| Competition: | Belgian First Division |
| Season: | 1997–1998 |
| Winners: | Club Brugge |
| Relegated: | RWDM Antwerp |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Club Brugge |
| Continentalcup2: | Cup Winners' Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Racing Genk |
| Continentalcup3: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Beerschot AC Anderlecht |
| Continentalcup4: | Intertoto Cup |
| Continentalcup4 Qualifiers: | RC Harelbeke Lommel |
| League Topscorer: | Branko Strupar (22) |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 904 |
| Prevseason: | 1996–97 |
| Nextseason: | 1998-99 |
The 1997–98 season of the Jupiler League was held between August 8, 1997, and May 10, 1998. Club Brugge became champions.
These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:
These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season:
Club Brugge ended in first place 18 points ahead of Racing Genk.
Sporting Anderlecht finally qualified for the UEFA Cup by ending in 4th place as Genk (2nd) and Brugge (1st) played the Cup final. The third team to qualify for the UEFA Cup was Germinal Ekeren (3rd).
RWDM was relegated following a 1-1 draw at Charleroi as the newcomer Beveren managed to draw against Germinal Ekeren on the 33rd matchday. With 4 points more than RWDM the club from Waasland then lost to Anderlecht on the last matchday whereas RWDM easily beat Lokeren by 5-1.
| Scorer | Goals | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Branko Strupar | 22 | Racing Genk | |
 Tomasz Radzinski | 19 | Germinal Ekeren | |
| Peter Lässen | 15 | Eendracht Aalst | |
 Gunther Hofmans | 15 | Germinal Ekeren | |
| Souleymane Oularé | 14 | Racing Genk |