1997–98 Czech First League

Czech First League

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 played	240
Goals scored	585 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Horst Siegl (13)
Biggest home win	Jablonec 8–0 Č. Budějovice
Biggest away win	Plzeň 1–5 Drnovice Příbram 1–5 Ostrava
Highest scoring	Jablonec 8–0 Č. Budějovice
Highest attendance	31,732[1] Brno 2–1 Sparta Prague
Lowest attendance	735[2] Lázně Bohdaneč 2–2 Plzeň
Average attendance	6,156[3]
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Czech First League, known as the Gambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth season of top-tier football in the Czech Republic.

League changes

Relegated to the 1997–98 Czech 2. Liga

• Bohemians Prague (16th)
• Karviná (15th)

Promoted from the 1996–97 Czech 2. Liga

• Dukla (1st)
• Lázně Bohdaneč (2nd)

Stadia and locations

Ostrava

České Budějovice

Drnovice

Slavia
Sparta
Žižkov

Brno

Hradec Králové

Jablonec

Lázně Bohdaneč

Příbram

Olomouc

Opava

Liberec

Teplice

Plzeň

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Location of clubs in the 1997–98 Czech First League

League table

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 for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Slavia Prague	30	17	8	5	42	22	+20	59	Qualification for UEFA 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 for Cup 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 for Intertoto 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 to Czech 2. Liga
16	Lázně Bohdaneč (R)	30	2	5	23	18	61	−43	11

Source: Fortuna liga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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

Source: Fortuna liga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Horst Siegl	Sparta Prague	13
2	Vratislav Lokvenc	Sparta Prague	12
3	Pavel Pěnička	Jablonec	11
	Petr Samec	Baník Ostrava
5	Pavel Holomek	Boby Brno	10
	Radek Drulák	Sigma Olomouc
7	Martin Prohászka	Kaučuk Opava	9
	Ladislav Fujdiar	České Budějovice
	Rudolf Otepka	Dukla

See also

• 1997–98 Czech Cup
• 1997–98 Czech 2. Liga

References

1. "Na Letné padl divácký rekord 21. století". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). Czech Republic. 14 July 2003. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
2. "Detailed attendance stats". Fortuna liga. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
3. "Average attendance stats". Fortuna liga. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

• (in Czech) ČMFS statistics