Türkiye 2nd Futbol Ligi 1997/98

Türkiye 2nd Futbol Ligi 1997/98
master	Erzurumspor
Climbers	Erzurumspor , Adanaspor (promotion round) Sakaryaspor (playoffs)
Relegated	Kemerspor , Gaziosmanpaşaspor (Group 1) Yeni Turgutluspor , Afyonspor (Group 2) Düzcespor , Beylerbeyi SK (Group 3) Keçiörengücü , Çorumspor (Group 4) PTT , Siirt Köy Hizmetleri YSE (Group 5)
Teams	50 (in 5 groups)
Games	856 + 7 playoff games
Gates	2,058  (ø 2.4 per game)
Top scorer	Hasan Çelik ( Denizlispor )
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↑ 1st Lig 1997/98 Türkiye 3rd Futbol Ligi 1997/98 ↓

The Türkiye 2. Futbol Ligi 1997/98 was the 35th season of the second highest Turkish league in professional men's football. It was started on August 24, 1997 with the 1st game day of the qualifying round and completed on May 17, 1998 with the 18th and final game day of the relegation round.

In the 1997/98 season, the second highest division was played in three stages, as in the previous season. In the 1st stage, the league was played in a qualifying round (Turkish Kademe Grupları ) in five groups of ten teams each with home and away games. After the end of the 1st stage, the first two teams from all groups were included in a common group, the promotion round (Turkish Yükselme Grubu ), and played here for promotion to the 1st Lig . The remaining teams in the five groups of the qualifying round played in an unchanged group constellation now in a relegation round (Turkish Düşme Grupları ) against relegation to the 3rd Lig . Both the promotion round and the relegation round represented the 2nd stage and were played with two legs.

The teams in the first two places of the promotion round rose directly to the 1st Lig and the last two teams of all groups in the relegation round relegated to the 3rd Lig. While the points from the qualifying round were not taken into the promotion round, they were counted unchanged in the relegation round. The 3rd stage was carried out in the form of a play-off round. The teams ranked from three to five and all the promotion round group winners of all descent groups should in the knockout system play out the third and final intermediates.

The first stage began with the start of the season on August 24, 1997 and ended with the winter break on December 21, 1997. The following second stage then started on January 18, 1998 and ended on May 17, 1998. The third and last stage in which the play-offs were played was played from May 23, 1998 to May 28, 1998.

At the beginning of the season, the two relegated teams from the previous season were the two relegated teams from the 1st Lig Sarıyer SK , Denizlispor , Zeytinburnuspor and the ten newly promoted teams from the third-class 3rd Lig Batman Petrolspor , Giresunspor , Sankospor , Boluspor , Büyükşehir Belediye Ankaraspor , Kasımpaşa Istanbul , Marmarisspor , Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor , Orduspor and Keçiörengücü have been added.

Erzurumspor ended the season as a champion and thus made the first promotion in the club's history to the highest Turkish league . Adanaspor took second place in the table and also rose directly to the 1st Lig . Thus, after eight years of abstinence, Adanaspor took part again in the competition of the 1st Lig. About the play-off victory Sakaryaspor achieved participation in the 1st league and thus managed to participate in the 1st league after eight years. In the play-off final, the club sat down with a 1-0 win against Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor through. At the end of the season, Kemerspor and Gaziosmanpaşaspor from Group 1, Yeni Turgutluspor and Afyonspor from Group 2, Düzcespor and Beylerbeyi SK from Group 3, Keçiörengücü and Çorumspor from Group 4 and PTT and Siirt Köy Hizmetleri YSE from Group 5 were all relegated at the end of the season .

The association Yeni Afyonspor Kulübü , Yeni Afyonspor for short , changed its name to Afyonspor Kulübü , Afyonspor for short .

The top scorer in the league was Hasan Çelik from Denizlispor with 34 goals .

