The 1997 WAFU Club Championship was the 19th football club tournament season that took place for the runners-up or third place of each West African country's domestic league, the West African Club Championship. It was won by Ghana's Ghapoha Readers after defeating Niger's JS Ténéré in the second leg. More than last season and fewer than in 1995, seven clubs took part.
Ghapoha Readers directly headed to the quarterfinals