	Del Piero 12' (pen.), 39' F. Inzaghi 60, 83'		Boban 30' (pen.)

28	Bari	1–0	Milan
	Masinga 81'

29	Milan	3–0	Atalanta
	Weah 10, 53, 87'

30	Bologna	3–0	Milan
	R. Baggio 15', 50' (pen.) Fontolan 83'

31	Milan	0–0	Napoli

32	Roma	5–0	Milan
	Candela 16' Di Biagio 20' (pen.), 28' Paulo Sérgio 39' Delvecchio 82'

33	Milan	1–1	Parma
	Weah 56'		André Cruz 16' (o.g.)

34	Fiorentina	2–0	Milan
	Robbiati 50' Kanchelskis 55'

Top Scorers

References

↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/italy/1997-1998/seriea/milan.htm
↑ Desailly was born in Accra, Ghana.
↑ Ba was born in Dakar, Senegal
↑ Davids was born in Paramaribo, Suriname.

Sources

RSSSF - Italy 1997/98

Associazione Calcio Milan

Players Managers Youth teams Records & Statistics Honours Current season

History	History Seasons Europe

Home stadium	San Siro (1926–present)

Training ground	Milanello

Rivalries	Milan derby Juventus rivalry

Supporters	Fossa dei Leoni

Media	Milan Channel Forza Milan!

Related articles	A.C. Milan and the Italian national football team Superleague Formula team

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