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 edit

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

First round edit

Bosniaks First League edit

League standings edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

First League of Herzeg-Bosnia edit

Clubs and stadiums edit

League standings edit

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 edit

Group stage edit

Group Sarajevo edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Both clubs qualified for 1998–99 UEFA Cup.

See also edit

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