1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

The 1997–98 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup club football tournament was won by Chelsea in the final against Stuttgart.

1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Tournament details
Dates	14 August 1997 – 13 May 1998
Teams	32 (first round) 47 (qualifying round)
Final positions
Champions	Chelsea (2nd title)
Runners-up	VfB Stuttgart
Tournament statistics
Matches played	91
Goals scored	272 (2.99 per match)
Attendance	826,944 (9,087 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pasquale Luiso (Vicenza) 8 goals
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Teams

Primorje

Zimbru Chișinău

Balzers

AIK

Luzern

Ararat Yerevan

Shelbourne

Shakhtar Donetsk

Žalgiris Vilnius

APOEL

Germinal Ekeren

Cwmbrân Town

HJK

Levski Sofia

Belshina Bobruisk

Dinaburg

ÍBV

Union Luxembourg

Național București

Tallinna Sadam

Kilmarnock

Legia Warsaw

Hibernians

HB

BVSC

Glenavon

H. Be'er Sheva

Sloga Jugomagnat

Slovan Bratislava

Copenhagen

Kapaz

Red Star Belgrade

Dinamo Batumi

Lokomotiv Moscow

Boavista

Sturm Graz

Nice

AEK Athens

Slavia Prague

Vicenza

Chelsea

Tromsø

Kocaelispor

Roda

Zagreb

Stuttgart

Real Betis

Location of teams competing in the 1997-98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round.
Yellow: Did not qualify from qualifying round; Red: Qualified for first round.

First round
Vicenza	Real Betis	Nice	VfB Stuttgart
Roda	Boavista	Chelsea	Kocaelispor
AEK Athens	Sturm Graz	Lokomotiv Moscow	Germinal Ekeren
Copenhagen	AIK	Tromsø	Slavia Prague
Luzern
Qualifying round
Legia Warsaw	Kilmarnock	Național București	NK Zagreb
Shakhtar Donetsk	APOEL	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	BVSC
Dinamo Batumi	Slovan Bratislava	Dinaburg	Primorje
HJK	Belshina Bobruisk	ÍBV	Levski Sofia
Sloga Jugomagnat	Žalgiris Vilnius	Zimbru Chișinău	Glenavon
Balzers	Cwmbrân Town	Red Star Belgrade	Tallinna Sadam
Hibernians	Shelbourne	Ararat Yerevan	Union Luxembourg
HB	Kapaz

Qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HB	1–7	APOEL	1–1	0–6
Hibernians	0–4	ÍBV	0–1	0–3
Glenavon	1–5	Legia Warsaw	1–1	0–4
Cwmbrân Town	2–12	Național București	2–5	0–7
Žalgiris Vilnius	1–2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–0	1–2 (aet)
Zimbru Chișinău	1–4	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1	0–3
Dinaburg	2–0	Kapaz	1–0	1–0
Kilmarnock	3–2	Shelbourne	2–1	1–1
HJK	1–3	Red Star Belgrade	1–0	0–3
Sloga Jugomagnat	1–4	NK Zagreb	1–2	0–2
Balzers	1–5	BVSC	1–3	0–2
Tallinna Sadam	2–5	Belshina Bobruisk	1–1	1–4
Primorje	3–0	Union Luxembourg	2–0	1–0
Levski Sofia	2–3	Slovan Bratislava	1–1	1–2
Dinamo Batumi	2–31	Ararat Yerevan	0–3	2–0

Notes

• Note 1: Ararat Yerevan were awarded a 3–0 win in the qualifying round first leg after Dinamo Batumi were found guilty of fielding an ineligible player — Sologashvili. The match originally ended as a 4–2 win for Dinamo Batumi.

