1997–98 First League of FR Yugoslavia

First League of FR Yugoslavia
Season 1997–98
Champions Obilić
1st domestic title
Champions League Obilić
UEFA Cup Red Star
Vojvodina
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Partizan
UEFA Intertoto Cup Vojvodina
Goals scored 560
Top goalscorer Saša Marković (27)
← 96-97
98-99 →

Statistics of First League of FR Yugoslavia (Serbian: Пpвa caвeзнa лигa, Prva savezna liga) for the 1997–98 season.

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 classifiyed 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 classifiyed 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.

First League

IA league

Rank Club MP W D L GF GA GD P
1 Obilić Beograd 33 27 5 1 72 19 +53 86
2 Red Star 33 27 3 3 86 22 +64 84
3 Partizan 33 22 4 7 73 38 +35 70
4 Vojvodina 33 14 7 12 57 63 -6 49
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 Beograd 33 9 5 19 43 62 -19 32
11 Čukarički Beograd 33 9 4 20 32 45 -13 31
12 Mladost Lučani 33 9 3 21 25 54 -29 30

IB league

Rank Club MP W D L GF GA GD P
1 OFK Beograd 33 19 8 6 61 34 +27 65
2 Sartid 1913 Smederevo 33 19 6 8 46 23 +23 63
3 Priština 33 17 9 7 57 28 +29 60
4 Spartak Subotica 33 17 5 11 56 40 +16 56
5 Radnički Niš 33 14 12 7 49 35 +14 54
6 Radnički Kragujevac 33 16 5 12 50 43 +7 53
7 Budućnost Valjevo 33 13 6 14 43 52 -9 45
8 Rudar Pljevlja 33 13 4 16 44 54 -10 43
9 Sutjeska Nikšić 33 8 8 17 34 43 -9 32
10 Loznica 33 7 7 19 24 46 -22 28
11 Borac Čačak 33 7 7 19 32 65 -33 28
12 Bečej 33 8 3 22 22 54 -32 27
- Mogren Budva - - - - - - - -
- Milicionar Beograd - - - - - - - -

Champions: FK Obilić (Coach: Dragan Okuka)

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