1997–98 Czech First League

The 1997–98 Czech First League, known as the Gambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth season of top-tier football in the Czech Republic.

Czech First League
Season1997–98
ChampionsSparta Prague
RelegatedČeské Budějovice
Lázně Bohdaneč
Champions LeagueSparta Prague
Cup Winners' CupJablonec
UEFA CupSlavia Prague
Sigma Olomouc
Intertoto CupBoby Brno
Hradec Králové
Matches played240
Goals scored585 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorerHorst Siegl (13)
Biggest home winJablonec 8–0 Č. Budějovice
Biggest away winPlzeň 1–5 Drnovice
Příbram 1–5 Ostrava
Highest scoringJablonec 8–0 Č. Budějovice
Highest attendance31,732[1]
Brno 2–1 Sparta Prague
Lowest attendance735[2]
Lázně Bohdaneč 2–2 Plzeň
Average attendance6,156[3]

League changes

Relegated to the 1997–98 Czech 2. Liga

Promoted from the 1996–97 Czech 2. Liga

Stadia and locations
Location of clubs in the 1997–98 Czech First League

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sparta Prague (C) 30 22 5 3 53 19 +34 71 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Slavia Prague 30 17 8 5 42 22 +20 59 Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 Sigma Olomouc 30 16 7 7 38 21 +17 55
4 Baník Ostrava 30 13 11 6 51 35 +16 50
5 Slovan Liberec 30 13 8 9 39 32 +7 47
6 Jablonec 30 12 10 8 47 33 +14 46 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 Teplice 30 10 10 10 36 30 +6 40
8 Viktoria Žižkov 30 11 6 13 26 34 −8 39
9 Drnovice 30 10 8 12 35 43 −8 38
10 Boby Brno 30 10 7 13 42 42 0 37 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
11 Hradec Králové 30 8 10 12 25 36 −11 34
12 Kaučuk Opava 30 8 10 12 33 37 −4 34
13 Dukla 30 9 6 15 37 50 −13 33
14 Viktoria Plzeň 30 9 6 15 37 47 −10 33
15 České Budějovice (R) 30 8 7 15 26 43 −17 31 Relegation to Czech 2. Liga
16 Lázně Bohdaneč (R) 30 2 5 23 18 61 −43 11
Source: Fortuna liga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away OST BRN ČBU DRN PŘÍ HRK JAB OPA LBO OLO SLA LIB SPA TEP PLZ VŽI
Baník Ostrava 3–3 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 6–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–2 6–1
Boby Brno 2–0 0–2 3–1 4–0 0–0 2–2 1–2 3–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 5–1 3–2
České Budějovice 0–1 1–3 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–2
Drnovice 2–2 4–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–1
Dukla 1–5 2–1 3–1 4–0 1–2 1–3 1–0 4–1 0–3 2–0 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–0 0–0
Hradec Králové 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 3–0 3–0 2–3 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–0
Jablonec 2–2 2–0 8–0 1–2 2–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1
Kaučuk Opava 3–3 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 3–0
Lázně Bohdaneč 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–2 2–2 0–1
Sigma Olomouc 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0
Slavia Prague 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 7–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–3 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–0
Slovan Liberec 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–2 3–0
Sparta Prague 4–1 2–0 3–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–2 3–1 2–1 2–0
Teplice 0–0 3–2 2–3 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 0–0 4–1 1–3 3–1 5–1 1–1 1–0 0–1
Viktoria Plzeň 3–1 3–2 4–1 1–5 4–3 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0
Viktoria Žižkov 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 4–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–0
Source: Fortuna liga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Czech Republic Horst Siegl Sparta Prague 13
2 Czech Republic Vratislav Lokvenc Sparta Prague 12
3 Czech Republic Pavel Pěnička Jablonec 11
Czech Republic Petr Samec Baník Ostrava
5 Czech Republic Pavel Holomek Boby Brno 10
Czech Republic Radek Drulák Sigma Olomouc
7 Slovakia Martin Prohászka Kaučuk Opava 9
Czech Republic Ladislav Fujdiar České Budějovice
Czech Republic Rudolf Otepka Dukla

See also

References
  1. "Na Letné padl divácký rekord 21. století". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). Czech Republic. 14 July 2003. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  2. "Detailed attendance stats". Fortuna liga. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. "Average attendance stats". Fortuna liga. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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