First leg

13 August 1997

19:00

HB	1–1	APOEL
Arge 40'	Lineups	Alexandrou 20'

Svangaskarð, Toftir

Attendance: 62

Referee: Oleg Timofejev (Estonia)

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14 August 1997

19:30

Hibernians	0–1	ÍBV
	Lineups	Guðmundsson 70'

National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 631^[1]

Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

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14 August 1997

18:00

Glenavon	1–1	Legia Warsaw
Grant 59'	Lineups	Sokołowski 33'

Mourneview Park, Lurgan

Attendance: 1,075^[2]

Referee: Juan Fernández Marín (Spain)

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14 August 1997

19:00

Cwmbrân Town	2–5	Național București
Parfitt 75' (pen.) Townsend 83'	Lineups	Vasc 31' Niculescu 47', 61' Liță 76', 80'

Cwmbran Stadium, Cwmbran

Attendance: 1,800^[3]

Referee: Syarhey Shmolik (Belarus)

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14 August 1997

18:00

Žalgiris Vilnius	0–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
	Lineups

Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Morgan Norman (Sweden)

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14 August 1997

19:00

Zimbru Chișinău	1–1	Shakhtar Donetsk
Zghura 72'	Lineups	Atelkin 45'

Stadionul Republican, Chișinău

Attendance: 2,500^[4]

Referee: Taras Bezubyak (Russia)

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14 August 1997

18:00

Dinaburg	1–0	Kapaz
Tarasovs 36'	Lineups

Celtnieks Stadium, Daugavpils

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Alan Howells (Wales)

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14 August 1997

19:30

Kilmarnock	2–1	Shelbourne
Wright 66' (pen.), 90'	Lineups	Rutherford 12'

Rugby Park, Kilmarnock

Attendance: 9,041

Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)

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14 August 1997

20:00

HJK	1–0	Red Star Belgrade
P. Helin 58'	Lineups

Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 5,140

Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

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14 August 1997

17:00

Sloga Jugomagnat	1–2	NK Zagreb
Petkov 60'	Lineups	Bule 65' Čižmek 90'

Stadion Gradski Park, Skopje

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland)

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14 August 1997

18:00

Balzers	1–3	BVSC
Wörnhard 6'	Lineups	M. Telser 50' (o.g.) Á. Füzi 76' Csordás 84'

Sportplatz Rheinau, Balzers

Attendance: 660

Referee: Ante Kulušić (Croatia)

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14 August 1997

18:00

Tallinna Sadam	1–1	Belshina Bobruisk
Olumets 48'	Lineups	Smirnykh 19'

Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn

Attendance: 332^[5]

Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)

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14 August 1997

17:30

Primorje	2–0	Union Luxembourg
Sabadin 37' Ščulac 85' (pen.)	Lineups

Mestni stadion Ajdovščina, Ajdovščina

Attendance: 1,200^[6]

Referee: Roland Beck (Liechtenstein)

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14 August 1997

18:00

Levski Sofia	1–1	Slovan Bratislava
G. Ivanov 18'	Lineups	Novák 64'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 14,373^[7]

Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)

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15 August 1997

18:30

Dinamo Batumi	0–3 Awarded1	Ararat Yerevan
Chuhua 23', 31' Ghlonti 78' Shekiladze 90'	Lineups	Ter-Petrosyan 59' Nazaryan 81'

Central Stadium, Batumi

Attendance: 4,500^[8]

Referee: Manfred Schüttengruber (Austria)

Second leg

28 August 1997

19:30

APOEL	6–0	HB Tórshavn
Hörtnagl 15', 21' Sotiriou 52' Ioannou 77', 79' Fasouliotis 81'	Lineups

Makario Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 3,498^[9]

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

APOEL won 7–1 on aggregate.

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27 August 1997

18:00

ÍBV	3–0	Hibernians
Helgason 22' Guðmundsson 34', 88'	Lineups

Hásteinsvöllur, Vestmannaeyjar

Attendance: 1,400

Referee: Juha Hirviniemi (Finland)

ÍBV won 4–0 on aggregate.

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28 August 1997

19:00

Legia Warsaw	4–0	Glenavon
Kacprzak 73' Sokołowski 75', 89' (pen.) Skrzyek 85'	Lineups

Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Loizos Loizou (Cyprus)

Legia Warsaw won 5–1 on aggregate.

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28 August 1997

21:00

Național București	7–0	Cwmbrân Town
Niculescu 15' Pigulea 23', 41', 70' Albeanu 25', 38' Savu 47'	Lineups

Stadionul Cotroceni, Bucharest

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)

Național București won 12–2 on aggregate.

