1st division (Belgium) 1997/98

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1st division (Belgium) 1997/98
master Club Bruges
Champions League Club Bruges
Uefa cup Germinal Ekeren
RSC Anderlecht
UI cup KRC Harelbeke
SK Lommel
Cup winners KRC Genk
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 KRC Genk
Relegated RWD Molenbeek
Royal Antwerp
Teams 18th
Games 306
Gates 904  (ø 2.95 per game)
Top scorer CroatiaCroatia Branko Strupar ( KRC Genk )
← First division 1996/97

The 1997/98 First Division was the 95th season of the top Belgian division in men's football . It started on August 8, 1997 and ended on May 10, 1998.

mode

The 18 teams played against each other twice on a total of 34 match days, divided into a first and a second round. The two bottom of the table were relegated.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Club Bruges  34  26th  6th  2 078:290 +49 84
 2. KRC Genk  34  20th  6th  8th 065:400 +25 66
 3. Germinal Ekeren (P)  34  17th  7th  10 060:480 +12 58
 4th RSC Anderlecht  34  16  9  9 053:370 +16 57
 5. KRC Harelbeke  34  15th  10  9 050:310 +19 55
 6th Sporting Lokeren  34  16  4th  14th 068:680  ± 0 52
 7th Lierse SK (M)  34  14th  8th  12 054:450  +9 50
 8th. KAA Gent  34  11  14th  9 050:440  +6 47
 9. Standard Liege  34  11  10  13 053:500  +3 43
10. Excelsior Mouscron  34  11  8th  15th 039:450  −6 41
11. SK Lommel  34  10  11  13 046:500  −4 41
12. KVC Westerlo (N)  34  9  14th  11 052:560  −4 41
13. Sporting Charleroi  34  9  12  13 046:570 −11 39
14th VV St. Truiden  34  8th  13  13 032:450 −13 37
15th Eendracht Aalst  34  9  9  16 051:660 −15 36
16. KSK Beveren (N)  34  7th  11  16 030:480 −18 32
17th RWD Molenbeek  34  8th  7th  19th 039:740 −35 31
18th Royal Antwerp  34  6th  7th  21st 038:710 −33 25th

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd wins

  • Belgian champion and participation in the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League
  • Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1998/99
  • Participation in the 1998/99 UEFA Cup
  • Participation in the 3rd round of the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • Participation in the 2nd round of the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • Relegation to the second division
    • (M) reigning Belgian champion
    (P) reigning Belgian cup winner
    (N) Newcomers

    Crosstab

    The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

    1997/98 FCB GNK GER AND HAR LOK LIE GNT SLÜ MOU LOM WES SPC TRU EEL BEV RWD ANT
    1. Club Bruges 2-0 1: 3 2: 1 2: 1 5-0 2: 1 2: 1 0-0 1-0 2-0 3: 1 3: 2 6-0 4: 1 3: 1 4-0 3: 2
    2. KRC Genk 3-0 4: 2 2: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 3 2: 1 1: 1 0: 2 3-0 5: 5 4-0 0-0 3: 2 3-0 3-0 1: 1
    3. Germinal Ekeren 2: 2 4: 3 1-0 0: 2 4: 2 1: 1 1: 3 0: 3 2: 2 1-0 1-0 5-0 1-0 2: 3 1: 1 3: 1 2-0
    4th RSC Anderlecht 0: 1 0: 2 4-0 1-0 5-0 2-0 2: 2 2-0 1: 2 2-0 1-0 3: 1 1-0 3: 1 2-0 0: 2 2: 2
    5. KRC Harelbeke 0: 1 2-0 3: 1 1: 1 3: 2 0: 2 3-0 2-0 5: 1 1: 1 0-0 0-0 3: 1 2: 1 1: 1 4: 1 3: 1
    6th Sporting Lokeren 1: 1 1: 5 1: 3 2: 1 1-0 4: 2 3: 2 1: 3 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 3: 2 0: 2 4: 1 1: 2 5-0 5-0
    7th Lierse SK 2: 4 1: 2 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 3-0 1: 2 3: 1 2-0 1: 4 3: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 2: 1
    8th. KAA Gent 0: 4 1: 2 0: 2 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 1-0 4: 1 0-0 2-0 6-0 3: 1 1: 1 0-0 3: 2 3: 4 0-0
    9. Standard Liege 0: 3 3-0 0: 2 1: 2 0: 1 1: 3 0-0 3: 3 1: 1 1-0 2: 2 2-0 2-0 3-0 1: 2 4-0 2: 2
    10. Excelsior Mouscron 0: 1 0: 2 0: 1 2: 2 1-0 1: 3 2-0 1: 1 3: 2 2: 1 0: 2 0-0 1: 3 2-0 1: 1 4-0 2-0
    11. SK Lommel 1: 1 3: 1 1: 1 2: 2 0-0 1: 5 1: 2 0: 1 2: 2 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2: 2 3: 1 3: 1 5: 2
    12. KVC Westerlo 2: 2 0: 2 1: 1 2: 2 2: 2 3: 3 1: 1 0: 1 2-0 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 4: 1 0: 3 3-0 5: 1 5: 2
    13. Sporting Charleroi 2: 2 1: 2 3: 2 3-0 3: 3 2-0 3-0 1: 1 2: 1 3-0 1: 2 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 2: 1
    14th VV St. Truiden 0: 2 0: 2 2-0 1: 1 1: 2 2: 2 0: 5 3: 3 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 1: 1 1-0
    15th Eendracht Aalst 1: 4 1: 1 1: 3 2: 3 3: 2 1: 5 1: 3 2-0 1: 1 1: 3 2: 1 2: 3 7: 2 3: 2 3-0 0: 2 2-0
    16. KSK Beveren 1: 2 0: 2 0: 1 0: 1 1-0 3-0 2: 3 1: 1 2: 3 1: 1 2: 2 2-0 1-0 1: 1 0-0 1-0 0: 2
    17th RWD Molenbeek 0: 2 1: 1 0: 4 2: 2 0: 1 5: 1 0: 3 0: 2 1: 4 2: 1 1: 2 1: 2 1: 2 2-0 1: 1 1: 1 2-0
    18th Royal Antwerp 0: 1 2: 1 3: 2 0: 1 0: 2 1: 2 3: 2 0-0 3: 5 1: 2 2: 1 0-0 2: 4 0: 4 1: 1 1-0 3: 4

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ 1997/98 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved July 31, 2018 .
    2. ↑ Results 1997/98. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved July 31, 2018 .