Qualifying round

Group 1

table Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points  1. Adanaspor  18th  11  2  5 037:230 +14 35  2. Sarıyer SK (A)  18th  10  4th  4th 033:210 +12 34  3. Istanbul BB (N)  18th  9  4th  5 030:260  +4 31  4th Hatayspor  18th  7th  6th  5 025:220  +3 27  5. Konyaspor  18th  6th  6th  6th 021:200  +1 24  6th Mersin İdman Yurdu  18th  4th  8th  6th 026:260  ± 0 20th  7th Boluspor (N)  18th  5  5  8th 022:280  −6 20th  8th. Kemerspor  18th  5  5  8th 022:330 −11 20th  9. Bakırköyspor  18th  4th  5  9 023:310  −8 17th 10. Gaziosmanpaşaspor  18th  3  7th  8th 017:260  −9 16 Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored - 4th direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) Qualification for promotion round (A) Relegated from the 1st Lig 1996/97 (N) Newcomer from the Türkiye 3. Futbol Ligi 1996/97

Crosstab Group 1 Adanaspor 1: 2 3-0 3: 1 0: 1 3-0 2: 1 1-0 5: 2 2-0 Sarıyer SK 3-0 2: 4 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 3: 1 1: 2 2: 1 Istanbul BB 3: 7 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 4: 2 3-0 1: 1 4: 2 Hatayspor 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 3: 1 2: 1 4: 1 1-0 Konyaspor 1: 3 1: 2 1-0 4: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 Mersin İdman Yurdu 2: 1 1: 1 2: 3 2: 2 0-0 5: 2 5: 1 0: 1 2: 2 Boluspor 1: 1 2: 2 1: 1 2: 1 0: 1 2-0 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 Kemerspor 1: 2 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2: 5 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 Bakırköyspor 3-0 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 1: 1 1: 2 2: 3 2: 2 0-0 Gaziosmanpaşaspor 1: 2 1: 6 0: 1 0-0 2-0 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 2-0 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.

Group 2

table Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points  1. Denizlispor (A)  20th  13  3  4th 048:220 +26 42  2. Eskişehirspor  20th  12  6th  2 029:110 +18 42  3. Aydınspor  20th  10  5  5 032:260  +6 35  4th Marmarisspor (N)  20th  9  7th  4th 028:170 +11 34  5. Adana Demirspor  20th  9  6th  5 030:220  +8 33  6th Karşıyaka SK  20th  7th  3  10 024:320  −8 24  7th Yeni Salihlispor  20th  7th  3  10 022:320 −10 24  8th. Afyonspor  20th  6th  4th  10 024:350 −11 22nd  9. Soma Linyitspor  20th  5  5  10 012:230 −11 20th 10. Bucaspor  20th  4th  5  11 020:280  −8 17th 11. Yeni Turgutluspor  20th  3  3  14th 017:380 −21 12 Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored - 4th direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) Qualification for promotion round (A) Relegated from the 1st Lig 1996/97 (N) Newcomer from the Türkiye 3. Futbol Ligi 1996/97

Crosstab Group 2 Denizlispor 1: 2 7: 3 3: 1 2-0 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 5-0 3-0 4: 2 Eskişehirspor 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 2: 1 3: 1 5-0 Aydınspor 3: 1 2: 1 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 2: 3 0: 2 1-0 2-0 0-0 Marmarisspor 3: 2 1: 1 3: 1 1: 2 3-0 4: 2 3: 1 2-0 0-0 3: 1 Adana Demirspor 1: 3 1: 1 1: 2 0-0 3: 1 5: 1 2: 1 2-0 1-0 4: 1 Karşıyaka SK 1-0 0: 1 0: 2 2: 2 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 3: 1 3: 2 2: 1 Yeni Salihlispor 0: 1 0: 1 0: 4 0-0 1: 1 4: 1 1: 2 0: 1 1-0 4: 2 Afyonspor 1: 7 0: 1 0-0 0: 1 3: 1 4: 2 0: 1 1: 1 3: 1 2: 1 Soma Linyitspor 0: 1 2-0 1: 1 1-0 0: 1 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 1-0 Bucaspor 0: 1 0: 3 2: 2 0-0 2: 3 0: 1 3-0 5: 1 1: 1 1-0 Yeni Turgutluspor 2: 3 0: 1 2: 1 0: 1 0-0 1: 1 1: 2 2: 1 1-0 0: 2 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.

