# 1997–98 First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Statistics of First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1997–98 season. It was contested only by Bosniak and Croatian clubs. Serbian clubs played in the 1997–98 First League of the Republika Srpska.

## Overview

It was contested by 6 teams. Željezničar have won the championship.

## First round
### Bosniaks First League
#### League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bosna (Q) | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 55 | 28 | +27 | 60 | Qualification to championship play-off |
| 2 | Čelik (Q) | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 56 | Qualification to championship play-off |
| 3 | Sarajevo (Q) | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 56 | 33 | +23 | 53 | Qualification to championship play-off |
| 4 | Željezničar (Q) | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 49 | Qualification to championship play-off |
| 5 | Sloboda Tuzla | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 46 | |
| 6 | Gradina Srebrenik | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 44 | |
| 7 | Zenica | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 43 | |
| 8 | Zmaj od Bosne | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 41 | |
| 9 | Drina Zvornik-Živinice | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 41 | |
| 10 | Velež | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 40 | |
| 11 | Jedinstvo Bihać | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 38 | |
| 12 | Lukavac | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 36 | |
| 13 | Rudar Kakanj | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 36 | |
| 14 | Olimpic (R) | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 35 | Relegation to Second League of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 15 | Travnik (R) | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 33 | Relegation to Second League of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 16 | Rudar Breza (R) | 30 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 79 | −50 | 16 | Relegation to Second League of Bosnia and Herzegovina |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | BOS | ČEL | DRZ | GRA | JED | LUK | OLI | RBR | RKA | SAR | SLO | TRA | VEL | ZEN | ZMA | ŽEL |
| Bosna | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Čelik | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Drina Zvornik-Živinice | 0–0 | 3–4 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Gradina Srebrenik | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Jedinstvo Bihać | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Lukavac | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Olimpic | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 |
| Rudar Breza | 1–5 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Rudar Kakanj | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Sarajevo | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Sloboda Tuzla | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Travnik | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Velež | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 7–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 |
| Zenica | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Zmaj od Bosne | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 |
| Željezničar | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–4 | |

#### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Nermin Hajdarević | Čelik Zenica | 19 |
| 1 | Nermin Vazda | Željezničar | 19 |
| 3 | Sead Vranić | Bosna Visoko | 16 |
| 4 | Alen Avdić | Sarajevo | 14 |
| 5 | Adis Obad | Velež Mostar | 13 |
| 6 | Abdulah Ibraković | Gradina | 11 |
| 6 | Nermin Hrvat | Rudar Breza | 11 |
* Source: SportSport.ba forum

### First League of Herzeg-Bosnia
#### League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Široki Brijeg (Q) | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 87 | 10 | +77 | 76 | Qualification to Championship play-off |
| 2 | Zrinjski Mostar (Q) | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 72 | 21 | +51 | 64 | Qualification to Championship play-off |
| 3 | Orašje | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 65 | 31 | +34 | 57 | |
| 4 | Brotnjo Čitluk | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 64 | 29 | +35 | 56 | |
| 5 | Troglav Livno | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 25 | +26 | 55 | |
| 6 | Stolac | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 35 | +22 | 49 | |
| 7 | Kiseljak | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 44 | |
| 8 | GOŠK Gabela | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 43 | |
| 9 | Ljubuški | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 43 | |
| 10 | Posušje | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 39 | |
| 11 | Sloga Uskoplje | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 44 | 64 | −20 | 35 | |
| 12 | Vitez | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 34 | |
| 13 | Novi Travnik (R) | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 28 | 83 | −55 | 28 | Relegation to Second League of Herzeg-Bosnia |
| 14 | Napredak Matići (R) | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 26 | 65 | −39 | 24 | Relegation to Second League of Herzeg-Bosnia |
| 15 | Usora Žabljak (R) | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 36 | 81 | −45 | 22 | Relegation to Second League of Herzeg-Bosnia |
| 16 | Kostrč (R) | 30 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 93 | −72 | 12 | Relegation to Second League of Herzeg-Bosnia |

## Play-offs
### Group stage
#### Group Sarajevo

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Željezničar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Advanced to final |
| 2 | Bosna | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Zrinjski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |

#### Group Mostar

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sarajevo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Advanced to final |
| 2 | Široki Brijeg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 3 | |
| 3 | Čelik | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | |

### Final

Both clubs qualified for 1998–99 UEFA Cup.