1997–98 Egyptian Premier League

16 teams participated in the 1997–98 Egyptian Premier League season. The first team in the league was the champion, and qualified to CAF Champions League, while the runner up qualified to the CAF Cup. The season started on 27 September 1997 and concluded on 9 June 1998. Al Ahly won the league for the 27th time in the club's history.

Egyptian Premier League

Dates	27 September 1997 – 9 June 1998
Champions	Al Ahly (27th title)
Relegated	Ghazl Suez Suez El Minya El Shams
CAF Champions League	Al Ahly (1st)
CAF Cup	Zamalek
African Cup Winners' Cup	Al Masry
Matches played	241
Goals scored	560 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Abdel Hamid Bassiouny (15 Goals)
← 1996–1997 1998–99 →

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Ahly (C)	30	20	8	2	48	17	+31	68	1999 CAF Champions League
2	Zamalek	30	17	11	2	50	21	+29	62	1999 CAF Cup
3	El Mokawloon	30	14	11	5	51	21	+30	53
4	Al Masry	30	13	9	8	37	32	+5	48	1999 African Cup Winners' Cup
5	Ismaily	30	12	11	7	48	27	+21	47
6	El Mansoura	30	11	9	10	35	36	−1	42
7	Al Ittihad	30	10	10	10	31	28	+3	40
8	El Qanah	30	11	6	13	28	41	−13	39
9	Ghazl El Mahalla	30	9	9	12	26	32	−6	36
10	Aswan	30	9	8	13	34	44	−10	35
11	Mazarea Dina	30	9	7	14	37	46	−9	34
12	Baladeyet El Mahalla	30	8	9	13	28	34	−6	33
13	Ghazl Suez	30	8	9	13	27	37	−10	33	Relegation to Egyptian Second Division
14	Suez	30	8	7	15	21	34	−13	31
15	El Minya	30	6	7	17	27	49	−22	25
16	El Shams	30	5	9	16	30	59	−29	24

Source:
(C) Champions

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Abdel Hamid Bassiouny	Zamalek	15
2	Ahmed Sary	Al Ittihad	13
3	Mohamed Salah Abo Gresha	Ismaily	12
4	Abdel Naser Mohamed	El Mokawloon	8
5	Emad Shaker	Aswan	7