# 1997–98 1.Lig

Statistics of Turkish First Football League in the 1997–98 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and Galatasaray S.K. won the championship. And demotion of Kayserispor, Şekerspor, Vanspor was decided.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Galatasaray (C) | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 86 | 43 | +43 | 75 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 61 | 25 | +36 | 71 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 68 | 42 | +26 | 66 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | İstanbulspor | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 60 | 42 | +18 | 54 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Samsunspor | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 49 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 6 | Beşiktaş | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 48 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 7 | Altay | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 47 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 8 | Bursaspor | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 45 | |
| 9 | Kardemir Karabükspor | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 44 | |
| 10 | Kocaelispor | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 43 | |
| 11 | Çanakkale Dardanelspor | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 41 | |
| 12 | Antalyaspor | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 51 | 55 | −4 | 41 | |
| 13 | MKE Ankaragücü | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 41 | |
| 14 | Gençlerbirliği | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 38 | |
| 15 | Gaziantepspor | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 38 | |
| 16 | Kayserispor (R) | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 38 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |
| 17 | Şekerspor (R) | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 67 | −26 | 36 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |
| 18 | Vanspor (R) | 34 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 70 | −44 | 24 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALT | ANT | BJK | BUR | ÇDA | FNB | GAL | GAZ | GEN | İST | KRB | KAY | KOC | AGÜ | SAM | ŞKR | TRA | VAN |
| Altay | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–5 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Antalyaspor | 0–0 | | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Beşiktaş | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Bursaspor | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 6–0 |
| Çanakkale Dardanelspor | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Fenerbahçe | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 |
| Galatasaray | 6–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 6–2 |
| Gaziantepspor | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Gençlerbirliği | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| İstanbulspor | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 6–3 |
| Kardemir Karabükspor | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Kayserispor | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 5–6 | 1–1 |
| Kocaelispor | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 |
| MKE Ankaragücü | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 3–2 | 6–3 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Samsunspor | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Şekerspor | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Trabzonspor | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–5 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 6–3 | | 2–0 |
| Vanspor | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–7 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Hakan Şükür | Galatasaray | 32 |
| 2 | Hami Mandıralı | Trabzonspor | 20 |
| 3 | Serkan Aykut | Samsunspor | 18 |
| 4 | Aykut Kocaman | İstanbulspor | 16 |
| 4 | Mehmet Özdilek | Beşiktaş | 16 |
| 6 | Majid Musisi | Çanakkale Dardanelspor | 15 |
| 7 | Andre Kona N'Gole | Antalyaspor | 14 |
| 7 | Erdoğan Yılmaz | Karabükspor | 14 |
| 7 | Jay-Jay Okocha | Fenerbahçe | 14 |
| 7 | Uğur Dağdelen | Kayseri Erciyesspor | 14 |