1997–98 Belgian First Division

The 1997/98 season of the Jupiler League was held between August 8, 1997 and May 10, 1998. Club Brugge became champions.

Promoted teams

These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:

Relegated teams

These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season:

Brugge's title success

Club Brugge ended in first place 18 points ahead of Racing Genk.

Battle for Europe

Sporting Anderlecht finally qualified for the UEFA Cup by ending in 4th place as Genk (2nd) and Brugge (1st) played the Cup final. The third team to qualify for the UEFA Cup was Germinal Ekeren (3rd).

The relegation dog fight

RWDM was relegated following a 1-1 draw at Charleroi as the newcomer Beveren managed to draw against Germinal Ekeren on the 33rd matchday. With 4 points more than RWDM the club from Waasland then lost to Anderlecht on the last matchday whereas RWDM easily beat Lokeren by 5-1.

Final league table

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst GF GA Pts GD Notes
1Club Brugge342662782984+49Qualified for 1998-99 UEFA Champions League. [1]
2K.R.C. Genk342068654066+25Qualified for 1998-99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
3K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot3417710604858+12Qualified for 1998-99 UEFA Cup.
4R.S.C. Anderlecht341699533757+16
5K.R.C. Zuid-West-Vlaanderen3415109503155+19Qualified for 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
6K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen34164146868520
7Lierse S.K.3414812544550+9
8K.A.A. Gent3411149504447+6
9Standard Liège34111013535043+3
10R.E. Mouscron3411815394541-6
11K.F.C. Lommel S.K.34101113465041-4Qualified for 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
12K.V.C. Westerlo3491411525641-4
13R. Charleroi S.C.3491213465739-11
14K. Sint-Truidense V.V.3481313324537-13
15K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst349916516636-15
16K.S.K. Beveren3471116304832-18
17R.W.D. Molenbeek348719397431-35Relegated to Division II.
18R. Antwerp F.C.346721387125-33

[1] Club Brugge competed in the UEFA Cup after losing their Champions League Second Qualifying Round tie.

Top goal scorers

Scorer Goals Team
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branko Strupar 22 Racing Genk
Canada Tomasz Radzinski 19 Germinal Ekeren
Denmark Peter Lässen 15 Eendracht Aalst
Belgium Gunther Hofmans 15 Germinal Ekeren
Guinea Souleymane Oulare 14 Racing Genk

See also

References


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