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| Season | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Vakhsh Kurgan-Tyube |
| Matches played | 155 |
| Goals scored | 538 (3.47 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Rustam Usmonov (20) |
← 1996 1998 → | |
The 1997 Tajik League season was the sixth season of the top division of the Tajikistan Football Federation. 13 teams competed in the 1997 season.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vakhsh Kurgan-Tyube (C) | 24 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 69 | 15 | +54 | 59 |
| 2 | Ranjbar Vosse | 24 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 58 | 26 | +32 | 55 |
| 3 | Khujand | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 51 | 20 | +31 | 52 |
| 4 | Saddam-Faizali Sarband | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 61 | 17 | +44 | 47 |
| 5 | Regar-TadAZ | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 43 |
| 6 | Ravshan Kulob | 24 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 40 |
| 7 | Sitora Dushanbe | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 37 |
| 8 | Shodmon Ghissar | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 33 |
| 9 | Khosilot Farkhor | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 38 | 76 | −38 | 24 |
| 10 | SKA-Panjshir | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 23 |
| 11 | Pakhtakor Kabadian | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 68 | −49 | 18 |
| 12 | Pofanda Dushanbe | 24 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 56 | −42 | 11 [lower-alpha 1] |
| 13 | Bokhtar Pyanj | 24 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 78 | −72 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] |
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