Group 3

table Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points  1. Zeytinburnuspor (A)  18th  11  5  2 036:180 +18 38  2. Sakaryaspor  18th  10  5  3 036:240 +12 35  3. Kartalspor  18th  8th  6th  4th 023:130 +10 30th  4th Kuşadasıspor  18th  8th  5  5 030:190 +11 29  5. Kasımpaşa Istanbul (N)  18th  6th  6th  6th 023:230  ± 0 24  6th Zonguldakspor  18th  6th  4th  8th 024:270  −3 22nd  7th Goztepe Izmir  18th  5  6th  7th 022:310  −9 21st  8th. Düzcespor  18th  6th  1  11 023:330 −10 19th  9. Edirnespor  18th  4th  3  11 015:330 −18 15th 10. Beylerbeyi SK  18th  3  5  10 014:250 −11 14th Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored - 4th direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) Qualification for promotion round (A) Relegated from the 1st Lig 1996/97 (N) Newcomer from the Türkiye 3. Futbol Ligi 1996/97

Crosstab Group 3 Zeytinburnuspor 3: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 3: 1 2: 1 3-0 1-0 2: 1 Sakaryaspor 4: 3 2-0 1-0 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 6-0 3: 1 Kartalspor 1: 2 2: 2 1: 1 5: 2 1-0 7: 1 1-0 1-0 1-0 Kuşadasıspor 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 0-0 1: 3 6: 1 2-0 1: 1 Kasımpaşa Istanbul 1: 1 2: 2 1-0 3-0 2: 1 3: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1-0 Zonguldakspor 1: 1 2: 2 0: 1 1: 4 1-0 1: 2 3: 1 1-0 4: 1 Goztepe Izmir 1: 1 1: 2 0-0 0: 3 1: 1 4: 1 3: 1 2-0 1: 3 Düzcespor 2: 1 3: 1 0: 1 1-0 1: 1 2: 4 4-0 2-0 2: 1 Edirnespor 1: 4 3: 4 0-0 1: 3 3: 2 1: 1 0-0 2: 1 1-0 Beylerbeyi SK 0: 3 0-0 0-0 1: 3 0-0 0: 1 0-0 3: 1 2: 1 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.

Group 4

table Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points  1. Erzurumspor  18th  9  7th  2 033:120 +21 34  2. Çaykur Rizespor  18th  9  6th  3 019:150  +4 33  3. Orduspor (N)  18th  8th  7th  3 028:220  +6 31  4th Erzincanspor  18th  7th  7th  4th 024:160  +8 28  5. Giresunspor (N)  18th  6th  9  3 017:150  +2 27  6th Ankara Demirspor  18th  4th  9  5 013:180  −5 21st  7th Yeni Yozgatspor  18th  3  8th  7th 019:210  −2 17th  8th. Artvin Hopaspor  18th  4th  5  9 009:250 −16 17th  9. Keçiörengücü (N)  18th  4th  4th  10 021:270  −6 16 10. Çorumspor  18th  4th  2  12 016:280 −12 14th Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored - 4th direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) Qualification for promotion round (N) Newcomer from the Türkiye 3. Futbol Ligi 1996/97

Crosstab Group 4 Erzurumspor 2-0 0-0 1: 1 3-0 5-0 2: 1 6-0 2: 1 3-0 Çaykur Rizespor 1-0 1-0 2: 2 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 2: 1 Orduspor 2: 2 1: 1 1-0 2: 4 1: 1 1-0 2-0 2: 1 1-0 Erzincanspor 2: 2 3-0 1: 2 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 3: 1 1-0 1-0 Giresunspor 0-0 1: 3 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 1-0 1-0 2: 1 3: 1 Yeni Yozgatspor 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 0: 3 0-0 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 4: 1 Ankara Demirspor 1: 1 0-0 3: 4 1-0 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1 Artvin Hopaspor 0: 1 0-0 2: 2 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 Keçiörengücü 2: 1 2: 3 3: 5 2-0 1: 1 1-0 1: 3 3-0 1: 1 Çorumspor 0: 1 3-0 1: 1 0: 2 1: 2 0: 1 2: 1 3: 1 1-0 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.

