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Above: | 1997–98 in Scottish football |
Header1: | Premier League champions |
Data2: | Celtic |
Header3: | Division One champions |
Data4: | Dundee |
Header5: | Division Two champions |
Data6: | Stranraer |
Header7: | Division Three champions |
Data8: | Alloa Athletic |
Header9: | Scottish Cup winners |
Data10: | Heart of Midlothian |
Header11: | League Cup winners |
Data12: | Celtic |
Header13: | Challenge Cup winners |
Data14: | Falkirk |
Header15: | Junior Cup winners |
Data16: | Arthurlie |
Header17: | Teams in Europe |
Data18: | Celtic, Dundee United, Kilmarnock, Rangers |
Header19: | Scotland national team |
Data20: | 1998 World Cup qualification, 1998 World Cup |
Data21: | ← 1996–97 1998–99 → |
The 1997–98 season was the 101st season of competitive football in Scotland. Celtic won the Premier Division championship, preventing rivals Rangers from winning a record 10th successive championship.[1]
See main article: 1997–98 Scottish Premier Division.
See main article: 1997–98 Scottish First Division.
See main article: 1997–98 Scottish Second Division.
See main article: 1997–98 Scottish Third Division.
width=140 | Competition | width=140 | Winner | width=80 | Score | width=140 | Runner-up | Report |
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Scottish Cup 1997–98 | Heart of Midlothian | 2 – 1 | Rangers | Wikipedia article | ||||
League Cup 1997–98 | Celtic | 3 – 0 | Dundee United | Wikipedia article | ||||
Challenge Cup 1997–98 | Falkirk | 1 – 0 | Queen of the South | Wikipedia article | ||||
Youth Cup | Heart of Midlothian | 2 – 0 | Dundee United | |||||
Junior Cup | Arthurlie | 4 – 0 | Pollok |
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Celtic | |||||
Heart of Midlothian |
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Celtic | |||||
Henrik Larsson | Celtic | ||||
Celtic |
Average coefficient – 3.125
See main article: Scotland national football team 1980–1999 results.
Date | Venue | Opponents | Competition | Scotland scorer(s) | ||
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7 September | Pittodrie, Aberdeen (H) | 4–1 | WCQG4 | Kevin Gallacher (2), David Hopkin (2) | ||
11 October | Celtic Park, Glasgow (H) | 2–0 | WCQG4 | Kevin Gallacher, Gordon Durie | ||
12 November | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St Etienne (A) | France | 1–2 | Friendly | Gordon Durie | |
25 March | Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H) | Denmark | 0–1 | Friendly | ||
22 April | Easter Road, Edinburgh (H) | Finland | 1–1 | Friendly | Darren Jackson | |
23 May | Giants Stadium, East Rutherford NJ (A) | Colombia | 2–2 | Friendly | John Collins, Craig Burley | |
30 May | RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington DC (A) | USA | 0–0 | Friendly | ||
10 June | Stade de France, Saint-Denis (N) | Brazil | 1–2 | WCGA | John Collins (pen.) | |
16 June | Stade Lescure, Bordeaux (N) | Norway | 1–1 | WCGA | Craig Burley | |
23 June | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St Etienne (N) | Morocco | 0–3 | WCGA |
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