| Club: | Molde |
| Season: | 1997 |
| Manager: | Åge Hareide |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Chairman: | Lars Erik Frisvold |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| Stadium: | Molde Stadion |
| League: | Tippeligaen |
| League Result: | 4th |
| Cup1: | Norwegian Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Second round vs. Stryn |
| League Topscorer: | Odd Inge Olsen (13) |
| Season Topscorer: | Odd Inge Olsen (13) |
| Average Attendance: | 3,965[1] |
| Prevseason: | 1996 |
| Nextseason: | 1998 |
The 1997 season was Molde's 22nd season in the top flight of Norwegian football. This season Molde competed in Tippeligaen and the Norwegian Cup.
In Tippeligaen, Molde finished in 4th position, 16 points behind winners Rosenborg.
Molde participated in the 1998 Norwegian Cup. They were knocked out in the second round by Stryn with the score 0-1.
As of end of season.
See main article: 1997 Tippeligaen.
See main article: 1997 Norwegian Football Cup.
|-|colspan="14"|Players away from Molde on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who left Molde during the season:|}
| width=60 | Rank | width=60 | Position | width=60 | width=60 | width=150 | Player | width=80 | Tippeligaen | width=80 | Norwegian Cup | width=80 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF |  | 10 | 13 | 0 | 13 | |||||||||
| 2 | MF | | 6 | 12 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 3 | DF | | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 4 | DF | | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 5 | DF |  | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 7 | FW | | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 8 | MF | | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| DF | | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| MF | | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| DF | | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| TOTALS | 47 | 3 | 50 | ||||||||||||