1997–98 Macedonian First Football League

Macedonian First League
Season 1997–98
Champions Sileks
3rd domestic title
Relegated Belasica
Bregalnica
Champions League Sileks
Cup Winners' Cup Vardar
UEFA Cup Sloga Jugomagnat
Intertoto Cup Makedonija
Matches played 169
Goals scored 382 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorer Vancho Atanasov (12)
Biggest home win Makedonija 7–1 Bregalnica
Biggest away win Belasica 0–4 Sileks
Highest scoring Makedonija 7–1 Bregalnica

The 1997–98 Macedonian First League was the 6th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. FK Sileks defended their championship title, having won their third title in a row.

Promotion and relegation

At the start of the 1997–98 season

Promoted from 1996–97 Second League

Relegated to 1997–98 Second League
At the end of the 1997–98 season

Promoted from 1997–98 Second League

Relegated to 1998–99 Second League

1 Bregalnica Štip was removed from the league after the round 19, due to the absence in a match against Sloga Jugomagnat. Their matches from round 14 were expunded.

Participating teams

Skopje
Skopje clubs:
Location of teams in 1997–98 Macedonian First League
Club City Stadium
FK Balkan BISI Skopje Stadion Čair
FK Belasica Strumica Stadion Mladost
FK Borec MHK Veles Gradski stadion Veles
FK Bregalnica Štip Gradski stadion Štip
FK Cementarnica 55 Skopje Stadion Cementarnica
FK Makedonija Skopje Stadion Gjorče Petrov
FK Pelister Bitola Stadion Tumbe Kafe
FK Pobeda Prilep Stadion Goce Delčev
FK Sasa Makedonska Kamenica Gradski stadion Makedonska Kamenica
FK Sileks Kratovo Gradski stadion Kratovo
FK Skopje Skopje Stadion Železarnica
FK Sloga Jugomagnat Skopje Stadion Čair
FK Tikveš Kavadarci Gradski stadion Kavadarci
FK Vardar Skopje Gradski stadion Skopje

League table

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1 Sileks 25 15 3 7 40 21 +19 48 Champions League
1st Qualifying Round
2 Sloga Jugomagnat 25 12 7 6 25 16 +9 43 UEFA Cup
1st Qualifying Round
3 Makedonija 25 12 6 7 34 21 +13 42 Intertoto Cup
First Round
4 Vardar 25 12 5 8 34 25 +9 41 Cup Winners' Cup
Qualifying Round
5 Pobeda 25 11 6 8 29 21 +8 39
6 Pelister 25 10 7 8 31 24 +7 37
7 Borec MHK 25 9 6 10 28 30 -2 33
8 Balkan 25 8 7 10 20 21 -1 31
9 Cementarnica 25 9 3 13 28 32 -4 30
10 Skopje 25 9 3 13 31 45 -14 30
11 Tikveš 25 7 8 10 23 27 -4 29
12 Sasa 25 8 5 12 21 32 -11 29
13 Belasica 25 8 4 13 25 35 -10 28 Relegated to
Second League
14 Bregalnica 13 4 0 9 13 32 -19 12

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Bregalnica removed from the championship. Its matches from round 14 onwards annulled.

Results

Clubs BAL BEL BOR BRE CEM MAK PEL POB SAS SIL SKO SLO TIK VAR
Balkan 3:01:02:02:00:00:00:03:02:00:02:01:00:1
Belasica 0:0 1:1n/p1:03:02:02:01:00:44:10:20:12:1
Borec 2:02:1 3:10:03:03:13:01:00:12:12:21:10:0
Bregalnica n/p3:1n/p 1:21:0*0:21:0n/p0:3*0:3n/p2:1n/p
Cementarnica 2:13:23:03:0* 2:22:30:21:10:12:01:04:13:0
Makedonija 2:01:00:27:11:0 0:03:03:11:03:01:22:00:0
Pelister 1:13:04:04:0*0:30:1 2:02:01:33:00:01:03:2
Pobeda 3:02:13:0n/p2:01:00:0 0:01:25:23:02:12:0
Sasa 2:01:21:01:0*1:02:00:01:1 2:12:01:01:12:0
Sileks 3:00:01:12:11:03:12:10:12:0 2:33:04:22:0
Skopje 1:03:23:2n/p3:01:42:10:04:10:2 0:12:11:3
Sloga Jugomagnat 1:02:02:05:02:00:01:00:01:02:12:1 0:00:0
Tikveš 1:10:02:0n/p1:00:01:21:02:10:03:00:0 3:2
Vardar 2:12:01:04:14:00:21:12:15:12:00:01:01:0

*Match annulled

Top goalscorers

Player Club Goals
Republic of Macedonia Vancho Atanasov
Belasica
12

See also

External links

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