Newcastle United

1997-98 Squad

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	AGE	BIRTHPLACE	PREFERRED FOOT
27	Philippe Albert P. Albert	DF	1.90 m	82 kg	8/10/1967	30	Bouillon, Belgium
40	Andreas Andersson A. Andersson	FW			4/10/1974	23	Stockholm, Sweden
11	Faustino Asprilla F. Asprilla	FW	1.75 m	71 kg	11/10/1969	28	Tuluá, Colombia
10	John Barnes J. Barnes	MF	1.80 m	79 kg	11/7/1963	34	Kingston, Jamaica
2	Warren Barton W. Barton	DF	1.80 m	76 kg	3/19/1969	28	England
4	David Batty D. Batty	MF	1.73 m	74 kg	12/2/1968	29	England
	Peter Beardsley P. Beardsley	FW			1/18/1961	36	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
3	John Beresford J. Beresford	DF	1.70 m	76 kg	9/4/1966	31	England
	Paul Brayson P. Brayson	FW	1.70 m		9/16/1977	19	Newcastle upon Tyne
	James Coppinger J. Coppinger	MF	1.70 m	70 kg	1/10/1981	16	Guisborough, England	R
	Jimmy Crawford J. Crawford	MF	1.80 m	73 kg	5/1/1973	24	Chicago, IL, United States
34	Nikos Dabizas N. Dabizas	DF			8/3/1973	24	Greece
	Stuart Elliott S. Elliott	DF	1.75 m		8/27/1977	20	Willesden
18	Keith Gillespie K. Gillespie	MF	1.75 m	72 kg	2/18/1975	22	Northern Ireland
1	Shay Given S. Given	GK	1.85 m	84 kg	4/20/1976	21	Lifford, Co. Donegal, Republic of Ireland	R
38	Andy Griffin A. Griffin	DF			3/17/1979	18	England
22	Des Hamilton D. Hamilton	MF	1.80 m	82 kg	8/15/1976	21	England
15	Shaka Hislop S. Hislop	GK	1.93 m	86 kg	2/22/1969	28	Hackney, England
6	Steve Howey S. Howey	DF	1.85 m	85 kg	10/26/1971	26	Sunderland, England
28	Aaron Hughes A. Hughes	DF	1.83 m	70 kg	11/8/1979	18	Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland	R
14	Temur Ketsbaia T. Ketsbaia	MF	1.76 m	69 kg	3/18/1968	29	Gali, Soviet Union
7	Rob Lee R. Lee	MF	1.78 m	71 kg	2/1/1966	31	London, England
	Jamie McClen J. McClen	MF			5/13/1979	18	England
5	Darren Peacock D. Peacock	DF	1.85 m	82 kg	2/3/1968	29	England
12	Stuart Pearce S. Pearce	DF	1.78 m	79 kg	4/24/1962	35	England
	Brian Pinas B. Pinas	FW	1.77 m	69 kg	12/29/1978	19	Rotterdam, Netherlands	L
23	Alessandro Pistone A. Pistone	DF	1.80 m	77 kg	7/27/1975	22	Milano, Italy
	Paul Robinson P. Robinson	FW			11/20/1978	19	England
8	Ian Rush I. Rush	FW	1.83 m	79 kg	10/20/1961	36	Wales
9	Alan Shearer A. Shearer	FW			8/13/1970	27	England
11	Gary Speed G. Speed	MF			9/8/1969	28	Mancot, Wales
21	Pavel Srníček P. Srníček	GK	1.87 m	93 kg	3/10/1968	29	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
	David Terrier D. Terrier	DF	1.80 m	74 kg	8/4/1973	24	Verdun, France
16	Jon Dahl Tomasson J. Dahl Tomasson	FW	1.82 m	74 kg	8/29/1976	21	Denmark
19	Steve Watson S. Watson	MF	1.85 m	79 kg	4/1/1974	23	North Shields, England

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

32

Kane

24

Haaland

24

Mbappé

Assists Leaders

18

Fernandes

18

Olise

14

Dimarco

Rating Leaders

8.19

Olise

8.09

Kimmich

8.09

Pedri

Take-ons Leaders

127

Yamal

100

Diomandé

79

Júnior

Big Chances Created Leaders

27

Olise

26

Fernandes

26

Dimarco

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Rankings

Goals For Rankings

109

Goals Against Rankings

Goal Difference Rankings

FC 2025-26 Tables

	Premier League	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Man City	33	21	7	5	37	70
2	Arsenal	33	21	7	5	37	70
3	Man United	33	16	10	7	13	58
4	Aston Villa	33	17	7	9	6	58
5	Liverpool	33	16	7	10	11	55
6	Brighton	34	13	11	10	9	50
7	Bournemouth	34	11	16	7	0	49
8	Chelsea	34	13	9	12	8	48
9	Brentford	33	13	9	11	4	48
10	Everton	33	13	8	12	1	47
11	Sunderland	33	12	10	11	-4	46
12	Fulham	33	13	6	14	-3	45
13	Crystal Palace	32	11	10	11	-1	43
14	Newcastle	33	12	6	15	-3	42
15	Leeds	34	9	13	12	-7	40
16	Nottm Forest	33	9	9	15	-9	36
17	West Ham	33	8	9	16	-17	33
18	Tottenham	33	7	10	16	-11	31
19	Burnley	34	4	8	22	-34	20
20	Wolves	33	3	8	22	-37	17

