1997–98 Slovenian PrvaLiga

Slovenian PrvaLiga
Season	1997–98
Champions	Maribor; (2nd title)
Relegated	SET Vevče
Champions League	Maribor
UEFA Cup	Mura
Cup Winners' Cup	Rudar
Intertoto Cup	Olimpija
Matches played	180
Goals scored	526 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ismet Ekmečić; (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Primorje 6–0 Korotan
Biggest away win	Beltinci 1–5 Olimpija; Celje 1–5 Maribor;
Highest scoring	SET Vevče 4–7 Maribor
Longest winning run	7 games; Mura; Maribor
Longest unbeaten run	16 games; Mura; Maribor
Longest winless run	10 games; SET Vevče
Longest losing run	5 games; SET Vevče; Korotan
Highest attendance	8,000; Maribor 4–0 Primorje
Lowest attendance	300; Rudar 2–0 SET Vevče
Total attendance	254,800
Average attendance	1,415
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Slovenian PrvaLiga season started on 3 August 1997 and ended on 7 June 1998. Each team played a total of 36 matches.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maribor (C)	36	24	4	8	69	34	+35	76	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Mura	36	19	10	7	63	42	+21	67	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Gorica	36	20	5	11	64	36	+28	65
4	Primorje	36	17	6	13	63	49	+14	57
5	Olimpija	36	13	12	11	59	55	+4	51	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6	Celje	36	14	7	15	57	57	0	49
7	Rudar Velenje	36	10	13	13	39	38	+1	43	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
8	Korotan Prevalje	36	10	9	17	31	59	−28	39
9	Beltinci (O)	36	9	7	20	44	73	−29	34	Qualification to relegation play-offs
10	SET Vevče (R)	36	4	7	25	37	83	−46	19	Qualification to relegation play-offs

Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Relegation play-offs

13 June 1998

17:00 CEST

Beltinci	1–0	Železničar Maribor
Kotnik 90'

Sports Park, Beltinci

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Radenko Mijatović

17 June 1998

17:00 CEST

Železničar Maribor	1–4	Beltinci
Pipenbaher 82'		Baranja 10' Moro 35', 60' Škafar 70'

Tabor Sports Park, Maribor

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Milan Mitrović

Beltinci won 5–1 on aggregate.

13 June 1998

17:00 CEST

SET Vevče	1–3	Domžale
Karapetrović 58'		Žinič 44' Šalja 63', 68'

Kodeljevo Sports Park, Ljubljana

Attendance: 500

Referee: Božo Tabar

17 June 1998

17:00 CEST

Domžale	1–1	SET Vevče
Škof 90'		Jolič 71'

Sports Park, Domžale

Attendance: 800

Referee: Matjaž Bohinc

Domžale won 4–2 on aggregate.

Results

Every team plays four times against their opponents, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 matches.

First half of the season

Home \ Away	BEL	CEL	GOR	KPR	MAR	MUR	OLI	PRI	RUD	SET
Beltinci		2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–4	1–2	3–1	0–1
Celje	4–0		1–1	4–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	6–2	2–2	4–3
Gorica	5–1	3–1		2–3	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1
Korotan Prevalje	2–1	0–1	1–0		1–0	2–2	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–0
Maribor	5–0	3–0	1–0	2–0		1–3	2–0	0–1	1–0	5–1
Mura	5–2	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–0		2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0
Olimpija	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	3–1		3–3	2–1	0–0
Primorje	1–3	4–2	0–1	2–0	2–0	4–2	5–2		2–1	4–1
Rudar Velenje	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0		2–0
SET Vevče	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	1–3	1–4	2–2	0–3	1–0

Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season

Home \ Away	BEL	CEL	GOR	KPR	MAR	MUR	OLI	PRI	RUD	SET
Beltinci		0–1	2–1	4–2	0–1	2–2	1–5	1–0	1–3	5–0
Celje	3–0		1–2	0–2	1–5	1–1	5–2	2–1	1–1	2–1
Gorica	1–0	2–0		5–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	4–1
Korotan Prevalje	1–1	1–0	2–1		1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1
Maribor	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–0		2–1	4–4	4–0	0–0	2–1
Mura	2–2	0–2	2–1	2–0	0–0		0–0	0–1	4–2	3–0
Olimpija	1–2	2–0	1–2	4–0	1–3	1–2		1–1	1–1	1–0
Primorje	5–1	1–0	2–1	6–0	0–1	2–2	1–2		0–1	1–0
Rudar Velenje	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–3		0–0
SET Vevče	2–2	4–1	2–3	1–2	4–7	2–4	1–2	2–2	1–1

Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ismet Ekmečić	Olimpija	21
2	Faik Kamberović	Celje	17
3	Štefan Škaper	Mura	16
4	Anton Žlogar	Primorje	15
5	Novica Nikčević	Gorica	14
6	Dejan Kečan	Beltinci	13
7	Goran Gutalj	Mura	12
7	Patrik Ipavec	Primorje	12
9	Wanderson de Paul Somalia	Celje	10
9	Marko Kmetec	Maribor	10

References

General

"PrvaLiga Archives". PrvaLiga archives. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

External links

Official website of the PrvaLiga (in Slovene)

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Domestic leagues	PrvaLiga Second League Third League
Domestic cups	Slovenian Cup
European competitions	Champions League Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup

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League cups	England Finland '97 '98 France Germany Iceland '97 '98 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

1997–98 Slovenian PrvaLiga

League table

Relegation play-offs

Results

First half of the season

Second half of the season

Top goalscorers

See also

References

External links