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28 August 1997

19:00

Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Žalgiris Vilnius
Benayoun 106' (pen.) Buchnik 115'	Lineups	Radžius 96'

Vasermil Stadium, Be'er Sheva

Attendance: 8,700^[10]

Referee: Attila Juhos (Hungary)

Hapoel Be'er Sheva won 2–1 on aggregate.

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28 August 1997

18:00

Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0	Zimbru Chișinău
Orbu 28' Atelkin 44' Kryventsov 81'	Lineups

Shakhtar Central Stadium, Donetsk

Attendance: 21,000^[11]

Referee: Dan Dragoş Crăciun (Romania)

Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate.

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28 August 1997

17:00

Kapaz	0–1	Dinaburg
	Lineups	Sergei Isayev 70'

Ganja City Stadium, Ganja

Attendance: 10,286^[12]

Referee: Milan Mitrović (Slovenia)

Dinaburg won 2–0 on aggregate.

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28 August 1997

19:45

Shelbourne	1–1	Kilmarnock
Baker 38'	Lineups	McIntyre 22'

Tolka Park, Dublin

Attendance: 8,100

Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)

Kilmarnock won 3–2 on aggregate.

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28 August 1997

20:00

Red Star Belgrade	3–0	HJK
Stanković 6', 25' Njeguš 90' (pen.)	Lineups

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 24,375^[13]

Referee: Robert Boggi (Italy)

Red Star Belgrade won 3–1 on aggregate.

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28 August 1997

16:30

NK Zagreb	2–0	Sloga Jugomagnat
Sopić 2' Bule 7'	Lineups

Stadion Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb

Attendance: 669^[14]

Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)

Zagreb won 4–1 on aggregate.

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28 August 1997

19:00

BVSC Budapest	2–0	Balzers
Komlósi 12' Bükszegi 90'	Lineups

Szőnyi úti Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Richard O'Hanlon (Republic of Ireland)

BVSC won 5–1 on aggregate.

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28 August 1997

17:00

Belshina Bobruisk	4–1	Tallinna Sadam
Smirnykh 3' Timofeev 58' Hlebasolaw 74' Putrash 75'	Lineups	Rychkov 69' (pen.)

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Attendance: 1,365^[15]

Referee: Ladislav Gádoši (Slovakia)

Belshina Bobruisk won 5–2 on aggregate.

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28 August 1997

20:00

Union Luxembourg	0–1	Primorje
	Lineups	Rudonja 18'

Stade Achille Hammerel, Luxembourg

Attendance: 400

Referee: Vanco Kocev (Macedonia)

Primorje won 3–0 on aggregate.

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28 August 1997

18:00

Slovan Bratislava	2–1	Levski Sofia
Novák 15' Mužlay 51'	Lineups	Todorov 2'

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 6,800^[16]

Referee: Claude Détruche (Switzerland)

Slovan Bratislava won 3–2 on aggregate.

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28 August 1997

19:00

Ararat Yerevan	0–2	Dinamo Batumi
	Lineups	Torgashvili 2' Makharadze 36'

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 1,700^[17]

Referee: Marek Kowalczyk (Poland)

Ararat Yerevan won 3–2 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kocaelispor	3–0	Național București	2–0	1–0
APOEL	0–4	Sturm Graz	0–1	0–3
ÍBV	2–5	VfB Stuttgart	1–3	1–2
Boavista	3–4	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–3	1–1
Germinal Ekeren	4–3	Red Star Belgrade	3–2	1–1
AIK	1–2	Primorje	0–1	1–1 (aet)
AEK Athens	9–2	Dinaburg	5–0	4–2
Slavia Prague	6–2	Luzern	4–2	2–0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–14	Roda	1–4	0–10
NK Zagreb	5–6	Tromsø	3–2	2–4 (aet)
Copenhagen	5–0	Ararat Yerevan	3–0	2–0
Belshina Bobruisk	1–5	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–2	0–3
Chelsea	4–0	Slovan Bratislava	2–0	2–0
Nice	4–2	Kilmarnock	3–1	1–1
Real Betis	4–0	BVSC Budapest	2–0	2–0
Vicenza	3–1	Legia Warsaw	2–0	1–1

