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{{Infobox football club season
| club               = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
| season             = 1997–98
| manager            = [[Zdeněk Zeman]]
| chairman           = [[Franco Sensi]]
| chrtitle           = President
| stadium            = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
| league             = [[Serie A]]
| league result      = [[1997–98 Serie A|4th]]
| cup1               = [[Coppa Italia]]
| cup1 result        = [[1997–98 Coppa Italia|Quarter-finals]]
| league topscorer   = <br>[[Abel Balbo]] (14)
| season topscorer   = <br>[[Abel Balbo]],<br>[[Paulo Sérgio (footballer, born 1969)|Paulo Sérgio]] (14)
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'''[[A.S. Roma|Associazione Sportiva Roma]]''' was reinvigorated under new coach [[Zdeněk Zeman]], who recently had been coaching arch rivals [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]]. Zeman brought his attacking 4–3–3 with him, resulting in Roma scoring 67 goals, but also conceding 42, an extreme rarity in defensive-minded Italian football. Roma finished fourth, three places above Lazio in the table. That was the first time it had happened in five years, which delighted the Roma board, and Zeman stayed on for a further season. The season also saw the international breakthrough of former youth-team product [[Francesco Totti]], who at 21 was ready for increased responsibility and captaincy, responding with 13 league goals from a position on the left-wing of the attack. Also noticeable was new signing [[Cafu]]'s offensive skills as a right-wing back, granting him a reputation among the world's top wing backs.

==Players==

{{fs start}}
{{fs player|no=1|pos=GK|nat=AUT|name=[[Michael Konsel]]}}
{{fs player|no=2|pos=DF|nat=BRA|name=[[Cafu]]}}
{{fs player|no=3|pos=DF|nat=BRA|name=[[Antônio Carlos Zago|Zago]]}}
{{fs player|no=4|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=[[Luigi Di Biagio]]}}
{{fs player|no=5|pos=DF|nat=FRA|name=[[Vincent Candela]]}}
{{fs player|no=6|pos=DF|nat=BRA|name=[[Aldair]]}}
{{fs player|no=7|pos=FW|nat=BRA|name=[[Paulo Sérgio (footballer, born 1969)|Paulo Sérgio]]}}
{{fs player|no=9|pos=FW|nat=ARG|name=[[Abel Balbo]]}}
{{fs player|no=10|pos=FW|nat=ITA|name=[[Francesco Totti]]}}
{{fs mid}}
{{fs player|no=11|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=[[Eusebio Di Francesco]]}}
{{fs player|no=12|pos=GK|nat=ITA|name=[[Antonio Chimenti]]}}
{{fs player|no=13|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=[[Fabio Petruzzi]]}}
{{fs player|no=15|pos=MF|nat=ESP|name=[[Iván Helguera]]}}
{{fs player|no=16|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=[[Carmine Gautieri]]}}
{{fs player|no=17|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=[[Damiano Tommasi]]}}
{{fs player|no=19|pos=FW|nat=GRE|name=[[Lampros Choutos]]}}
{{fs player|no=21|pos=DF|nat=RUS|name=[[Omari Tetradze]]}}
{{fs player|no=24|pos=FW|nat=ITA|name=[[Marco Delvecchio]]}}
{{fs end}}
===Transfers ===
<div style="float: left; width: 50%;">
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:99%"
! colspan="4" | In
|-
! width=3% | Pos.
! width=32% | Name
! width=30% | from
! width=35% | Type
|-
| DF ||[[Cafu]]|| [[Palmeiras]] || €7.60 million
|-
| FW ||[[Paulo Sérgio]]|| [[Bayer Leverkusen]] || €3.50 million
|-
| MF ||[[Eusebio Di Francesco]]|| [[Piacenza Calcio]] ||
|-
| GK ||[[Antonio Chimenti]]|| Salernitana || 
|-
| GK ||[[Michael Konsel]]|| [[Rapid Wien]] ||
|-
| GK ||[[Andrea Campagnolo]]|| Cittadella || 
|-
| DF ||[[César Gómez]]|| [[CD Tenerife]] || 
|-
| DF ||[[Giorgio Lucenti]]|| [[Palermo F.C.]] || 
|-
| DF ||[[Iván Helguera]]|| [[Albacete Balompie]] ||
|-
| DF ||[[Cristian Servidei]]|| [[Lecce]] || 
|-
| DF ||[[Filippo Dal Moro]]|| [[Empoli F.C.]] || 
|-
| MF ||[[Vágner Rogério Nunes|Vágner]]|| [[Santos Futebol Clube]] || 
|-
| MF ||[[Cristiano Scapolo]]|| [[Bologna F.C.]] ||
|-
| FW ||[[Carmine Gautieri]]|| [[Perugia Calcio]] ||
|}
</div>
<div style="float: left; width: 50%;">
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:99%"
! colspan="4" | Out
|-
! width=3% | Pos.
! width=32% | Name
! width=30% | To
! width=35% | Type
|-
| FW ||[[Daniel Fonseca]]|| [[Juventus]] || €4.70 million
|-
| DF ||[[Amedeo Carboni]]|| [[Valencia CF]] || €4.00 million
|-
| DF ||[[Marco Lanna]]|| [[UD Salamanca]] || ''end of contract''
|-
| MF ||[[Francesco Moriero]]|| [[A.C. Milan]] || ''end of contract''
|-
| MF ||[[Jonas Thern]]|| [[Glasgow Rangers]] || ''end of contract''
|-

