1st Lig 1997/98

1st Lig 1997/98
master	Galatasaray Istanbul
Champions League qualification	Galatasaray Istanbul
UEFA Cup qualification	Fenerbahçe Istanbul , Trabzonspor , İstanbulspor
UI cup	Samsunspor , Altay Izmir
Cup winners	Beşiktaş Istanbul
European Cup Winners' Cup	Beşiktaş Istanbul
Relegated	Kayserispor , Ankara Şekerspor , Vanspor
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	861  (ø 2.81 per game)
Top scorer	Hakan Şükür (Galatasaray Istanbul)
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2nd Lig 1997/98 ↓

The 1st Lig 1997/98 was the 40th season of the highest Turkish league in men's football . It started on August 1, 1997 with the game MKE Ankaragücü against Galatasaray Istanbul and ended on May 10, 1998 with the 34th matchday. From December 22, 1997 to January 15, 1998 the season was interrupted by the winter break.

Turkish champion was defending champion Galatasaray Istanbul .

Attendees

For the 1st Lig 1997/98, the 15 clubs remaining from the previous season were joined by the three promoted teams from the last second division season . The climbers were Karabükspor , Kayserispor and Ankara Şekerspor as the play-off winners of the 2nd Lig. While Karabükspor returned after four years and Ankara Şekerspor after 25 years, Kayserispor managed to rise again immediately.

Istanbul Gaziantepspor Trabzonspor Ankaragücü , Gençlerbirliği Ankara , Şekerspor Samsunspor Kocaelispor Bursaspor Antalyaspor Altay Izmir Çanakkale Dardanelspor Karabükspor Kayserispor Vanspor Clubs in Istanbul: Beşiktaş Fenerbahçe Galatasaray İstanbulspor

Clubs of the 1997/98

society	city	Previous year
Galatasaray Istanbul	Istanbul	master
Beşiktaş Istanbul	Istanbul	2.
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	Istanbul	3.
Trabzonspor	Trabzon	4th
Bursaspor	Bursa	5.
İstanbulspor	Istanbul	6th
Kocaelispor	İzmit	7th
Gaziantepspor	Gaziantep	8th.
Samsunspor	Samsun	9.
Antalyaspor	Antalya	10.
Gençlerbirliği Ankara	Ankara	11.
MKE Ankaragücü	Ankara	12.
Vanspor	Van	13.
Altay Izmir	Izmir	14th
Çanakkale Dardanelspor	Çanakkale	15th
Karabükspor	Karabuk	Climbers
Kayserispor	Kayseri	Climbers
Ankara Şekerspor	Ankara	Climbers

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Galatasaray Istanbul (M)	34	23	6th	5	086:430	+43	75
2.	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	34	21st	8th	5	061:250	+36	71
3.	Trabzonspor	34	19th	9	6th	068:420	+26	66
4th	İstanbulspor	34	14th	12	8th	060:420	+18	54
5.	Samsunspor	34	14th	7th	13	042:420	± 0	49
6th	Beşiktaş Istanbul	34	13	9	12	056:410	+15	48
7th	Altay İzmir	34	12	11	11	045:520	−7	47
8th.	Bursaspor	34	12	9	13	046:500	−4	45
9.	Karabükspor (N)	34	13	5	16	034:500	−16	44
10.	Kocaelispor (P)	34	12	7th	15th	046:460	± 0	43
11.	Çanakkale Dardanelspor	34	10	11	13	037:390	−2	41
12.	Antalyaspor	34	10	11	13	051:550	−4	41
13.	MKE Ankaragücü	34	11	8th	15th	040:470	−7	41
14th	Gençlerbirliği Ankara	34	9	11	14th	042:460	−4	38
15th	Gaziantepspor	34	9	11	14th	039:440	−5	38
16.	Kayserispor (N)	34	11	5	18th	041:600	−19	38
17th	Ankara Şekerspor (N)	34	9	9	16	041:670	−26	36
18th	Vanspor	34	5	9	20th	026:700	−44	24

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

Turkish champions and participation in the second qualifying round for the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League : Galatasaray Istanbul

Participation in the second qualifying round of the 1998/99 UEFA Cup : Fenerbahçe Istanbul, Trabzonspor, İstanbulspor

Participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1998 : Samsunspor, Altay İzmir

Turkish cup winner and participation in the 1998/99 European Cup Winners' Cup : Beşiktaş Istanbul

Relegation to the 2nd division in 1998/99 : Kayserispor, Şekerspor, Vanspor

(M)	reigning Turkish champion
(P)	reigning Turkish cup winner
(N)	Newcomers from the 2nd Ligi 1996/97

Crosstab

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

1997/98

SAM

VAN

1.

Galatasaray Istanbul

2: 2

2: 2

4: 1

2: 1

3: 2

6: 1

4-0

3-0

2-0

1-0

2: 1

2: 1

3: 1

1-0

5: 1

4: 1

6: 2

2.

Fenerbahçe Istanbul

3: 1

1: 3

3-0

0-0

2-0

2-0

3-0

2-0

2-0

2: 1

2: 1

0-0

2: 1

3: 0 1

1: 2

7-0

4: 1

3.

Trabzonspor

1: 1

0-0

0: 3

4-0

3: 1

3-0

1-0

2-0

2: 2

0: 2

2: 2

3: 1

4: 5

3: 1

2-0

6: 3

2-0

4th

İstanbulspor

2: 1

0: 1

0-0

4: 2

1: 2

2: 2

1: 1

2: 1

0: 1

3: 1

5: 2

1: 1

3: 3

4: 1

1: 3

4: 1

6: 3

5.

