1997–98 Copa del Rey

1997–98 Copa del Rey
96th Copa del Rey
Tournament details
Country	Spain
Dates	3 September 1997 – 29 April 1998
Teams	66
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona
Runner-up	Mallorca
Tournament statistics
Matches played	129
Goals scored	317 (2.46 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Rivaldo (8)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.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

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.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

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)	1–1^[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