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.

Format

Schedule Round Fixture Clubs Gain entry 1st round 23 66 → 43 Teams from: 2ª División and 2ª División B 2nd round 18 43 → 25 Teams from: 1ª División 3rd 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.

1st round

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

2nd round

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

3rd round

3rd round
Home 1st leg	Agg.	Home 2nd leg	1st leg			2nd leg			Notes
Las Palmas	4–4 (a)	Mallorca	2 Dec 1997	3–2	Rep.	7 Jan 1998	2–1	Rep.
Recreativo Huelva	2–6	Celta Vigo	3 Dec 1997	0–1	Rep.	7 Jan 1998	5–2	Rep.
Figueres	2–3 (aet)	Valencia	3 Dec 1997	1–1	Rep.	7 Jan 1998	2–1	Rep.
Novelda	3–7	Zaragoza	3 Dec 1997	2–2	Rep.	7 Jan 1998	5–1	Rep.
Lorca	3–4	Mérida	3 Dec 1997	2–0	Rep.	7 Jan 1998	4–1	Rep.
Alavés	3–2	Compostela	3 Dec 1997	1–0	Rep.	6 Jan 1998	2–2	Rep.
Xerez	3–4	Real Sociedad	4 Dec 1997	1–0	Rep.	7 Jan 1998	4–2	Rep.
Osasuna	3–2	Racing Santander	3 Dec 1997	3–0	Rep.	7 Jan 1998	2–0	Rep.
Extremadura	2–2 (a)	Salamanca	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

	Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final
	Barcelona	2	3	5
	Valencia	1	1	2
							Barcelona	2	3	5
							Mérida	0	0	0
	Valladolid	1	1	2
	Mérida	1	3	4
													Barcelona	5	0	5
												Zaragoza	2	0	2
	Zaragoza	2	1	3
	Atlético Madrid	0	2	2
							Zaragoza	3	2	5
							Betis	0	2	2
	Real Sociedad	0	1	2
	Betis	2	1	3
																		Barcelona (5–4 p)	1
																			Mallorca	1
	Alavés (a)	1	1	2
	Real Madrid	0	2	2
							Alavés	3	0	3
							Deportivo La Coruña	1	0	1
	Osasuna	0	1	1
	Deportivo La Coruña	1	2	3
													Alavés	1	0	1
												Mallorca	2	1	3
	Extremadura	2	1	3
	Athletic Bilbao	0	4	4
							Athletic Bilbao	2	0	2
							Mallorca (a)	1	1	2
	Mallorca (a)	1	1	2
	Celta Vigo	0	2	2

Round of 16

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

First leg

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

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

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

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

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

14 January 1998	Extremadura	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	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

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

15 January 1998	Barcelona	2–1	Valencia	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

First leg

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	5–2	Zaragoza	5–2 [3]	0–0
Alavés	1–3 [4]	Mallorca	1–2	0–1

First leg

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

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

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

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

29 April 1998

21:00 CET

Barcelona	1–1[5] (a.e.t.)	Mallorca
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) RSSSF
• (in Spanish) Linguasport
• (in Spanish) Dailymotion: Deportivo Alavés career cup 1997-98 (early rounds)