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			{{Short description\|95th season of top-tier football in Belgium}}
	The '''1997/98''' season of the ] was held between ], ] and ], ]. ] became champions.
			{{Infobox football league season
			\| competition = ]
			\| season = 1997–1998
			\| winners = ]
			\| relegated = ]<br>]
			\| continentalcup1 = ]
			\| continentalcup1 qualifiers = ]
			\| continentalcup2 = ]
			\| continentalcup2 qualifiers = ]
			\| continentalcup3 = ]
			\| continentalcup3 qualifiers = ]<br>]
			\| continentalcup4 = ]
			\| continentalcup4 qualifiers = ]<br>]
			\| league topscorer = ] (22)
			\| matches = 306
			\| total goals = 904

			\| prevseason = ]
			\| nextseason = ]
			}}
			The '''1997–98''' season of the ] was held between August 8, 1997, and May 10, 1998. ] became champions.
	==Promoted teams==		==Promoted teams==
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			}}
	These teams were promoted from the ] at the start of the season:		These teams were promoted from the ] at the start of the season:
	*] (second division champions)		*] (second division champions)
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	==Relegated teams==		==Relegated teams==
	These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season:		These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season:
	*]		*]
	*]		*]

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	==Final league table==		==Final league table==
			{{#invoke:sports table\|main\|style=WDL
	{\| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"
			\|res_col_header=QR
	! !! !! !! !!P!!W!!D!!L!!F!!A!!GD!!Pts
			\|sortable_table=y
	\|- align="right"

	\|'''C'''\|\|1\|\|align="center"\|]\|\|align="left"\|]\|\|34\|\|26\|\|6\|\|2\|\|78\|\|29\|\|49\|\|84
			\|team1=BRG\|name_BRG=]
	\|- align="right"
			\|team2=GNK\|name_GNK=]
	\| \|\|2\|\|align="center"\|]\|\|align="left"\|]\|\|34\|\|20\|\|6\|\|8\|\|65\|\|40\|\|25\|\|66
			\|team3=BEE\|name_BEE=]
	\|- align="right"
			\|team4=AND\|name_AND=]
	\| \|\|3\|\|align="center"\| \|\|align="left"\|]\|\|34\|\|17\|\|7\|\|10\|\|60\|\|48\|\|12\|\|58
			\|team5=HRB\|name_HRB=]
	\|- align="right"
			\|team6=LOK\|name_LOK=]
	\| \|\|4\|\|align="center"\|]\|\|align="left"\|]\|\|34\|\|16\|\|9\|\|9\|\|53\|\|37\|\|16\|\|57
			\|team7=LIE\|name_LIE=]
	\|- align="right"
			\|team8=GNT\|name_GNT=]
	\| \|\|5\|\|align="center"\| \|\|align="left"\|]\|\|34\|\|15\|\|10\|\|9\|\|50\|\|31\|\|19\|\|55
			\|team9=STA\|name_STA=]
	\|- align="right"
			\|team10=MOU\|name_MOU=]
	\| \|\|6\|\|align="center"\|]\|\|align="left"\|]\|\|34\|\|16\|\|4\|\|14\|\|68\|\|68\|\|0\|\|52
			\|team11=LOM\|name_LOM=]
	\|- align="right"
			\|team12=WES\|name_WES=]
	\| \|\|7\|\|align="center"\|]\|\|align="left"\|]\|\|34\|\|14\|\|8\|\|12\|\|54\|\|45\|\|9\|\|50
			\|team13=CHA\|name_CHA=]
	\|- align="right"
			\|team14=STV\|name_STV=]
	\| \|\|8\|\|align="center"\|]\|\|align="left"\|]\|\|34\|\|11\|\|14\|\|9\|\|50\|\|44\|\|6\|\|47
			\|team15=EEN\|name_EEN=]
	\|- align="right"
			\|team16=BEV\|name_BEV=]
	\| \|\|9\|\|align="center"\|]\|\|align="left"\|]\|\|34\|\|11\|\|10\|\|13\|\|53\|\|50\|\|3\|\|43
			\|team17=RWDM\|name_RWDM=]
	\|- align="right"
			\|team18=ANT\|name_ANT=]
	\| \|\|10\|\|align="center"\|]\|\|align="left"\|]\|\|34\|\|11\|\|8\|\|15\|\|39\|\|45\|\|-6\|\|41

	\|- align="right"
			\|win_BRG=26\|draw_BRG=6\|loss_BRG=2\|gf_BRG=78\|ga_BRG=29
	\| \|\|11\|\|align="center"\| \|\|align="left"\|]\|\|34\|\|10\|\|11\|\|13\|\|46\|\|50\|\|-4\|\|41
			\|win_GNK=20\|draw_GNK=6\|loss_GNK=8\|gf_GNK=65\|ga_GNK=40
	\|- align="right"
			\|win_BEE=17\|draw_BEE=7\|loss_BEE=10\|gf_BEE=60\|ga_BEE=48
	\| \|\|12\|\|align="center"\|]\|\|align="left"\|]\|\|34\|\|9\|\|14\|\|11\|\|52\|\|56\|\|-4\|\|41
			\|win_AND=16\|draw_AND=9\|loss_AND=9\|gf_AND=53\|ga_AND=37
	\|- align="right"
			\|win_HRB=15\|draw_HRB=10\|loss_HRB=9\|gf_HRB=50\|ga_HRB=31
	\| \|\|13\|\|align="center"\|]\|\|align="left"\|]\|\|34\|\|9\|\|12\|\|13\|\|46\|\|57\|\|-11\|\|39
			\|win_LOK=16\|draw_LOK=4\|loss_LOK=14\|gf_LOK=68\|ga_LOK=68
	\|- align="right"
			\|win_LIE=14\|draw_LIE=8\|loss_LIE=12\|gf_LIE=54\|ga_LIE=45
	\| \|\|14\|\|align="center"\|]\|\|align="left"\|]\|\|34\|\|8\|\|13\|\|13\|\|32\|\|45\|\|-13\|\|37
			\|win_GNT=11\|draw_GNT=14\|loss_GNT=9\|gf_GNT=50\|ga_GNT=44
	\|- align="right"
			\|win_STA=11\|draw_STA=10\|loss_STA=13\|gf_STA=53\|ga_STA=50
	\| \|\|15\|\|align="center"\| \|\|align="left"\|]\|\|34\|\|9\|\|9\|\|16\|\|51\|\|66\|\|-15\|\|36
			\|win_MOU=11\|draw_MOU=8\|loss_MOU=15\|gf_MOU=39\|ga_MOU=45
	\|- align="right"
			\|win_LOM=10\|draw_LOM=11\|loss_LOM=13\|gf_LOM=46\|ga_LOM=50
	\| \|\|16\|\|align="center"\|]\|\|align="left"\|]\|\|34\|\|7\|\|11\|\|16\|\|30\|\|48\|\|-18\|\|32
			\|win_WES=9\|draw_WES=14\|loss_WES=11\|gf_WES=52\|ga_WES=56
	\|- align="right" style="background:#ffcccc;"
			\|win_CHA=9\|draw_CHA=12\|loss_CHA=13\|gf_CHA=46\|ga_CHA=57
	\|'''R'''\|\|17\|\|align="center"\| \|\|align="left"\|]\|\|34\|\|8\|\|7\|\|19\|\|39\|\|74\|\|-35\|\|31
			\|win_STV=8\|draw_STV=13\|loss_STV=13\|gf_STV=32\|ga_STV=45
	\|- align="right" style="background:#ffcccc;"
			\|win_EEN=9\|draw_EEN=9\|loss_EEN=16\|gf_EEN=51\|ga_EEN=66
	\|'''R'''\|\|18\|\|align="center"\|]\|\|align="left"\|]\|\|34\|\|6\|\|7\|\|21\|\|38\|\|71\|\|-33\|\|25
			\|win_BEV=7\|draw_BEV=11\|loss_BEV=16\|gf_BEV=30\|ga_BEV=48
	\|}
			\|win_RWDM=8\|draw_RWDM=7\|loss_RWDM=19\|gf_RWDM=39\|ga_RWDM=74
	<small>P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; C = Champions; R = Relegated</small>
			\|win_ANT=6\|draw_ANT=7\|loss_ANT=21\|gf_ANT=38\|ga_ANT=71

			\|col_CL=#b0ee90\|text_CL=Qualified for ]
			\|note_res_CL=] competed in the ] after losing their ] Second Qualifying Round tie.
			\|result1=CL
			\|col_CWC=#f0e68c\|text_CWC=Qualified for ]
			\|result2=CWC
			\|col_UC=#97deff\|text_UC=Qualified for ]
			\|result3=UC\|result4=UC
			\|col_IC=#ccffff\|text_IC=Qualified for ]
			\|result5=IC\|result11=IC
			\|col_R=#ffb0b0\|text_R=Relegated to ]
			\|result17=R\|result18=R
			\|update=complete\|source=
			}}

			==Results==
			{{#invoke:sports results\|main
			\|matches_style=FBR\|solid_cell=grey
			\|team1=AAL\|team2=AND\|team3=ANT\|team4=BEV\|team5=CLU
			\|team6=CHA\|team7=EKE\|team8=GNK\|team9=GNT\|team10=HAR
			\|team11=LIE\|team12=LOK\|team13=LOM\|team14=MOL\|team15=MOU
			\|team16=STV\|team17=STA\|team18=WES

			\|name_AAL=]
			\|match_AAL_AND=2–3
			\|match_AAL_ANT=2–0
			\|match_AAL_BEV=3–0
			\|match_AAL_CLU=1–4
			\|match_AAL_CHA=7–2
			\|match_AAL_EKE=1–3
			\|match_AAL_GNK=1–1
			\|match_AAL_GNT=2–0
			\|match_AAL_HAR=3–2
			\|match_AAL_LIE=1–3
			\|match_AAL_LOK=1–5
			\|match_AAL_LOM=2–1
			\|match_AAL_MOL=0–2
			\|match_AAL_MOU=1–3
			\|match_AAL_STV=3–2
			\|match_AAL_STA=1–1
			\|match_AAL_WES=2–3

			\|name_AND=]
			\|match_AND_AAL=3–1
			\|match_AND_ANT=2–2
			\|match_AND_BEV=2–0
			\|match_AND_CLU=0–1
			\|match_AND_CHA=3–1
			\|match_AND_EKE=4–0
			\|match_AND_GNK=0–2
			\|match_AND_GNT=2–2
			\|match_AND_HAR=1–0
			\|match_AND_LIE=2–0
			\|match_AND_LOK=5–0
			\|match_AND_LOM=2–0
			\|match_AND_MOL=0–2
			\|match_AND_MOU=1–2
			\|match_AND_STV=1–0
			\|match_AND_STA=2–0
			\|match_AND_WES=1–0

			\|name_ANT=]
			\|match_ANT_AAL=1–1
			\|match_ANT_AND=0–1
			\|match_ANT_BEV=1–0
			\|match_ANT_CLU=0–1
			\|match_ANT_CHA=2–4
			\|match_ANT_EKE=3–2
			\|match_ANT_GNK=2–1
			\|match_ANT_GNT=0–0
			\|match_ANT_HAR=0–2
			\|match_ANT_LIE=3–2
			\|match_ANT_LOK=1–2
			\|match_ANT_LOM=2–1
			\|match_ANT_MOL=1–0
			\|match_ANT_MOU=1–2
			\|match_ANT_STV=0–4
			\|match_ANT_STA=3–5
			\|match_ANT_WES=0–0

			\|name_BEV=]
			\|match_BEV_AAL=0–0
			\|match_BEV_AND=0–1
			\|match_BEV_ANT=0–2
			\|match_BEV_CLU=1–2
			\|match_BEV_CHA=1–0
			\|match_BEV_EKE=0–1
			\|match_BEV_GNK=0–2
			\|match_BEV_GNT=1–1
			\|match_BEV_HAR=1–0
			\|match_BEV_LIE=1–2
			\|match_BEV_LOK=3–0
			\|match_BEV_LOM=2–2
			\|match_BEV_MOL=1–0
			\|match_BEV_MOU=1–1
			\|match_BEV_STV=1–1
			\|match_BEV_STA=2–3
			\|match_BEV_WES=2–0

			\|name_CLU=]
			\|match_CLU_AAL=4–1
			\|match_CLU_AND=2–1
			\|match_CLU_ANT=3–2
			\|match_CLU_BEV=3–1
			\|match_CLU_CHA=3–2
			\|match_CLU_EKE=1–3
			\|match_CLU_GNK=2–0
			\|match_CLU_GNT=2–1
			\|match_CLU_HAR=2–1
			\|match_CLU_LIE=2–1
			\|match_CLU_LOK=5–0
			\|match_CLU_LOM=2–0
			\|match_CLU_MOL=4–1
			\|match_CLU_MOU=1–0
			\|match_CLU_STV=6–0
			\|match_CLU_STA=0–0
			\|match_CLU_WES=3–1

			\|name_CHA=]
			\|match_CHA_AAL=1–1
			\|match_CHA_AND=3–0
			\|match_CHA_ANT=2–1
			\|match_CHA_BEV=0–0
			\|match_CHA_CLU=2–2
			\|match_CHA_EKE=3–2
			\|match_CHA_GNK=1–2
			\|match_CHA_GNT=1–1
			\|match_CHA_HAR=3–3
			\|match_CHA_LIE=3–0
			\|match_CHA_LOK=2–0
			\|match_CHA_LOM=1–2
			\|match_CHA_MOL=1–1
			\|match_CHA_MOU=3–0
			\|match_CHA_STV=0–0
			\|match_CHA_STA=2–1
			\|match_CHA_WES=1–1

			\|name_EKE=]
			\|match_EKE_AAL=2–3
			\|match_EKE_AND=1–0
			\|match_EKE_ANT=2–0
			\|match_EKE_BEV=1–1
			\|match_EKE_CLU=2–2
			\|match_EKE_CHA=5–0
			\|match_EKE_GNK=4–3
			\|match_EKE_GNT=1–3
			\|match_EKE_HAR=0–2
			\|match_EKE_LIE=1–1
			\|match_EKE_LOK=4–2
			\|match_EKE_LOM=1–0
			\|match_EKE_MOL=3–1
			\|match_EKE_MOU=2–2
			\|match_EKE_STV=1–0
			\|match_EKE_STA=0–3
			\|match_EKE_WES=1–0

			\|name_GNK=]
			\|match_GNK_AAL=3–2
			\|match_GNK_AND=2–1
			\|match_GNK_ANT=1–1
			\|match_GNK_BEV=3–0
			\|match_GNK_CLU=3–0
			\|match_GNK_CHA=4–0
			\|match_GNK_EKE=4–2
			\|match_GNK_GNT=2–1
			\|match_GNK_HAR=1–0
			\|match_GNK_LIE=1–3
			\|match_GNK_LOK=1–0
			\|match_GNK_LOM=3–0
			\|match_GNK_MOL=3–0
			\|match_GNK_MOU=0–2
			\|match_GNK_STV=0–0
			\|match_GNK_STA=1–1
			\|match_GNK_WES=5–5

			\|name_GNT=]
			\|match_GNT_AAL=0–0
			\|match_GNT_AND=1–1
			\|match_GNT_ANT=0–0
			\|match_GNT_BEV=3–2
			\|match_GNT_CLU=0–4
			\|match_GNT_CHA=3–1
			\|match_GNT_EKE=0–2
			\|match_GNT_GNK=1–2
			\|match_GNT_HAR=0–0
			\|match_GNT_LIE=1–0
			\|match_GNT_LOK=1–1
			\|match_GNT_LOM=2–0
			\|match_GNT_MOL=3–4
			\|match_GNT_MOU=0–0
			\|match_GNT_STV=1–1
			\|match_GNT_STA=4–1
			\|match_GNT_WES=6–0

			\|name_HAR=]
			\|match_HAR_AAL=2–1
			\|match_HAR_AND=1–1
			\|match_HAR_ANT=3–1
			\|match_HAR_BEV=1–1
			\|match_HAR_CLU=0–1
			\|match_HAR_CHA=0–0
			\|match_HAR_EKE=3–1
			\|match_HAR_GNK=2–0
			\|match_HAR_GNT=3–0
			\|match_HAR_LIE=0–2
			\|match_HAR_LOK=3–2
			\|match_HAR_LOM=1–1
			\|match_HAR_MOL=4–1
			\|match_HAR_MOU=5–1
			\|match_HAR_STV=3–1
			\|match_HAR_STA=2–0
			\|match_HAR_WES=0–0

			\|name_LIE=]
			\|match_LIE_AAL=1–1
			\|match_LIE_AND=0–1
			\|match_LIE_ANT=2–1
			\|match_LIE_BEV=2–0
			\|match_LIE_CLU=2–4
			\|match_LIE_CHA=1–1
			\|match_LIE_EKE=1–1
			\|match_LIE_GNK=1–2
			\|match_LIE_GNT=1–2
			\|match_LIE_HAR=1–1
			\|match_LIE_LOK=3–0
			\|match_LIE_LOM=1–4
			\|match_LIE_MOL=1–1
			\|match_LIE_MOU=2–0
			\|match_LIE_STV=1–0
			\|match_LIE_STA=3–1
			\|match_LIE_WES=3–1

			\|name_LOK=]
			\|match_LOK_AAL=4–1
			\|match_LOK_AND=2–1
			\|match_LOK_ANT=5–0
			\|match_LOK_BEV=1–2
			\|match_LOK_CLU=1–1
			\|match_LOK_CHA=3–2
			\|match_LOK_EKE=1–3
			\|match_LOK_GNK=1–5
			\|match_LOK_GNT=3–2
			\|match_LOK_HAR=1–0
			\|match_LOK_LIE=4–2
			\|match_LOK_LOM=2–1
			\|match_LOK_MOL=5–0
			\|match_LOK_MOU=2–1
			\|match_LOK_STV=0–2
			\|match_LOK_STA=1–3
			\|match_LOK_WES=3–0

			\|name_LOM=]
			\|match_LOM_AAL=2–2
			\|match_LOM_AND=2–2
			\|match_LOM_ANT=5–2
			\|match_LOM_BEV=3–1
			\|match_LOM_CLU=1–1
			\|match_LOM_CHA=2–1
			\|match_LOM_EKE=1–1
			\|match_LOM_GNK=3–1
			\|match_LOM_GNT=0–1
			\|match_LOM_HAR=0–0
			\|match_LOM_LIE=1–2
			\|match_LOM_LOK=1–5
			\|match_LOM_MOL=3–1
			\|match_LOM_MOU=1–0
			\|match_LOM_STV=1–1
			\|match_LOM_STA=2–2
			\|match_LOM_WES=2–1

			\|name_MOL=]
			\|match_MOL_AAL=1–1
			\|match_MOL_AND=2–2
			\|match_MOL_ANT=2–0
			\|match_MOL_BEV=1–1
			\|match_MOL_CLU=0–2
			\|match_MOL_CHA=1–2
			\|match_MOL_EKE=0–4
			\|match_MOL_GNK=1–1
			\|match_MOL_GNT=0–2
			\|match_MOL_HAR=0–1
			\|match_MOL_LIE=0–3
			\|match_MOL_LOK=5–1
			\|match_MOL_LOM=1–2
			\|match_MOL_MOU=2–1
			\|match_MOL_STV=2–0
			\|match_MOL_STA=1–4
			\|match_MOL_WES=1–2

			\|name_MOU=]
			\|match_MOU_AAL=2–0
			\|match_MOU_AND=2–2
			\|match_MOU_ANT=2–0
			\|match_MOU_BEV=1–1
			\|match_MOU_CLU=0–1
			\|match_MOU_CHA=0–0
			\|match_MOU_EKE=0–1
			\|match_MOU_GNK=0–2
			\|match_MOU_GNT=1–1
			\|match_MOU_HAR=1–0
			\|match_MOU_LIE=2–0
			\|match_MOU_LOK=1–3
			\|match_MOU_LOM=2–1
			\|match_MOU_MOL=4–0
			\|match_MOU_STV=1–3
			\|match_MOU_STA=3–2
			\|match_MOU_WES=0–2

			\|name_STV=]
			\|match_STV_AAL=2–0
			\|match_STV_AND=1–1
			\|match_STV_ANT=1–0
			\|match_STV_BEV=0–0
			\|match_STV_CLU=0–2
			\|match_STV_CHA=2–0
			\|match_STV_EKE=2–0
			\|match_STV_GNK=0–2
			\|match_STV_GNT=3–3
			\|match_STV_HAR=1–2
			\|match_STV_LIE=0–5
			\|match_STV_LOK=2–2
			\|match_STV_LOM=0–0
			\|match_STV_MOL=1–1
			\|match_STV_MOU=1–0
			\|match_STV_STA=0–0
			\|match_STV_WES=0–0

			\|name_STA=]
			\|match_STA_AAL=3–0
			\|match_STA_AND=1–2
			\|match_STA_ANT=2–2
			\|match_STA_BEV=1–2
			\|match_STA_CLU=0–3
			\|match_STA_CHA=2–0
			\|match_STA_EKE=0–2
			\|match_STA_GNK=3–0
			\|match_STA_GNT=3–3
			\|match_STA_HAR=0–1
			\|match_STA_LIE=0–0
			\|match_STA_LOK=1–3
			\|match_STA_LOM=1–0
			\|match_STA_MOL=4–0
			\|match_STA_MOU=1–1
			\|match_STA_STV=2–0
			\|match_STA_WES=2–2

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			\|match_WES_AAL=0–3
			\|match_WES_AND=2–2
			\|match_WES_ANT=5–2
			\|match_WES_BEV=3–0
			\|match_WES_CLU=2–2
			\|match_WES_CHA=1–1
			\|match_WES_EKE=1–1
			\|match_WES_GNK=0–2
			\|match_WES_GNT=0–1
			\|match_WES_HAR=2–2
			\|match_WES_LIE=1–1
			\|match_WES_LOK=3–3
			\|match_WES_LOM=1–1
			\|match_WES_MOL=5–1
			\|match_WES_MOU=2–1
			\|match_WES_STV=4–1
			\|match_WES_STA=2–0

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95th season of top-tier football in Belgium Football league season

Belgian First Division
Season	1997–1998
Champions	Club Brugge
Relegated	RWDM Antwerp
Champions League	Club Brugge
Cup Winners' Cup	Racing Genk
UEFA Cup	Beerschot AC Anderlecht
Intertoto Cup	RC Harelbeke Lommel
Matches played	306
Goals scored	904 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Branko Strupar (22)
← 1996–97 1998-99 →

The 1997–98 season of the Jupiler League was held between August 8, 1997, and May 10, 1998. Club Brugge became champions.

Promoted teams

Racing Club Harelbekeclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in Belgian First Division 1997–98

These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:

Beveren (second division champions)
Westerlo (playoff winner)

Relegated teams

These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season:

RWDM
Antwerp

Brugge's title success

Club Brugge ended in first place 18 points ahead of Racing Genk.

Battle for Europe

Sporting Anderlecht finally qualified for the UEFA Cup by ending in 4th place as Genk (2nd) and Brugge (1st) played the Cup final. The third team to qualify for the UEFA Cup was Germinal Ekeren (3rd).

