Seeding for the UEFA Cup 1997/98

  Top 16 teams are seeded for the UEFA Cup 1st and 2nd round draw.

  1 Ajax Amsterdam                 NED  8.608  15   8   8   6  22  11  22  11  14  10
  2 Benfica Lisboa              #  POR  7.707  14   8  13   8  12   8   7   6  10   6
  3 Spartak Moskva              *  RUS  7.333  15   8  15  10   5   6  15   8   5   4
  4 AJ Auxerre                     FRA  5.516  16  10   1   2   7   6   4   4  10   8
  5 Lazio Roma                     ITA  5.375   0   0   6   4  13   8   4   4   5   4
  6 Trabzonspor                 #  TUR  5.333   4   4   6   4   5   6   3   4   5   4
  7 Brondby Kobenhavn           #  DEN  5.249   0   0   7   6   5   4   8   6  12   8
  8 Club Brugge                    BEL  5.049  13  10   0   0  10   6   3   4   8   6
  9 Steaua Bucuresti               ROM  4.999   8   6   4   4   6   6   6   6   4   6
 10 Inter Milano                   ITA  4.916   0   0  22  12   2   2   1   2  19  12
 11 Anderlecht Bruxelles           BEL  4.691   8   6  14  10   5   6   0   0   9   8
 12 Girondins Bordeaux          #  FRA  4.416   0   0  10   6   5   4  18  12   0   0
 13 Atletico Madrid                ESP  4.250  14   8   4   4   0   0   0   0  12   8
 14 Glasgow Rangers             #  SCO  3.966  18  10   2   2   0   0   4   6   3   6
 15 Liverpool                      ENG  3.875   4   4   0   0   0   0   4   4  15   8
 16 Grasshopper-Club Zurich     #  SUI  3.666   4   4   0   0   4   4   3   6   7   6
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    Arsenal London              #  ENG  3.666   0   0  18   9  15   9   0   0   0   2
 18 FC Sion                     *  SUI  3.583   5   4   0   0   5   6   1   2   4   4
    Ferencvaros Budapest        #  HUN  3.583   1   2   0   2   4   4   5   6   5   4
 20 FC Nantes                   #  FRA  3.375   0   0   1   2  11   8  15  10   0   0
 21 Deportivo La Coruna         #  ESP  3.333   0   0   5   6   6   6  12   8   0   0
 22 Rapid Wien                     AUT  3.166   2   2   0   0   0   0  15   9   3   6
 23 Aston Villa Birmingham         ENG  3.000   0   0   4   4   4   4   0   0   2   2
 24 Vitesse Arnhem              #  NED  2.833   8   6   1   2   2   2   0   0   0   0
 25 Celtic Glasgow              #  SCO  2.750   2   4   5   4   0   0   4   4   0   2
 26 Austria Salzburg            #  AUT  2.416   0   2  17  12   6   6   0   0   0   0
 27 Karlsruher SC                  GER  2.400   0   0  14  10   0   0   0   0   6   6
 28 Dinamo Tbilisi                 GEO  2.250   0   0   0   0   2   2   0   0   5   4
    Fenerbahce Istanbul         #  TUR  2.250   5   4   0   0   0   2   0   2   6   6
    Vitoria Guimaraes           #  POR  2.250   2   4   0   0   0   0   3   4   4   4
 31 Widzew Lodz                 #  POL  2.166   1   2   0   0   0   0   2   2   4   6
 32 Hajduk Split                #  CRO  2.125   0   0   2   2   9   8   0   0   0   0
 33 Alania Vladikavkaz          #  RUS  2.000   0   0   1   2   0   0   1   2   2   2
    Arhus GF                       DEN  2.000   4   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2
    Croatia Zagreb                 CRO  2.000   0   0   2   2   2   2   0   0   0   0
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    Neuchatel Xamax             #  SUI  2.000   1   2   0   0   0   0   1   2   4   4
 37 Branik Maribor              #  SLO  1.500   0   2   4   4   1   2   0   2   0   0
    Lillestrom SK               #  NOR  1.500   0   0   2   2   0   2   1   2   0   0
    Olympique Lyon                 FRA  1.500   0   0   0   0   0   0   9   6   0   0
    Rotor Volgograd                RUS  1.500   0   0   0   0   2   2   2   4   0   0
    Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen       GER  1.500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  18  12
 42 Sampdoria Genova            #  ITA  1.250   0   0   0   0  10   8   0   0   0   0
 43 Anorthosis Famagusta        #  CYP  1.000   0   2   0   0   2   2   0   0   0   0
    Athletic Bilbao                ESP  1.000   0   0   0   0   6   6   0   0   0   0
    FC Metz                        FRA  1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   6   6
    Hapoel Petakh-Tikwa         #  ISR  1.000   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    MTK Budapest                   HUN  1.000   0   0   4   4   0   0   0   0   0   0
    RC Strasbourg                  FRA  1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   4   0   0
    Twente Enschede                NED  1.000   0   0   0   2   2   2   0   0   0   0
 50 OFI Kreta                      GRE  0.833   0   0   5   6   0   0   0   0   0   0
 51 Orebro SK                   #  SWE  0.500   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Skonto Riga                 #  LAT  0.500   1   2   0   2   0   2   0   0   0   0
 53 1860 Munchen                   GER  0.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Beitar Jerusalem            #  ISR  0.000   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Excelsior Mouscron          #  BEL  0.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Jazz Pori                   #  FIN  0.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Leicester City              #  ENG  0.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    MPKC Mozyr                  #  BLR  0.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    PAOK Thesaloniki               GRE  0.000   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Real Valladolid                ESP  0.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    SEC Bastia                     FRA  0.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Sporting Braga                 POR  0.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Udinese                        ITA  0.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    VfL Bochum                     GER  0.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Single line divide seeded and unseeded teams for the first round.
Double line divide seeded and unseeded teams for the second round.
# - teams eliminated in the first round.
* - 2nd leg of the first round between Spartak Moskva and FC Sion was repeated
    after the draw, but the winner of this tie anyway would be seeded.

Seeding for the European Cups (1979/80-1997/98)


Prepared and maintained by Pawel Mogielnicki