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Football tournament season

The 1997–98 Gold Cup was the 79th edition of the Gold Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.

The tournament was won by Glenavon for the 4th time, defeating Coleraine 4–2 in the final at Windsor Park.

Group standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Crusaders	5	4	1	0	12	6	+6	13	Advance to quarter-final
2	Glenavon	5	3	2	0	12	5	+7	11	Advance to quarter-final
3	Dungannon Swifts	5	2	0	3	10	13	−3	6
4	Larne	5	2	0	3	6	10	−4	6
5	Ballymena United	5	1	1	3	8	9	−1	4
6	Ballyclare Comrades	5	1	0	4	7	12	−5	3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Distillery	5	3	1	1	10	6	+4	10	Advance to quarter-final
2	Linfield	5	3	0	2	15	5	+10	9
3	Coleraine	5	3	0	2	13	10	+3	9
4	Bangor	5	2	1	2	7	6	+1	7
5	Ards	5	2	1	2	9	13	−4	7
6	Limavady United	5	0	1	4	4	18	−14	1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Omagh Town	5	3	2	0	8	3	+5	11	Advance to quarter-final
2	Cliftonville	5	2	3	0	6	1	+5	9
3	Newry Town	5	3	0	2	5	4	+1	9
4	Portadown	5	2	1	2	14	7	+7	7
5	Glentoran	5	1	1	3	6	13	−7	4
6	Carrick Rangers	5	0	1	4	2	13	−11	1

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Coleraine	2–1	Omagh Town
Glenavon	2–0	Crusaders

2 December 1997

Glenavon	4–2	Coleraine
Grant 23' Tumilty 26' Ferguson 36', 71'		McCallion 89' Gaston 90'

Windsor Park, BelfastReferee: John Ferry (Derry)

"Irish League Archive, Gold Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
"Best Team Wins". Belfast Telegraph. 3 December 1997. p. 26.
"Golden Boys". Belfast News Letter. 3 December 1997. p. 16.

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v t e 1997–98 in Northern Irish football
Domestic leagues	Irish League Premier Division Irish League First Division
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Irish League Cup Gold Cup Floodlit Cup County Antrim Shield Irish News Cup
European competitions	UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 9)

National teams

Men	NIFL Premiership NIFL Championship NIFL Premier Intermediate League Ballymena & Provincial Football League Mid-Ulster Football League Northern Amateur Football League NIFL Premiership Development League
Women	Women's Premiership Championship 1 Championship 2

Domestic cups

Men	Irish Cup NI Football League Cup NIFL Charity Shield County Antrim Shield Mid-Ulster Cup North West Senior Cup Irish Intermediate Cup Steel & Sons Cup Bob Radcliffe Cup Craig Memorial Cup
Women	IFA Women's Challenge Cup NIFL Women's Premiership League Cup All-Island Cup

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