# 1997–98 Slovak Superliga

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 | Petržalka | 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | 1. FC Košice (C) | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 71 | 24 | +47 | 68 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Spartak Trnava | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 61 | 34 | +27 | 66 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Inter Bratislava | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 25 | +30 | 60 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Ozeta Dukla Trenčín | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 53 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | Slovan Bratislava | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 45 | |
| 6 | Rimavská Sobota | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 44 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 7 | Žilina | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 42 | |
| 8 | Artmedia Petržalka | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 39 | |
| 9 | Humenné | 30 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 38 | |
| 10 | Tatran Prešov | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 36 | |
| 11 | Ružomberok | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 36 | |
| 12 | Petrimex Prievidza | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 35 | |
| 13 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 30 | |
| 14 | Bardejov | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 42 | −15 | 27 | |
| 15 | Lokomotíva Košice (R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 31 | 54 | −23 | 26 | Relegation to 2. Liga |
| 16 | DAC Dunajská Streda (R) | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 51 | −25 | 21 | Relegation to 2. Liga |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ART | BB | BAR | DAC | HUM | INT | KOŠ | LOK | PRE | PRI | RIM | RUŽ | SLO | TRE | TRN | ŽIL |
| Artmedia Petržalka | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| BSC JAS Bardejov | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| DAC Dunajská Streda | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Humenné | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Inter Bratislava | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| 1. FC Košice | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 5–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| Lokomotíva Košice | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Prešov | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Petrimex Prievidza | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Rimavská Sobota | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Ružomberok | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Ozeta Dukla Trenčín | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Spartak Trnava | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–4 | | 1–0 |
| Žilina | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ľubomír Luhový | Trnava | 17 |
| 2 | Martin Fabuš | Trenčín | 16 |
| 3 | Jozef Kožlej | 1.FC Košice | 14 |
| 4 | Szilárd Németh | 1.FC Košice | 13 |
| 5 | Marek Ujlaky | Trnava | 10 |
| 5 | Peter Babnič | Banská Bystrica(1)/Inter(9) | 10 |
| 5 | Tomáš Medveď | Lokomotiva(2)/Slovan(8) | 10 |
| 8 | Juraj Czinege | Inter | 9 |
| 8 | Dušan Tittel | Slovan | 9 |
| 8 | Ľubomír Mati | Humenne | 9 |
| 8 | Jaroslav Timko | Trnava | 9 |