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FIFA Confederations Cup 1997. Group B

Day 3

	17:50	UAE	–	Czech Republic	1:6 (0:4)
	Riyadh King Fahd International Stadium
	20:00	Uruguay	–	South Africa	4:3 (2:1)
	Riyadh King Fahd International Stadium

	Team	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Uruguay	3	3	0	0	8-4	9
2.	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	9-5	4

3.	UAE	3	1	0	2	2-8	3
4.	South Africa	3	0	1	2	5-7	1

Friendly internationals

			Zambia	–	Nigeria		0:0

Supercopa Libertadores 1997. Final

				2nd leg	1st leg	total

	River Plate	–	São Paulo	2:1 (0:0)	0:0	2:1
Buenos Aires Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti (Estadio Monumental de Núñez)

Copa CONMEBOL 1997. Final

				2nd leg	1st leg	total

21:30	Atlético Mineiro	–	Lanús	1:1 (1:0)	4:1 (1:1)	5:2
Belo Horizonte Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto (Mineirão)

Torneo Grandes de Centroamerica 1997/98. Group A

Day 6

	Olimpia	–	Águila	2:1

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Municipal	6	5	0	1	8-4	15
2.	Olimpia	6	4	0	2	11-7	12

3.	Herediano	6	3	0	3	8-5	9
4.	Águila	6	0	0	6	2-13	0

England 1997/98, Premiere League

Day 4

	17:30	Newcastle United	–	Derby County	0:0
	Newcastle upon Tyne St James' Park

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Arsenal	38	23	9	6	68-33	78
2.	Manchester United	38	23	8	7	72-27	77
3.	Liverpool	38	18	11	9	68-42	65

4.	Chelsea	38	20	3	15	71-43	63
5.	Leeds United	38	17	8	13	57-46	59
6.	Blackburn Rovers	38	16	10	12	57-52	58
7.	Aston Villa	38	17	6	15	49-48	57
8.	West Ham United	38	16	8	14	56-57	56
9.	Derby County	38	16	7	15	52-49	55
10.	Leicester City	38	13	14	11	51-41	53

FA Cup 1997/98. Second Round Proper

	Emley	–	Lincoln City	3:3 aet (0:0, 2:2), pen. 4:3*
Armthorpe Welfare Ground
	Ilkeston Town	–	Scunthorpe United	1:2 (0:2)*
Ilkeston New Manor Ground

Belgium 1997/98, Jupiler League

Day 5

	Antwerp	–	Brugge	0:1

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Brugge	34	26	6	2	78-29	84
2.	Genk	34	20	6	8	65-40	66
3.	Germinal Ekeren	34	17	7	10	60-48	58

4.	Anderlecht	34	16	9	9	53-37	57
5.	Harelbeke	34	15	10	9	50-31	55
6.	Lokeren	34	16	4	14	68-68	52
7.	Lierse	35	14	8	13	55-47	50
8.	Gent	34	11	14	9	50-44	47
9.	Standard	34	11	10	13	53-50	43
10.	Mouscron	34	11	8	15	39-45	41

Spain 1997/98, Primera

Day 17

	Atlético Madrid	–	Mallorca	2:3 (1:2)

	Mérida	–	Real Valladolid	0:0

	Español	–	Racing	0:0

	Real Oviedo	–	Athletic	1:2 (0:1)

	Real Sociedad	–	Sporting Gijon	2:1 (0:0)

	Real Zaragoza	–	Real Madrid	2:2 (1:2)

	Compostela	–	Celta de Vigo	0:0

	Salamanca	–	Tenerife	2:0 (1:0)

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Barcelona	38	23	5	10	78-56	74
2.	Athletic	38	17	14	7	52-42	65
3.	Real Sociedad	38	16	15	7	60-37	63

4.	Real Madrid	38	17	12	9	63-45	63
5.	Mallorca	38	16	12	10	55-39	60
6.	Celta de Vigo	38	17	9	12	54-47	60
7.	Atlético Madrid	38	16	12	10	79-56	60
8.	Real Betis	38	17	8	13	49-50	59
9.	Valencia	38	16	7	15	58-52	55
10.	Español	38	12	17	9	44-31	53

China 1997, Jia A

Day 21

	Dalian Wanda	–	Bayi	2:2

	Shanghai Shenhua	–	Beijing Guoan	2:1

	Qianwei Huandao	–	Jinan Taishan Jiangjun	1:0

	Guangzhou Apollo	–	Yanbian Aodong	2:1

	Tianjin Lifei	–	Guangdong Hongyuan	3:0

	Qingdao Hainiu	–	Sichuan Quanxing	1:1

	Club	G	W	D	L	F-A	P
1.	Dalian Wanda	22	15	6	1	47-16	51
2.	Shanghai Shenhua	22	11	7	4	36-22	40
3.	Beijing Guoan	22	8	10	4	34-20	34

4.	Yanbian Aodong	22	8	5	9	23-23	29
5.	Qianwei Huandao	22	8	5	9	28-28	29
6.	Jinan Taishan Jiangjun	22	7	7	8	19-22	28
7.	Sichuan Quanxing	22	6	9	7	30-27	27
8.	Guangzhou Apollo	22	5	10	7	14-20	25
9.	Qingdao Hainiu	22	6	7	9	16-27	25
10.	Bayi	22	5	10	7	22-34	25

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