# 1997 Jordan League

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Football league season

Jordan Premier League Season 1997 Champions Al-Wehdat (7th title) Relegated Al-Baqa'a Al-Karmal Matches 90 Goals 282 (3.13 per match) Top goalscorer Subhi Suleiman (Al-Faisaly- 15 goals) ← 1996 1998 →

The **1997 Jordan League** was the 47th season of [Jordan Premier League](/source/Jordan_Premier_League), the top-flight league for Jordanian [association football](/source/Association_football) clubs. The championship was won by [Al-Wehdat](/source/Al-Wehdat_SC), while [Al-Baqa'a](/source/Al-Baqa'a_Club), and Al-Karmal were relegated. A total of 10 teams participated.

## Teams

Jordanian League 1997 Club Location Stadium Capacity Year formed Al-Faisaly Amman Amman International Stadium 17,619 1932 Al-Hussein Irbid Al-Hassan Stadium 12,000 1964 Al Qadisiyah Amman Amman International Stadium 17,619 Al-Jazeera Amman Amman International Stadium 17,619 1947 Al-Ramtha Ar Ramtha Al-Hassan Stadium 12,000 1966 Al-Karmel Irbid Al-Hassan Stadium 12,000 1969 Al-Wehdat Amman Amman International Stadium 17,619 1956 Shabab Al-Hussein Amman Amman International Stadium 17,619 1954 Al-Baqa'a Balqa Governorate Amman International Stadium 17,619 1968 Al-Ahly Amman Amman International Stadium 17,619 1944

### Map

[Al-Faisaly](/source/Al-Faisaly_SC_(Amman))
 [Al-Jazeera](/source/Al-Jazeera_(Amman))
[Al-Ahli](/source/Al-Ahli_SC_(Amman))
 [Al-Wehdat](/source/Al-Wehdat_SC)
[Al Qadisiya](/source/Shabab_Al_Ordon_Al_Qadisiya)
[Shabab Al-Hussein](/source/Shabab_Al-Hussein)

[Al-Hussein](/source/Al-Hussein_SC_(Irbid))
[Al-Karmel](/source/Al-Karmel_SC)

[Al-Baqa'a](/source/Al-Baqa'a_Club)

[Al-Ramtha](/source/Al-Ramtha_SC)

Location of clubs in Jordan for the 1997 Premier League season

## League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation 1 Al-Wehdat 18 15 2 1 36 5 +31 47 Champions 2 Al-Faisaly 18 15 1 2 59 15 +44 46 3 Al-Hussein Irbid 18 8 4 6 30 26 +4 28 4 Al-Ramtha 18 7 6 5 26 20 +6 27 5 Al-Ahli 18 6 5 7 32 34 −2 23 6 Al-Jazeera 18 7 2 9 24 34 −10 23 7 Al-Qadissiyyah 18 6 4 8 21 25 −4 22 8 Shabab Al-Hussein 18 5 4 9 22 29 −7 19 9 Al-Baqa'a 18 3 2 13 17 40 −23 11 Relegated 10 Al-Karmel 18 2 2 14 15 54 −39 8

Source: [RSSSF](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jord97.html)

## References

- ["Jordan 1997"](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/jord97.html). *[RSSSF](/source/RSSSF)*. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

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