Real Madrid 1997-98 Squad

The team

The 1997-98 Real Madrid squad stands among the most celebrated teams Spain has sent onto the continental stage. Representing Madrid, this was one of the defining sides of 1990s European football, the sort of team whose matches became must-watch occasions. Real Madrid won a seventh European Cup, the club's first in thirty-two years that season, a campaign that still shapes how the club is remembered. The side was built on a clear spine: Bodo Illgner behind a defence organised by Roberto Carlos, with Fernando Redondo setting the tempo through the middle.

Further forward, Raúl and Predrag Mijatović gave the team its cutting edge, turning long spells of control into goals on the biggest European nights. There was depth to match the star quality, with the likes of Clarence Seedorf and Fernando Hierro adding options across the pitch. Reassembled here, the lineup is a reminder of why this vintage still sets a standard that later teams chase. Set out in a 4-4-2, the XI captures the balance and ambition that made this Real Madrid team a benchmark of 1990s football — the players, the shape and the identity that made the vintage so hard to forget.

All eleven sit in the draft pool, so any of them can come up in the football draft game— you just don't get to choose which.