1997–98 Leeds United A.F.C. season

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
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

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

Competitions

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:

^ 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.
^ 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

FA 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

3 January 1998 3	Leeds United	4–0	Oxford United	Leeds
	Radebe 17' Hasselbaink 45' (pen.) Kewell 71', 72'			Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 20,568 Referee: Mike Reed

24 January 1998 4	Leeds United	2–0	Grimsby Town	Leeds
	Molenaar 45' Hasselbaink 79'			Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 29,598 Referee: Graham Barber

14 February 1998 5	Leeds United	3–2	Birmingham City	Leeds
	Wallace 5' Hasselbaink 28', 87'		Ablett 63' Ndlovu 81'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 35,463 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

7 March 1998 Quarter-final	Leeds United	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leeds
			Goodman 82'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 39,902 Referee: Paul Durkin

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

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	Nigel Martyn	45	0	37	0	4	0	4	0
15	GK	ENG	Mark Beeney	2	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	IRL	Gary Kelly	41	0	34	0	3+1	0	3	0
3	DF	SCO	David Robertson	31	0	24+2	0	1	0	4	0
4	DF	NOR	Alfie Haaland	37	7	26+6	7	2	0	3	0
5	DF	RSA	Lucas Radebe	33	1	26+1	0	2	1	4	0
6	DF	ENG	David Wetherall	41	5	33+1	3	3	0	4	2
18	DF	NOR	Gunnar Halle	39	2	31+2	2	3	0	2+1	0
20	DF	IRL	Ian Harte	15	0	12	0	1+2	0	0	0
21	DF	AUT	Martin Hiden	12	0	11	0	1	0	0	0
27	DF	IRL	Alan Maybury	15	0	9+3	0	2	0	1	0
29	DF	ENG	Mark Jackson	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	NED	Robert Molenaar	28	3	18+4	2	3	1	2+1	0
Midfielders
10	MF	POR	Bruno Ribeiro	35	4	28+1	3	3	0	2+1	1
11	MF	ENG	Lee Bowyer	31	4	21+4	3	3	0	2+1	1
12	MF	SCO	David Hopkin	30	1	22+3	1	1	0	4	0
19	MF	AUS	Harry Kewell	35	8	26+3	5	4	2	2	1
37	MF	IRL	Stephen McPhail	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
8	FW	ENG	Rod Wallace	39	13	29+2	10	4	1	4	2
9	FW	NED	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	40	22	30+3	16	4	4	3	2
17	FW	SCO	Derek Lilley	16	1	0+12	1	0+1	0	0+3	0
35	FW	ENG	Lee Matthews	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
12 June 1997	FW	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Boavista	£2,000,000
12 June 1997	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	Free
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

References

[table_note_res_CHE0.23158927645143-1] 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.

[table_note_res_UC10.23158927645143-2] Aston Villa was rewarded entry to the UEFA Cup through UEFA Fair Play ranking.

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