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

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

First round

Bosniaks First League

League standings

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

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

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

• Source: SportSport.ba forum

First League of Herzeg-Bosnia

League standings

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:
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

Group stage

Group Sarajevo

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:

27 May 1998

Željezničar	3–0	Bosna
Muharemović 26' Vazda 53' Zubanović 81'

Koševo, Sarajevo

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30 May 1998

Željezničar	2–1	Zrinjski
Vazda 10' Zubanović 90'		Prskalo 12'

Koševo, Sarajevo

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2 June 1998

Bosna	3–0	Zrinjski
Džafić 64' Hota 86' Suljagić 90' (pen.)

Koševo, Sarajevo

Group Mostar

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:

27 May 1998

Široki Brijeg	0–1	Sarajevo
		Gogalić 78'

Bijeli Brijeg, Mostar

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30 May 1998

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

Bijeli Brijeg, Mostar

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2 June 1998

Široki Brijeg	6–1	Čelik
Filipović 34', 41' Bubalo 40', 61', 73' Marušić 50'		Hajdarević 31'

Bijeli Brijeg, Mostar

Final

5 June 1998

20:15 CEST

Sarajevo	0–1	Željezničar
	Report	Zubanović 90'

Koševo, Sarajevo

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany)

Both clubs qualified for 1998–99 UEFA Cup.

See also

• 1997–98 First League of the Republika Srpska

References

• Bosnia-Herzegovina - List of final tables (RSSSF)