| GK ||[[Giovanni Cervone]]|| [[Brescia Calcio]] || 
|-
| GK ||[[Giorgio Sterchele]]|| [[Bologna F.C.]] ||
|-
| MF ||[[Francesco Statuto]]|| [[Udinese Calcio]] ||
|-
| GK ||[[Gianluca Berti]]|| [[A.C. Reggiana]] || 
|-
| GK ||[[Giampaolo Di Magno]]||Carpi || 
|-
| DF ||[[Enrico Annoni]]|| [[Celtic Glasgow]] ||
|-
| DF ||[[Lorenzo Stovini]]||[[Vicenza Calcio]] ||
|-
| MF ||[[Antonino Bernardini]]|| [[Perugia Calcio]] || 
|-
| FW ||[[Martin Dahlin]]|| [[Blackburn Rovers]] || €3.0 million
|}
</div>
{{-}}
====Winter====
<div style="float: left; width: 50%;">
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:99%"
! colspan="4" | In
|-
! width=3% | Pos.
! width=32% | Name
! width=30% | from
! width=35% | Type
|-
| DF ||[[Antonio Carlos Zago|Antonio Carlos]]|| [[SC Corinthians]] || 
|-
|}
</div>
<div style="float: left; width: 50%;">
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:99%"
! colspan="4" | Out
|-
! width=3% | Pos.
! width=32% | Name
! width=30% | To
! width=35% | Type
|-
| DF ||[[Giorgio Lucenti]]|| [[Empoli F.C.]] ||''loan''
|-
| FW ||[[Andrea Conti (footballer, born 1977)|Andrea Conti]]|| Carpi ||
|-
| DF ||[[Francesco Colonnese]]|| [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]] || €1.50 million
|-
|}
</div>
{{-}}

==Competitions==

===Overall===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; width:730px"
|-
! style=text-align:center; width:150px; | Competition
! style=text-align:center; width:100px; | Started round
! style=text-align:center; width:100px; | Final position
! style=text-align:center; width:150px; | First match
! style=text-align:center; width:140px; | Last match
|-
| style=text-align:left; | [[1997–98 Serie A|Serie A]]
| [[#Matches|Matchday 1]]
| 4th
| 31 August 1997
| 16 May 1998
|-
| style=text-align:left; | [[1997–98 Coppa Italia|Coppa Italia]]
| [[1997–98 Coppa Italia#Round of 32|Round of 32]]
| [[1997–98 Coppa Italia#Quarter-finals|Quarter-finals]]
| 3 September 1997
| 21 January 1998
|}
<small>Last updated: 16 May 1998</small>

===Serie A===
{{main article|1997–98 Serie A}}

====League table====
{{:1997–98 Serie A|showteam=ROM}}

====Results summary====
{{Fb_rs |hw=10 |hd=4 |hl=3 |hgf=44 |hga=21 |aw=6 |ad=7 |al=4 |agf=23 |aga=21}}
{{Fb_rs_footer |u=16 May 1998 |s=[[#Matches|Competitive matches]]|date=July 2015}}

