| Season: | 1997–98 |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Željko Kovačević |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| League Result: | 2nd |
| Cup1 Result: | Semi-finals |
| Cup2 Result: | First round |
| Season Topscorer: | Tomislav Erceg (15) |
| Highest Attendance: | (22 August 1997) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 500 vs Mladost 127 (3 December 1997) |
| Average Attendance: | 7,313[1] |
| Nextseason: | 1998–99 |
The 1997–98 season was the 87th season in Hajduk Split’s history and their seventh in the Prva HNL. Their 2nd place finish in the 1996–97 season meant it was their 7th successive season playing in the Prva HNL.
| Starting round | scope=col | Final position/round | scope=col | First match | scope=col | Last match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row align=left | Prva HNL | Runners-up | 3 August 1997 | 10 May 1998 | ||
| scope=row align=left | Croatian Football Cup | 3 September 1997 | 15 April 1998 | |||
| scope=row align=left | UEFA Cup | 23 July 1997 | 30 September 1997 | |||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row align=left | Prva HNL | |||||||||||||
| scope=row align=left | Croatian Football Cup | |||||||||||||
| scope=row align=left | UEFA Cup | |||||||||||||
| scope=row | Total |
| Team | 1–22 | 23–32 | Points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=40 | 1 | width=40 | 2 | width=40 | 1 | width=40 | 2 |
| 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4 | |||
| 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 6 | |||
| 0–0 | 3–2 | — | — | 4 | |||
| 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 10 | |||
| 2–1 | 1–1 | — | — | 4 | |||
| 2–0 | 2–1 | — | — | 6 | |||
| 3–0 | 3–0 | — | — | 6 | |||
| 3–0 | 4–1 | — | — | 6 | |||
| 3–0 | 1–2 | — | — | 3 | |||
| 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 6 | |||
| 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 8 | |||
Source: 1997–98 Croatian First Football League article
See main article: 1997–98 Croatian First Football League.
| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Hajduk Scorers | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 Aug | H | 2 – 0 | 7,000 | Erceg (2) | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 2 | 8 Aug | A | 0 – 1 | 10,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 3 | 17 Aug | H | 3 – 0 | 5,000 | Leko, Erceg (2) | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 4 | 22 Aug | H | 1 – 0 | 30,000 | Vučko | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 5 | 31 Aug | A | 2 – 0 | 4,000 | Erceg, Vučko | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 6 | 12 Sep | H | 2 – 1 | 5,000 | Bulat, Erceg | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 7 | 21 Sep | A | 1 – 0 | 10,000 | Vučko | Slobodna Dalmacija | ||
| 8 | 26 Sep | H | 1 – 0 | 5,000 | Računica | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 9 | 5 Oct | A | 3 – 0 | 5,000 | Jozinović, Bulat, Erceg | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 10 | 19 Oct | H | 2 – 1 | 5,000 | Erceg, Sarr | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 11 | 24 Oct | A | 0 – 0 | 4,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 12 | 2 Nov | A | 1 – 2 | 5,000 | Jozinović | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 13 | 9 Nov | H | 2 – 2 | 4,000 | Sedloski, Erceg | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 14 | 19 Nov | A | 4 – 1 | 5,000 | Erceg (2), Tudor, Brajković | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 16 | 29 Nov | H | 2 – 1 | 2,000 | Brajković, Vučko | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 17 | 7 Dec | A | 1 – 1 | 7,000 | Vučko | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 15 | 18 Feb | A | 0 – 2 | 25,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 18 | 22 Feb | H | 1 – 2 | 3,000 | Paço | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 19 | 2 Mar | AR | 1 – 3 | 2,500 | Islami | Slobodna Dalmacija HRnogomet.com | ||
