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.

Mars superliga
Season1997–98
Dates2 August 1997 – 3 June 1998
Champions1.FC Košice
RelegatedFC Lokomotíva Košice
DAC Dunajská Streda
Champions League1.FC Košice
UEFA CupInter Bratislava
FC Spartak Trnava
Intertoto CupOzeta Dukla Trenčín
Matches played240
Goals scored615 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorerĽubomír Luhový
(17 goals)
Biggest home winKošice 5:0 Tatran
Košice 5:0 Prievidza
Trnava 5:0 Ružomberok
Biggest away winRužomberok 0:5 Inter
Highest scoringTrenčín 5:3 Lokomotíva
Average attendanceIncrease 4,096

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
Location of teams in 1997–98 Mars superliga
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
Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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
Source: RSSSF.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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

See also

References
  1. "Top Premier league strikers". Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-01-02.


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