| Date | Day | Competition | Round | Opponent | Venue | Stadium | Attendance | Result | Score | Referee | Notes |
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| 1997-06-28 | Saturday | ITC | Group 9 | Odra Wodzisław | H | Stade de Gerland | 7250 | W | 5 | 2 | Otar Guntadze | |
| 1997-07-05 | Saturday | ITC | Group 9 | Žilina | A | Štadión pod Dubňom | 3000 | W | 5 | 0 | Ante Kulušić | |
| 1997-07-12 | Saturday | ITC | Group 9 | Austria Vienna | H | Stade de Gerland | 8000 | W | 2 | 0 | Joaquim Bento Marques | |
| 1997-07-19 | Saturday | ITC | Group 9 | Rapid Bucharest | A | Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu | 5000 | W | 2 | 1 | Muhittin Boşat | OL finished 1st in group. |
| 1997-07-26 | Saturday | ITC | Semi-Final | İstanbulspor | A | BJK İnönü Stadium | 18392 | L | 1 | 2 | Fernand Meese | |
| 1997-07-30 | Wednesday | ITC | Semi-Final | İstanbulspor | H | Stade de Gerland | 20000 | W | 2 | 0 | Urs Meier | |
| 1997-08-07 | Thursday | D1 | 1 | Rennes | A | | | W | 3 | 0 | | |
| 1997-08-09 | Saturday | D1 | 2 | Metz | H | | | L | 0 | 1 | | |
| 1997-08-12 | Tuesday | ITC | Final | Montpellier | A | Stade de la Mosson | 5078 | W | 1 | 0 | Piero Ceccarini | |
| 1997-08-16 | Saturday | D1 | 3 | AS Monaco | H | | | L | 0 | 3 | | |
| 1997-08-22 | Friday | D1 | 4 | Le Havre | A | | | W | 3 | 1 | | |
| 1997-08-26 | Tuesday | ITC | Final | Montpellier | H | Stade de Gerland | 20000 | W | 3 | 2 | Markus Merk | OL were one of three Intertoto Cup winners in 1997 |
| 1997-08-30 | Saturday | D1 | 5 | Bastia | H | | | L | 0 | 2 | | |
| 1997-09-04 | Thursday | D1 | 6 | Marseille | A | | | L | 0 | 1 | | |
| 1997-09-12 | Friday | D1 | 7 | Strasbourg | H | | | W | 3 | 1 | | |
| 1997-09-16 | Tuesday | UC | Round of 64 | Brøndby | H | | | W | 4 | 1 | | |
| 1997-09-20 | Saturday | D1 | 8 | Auxerre | A | | | W | 2 | 1 | | |
| 1997-09-25 | Thursday | D1 | 9 | Lens | H | | | L | 1 | 3 | | |
| 1997-09-30 | Tuesday | UC | Round of 64 | Brøndby | A | | | W | 3 | 2 | | |
| 1997-10-04 | Saturday | D1 | 10 | Guingamp | A | | | W | 1 | 0 | | |
| 1997-10-08 | Wednesday | D1 | 11 | Montpellier | H | | | L | 1 | 2 | | |
| 1997-10-17 | Friday | D1 | 12 | Nantes | A | | | L | 2 | 3 | | |
| 1997-10-21 | Tuesday | UC | Round of 32 | Internazionale | A | | | W | 2 | 1 | | |
| 1997-10-25 | Saturday | D1 | 13 | Toulouse | H | | | D | 0 | 0 | | |
| 1997-10-31 | Friday | D1 | 14 | Paris Saint-Germain | H | | | W | 1 | 0 | | |
| 1997-11-04 | Tuesday | UC | Round of 32 | Internazionale | H | | | L | 1 | 3 | | |
| 1997-11-08 | Saturday | D1 | 15 | Bordeaux | A | | | D | 0 | 0 | | |
| 1997-11-14 | Friday | D1 | 16 | Châteauroux | H | | | W | 2 | 1 | | |
| 1997-11-21 | Friday | D1 | 17 | Cannes | A | | | L | 0 | 1 | | |
| 1997-11-29 | Saturday | D1 | 18 | Rennes | H | | | W | 3 | 1 | | |
| 1997-12-05 | Friday | D1 | 19 | AS Monaco | A | | | L | 1 | 2 | | |
| 1997-12-13 | Saturday | D1 | 20 | Le Havre | H | | | L | 0 | 1 | | |
| 1997-12-19 | Friday | D1 | 21 | Bastia | A | | | W | 1 | 0 | | |
| 1998-01-04 | Sunday | CDLL | Round of 32 | Paris Saint-Germain | A | | | L | 0 | 1 | | |
| 1998-01-10 | Saturday | D1 | 22 | Marseille | H | | | W | 2 | 1 | | |
| 1998-01-17 | Saturday | CDF | Round of 64 | Saint-Leu La Forêt | A | | | W | 2 | 0 | | |
| 1998-01-21 | Wednesday | D1 | 23 | Strasbourg | A | | | W | 2 | 1 | | |
| 1998-01-25 | Sunday | D1 | 24 | Auxerre | H | | | W | 1 | 0 | | |
| 1998-02-04 | Wednesday | D1 | 25 | Lens | A | | | L | 0 | 3 | | |
| 1998-02-07 | Saturday | CDF | Round of 32 | Angoulême | A | | | W | 2 | 0 | | |
| 1998-02-13 | Friday | D1 | 26 | Guingamp | H | | | W | 1 | 0 | | |
| 1998-02-21 | Saturday | D1 | 27 | Montpellier | A | | | D | 1 | 1 | | |
| 1998-02-27 | Friday | CDF | Round of 16 | Istres | A | | | W | 1 | 0 | | aet |
| 1998-03-06 | Friday | D1 | 28 | Nantes | H | | | D | 0 | 0 | | |
| 1998-03-13 | Friday | D1 | 29 | Toulouse | A | | | W | 2 | 0 | | |
| 1998-03-21 | Saturday | CDF | Quarter-Final | Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas | A | | | W | 1 | 0 | | |
| 1998-03-28 | Saturday | D1 | 30 | Paris Saint-Germain | A | | | L | 0 | 3 | | |
| 1998-04-07 | Tuesday | D1 | 31 | Bordeaux | H | | | D | 1 | 1 | | |
| 1998-04-11 | Saturday | CDF | Semi-Final | Lens | A | | | L | 0 | 2 | | |
| 1998-04-18 | Saturday | D1 | 32 | Châteauroux | A | | | W | 3 | 2 | | |
| 1998-04-25 | Saturday | D1 | 33 | Cannes | H | | | W | 2 | 0 | | |
| 1998-05-09 | Saturday | D1 | 34 | Metz | A | | | L | 0 | 1 | | |