First leg

18 September 1997

20:30

Kocaelispor	2–0	Național București
Albayrak 41' Moshoeu 44'	Lineups

İsmet Paşa Stadium, İzmit

Attendance: 5,794^[18]

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

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18 September 1997

19:30

APOEL	0–1	Sturm Graz
	Lineups	Spiteri 80'

Makario Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 3,700

Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)

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18 September 1997

18:30

ÍBV	1–3	VfB Stuttgart
Ólafsson 40'	Lineups	Bobic 9', 12' Akpoborie 70'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 3,148

Referee: John Ashman (Wales)

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18 September 1997

21:30

Boavista	2–3	Shakhtar Donetsk
Rui Miguel 35' Litos 44'	Lineups	Zubov 29' Atelkin 60', 63'

Estádio do Bessa, Porto

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Luc Huyghe (Belgium)

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18 September 1997

20:00

Germinal Ekeren	3–2	Red Star Belgrade
Kovács 17' Hofmans 57' Dauwe 70'	Lineups	Ognjenović 60' Stanković 63'

Veltwijckstadion, Ekeren

Attendance: 3,750

Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

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18 September 1997

19:00

AIK	0–1	Primorje
	Lineups	Rudonja 84'

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 4,100

Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

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18 September 1997

18:30

AEK Athens	5–0	Dinaburg
Kopitsis 36' (pen.), 45' Katsavos 64' Kalitzakis 67' Marcelo 77'	Lineups

Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 10,587

Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany)

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18 September 1997

20:00

Slavia Prague	4–2	Luzern
Ašanin 4' Vácha 13' Vágner 48' Labant 53'	Lineups	Aleksandrov 6' Koilov 74'

Stadion Eden, Prague

Attendance: 5,614

Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi (Italy)

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18 September 1997

20:30

Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–4	Roda
Benayoun 63' (pen.)	Lineups	Van Houdt 14', 30' Torma 23', 34'

Vasermil Stadium, Be'er Sheva

Attendance: 3,240^[19]

Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibañez (Spain)

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18 September 1997

16:45

NK Zagreb	3–2	Tromsø
Lalić 44' Sopić 49' Baturina 50'	Lineups	B. Johansen 56' Årst 79'

Stadion Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb

Attendance: 569^[20]

Referee: Attila Juhos (Hungary)

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18 September 1997

19:00

Copenhagen	3–0	Ararat Yerevan
Jónsson 16' Højer 54' Tur 89'	Lineups

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 7,563

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

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18 September 1997

17:00

Belshina Bobruisk	1–2	Lokomotiv Moscow
Hlebasolaw 14' (pen.)	Lineups	Loskov 49' Borodyuk 72'

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Attendance: 3,594^[21]

Referee: Kostadin Gerginov (Bulgaria)

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18 September 1997

19:45

Chelsea	2–0	Slovan Bratislava
Di Matteo 6' Granville 80'	Lineups

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 23,067

Referee: Robert Boggi (Italy)

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18 September 1997

20:30

Nice	3–1	Kilmarnock
Kohn 13', 48' Rol 79'	Lineups	Wright 78' (pen.)

Stade du Ray, Nice

Attendance: 10,812

Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)

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18 September 1997

21:30

Real Betis	2–0	BVSC Budapest
Alfonso 58', 73'	Lineups

Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville

Attendance: 5,300^[22]

Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)

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18 September 1997

20:45

Vicenza	2–0	Legia Warsaw
Luiso 10' Ambrosetti 24'	Lineups

Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza

Attendance: 10,081

Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Germany)

Second leg

2 October 1997

20:15

Național București	0–1	Kocaelispor
	Lineups	Çolak 79'

Stadionul Cotroceni, Bucharest

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Stephen Lodge (England)

Kocaelispor won 3–0 on aggregate.

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2 October 1997

20:30

Sturm Graz	3–0	APOEL
Reinmayr 3' Vastić 29' Haas 43'	Lineups

Arnold Schwarzenegger-Stadium, Graz

Attendance: 11,500

Referee: Haim Lipkovitz (Israel)

Sturm Graz won 4–0 on aggregate.