====Results by round====
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| res2=W/D/W/D/W/D/L/W/D/W/W/L/D/L/D/D/D/W/L/W/W/W/W/L/W/D/D/W/L/W/L/W/D/W
|label3= Position
| res3=2/5/4/4/2/4/4/4/4/3/3/5/5/5/7/7/8/7/8/8/7/7/5/6/5/5/5/4/5/4/6/6/6/4
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|text_1=[[1998–99 UEFA Champions League#Group stage|Leader]], [[1998–99 UEFA Champions League#Group stage|1998–99 UEFA Champions League Group stage]]
|text_2=[[1998–99 UEFA Champions League#Second Qualifying round|1998–99 UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying round]]
|text_3-6=[[1998–99 UEFA Cup#First round|1998–99 UEFA Cup First round]]
|color_8-9=#CCCCFF |text_8-9=Qualification to [[1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup|Intertoto Cup]]
|text_15-18=[[1998–99 Serie B]]
|updated=complete
|source=[[#Matches|Competitive matches]]
|date=August 2018
}}

====Matches====
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|round      = 1
|date       = 31 August 1997
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Empoli F.C.|Empoli]]
|score      = 1–3
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/1/EMPROM
|team2      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|goals1     = [[Massimiliano Cappellini|Cappellini]] {{goal|16|pen.}}
|goals2     = [[Marco Delvecchio|Delvecchio]] {{goal|3}}<br>[[Abel Balbo|Balbo]] {{goal|46||61}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Carlo Castellani]]
|location   = [[Empoli]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Stefano Farina]]
|result     = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = 2
|date       = 14 September 1997
|time       = 
|team1      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|score      = 0–0
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/2/ROMJUV
|team2      = [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|location   = [[Rome]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = Fiorenzo Treossi
|result     = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = 3
|date       = 21 September 1997
|time       = 
|team1      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|score      = 3–1
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/3/ROMLEC
|team2      = [[U.S. Lecce|Lecce]]
|goals1     = [[Francesco Totti|Totti]] {{goal|3}}<br>[[Luigi Di Biagio|Di Biagio]] {{goal|17}}<br>[[Abel Balbo|Balbo]] {{goal|68}}
|goals2     = [[Francesco Palmieri|Palmieri]] {{goal|10}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|location   = [[Rome]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = Daniele Tombolini
|result     = W
}}
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|round      = 4
|date       = 28 September 1997
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]]
|score      = 0–0
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/4/BOLROM
|team2      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[Stadio Renato Dall'Ara]]
|location   = [[Bologna]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = Roberto Bettin
|result     = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = [[Derby del Sole|5]]
|date       = 5 October 1997
|time       = 
|team1      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|score      = 6–2
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/5/ROMNAP
|team2      = [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]]
|goals1     = [[Vincent Candela|Candela]] {{goal|16}}<br>[[Carmine Gautieri|Gautieri]] {{goal|34}}<br>[[Abel Balbo|Balbo]] {{goal|51||60||89}}<br>[[Eusebio Di Francesco|Di Francesco]] {{goal|53}}
|goals2     = [[Luca Altomare|Altomare]] {{goal|71}}<br>[[Claudio Bellucci|Bellucci]] {{goal|87|pen.}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|location   = [[Rome]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Alfredo Trentalange]]
|result     = W
}}
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|round      = 6
|date       = 19 October 1997
|time       = 
|team1      = [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]]
|score      = 0–0
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/6/FIOROM
|team2      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[Stadio Artemio Franchi]]
|location   = [[Florence]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = Robert Anthony Boggi
|result     = D
}}
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|round      = [[Derby della Capitale|7]]
|date       = 1 November 1997
|time       = 
|team1      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|score      = 1–3
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/7/ROMLAZ
|team2      = [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]]
|goals1     = [[Marco Delvecchio|Delvecchio]] {{goal|90+1}}
|goals2     = [[Roberto Mancini|Mancini]] {{goal|47}}<br>[[Pierluigi Casiraghi|Casiraghi]] {{goal|57}}<br>[[Pavel Nedvěd|Nedvěd]] {{goal|85}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|location   = [[Rome]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Pierluigi Collina]]
|result     = L
}}
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|round      = 8
|date       = 9 November 1997
|time       = 
|team1      = [[F.C. Bari 1908|Bari]]
|score      = 1–3
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/8/BARROM
|team2      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|goals1     = [[Sergio Volpi|Volpi]] {{goal|36}}
