1997–98 Aston Villa F.C. season


During the 1997–98 English football season, Aston Villa competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

When Brian Little resigned as Aston Villa manager in February, Villa were 15th in the Premiership and were starting to look like outside bets for relegation. Ruud Gullit, recently sacked by Chelsea, was linked with the vacancy, but the surprise choice for the job was Wycombe manager John Gregory, a former Villa coach. He influenced a late run of form which saw Villa climb to seventh place, and for the second season running Villa qualified for the UEFA Cup via the UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking.

Final league table

;Results summary
;Results by matchday

Results

Aston Villa's score comes first

Legend

FA Premier League

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R33 January 1998PortsmouthA2–216,013Staunton 41', Grayson 88'
R3R14 January 1998PortsmouthH1–023,355Milošević 21'
R424 January 1998West Bromwich AlbionH4–039,372Grayson 4', Yorke 61', 64', Collymore 72'
R514 February 1998Coventry CityH0–136,979

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R315 October 1997West Ham UnitedA0–320,360

UEFA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R1 1st leg16 September 1997BordeauxA0–016,800
R1 2nd leg30 September 1997BordeauxH1–0 33,072Milošević 111'
R2 1st leg21 October 1997Athletic BilbaoA0–046,000
R2 2nd leg4 November 1997Athletic BilbaoH2–1 35,915Taylor 28', Yorke 50'
R3 1st leg25 November 1997Steaua BucharestA1–224,000Yorke 54'
R3 2nd leg9 December 1997Steaua BucharestH2–0 35,102Milošević 71', Taylor 85'
QF 1st leg3 March 1998Atlético MadridA0–145,000
QF 2nd leg17 March 1998Atlético MadridH2–1 39,163Taylor 72', Collymore 74'

Players

First-team squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Youth squad

Trainees

Schoolboys

Other players

Statistics

Starting 11

Transfers

In

Out