1997–98 Belgian First Division

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Belgian First Division
Season1997–1998
ChampionsClub Brugge
RelegatedRWDM
Antwerp
Champions LeagueClub Brugge
Cup Winners' CupRacing Genk
UEFA CupBeerschot AC
Anderlecht
Intertoto CupRC Harelbeke
Lommel
Matches played306
Goals scored904 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorerBranko Strupar (22)
1998-99 →

The 1997–98 season of the Jupiler League was held between August 8, 1997, and May 10, 1998. Club Brugge became champions.

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Location of teams in Belgian First Division 1997–98

These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:

Relegated teams

These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season:

Brugge's title success

Club Brugge ended in first place 18 points ahead of Racing Genk.

Battle for Europe

Sporting Anderlecht finally qualified for the UEFA Cup by ending in 4th place as Genk (2nd) and Brugge (1st) played the Cup final. The third team to qualify for the UEFA Cup was Germinal Ekeren (3rd).

The relegation dog fight

RWDM was relegated following a 1-1 draw at Charleroi as the newcomer Beveren managed to draw against Germinal Ekeren on the 33rd matchday. With 4 points more than RWDM the club from Waasland then lost to Anderlecht on the last matchday whereas RWDM easily beat Lokeren by 5-1.

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Club Brugge 34 26 6 2 78 29 +49 84 Qualified for 1998–99 UEFA Champions League
2 K.R.C. Genk 34 20 6 8 65 40 +25 66 Qualified for 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
3 K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot 34 17 7 10 60 48 +12 58 Qualified for 1998–99 UEFA Cup
4 R.S.C. Anderlecht 34 16 9 9 53 37 +16 57
5 Racing Club Harelbeke 34 15 10 9 50 31 +19 55 Qualified for 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup
6 K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen 34 16 4 14 68 68 0 52
7 Lierse S.K. 34 14 8 12 54 45 +9 50
8 K.A.A. Gent 34 11 14 9 50 44 +6 47
9 Standard Liège 34 11 10 13 53 50 +3 43
10 R.E. Mouscron 34 11 8 15 39 45 −6 41
11 K.F.C. Lommel S.K. 34 10 11 13 46 50 −4 41 Qualified for 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup
12 K.V.C. Westerlo 34 9 14 11 52 56 −4 41
13 R. Charleroi S.C. 34 9 12 13 46 57 −11 39
14 K. Sint-Truidense V.V. 34 8 13 13 32 45 −13 37
15 K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst 34 9 9 16 51 66 −15 36
16 K.S.K. Beveren 34 7 11 16 30 48 −18 32
17 R.W.D. Molenbeek 34 8 7 19 39 74 −35 31 Relegated to Division II
18 R. Antwerp F.C. 34 6 7 21 38 71 −33 25
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Club Brugge competed in the UEFA Cup after losing their Champions League Second Qualifying Round tie.

Results

Home \ Away AAL AND ANT BEV CLU CHA EKE GNK GNT HAR LIE LOK LOM MOL MOU STV STA WES
Eendracht Aalst 2–3 2–0 3–0 1–4 7–2 1–3 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–3 1–5 2–1 0–2 1–3 3–2 1–1 2–3
Anderlecht 3–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 3–1 4–0 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–0
Antwerp 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–4 3–2 2–1 0–0 0–2 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–4 3–5 0–0
Beveren 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–0
Club Brugge 4–1 2–1 3–2 3–1 3–2 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 5–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 6–0 0–0 3–1
Charleroi 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 3–2 1–2 1–1 3–3 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–1
Germinal Ekeren 2–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 5–0 4–3 1–3 0–2 1–1 4–2 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 0–3 1–0
Genk 3–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 4–0 4–2 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 5–5
Gent 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 0–4 3–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–4 0–0 1–1 4–1 6–0
Harelbeke 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 0–2 3–2 1–1 4–1 5–1 3–1 2–0 0–0
Lierse 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–4 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–1
Lokeren 4–1 2–1 5–0 1–2 1–1 3–2 1–3 1–5 3–2 1–0 4–2 2–1 5–0 2–1 0–2 1–3 3–0
Lommel 2–2 2–2 5–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–5 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1
Molenbeek 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–4 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–3 5–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–4 1–2
Mouscron 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 2–1 4–0 1–3 3–2 0–2
Sint-Truiden 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 3–3 1–2 0–5 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0
Standard Liège 3–0 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–3 2–0 0–2 3–0 3–3 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 2–2
Westerlo 0–3 2–2 5–2 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 3–3 1–1 5–1 2–1 4–1 2–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goal scorers

Scorer Goals Team
Croatia Branko Strupar 22 Racing Genk
Canada Tomasz Radzinski 19 Germinal Ekeren
Denmark Peter Lässen 15 Eendracht Aalst
Belgium Gunther Hofmans 15 Germinal Ekeren
Guinea Souleymane Oularé 14 Racing Genk

See also

References


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