1997–98 First League of FR Yugoslavia

The 1997–98 First League of FR Yugoslavia was the sixth season of the FR Yugoslavia's top-level football league since its establishment.

First League of FR Yugoslavia
Season1997–98
ChampionsObilić
1st domestic title
Champions LeagueObilić
UEFA CupRed Star
Cup Winners' CupPartizan
Intertoto CupVojvodina
Goals scored560
Top goalscorerSaša Marković (27)

Overview

The league was divided into 2 groups, A and B, consisting each of 10 clubs. Both groups were played in league system. By winter break all clubs in each group meet each other twice, home and away, with the bottom four classified from A group moving to the group B, and being replaced by the top four from the B group. At the end of the season because the two groups league format was being abandoned for the next season and replaced by a single league consisting of 16 clubs, more clubs were relegated, six, and only the two first classified from the Second League of FR Yugoslavia would be promoted.

At the end of the season FK Obilić became champions for the first time in their history.

The league's top-scorer with a total of 27 goals was Saša Marković who played the first half of the season with FK Železnik and moving during the winter break to Red Star Belgrade where he played the rest of the season.

Six clubs were relegated at the end of the season: FK Budućnost Valjevo, FK Rudar Pljevlja, FK Sutjeska Nikšić, FK Loznica, FK Borac Čačak and FK Bečej.

Teams
Location of teams in the 1997–98 First League
Red: 1A League; Blue: 1B League.

1A League
Club City Stadium Capacity
Partizan Belgrade Partizan Stadium 32,710
Red Star Belgrade Red Star Stadium 55,538
Vojvodina Novi Sad Karađorđe Stadium 17,204
Zemun Zemun, Belgrade Zemun Stadium 10,000
Rad Belgrade Stadion Kralj Petar I 6,000
Proleter Zrenjanin Stadion Karađorđev park 13,500
Hajduk Kula Kula Stadion Hajduk 6,000
Budućnost Podgorica Podgorica Podgorica City Stadium 12,000
Obilić Belgrade FK Obilić Stadium 4,500
Železnik Belgrade Železnik Stadium 8,000
Mladost Lučani Lučani Mladost Stadium 8,000
Čukarički Belgrade Stadion Čukarički 7,000

1B League
Club City Stadium Capacity
Priština Priština Priština City Stadium 25,000
Radnički Kragujevac Čika Dača Stadium 15,000
Loznica Loznica Stadion Lagator 4,000
Borac Čačak Čačak Stadium 6,000
Sutjeska Nikšić Gradski stadion (Nikšić) 10,800
OFK Beograd Karaburma, Belgrade Omladinski Stadium 20,000
Spartak Subotica Subotica City Stadium 13,000
Radnički Niš Niš Čair Stadium 18,000
Bečej Bečej Stadion kraj Tise 3,000
Budućnost Valjevo Valjevo Park Pećina 6,000
Sartid 1913 Smederevo Smederevo City Stadium 17,200
Rudar Pljevlja Pljevlja Stadion pod Golubinjom 10,000

League tables

IA league
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Obilić (C) 33 27 5 1 72 19 +53 86 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Red Star 33 27 3 3 86 22 +64 84 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Partizan 33 22 4 7 73 38 +35 70 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
4 Vojvodina 33 14 7 12 57 63 −6 49 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5 Rad 33 12 6 15 35 39 −4 42
6 Zemun 33 10 9 14 38 50 −12 39
7 Hajduk Kula 33 10 5 18 32 51 −19 35
8 Budućnost Podgorica 33 8 9 16 27 53 −26 33
9 Proleter Zrenjanin 33 10 2 21 40 64 −24 32
10 Železnik 33 9 5 19 43 62 −19 32
11 Čukarički (R) 33 9 4 20 32 45 −13 31 Qualification for relegation play-off
12 Mladost Lučani (R) 33 9 3 21 25 54 −29 30 Relegation to Second League of FR Yugoslavia
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

IB league
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 OFK Beograd (P) 33 19 8 6 61 34 +27 65 Promotion to First League of FR Yugoslavia
2 Sartid 1913 Smederevo (P) 33 19 6 8 46 23 +23 63
3 Priština (P) 33 17 9 7 57 28 +29 60
4 Spartak Subotica (P) 33 17 5 11 56 40 +16 56
5 Radnički Niš (P) 33 14 12 7 49 35 +14 54
6 Radnički Kragujevac (P) 33 16 5 12 50 43 +7 53 Qualification for relegation play-off
7 Budućnost Valjevo (R) 33 13 6 14 43 52 −9 45 Relegation to Second League of FR Yugoslavia
8 Rudar Pljevlja (R) 33 13 4 16 44 54 −10 43
9 Sutjeska Nikšić (R) 33 8 8 17 34 43 −9 32
10 Loznica (R) 33 7 7 19 24 46 −22 28
11 Borac Čačak (R) 33 7 7 19 32 65 −33 28
12 Bečej (R) 33 8 3 22 22 54 −32 27
Source:
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Relegation playoff
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Čukarički 1–1 (4–5 p) Radnički Kragujevac 1–0 0–1

Champions

FK Obilić (Coach: Dragan Okuka)

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Saša Marković Red Star
27
2 Zoran Ranković Obilić
23
3 Dejan Stanković Red Star
15
4 Zoran Jovičić Red Star
13
5 Dragan Isailović Partizan
12
6 Aleksandar Jović Čukarički 11
Zoran Janković Železnik
Goran Obradović Partizan
9 Radovan Marković Mladost Lučani 10
Dragan Jović Proleter Zrenjanin

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