The 1997–98 Croatian First Football League, also known as 1. HNL, was the seventh season of the Croatian top-level football league since its establishment in 1992.
Teams
Stadia and personnel TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacityCroatia Zagreb Zlatko KranjčarZagrebStadion Maksimir 37,168Hajduk Split Zoran VulićSplitStadion Poljud 35,000Hrvatski Dragovoljac Ilija LončarevićVelika GoricaStadion Radnik 8,000Mladost 127 Vinko BegovićSuhopoljeStadion Park 5,000Osijek Milan ĐuričićOsijekStadion Gradski vrt 19,500Rijeka Nenad GračanRijekaStadion Kantrida 10,275Samobor Božidar ŠtefkovićSamoborGradski stadion u Samoboru 5,000Slaven Belupo Nenad LušićKoprivnicaGradski stadion u Koprivnici 4,000Šibenik Ivan BuljanŠibenikStadion Šubićevac 8,000Varteks Dražen BesekVaraždinStadion Varteks 10,800Zadarkomerc Ivan KatalinićZadar Stadion Stanovi 5,860NK Zagreb Valentin BarišićZagrebStadion Kranjčevićeva 8,850 1 On final match day of the season, played on 10 May 1998.
First stage
Rounds 1–22 results
Championship group
Rounds 23–32 results
Relegation group
Rounds 23–32 results
Relegation play-off
Statistics The top scorer was NK Zagreb's Mate Baturina, with 19 goals. The player of the year was Mario Bazina from NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Mate Baturina NK Zagreb192 Mario Bazina Hrvatski Dragovoljac12 Vladimir Petrović Croatia Zagreb4 Tomislav Erceg Hajduk Split11 Admir Hasančić Rijeka6 Petar Krpan Osijek107 Igor Cvitanović Croatia Zagreb9 Joško Popović Šibenik Klaudio Vuković Samobor10 Mark Viduka Croatia Zagreb8
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Croatia Zagreb 7,419 2 Hajduk 7,313 3 Zadar 4,656 4 Osijek 4,594 5 Mladost 3,281 6 Varteks 3,250 7 Slaven 2,975 8 Rijeka 2,619 9 Šibenik 2,294 10 Zagreb 1,706 11 Samobor 1,500 12 Hrvatski 1,169
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See also 1997–98 Croatian Second Football League 1997–98 Croatian Football Cup
References
External links 1997–98 in Croatian Football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation