1997–98 Croatian First Football League

1. HNL 3 August 1997 –10 May 1998 1997–98 Croatia Zagreb4th Croatian title8th domestic title Samobor Champions League Croatia Zagreb UEFA Cup Hajduk SplitOsijek Cup Winners' Cup Varteks Intertoto Cup Hrvatski Dragovoljac Mario Bazina Mate Baturina (19) Zadarkomerc 6–0 Slaven Belupo Samobor 0–6 NK Zagreb Hrvatski Dragovoljac 6–2 Slaven BelupoVarteks 2–6 Croatia Zagreb 192 494 3,602 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 Croatian First Football League, also known as 1. HNL, was the seventh season of the Croatian top-level football league since its establishment in 1992. Teams Croatia right 350 Locations of teams in 1997–98 Prva HNL Croatia 45.818858 16.018078 Zagreb Croatia 43.519444 16.431667 Hajduk Croatia 45.8 17.5 Mladost 127 bottom Croatia 45.544937 18.695705 Osijek bottom Croatia 45.339202 14.380959 Rijeka Croatia 45.8 15.716667 Samobor bottom Croatia 46.165922 16.834788 S. Belupo Croatia 43.733333 15.916667 Šibenik Croatia 46.313444 16.341551 Varteks left Croatia 44.112667 15.246829 Zadarkomerc Croatia TransparentPlaceholder.png 46.65 19.80 Zagreb clubs: left Croatia TransparentPlaceholder.png 46.45 19.90 DinamoDragovoljacNK Zagreb left Stadia and personnel TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacityCroatia ZagrebCRO Zlatko KranjčarZagrebStadion Maksimir 37,168Hajduk SplitCRO Zoran VulićSplitStadion Poljud 35,000Hrvatski DragovoljacCRO Ilija LončarevićVelika GoricaStadion Radnik 8,000Mladost 127CRO Vinko BegovićSuhopoljeStadion Park 5,000OsijekCRO Milan ĐuričićOsijekStadion Gradski vrt 19,500RijekaCRO Nenad GračanRijekaStadion Kantrida 10,275SamoborCRO Božidar ŠtefkovićSamoborGradski stadion u Samoboru 5,000Slaven BelupoCRO Nenad LušićKoprivnicaGradski stadion u Koprivnici 4,000ŠibenikCRO Ivan BuljanŠibenikStadion Šubićevac 8,000VarteksCRO Dražen BesekVaraždinStadion Varteks 10,800Zadarkomerc CRO Ivan KatalinićZadar Stadion Stanovi 5,860NK ZagrebCRO Valentin BarišićZagrebStadion Kranjčevićeva 8,850 1 On final match day of the season, played on 10 May 1998. First stage main WDL First stage 5 Q CZG Croatia Zagreb HAJ Hajduk Split ZAG NK Zagreb HRD Hrvatski Dragovoljac OSI Osijek ZAD Zadarkomerc RIJ Rijeka VAR Varteks SLA Slaven Belupo MLA Mladost 127 SAM Samobor ŠIB Šibenik 15 4 3 46 18 13 4 5 36 20 12 5 5 35 23 10 6 6 31 18 9 5 8 29 26 8 4 10 25 24 5 11 6 20 24 6 6 10 24 32 6 5 11 20 43 6 5 11 17 24 6 4 12 23 35 4 5 13 19 38 Head-to-head record: Slaven Belupo–Mladost 127 2–0, Mladost 127–Slaven Belupo 2–1. SLA green1 Qualification to championship group CG CG CG CG CG CG red1 Qualification to relegation group RG RG RG RG RG RG complete RSSSF.org 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored Rounds 1–22 results main FBR grey CZG HAJ HRD MLA OSI RIJ SAM SLA ŠIB VAR ZAD ZAG Croatia Zagreb 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 Hajduk Split 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 6–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 Mladost 127 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 Osijek 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 Rijeka 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 Samobor 1–2 0–2 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 5–1 2–0 3–2 0–0 0–6 Slaven Belupo 1–1 0–3 0–3 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 Šibenik 1–3 1–4 1–0 0–1 4–3 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 Varteks 2–6 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 Zadarkomerc 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–1 6–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 NK Zagreb 0–4 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 complete RSSSF.org Championship group main WDL Championship group Q CZG Croatia Zagreb HAJ Hajduk Split OSI Osijek HRD Hrvatski Dragovoljac ZAG NK Zagreb ZAD Zadarkomerc 7 3 0 28 10 25 C 4 2 4 17 16 22 5 1 4 13 12 16 4 2 4 7 12 18 2 3 5 16 16 21 2 1 7 11 26 14 green1 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round UC2 UC2 #ccccff Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 complete RSSSF.org 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored Rounds 23–32 results main FBR grey CZG HAJ HRD OSI ZAD ZAG Croatia Zagreb 2–1 4–0 4–2 6–1 2–2 Hajduk Split 1–1 1–0 2–0 5–2 2–1 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 Osijek 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 Zadarkomerc 0–3 4–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 NK Zagreb 2–3 3–3 2–2 0–1 4–0 complete RSSSF.org Relegation group main WDL Relegation group QR 7 RIJ Rijeka ŠIB Šibenik SLA Slaven Belupo VAR Varteks MLA Mladost 127 SAM Samobor 4 3 3 16 13 13 5 3 2 16 8 9 5 0 5 11 13 12 4 2 4 10 12 12 4 1 5 13 11 12 O 3 1 6 11 20 11 R yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round UCWC1 red2 Qualification to relegation play-off RP red1 Relegation to Croatian Second Football League R complete RSSSF.org 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored Rounds 23–32 results main FBR grey MLA RIJ SAM SLA ŠIB VAR Mladost 127 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 Rijeka 3–2 1–1 4–1 0–0 4–1 Samobor 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–4 0–3 Slaven Belupo 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 Šibenik 1–0 0–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 Varteks 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 complete RSSSF.org Relegation play-off 7 June 1998 Mladost 127 2–0 Report (p. 11) Segesta Džafić 75 Lončarević 89 Stadion Kranjčevićeva Zagreb 1,500 Veljko Malovac (Rijeka) Statistics The top scorer was NK Zagreb's Mate Baturina, with 19 goals. The player of the year was Mario Bazina from NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 CRO Mate Baturina NK Zagreb192 CRO Mario Bazina Hrvatski Dragovoljac12 CRO Vladimir Petrović Croatia Zagreb4 CRO Tomislav Erceg Hajduk Split11 BIH Admir Hasančić Rijeka6 CRO Petar Krpan Osijek107 CRO Igor Cvitanović Croatia Zagreb9 CRO Joško Popović Šibenik CRO Klaudio Vuković Samobor10 AUS Mark Viduka Croatia Zagreb8 Attendances # Club Average 1 Croatia Zagreb 7,419 2 Hajduk 7,313 3 Zadar 4,656 4 Osijek 4,594 5 Mladost 3,281 6 Varteks 3,250 7 Slaven 2,975 8 Rijeka 2,619 9 Šibenik 2,294 10 Zagreb 1,706 11 Samobor 1,500 12 Hrvatski 1,169 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/cro/avecro98.htm 2026-09-15 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk See also 1997–98 Croatian Second Football League 1997–98 Croatian Football Cup References External links 1997–98 in Croatian Football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1997–98 1 Croatia