Group 5

table Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points  1. Elazığspor  18th  10  4th  4th 022: 900 +13 34  2. Ankara BB (N)  18th  7th  7th  4th 015:120  +3 28  3. Şanlıurfaspor  18th  6th  8th  4th 019:170  +2 26th  4th Diyarbakırspor  18th  6th  7th  5 024:150  +9 25th  5. Adıyamanspor  18th  5  9  4th 019:170  +2 24  6th Malatyaspor  18th  5  8th  5 021:230  −2 23  7th PTT SK  18th  6th  5  7th 018:210  −3 23  8th. Sankospor (N)  18th  5  6th  7th 020:210  −1 21st  9. Batman Petrolspore (N)  18th  5  6th  7th 020:300 −10 21st 10. Siirt Köy Hizmetleri YSE  18th  1  8th  9 011:240 −13 11 Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored - 4th direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) Qualification for promotion round (N) Newcomer from the Türkiye 3. Futbol Ligi 1996/97

Crosstab Group 5 Elazığspor 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 1: 2 3-0 1: 1 2-0 Ankara BB 0: 2 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 1-0 1-0 0: 1 4: 1 Şanlıurfaspor 1-0 2-0 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 1-0 0-0 3: 1 0-0 Diyarbakırspor 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 3-0 1: 1 1: 1 6-0 2-0 Adıyamanspor 0-0 1: 1 3: 1 3: 1 2: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 2 2: 1 Malatyaspor 1: 1 2: 3 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 3: 2 3-0 0-0 PTT SK 1: 2 0: 1 1-0 2: 2 2: 1 1-0 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 Sankospor 0-0 0: 1 2: 3 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 3: 2 4: 1 2-0 Batman Petrolspore 1-0 0-0 2: 1 1: 1 0-0 2: 3 3-0 2: 3 0-0 Siirt Köy Hizmetleri YSE 1: 2 0-0 1: 1 1: 2 0: 1 1: 2 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 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.

Promotion lap

table Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points  1. Erzurumspor  18th  11  5  2 038:120 +26 38  2. Adanaspor  18th  9  6th  3 031:190 +12 33  3. Denizlispor (A)  18th  10  3  5 033:230 +10 33  4th Ankara BB (N)  18th  8th  3  7th 020:200  ± 0 27  5. Sakaryaspor  18th  7th  5  6th 028:240  +4 26th  6th Zeytinburnuspor (A)  18th  6th  7th  5 027:240  +3 25th  7th Sarıyer SK (A)  18th  5  6th  7th 024:230  +1 21st  8th. Çaykur Rizespor  18th  5  1  12 018:390 −21 16  9. Elazığspor  18th  2  8th  8th 018:300 −12 14th 10. Eskişehirspor  18th  3  4th  11 010:330 −23 13 Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored - 4th direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) Promoted to the 1st Lig 1998/99 Participation in the playoffs (A) Relegated from the 1st Lig 1996/97 (N) Newcomer from the Türkiye 3. Futbol Ligi 1996/97

Crosstab Promotion lap Erzurumspor 1: 1 2-0 3-0 3-0 1-0 3: 2 7-0 3: 1 0-0 Adanaspor 1-0 2: 1 0: 2 2: 1 3: 3 5-0 2: 2 3: 1 4-0 Denizlispor 0: 3 1: 1 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3-0 3-0 6: 1 Ankara BB 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 2: 1 1-0 0: 3 3: 1 1: 1 3-0 Sakaryaspor 1: 1 2: 1 1: 2 3-0 2: 2 3: 1 1-0 2-0 3: 1 Zeytinburnuspor 1: 4 2-0 3: 4 0-0 1: 1 0-0 3-0 2: 1 3: 1 Sarıyer SK 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 1: 1 5: 1 0-0 1-0 Çaykur Rizespor 3: 1 0: 1 0: 2 1-0 3: 4 0: 1 1-0 2: 1 1: 2 Elazığspor 1: 1 1: 1 2: 2 0: 2 1-0 3: 3 2: 1 2: 3 1: 1 Eskişehirspor 0: 3 0: 1 0: 1 2: 1 1: 1 0: 1 0: 3 1-0 0-0 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.