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2 October 1997

19:15

VfB Stuttgart	2–1	ÍBV
Akpoborie 73', 76'	Lineups	Lárusson 79'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 12,483^[23]

Referee: Marek Kowalczyk (Poland)

Stuttgart won 5–2 on aggregate.

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2 October 1997

20:30

Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1	Boavista
Potskhveria 79'	Lineups	Latapy 89'

Shakhtar Central Stadium, Donetsk

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Claude Détruche (Switzerland)

Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–3 on aggregate.

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2 October 1997

20:00

Red Star Belgrade	1–1	Germinal Ekeren
Drulić 18'	Lineups	Radzinski 67'

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Karol Ihring (Slovakia)

Germinal Ekeren won 4–3 on aggregate.

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2 October 1997

15:30

Primorje	1–1 (a.e.t.)	AIK
Rudonja 110'	Lineups	Novaković 78'

Ajdovščina Football Stadium, Ajdovščina

Attendance: 1,132^[24]

Referee: Sotirios Vorgias (Greece)

Primorje won 2–1 on aggregate.

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2 October 1997

21:00

Dinaburg	2–4	AEK Athens
Fedotovs 34' Sergei Isayev 62'	Lineups	Nikolaidis 35', 80' Vlachos 50' Kostis 72'

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 500^[25]

Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

AEK Athens won 9–2 on aggregate.

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2 October 1997

20:00

Luzern	0–2	Slavia Prague
	Lineups	Koilov 55' (o.g.) Vágner 74'

Stadion Allmend, Luzern

Attendance: 5,614^[26]

Referee: Mikko Vuorela (Finland)

Slavia Prague won 6–2 on aggregate.

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2 October 1997

20:30

Roda	10–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Van Houdt 18', 31', 69' Lawal 40', 60' Ooijer 50', 85' (pen.) Vrede 54' Torma 71', 90'	Lineups

Gemeentelijk Sportpark Kaalheide, Kerkrade

Attendance: 5,010

Referee: Roland Beck (Liechtenstein)

Roda won 14–1 on aggregate.

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2 October 1997

20:00

Tromsø	4–2 (a.e.t.)	NK Zagreb
Lange 14', 117' Årst 75' S.M. Johansen 90'	Lineups	Vukić 54' Bule 58'

Alfheim Stadion, Tromsø

Attendance: 3,893

Referee: Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland)

Tromsø won 6–5 on aggregate.

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2 October 1997

18:00

Ararat Yerevan	0–2	Copenhagen
	Lineups	M. Nielsen 87' Šestan 89'

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 700

Referee: Ladislav Gádoši (Hungary)

Copenhagen won 5–0 on aggregate.

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2 October 1997

19:00

Lokomotiv Moscow	3–0	Belshina Bobruisk
Maminov 22' Kharlachyov 41' Loskov 74'	Lineups

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 1,500^[27]

Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Lokomotiv Moscow won 5–1 on aggregate.

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2 October 1997

20:35

Slovan Bratislava	0–2	Chelsea
	Lineups	Vialli 28' Di Matteo 60'

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 11,003^[28]

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Chelsea won 4–0 on aggregate.

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2 October 1997

19:30

Kilmarnock	1–1	Nice
Reilly 32'	Lineups	Milinković 76'

Rugby Park, Kilmarnock

Attendance: 8,402

Referee: Juha Hirviniemi (Finland)

Nice won 4–2 on aggregate.

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2 October 1997

20:30

BVSC Budapest	0–2	Real Betis
	Lineups	Alexis Trujillo 7' Alfonso 49'

Szőnyi úti Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Kazimir Znaydinsky (Belarus)

Real Betis won 4–0 on aggregate.

