The 1997–98

First League of FR Yugoslavia The First League of Serbia and Montenegro () was the top football league of Serbia and Montenegro, before the country's dissolution in 2006. The league was formed as the First League of FR Yugoslavia following the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1992, ef ...

was the sixth season of the FR Yugoslavia's top-level football league since its establishment.

Overview

The league was divided into 2 groups, A and B, consisting each of 10 clubs. Both groups were played in league system. By winter break all clubs in each group meet each other twice, home and away, with the bottom four classified from A group moving to the group B, and being replaced by the top four from the B group. At the end of the season because the two groups league format was being abandoned for the next season and replaced by a single league consisting of 16 clubs, more clubs were relegated, six, and only the two first classified from the Second League of FR Yugoslavia would be promoted. At the end of the season

FK Obilić Fudbalski klub Obilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Обилић) is a Serbian football club based in Vračar, a neighbourhood of Belgrade. It was named after medieval Serbs, Serbian hero Miloš Obilić, a legendary 14th-century ...

became champions for the first time in their history. The league's top-scorer with a total of 27 goals was Saša Marković who played the first half of the season with

FK Železnik FK Železnik 1930 () is a Association football, football club based in Železnik, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Belgrade Intermunicipal League, the sixth tier of the Serbian football league system, national league system. The club compet ...

and moving during the winter break to

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

where he played the rest of the season. Six clubs were relegated at the end of the season:

FK Budućnost Valjevo FK Budućnost Valjevo () is a defunct football club based in Valjevo, Serbia. History The original club was founded as SK Sloga in 1920. They were, however, banned by the authorities after just a year. In 1925, the club continued its activities a ...

, FK Rudar Pljevlja,

FK Sutjeska Nikšić Fudbalski klub Sutjeska (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Сутјеска) is a professional association football club from Nikšić, Montenegro, currently competing in the Montenegrin First League. The club was established in ...

FK Loznica FK Loznica (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Лозница) is a professional Association football, football club from Loznica, Serbia. History LSK The first soccer ball arrived in the town of Loznica in 1919. It was brought fr ...

FK Borac Čačak Fudbalski klub Borac 1926 (), commonly known as Borac Čačak, is a professional football club based in Čačak, Serbia. The home ground is Čačak Stadium, which has seating capacity of 8,000. As of 2024–25 season, the club competes in secon ...

and FK Bečej.

Teams

1A League

1B League

IA league

Table

Results

First and second round

Third round

IB league

Table

Results

First and second round

Third round

Relegation playoff

Winning squad

Champions:

(Coach:

Dragan Okuka Dragomir "Dragan" Okuka (; born 2 April 1954) is a Serbian professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player. As a player, he was predominantly associated with his time with FK Velež Mostar, Velež ...

) Players (league matches/goals) *

Milan Lešnjak Milan Lešnjak ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Лешњак; born 9 September 1975) is a Serbian Association football, football manager and former player. He is the manager of FK Čukarički, Čukarički. Career During his playing career, Lešnjak represe ...

* Miroslav Savić (32/1) * Nenad Lukić (32/0) * Saša Kovačević (30/7) * Zoran Ranković (29/23) * Nenad Grozdić (29/4) * Kuzman Babeu (29/4) * Dragan Šarac (29/3) * Marjan Živković (28/7) * Živojin Juškić (28/4) * Darko Nović (27/1) * Ivan Vukomanović (24/3) * Saša Viciknez (16/3) * Sahmir Garčević (16/1) * Darko Vargec (14/0) * Goran Serafimović (8/0) * Siniša Jelić (7/3) *

Veselin Popović Veselin Popović (; born 1 July 1975) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career After starting out at his hometown club Vrbas, Popović was signed by Obilić in April 1995. He spent the next three years with ...

(7/3) * Ivan Litera (7/2) * Predrag Filipović (7/0) * Miroslav Milošević (7/0) *

Vladan Milosavljević Vladan Milosavljević ( sr-Cyrl, Владан Милосављевић; born 4 March 1980) is a Serbian football midfielder. Milosavljević started to play football in FK Partizan youth teams. When he was 18 years old he signed a professional c ...

(5/0) * Duško Košutić (2/0) * Zoran Ivić (2/0) * Mirko Babić (1/1) * Radovan Gajić (1/0) * Slaviša Mitić (1/0)

Top goalscorers

External sources

Obilic team in Tripod.com

External links

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