Relegation round

The results from the qualifying round were included.

Group 1

table Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points  1. Istanbul BB (N)  32  16  8th  8th 058:440 +14 56  2. Konyaspor  32  14th  11  7th 051:290 +22 53  3. Hatayspor  32  12  7th  13 035:400  −5 43  4th Boluspor (N)  32  10  10  12 037:420  −5 40  5. Bakırköyspor  32  11  6th  15th 044:580 −14 39  6th Mersin İdman Yurdu  32  9  11  12 044:430  +1 38  7th Kemerspor  32  9  7th  16 038:600 −22 34  8th. Gaziosmanpaşaspor  32  5  12  15th 032:490 −17 27 Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored - 4th direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) Participation in the playoffs Relegation to the Türkiye 3rd Futbol Ligi 1998/99 (N) Newcomer from the Türkiye 3. Futbol Ligi 1996/97

Crosstab Group 1 Istanbul BB 2: 2 2: 1 1: 1 3-0 4: 3 4-0 0-0 Konyaspor 2: 1 3-0 1: 1 5-0 1: 1 2-0 0-0 Hatayspor 1-0 0: 4 0: 1 2-0 1-0 2: 1 1-0 Boluspor 1: 1 0: 2 2: 1 4: 2 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 Bakırköyspor 3: 2 2: 1 1-0 1-0 3: 2 2: 1 3-0 Mersin İdman Yurdu 1: 2 1: 1 1-0 1-0 2-0 2: 1 3-0 Kemerspor 1: 3 0: 3 2-0 1-0 3: 2 1: 1 3: 1 Gaziosmanpaşaspor 2: 3 1: 3 1: 1 1: 2 2: 2 2-0 4: 1 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.

Group 2

table Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points  1. Marmarisspor (N)  36  17th  13  6th 049:260 +23 64  2. Aydınspor  36  13  13  10 048:460  +2 52  3. Soma Linyitspor  36  13  7th  16 033:420  −9 46  4th Yeni Salihlispor  36  13  7th  16 035:500 −15 46  5. Bucaspor  36  12  8th  16 037:420  −5 44  6th Adana Demirspor  36  10  13  13 042:440  −2 43  7th Karşıyaka SK  36  12  6th  18th 047:520  −5 42  8th. Yeni Turgutluspor  36  11  8th  17th 037:540 −17 41  9. Afyonspor  36  8th  12  16 036:520 −16 36 Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored - 4th direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) Participation in the playoffs Relegation to the Türkiye 3rd Futbol Ligi 1998/99 (N) Newcomer from the Türkiye 3. Futbol Ligi 1996/97

Crosstab Group 2 Marmarisspor 2-0 0-0 3: 1 2-0 1-0 1-0 4-0 1: 1 Aydınspor 0-0 3-0 1-0 0: 2 0-0 3: 3 2: 2 0-0 Soma Linyitspor 3: 2 3-0 2-0 2-0 2: 1 2-0 0: 1 1-0 Yeni Salihlispor 1-0 0-0 3: 1 1-0 1: 1 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 Bucaspor 0-0 2: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 1 1-0 2: 2 2-0 Adana Demirspor 1: 1 2: 3 1: 3 0: 1 1: 2 1-0 1: 1 0-0 Karşıyaka SK 1: 1 3: 2 3: 1 5-0 0: 1 3-0 3: 1 1: 2 Yeni Turgutluspor 1: 2 0-0 3-0 2: 1 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 Afyonspor 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 3: 2 2: 2 0-0 1: 2 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.