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2 October 1997

20:45

Legia Warsaw	1–1	Vicenza
Kacprzak 57'	Lineups	Zauli 86'

Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw

Attendance: 4,022^[29]

Referee: Milan Mitrović (Slovenia)

Vicenza won 3–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tromsø	4–9	Chelsea	3–2	1–7
Germinal Ekeren	4–6	VfB Stuttgart	0–4	4–2
Lokomotiv Moscow	2–1	Kocaelispor	2–1	0–0
Shakhtar Donetsk	2–5	Vicenza	1–3	1–2
Real Betis	3–1	Copenhagen	2–0	1–1
AEK Athens	2–1	Sturm Graz	2–0	0–1
Nice	3–3 (a)	Slavia Prague	2–2	1–1
Primorje	0–6	Roda	0–2	0–4

First leg

23 October 1997

21:05

Tromsø	3–2	Chelsea
Nilsen 6' Fermann 19' Årst 86'	Lineups	Vialli 85', 90'

Alfheim Stadion, Tromsø

Attendance: 6,438

Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

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23 October 1997

20:30

Germinal Ekeren	0–4	VfB Stuttgart
	Lineups	Bobic 43', 61' Akpoborie 55', 75'

Veltwijckstadion, Ekeren

Attendance: 2,704

Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

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23 October 1997

19:00

Lokomotiv Moscow	2–1	Kocaelispor
Kharlachyov 33' Janashia 82'	Lineups	Uzun 73'

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany)

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23 October 1997

21:00

Shakhtar Donetsk	1–3	Vicenza
Zubov 62'	Lineups	Luiso 1', 90+3' Beghetto 56'

Shakhtar Central Stadium, Donetsk

Attendance: 15,286^[30]

Referee: Pascal Garibian (France)

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23 October 1997

21:30

Real Betis	2–0	Copenhagen
Oli 25' Cañas 39'	Lineups

Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville

Attendance: 7,800

Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)

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23 October 1997

20:00

AEK Athens	2–0	Sturm Graz
Batista 75' Marcelo 84'	Lineups

Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 13,329

Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

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23 October 1997

20:30

Nice	2–2	Slavia Prague
Aulanier 6' (pen.), 77'	Lineups	Vácha 14', 35'

Stade du Ray, Nice

Attendance: 14,274

Referee: Celino Gracia Redondo (Spain)

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23 October 1997

20:30

Primorje	0–2	Roda
	Lineups	Lawal 15' Van Houdt 67'

Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 984^[31]

Referee: Metin Tokat (Turkey)

Second leg

6 November 1997

19:45

Chelsea	7–1	Tromsø
Petrescu 12', 85' Vialli 24', 60', 75' Zola 43' Leboeuf 54' (pen.)	Lineups	B. Johansen 39'

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 29,363

Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)

Chelsea won 9–4 on aggregate.

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6 November 1997

20:30

VfB Stuttgart	2–4	Germinal Ekeren
Verlaat 12' Poschner 34'	Lineups	Van Ankeren 43', 82' Van Geneugden 45' Karagiannis 72'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 10,800

Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

Stuttgart won 6–4 on aggregate.

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6 November 1997

20:00

Kocaelispor	0–0	Lokomotiv Moscow
	Lineups

İsmet Paşa Stadium, İzmit

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Fernand Meese (Belgium)

Lokomotiv Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.

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6 November 1997

20:45

Vicenza	2–1	Shakhtar Donetsk
Luiso 24' Viviani 70'	Lineups	Atelkin 59'

Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza

Attendance: 9,500^[32]

Referee: Roy Helge Olsen (Norway)

Vicenza won 5–2 on aggregate.

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6 November 1997

19:00

Copenhagen	1–1	Real Betis
P. Nielsen 60' (pen.)	Lineups	Ureña 80'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 10,140

Referee: Willie Young (Scotland)

Real Betis won 3–1 on aggregate.

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6 November 1997

21:00

Sturm Graz	1–0	AEK Athens
Spiteri 82'	Lineups

Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadium, Graz

Attendance: 15,400

Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

AEK Athens won 2–1 on aggregate.

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6 November 1997

20:30

Slavia Prague	1–1	Nice
Labant 80'	Lineups	Vandecasteele 74'

Stadion Eden, Prague

Attendance: 7,312

Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany)

3–3 on aggregate. Slavia Prague won on away goals.

