The 1997–98 Slovak First Football League (known as the Mars superliga for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began on 1 August 1997 and ended on 3 June 1998. 1. FC Košice were the defending champions.
Teams A total of 16 teams was contested in the league, including 14 sides from the 1996–97 season and two promoted from the 2. Liga.
FC Nitra and ZTS Kerametal Dubnica was relegated to the 1997–98 2. Liga. The two relegated teams were replaced by MŠK SCP Ružomberok and Ozeta Dukla Trenčín.
Stadiums and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 1. FC Košice Košice Lokomotíva Stadium 9,000 Artmedia Petržalka Bratislava Štadión Petržalka 7,500 BSC JAS Bardejov Bardejov Mestský štadión Bardejov 3,040 Chemlon Humenné Humenné Chemlon Stadion 10,000 Dukla Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica SNP Stadium 10,000 DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda Dunajská Streda Mestský štadión - DAC Dunajská Streda 16,410 Inter Slovnaft Bratislava Bratislava Štadión Pasienky 12,000 Lokomotíva Košice Košice Lokomotíva Stadium 9,000 MFK Petrimex Prievidza Prievidza Futbalový štadión Prievidza 6,000 MFK SCP Ružomberok Ružomberok Štadión MFK Ružomberok 4,817 MŠK Žilina Žilina Štadión pod Dubňom 11,181 Ozeta Dukla Trenčín Trenčín Štadión na Sihoti 4,500 Slovan Bratislava Bratislava Tehelné pole 30,085 Spartak Trnava Trnava Štadión Antona Malatinského 18,448 Tatran Prešov Prešov Tatran Štadión 14,000 Tauris Rimavská Sobota Rimavská Sobota Na Zahradkach Stadium 5,000
League table
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ľubomír LuhovýTrnava172 Martin FabušTrenčín163 Jozef Kožlej1.FC Košice144 Szilárd Németh1.FC Košice135 Marek UjlakyTrnava10 Peter BabničBanská Bystrica(1)/Inter(9) Tomáš MedveďLokomotiva(2)/Slovan(8)8 Juraj CzinegeInter9 Dušan TittelSlovan Ľubomír MatiHumenne Jaroslav TimkoTrnava
See also 1997–98 Slovak Cup 1997–98 2. Liga (Slovakia)
References
Slovakia - List of final tables (RSSSF)