Croatian Prva HNL 1997/1998

#	Club	M	W	D	L	Goal	Pts	GD	Result
1	Croatia Zagreb	22	15	4	3	46 - 18	49	+28	Qualification to Championship Round
2	Hajduk Split	22	13	4	5	36 - 20	43	+16	Qualification to Championship Round
3	NK Zagreb	22	12	5	5	35 - 23	41	+12	Qualification to Championship Round
4	NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac	22	10	6	6	31 - 18	36	+13	Qualification to Championship Round
5	NK Osijek	22	9	5	8	29 - 26	32	+3	Qualification to Championship Round
6	Zadarkomerc	22	8	4	10	25 - 24	28	+1	Qualification to Championship Round
7	NK Rijeka	22	5	11	6	20 - 24	26	-4	Qualification to Relegation Round
8	NK Varteks	22	6	6	10	24 - 32	24	-8	Qualification to Relegation Round
9	Slaven Belupo	22	6	5	11	20 - 43	23	-23	Qualification to Relegation Round
10	NK Mladost 127	22	6	5	11	17 - 24	23	-7	Qualification to Relegation Round
11	NK Samobor	22	6	4	12	23 - 35	22	-12	Qualification to Relegation Round
12	HNK Sibenik	22	4	5	13	19 - 38	17	-19	Qualification to Relegation Round
Pts = Points M = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GD = Goal difference;
							Notes: - Champion - national cup holder - participation in European competition - promoted - relegated

#	Club	M	W	D	L	Goal	Pts	GD		Result
1	NK Rijeka	10	4	3	3	16 - 13	28	+3	[+13]
2	HNK Sibenik	10	5	3	2	16 - 8	27	+8	[+9]
3	Slaven Belupo	10	5	0	5	11 - 13	27	-2	[+12]
4	NK Varteks	10	4	2	4	10 - 12	26	-2	[+12]	Cup Winner Cup (cup finalist)
5	NK Mladost 127	10	4	1	5	13 - 11	25	+2	[+12]	Relegation Playoff
6	NK Samobor	10	3	1	6	11 - 20	21	-9	[+11]	Relegated
Pts = Points M = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GD = Goal difference;
							Notes: - Champion - national cup holder - participation in European competition - promoted - relegated

#	Club	M	W	D	L	Goal	Pts	GD		Result
1	Croatia Zagreb	10	7	3	0	28 - 10	49	+18	[+25]	Champion (Champions League)
2	Hajduk Split	10	4	2	4	17 - 16	36	+1	[+22]	Vice-champion (UEFA Cup)
3	NK Osijek	10	5	1	4	13 - 12	32	+1	[+16]	UEFA Cup
4	NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac	10	4	2	4	7 - 12	32	-5	[+18]	Intertoto Cup
5	NK Zagreb	10	2	3	5	16 - 16	30	±0	[+21]
6	Zadarkomerc	10	2	1	7	11 - 26	21	-15	[+14]
Pts = Points M = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GD = Goal difference;
							Notes: - Champion - national cup holder - participation in European competition - promoted - relegated

Croatian Prva HNL 1997/1998: final table of Qualifying Round