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6 November 1997

20:30

Roda	4–0	Primorje
Van der Luer 44' Peeters 49' Zafarin 74' Valgaeren 84'	Lineups

Gemeentelijk Sportpark Kaalheide, Kerkrade

Attendance: 8,000^[33]

Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Roda won 6–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Roda	1–9	Vicenza	1–4	0–5
Slavia Prague	1–3	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	0–2
AEK Athens	1–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	0–0	1–2
Real Betis	2–5	Chelsea	1–2	1–3

First leg

5 March 1998

20:45

Roda	1–4	Vicenza
Peeters 73'	Lineups	Luiso 17', 40' Belotti 29' Otero 67'

Gemeentelijk Sportpark Kaalheide, Kerkrade

Attendance: 14,000^[34]

Referee: Václav Krondl (Czech Republic)

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5 March 1998

20:45

Slavia Prague	1–1	VfB Stuttgart
Vácha 39'	Lineups	Poschner 51'

Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague

Attendance: 8,712

Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

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5 March 1998

20:00

AEK Athens	0–0	Lokomotiv Moscow
	Lineups

Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 24,367

Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

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5 March 1998

20:45

Real Betis	1–2	Chelsea
Alfonso 46'	Lineups	Flo 7', 12'

Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville

Attendance: 19,300^[35]

Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

Second leg

19 March 1998

20:45

Vicenza	5–0	Roda
Luiso 4' Firmani 24' Méndez 38' Ambrosetti 42' Zauli 47'	Lineups

Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza

Attendance: 14,362

Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Vicenza won 9–1 on aggregate.

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19 March 1998

20:30

VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Slavia Prague
Balakov 9', 88'	Lineups

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 18,921^[36]

Referee: José García Aranda (Spain)

Stuttgart won 3–1 on aggregate.

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19 March 1998

19:00

Lokomotiv Moscow	2–1	AEK Athens
Kharlachyov 53' Chugainov 90'	Lineups	Kopitsis 67' (pen.)

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 11,256

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Lokomotiv Moscow won 2–1 on aggregate.

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19 March 1998

19:45

Chelsea	3–1	Real Betis
Sinclair 30' Di Matteo 50' Zola 90'	Lineups	Finidi 20'

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 32,300

Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Chelsea won 5–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vicenza	2–3	Chelsea	1–0	1–3
VfB Stuttgart	3–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	2–1	1–0

First leg

2 April 1998

20:45

Vicenza	1–0	Chelsea
Zauli 16'	Lineups

Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza

Attendance: 19,319

Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

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2 April 1998

20:30

VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Lokomotiv Moscow
Akpoborie 42' Bobic 90'	Lineups	Janashia 22'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 14,416^[37]

Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

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Second leg

16 April 1998

19:45

Chelsea	3–1	Vicenza
Poyet 34' Zola 50' M. Hughes 76'	Lineups	Luiso 32'

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 33,810

Referee: Marc Batta (France)

Chelsea won 3–2 on aggregate.

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16 April 1998

20:15

Lokomotiv Moscow	0–1	VfB Stuttgart
	Lineups	Bobic 24'

Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 18,650

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Stuttgart won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final

13 May 1998

20:45

Chelsea	1–0	VfB Stuttgart
Zola 71'	Lineups

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 30,216

Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

Top goalscorers

The top goalscorers from the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Pasquale Luiso	Vicenza	8
2	Jonathan Akpoborie	VfB Stuttgart	6
	Fredi Bobic	VfB Stuttgart	6
	Peter Van Houdt	Roda	6
5	Gianluca Vialli	Chelsea	5
6	Alfonso	Real Betis	4
	Gábor Torma	Roda	4
	Karel Vácha	Slavia Prague	4
	Gianfranco Zola	Chelsea	4
10	Ole Martin Årst	Tromsø	3
	Serhiy Atelkin	Shakhtar Donetsk	3
	Nino Bule	NK Zagreb	3
	Roberto Di Matteo	Chelsea	3
	Tryggvi Guðmundsson	ÍBV	3
	Yevgeni Kharlachyov	Lokomotiv Moscow	3
	Charis Kopitsis	AEK Athens	3
	Garba Lawal	Roda	3
	Radu Niculescu	Național București	3
	Adrian Pigulea	Național București	3
	Mladen Rudonja	Primorje	3
	Tomasz Sokołowski	Legia Warsaw	3
	Dejan Stanković	Red Star Belgrade	3
	Paul Wright	Kilmarnock	3

See also

• 1997–98 UEFA Champions League
• 1997–98 UEFA Cup
• 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup