1997–98 Belgian First Division


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

Promoted teams

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

Relegated teams

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

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 and Brugge played the Cup final. The third team to qualify for the UEFA Cup was K.F.C. [Germinal Beerschot|Germinal Ekeren].

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.

Attendances

No.ClubAverage attendanceChangeHighest
1Anderlecht21,35310,3%28,161
2Club Brugge12,706-3,4%16,000
3Standard de Liège12,088-2,1%20,000
4Genk10,62920,1%17,000
5Lierse8,118-5,8%14,000
6Mouscron7,476-4,1%9,000
7STVV7,382-11,0%13,500
8Gent7,294-0,9%16,000
9Eendracht Aalst6,9824,5%9,000
10Lommel6,529-5,1%12,500
11Westerlo6,312109,2%10,500
12Charleroi6,0884,3%14,000
13Beveren5,51271,9%9,000
14Lokeren5,265-9,6%13,000
15Harelbeke5,176-3,3%9,000
16Germinal Beerschot4,91216,8%8,000
17Molenbeek4,647-15,1%8,000
18Antwerp3,941-38,5%7,000

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