Group 3

table Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points  1. Kartalspor  32  17th  8th  7th 044:270 +17 59  2. Kuşadasıspor  32  15th  7th  10 058:400 +18 52  3. Kasımpaşa Istanbul (N)  32  12  7th  13 043:480  −5 43  4th Goztepe Izmir  32  10  12  10 039:440  −5 42  5. Edirnespor  32  12  5  15th 041:520 −11 41  6th Zonguldakspor  32  11  7th  14th 039:470  −8 40  7th Düzcespor  32  10  2  20th 033:510 −18 32  8th. Beylerbeyi SK  32  6th  6th  20th 030:480 −18 24 Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored - 4th direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) Participation in the playoffs Relegation to the Türkiye 3rd Futbol Ligi 1998/99 (N) Newcomer from the Türkiye 3. Futbol Ligi 1996/97

Crosstab Group 3 Kartalspor 2: 1 3: 1 3-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 Kuşadasıspor 2-0 5: 2 0: 1 5-0 0: 3 2-0 3: 1 Kasımpaşa Istanbul 3: 5 2-0 0-0 3: 2 2-0 0: 1 2: 1 Goztepe Izmir 0-0 2: 2 2-0 0-0 3: 2 3: 1 2: 2 Edirnespor 3: 1 5: 2 1: 2 1-0 5-0 4: 3 2-0 Zonguldakspor 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1 1-0 0-0 3-0 0: 3 Düzcespor 0: 1 0: 2 1-0 0-0 0: 1 3-0 1-0 Beylerbeyi SK 3-0 2: 3 1: 2 1: 4 1: 2 0: 1 1-0 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.

Group 4

table Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points  1. Erzincanspor  32  15th  8th  9 050:360 +14 53  2. Orduspor (N)  32  13  12  7th 040:340  +6 51  3. Giresunspor (N)  32  12  12  8th 036:310  +5 48  4th Artvin Hopaspor  32  11  7th  14th 024:380 −14 40  5. Ankara Demirspor  32  8th  13  11 038:400  −2 37  6th Yeni Yozgatspor  32  8th  13  11 030:340  −4 37  7th Keçiörengücü (N)  32  8th  8th  16 033:430 −10 32  8th. Çorumspor  32  6th  8th  18th 026:460 −20 26th Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored - 4th direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) Participation in the playoffs Relegation to the Türkiye 3rd Futbol Ligi 1998/99 (N) Newcomer from the Türkiye 3. Futbol Ligi 1996/97

Crosstab Group 4 Erzincanspor 2-0 2: 1 1-0 4-0 3: 1 2: 1 1: 1 Orduspor 2: 1 2-0 2-0 1: 3 2-0 1-0 0-0 Giresunspor 3-0 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 4: 3 0: 1 0-0 Artvin Hopaspor 4: 3 0-0 2: 1 2-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 Ankara Demirspor 2-0 0-0 3: 2 2: 1 1: 1 2: 2 2: 3 Yeni Yozgatspor 3-0 3-0 0-0 1-0 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 Keçiörengücü 2: 4 1: 1 0: 1 0: 1 1-0 1-0 2: 2 Çorumspor 0: 3 0-0 0: 2 1: 2 0: 2 2: 2 0: 1 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.

Group 5

table Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points  1. Diyarbakırspor  32  14th  10  8th 048:300 +18 52  2. Sankospor (N)  32  12  9  11 042:340  +8 45  3. Şanlıurfaspor  32  12  9  11 032:320  ± 0 45  4th Batman Petrolspore (N)  32  11  10  11 041:500  −9 43  5. Adıyamanspor  32  10  12  10 031:270  +4 42  6th Malatyaspor  32  10  12  10 040:480  −8 42  7th PTT SK  32  10  7th  15th 032:400  −8 37  8th. Siirt Köy Hizmetleri YSE  32  6th  8th  18th 030:510 −21 26th Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored - 4th direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) Participation in the playoffs Relegation to the Türkiye 3rd Futbol Ligi 1998/99 (N) Newcomer from the Türkiye 3. Futbol Ligi 1996/97

Crosstab Group 5 Diyarbakırspor 2: 2 2-0 3-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 4: 1 Sankospor 0-0 0: 2 1: 2 1-0 5: 1 4: 1 2-0 Şanlıurfaspor 1-0 0: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 2 2-0 2-0 Batman Petrolspore 3: 1 0: 3 3-0 2-0 3: 3 1-0 2-0 Adıyamanspor 1: 2 0-0 2-0 1: 1 4-0 1-0 2: 1 PTT SK 2: 2 2: 1 3: 2 2: 2 0-0 2: 1 1-0 İskenderunspor 3: 1 2-0 0-0 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 3-0 Siirt Köy Hizmetleri YSE 2: 4 1: 2 2: 1 4: 1 1-0 2: 1 5: 2 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.

Play-offs

Quarter finals

date		Result		Venue
May 23, 1998, 5:00 p.m.	Diyarbakırspor	0: 3	Denizlispor	Eskişehir Ataturk Stadium
May 23, 1998, 8:00 p.m.	Istanbul BB	3-0	Ankara BB	Eskişehir Ataturk Stadium
May 24, 1998, 5:00 p.m.	Kartalspor	2: 2 n v. 4: 5 i. E.	Erzincanspor	Eskişehir Ataturk Stadium
May 24, 1998, 8:00 p.m.	Sakaryaspor	3-0	Marmarisspor	Eskişehir Ataturk Stadium

Semifinals

date		Result		Venue
May 25, 1998, 9:00 p.m.	Denizlispor	0: 1	Istanbul BB	Eskişehir Ataturk Stadium
May 26, 1998, 9:00 p.m.	Sakaryaspor	4: 1	Erzincanspor	Eskişehir Ataturk Stadium

final

Istanbul BB		Sakaryaspor
	Play-off final May 28, 1998 at 9:00 p.m. in Eskişehir ( Eskişehir Ataturk Stadium ) Result: 0: 1 (0: 0) Referee: Oğuz Sarvan Match report
	Ünal Odabas - Ufuk Çam , Sinan Demircioğlu , Fevzi Korkmaz , Soner Aycicek - Halit Köprülü (88th Ismail Demirci ) Bünyamin Kubat , Zafer Turan - Cem Baki (63. Şükrü Şamlı ), Haluk Kulaçoğlu , Ebubekir Keskin Coach:  ?	Veysel Besik - Doğan Baykus (81. Sinan Kahraman ) Timuçin Bayazid , Sefer Yilmaz - Metin Uzun , Hasan Kemal Özdemir (86 Ahmet Çelikhan ), Mohamed Ali Kurtuluş , Yasin Çelik , Yusuf Tokuş - Kadir Kurin , Aygün Taşkıran Coach: Ilyas Tüfekçi
		0: 1 Hasan Kemal Özdemir (86.)
	Cem Baki (37th) Ebubekir Keskin (75th)	Doğan Baykuş (39th) Kadir Kureş (76th)
	Haluk Kulaçoğlu (87th)	Aygün Taşkıran (87th)
		With this victory, Sakaryaspor was promoted to the 1st league.

List of goalscorers

The Turkish Football Association (TFF) kept separate goalscorer lists for all five groups in the 2nd Lig , but determined the top scorer at the end of the season from a single combined goalscorer list.

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Hasan Çelik	Denizlispor	34
2		Altan Aksoy	Adanaspor	22nd
3		Haluk Kulaçoğlu	Istanbul BB	21st
4th		Mustafa Kocabey	Zeytinburnuspor	20th
5		Coşkun Birdal	Erzurumspor	19th

See also

• Super Lig
• TFF 1st Lig
• TFF 2nd Lig
• TFF 3rd Lig

Web links

• Official website of the TFF 2nd Lig on tff.org (Turkish)
• Official website of Türkiye 2. Futbol Ligi 1997/98 on tff.org (Turkish)
• Türkiye 2. Futbol Ligi 1997/98 on angelfire.com (English)
• Türkiye 2. Futbol Ligi 1997/98 on mackolik.com (Turkish)