| Competition: | Veikkausliiga |
| Season: | 1997 |
| Prevseason: | 1996 |
| Nextseason: | 1998 |
Statistics of Veikkausliiga in the 1997 season.
It was contested by 10 teams, and HJK Helsinki won the championship.
Haka Valkeakoski as winners of the 1997 Finnish Cup from the lower division qualified for the qualifying round of the 1998–99 Cup Winners' Cup.