1997–98 Leeds United A.F.C. season

The 1997–1998 season saw Leeds United competing in the Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Leeds United

1997–98 season
Chairman	Bill Fotherby (until 23 June) Peter Ridsdale
Manager	George Graham
Stadium	Elland Road
Premier League	5th
FA Cup	Quarter finals
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (16) All: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (22)
Highest home attendance	39,952 vs Manchester United (27 September 1997, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	8,806 vs Bristol City (17 September 1997, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	34,725
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Competitions

Main article: 1997–98 FA Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Liverpool	38	18	11	9	68	42	+26	65	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Chelsea	38	20	3	15	71	43	+28	63	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
5	Leeds United	38	17	8	13	57	46	+11	59	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[b]
6	Blackburn Rovers	38	16	10	12	57	52	+5	58
7	Aston Villa	38	17	6	15	49	48	+1	57

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions. As they were also the League Cup winners, the UEFA Cup berth vacated was awarded to Blackburn Rovers.
2. Aston Villa was rewarded entry to the UEFA Cup through UEFA Fair Play ranking.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	17	8	13	57	46	+11	59	9	5	5	31	21	+10	8	3	8	26	25	+1

Source: 1997–98 FA Premier League table

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	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	D
Position	9	5	9	11	14	9	14	8	6	7	6	8	7	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	5

Source: 11v11.com: 1997–98 Leeds United results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 1997	Arsenal	H	1–1	37,993	Hasselbaink
13 August 1997	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3–1	31,520	Wallace (2), Ribeiro
23 August 1997	Crystal Palace	H	0–2	29,076
26 August 1997	Liverpool	H	0–2	39,775
30 August 1997	Aston Villa	A	0–1	39,027
14 September 1997	Blackburn Rovers	A	4–3	21,956	Wallace (2), Molenaar, Hopkin
20 September 1997	Leicester City	H	0–1	29,620
24 September 1997	Southampton	A	2–0	15,102	Molenaar, Wallace
27 September 1997	Manchester United	H	1–0	39,952	Wetherall
4 October 1997	Coventry City	A	0–0	17,770
18 October 1997	Newcastle United	H	4–1	39,834	Ribeiro, Kewell, Beresford (own goal), Wetherall
25 October 1997	Wimbledon	A	0–1	15,718
1 November 1997	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–0	26,441	Wallace
8 November 1997	Derby County	H	4–3	33,572	Wallace, Kewell, Hasselbaink (pen), Bowyer
23 November 1997	West Ham United	H	3–1	30,031	Hasselbaink (2), Haaland
29 November 1997	Barnsley	A	3–2	18,690	Haaland, Wallace, Lilley
6 December 1997	Everton	H	0–0	34,869
13 December 1997	Chelsea	A	0–0	34,690
20 December 1997	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–0	31,163	Ribeiro, Hasselbaink
26 December 1997	Liverpool	A	1–3	43,854	Haaland
28 December 1997	Aston Villa	H	1–1	36,287	Hasselbaink
10 January 1998	Arsenal	A	1–2	38,018	Hasselbaink
17 January 1998	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–2	33,166	Pembridge (own goal)
31 January 1998	Crystal Palace	A	2–0	25,248	Wallace, Hasselbaink
7 February 1998	Leicester City	A	0–1	21,244
22 February 1998	Newcastle United	A	1–1	36,511	Wallace
28 February 1998	Southampton	H	0–1	28,791
4 March 1998	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0	31,394	Kewell
11 March 1998	Blackburn Rovers	H	4–0	32,933	Bowyer, Hasselbaink, Haaland (2)
15 March 1998	Derby County	A	5–0	30,217	Laursen (own goal), Halle, Bowyer, Kewell, Hasselbaink
30 March 1998	West Ham United	A	0–3	24,107
4 April 1998	Barnsley	H	2–1	37,749	Hasselbaink, Moses (own goal)
8 April 1998	Chelsea	H	3–1	37,276	Hasselbaink (2), Wetherall
11 April 1998	Everton	A	0–2	37,099
18 April 1998	Bolton Wanderers	A	3–2	25,000	Haaland, Halle, Hasselbaink
25 April 1998	Coventry City	H	3–3	36,522	Hasselbaink (2), Kewell
4 May 1998	Manchester United	A	0–3	55,167
10 May 1998	Wimbledon	H	1–1	38,172	Haaland

