{{No footnotes|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox football league season | competition = [[Vietnamese Super League|Vietnamese National First Division]] | season = 1997 | dates = 9 March – 16 November | winners = '''[[Hồ Chí Minh City F.C.|Cảng Sài Gòn]]''' (3rd title) | runners-up = | relegated = [[An Giang FC|An Giang]]<br>[[Vinh Long FC|Vĩnh Long]] | continentalcup1 = [[1998–99 Asian Club Championship|Asian Club Championship]] | continentalcup1 qualifiers = Cảng Sài Gòn | continentalcup2 = [[1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup|Asian Cup Winners' Cup]] | continentalcup2 qualifiers = [[Customs FC|Hải Quan]] | continentalcup3 = | continentalcup3 qualifiers = | league topscorer = [[Lê Huỳnh Đức]]<br>(16 goals) | biggest home win = | biggest away win = | highest scoring = | total goals = 314 | matches = 132 | longest wins = | longest unbeaten = | longest losses = | highest attendance = | lowest attendance = | average attendance = | prevseason = [[1996 V-League|1996<br>National Elite Football Championship]] | nextseason = [[1998 V-League|1998]] }} The '''1997 Vietnamese National First Division''' was the 15th season of the [[V.League 1|National Football Championship]] in Vietnam, played from 9 March until 16 November 1997.
Starting from this season, the league name was changed from National Elite Football Championship to '''National First Division'''.<ref>[https://www.vff.org.vn/uploads/docs/1997.pdf Giải VĐQG 1997 - VFF]</ref>
==Standings== {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |team1=CSG|name_CSG=[[Hồ Chí Minh City F.C.|Cảng Sài Gòn]] |status_CSG=C |team2=SLNA|name_SLNA=[[Song Lam Nghe An FC|Sông Lam Nghệ An]] |team3=LDG|name_LDG=[[Lâm Đồng F.C.|Lâm Đồng]] |team4=TC |name_TC =[[Thể Công F.C.|Thể Công]] |team5=HCM|name_HCM=[[Hồ Chí Minh City Police F.C.|Công An TP.HCM]] |team6=HQN|name_HQN=[[Hải Quan F.C.|Hải Quan]] |team7=DTP|name_DTP=[[Đồng Tháp F.C.|Đồng Tháp]] |team8=HPG|name_HPG=[[Haiphong FC|Công An Hải Phòng]] |team9=KKH|name_KKH=[[Khatoco Khánh Hòa F.C.|Khánh Hòa]] |team10=HN |name_HN =[[Cong An Hanoi FC|Công An Hà Nội]] |team11=ANG|name_ANG=[[An Giang F.C.|An Giang]] |team12=VLG|name_VLG=[[Vinh Long FC|Vĩnh Long]] |win_SLNA=11|draw_SLNA=3|loss_SLNA=8|gf_SLNA=28|ga_SLNA=17 |win_HQN=9|draw_HQN=4|loss_HQN=9|gf_HQN=24|ga_HQN=21 |win_HCM=8|draw_HCM=7|loss_HCM=7|gf_HCM=36|ga_HCM=31 |win_TC =8|draw_TC =8|loss_TC =6|gf_TC =28|ga_TC =21 |win_DTP=8|draw_DTP=6|loss_DTP=8|gf_DTP=19|ga_DTP=21 |win_ANG=7|draw_ANG=4|loss_ANG=11|gf_ANG=25|ga_ANG=40 |win_CSG=12|draw_CSG=4|loss_CSG=6|gf_CSG=22|ga_CSG=15 |win_HN =8|draw_HN =4|loss_HN =10|gf_HN =32|ga_HN =38 |win_LDG=11|draw_LDG=2|loss_LDG=9|gf_LDG=26|ga_LDG=25 |win_KKH=8|draw_KKH=4|loss_KKH=10|gf_KKH=20|ga_KKH=23 |win_HPG=9|draw_HPG=2|loss_HPG=11|gf_HPG=38|ga_HPG=38 |win_VLG=3|draw_VLG=12|loss_VLG=7|gf_VLG=18|ga_VLG=26 |update=complete|source=[https://www.vff.org.vn/uploads/docs/1997.pdf VFF] |result1=ACC |result6=ACWC |result11=REL |result12=REL |res_col_header=QR |col_ACC=green1 | text_ACC=Qualification for [[1998–99 Asian Club Championship|Asian Club Championship]] |col_ACWC=blue1 | text_ACWC=Qualification for [[1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup|Asian Cup Winners' Cup]] |col_REL=red1 | text_REL= Relegation to Second Division }}
{{winners||Vietnam National Elite Football Championship<br />Champions|[[Hồ Chí Minh City F.C.|Cảng Sài Gòn]]|3rd}}
== References == {{Reflist}} *[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesv/viet97.html 1997 V-League] at RSSSF {{V-League}}
[[Category:V.League 1 seasons]] [[Category:1997 in Vietnamese football|1]] [[Category:1997 in Asian men's top-tier association football leagues|Vietnam]]