1997–98 Copa del Rey

The 1997–98 Copa del Rey was the 96th staging of the Copa del Rey.

1997–98 Copa del Rey

96th Copa del Rey
Country	Spain
Dates	3 September 1997 – 29 April 1998
Teams	66
Champions	Barcelona
Runners-up	Mallorca
Matches played	129
Goals scored	317 (2.46 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Rivaldo (8)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The competition started on 3 September 1997 and concluded on 29 April 1998 with the final, held at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia.^{[citation needed]}

Format

Schedule Round Fixture Clubs Gain entry First round 23 66 → 43 Teams from: 2ª División and 2ª División B Second round 18 43 → 25 Teams from: 1ª División Third round 9 25 → 16 Round of 16 8 16 → 8 Teams playing European competitions (*) Quarter-finals 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals 2 4 → 2 Final 1 2 → 1

Teams Division No. clubs 1ª División 20 2ª División 21 2ª División B 25 Total teams 66

• All rounds are played over two legs apart the final which is played a single match in a neutral venue.
• In the event that aggregate scores finish level, the away goals rule. (This rule applies also in extra time)
• In case of a tie on aggregate, will play an extra time of 30 minutes, and if no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shootout.
• The winners of the competition will earn a place in the group stage of next season's UEFA Cup, if they have not already qualified for European competition, if so then the runners-up will instead take this berth.
• The teams that play European competitions are exempt until the round of 16.
• Reserve teams are excluded from the tournament.

(*) Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Deportivo La Coruña, Real Betis, Real Madrid, Valladolid from 1ª División.

First round

First round
Home 1st leg	Agg.	Home 2nd leg	1st leg			2nd leg			Notes
Caudal (2)	3–3 (a)	Ourense(2)	3 Sep 1997	2–3	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	0–1	Rep.
Lemona (3)	1–2	Eibar(2)	3 Sep 1997	0–1	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	1–1	Rep.
Barakaldo(3)	1–4	Osasuna(2)	3 Sep 1997	1–0	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	4–0	Rep.
Burgos(3)	3–1	Logroñés(2)	3 Sep 1997	1–0	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	1–2	Rep.
Aurrerá(3)	1–2	Alavés (2)	3 Sep 1997	1–0	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	2–0	Rep.
Zamora(3)	4–5 (aet)	Numancia(2)	3 Sep 1997	1–3	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	2–3	Rep.
Endesa Andorra (3)	1–6	Lleida(2)	3 Sep 1997	0–3	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	3–1	Rep.
Gimnàstic(3)	0–3	Figueres(3)	3 Sep 1997	0–2	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	1–0	Rep.
Gramenet(3)	2–2 (a)	Sóller(3)	3 Sep 1997	1–2	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	0–1	Rep.
Plasencia(3)	1–2	Extremadura(2)	3 Sep 1997	1–1	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	1–0	Rep.
Moralo(3)	1–1 (a)	Badajoz(2)	3 Sep 1997	1–1	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	0–0	Rep.
Leganés (3)	1–2	Rayo Vallecano(2)	3 Sep 1997	0–0	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	2–1	Rep.
Manchego (3)	4–6 (aet)	Albacete(2)	3 Sep 1997	1–3	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	3–3	Rep.
Talavera (3)	0–2	Toledo(2)	3 Sep 1997	0–0	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	2–0	Rep.
Ontinyent(3)	2–4	Hércules(2)	3 Sep 1997	1–2	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	2–1	Rep.
Novelda(3)	5–4	Levante(2)	3 Sep 1997	4–4	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	0–1	Rep.
Elche(2)	1–0	Villarreal(2)	3 Sep 1997	0–0	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	0–1	Rep.
Écija(3)	2–3	Xerez (2)	3 Sep 1997	2–1	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	2–0	Rep.
Isla Cristina (3)	4–4 (a)	Sevilla(2)	3 Sep 1997	1–2	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	2–3	Rep.
Recreativo Huelva(3)	4–2	Córdoba(3)	3 Sep 1997	1–1	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	1–3	Rep.
Almería(3)	2–2 (a)	Real Jaén(2)	3 Sep 1997	2–1	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	1–0	Rep.
Motril(3)	0–2	Lorca(3)	3 Sep 1997	0–1	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	1–0	Rep.
Pájara Playas de Jandía(3)	4–5	Las Palmas(2)	3 Sep 1997	3–1	Rep.	10 Sep 1997	4–1	Rep.
Bye: Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Deportivo La Coruña, Betis, Real Madrid, Valladolid.

