| Season | 1997–1998 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8 August 1997 - 10 May 1998 |
| Champions | Club Brugge |
| Runner up | K.R.C. Genk |
| Relegated | RWDM Antwerp |
| Champions League | Club Brugge |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Racing Genk |
| UEFA Cup | Beerschot AC Anderlecht |
| Intertoto Cup | RC Harelbeke Lommel |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 904 (2.95 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Branko Strupar (22) |
1998-99 → | |
The1997–98 season of theJupiler League was held between 8 August 1997 and 10 May 1998.Club Brugge became champions.
These teams were promoted from thesecond division at the start of the season:
These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season:
Club Brugge ended in first place 18 points ahead ofRacing Genk.
Sporting Anderlecht finally qualified for theUEFA Cup by ending in 4th place as Genk (2nd) and Brugge (1st) played theCup final. The third team to qualify for the UEFA Cup wasGerminal Ekeren (3rd).
RWDM was relegated following a 1-1 draw atCharleroi as the newcomer Beveren managed to draw against Germinal Ekeren on the 33rd matchday. With 4 points more than RWDM the club from Waasland then lost to Anderlecht on the last matchday whereas RWDM easily beatLokeren by 5-1.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Club Brugge | 34 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 78 | 29 | +49 | 84 | Qualified for1998–99 UEFA Champions League[a] |
| 2 | K.R.C. Genk | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 65 | 40 | +25 | 66 | Qualified for1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 60 | 48 | +12 | 58 | Qualified for1998–99 UEFA Cup |
| 4 | R.S.C. Anderlecht | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 57 | |
| 5 | Racing Club Harelbeke | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 55 | Qualified for1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup |
| 6 | K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 52 | |
| 7 | Lierse S.K. | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 54 | 45 | +9 | 50 | |
| 8 | K.A.A. Gent | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 47 | |
| 9 | Standard Liège | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 43 | |
| 10 | R.E. Mouscron | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 41 | |
| 11 | K.F.C. Lommel S.K. | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 41 | Qualified for1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup |
| 12 | K.V.C. Westerlo | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 41 | |
| 13 | R. Charleroi S.C. | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 39 | |
| 14 | K. Sint-Truidense V.V. | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 37 | |
| 15 | K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 51 | 66 | −15 | 36 | |
| 16 | K.S.K. Beveren | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 32 | |
| 17 | R.W.D. Molenbeek | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 39 | 74 | −35 | 31 | Relegated toDivision II |
| 18 | R. Antwerp F.C. | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 38 | 71 | −33 | 25 |
| Home \ Away | AAL | AND | ANT | BEV | CLU | CHA | EKE | GNK | GNT | HAR | LIE | LOK | LOM | MOL | MOU | STV | STA | WES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eendracht Aalst | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 7–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | |
| Anderlecht | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Antwerp | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 3–5 | 0–0 | |
| Beveren | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | |
| Club Brugge | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |
| Charleroi | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Germinal Ekeren | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | |
| Genk | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–5 | |
| Gent | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 6–0 | |
| Harelbeke | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| Lierse | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
| Lokeren | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | |
| Lommel | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |
| Molenbeek | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | |
| Mouscron | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | |
| Sint-Truiden | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Standard Liège | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| Westerlo | 0–3 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Scorer | Goals | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | Racing Genk | |
| 19 | Germinal Ekeren | |
| 15 | Eendracht Aalst | |
| 15 | Germinal Ekeren | |
| 14 | Racing Genk |
| No. | Club | Average attendance | Change | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anderlecht | 21,353 | 10,3% | 28,161 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 12,706 | -3,4% | 16,000 |
| 3 | Standard de Liège | 12,088 | -2,1% | 20,000 |
| 4 | Genk | 10,629 | 20,1% | 17,000 |
| 5 | Lierse | 8,118 | -5,8% | 14,000 |
| 6 | Mouscron | 7,476 | -4,1% | 9,000 |
| 7 | STVV | 7,382 | -11,0% | 13,500 |
| 8 | Gent | 7,294 | -0,9% | 16,000 |
| 9 | Eendracht Aalst | 6,982 | 4,5% | 9,000 |
| 10 | Lommel | 6,529 | -5,1% | 12,500 |
| 11 | Westerlo | 6,312 | 109,2% | 10,500 |
| 12 | Charleroi | 6,088 | 4,3% | 14,000 |
| 13 | Beveren | 5,512 | 71,9% | 9,000 |
| 14 | Lokeren | 5,265 | -9,6% | 13,000 |
| 15 | Harelbeke | 5,176 | -3,3% | 9,000 |
| 16 | Germinal Beerschot | 4,912 | 16,8% | 8,000 |
| 17 | Molenbeek | 4,647 | -15,1% | 8,000 |
| 18 | Antwerp | 3,941 | -38,5% | 7,000 |
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