League Position
2/18Portuguese League · 39 pts after matchday 21
2/18Portuguese League · 39 pts after matchday 21The Kit–No kit on file for 1997/98
Around the Date
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  FC Porto | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | +25 | 49 |
| 2 |  SL Benfica | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | +13 | 39 |
| 3 |  Vitória SC | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | +12 | 37 |
| 4 |  Rio Ave | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | +4 | 33 |
| 5 |  Sporting CP | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | +7 | 32 |
| 6 |  Marítimo | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | +2 | 31 |
| 7 |  Est. Amadora | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 31 |
| 8 |  Boavista FC | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | +7 | 30 |
| 9 |  SC Salgueiros | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | +5 | 30 |
| 10 |  Leça FC | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 28 |
| 11 |  SC Braga | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 27 |
| 12 |  Campomaiorense | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 |  Farense | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | -2 | 25 |
| 14 |  Académica OAF | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 22 |
| 15 |  Varzim | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | -12 | 22 |
| 16 |  Vitória FC | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 21 |
| 17 |  GD Chaves | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -20 | 15 |
| 18 |  Belenenses | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -21 | 13 |
After matchday 21, the last one completed by this day.
Squad 22
1Michel Preud’homme12Sergei Ovchinnikov24Paulo Lopes2Tahar El-Khalej3Jorge Soares5Paulo Madeira13Ronaldo16Scott Minto18Abdelkrim El-Hadrioui36José Sousa6Tiago9Nica Panduru10Erwin Sánchez22Calado23Edgar25Karel Poborsky26Luís Carlos27Serhiy Kandaurov8João Vieira Pinto11Martin Pringle21Nuno Gomes28Brian Deane
Already gone by then: Carlos Gamarra, José Soares, Bruno Basto, Amaral, Gaston Taument, Bruno Caires, Jordão, Duda, Hugo Leal, Paulo Nunes, Leônidas, Anderson Luiz
The squad registered for the season, less the players who had not arrived yet or had already left by this day according to our transfer records. Appearances and goals count official matches only. Line-ups and goal records before 2016/17 are incomplete, so older numbers can be low.