Second round

Second round
Home 1st leg	Agg.	Home 2nd leg	1st leg			2nd leg			Notes
Ourense(2)	1–3 (aet)	Celta Vigo(1)	8 Oct 1997	0–1	Rep.	28 Oct 1997	2–1	Rep.
Alavés(2)	1–0	Oviedo(1)	8 Oct 1997	1–0	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	0–0	Rep.
Eibar (2)	0–1	Compostela(1)	8 Oct 1997	0–0	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	1–0	Rep.
Numancia(2)	2–3	Racing Santander(1)	8 Oct 1997	2–2	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	1–0	Rep.
Burgos(3)	0–2	Real Sociedad(1)	7 Oct 1997	0–2	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	0–0	Rep.
Osasuna(2)	2–1	Sporting Gijón(1)	8 Oct 1997	1–1	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	0–1	Rep.
Figueres(3)	3–2	Espanyol(1)	8 Oct 1997	1–1	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	1–2	Rep.
Lleida(2)	2–3	Zaragoza(1)	8 Oct 1997	1–1	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	2–1	Rep.
Badajoz(2)	0–3	Mérida(1)	9 Oct 1997	0–0	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	3–0	Rep.
Toledo(2)	0–3	Salamanca(1)	8 Oct 1997	0–1	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	2–0	Rep.
Rayo Vallecano(2)	0–1	Extremadura(2)	8 Oct 1997	0–1	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	0–0	Rep.
Hércules(2)	0–4	Valencia (1)	8 Oct 1997	0–3	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	1–0	Rep.
Novelda(3)	1–0	Elche(2)	8 Oct 1997	1–0	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	0–0	Rep.
Lorca(3)	4–4 (a)	Albacete(2)	8 Oct 1997	0–2	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	2–4	Rep.
Sóller(3)	1–7	Mallorca(1)	8 Oct 1997	1–1	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	6–0	Rep.
Xerez(2)	1–1 (a)	Real Jaén(2)	8 Oct 1997	0–0	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	1–1	Rep.
Isla Cristina(3)	1–4	Recreativo Huelva(3)	8 Oct 1997	1–2	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	2–0	Rep.
Las Palmas(2)	5–4	Tenerife(1)	8 Oct 1997	3–2	Rep.	29 Oct 1997	2–2	Rep.
Bye: Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Deportivo La Coruña, Betis, Real Madrid, Valladolid.

Third round

Third round
Home 1st leg	Agg.	Home 2nd leg	1st leg			2nd leg			Notes
Las Palmas (1)	4–4 (a)	Mallorca(1)	2 Dec 1997	3–2	Rep.	7 Jan 1998	2–1	Rep.
Recreativo Huelva(3)	2–6	Celta Vigo(1)	3 Dec 1997	0–1	Rep.	7 Jan 1998	5–2	Rep.
Figueres(3)	2–3 (aet)	Valencia(1)	3 Dec 1997	1–1	Rep.	7 Jan 1998	2–1	Rep.
Novelda(3)	3–7	Zaragoza(1)	3 Dec 1997	2–2	Rep.	7 Jan 1998	5–1	Rep.
Lorca(3)	3–4	Mérida(1)	3 Dec 1997	2–0	Rep.	7 Jan 1998	4–1	Rep.
Alavés(2)	3–2	Compostela(1)	3 Dec 1997	1–0	Rep.	6 Jan 1998	2–2	Rep.
Xerez(2)	3–4	Real Sociedad(1)	4 Dec 1997	1–0	Rep.	7 Jan 1998	4–2	Rep.
Osasuna(2)	3–2	Racing Santander(1)	3 Dec 1997	3–0	Rep.	7 Jan 1998	2–0	Rep.
Extremadura(2)	2–2 (a)	Salamanca(1)	3 Dec 1997	1–0	Rep.	8 Jan 1998	2–1	Rep.
Bye: Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Deportivo La Coruña, Betis, Real Madrid, Valladolid.

