1997–98 Liga Indonesia Premier Division

The 1997–98 Liga Indonesia Premier Division (known as the Liga Kansas for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the Liga Indonesia Premier Division, the top division of Indonesian football. There were 31 teams involved in this season. Persebaya were the defending champions, and were leading when the season was abandoned by order of the military on 25 May 1998 due to political and economic turmoil in the country. At that point, 234 matches had been played out of the 317 scheduled.

Team changes
The number of teams dropped from 33 to 31 this season.

Relegated to First Division

 * Mataram Indocement
 * Persedikab
 * Persijatim

Promoted to Premier Division

 * Persikabo
 * Persikota
 * PSIM

Disbanded

 * ASGS
 * Bandung Raya

Name changes

 * Pelita Jaya changed their name to Pelita Jakarta.

Top goalscorer

 * 🇮🇩 Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto (Pelita Jakarta) is the top goalscorer of Liga Indonesia 1997-1998 with 20 goals.