| 20 | 8 Mar | H | 3 – 0 | 3,000 | Računica, Međimorec (o.g.), Paço | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 21 | 11 Mar | A | 1 – 1 | 4,000 | Mladenović | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 22 | 15 Mar | H | 3 – 2 | 4,000 | Paço, Bulat, Mladenović | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 23 | 22 Mar | H | 2 – 0 | 7,000 | Skoko, Paço | Slobodna Dalmacija | ||
| 24 | 29 Mar | A | 1 – 2 | 18,000 | Mladenović | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 25 | 5 Apr | H | 5 – 2 | 5,000 | Paço, Demirović, Skoko (2), Računica | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 26 | 8 Apr | H | 2 – 1 | 4,000 | Tudor, Skoko | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 27 | 11 Apr | AR | 0 – 1 | 3,500 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 28 | 19 Apr | A | 0 – 2 | 12,000 | HRnogomet.com | |||
| 29 | 26 Apr | H | 1 – 1 | 20,000 | Skoko | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 30 | 29 Apr | A | 2 – 4 | 3,500 | Mladenović, Demirović | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 31 | 3 May | A | 3 – 3 | 2,000 | Demirović (2), Računica | HRnogomet.com | ||
| 32 | 10 May | H | 1 – 0 | 8,000 | Sarr | HRnogomet.com |
Source: hajduk.hr
See main article: 1997–98 Croatian Football Cup.
| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Hajduk Scorers | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | 3 Sep | A | 3 – 1 | 3,000 | Skoko, Islami, Sarr | HRnogomet.com | ||
| R2 | 15 Oct | 3 – 1 | 4,000 | Računica (2), Erceg | HRnogomet.com | |||
| QF | 3 Dec | H | 2 – 1 | 500 | Tudor, Računica | HRnogomet.com | ||
| QF | 14 Dec | A | 1 – 0 | 4,000 | Vučko | HRnogomet.com | ||
| SF | 1 Apr | 1 – 2 | 6,000 | Mladenović | HRnogomet.com | |||
| SF | 15 Apr | 0 – 1 | 7,000 | HRnogomet.com |
Source: hajduk.hr
See main article: 1997–98 UEFA Cup.
| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Hajduk Scorers | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QR1 | 23 Jul | A  | Grevenmacher | 4 – 1 | 1,000 | Erceg, Tudor, Vulić (2) | UEFA.com | |
| QR1 | 29 Jul | H | Grevenmacher | 2 – 0 | 8,000 | Bulat, Erceg | UEFA.com | |
| QR2 | 12 Aug | H | Malmö  | 3 – 2 | 20,000 | Skoko, Sedloski, Sarr | UEFA.com | |
| QR2 | 25 Aug | A | Malmö | 2 – 0 | 8,000 | Vučko, Erceg | UEFA.com | |
| R1 | 16 Sep | 0 – 2 | 53,250 | UEFA.com | ||||
| R1 | 30 Sep | H | 2 – 3 | 25,000 | Vulić, Računica | UEFA.com |
Source: hajduk.hr
| width=40 | Rank | width=180 | Name | width=50 | League | width=50 | Europe | width=50 | Cup | width=70 style="background: #DCDCDC" | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomislav Erceg | 11 | 3 | 1 | 15 | ||||||
| 2 | Dean Računica | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||||||
| 3 | Jurica Vučko | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| 4 |  Josip Skoko | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| 5 | Mladen Mladenović | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | ||||||
 Viktor Paço | 5 | – | – | 5 | |||||||
| 7 |  Enes Demirović | 4 | – | – | 4 | ||||||
| 8 |  Mass Sarr | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Igor Tudor | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 10 | Josip Bulat | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||
| Kazimir Vulić | – | 3 | – | 3 | |||||||
| 12 | Elvis Brajković | 2 | – | – | 2 | ||||||
 Irfan Islami | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Darko Jozinović | 2 | – | – | 2 | |||||||
| Goce Sedloski | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | |||||||
| 16 | Ivan Leko | 1 | – | – | 1 | ||||||
| Own goals | 1 | – | – | 1 | |||||||
| TOTALS | 53 | 13 | 10 | 76 |