# 1997–98 HNK Hajduk Split season

The 1997–98 season was the 87th season in Hajduk Split’s history and their seventh in the Prva HNL. Their 2nd place finish in the 1996–97 season meant it was their 7th successive season playing in the Prva HNL.

## Competitions
### Overall record

Performance by competition :
| Competition | Starting round | Final position/round | First match | Last match |
| Prva HNL | — | Runners-up | 3 August 1997 | 10 May 1998 |
| Croatian Football Cup | First round | Semi-final | 3 September 1997 | 15 April 1998 |
| UEFA Cup | First qualifying round | First round | 23 July 1997 | 30 September 1997 |
Statistics by competition :
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
| Prva HNL | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 053.13 |
| Croatian Football Cup | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Cup | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Total | 44 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 76 | 60 | +16 | 056.82 |

### Prva HNL
#### First stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Croatia Zagreb | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 18 | +28 | 49 | Qualification to championship group |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 43 | Qualification to championship group |
| 3 | NK Zagreb | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 41 | Qualification to championship group |
| 4 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 18 | +13 | 36 | Qualification to championship group |
| 5 | Osijek | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 32 | Qualification to championship group |

#### Second stage (championship play-off)

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Croatia Zagreb (C) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 10 | +18 | 49 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 36 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | Osijek | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 32 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 32 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | NK Zagreb | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 30 | |
| 6 | Zadarkomerc | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 26 | −15 | 21 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 May 1998. Source: Sportnet.hr

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | W |
| Position | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Results by opponent

| Team | 1–22 | 1–22 | 23–32 | 23–32 | Points |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Points |
| Croatia Zagreb | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4 |
| Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 6 |
| Mladost 127 | 0–0 | 3–2 | — | — | 4 |
| Osijek | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 10 |
| Rijeka | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | — | 4 |
| Samobor | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | — | 6 |
| Slaven Belupo | 3–0 | 3–0 | — | — | 6 |
| Šibenik | 3–0 | 4–1 | — | — | 6 |
| Varteks | 3–0 | 1–2 | — | — | 3 |
| Zadarkomerc | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 6 |
| NK Zagreb | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 8 |
Source: 1997–98 Croatian First Football League article

## Matches
### Prva HNL

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Hajduk Scorers | Report |
| 1 | 3 Aug | H | Varteks | 2 – 0 | 7,000 | Erceg (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 2 | 8 Aug | A | Osijek | 0 – 1 | 10,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 3 | 17 Aug | H | Šibenik | 3 – 0 | 5,000 | Leko, Erceg (2) | HRnogomet.com |
| 4 | 22 Aug | H | Croatia Zagreb | 1 – 0 | 30,000 | Vučko | HRnogomet.com |
| 5 | 31 Aug | A | Samobor | 2 – 0 | 4,000 | Erceg, Vučko | HRnogomet.com |
| 6 | 12 Sep | H | Rijeka | 2 – 1 | 5,000 | Bulat, Erceg | HRnogomet.com |
| 7 | 21 Sep | A | Zadarkomerc | 1 – 0 | 10,000 | Vučko | Slobodna Dalmacija |
| 8 | 26 Sep | H | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 1 – 0 | 5,000 | Računica | HRnogomet.com |
| 9 | 5 Oct | A | Slaven Belupo | 3 – 0 | 5,000 | Jozinović, Bulat, Erceg | HRnogomet.com |
| 10 | 19 Oct | H | NK Zagreb | 2 – 1 | 5,000 | Erceg, Sarr | HRnogomet.com |
| 11 | 24 Oct | A | Mladost 127 | 0 – 0 | 4,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 12 | 2 Nov | A | Varteks | 1 – 2 | 5,000 | Jozinović | HRnogomet.com |
| 13 | 9 Nov | H | Osijek | 2 – 2 | 4,000 | Sedloski, Erceg | HRnogomet.com |
| 14 | 19 Nov | A | Šibenik | 4 – 1 | 5,000 | Erceg (2), Tudor, Brajković | HRnogomet.com |
| 16 | 29 Nov | H | Samobor | 2 – 1 | 2,000 | Brajković, Vučko | HRnogomet.com |
| 17 | 7 Dec | A | Rijeka | 1 – 1 | 7,000 | Vučko | HRnogomet.com |
| 15 | 18 Feb | A | Croatia Zagreb | 0 – 2 | 25,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 18 | 22 Feb | H | Zadarkomerc | 1 – 2 | 3,000 | Paço | HRnogomet.com |
| 19 | 2 Mar | AR | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 1 – 3 | 2,500 | Islami | Slobodna Dalmacija HRnogomet.com |
| 20 | 8 Mar | H | Slaven Belupo | 3 – 0 | 3,000 | Računica, Međimorec (o.g.), Paço | HRnogomet.com |
| 21 | 11 Mar | A | NK Zagreb | 1 – 1 | 4,000 | Mladenović | HRnogomet.com |
| 22 | 15 Mar | H | Mladost 127 | 3 – 2 | 4,000 | Paço, Bulat, Mladenović | HRnogomet.com |
| 23 | 22 Mar | H | Osijek | 2 – 0 | 7,000 | Skoko, Paço | Slobodna Dalmacija |
| 24 | 29 Mar | A | Croatia Zagreb | 1 – 2 | 18,000 | Mladenović | HRnogomet.com |
| 25 | 5 Apr | H | Zadarkomerc | 5 – 2 | 5,000 | Paço, Demirović, Skoko (2), Računica | HRnogomet.com |
| 26 | 8 Apr | H | NK Zagreb | 2 – 1 | 4,000 | Tudor, Skoko | HRnogomet.com |
| 27 | 11 Apr | AR | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 0 – 1 | 3,500 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 28 | 19 Apr | A | Osijek | 0 – 2 | 12,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
| 29 | 26 Apr | H | Croatia Zagreb | 1 – 1 | 20,000 | Skoko | HRnogomet.com |
| 30 | 29 Apr | A | Zadarkomerc | 2 – 4 | 3,500 | Mladenović, Demirović | HRnogomet.com |
| 31 | 3 May | A | NK Zagreb | 3 – 3 | 2,000 | Demirović (2), Računica | HRnogomet.com |
| 32 | 10 May | H | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 1 – 0 | 8,000 | Sarr | HRnogomet.com |
Source: hajduk.hr