|goals2     = [[Francesco Totti|Totti]] {{goal|10||58}}<br>[[Abel Balbo|Balbo]] {{goal|34}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio San Nicola]]
|location   = [[Bari]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Pierluigi Pairetto]]
|result     = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = 9
|date       = 23 November 1997
|time       = 
|team1      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|score      = 2–2
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/9/ROMVIC
|team2      = [[Vicenza Calcio|Vicenza]]
|goals1     = [[Abel Balbo|Balbo]] {{goal|28}}<br>[[Paulo Sérgio (footballer, born 1969)|Paulo Sérgio]] {{goal|44}}
|goals2     = [[Pasquale Luiso|Luiso]] {{goal|1}}<br>[[Gabriele Ambrosetti|Ambrosetti]] {{goal|45+2}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|location   = [[Rome]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Graziano Cesari]]
|result     = D
}}
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|round      = 10
|date       = 30 November 1997
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Parma F.C.|Parma]]
|score      = 0–2
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/10/PARROM
|team2      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = [[Francesco Totti|Totti]] {{goal|9}}<br>[[Paulo Sérgio (footballer, born 1969)|Paulo Sérgio]] {{goal|22}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Ennio Tardini]]
|location   = [[Parma]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Stefano Braschi]]
|result     = W
}}
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|round      = 11
|date       = 7 December 1997
|time       = 
|team1      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|score      = 3–0
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/11/ROMATA
|team2      = [[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]]
|goals1     = [[Massimo Carrera|Carrera]] {{goal|23|o.g.}}<br>[[Francesco Totti|Totti]] {{goal|27}}<br>[[Paulo Sérgio (footballer, born 1969)|Paulo Sérgio]] {{goal|32}}
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|location   = [[Rome]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Stefano Farina]]
|result     = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = 12
|date       = 14 December 1997
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]
|score      = 3–0
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/12/INTROM
|team2      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|goals1     = [[Youri Djorkaeff|Djorkaeff]] {{goal|40|pen.}}<br>[[Marco Branca|Branca]] {{goal|49}}<br>[[Fabio Petruzzi|Petruzzi]] {{goal|71|o.g.}}
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[San Siro]]
|location   = [[Milan]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Domenico Messina]]
|result     = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = 13
|date       = 21 December 1997
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]]
|score      = 1–1
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/13/BREROM
|team2      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|goals1     = [[Dario Hübner|Hübner]] {{goal|15}}
|goals2     = [[Paulo Sérgio (footballer, born 1969)|Paulo Sérgio]] {{goal|90+5}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Mario Rigamonti]]
|location   = [[Brescia]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Piero Ceccarini]]
|result     = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = 14
|date       = 4 January 1998
|time       = 
|team1      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|score      = 1–2
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/14/ROMUDI
|team2      = [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]]
|goals1     = [[Abel Balbo|Balbo]] {{goal|59|pen.}}
|goals2     = [[Oliver Bierhoff|Bierhoff]] {{goal|49||56}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|location   = [[Rome]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Pierluigi Collina]]
|result     = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = 15
|date       = 11 January 1998
|time       = 
|team1      = [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
|score      = 0–0
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/15/MILROM
|team2      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[San Siro]]
|location   = [[Milan]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = Fiorenzo Treossi
|result     = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = 16
|date       = 18 January 1998
|time       = 
|team1      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|score      = 1–1
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/16/ROMPIA
|team2      = [[Piacenza Calcio 1919|Piacenza]]
|goals1     = [[Aldair]] {{goal|6}}
|goals2     = [[Massimo Rastelli|Rastelli]] {{goal|85}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|location   = [[Rome]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = Emilio Pellegrino
|result     = D
}}
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|round      = 17
|date       = 25 January 1998
|time       = 
|team1      = [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]]
|score      = 1–1
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/17/SAMROM
|team2      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|goals1     = [[Siniša Mihajlović|Mihajlović]] {{goal|33}}
|goals2     = [[Moreno Mannini|Mannini]] {{goal|26|o.g.}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Luigi Ferraris]]
|location   = [[Genoa]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Alfredo Trentalange]]
|result     = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = 18
|date       = 1 February 1998
|time       = 
|team1      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|score      = 4–3
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/18/ROMEMP
|team2      = [[Empoli F.C.|Empoli]]
|goals1     = [[Abel Balbo|Balbo]] {{goal|22||74||87|pen.}}<br>[[Aldair]] {{goal|73}}
|goals2     = [[Claudio Bonomi|Bonomi]] {{goal|60}}<br>[[Massimiliano Cappellini|Cappellini]] {{goal|85||88}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|location   = [[Rome]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = Roberto Bettin
|result     = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = 19
|date       = 8 February 1998
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|score      = 3–1
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/19/JUVROM
|team2      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|goals1     = [[Zinedine Zidane|Zidane]] {{goal|45+2}}<br>[[Alessandro Del Piero|Del Piero]] {{goal|49}}<br>[[Edgar Davids|Davids]] {{goal|65}}
|goals2     = [[Paulo Sérgio (footballer, born 1969)|Paulo Sérgio]] {{goal|57}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio delle Alpi]]
|location   = [[Turin]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Domenico Messina]]
|result     = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = 20
|date       = 11 February 1998
|time       = 
|team1      = [[U.S. Lecce|Lecce]]
|score      = 1–3
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/20/LECROM
|team2      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|goals1     = [[Serhiy Atelkin|Atelkin]] {{goal|77}}
|goals2     = [[Abel Balbo|Balbo]] {{goal|42|pen.}}<br>[[Luigi Di Biagio|Di Biagio]] {{goal|45+3}}<br>[[Carmine Gautieri|Gautieri]] {{goal|86}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Via del Mare]]
|location   = [[Lecce]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = Salvatore Racalbuto
|result     = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = 21
|date       = 15 February 1998
|time       = 
|team1      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|score      = 2–1
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/21/ROMBOL
|team2      = [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]]
|goals1     = [[Eusebio Di Francesco|Di Francesco]] {{goal|5}}<br>[[Marco Delvecchio|Delvecchio]] {{goal|87}}
|goals2     = [[Igor Kolyvanov|Kolyvanov]] {{goal|9}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|location   = [[Rome]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Piero Ceccarini]]
|result     = W
}}
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|round      = [[Derby del Sole|22]]
|date       = 22 February 1998
|time       = 
|team1      = [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]]
|score      = 0–2
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/22/NAPROM
|team2      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = [[Francesco Totti|Totti]] {{goal|54}}<br>[[Luigi Di Biagio|Di Biagio]] {{goal|62}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio San Paolo]]
|location   = [[Naples]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = Livio Bazzoli
|result     = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = 23
|date       = 1 March 1998
|time       = 
|team1      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|score      = 4–1
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/23/ROMFIO
|team2      = [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]]
|goals1     = [[Paulo Sérgio (footballer, born 1969)|Paulo Sérgio]] {{goal|12}}<br>[[Marco Delvecchio|Delvecchio]] {{goal|32||41}}<br>[[Francesco Totti|Totti]] {{goal|56}}
|goals2     = [[Gabriel Batistuta|Batistuta]] {{goal|71}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|location   = [[Rome]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = Fiorenzo Treossi
|result     = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = [[Derby della Capitale|24]]
|date       = 8 March 1998
|time       = 
|team1      = [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]]
|score      = 2–0
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/24/LAZROM
|team2      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|goals1     = [[Alen Bokšić|Bokšić]] {{goal|50}}<br>[[Pavel Nedvěd|Nedvěd]] {{goal|62}}
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|location   = [[Rome]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = Robert Anthony Boggi
|result     = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = 25
|date       = 15 March 1998
|time       = 
|team1      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|score      = 2–1
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/25/ROMBAR
|team2      = [[F.C. Bari 1908|Bari]]
|goals1     = [[Paulo Sérgio (footballer, born 1969)|Paulo Sérgio]] {{goal|2}}<br>[[Aldair]] {{goal|78}}
|goals2     = [[Gianluca Zambrotta|Zambrotta]] {{goal|51}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|location   = [[Rome]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = Tarcisio Serena
|result     = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = 26
|date       = 22 March 1998
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Vicenza Calcio|Vicenza]]
|score      = 1–1
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/26/VICROM
