1997 in Armenian football
Player Team Goals
1 Arthur Petrosyan Shirak 18
2 Sevada Arzumanyan Erebuni-Homenmen 13
3 Mkrtich Hovhannisyan Kotayk 11
4 Varazdat Avetisyan Pyunik 10
Tigran Yesayan Yerevan 10
Promotion and relegation play-off -- Top goalscorers
The 1997 season was the sixth season of independent football in Armenia following the split-up from the Soviet Union. It was the return to the summer competition format after using the winter competition format for two seasons. The Armenian Premier League for 1997 existed of 10 teams of which the lowest ranked team would relegate to the Armenian First League and would be replaced by the champions of that league.