FA Cup

Main article: 1997–98 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	3 January 1998	Oxford United	H	4–0	20,568	Radebe, Hasselbaink (pen), Kewell (2)
R4	24 January 1998	Grimsby Town	H	2–0	29,598	Molenaar, Hasselbaink
R5	14 February 1998	Birmingham City	H	3–2	35,463	Wallace, Hasselbaink (2)
QF	7 March 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–1	39,902

League Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	17 September 1997	Bristol City	H	3–1	8,806	Wetherall, Hasselbaink (pen), Ribeiro
R2 2nd leg	30 September 1997	Bristol City	A	1–2 (won 4–3 on agg)	10,857	Hasselbaink
R3	15 October 1997	Stoke City	A	3–1 (a.e.t.)	16,203	Kewell, Wallace (2)
R4	18 November 1997	Reading	H	2–3	15,069	Wetherall, Bowyer

Statistics

(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)^[1][2]

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Nigel Martyn	37	0	4	0	4	0	45	0	0	0
2	DF	Gary Kelly	34	0	3+1	0	3	0	40+1	0	7	1
3	DF	David Robertson	24+2	0	1	0	4	0	29+2	0	6	0
4	DF	Alfie Haaland	26+6	7	2	0	3	0	31+6	0	7	1
5	DF	Lucas Radebe	26+1	0	2	1	4	0	32+1	1	10	1
6	DF	David Wetherall	33+1	3	3	0	4	2	40+1	0	7	0
8	FW	Rod Wallace	29+2	10	4	1	4	2	37+2	13	6	0
9	FW	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	30+3	16	4	4	3	2	37+3	22	4	0
10	MF	Bruno Ribeiro	28+1	3	3	0	2+1	1	33+2	4	5	0
11	MF	Lee Bowyer	21+4	3	3	0	2+1	1	26+5	4	5	0
12	MF	David Hopkin	22+3	1	1	0	4	0	27+3	0	4	0
17	FW	Derek Lilley	0+12	1	0+1	0	0+4	0	0+16	1	0	0
18	DF	Gunnar Halle	31+2	2	3	0	2+1	0	36+3	2	5	1
19	FW	Harry Kewell	26+3	5	4	2	2	1	32+3	8	2	1
20	DF	Ian Harte	12	0	1+2	0	0	0	13+2	0	0	0
21	DF	Martin Hiden	11	0	1	0	0	0	12	0	2	0
27	DF	Alan Maybury	9+3	0	2	0	1	0	12+3	0	3	0
29	DF	Mark Jackson	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
30	DF	Robert Molenaar	18+4	2	3	1	2+1	0	23+5	3	4	0
35	FW	Lee Matthews	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0
37	MF	Stephen McPhail	0+4	0	0	0	0	0	0+4	0	0	0

Transfers

In Date Pos. Name From Fee 12 June 1997 FW Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Boavista £2,000,000 DF Alf-Inge Haaland Nottingham Forest £1,600,000 18 June 1997 MF Bruno Ribeiro Vitória £500,000 21 July 1997 MF David Hopkin Crystal Palace £3,250,000 25 February 1998 DF Martin Hiden Rapid Vienna £1,300,000 16 May 1998 FW Clyde Wijnhard Willem II £1,500,000 Out Date Pos. Name To Fee 1 June 1997 GK Paul Evans Released 1 August 1997 MF Mark Ford Burnley £250,000 FW Brian Deane Sheffield United £1,500,000 MF Andy Couzens Carlisle United £100,000 18 August 1997 FW Ian Rush Newcastle United Free 20 August 1997 DF Tony Dorigo Torino 23 September 1997 DF Carlton Palmer Southampton £1,300,000 23 September 1997 FW Tony Yeboah Hamburger SV £1,000,000 5 January 1998 FW Pierre Laurent Bastia £500,000 5 January 1998 FW Richard Jobson Manchester City Free Loan out Date from Date to Pos. Name To 11 December 1997 1 June 1998 FW Andy Gray Bury 21 January 1998 1 March 1998 DF Richard Jobson Southend United 31 March 1998 31 May 1998 MF Jason Blunt Raith Rovers