|team2      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|goals1     = [[Pasquale Luiso|Luiso]] {{goal|24}}
|goals2     = [[Abel Balbo|Balbo]] {{goal|12}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Romeo Menti]]
|location   = [[Vicenza]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Pierluigi Collina]]
|result     = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = 27
|date       = 29 March 1998
|time       = 
|team1      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|score      = 2–2
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/27/ROMPAR
|team2      = [[Parma F.C.|Parma]]
|goals1     = [[Francesco Totti|Totti]] {{goal|10}}<br>[[Paulo Sérgio (footballer, born 1969)|Paulo Sérgio]] {{goal|25}}
|goals2     = [[Enrico Chiesa|Chiesa]] {{goal|26||53}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|location   = [[Rome]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = Gennaro Borriello
|result     = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = 28
|date       = 5 April 1998
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]]
|score      = 0–1
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/28/ATAROM
|team2      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = [[Eusebio Di Francesco|Di Francesco]] {{goal|3}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia]]
|location   = [[Bergamo]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Piero Ceccarini]]
|result     = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = 29
|date       = 11 April 1998
|time       = 
|team1      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|score      = 1–2
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/29/ROMINT
|team2      = [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]
|goals1     = [[Cafu]] {{goal|63}}
|goals2     = [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] {{goal|50||75}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|location   = [[Rome]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Graziano Cesari]]
|result     = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = 30
|date       = 19 April 1998
|time       = 
|team1      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|score      = 5–0
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/30/ROMBRE
|team2      = [[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]]
|goals1     = [[Luigi Di Biagio|Di Biagio]] {{goal|25|pen.|69}}<br>[[Paulo Sérgio (footballer, born 1969)|Paulo Sérgio]] {{goal|33||66}}<br>[[Francesco Totti|Totti]] {{goal|55}}
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|location   = [[Rome]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Alfredo Trentalange]]
|result     = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = 31
|date       = 26 April 1998
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]]
|score      = 4–2
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/31/UDIROM
|team2      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|goals1     = [[Oliver Bierhoff|Bierhoff]] {{goal|23||89}}<br>[[Alessandro Calori|Calori]] {{goal|59}}<br>[[Paolo Poggi|Poggi]] {{goal|74}}
|goals2     = [[Francesco Totti|Totti]] {{goal|45||73}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Friuli]]
|location   = [[Udine]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = Livio Bazzoli
|result     = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = 32
|date       = 3 May 1998
|time       = 
|team1      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|score      = 5–0
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/32/ROMMIL
|team2      = [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
|goals1     = [[Vincent Candela|Candela]] {{goal|16}}<br>[[Luigi Di Biagio|Di Biagio]] {{goal|20|pen.|28}}<br>[[Paulo Sérgio (footballer, born 1969)|Paulo Sérgio]] {{goal|39}}<br>[[Marco Delvecchio|Delvecchio]] {{goal|82}}
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|location   = [[Rome]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Stefano Farina]]
|result     = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = 33
|date       = 10 May 1998
|time       = 
|team1      = [[Piacenza Calcio 1919|Piacenza]]
|score      = 3–3
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/33/PIAROM
|team2      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|goals1     = [[Gianpietro Piovani|Piovani]] {{goal|45|pen.}}<br>[[Roberto Murgita|Murgita]] {{goal|58}}<br>[[Fabian Valtolina|Valtolina]] {{goal|90+4}}
|goals2     = [[Eusebio Di Francesco|Di Francesco]] {{goal|45+1}}<br>[[Francesco Totti|Totti]] {{goal|52|pen.}}<br>[[Paulo Sérgio (footballer, born 1969)|Paulo Sérgio]] {{goal|86}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Leonardo Garilli]]
|location   = [[Piacenza]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Stefano Braschi]]
|result     = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = 34
|date       = 16 May 1998
|time       = 
|team1      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|score      = 2–0
|report     = http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/1997-98/UNICO/UNI/34/ROMSAM
|team2      = [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]]
|goals1     = [[Francesco Totti|Totti]] {{goal|24}}<br>[[Marco Delvecchio|Delvecchio]] {{goal|90+1}}
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|location   = [[Rome]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Cosimo Bolognino]]
|result     = W
}}

