1997–98 Hong Kong First Division League

Hong Kong First Division League 1997–98
League	Hong Kong First Division League
Sport	Football
Duration	7 September 1997 – 16 April 1998
League
League champions	Instant-Dict
Runners-up	South China

The 1997–98 Hong Kong First Division League season is the 86th since its establishment. The first match was played on 7 September 1997 with Instant-Dict won against South China by 5–4.

First stage

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Instant-Dict	14	11	2	1	42	15	+27	35	To Grand Final
2	Happy Valley	14	9	2	3	34	15	+19	29	Championship Playoff
3	Sing Tao	14	8	2	4	28	12	+16	26
4	South China	14	8	2	4	30	25	+5	26
5	Yee Hope	14	4	3	7	13	18	−5	15	Relegation Playoff
6	Rangers	14	4	3	7	14	23	−9	15
7	Golden	14	3	2	8	15	24	−9	11
8	Five-One-Seven	14	1	0	13	9	53	−44	3

Second stage

NB: Teams take points and goals halved from first phase. GF and GA is rounded.

Championship Playoff

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Instant-Dict	6	3	0	3	33	18	+15	26.5	To Grand Final
2	South China	6	4	1	1	32	27	+5	26
3	Happy Valley	6	1	2	3	28	21	+7	19.5
4	Sing Tao	6	1	3	2	22	17	+5	19

Relegation Playoff

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
5	Rangers	6	3	2	1	21	22	−1	18.5
6	Yee Hope	6	2	3	1	18	18	0	16.5
7	Golden	6	2	3	1	17	21	−4	14.5	Relegation to Second Division by rules, but retained in the First Division
8	Five-One-Seven	6	0	2	4	12	42	−32	3.5	Relegation to Second Division

Final

No final was played as Instant-Dict granted the champion in both stages, and automatically became the overall champion. The runner-up in the Champion Playoff, South China, was awarded the overall runners-up.

First Division League 1997–98 Winners
Instant-Dict 2nd Title

References

www.rsssf.com Hongkong 1997/98

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