| Season | 1997–98 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Sparta Prague |
| Relegated | České Budějovice Lázně Bohdaneč |
| Champions League | Sparta Prague |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Jablonec |
| UEFA Cup | Slavia Prague Sigma Olomouc |
| Intertoto Cup | Boby Brno Hradec Králové |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 585 (2.44 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Horst Siegl (13) |
| Biggest home win | Jablonec 8–0Č. Budějovice |
| Biggest away win | Plzeň 1–5Drnovice Příbram 1–5Ostrava |
| Highest scoring | Jablonec 8–0Č. Budějovice |
| Highest attendance | 31,732[1] Brno 2–1Sparta Prague |
| Lowest attendance | 735[2] Lázně Bohdaneč 2–2Plzeň |
| Average attendance | 6,156[3] |
1998–99 → | |
The1997–98 Czech First League, known as theGambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth season of top-tierfootball in theCzech Republic.
Relegated to the1997–98 Czech 2. Liga
Promoted from the1996–97 Czech 2. Liga
| 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 forChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 59 | Qualification forUEFA 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 forCup 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 forIntertoto 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 toCzech 2. Liga |
| 16 | Lázně Bohdaneč(R) | 30 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 61 | −43 | 11 |
| 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 |
| # | Club | Average | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brno | 15,365 | 31,730 |
| 2 | Opava | 11,860 | 14,938 |
| 3 | Teplice | 7,669 | 11,483 |
| 4 | Příbram | 7,231 | 11,871 |
| 5 | Sparta Praha | 6,532 | 15,628 |
| 6 | Sigma Olomouc | 5,850 | 13,137 |
| 7 | Jablonec | 5,359 | 10,365 |
| 8 | Slavia Praha | 5,194 | 9,339 |
| 9 | Baník Ostrava | 4,982 | 8,991 |
| 10 | Slovan Liberec | 4,884 | 6,637 |
| 11 | Drnovice | 4,874 | 9,558 |
| 12 | České Budějovice | 4,561 | 7,852 |
| 13 | Hradec Králové | 4,219 | 8,174 |
| 14 | Viktoria Žižkov | 4,121 | 7,386 |
| 15 | Viktoria Plzeň | 3,819 | 5,794 |
| 16 | Lázně Bohdaneč | 1,980 | 4,550 |
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