The relegation dog fight

RWDM was relegated following a 1-1 draw at Charleroi as the newcomer Beveren managed to draw against Germinal Ekeren on the 33rd matchday. With 4 points more than RWDM the club from Waasland then lost to Anderlecht on the last matchday whereas RWDM easily beat Lokeren by 5-1.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Club Brugge	34	26	6	2	78	29	+49	84	Qualified for 1998–99 UEFA Champions League
2	K.R.C. Genk	34	20	6	8	65	40	+25	66	Qualified for 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
3	K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot	34	17	7	10	60	48	+12	58	Qualified for 1998–99 UEFA Cup
4	R.S.C. Anderlecht	34	16	9	9	53	37	+16	57	Qualified for 1998–99 UEFA Cup
5	Racing Club Harelbeke	34	15	10	9	50	31	+19	55	Qualified for 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup
6	K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen	34	16	4	14	68	68	0	52
7	Lierse S.K.	34	14	8	12	54	45	+9	50
8	K.A.A. Gent	34	11	14	9	50	44	+6	47
9	Standard Liège	34	11	10	13	53	50	+3	43
10	R.E. Mouscron	34	11	8	15	39	45	−6	41
11	K.F.C. Lommel S.K.	34	10	11	13	46	50	−4	41	Qualified for 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup
12	K.V.C. Westerlo	34	9	14	11	52	56	−4	41
13	R. Charleroi S.C.	34	9	12	13	46	57	−11	39
14	K. Sint-Truidense V.V.	34	8	13	13	32	45	−13	37
15	K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst	34	9	9	16	51	66	−15	36
16	K.S.K. Beveren	34	7	11	16	30	48	−18	32
17	R.W.D. Molenbeek	34	8	7	19	39	74	−35	31	Relegated to Division II
18	R. Antwerp F.C.	34	6	7	21	38	71	−33	25	Relegated to Division II

Source:
Notes:

Club Brugge competed in the UEFA Cup after losing their Champions League Second Qualifying Round tie.

Results

Home \ Away	AAL	AND	ANT	BEV	CLU	CHA	EKE	GNK	GNT	HAR	LIE	LOK	LOM	MOL	MOU	STV	STA	WES
Eendracht Aalst		2–3	2–0	3–0	1–4	7–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–3	1–5	2–1	0–2	1–3	3–2	1–1	2–3
Anderlecht	3–1		2–2	2–0	0–1	3–1	4–0	0–2	2–2	1–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–0
Antwerp	1–1	0–1		1–0	0–1	2–4	3–2	2–1	0–0	0–2	3–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–4	3–5	0–0
Beveren	0–0	0–1	0–2		1–2	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	2–0
Club Brugge	4–1	2–1	3–2	3–1		3–2	1–3	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	5–0	2–0	4–1	1–0	6–0	0–0	3–1
Charleroi	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–2		3–2	1–2	1–1	3–3	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–1
Germinal Ekeren	2–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	5–0		4–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	4–2	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	0–3	1–0
Genk	3–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	4–0	4–2		2–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	5–5
Gent	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	0–4	3–1	0–2	1–2		0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–4	0–0	1–1	4–1	6–0
Harelbeke	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	3–0		0–2	3–2	1–1	4–1	5–1	3–1	2–0	0–0
Lierse	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–1		3–0	1–4	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	3–1
Lokeren	4–1	2–1	5–0	1–2	1–1	3–2	1–3	1–5	3–2	1–0	4–2		2–1	5–0	2–1	0–2	1–3	3–0
Lommel	2–2	2–2	5–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–5		3–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–1
Molenbeek	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–3	5–1	1–2		2–1	2–0	1–4	1–2
Mouscron	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–3	2–1	4–0		1–3	3–2	0–2
Sint-Truiden	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–3	1–2	0–5	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–0		0–0	0–0
Standard Liège	3–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–3	2–0	0–2	3–0	3–3	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–0		2–2
Westerlo	0–3	2–2	5–2	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–2	1–1	3–3	1–1	5–1	2–1	4–1	2–0

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

Top goal scorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Branko Strupar	22	Racing Genk
Tomasz Radzinski	19	Germinal Ekeren
Peter Lässen	15	Eendracht Aalst
Gunther Hofmans	15	Germinal Ekeren
Souleymane Oularé	14	Racing Genk

References

(in French) Sport.be website – Archive

Belgian Pro League

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v t e 1997–98 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '97 '98 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '97 '98 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '97 '98 Latvia '97 '98 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '97 '98 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '97 '98 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Latvia '97 '98 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '97 '98 France Germany Iceland '97 '98 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

v t e 1997–98 in Belgian football
« 1996–97 1998–99 »
League competitions	First Division Second Division
Cup competitions	Belgian Cup (Final) Super Cup
UEFA competitions	Champions League Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Related to national team	1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying (Group 7) Georges Leekens

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