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Statistics of Turkish First Football League in the 1997–98 season.

Season1997–98
ChampionsGalatasaray
12th title
RelegatedKayserispor
Şekerspor
Vanspor
Champions LeagueGalatasaray
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Season1997–98
ChampionsGalatasaray
12th title
RelegatedKayserispor
Şekerspor
Vanspor
Champions LeagueGalatasaray
Cup Winners' CupBeşiktaş
UEFA CupFenerbahçe
Trabzonspor
İstanbulspor
Intertoto CupSamsunspor
Altay
Matches306
Goals861 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorerHakan Şükür
(32 goals)
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Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and Galatasaray S.K. won the championship. And demotion of Kayserispor, Şekerspor, Vanspor was decided.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Galatasaray (C) 34 23 6 5 86 43 +43 75 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Fenerbahçe 34 21 8 5 61 25 +36 71 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 Trabzonspor 34 19 9 6 68 42 +26 66
4 İstanbulspor 34 14 12 8 60 42 +18 54
5 Samsunspor 34 14 7 13 42 42 0 49 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
6 Beşiktaş 34 13 9 12 56 40 +16 48 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 Altay 34 12 11 11 45 52 −7 47 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
8 Bursaspor 34 12 9 13 46 50 −4 45
9 Kardemir Karabükspor 34 13 5 16 34 50 −16 44
10 Kocaelispor 34 12 7 15 46 46 0 43
11 Çanakkale Dardanelspor 34 10 11 13 37 40 −3 41
12 Antalyaspor 34 10 11 13 51 55 −4 41
13 MKE Ankaragücü 34 11 8 15 40 47 −7 41
14 Gençlerbirliği 34 9 11 14 41 46 −5 38
15 Gaziantepspor 34 9 11 14 39 44 −5 38
16 Kayserispor (R) 34 11 5 18 42 60 −18 38 Relegation to Turkish Second Football League
17 Şekerspor (R) 34 9 9 16 41 67 −26 36
18 Vanspor (R) 34 5 9 20 26 70 −44 24
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Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away ALT ANT BJK BUR ÇDA FNB GAL GAZ GEN İST KRB KAY KOC AGÜ SAM ŞKR TRA VAN
Altay 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–2 4–5 0–0 0–0 1–3 5–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–5 2–0 1–1 3–2
Antalyaspor 0–0 3–3 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–3 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 3–3 1–1 2–0
Beşiktaş 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 4–0
Bursaspor 1–0 4–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–3 0–6 1–2 6–0
Çanakkale Dardanelspor 2–2 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 4–1 2–1 2–0
Fenerbahçe 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 7–0 1–3 4–1
Galatasaray 6–1 2–1 3–2 4–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 4–1 3–0 5–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 2–2 6–2
Gaziantepspor 3–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–2 3–0 4–2 2–0 1–1 1–3 0–0
Gençlerbirliği 1–3 0–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–2
İstanbulspor 2–2 5–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 3–3 2–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 4–2 4–1 0–0 6–3
Kardemir Karabükspor 1–1 3–0 0–5 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–3 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1
Kayserispor 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–3 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 5–6 1–1
Kocaelispor 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–3 3–1 2–0 4–0 3–0 1–3 4–2
MKE Ankaragücü 2–3 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–5 3–2 6–3 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–0
Samsunspor 2–3 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–2 0–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 3–0 2–1 2–0
Şekerspor 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–4 1–1 2–4 4–3 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–1
Trabzonspor 3–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–5 0–3 2–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 4–0 6–3 2–0
Vanspor 0–0 0–3 1–7 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–2
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Source: TFF, Mackolik
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Turkey Hakan Şükür Galatasaray 32
2 Turkey Hami Mandıralı Trabzonspor 20
3 Turkey Serkan Aykut Samsunspor 18
4 Turkey Aykut Kocaman İstanbulspor 16
Turkey Mehmet Özdilek Beşiktaş
6 Uganda Majid Musisi Çanakkale Dardanelspor 15
7 Democratic Republic of the Congo Andre Kona N'Gole Antalyaspor 14
Turkey Erdoğan Yılmaz Karabükspor
Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha Fenerbahçe
Turkey Uğur Dağdelen Kayseri Erciyesspor
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Milliyet newspaper report about allegations of match-fixing involving Şekerspor goalkeeper Murat Akarsu.
Milliyet report: Şekerspor goalkeeper Murat Akarsu alleged that he had been offered a bribe to fix a match in Fenerbahçe's favour. Following his report to club officials, a police operation resulted in the detention of Özcan Üstündaş and Ufuk Gezeroğlu.

Controversies

In 2020, former Kocaelispor goalkeeper Dumitru Stângaciu stated in an interview that Kocaelispor players had received incentive bonuses (teşvik primler) after their 2–1 victory over Fenerbahçe during the 1997–98 title race.[1] Stângaciu claimed that he personally received US$20,000 and alleged that the money came through Romanian players associated with Galatasaray. In the interview, he described the events as taking place "shortly before the 1998 FIFA World Cup", although the match was played on 27 March 1998 and the tournament began on 10 June 1998.

Following the Şekerspor–Fenerbahçe match played on 3 May 1998, which ended in a draw, Şekerspor goalkeeper Murat Akarsu alleged that he had been offered US$100,000 intermediaries to fix the match in Fenerbahçe's favour.[2] An investigation was subsequently launched. Football manager Özcan Üstündaş and Ufuk Gezeroğlu were detained by police in Ankara in connection with the allegations. According to later reports, the suspects were released pending trial.[3]

Years later, Üstündaş was also mentioned in media coverage of the 2011 Turkish football match-fixing scandal involving Fenerbahçe president Aziz Yıldırım and other club officials.[4]

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