The 1997–98 Liga Leumit season began on 2 August 1997 and ended on 9 May 1998, with Beitar Jerusalem win their second consecutive title.

That season had two rounds, each team played the other teams twice. The two teams that were relegated to Liga Artzit were: Hapoel Ashkelon and Hapoel Be'er Sheva.

Two team from Liga Artzit were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Ashkelon and Maccabi Ironi Ashdod. The two teams relegated were: Hapoel Tayibe and Hapoel Tzafririm Holon.

[edit] Final table

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	±	Pts	Comments
1	Beitar Jerusalem (C)	30	20	9	1	71	33	+38	69	UEFA Champions League Qualifying Round
2	Hapoel Tel Aviv	30	21	5	4	44	16	+28	68	UEFA Cup Qualifying Round
3	Hapoel Haifa	30	17	9	4	59	27	+32	60	UEFA Intertoto Cup 1st round
4	Maccabi Haifa	30	15	7	8	49	34	+15	52	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying Round1
5	Hapoel Petah Tikva	30	12	6	12	41	41	0	42
6	Maccabi Tel Aviv	30	10	9	11	42	35	+7	39
7	Hapoel Kfar Saba	30	10	8	12	39	39	0	38
8	Maccabi Herzliya	30	9	9	12	37	40	-3	36
9	Maccabi Petah Tikva	30	8	12	10	27	31	-4	36
10	Ironi Rishon LeZion	30	10	6	14	42	52	-10	36
11	Hapoel Jerusalem	30	8	10	12	35	45	-10	34
12	Maccabi Ironi Ashdod	30	8	9	13	39	57	-18	33
13	Hapoel Beit She'an	30	8	7	15	35	51	-16	31
14	Bnei Yehuda	30	8	7	15	26	42	-16	31
15	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (R)	30	7	9	14	38	57	-19	30	Relegation to Liga Artzit
16	Hapoel Ashkelon (R)	30	5	6	19	26	50	-24	19 2

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; ± = Goal difference; Pts = Points
C = Champions; R = Relegated
1. Maccabi Haifa won the Israeli State Cup and was awarded with entry to the Cup Winners Cup.
2. Deducted 2 points.

[edit] Top scorers

Pos	Nat	Player	Team	Goals
1st		Alon Mizrahi	Maccabi Haifa	18
2nd		Ofer Shitrit	Hapoel Tel Aviv	17
3rd		István Salloi	Beitar Jerusalem	16
4th		Yossi Benayoun	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	15
		István Pisont	Beitar Jerusalem	15
6th		Eli Driks	Maccabi Tel Aviv	14
7th		Assi Tubi	Hapoel Jerusalem	13
8th		Motti Kakoun	Hapoel Petah Tikva	12
		Nir Sevilia	Beitar Jerusalem	12
10th		Liron Basis	Hapoel Haifa	11

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