1997–98 Czech First League
# 1997–98 Czech First League

The 1997–98 Czech First League, known as the Gambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth season of top-tier football in the Czech Republic.

## League changes

Relegated to the 1997–98 Czech 2. Liga

* Bohemians Prague (16th)
* Karviná (15th)

Promoted from the 1996–97 Czech 2. Liga

* Dukla (1st)
* Lázně Bohdaneč (2nd)

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sparta Prague (C) | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 19 | +34 | 71 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 59 | Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | Sigma Olomouc | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 55 | Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | Baník Ostrava | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 50 | |
| 5 | Slovan Liberec | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 47 | |
| 6 | Jablonec | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 46 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 7 | Teplice | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 40 | |
| 8 | Viktoria Žižkov | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 39 | |
| 9 | Drnovice | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 38 | |
| 10 | Boby Brno | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 37 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 11 | Hradec Králové | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 36 | −11 | 34 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 12 | Kaučuk Opava | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 34 | |
| 13 | Dukla | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 33 | |
| 14 | Viktoria Plzeň | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 33 | |
| 15 | České Budějovice (R) | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 31 | Relegation to Czech 2. Liga |
| 16 | Lázně Bohdaneč (R) | 30 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 61 | −43 | 11 | Relegation to Czech 2. Liga |

## Results

| Home \ Away | OST | BRN | ČBU | DRN | PŘÍ | HRK | JAB | OPA | LBO | OLO | SLA | LIB | SPA | TEP | PLZ | VŽI |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baník Ostrava | | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 6–1 |
| Boby Brno | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 |
| České Budějovice | 0–1 | 1–3 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Drnovice | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Dukla | 1–5 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Hradec Králové | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Jablonec | 2–2 | 2–0 | 8–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Kaučuk Opava | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Lázně Bohdaneč | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Sigma Olomouc | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Slavia Prague | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Slovan Liberec | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Sparta Prague | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Teplice | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Viktoria Plzeň | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 |
| Viktoria Žižkov | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Horst Siegl | Sparta Prague | 13 |
| 2 | Vratislav Lokvenc | Sparta Prague | 12 |
| 3 | Pavel Pěnička | Jablonec | 11 |
| 3 | Petr Samec | Baník Ostrava | 11 |
| 5 | Pavel Holomek | Boby Brno | 10 |
| 5 | Radek Drulák | Sigma Olomouc | 10 |
| 7 | Martin Prohászka | Kaučuk Opava | 9 |
| 7 | Ladislav Fujdiar | České Budějovice | 9 |
| 7 | Rudolf Otepka | Dukla | 9 |
