| Season | 1997–98 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Obilić 1st domestic title |
| Champions League | Obilić |
| UEFA Cup | Red Star |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Partizan |
| Intertoto Cup | Vojvodina |
| Goals | 560 |
| Top goalscorer | Saša Marković (27) |
1998–99 → | |
The1997–98First League of FR Yugoslavia was the sixth season of the FR Yugoslavia's top-level football league since its establishment.
The league was divided into 2 groups, A and B, consisting each of 10 clubs. Both groups were played in league system. By winter break all clubs in each group meet each other twice, home and away, with the bottom four classified from A group moving to the group B, and being replaced by the top four from the B group. At the end of the season because the two groups league format was being abandoned for the next season and replaced by a single league consisting of 16 clubs, more clubs were relegated, six, and only the two first classified from theSecond League of FR Yugoslavia would be promoted.
At the end of the seasonFK Obilić became champions for the first time in their history.
The league's top-scorer with a total of 27 goals wasSaša Marković who played the first half of the season withFK Železnik and moving during the winter break toRed Star Belgrade where he played the rest of the season.
Six clubs were relegated at the end of the season:FK Budućnost Valjevo,FK Rudar Pljevlja,FK Sutjeska Nikšić,FK Loznica,FK Borac Čačak andFK Bečej.
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partizan | Belgrade | Partizan Stadium | 32,710 |
| Red Star | Belgrade | Red Star Stadium | 55,538 |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | Karađorđe Stadium | 17,204 |
| Zemun | Zemun, Belgrade | Zemun Stadium | 10,000 |
| Rad | Belgrade | Stadion Kralj Petar I | 6,000 |
| Proleter | Zrenjanin | Stadion Karađorđev park | 13,500 |
| Hajduk Kula | Kula | Stadion Hajduk | 6,000 |
| Budućnost Podgorica | Podgorica | Podgorica City Stadium | 12,000 |
| Obilić | Belgrade | FK Obilić Stadium | 4,500 |
| Železnik | Belgrade | Železnik Stadium | 8,000 |
| Mladost Lučani | Lučani | Mladost Stadium | 8,000 |
| Čukarički | Belgrade | Stadion Čukarički | 7,000 |
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priština | Priština | Priština City Stadium | 25,000 |
| Radnički | Kragujevac | Čika Dača Stadium | 15,000 |
| Loznica | Loznica | Stadion Lagator | 4,000 |
| Borac | Čačak | Čačak Stadium | 6,000 |
| Sutjeska | Nikšić | Gradski stadion (Nikšić) | 10,800 |
| OFK Beograd | Karaburma, Belgrade | Omladinski Stadium | 20,000 |
| Spartak | Subotica | Subotica City Stadium | 13,000 |
| Radnički Niš | Niš | Čair Stadium | 18,000 |
| Bečej | Bečej | Stadion kraj Tise | 3,000 |
| Budućnost Valjevo | Valjevo | Park Pećina | 6,000 |
| Sartid | Smederevo | Smederevo City Stadium | 17,200 |
| Rudar Pljevlja | Pljevlja | Stadion pod Golubinjom | 10,000 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Obilić(C) | 33 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 72 | 19 | +53 | 86 | Qualification forChampions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Red Star | 33 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 86 | 22 | +64 | 84 | Qualification forUEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Partizan | 33 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 73 | 38 | +35 | 70 | Qualification forCup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Vojvodina | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 63 | −6 | 49 | Qualification forIntertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | Rad | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 42 | |
| 6 | Zemun | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 39 | |
| 7 | Hajduk Kula | 33 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 35 | |
| 8 | Budućnost Podgorica | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 53 | −26 | 33 | |
| 9 | Proleter Zrenjanin | 33 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 40 | 64 | −24 | 32 | |
| 10 | Železnik | 33 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 32 | |
| 11 | Čukarički(R) | 33 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 31 | Qualification forrelegation play-off |
| 12 | Mladost Lučani(R) | 33 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 25 | 54 | −29 | 30 | Relegation toSecond League of FR Yugoslavia |
| Home \ Away | BPO | ČUK | HAJ | MLA | OBI | PAR | PRO | RAD | RSB | VOJ | ZEM | ŽEL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budućnost Podgorica | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | |
| Čukarički | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Hajduk Kula | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | |
| Mladost Lučani | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | |
| Obilić | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| Partizan | 6–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–6 | 10–3 | 3–0 | |