===Coppa Italia===
{{main article|1997–98 Coppa Italia}}

====Second round====
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|round      = First leg
|date       = 3 September 1997
|time       = 20:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00]])
|team1      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|score      = 5–3
|report     = 
|team2      = [[Hellas Verona F.C.|Hellas Verona]]
|goals1     = [[Abel Balbo|Balbo]] {{goal|24|pen.}}<br>[[Aldair]] {{goal|40}}<br>[[Luigi Di Biagio|Di Biagio]] {{goal|52}}<br>[[Eusebio Di Francesco|Di Francesco]] {{goal|64}}<br>[[Natale Gonnella|Gonnella]] {{goal|84|o.g.}}
|goals2     = [[Alfredo Aglietti|Aglietti]] {{goal|25||43}}<br>[[Paolo Vanoli|Vanoli]] {{goal|62}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|location   = [[Rome]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = Emilio Pellegrino
|result     = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = Second leg
|date       = 25 September 1997
|time       = 20:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00]])
|team1      = [[Hellas Verona F.C.|Hellas Verona]]
|score      = 1–2
|aggregatescore = 4–7
|report     = 
|team2      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|goals1     = [[Sebastiano Siviglia|Siviglia]] {{goal|76}}
|goals2     = [[Aldair]] {{goal|8}}<br>[[Luigi Di Biagio|Di Biagio]] {{goal|59}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi]]
|location   = [[Verona]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Piero Ceccarini]]
|result     = W
}}

====Round of 16====
{{football box collapsible
|round      = First leg
|date       = 15 October 1997
|time       = 20:30 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00]])
|team1      = [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]]
|score      = 2–2
|report     = 
|team2      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|goals1     = [[Tomas Locatelli|Locatelli]] {{goal|28}}<br>[[Oliver Bierhoff|Bierhoff]] {{goal|79}}
|goals2     = [[Francesco Totti|Totti]] {{goal|65}}<br>[[Carmine Gautieri|Gautieri]] {{goal|82}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Friuli]]
|location   = [[Udine]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = Livio Bazzoli
|result     = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = Second leg
|date       = 20 November 1997
|time       = 20:30 [[Central European Time|CET]] ([[UTC+01:00]])
|team1      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|score      = 2–1
|aggregatescore = 4–3
|report     = 
|team2      = [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]]
|goals1     = [[Paulo Sérgio (footballer, born 1969)|Paulo Sérgio]] {{goal|23}}<br>[[Marco Delvecchio|Delvecchio]] {{goal|51}}
|goals2     = [[Paolo Poggi|Poggi]] {{goal|46}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|location   = [[Rome]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Stefano Farina]]
|result     = W
}}

====Quarter-finals====
{{see also|Derby della Capitale}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = First leg
|date       = 6 January 1998
|time       = 20:30 [[Central European Time|CET]] ([[UTC+01:00]])
|team1      = [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]]
|score      = 4–1
|report     = 
|team2      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|goals1     = [[Alen Bokšić|Bokšić]] {{goal|3}}<br>[[Vladimir Jugović|Jugović]] {{goal|33|pen.}}<br>[[Roberto Mancini|Mancini]] {{goal|75}}<br>[[Diego Fuser|Fuser]] {{goal|81}}
|goals2     = [[Abel Balbo|Balbo]] {{goal|39|pen.}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|location   = [[Rome]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = Pasquale Rodomonti
|result     = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round      = Second leg
|date       = 21 January 1998
|time       = 20:30 [[Central European Time|CET]] ([[UTC+01:00]])
|team1      = [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
|score      = 1–2
|aggregatescore = 6–2
|report     = 
|team2      = [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]]
|goals1     = [[Paulo Sérgio (footballer, born 1969)|Paulo Sérgio]] {{goal|54}}
|goals2     = [[Vladimir Jugović|Jugović]] {{goal|45|pen.}}<br>[[Guerino Gottardi|Gottardi]] {{goal|90}}
|stadium    = [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|location   = [[Rome]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Cosimo Bolognino]]
|result     = L
}}

