| Competition: | Azerbaijan Top League |
| Season: | 1997–98 |
| Winners: | Kapaz |
| Relegated: | Azerbaijan U-18 Qarabağ Kur Nur Khazri Buzovna |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Kapaz |
| Continentalcup2: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Dinamo Baku |
| Continentalcup3: | Cup Winners' Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Qarabağ |
| Continentalcup4: | Intertoto Cup |
| Continentalcup4 Qualifiers: | Bakı Fahlasi |
| League Topscorer: | Nazim Aliyev (23) |
| Prevseason: | 1996–97 |
| Nextseason: | 1998–99 |
The 1997–98 Azerbaijan Top League was the seventh season of the Azerbaijan Top League, since their independence from the USSR in August 1991, and was contested by 15 clubs. Kapaz won their second title and Qarabağ and the Azerbaijan U-18 team were relegated. Khazri Buzovna pulled out of the league and dissolved after 8 games, as did Kur Nur at the end of the season.
| Team | Venue | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azerbaijan U-18 | |||
| Bakılı Baku | Shafa Stadium (IV field) | 8,152 | |
| Bakı Fahlasi | Ismat Gayibov Stadium | 5,000 | |
| Dinamo Baku | Tofik Bakhramov Stadium | 29,858 | |
| Kapaz | Ganja City Stadium | 26,120 | |
| Khazri Buzovna | |||
| Khazar Sumgayit | |||
| Kur Nur | Yashar Mammadzade Stadium | 5,000 | |
| MOIK Baku | Shafa Stadium (IV field) | 8,152 | |
| Neftchi Baku | Tofik Bakhramov Stadium | 29,858 | |
| Qarabağ Ağdam | Guzanli Olympic Stadium1 | 15,000 | |
| Qarabağ Bärdä | Barda City Stadium | 10,000 | |
| Shamkir | |||
| Turan Tovuz | Tovuz City Stadium | 10,000 | |
| Viləş Masallı | Anatoliy Banishevskiy Stadium | 8,000 |
1Qarabağ played their home matches at Surakhani Stadium in Baku before moving to their current stadium on 3 May 2009.[1]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[2] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nazim Aliyev | Dinamo Baku / Khazar Sumgayit | 23 | |
| 2 | Badri Kvaratskhelia | Kapaz | 20 | |
| 3 | Farrukh Ismayilov | Dinamo | 14 | |
| Vadim Vasilyev | Bakı Fahlasi | 14 | ||
| 5 | Samir Aliyev | Bakili / MOIK | 13 | |
| 6 | Yalçın Bağırov | Qarabağ / Dinamo | 10 | |
| Vüqar Qəmbərov | Bakili | 10 | ||
| Mushfig Huseynov | Qarabağ | 10 | ||
| 9 | Gurban Gurbanov | Neftchi | 9 | |
| 10 | Ceyhun Tanrıverdiyev | MOIK / Kapaz | 8 |