The French football club SC Bastia in its 1997–98 season finished in the 13th place in the league. The top scorer of the season, scoring 9 goals in 5 league matches, wasn Ermin Šiljak. The club was eliminated from the Coupe de France round of 64. In the Coupe de la Ligue it was able to reach the round of 32 teams. It also became the Intertoto Cup winner and advanced to the second round of the UEFA Cup.
Transfers
In
Summer
Éric Durand and Frédéric Mendy from Martigues
Laurent Casanova and Christophe Deguerville from Lyon
Pascual Garrido from Boca Juniors
Franck Jurietti from Gueugnon
Pierre-Yves André from Rennes
Jean-Jacques Etamé from Cannes
Nenad Jestrović from OFK Belgrade
Ľubomír Moravčík from Sion
Prince Daye from Invincible Eleven
Hervé Sekli and François Modesto from Bastia B
Winter
Ali Boumnijel from Gueugnon
Ardian Kozniku from APOEL
Pierre Laurent from Leeds United
Nicolas Penneteau from Bastia B
Out
Summer
Patrick Valéry to Blackburn Rovers
Ľubomír Moravčík, Jean-Jacques Eydelie and Pascal Camadini to Sion
Laurent Moracchini to Nancy
Didier Santini to Toulouse
Pierre Maroselli to Rennes
Anto Drobnjak to Lens
Franck Vandecasteele to Nice
Jamie Fullarton to Crystal Palace
Laurent Weber to Troyes
Winter
Ermin Siljak to Servette
Jean-Jacques Etamé to Saint-Louisienne
Squad
French Division 1
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coupe de France
Coupe de la Ligue
Europe
UEFA Intertoto Cup
Group stage
Matches
Qualifying
UEFA Cup
First round
Bastia won 1–0 on aggregate.
Second round
Steaua Bucharest 3–3 Bastia on aggregate. Steaua Bucharest won on away goals rule.