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1997–98 First League of FR Yugoslavia
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | First League of FR Yugoslavia |
| season | 1997–98 |
| winners | Obilić |
| 1st domestic title | |
| continentalcup1 | Champions League |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Obilić |
| continentalcup2 | UEFA Cup |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Red Star |
| continentalcup3 | Cup Winners' Cup |
| continentalcup3 qualifiers | Partizan |
| continentalcup4 | Intertoto Cup |
| continentalcup4 qualifiers | Vojvodina |
| league topscorer | Saša Marković (27) |
| total goals | 560 |
| prevseason | 1996–97 |
| nextseason | 1998–99 |
1st domestic title The 1997–98 First League of FR Yugoslavia was the sixth season of the FR Yugoslavia's top-level football league since its establishment.
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
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 | Smederevo | Smederevo City Stadium | 17,200 |
| Rudar Pljevlja | Pljevlja | Stadion pod Golubinjom | 10,000 |
IA league
Table
Results
First and second round
Third round
IB league
Table
Results
First and second round
Third round
Relegation playoff
Winning squad
Champions: FK Obilić (Coach: Dragan Okuka)
Players (league matches/goals)
- FRY Milan Lešnjak
- FRY Miroslav Savić (32/1)
- FRY Nenad Lukić (32/0)
- FRY Saša Kovačević (30/7)
- FRY Zoran Ranković (29/23)
- FRY Nenad Grozdić (29/4)
- FRY Kuzman Babeu (29/4)
- FRY Dragan Šarac (29/3)
- FRY Marjan Živković (28/7)
- FRY Živojin Juškić (28/4)
- FRY Darko Nović (27/1)
- FRY Ivan Vukomanović (24/3)
- FRY Saša Viciknez (16/3)
- BIH Sahmir Garčević (16/1)
- FRY Darko Vargec (14/0)
- FRY Goran Serafimović (8/0)
- FRY Siniša Jelić (7/3)
- FRY Veselin Popović (7/3)
- FRY Ivan Litera (7/2)
- FRY Predrag Filipović (7/0)
- FRY Miroslav Milošević (7/0)
- FRY Vladan Milosavljević (5/0)
- FRY Duško Košutić (2/0)
- FRY Zoran Ivić (2/0)
- FRY Mirko Babić (1/1)
- BIH Radovan Gajić (1/0)
- FRY Slaviša Mitić (1/0)
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FRY Saša Marković | Red Star | ||
| 2 | FRY Zoran Ranković | Obilić | ||
| 3 | FRY Dejan Stanković | Red Star | ||
| 4 | FRY Zoran Jovičić | Red Star | ||
| 5 | FRY Dragan Isailović | Partizan | ||
| 6 | FRY Aleksandar Jović | Čukarički | 11 | |
| FRY Zoran Janković | Železnik | |||
| FRY Goran Obradović | Partizan | |||
| 9 | FRY Radovan Marković | Mladost Lučani | 10 | |
| FRY Dragan Jović | Proleter Zrenjanin |
External sources
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