### Croatian Football Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Hajduk Scorers | Report |
| R1 | 3 Sep | A | Posedarje | 3 – 1 | 3,000 | Skoko, Islami, Sarr | HRnogomet.com |
| R2 | 15 Oct | H | Slaven Belupo | 3 – 1 | 4,000 | Računica (2), Erceg | HRnogomet.com |
| QF | 3 Dec | H | Mladost 127 | 2 – 1 | 500 | Tudor, Računica | HRnogomet.com |
| QF | 14 Dec | A | Mladost 127 | 1 – 0 | 4,000 | Vučko | HRnogomet.com |
| SF | 1 Apr | A | Varteks | 1 – 2 | 6,000 | Mladenović | HRnogomet.com |
| SF | 15 Apr | H | Varteks | 0 – 1 | 7,000 | | HRnogomet.com |
Source: hajduk.hr

### UEFA Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Hajduk Scorers | Report |
| QR1 | 23 Jul | A | Grevenmacher | 4 – 1 | 1,000 | Erceg, Tudor, Vulić (2) | UEFA.com |
| QR1 | 29 Jul | H | Grevenmacher | 2 – 0 | 8,000 | Bulat, Erceg | UEFA.com |
| QR2 | 12 Aug | H | Malmö | 3 – 2 | 20,000 | Skoko, Sedloski, Sarr | UEFA.com |
| QR2 | 25 Aug | A | Malmö | 2 – 0 | 8,000 | Vučko, Erceg | UEFA.com |
| R1 | 16 Sep | A | Schalke 04 | 0 – 2 | 53,250 | | UEFA.com |
| R1 | 30 Sep | H | Schalke 04 | 2 – 3 | 25,000 | Vulić, Računica | UEFA.com |
Source: hajduk.hr

## Player seasonal records
### Top scorers

| Rank | Name | League | Europe | Cup | Total |
| 1 | Tomislav Erceg | 11 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | Dean Računica | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Jurica Vučko | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Josip Skoko | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Mladen Mladenović | 4 | – | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Viktor Paço | 5 | – | – | 5 |
| 7 | Enes Demirović | 4 | – | – | 4 |
| 8 | Mass Sarr | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Igor Tudor | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Josip Bulat | 3 | 1 | – | 3 |
| 10 | Kazimir Vulić | – | 3 | – | 3 |
| 12 | Elvis Brajković | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 12 | Irfan Islami | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Darko Jozinović | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| 12 | Goce Sedloski | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
| 16 | Ivan Leko | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| | Own goals | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| | TOTALS | 53 | 13 | 10 | 76 |
Source: Competitive matches