Bracket

	First round							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Barcelona	2	3	5
	16	Valencia	1	1	2
								Barcelona		2	3	5
								Mérida		0	0	0
	8	Valladolid	1	1	2
	9	Mérida	1	3	4
															Barcelona		5	0	5
															Zaragoza		2	0	2
	5	Zaragoza	2	1	3
	12	Atlético Madrid	0	2	2
								Zaragoza		3	2	5
								Betis		0	2	2
	4	Real Sociedad	0	1	2
	13	Betis	2	1	3
																						Barcelona (5–4 p)		1
																						Mallorca		1
	6	Alavés (a)	1	1	2
	11	Real Madrid	0	2	2
								Alavés		3	0	3
								Deportivo La Coruña		1	0	1
	3	Osasuna	0	1	1
	14	Deportivo La Coruña	1	2	3
															Alavés		1	0	1
															Mallorca		2	1	3
	7	Extremadura	2	1	3
	10	Athletic Bilbao	0	4	4
								Athletic Bilbao		2	0	2
								Mallorca (a)		1	1	2
	2	Mallorca (a)	1	1	2
	15	Celta Vigo	0	2	2

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona(1)	5–2	Valencia(1)	2–1	3–1
Valladolid(1)	2–4	Mérida(1)	1–1	1–3
Zaragoza(1)	3–2	Atlético Madrid(1)	2–0	1–2
Real Sociedad(1)	1–3	Betis(1)	0–2	1–1
Alavés(2)	2–2 (a)^[1]	Real Madrid(1)	1–0	1–2
Osasuna(2)	1–3	Deportivo La Coruña(1)	0–1	1–2
Extremadura  (2)	3–4	Athletic Bilbao(1)	2–0	1–4
Mallorca(1)	2–2 (a)	Celta Vigo(1)	1–0	1–2

First leg

Alavés(2) v Real Madrid(1)

13 January 1998	Alavés(2)	1–0	Real Madrid(1)	Vitoria-Gasteiz
21:30 CET	Serrano   70'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Daudén Ibáñez

Real Sociedad(1) v Betis(1)

14 January 1998	Real Sociedad(1)	0–2	Betis(1)	San Sebastián
20:15 CET		Report (in Spanish)	Finidi   30' Pérez   90+1'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Carmona Méndez

Osasuna(2) v Deportivo La Coruña(1)

14 January 1998	Osasuna(2)	0–1	Deportivo La Coruña(1)	Pamplona
20:30 CET		Report (in Spanish)	Abreu   50'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Japón Sevilla

Zaragoza(1) v Atlético Madrid(1)

14 January 1998	Zaragoza(1)	2–0	Atlético Madrid(1)	Zaragoza
20:45 CET	José Ignacio   7' Pier   90'	Report (in Spanish)	Andrei   77'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: — Referee: Díaz Vega

Valladolid(1) v Mérida(1)

14 January 1998	Valladolid(1)	1–1	Mérida(1)	Valladolid
21:00 CET	Eusebio   60'	Report (in Spanish)	Biagini   69'	Stadium: Nuevo José Zorrilla Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Losantos Omar

Extremadura(2) v Athletic Bilbao(1)

