| Club: | Roma |
| Season: | 1997–98 |
| Manager: | Zdeněk Zeman |
| Chairman: | Franco Sensi |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Stadium: | Stadio Olimpico |
| League: | Serie A |
| League Result: | 4th |
| Cup1: | Coppa Italia |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarter-finals |
| League Topscorer: | Abel Balbo (14) |
| Season Topscorer: | Abel Balbo, Paulo Sérgio (14) |
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| Prevseason: | 1996–97 |
| Nextseason: | 1998–99 |
Associazione Sportiva Roma was reinvigorated under new coach Zdeněk Zeman, who recently had been coaching arch rivals Lazio. Zeman brought his attacking 4–3–3 with him, resulting in Roma scoring 67 goals, but also conceding 42, an extreme rarity in defensive-minded Italian football. Roma finished fourth, three places above Lazio in the table. That was the first time it had happened in five years, which delighted the Roma board, and Zeman stayed on for a further season. The season also saw the international breakthrough of former youth-team product Francesco Totti, who at 21 was ready for increased responsibility and captaincy, responding with 13 league goals from a position on the left-wing of the attack. Also noticeable was new signing Cafu's offensive skills as a right-wing back, granting him a reputation among the world's top wing backs.
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| DF | Cafu | €7.60 million | |||||
| FW | Paulo Sérgio | €3.50 million | |||||
| MF | Eusebio Di Francesco | ||||||
| GK | Antonio Chimenti | Salernitana | |||||
| GK | Michael Konsel | ||||||
| GK | Andrea Campagnolo | Cittadella | |||||
| DF | César Gómez | ||||||
| DF | Giorgio Lucenti | ||||||
| DF | Iván Helguera | ||||||
| DF | Cristian Servidei | ||||||
| DF | Filippo Dal Moro | ||||||
| MF | Vágner | ||||||
| MF | Cristiano Scapolo | ||||||
| FW | Carmine Gautieri | ||||||
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| FW | Daniel Fonseca | €4.70 million | |||||
| DF | Amedeo Carboni | €4.00 million | |||||
| DF | Marco Lanna | end of contract | |||||
| MF | Francesco Moriero | end of contract | |||||
| MF | Jonas Thern | end of contract | |||||
| GK | Giovanni Cervone | ||||||
| GK | Giorgio Sterchele | ||||||
| MF | Francesco Statuto | ||||||
| GK | Gianluca Berti | ||||||
| GK | Giampaolo Di Magno | Carpi | |||||
| DF | Enrico Annoni | ||||||
| DF | Lorenzo Stovini | ||||||
| MF | Antonino Bernardini | ||||||
| FW | Martin Dahlin | €3.0 million | |||||
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| DF | Antonio Carlos | ||||||
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| DF | Giorgio Lucenti | loan | |||||
| FW | Andrea Conti | Carpi | |||||
| DF | Francesco Colonnese | €1.50 million | |||||
| style=text-align:center; width:150px; | Competition | style=text-align:center; width:100px; | Started round | style=text-align:center; width:100px; | Final position | style=text-align:center; width:150px; | First match | style=text-align:center; width:140px; | Last match |
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| style=text-align:left; | Serie A | Matchday 1 | 4th | 31 August 1997 | 16 May 1998 | ||||
| style=text-align:left; | Coppa Italia | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 3 September 1997 | 21 January 1998 |
See main article: article and 1997–98 Serie A.
See main article: article and 1997–98 Coppa Italia.
See also: Derby della Capitale.
Abel Balbo 14 (3)
Francesco Totti 13 (1)
Paulo Sérgio 12 Marco Delvecchio 7 Luigi Di Biagio 7 (2)