==Statistics==
===Players statistics===
{{Efs start|[[1997–98 Serie A|Serie A]]|[[1997–98 Coppa Italia|Coppa]]}}
{{Efs player|no=1|pos=GK|nat=AUT|name=[[Michael Konsel|Konsel]]|29|-37|5|-10|}}
{{Efs player|no=2|pos=DF|nat=BRA|name=[[Cafu]]|31|1|5|0|}}
{{Efs player|no=25|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=[[Fabio Petruzzi|Petruzzi]]|22+3|0|5|0|}}
{{Efs player|no=6|pos=DF|nat=BRA|name=[[Aldair]]|28|3|6|2|}}
{{Efs player|no=5|pos=DF|nat=FRA|name=[[Vincent Candela|Candela]]|32|2|6|0|}}
{{Efs player|no=17|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=[[Damiano Tommasi|Tommasi]]|28+5|0|6|0|}}
{{Efs player|no=4|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=[[Luigi Di Biagio|Di Biagio]]|30|7|6|2|}}
{{Efs player|no=11|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=[[Eusebio Di Francesco|Di Francesco]]|32+1|4|5|1|}}
{{Efs player|no=10|pos=FW|nat=ITA|name=[[Francesco Totti|Totti]]|30|13|6|1|}}
{{Efs player|no=7|pos=FW|nat=BRA|name=[[Paulo Sérgio (footballer, born 1969)|Paulo Sérgio]]|28+6|12|6|2|}}
{{Efs player|no=9|pos=FW|nat=ARG|name=[[Abel Balbo|Balbo]]|27+1|14|3|2|}}
{{Efs player|no=12|pos=GK|nat=ITA|name=[[Antonio Chimenti|Chimenti]]|5+3|-5|1|-3|}}
{{Efs player|no=30|pos=DF|nat=BRA|name=[[Antônio Carlos Zago|Zago]]|12|0|}}
{{Efs player|no=24|pos=FW|nat=ITA|name=[[Marco Delvecchio|Delvecchio]]|10+17|7|5|1|}}
{{Efs player|no=19|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=[[Carmine Gautieri|Gautieri]]|7+11|2|4|1|}}
{{Efs player|no=13|pos=MF|nat=BRA|name=[[Vágner Rogério Nunes|Vágner]]|5+6|0|5|0|}}
{{Efs player|no=18|pos=DF|nat=ESP|name=[[Iván Helguera|Helguera]]|5+4|0|1|0|}}
{{Efs player|no=3|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=[[Filippo Dal Moro|Dal Moro]]|5+2|0|1|0|}}
{{Efs player|no=15|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=[[Christian Servidei|Servidei]]|4+2|0|3|0|}}
{{Efs player|no=16|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=[[Matteo Pivotto|Pivotto]]|2+5|0|}}
{{Efs player|no=21|pos=DF|nat=RUS|name=[[Omari Tetradze|Tetradze]]|1+6|0|}}
{{Efs player|no=22|pos=DF|nat=ESP|name=[[César Gómez|Gomez]]|1+2|0|}}
{{Efs player|no=8|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=[[Christian Scapolo|Scapolo]]|0+7|0|1|0|}}
{{Efs player|no=23|pos=GK|nat=ITA|name=[[Andrea Campagnolo|Campagnolo]]|0|0|}}
{{Efs player|no=14|pos=FW|nat=GRE|name=[[Lampros Choutos|Choutos]]|0|0|}}
{{Efs player|no=|pos=DF|nat=ITA|name=Lucenti|0|0|}}
{{Efs player|no=|pos=MF|nat=ITA|name=Conti|0|0|}}
{{Efs player|no=|pos=GK|nat=ITA|name=Ficarra|0|0|}}
{{Efs end|date=January 2022|s=http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1997/1129/}}

===Goalscorers===
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Abel Balbo]] 14 (3)
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesco Totti]] 13 (1)
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Paulo Sérgio (footballer, born 1969)|Paulo Sérgio]] 12
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marco Delvecchio]] 7
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Luigi Di Biagio]] 7 (2)

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{A.S. Roma seasons}}
{{1997–98 in Italian football}}

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[[Category:AS Roma seasons]]
[[Category:Italian football clubs 1997–98 season|Roma]]