The 1997–98 season of the Jupiler League was held between August 8, 1997, and May 10, 1998.

Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062.

became champions.

Promoted teams

These teams were promoted from the

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at the start of the season: *

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(second division champions) *

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(playoff winner)

Relegated teams

These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season: *

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Brugge's title success

Club Brugge ended in first place 18 points ahead of

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Battle for Europe

Sporting Anderlecht finally qualified for the

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by ending in 4th place as Genk (2nd) and Brugge (1st) played the

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final. The third team to qualify for the UEFA Cup was

Germinal Ekeren Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club (), simply known as Beerschot AC, was a Belgian football club based in southern Antwerp. Beerschot played in the Belgian Pro League from 1999–2000 (as Germinal Beerschot) until 2012–13, when they were r ...

(3rd).

The relegation dog fight

RWDM was relegated following a 1-1 draw at

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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

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by 5-1.

Final league table

Results

Top goal scorers

References

Sport.be website
– Archive Belgian Pro League seasons

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