14 January 1998	Extremadura(2)	2–0	Athletic Bilbao(1)	Almendralejo
21:00 CET	Rueda   59' Manuel   70'	Report (in Spanish)	Nagore   60' Larrazábal   73'	Stadium: Francisco de la Hera Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Pérez Burrull

Mallorca(1) v Celta Vigo(1)

14 January 1998	Mallorca(1)	1–0	Celta Vigo(1)	Palma
21:15 CET	Marcelino   84'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Lluís Sitjar Attendance: 10,357 Referee: Iturralde González

Barcelona(1) v Valencia(1)

15 January 1998	Barcelona(1)	2–1	Valencia(1)	Barcelona
21:30 CET	Luis Enrique   4' Rivaldo   66'	Report (in Spanish)	Fernando   37' (pen.)	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Mejuto González

Second leg

Atlético Madrid v Zaragoza

20 January 1998	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Zaragoza	Madrid
21:30 CET	Juninho   29' Kiko   37'	Report (in Spanish)	José Ignacio   84'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Prados García

Athletic Bilbao v Extremadura

21 January 1998	Athletic Bilbao	4–1	Extremadura	Bilbao
20:30 CET	Urzaiz   13' Etxeberria   49', 55' Ziganda   59'	Report (in Spanish)	Rueda   40'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Rodriguez Martel

Deportivo La Coruña v Osasuna

21 January 1998	Deportivo La Coruña	2–1	Osasuna	A Coruña
20:45 CET	Djalminha   65' Bassir   80'	Report (in Spanish)	Palacios   84'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Fernández González

Real Madrid v Alavés

21 January 1998	Real Madrid	2–1	Alavés	Madrid
21:00 CET	Roberto Carlos   13' Šuker   55'	Report (in Spanish)	Riesco   10'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Andradas Asurmendi

Mérida v Valladolid

21 January 1998	Mérida	3–1	Valladolid	Mérida
21:00 CET	Canabal   6' (o.g.) Jaime   53' Sabas   68'	Report (in Spanish)	Klimowicz   11'	Stadium: Romano José Fouto Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Puentes Leira

Celta Vigo v Mallorca

21 January 1998	Celta Vigo	2–1	Mallorca	Vigo
21:00 CET	Mostovoi   42' Moisés   52' (pen.)	Report (in Spanish)	Ezquerro   77'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Brito Arceo

Betis v Real Sociedad

21 January 1998	Betis	1–1	Real Sociedad	Seville
21:30 CET	Oli   23'	Report (in Spanish)	Aldeondo   80'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ansuátegui Roca

Valencia v Barcelona

22 January 1998	Valencia	1–3	Barcelona	Valencia
21:30 CET	Angloma   68'	Report (in Spanish)	Rivaldo   26' (pen.), 79' Giovanni   90+1'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 48,000 Referee: López Nieto

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona(1)	5–0	Mérida(1)	2–0	3–0
Zaragoza(1)	5–2	Betis(1)	3–0	2–2
Alavés(2)	3–1^[2]	Deportivo La Coruña(1)	3–1	0–0
Athletic Bilbao (1)	2–2 (a)	Mallorca(1)	2–1	0–1

First leg

Athletic Bilbao v Mallorca

3 February 1998	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Mallorca	Bilbao
21:30 CET	Urzaiz   6' Alkiza   50'	Report (in Spanish)	Monchu   21'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Gracia Redondo

Alavés v Deportivo La Coruña

4 February 1998	Alavés	3–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Vitoria-Gasteiz
19:15 CET	Begoña   8' Riesco   25' Moreno   70'	Report (in Spanish)	Donato   32' (pen.)	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 8,500 Referee: García-Aranda

Zaragoza v Betis

4 February 1998	Zaragoza	3–0	Betis	Zaragoza
21:30 CET	Acuña   13' Pier   34' Garitano   71'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Losantos Omar

Barcelona v Mérida

5 February 1998	Barcelona	2–0	Mérida	Barcelona
22:00 CET	Luis Enrique   16' Figo   79'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Esquinas Torres

