1997–98 Slovenian PrvaLiga

Slovenian PrvaLiga
Season	1997–98
Champions	Maribor; (2nd title)
Relegated	Slavija 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	Slavija Vevče 4–7 Maribor
Longest winning run	7 games; Mura; Maribor
Longest unbeaten run	16 games; Mura; Maribor
Longest winless run	10 games; Slavija Vevče
Longest losing run	5 games; Slavija Vevče; Korotan
Highest attendance	8,000; Maribor 4–0 Primorje
Lowest attendance	300; Rudar 2–0 Slavija 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.

Final table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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	Slavija Vevče (R)	36	4	7	25	37	83	−46	19	Qualification to relegation play-offs

Source: PrvaLiga (in Slovene)
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

Every team plays four times against their opponents, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 matches.

Home \ Away	BEL	CEL	GOR	KPR	MAR	MUR	OLI	PRI	RUD	SLA
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
Slavija 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.

Home \ Away	BEL	CEL	GOR	KPR	MAR	MUR	OLI	PRI	RUD	SLA
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
Slavija 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.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
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		Beltinci	13
7	Goran Gutalj	Mura	12
7	Patrik Ipavec	Primorje	12
9	Wanderson de Paul Somalia	Celje	10
9	Marko Kmetec	Maribor	10

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