Samsunspor

0: 2

0: 2

2: 1

0-0

0-0

2: 3

2-0

0: 1

1: 1

3-0

2: 2

0: 2

3: 1

1-0

2-0

3-0

2-0

6th

Beşiktaş Istanbul

2: 1

2: 2

3-0

0-0

0: 1

0: 1

1: 1

1-0

1: 1

0: 2

3: 1

1-0

3: 1

2: 1

4: 1

2: 1

4-0

7th

Altay İzmir

4: 5

0: 2

1: 1

1: 3

2: 5

1: 2

2: 1

5: 1

1-0

1-0

0: 3

3-0

3: 1

0-0

1: 1

2-0

3: 2

8th.

Bursaspor

3: 2

1: 1

1: 2

1: 1

2: 3

2: 1

1-0

4-0

1: 2

0-0

4: 1

1-0

2: 1

1: 2

1-0

0: 6

6-0

9.

Karabükspor

2: 3

1: 2

1: 1

0: 1

2: 1

0: 5

1: 1

2-0

1-0

0-0

3-0

1-0

1-0

0: 1

3-0

1-0

2: 1

10.

Kocaelispor

1: 1

2: 1

1: 3

3-0

4-0

3: 2

0: 1

1: 2

2: 3

3: 1

2: 1

2-0

1: 1

1: 1

3: 1

3-0

4: 2

11.

Çanakkale Dardanelspor

1: 2

0: 1

2: 1

1: 1

0-0

0-0

2: 2

0-0

1: 1

2-0

3: 1

1: 1

1: 2

1-0

3-0

4: 1

2-0

12.

Antalyaspor

1: 3

1: 1

1: 1

1: 3

1: 2

3: 3

0-0

2: 2

4-0

2-0

0-0

1: 1

2: 1

2: 1

2: 1

3: 3

2-0

13.

MKE Ankaragücü

0-0

0: 2

1: 3

0: 5

0: 1

2: 1

2: 3

1: 2

3: 2

2-0

1-0

2-0

2-0

2-0

6: 3

1: 1

2-0

14th

Gençlerbirliği Ankara

3: 2

3-0

0: 1

1-0

1: 1

2: 2

0-0

1: 1

2-0

0-0

3-0

0-0

1: 2

0: 1

2: 1

3-0

0-0

15th

Gaziantepspor

1: 1

2-0

0: 1

0-0

2-0

1: 1

3-0

1: 2

2: 2

3-0

2: 2

1: 3

4: 2

1: 1

3: 2

1: 1

0-0

16.

Kayserispor

1: 2

0: 3

5: 6

0-0

0: 1

1-0

1: 1

2: 1

0: 1

2: 1

2-0

3: 1

1: 1

2-0

1-0

0: 1

1: 1

17th

Ankara Şekerspor

2: 4

1: 1

0: 2

0: 2

2: 1

2-0

0-0

3: 1

1-0

2: 1

1: 4

2: 1

1: 1

0-0

4: 3

0: 1

1: 1

18th

Vanspor

0: 3

0: 1

0: 2

1: 1

1-0

1: 7

0-0

1: 1

0: 1

2: 1

3-0

0: 3 2

1-0

2: 1

0-0

1: 2

0-0

¹ The game Fenerbahçe Istanbul against Gaziantepspor (1-0) was rated 3-0 due to the use of a suspended player.

² The game Vanspor against Antalyaspor was canceled after 89 minutes when the score was 1-0 and scored 3-0.

Top scorer

	player	society	Gates
1.	Hakan Şükür	Galatasaray Istanbul	32
2.	Hami Mandıralı	Trabzonspor	20th
3.	Serkan Aykut	Samsunspor	18th
4th	Aykut Kocaman	Istanbulspor	16
5.	Mehmet Özdilek	Beşiktaş Istanbul	15th
	Magid Musisi	Çanakkale Dardanelspor	15th
7th	Ugur Dağdelen	Kayserispor	14th
	Andre Kona	Gençlerbirliği Ankara	14th
	Oktay Derelioğlu	Beşiktaş Istanbul	14th
	Erdoğan Yılmaz	Karabükspor	14th

The championship team of Galatasaray Istanbul

1.

Galatasaray Istanbul

Goal : Volkan Kilimci (20 games / no goal), Mehmet Bölükbaşı (15/0) Defense : Gheorghe Popescu (32/2), Fatih Akyel (31/5), Bülent Korkmaz (29/1), Hakan Ünsal (27/3), Ergün Penbe (27/1), Iulian Filipescu (24/1), Ümit Davala (15/3), Vedat İnceefe (8/0), Feti Okuroğlu (5/0), Adnan İlgin (1/0) Midfield : Gheorghe Hagi (30/8), Tugay Kerimoğlu (30/2), Okan Buruk (24/5), Emre Belözoğlu (23/2), Suat Kaya (21/2), Osman Coşkun (14/1), Mehmet Gönülaçar (11/1), Ion Ionuț Luțu (3/0) 1 , Ceyhun Eriş (1/0) Attack : Hakan Şükür (34/32), Arif Erdem (33/9), Adrian Ilie (12/6) Trainer : Fatih Terim

¹ Ion Ionuț Luțu left the club in March 1998

Web link

• 1st Lig 1997/98 in the database of mackolik.com (Turkish)