Second leg

Mallorca v Athletic Bilbao

10 February 1998	Mallorca	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	Palma
22:00 CET	Stanković   67'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Lluís Sitjar Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ansuátegui Roca

Deportivo La Coruña v Alavés

11 February 1998	Deportivo La Coruña	0–0	Alavés	A Coruña
19:30 CET		Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Díaz Vega

Mérida v Barcelona

11 February 1998	Mérida	0–3	Barcelona	Mérida
22:00 CET		Report (in Spanish)	Sergi   2' Rivaldo   52' (pen.) Ćirić   80'	Stadium: Romano José Fouto Attendance: 15,000 Referee: López de La Fuente

Betis v Zaragoza

12 February 1998	Betis	2–2	Zaragoza	Seville
21:30 CET	Alfonso   43' Finidi   64'	Report (in Spanish)	Jamelli   15' Pier   17'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Fernández Marín

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona(1)	5–2	Zaragoza(1)	5–2 ^[3]	0–0
Alavés(2)	1–3 ^[4]	Mallorca(1)	1–2	0–1

First leg

Barcelona v Zaragoza

18 February 1998	Barcelona	5–2	Zaragoza	Barcelona
21:30 CET	Rivaldo   3', 6', 47' Giovanni   11' Luis Enrique   20'	Report (in Spanish)	Garitano   1', 40'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 45,000 Referee: López Nieto

Alavés v Mallorca

19 February 1998	Alavés	1–2	Mallorca	Vitoria-Gasteiz
22:00 CET	Gómez   49'	Report (in Spanish)	Ezquerro   45+1' Stanković   82'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Brito Arceo

Second leg

Mallorca v Alavés

25 February 1998	Mallorca	1–0	Alavés	Palma
21:30 CET	Gálvez   89'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: Lluís Sitjar Attendance: 22,382 Referee: Fernández Marín

Zaragoza v Barcelona

26 February 1998	Zaragoza	0–0	Barcelona	Zaragoza
22:00 CET	Aguado   88'	Report (in Spanish)		Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Díaz Vega

Final

Main article: 1998 Copa del Rey Final

29 April 1998

21:00 CET

Barcelona(1)	1–1^[5] (a.e.t.)	Mallorca(1)
Rivaldo   66'	Report (in Spanish)	Stanković   6' Mena   84' Romero   90+3'
Penalties
Rivaldo   Giovanni   Celades   Pizzi   Roger   Figo   Óscar   Reiziger	5–4	Iván Rocha   Soler   Campo   Olaizola   Roa   Stanković   Amato   Eskurza

Valencia
Stadium: Mestalla

Attendance: 54,000

Referee: Daudén Ibáñez  

Copa del Rey 1997–98 winners
Barcelona 24th title

Top goalscorers

Player	Goals	Team
Rivaldo	8	Barcelona
Pier	5	Zaragoza
Jovan Stanković	5	Mallorca
Turu Flores	4	Las Palmas
Pablo Gómez	4	Alavés
Pepe Gálvez	4	Mallorca
José Ignacio	4	Zaragoza
Bolo	4	Hércules
Vladimir Gudelj	4	Celta Vigo
Luis Rueda	4	Extremadura

References

1. "Round Of 16: Deportivo Alavés vs Real Madrid CF" (in Spanish). Dailymotion.
2. "Quarters: Deportivo Alavés vs Deportivo de La Coruña" (in Spanish). Dailymotion.
3. "Semi: FC Barcelona vs Real Zaragoza (1st leg)" (in Spanish). Youtube.
4. "Semi: Deportivo Alavés vs RCD Mallorca" (in Spanish). Dailymotion.
5. "Final: FC Barcelona vs RCD Mallorca" (in Spanish). Youtube.

External links

• (in English)
• (in Spanish) Linguasport
• (in Spanish) Dailymotion: Deportivo Alavés career cup 1997-98 (early rounds)