Slovenska Nogometna Liga 1997/98

Slovenska Nogometna Liga 1997/98
master	NK Maribor Teatanic
Champions League qualification	NK Maribor Teatanic
Uefa cup	NK Mura
UI cup	NK Olimpija Ljubljana
Cup winners	NK Rudar Velenje
European Cup Winners' Cup	NK Rudar Velenje
Relegation ↓	ND Beltinci , NK Slavia Vevče
Relegated	NK Slavia Vevče
Teams	10
Games	180 + 4 relegation games
Gates	526  (ø 2.92 per game)
spectator	254,800  (ø 1416 per game)
Top scorer	Ismet Ekmečić (21 goals)
← Nogometna Liga 1996/97 Nogometna Liga 1998/99 →
Druga Nogometna Liga 1997/98 ↓

The Slovenska Nogometna Liga 1997/98 , also called Liga Si.mobil Vodafone after the sponsor, was the seventh season of the highest Slovenian league in men's football . It began on August 3, 1997 and ended on June 7, 1998. The defending champion was NK Maribor Teatanic .

mode

The ten teams played against each other four times in the course of a season; twice at home, twice away. Thus each team played 36 games per season. The bottom of the table and penultimate played in the relegation against the third and fourth of the Druga Slovenska Nogometna Liga to qualify for the Slovenska Nogometna Liga 1998/99.

societies

Ajdovščina Celje Maribor Vevče Gorica Prevalje Murska Sobota Beltinci Velenje Ljubljana

Clubs in the Slovenska Nogometna League 1997/98

society	city	Stadion	capacity
ND Beltinci	Beltinci	Beltinco Športni park	01,441
ND HIT Gorica	Nova Gorica	Športni Park stadium	03,066
NK Korotan Prevalje	Prevalje	Korotan Stadium	00600
NK Maribor Teatanic	Maribor	Ljudski vrt	12,881
NK Mura	Murska Sobota	Fazanerija Stadium	03,782
NK Olimpija Ljubljana	Ljubljana	Bežigrad Stadium	25,000
NK Primorye	Ajdovščina	Primorye Stadium	01,705
NK audience Celje	Celje	Skalna Klet	02.130
NK Rudar Velenje	Velenje	Ob Jezeru Stadium	02,341
NK Slavia Vevče	Ljubljana	Slavia Stadium Ljubljana	04,047

Closing table

League leader

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	NK Maribor Teatanic (M, P)	36	24	4th	8th	069:340	+35	76
2.	NK Mura	36	19th	10	7th	063:420	+21	67
3.	ND HIT Gorica	36	20th	5	11	064:360	+28	65
4th	NK Primorye	36	17th	6th	13	063:490	+14	57
5.	NK Olimpija Ljubljana	36	13	12	11	059:550	+4	51
6th	NK audience Celje	36	14th	7th	15th	057:570	± 0	49
7th	NK Rudar Velenje	36	10	13	13	039:380	+1	43
8th.	NK Korotan Prevalje	36	10	9	17th	031:590	−28	39
9.	ND Beltinci	36	9	7th	20th	044:730	−29	34
10.	NK Slavia Vevče (N)	36	4th	7th	25th	037:830	−46	19th

Slovenian champion and participation in the first qualifying round for the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 1998/99 UEFA Cup

Participation in the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Slovenian cup winner and participation in the qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup 1998/99

Participation in the relegation

(M)	reigning Slovenian champion
(P)	reigning Slovenian cup winner
(N)	Promoted from the Druga Slovenska Nogometna Liga 1996/97

Crosstab

Rounds 1-18

1997/98

Rounds 19-36

society

1: 3

1-0

0: 1

2-0

3-0

1-0

2-0

5-0

5: 1

NK Maribor Teatanic

2: 1

2-0

4-0

4: 4

3: 1

0-0

1-0

3: 1

2: 1

1-0

2: 2

2-0

2-0

3: 1

2: 1

1-0

5: 2

1-0

NK Mura

0-0

2: 1

0: 1

0-0

0: 2

4: 2

2-0

2: 2

3-0

0: 1

2: 1

1-0

1: 1

3: 1

2-0

2: 3

5: 1

2: 1

ND HIT Gorica

3-0

3-0

2: 1

3-0

2-0

1: 1

5-0

1-0

4: 1

2-0

4: 2

0: 1

5: 2

4: 2

2: 1

2-0

1: 3

4: 1

NK Primorye

0: 1

2: 2

2: 1

1: 2

1-0

0: 1

6-0

5: 1

1-0

3: 1

3: 1

2-0

3: 3

1: 1

2: 1

3: 1

1-0

0-0

NK Olimpija Ljubljana

1: 3

1: 2

1: 2

1: 1

2-0

1: 1

4-0

1: 2

1-0

2: 1

0-0

1: 1

6: 2

2-0

2: 2

4: 1

4-0

4: 3

NK audience Celje

1: 5

1: 1

1: 2

2: 1

5: 2

1: 1

0: 2

3-0

2: 1

1: 1

1: 2

1-0

2-0

1: 1

0-0

3-0

3-0

2-0

NK Rudar Velenje

0: 1

0: 1

1: 2

1: 3

1: 1

2: 1

2-0

0-0

0-0

1-0

2: 2

1-0

0-0

2: 2

0: 1

0: 1

2: 1

1-0

NK Korotan Prevalje

1: 2

1: 1

2: 1

1: 1

1-0

1-0

1: 1

1: 1

0: 1

0: 1

0: 2

1: 1

1: 2

2: 4

2: 1

3: 1

1: 1

0: 1

ND Beltinci

0: 1

2: 2

2: 1

1-0

1: 5

0: 1

1: 3

4: 2

5-0

1: 3

1: 4

0: 4

0: 3

2: 2

1: 3

1-0

1: 1

0: 2

NK Slavia Vevče

4: 7

2: 4

2: 3

2: 2

1: 2

4: 1

1: 1

1: 2

2: 2

Relegation

The ninth of the Premjer-Liga played against the fourth of the Druga Slovenska Nogometna Liga and the third of the Nogometna Liga against the tenth of the Premjer-Liga to qualify for the Slovenska Nogometna Liga 1998/99.

	total		First leg	Return leg
ND Beltinci	5: 1	Železničar Ljubljana	1-0	4: 1
NK Domžale	4: 1	NK Slavia Vevče	1: 1	3: 1

Goal scorers

Pl.	Player	society	Gates
1.	Ismet Ekmečić	NK Rudar Velenje	21st
2.	Faik Kamberović	NK audience Celje	17th
3.	Štefan Škaper	NK Mura	16
4th	Anton Žlogar	NK Primorye	15th
5.	Novica Nikčević	ND HIT Gorica	14th
6th	Dejan Kečan	ND Beltinci	13
7th	Goran Gutalj	NK Mura	12
	Patrik Ipavec	NK Primorye

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Slovenia 1997/98. In: rsssf.com. Retrieved April 25, 2017 . 
2. ^ Slovenia 1997/98 results and table. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 25, 2017 .