1997–98 HNK Hajduk Split season

The 1997–98 season was the 87th season in Hajduk Split’s history and their seventh in the Prva HNL. Their 2nd place finish in the 1996–97 season meant it was their 7th successive season playing in the Prva HNL.

Hajduk Split

1997–98 season
Chairman	Željko Kovačević
Manager	Tomislav Ivić Luka Bonačić Zoran Vulić
Prva HNL	2nd
Croatian Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Tomislav Erceg (11) All: Tomislav Erceg (15)
Highest home attendance	30,000 vs Croatia Zagreb (22 August 1997)
Lowest home attendance	500 vs Mladost 127 (3 December 1997)
Average home league attendance	7,313[1]
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Competitions

Overall record

Performance by competition

Competition	Starting round	Final position/round	First match	Last match
Prva HNL	—	Runners-up	3 August 1997	10 May 1998
Croatian Football Cup	First round	Semi-final	3 September 1997	15 April 1998
UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	First round	23 July 1997	30 September 1997

Statistics by competition

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Prva HNL	32	17	6	9	53	46	+7	053.13
Croatian Football Cup	6	4	0	2	10	6	+4	066.67
UEFA Cup	6	4	0	2	13	8	+5	066.67
Total	44	25	6	13	76	60	+16	056.82

Prva HNL

First stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia Zagreb	22	15	4	3	46	18	+28	49	Qualification to championship group
2	Hajduk Split	22	13	4	5	36	20	+16	43
3	NK Zagreb	22	12	5	5	35	23	+12	41
4	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	22	10	6	6	31	18	+13	36
5	Osijek	22	9	5	8	29	26	+3	32

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored

Second stage (championship play-off)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia Zagreb (C)	10	7	3	0	28	10	+18	49	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Hajduk Split	10	4	2	4	17	16	+1	36	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	Osijek	10	5	1	4	13	12	+1	32
4	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	10	4	2	4	7	12	−5	32	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5	NK Zagreb	10	2	3	5	16	16	0	30
6	Zadarkomerc	10	2	1	7	11	26	−15	21

Source: RSSSF.org
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	17	6	9	53	36	+17	57	13	2	1	33	13	+20	4	4	8	20	23	−3

Last updated: 10 May 1998.
Source: Sportnet.hr

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	W
Position	3	5	5	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by opponent

Team	1–22		23–32		Points
	1	2	1	2
Croatia Zagreb	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–1	4
Hrvatski Dragovoljac	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–0	6
Mladost 127	0–0	3–2	—	—	4
Osijek	0–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	10
Rijeka	2–1	1–1	—	—	4
Samobor	2–0	2–1	—	—	6
Slaven Belupo	3–0	3–0	—	—	6
Šibenik	3–0	4–1	—	—	6
Varteks	3–0	1–2	—	—	3
Zadarkomerc	1–0	1–2	5–2	2–4	6
NK Zagreb	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–3	8

Source: 1997–98 Croatian First Football League article

Matches

Prva HNL

Main article: 1997–98 Croatian First Football League

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Hajduk Scorers	Report
1	3 Aug	H	Varteks	2 – 0	7,000	Erceg (2)	HRnogomet.com
2	8 Aug	A	Osijek	0 – 1	10,000		HRnogomet.com
3	17 Aug	H	Šibenik	3 – 0	5,000	Leko, Erceg (2)	HRnogomet.com
4	22 Aug	H	Croatia Zagreb	1 – 0	30,000	Vučko	HRnogomet.com
5	31 Aug	A	Samobor	2 – 0	4,000	Erceg, Vučko	HRnogomet.com
6	12 Sep	H	Rijeka	2 – 1	5,000	Bulat, Erceg	HRnogomet.com
7	21 Sep	A	Zadarkomerc	1 – 0	10,000	Vučko	Slobodna Dalmacija
8	26 Sep	H	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	1 – 0	5,000	Računica	HRnogomet.com
9	5 Oct	A	Slaven Belupo	3 – 0	5,000	Jozinović, Bulat, Erceg	HRnogomet.com
10	19 Oct	H	NK Zagreb	2 – 1	5,000	Erceg, Sarr	HRnogomet.com
11	24 Oct	A	Mladost 127	0 – 0	4,000		HRnogomet.com
12	2 Nov	A	Varteks	1 – 2	5,000	Jozinović	HRnogomet.com
13	9 Nov	H	Osijek	2 – 2	4,000	Sedloski, Erceg	HRnogomet.com
14	19 Nov	A	Šibenik	4 – 1	5,000	Erceg (2), Tudor, Brajković	HRnogomet.com
16	29 Nov	H	Samobor	2 – 1	2,000	Brajković, Vučko	HRnogomet.com
17	7 Dec	A	Rijeka	1 – 1	7,000	Vučko	HRnogomet.com
15	18 Feb	A	Croatia Zagreb	0 – 2	25,000		HRnogomet.com
18	22 Feb	H	Zadarkomerc	1 – 2	3,000	Paço	HRnogomet.com
19	2 Mar	AR	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	1 – 3	2,500	Islami	Slobodna Dalmacija HRnogomet.com
20	8 Mar	H	Slaven Belupo	3 – 0	3,000	Računica, Međimorec (o.g.), Paço	HRnogomet.com
21	11 Mar	A	NK Zagreb	1 – 1	4,000	Mladenović	HRnogomet.com
22	15 Mar	H	Mladost 127	3 – 2	4,000	Paço, Bulat, Mladenović	HRnogomet.com
23	22 Mar	H	Osijek	2 – 0	7,000	Skoko, Paço	Slobodna Dalmacija
24	29 Mar	A	Croatia Zagreb	1 – 2	18,000	Mladenović	HRnogomet.com
25	5 Apr	H	Zadarkomerc	5 – 2	5,000	Paço, Demirović, Skoko (2), Računica	HRnogomet.com
26	8 Apr	H	NK Zagreb	2 – 1	4,000	Tudor, Skoko	HRnogomet.com
27	11 Apr	AR	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	0 – 1	3,500		HRnogomet.com
28	19 Apr	A	Osijek	0 – 2	12,000		HRnogomet.com
29	26 Apr	H	Croatia Zagreb	1 – 1	20,000	Skoko	HRnogomet.com
30	29 Apr	A	Zadarkomerc	2 – 4	3,500	Mladenović, Demirović	HRnogomet.com
31	3 May	A	NK Zagreb	3 – 3	2,000	Demirović (2), Računica	HRnogomet.com
32	10 May	H	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	1 – 0	8,000	Sarr	HRnogomet.com

Source: hajduk.hr

Croatian Football Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Croatian Football Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Hajduk Scorers	Report
R1	3 Sep	A	Posedarje	3 – 1	3,000	Skoko, Islami, Sarr	HRnogomet.com
R2	15 Oct	H	Slaven Belupo	3 – 1	4,000	Računica (2), Erceg	HRnogomet.com
QF	3 Dec	H	Mladost 127	2 – 1	500	Tudor, Računica	HRnogomet.com
QF	14 Dec	A	Mladost 127	1 – 0	4,000	Vučko	HRnogomet.com
SF	1 Apr	A	Varteks	1 – 2	6,000	Mladenović	HRnogomet.com
SF	15 Apr	H	Varteks	0 – 1	7,000		HRnogomet.com

Source: hajduk.hr

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1997–98 UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Hajduk Scorers	Report
QR1	23 Jul	A	Grevenmacher	4 – 1	1,000	Erceg, Tudor, Vulić (2)	UEFA.com
QR1	29 Jul	H	Grevenmacher	2 – 0	8,000	Bulat, Erceg	UEFA.com
QR2	12 Aug	H	Malmö	3 – 2	20,000	Skoko, Sedloski, Sarr	UEFA.com
QR2	25 Aug	A	Malmö	2 – 0	8,000	Vučko, Erceg	UEFA.com
R1	16 Sep	A	Schalke 04	0 – 2	53,250		UEFA.com
R1	30 Sep	H	Schalke 04	2 – 3	25,000	Vulić, Računica	UEFA.com

Source: hajduk.hr

Player seasonal records

Top scorers

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Cup	Total
1	Tomislav Erceg	11	3	1	15
2	Dean Računica	4	1	3	8
3	Jurica Vučko	5	1	1	7
4	Josip Skoko	5	1	1	6
5	Mladen Mladenović	4	–	1	5
	Viktor Paço	5	–	–	5
7	Enes Demirović	4	–	–	4
8	Mass Sarr	2	1	1	4
	Igor Tudor	2	1	1	4
10	Josip Bulat	3	1	–	3
	Kazimir Vulić	–	3	–	3
12	Elvis Brajković	2	–	–	2
	Irfan Islami	1	–	1	2
	Darko Jozinović	2	–	–	2
	Goce Sedloski	1	1	–	2
16	Ivan Leko	1	–	–	1
	Own goals	1	–	–	1
	TOTALS	53	13	10	76

Source: Competitive matches

See also

• 1997–98 Croatian First Football League
• 1997–98 Croatian Football Cup