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Coventry City
Source OpenFootballUpdated Founded 1883Ground Coventry Building Society ArenaSeasons held 10
Source OpenFootballUpdated Founded 1883Ground Coventry Building Society ArenaSeasons held 10
Season statistics: Wikipedia. The archive holds no team sheets for 1997/98, so these are Coventry City's league figures according to the club-season article on English Wikipedia, in the article's order. Players link to their page where the archive holds them, matched through Wikidata.
| Player | Pos. | Apps | Starts | Sub | Goals | All apps | All goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Ogrizovic | GK | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Magnus Hedman | GK | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Richard Shaw | DF | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| David Burrows | DF | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| Paul Williams | DF | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Gary Breen | DF | 30 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 1 |
| Paul Telfer | DF | 33 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 5 |
| Marcus Hall | DF | 25 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 2 |
| Roland Nilsson | DF | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| Sam Shilton | DF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gary McAllister | MF | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| Trond Egil Soltvedt | MF | 30 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 1 |
| George Boateng | MF | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| Willie Boland | MF | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 |
Coventry City scored 46 league goals that season by the archive's results. A dash means the article gives no figure, not zero.
Includes data from Wikipedia (“1997–98 Coventry City F.C. season”, revision 1303972091, read 16 Oct 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers; the archive treats it as a secondary source and checks it against its own records where it can.
| 22 |
| 0 |
| Michael O'Neill | MF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
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| Gavin Strachan | MF | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
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| Darren Huckerby | FW | 34 | 32 | 2 | 14 | 40 | 15 |
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| Noel Whelan | FW | 21 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 6 |
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| Dion Dublin | FW | 36 | 36 | 0 | 18 | 43 | 23 |
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| Martin Johansen | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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| Andy Ducros | FW | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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| Simon Haworth | FW | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
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| Viorel Moldovan | FW | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 2 |
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| John Salako | MF | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
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| Kyle Lightbourne | FW | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
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| Kevin Richardson | MF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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| Total | 473 | 46 |
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| Player | Years | Matches | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Gyökeres | 2021–2023 | 110 | 41 |
| Ian Maatsen | 2021–2022 | 40 | 3 |
| Jacob Murphy | 2015–2016 | 40 | 9 |
| James Maddison | 2013–2016 | 35 | 5 |
| Adam Armstrong | 2015 | 35 | 19 |
| Callum Wilson | 2009–2014 | 49 | 22 |
| Jordan Henderson | 2009 | 10 | 1 |
| Tim Sherwood | 2004–2005 | 11 | 0 |
| Sam Allardyce | 1983–1984 | 28 | 1 |
Not limited to the season above, and not the club's full list: only people who appear elsewhere in this archive are listed. Years and figures are the spells' own, across all competitions, as Wikidata records them.
| Date | Player | From | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jun 1997 | Trond Egil Soltvedt | Rosenborg | Transfer |
| 19 Jun 1997 | Martin Johansen | Copenhagen | Transfer |
| 4 Jul 1997 | Kyle Lightbourne | Walsall | Transfer |
| 7 Jul 1997 | Magnus Hedman | AIK | Transfer |
| 29 Jul 1997 | Roland Nilsson | Helsingborg | Transfer |
| 18 Dec 1997 | George Boateng | Feyenoord | Transfer |
| 2 Jan 1998 | Viorel Moldovan | Grasshoppers | Transfer |
| 26 Mar 1998 | Philippe Clement | Racing Genk | Transfer |
| Date | Player | To | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jul 1997 | Chris McMenamin | Peterborough United | Transfer |
| 4 Jul 1997 | Eoin Jess | Aberdeen | Transfer |
| 14 Jul 1997 | Peter Ndlovu |   Birmingham City | Transfer |
| 1 Aug 1997 | John Filan |   Blackburn Rovers | Transfer |
| 1 Aug 1997 | Jed Sumner | Cambridge United | Transfer |
| 9 Sept 1997 | Kevin Richardson |   Southampton | Transfer |
| 14 Nov 1997 | Brian Borrows |   Swindon Town | Transfer |
| 16 Feb 1998 | Kyle Lightbourne |   Stoke City | Transfer |
According to Wikipedia: the transfer tables of the club-season article. Fees are held but not shown.
Includes data from Wikipedia (“1997–98 Coventry City F.C. season”, revision 1303972091, read 16 Oct 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers; the archive treats it as a secondary source and checks it against its own records where it can.