	LaLiga	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Barcelona	32	27	1	4	55	82
2	Real Madrid	32	23	4	5	37	73
3	Villarreal	31	19	4	8	20	61
4	Atlético Madrid	32	17	6	9	18	57
5	Real Betis	32	12	13	7	8	49
6	Getafe	32	13	5	14	-4	44
7	Celta Vigo	32	11	11	10	3	44
8	Real Sociedad	32	11	9	12	0	42
9	Athletic Club	32	12	5	15	-11	41
10	Osasuna	32	10	9	13	-2	39
11	Girona	32	9	11	12	-13	38
12	Espanyol	31	10	8	13	-11	38
13	Valencia	32	9	9	14	-12	36
14	Mallorca	32	9	8	15	-9	35
15	Elche	32	8	11	13	-7	35
16	Rayo	31	8	11	12	-9	35
17	Sevilla	31	9	7	15	-12	34
18	Alavés	32	8	9	15	-12	33
19	Levante	31	7	8	16	-15	29
20	Oviedo	31	6	9	16	-24	27

	Bundesliga	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Bayern	30	25	4	1	80	79
2	Dortmund	30	19	7	4	30	64
3	Leipzig	30	18	5	7	22	59
4	Stuttgart	30	17	5	8	20	56
5	Hoffenheim	30	16	6	8	15	54
6	Leverkusen	30	15	7	8	19	52
7	Freiburg	30	12	7	11	-4	43
8	Frankfurt	30	11	9	10	-2	42
9	Augsburg	30	10	6	14	-16	36
10	Mainz	30	8	10	12	-9	34
11	Union Berlin	30	8	8	14	-18	32
12	Köln	30	7	10	13	-7	31
13	M'gladbach	30	7	10	13	-14	31
14	Hamburg	30	7	10	13	-15	31
15	Werder	30	8	7	15	-18	31
16	St. Pauli	30	6	8	16	-25	26
17	Wolfsburg	30	6	6	18	-25	24
18	Heidenheim	30	4	7	19	-33	19

	Serie A	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Inter	33	25	3	5	49	78
2	Milan	33	19	9	5	21	66
3	Napoli	33	20	6	7	15	66
4	Juventus	33	18	9	6	28	63
5	Como	33	16	10	7	29	58
6	Roma	33	18	4	11	17	58
7	Atalanta	33	14	12	7	16	54
8	Bologna	33	14	6	13	3	48
9	Lazio	33	12	11	10	4	47
10	Sassuolo	33	13	6	14	-3	45
11	Udinese	33	12	7	14	-5	43
12	Torino	33	11	7	15	-17	40
13	Genoa	33	10	9	14	-6	39
14	Parma	33	9	12	12	-16	39
15	Fiorentina	33	8	12	13	-7	36
16	Cagliari	33	8	9	16	-14	33
17	Cremonese	33	6	10	17	-21	28
18	Lecce	33	7	7	19	-24	28
19	Verona	33	3	9	21	-33	18
20	Pisa	33	2	12	19	-36	18

	Ligue 1	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	PSG	29	21	3	5	40	66
2	Lens	29	20	2	7	28	62
3	Lyon	30	16	6	8	15	54
4	Lille	30	16	6	8	15	54
5	Rennes	30	15	8	7	11	53
6	Marseille	30	16	4	10	18	52
7	Monaco	30	15	5	10	7	50
8	Strasbourg	29	12	7	10	9	43
9	Lorient	30	10	11	9	-4	41
10	Paris FC	30	9	11	10	-6	38
11	Toulouse	30	10	7	13	-1	37
12	Brest	29	10	7	12	-6	37
13	Angers	30	9	7	14	-14	34
14	Le Havre	30	6	12	12	-13	30
15	Nice	30	7	8	15	-22	29
16	Auxerre	30	5	10	15	-14	25
17	Nantes	30	4	8	18	-24	20
18	Metz	30	3	6	21	-39	15

	Champions League	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Arsenal	8	8	0	0	19	24
2	Bayern	8	7	0	1	14	21
3	Liverpool	8	6	0	2	12	18
4	Tottenham	8	5	2	1	10	17
5	Barcelona	8	5	1	2	8	16
6	Chelsea	8	5	1	2	7	16
7	Sporting CP	8	5	1	2	6	16
8	Man City	8	5	1	2	6	16
9	Real Madrid	8	5	0	3	9	15
10	Inter	8	5	0	3	8	15
11	PSG	8	4	2	2	10	14
12	Newcastle	8	4	2	2	10	14
13	Juventus	8	3	4	1	4	13
14	Atlético Madrid	8	4	1	3	2	13
15	Atalanta	8	4	1	3	0	13
16	Leverkusen	8	3	3	2	-1	12
17	Dortmund	8	3	2	3	2	11
18	Olympiacos	8	3	2	3	-4	11
19	Club Brugge	8	3	1	4	-2	10
20	Galatasaray	8	3	1	4	-2	10
21	Monaco	8	2	4	2	-6	10
22	Qarabag	8	3	1	4	-8	10
23	Bodø/Glimt	8	2	3	3	-1	9
24	Benfica	8	3	0	5	-2	9
25	Marseille	8	3	0	5	-3	9
26	Páfos	8	2	3	3	-3	9
27	Union SG	8	3	0	5	-9	9
28	PSV	8	2	2	4	0	8
29	Athletic Club	8	2	2	4	-5	8
30	Napoli	8	2	2	4	-6	8
31	København	8	2	2	4	-9	8
32	Ajax	8	2	0	6	-13	6
33	Frankfurt	8	1	1	6	-11	4
34	Slavia Prague	8	0	3	5	-14	3
35	Villarreal	8	0	1	7	-13	1
36	Kairat	8	0	1	7	-15	1