1997–98 Slovenian PrvaLiga

Football league season

Slovenian PrvaLigaSeason| 1997–98

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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

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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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

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

### Relegation play-offs

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13 June 1998

17:00 CEST

Beltinci| 1–0| Železničar Maribor

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* Kotnik 90'

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Sports Park, Beltinci

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Radenko Mijatović

17 June 1998

17:00 CEST

Železničar Maribor| 1–4| Beltinci

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* Pipenbaher  82'

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* Baranja  10'
* Moro 35', 60'
* Škafar  70'

Tabor Sports Park, Maribor

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Milan Mitrović

Beltinci won 5–1 on aggregate.

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13 June 1998

17:00 CEST

SET Vevče| 1–3| Domžale

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* Karapetrović 58'

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* 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

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* Škof  90'

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* Jolič  71'

Sports Park, Domžale

Attendance: 800

Referee: Matjaž Bohinc

Domžale won 4–2 on aggregate.

## Results

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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

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| Home \ Away  | BEL | CEL | GOR | KPR | MAR | MUR | OLI | PRI | RUD | SET

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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

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| Home \ Away  | BEL | CEL | GOR | KPR | MAR | MUR | OLI | PRI | RUD | SET

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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

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Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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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
Patrik Ipavec | Primorje
9  |  Wanderson de Paul Somalia | Celje | 10
Marko Kmetec | Maribor

## See also

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* 1997–98 Slovenian Football Cup
* 1997–98 Slovenian Second League

## References

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General

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

## External links

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* Official website of the PrvaLiga (in Slovene)

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Domestic leagues|

* Albania
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Domestic cups|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* England
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands '97 '98
* Finland '97 '98
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland '97 '98
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia '97 '98
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
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* Malta
* Moldova
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway '97 '98
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Scotland
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Wales
* FR Yugoslavia

League cups|

* England
* Finland '97 '98
* France
* Germany
* Iceland '97 '98
* Israel
* Northern Ireland
* Republic of Ireland
* Scotland
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UEFA competitions|

* Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, knockout stage, Final)
* Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
* UEFA Cup (Final)
* Intertoto Cup
* Super Cup

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