1997–98 First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Statistics of First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1997–98 season. It was contested only by Bosniak and Croatian clubs. Serbian clubs played in the 1997–98 First League of the Republika Srpska.

Overview

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It was contested by 6 teams. Željezničar have won the championship.

First round

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Bosniaks First League

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League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bosna (Q) 30 19 3 8 55 28 +27 60 Qualification to championship play-off
2 Čelik (Q) 30 16 8 6 48 30 +18 56
3 Sarajevo (Q) 30 15 8 7 56 33 +23 53
4 Željezničar (Q) 30 14 7 9 49 42 +7 49
5 Sloboda Tuzla 30 13 7 10 39 27 +12 46
6 Gradina Srebrenik 30 13 5 12 41 42 −1 44
7 Zenica 30 12 7 11 34 29 +5 43
8 Zmaj od Bosne 30 10 11 9 38 35 +3 41
9 Drina Zvornik-Živinice 30 12 5 13 30 31 −1 41
10 Velež 30 11 7 12 44 52 −8 40
11 Jedinstvo Bihać 30 11 5 14 30 40 −10 38
12 Lukavac 30 9 9 12 32 38 −6 36
13 Rudar Kakanj 30 10 6 14 28 32 −4 36
14 Olimpic (R) 30 10 5 15 36 50 −14 35 Relegation to Second League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
15 Travnik (R) 30 9 6 15 35 45 −10 33
16 Rudar Breza (R) 30 3 7 20 29 79 −50 16
Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BOS ČEL DRZ GRA JED LUK OLI RBR RKA SAR SLO TRA VEL ZEN ZMA ŽEL
Bosna 1–0 2–0 5–1 3–2 5–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 5–0 1–0
Čelik 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 6–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 5–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–1
Drina Zvornik-Živinice 0–0 3–4 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–1
Gradina Srebrenik 4–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 4–1
Jedinstvo Bihać 2–1 4–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 4–1 7–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–1
Lukavac 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 2–5 3–2 0–3 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0
Olimpic 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–5 2–0 1–1 4–0 3–2 2–0 2–4
Rudar Breza 1–5 1–4 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–3 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–3 2–2 2–3 1–1 0–0
Rudar Kakanj 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–3 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0
Sarajevo 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–2 3–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 5–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–1
Sloboda Tuzla 2–0 5–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 0–1
Travnik 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 0–1 1–1 4–1
Velež 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 7–2 0–0 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–3
Zenica 0–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0
Zmaj od Bosne 4–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 5–0 5–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 4–2 2–0 1–0 1–1
Željezničar 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 4–1 3–1 2–1 4–4
Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Nermin Hajdarević Čelik Zenica 19
Bosnia and Herzegovina Nermin Vazda Željezničar
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sead Vranić Bosna Visoko 16
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Alen Avdić Sarajevo 14
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Adis Obad Velež Mostar 13
6 Bosnia and Herzegovina Abdulah Ibraković Gradina 11
Bosnia and Herzegovina Nermin Hrvat Rudar Breza

Clubs and stadiums

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League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Široki Brijeg (Q) 30 24 4 2 87 10 +77 76 Qualification to Championship play-off
2 Zrinjski Mostar (Q) 30 19 7 4 72 21 +51 64
3 Orašje 30 18 3 9 65 31 +34 57
4 Brotnjo Čitluk 30 16 8 6 64 29 +35 56
5 Troglav Livno 30 17 4 9 51 25 +26 55
6 Stolac 30 14 7 9 57 35 +22 49
7 Kiseljak 30 13 5 12 42 37 +5 44
8 GOŠK Gabela 30 13 4 13 43 48 −5 43
9 Ljubuški 30 13 4 13 46 44 +2 43
10 Posušje 30 11 6 13 44 45 −1 39
11 Sloga Uskoplje 30 10 5 15 44 64 −20 35
12 Vitez 30 9 7 14 37 53 −16 34
13 Novi Travnik (R) 30 8 4 18 28 83 −55 28 Relegation to Second League of Herzeg-Bosnia
14 Napredak Matići (R) 30 7 3 20 26 65 −39 24
15 Usora Žabljak (R) 30 6 4 20 36 81 −45 22
16 Kostrč (R) 30 3 3 24 21 93 −72 12
Source: [citation needed]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

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Group stage

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Group Sarajevo

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Željezničar 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Advanced to final
2 Bosna 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
3 Zrinjski 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
Željezničar3–0Bosna
Muharemović 26'
Vazda 53'
Zubanović 81'

Željezničar2–1Zrinjski
Vazda 10'
Zubanović 90'
Prskalo 12'

Bosna3–0Zrinjski
Džafić 64'
Hota 86'
Suljagić 90' (pen.)

Group Mostar

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sarajevo 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Advanced to final
2 Široki Brijeg 2 1 0 1 6 2 +4 3
3 Čelik 2 0 1 1 2 7 −5 1
Source: [citation needed]
Široki Brijeg0–1Sarajevo
Gogalić 78'

Sarajevo1–1Čelik
Smječanin 50' (pen.) Hajdarević 48'

Široki Brijeg6–1Čelik
Filipović 34', 41'
Bubalo 40', 61', 73'
Marušić 50'
Hajdarević 31'

Final

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Sarajevo0–1Željezničar
Report Zubanović 90'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany)

Both clubs qualified for 1998–99 UEFA Cup.

See also

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References

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