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

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Rankings

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Table

Team W D L GD PTS
1
Liverpool Liverpool
5
0
0
6
15
2
Arsenal Arsenal
3
1
1
8
10
3
Tottenham Tottenham
3
1
1
7
10
4
Bournemouth Bournemouth
3
1
1
1
10
5
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
2
3
0
4
9
6
Chelsea Chelsea
2
2
1
5
8
Team W D L GD PTS
1
Real Madrid Real Madrid
6
0
0
11
18
2
Barcelona Barcelona
5
1
0
15
16
3
Villarreal Villarreal
4
1
1
7
13
4
Espanyol Espanyol
3
2
1
1
11
5
Elche Elche
2
4
0
3
10
6
Athletic Club Athletic Club
3
1
2
0
10
Team W D L GD PTS
1
Frankfurt Frankfurt
1
0
0
4
3
2
PSG PSG
1
0
0
4
3
3
Sporting CP Sporting CP
1
0
0
3
3
4
Club Brugge Club Brugge
1
0
0
3
3
5
Union SG Union SG
1
0
0
2
3
6
Bayern Bayern
1
0
0
2
3
Team W D L GD PTS
1
Bayern Bayern
4
0
0
15
12
2
Dortmund Dortmund
3
1
0
6
10
3
Leipzig Leipzig
3
0
1
-1
9
4
Köln Köln
2
1
1
2
7
5
St. Pauli St. Pauli
2
1
1
1
7
6
Frankfurt Frankfurt
2
0
2
2
6
Team W D L GD PTS
1
Napoli Napoli
4
0
0
6
12
2
Juventus Juventus
3
1
0
4
10
3
Milan Milan
3
0
1
5
9
4
Roma Roma
3
0
1
2
9
5
Atalanta Atalanta
2
2
0
6
8
6
Cremonese Cremonese
2
2
0
2
8
Team W D L GD PTS
1
Monaco Monaco
4
0
1
6
12
2
PSG PSG
4
0
1
6
12
3
Lyon Lyon
4
0
1
4
12
4
Strasbourg Strasbourg
4
0
1
3
12
5
Lille Lille
3
1
1
5
10
6
Marseille Marseille
3
0
2
6
9

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
8/21
RBL RBL
@
FCB FCB
0-6
Thu
8/21
ALA ALA
@
BET BET
0-1
Fri
8/22
TOT TOT
@
MCI MCI
2-0
Fri
8/22
SVW SVW
@
SGE SGE
1-4
Fri
8/22
TSG TSG
@
B04 B04
2-1

Fixtures

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
9/26
SVW SVW
@
FCB FCB
2:30 PM
Fri
9/26
OM OM
@
RCS RCS
2:45 PM
Fri
9/26
ESP ESP
@
GIR GIR
3:00 PM
Sat
9/27
MUN MUN
@
BRE BRE
7:30 AM
Sat
9/27
LEV LEV
@
GET GET
8:00 AM