| Proleter Zrenjanin | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| Rad | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | |
| Red Star | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | |
| Vojvodina | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–7 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
| Zemun | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | |
| Železnik | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Home \ Away | BPO | ČUK | HAJ | MLA | OBI | PAR | PRO | RAD | RSB | VOJ | ZEM | ŽEL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budućnost Podgorica | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |||||||
| Čukarički | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |||||||
| Hajduk Kula | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |||||||
| Mladost Lučani | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |||||||
| Obilić | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | ||||||
| Partizan | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | ||||||
| Proleter Zrenjanin | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |||||||
| Rad | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | ||||||
| Red Star | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | ||||||
| Vojvodina | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | ||||||
| Zemun | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | ||||||
| Železnik | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OFK Beograd(P) | 33 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 61 | 34 | +27 | 65 | Promotion toFirst League of FR Yugoslavia |
| 2 | Sartid(P) | 33 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 63 | |
| 3 | Priština(P) | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 57 | 28 | +29 | 60 | |
| 4 | Spartak Subotica(P) | 33 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 56 | |
| 5 | Radnički Niš(P) | 33 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 54 | |
| 6 | Radnički Kragujevac(P) | 33 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 53 | Qualification forrelegation play-off |
| 7 | Budućnost Valjevo(R) | 33 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 45 | Relegation toSecond League of FR Yugoslavia |
| 8 | Rudar Pljevlja(R) | 33 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 43 | |
| 9 | Sutjeska(R) | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 32 | |
| 10 | Loznica(R) | 33 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 46 | −22 | 28 | |
| 11 | Borac Čačak(R) | 33 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 32 | 65 | −33 | 28 | |
| 12 | Bečej(R) | 33 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 54 | −32 | 27 |
| Home \ Away | BEČ | BOR | BVA | LOZ | OFK | PRI | RDK | RNI | RUD | SAR | SPA | SUT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bečej | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Borac Čačak | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
| Budućnost Valjevo | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | |
| Loznica | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| OFK Beograd | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | |
| Priština | 5–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
| Radnički Kragujevac | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
| Radnički Niš | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Rudar Pljevlja | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| Sartid | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| Spartak Subotica | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Sutjeska | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Home \ Away | BEČ | BOR | BVA | LOZ | OFK | PRI | RDK | RNI | RUD | SAR | SPA | SUT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bečej | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |||||||
| Borac Čačak | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |||||||
| Budućnost Valjevo | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | ||||||||
| Loznica | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | |||||||
| OFK Beograd | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | ||||||
| Priština | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Radnički Kragujevac | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |||||
| Radnički Niš | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | ||||||
| Rudar Pljevlja | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |||||||
| Sartid | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||||||
| Spartak Subotica | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 5–0 | 2–0 | ||||||
| Sutjeska | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Čukarički | 1–1 (4–5p) | Radnički Kragujevac | 1–0 | 0–1 |
Champions:FK Obilić (Coach:Dragan Okuka)
Players (league matches/goals)
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Star | 27 | |
| 2 | Obilić | 23 | |
| 3 | Red Star | 15 | |
| 4 | Red Star | 13 | |
| 5 | Partizan | 12 | |
| 6 | Čukarički | 11 | |
| Železnik | |||
| Partizan | |||
| 9 | Mladost Lučani | 10 | |
| Proleter Zrenjanin |