1997–98 La Liga


The 1997–98 La Liga season was the 67th since its establishment. It began on 30 August 1997, and concluded on 16 May 1998.
On 29 March 1998, following Sporting Gijón's 0–0 draw with Zaragoza, combined with Racing Santander's 4–3 loss to Athletic Bilbao, Sporting Gijón became the first team in La Liga history to be relegated in March, ending the season with a league-record lowest points tally of just 13.

Promotion and relegation

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Mérida, Salamanca and Mallorca. They replaced Rayo Vallecano, Extremadura, Sevilla FC, Hércules CF and CD Logrones after spending time in the top flight for two, one, twenty two, one and one years respectively. Starting from this season, twenty teams contested in the La Liga as opposed to previous seasons with twenty-two teams.

Team information

Clubs and locations

1997–98 season was composed of the following clubs:
TeamStadiumCapacity
BarcelonaCamp Nou98,772
Real MadridSantiago Bernabéu80,354
EspanyolEstadi Olímpic de Montjuïc55,926
Atlético MadridVicente Calderón55,005
ValenciaMestalla55,000
Real BetisBenito Villamarín52,132
Athletic BilbaoSan Mamés39,750
Deportivo de La CoruñaRiazor34,600
Real ZaragozaLa Romareda34,596
Celta de VigoBalaídos32,500
Real SociedadAnoeta32,200
ValladolidJosé Zorrilla27,846
Sporting de GijónEl Molinón25,885
Real OviedoCarlos Tartiere23,500
TenerifeHeliodoro Rodríguez López22,824
Racing de SantanderEl Sardinero22,222
MallorcaLluís Sitjar18,000
SalamancaEl Helmántico17,341
MéridaEstadio Romano14,600
CompostelaSan Lázaro12,000

League table


Awards

Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.
RankPlayerClubGoals
1

Zamora Trophy

The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played.
RankPlayerClubGoals againstMatchesAverage
1#expr:31/37 round 2

Attendances

Source:
#ClubAvg. attendanceHighest
1FC Barcelona74,053115,000
2Real Madrid73,368104,000
3Valencia CF44,68454,000
4Real Betis38,81647,500
5Athletic Club36,15841,000
6Atlético de Madrid30,89558,000
7Real Zaragoza23,05335,000
8Celta de Vigo22,71432,000
9Real Sociedad22,65128,399
10RCD Espanyol21,92131,500
11Deportivo de La Coruña21,39533,000
12CD Tenerife19,06822,500
13Real Valladolid17,96623,000
14Racing de Santander17,23722,000
15RCD Mallorca16,96630,800
16Real Oviedo16,50023,500
17Real Sporting de Gijón15,15422,000
18UD Salamanca12,91620,199
19Mérida UD10,78915,000
20SD Compostela8,38114,000