The 1997–98 Divizia D was the 56th season of the Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The champions of each county association play against one from a neighboring county in a play-off match played on a neutral venue. The winners of the play-off matches promoted to Divizia C.
Promotion play-off
The matches was scheduled to be played on 28 May 1998.
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County leagues
Alba (AB) Arad (AR) Argeș (AG) Bacău (BC) Bihor (BH) Bistrița-Năsăud (BN) Botoșani (BT) Brașov (BV) Brăila (BR) Bucharest (B) Buzău (BZ)
Caraș-Severin (CS) Călărași (CL) Cluj (CJ) Constanța (CT) Covasna (CV) Dâmbovița (DB) Dolj (DJ) Galați (GL) Giurgiu (GR) Gorj (GJ) Harghita (HR)
Hunedoara (HD) Ialomița (IL) Iași (IS) Ilfov (IF) Maramureș (MM) Mehedinți (MH) Mureș (MS) Neamț (NT) Olt (OT) Prahova (PH)
Satu Mare (SM) Sălaj (SJ) Sibiu (SB) Suceava (SV) Teleorman (TR) Timiș (TM) Tulcea (TL) Vaslui (VS) Vâlcea (VL) Vrancea (VN)
Arad County
Caraș-Severin County
Covasna County
Dolj County
Relegation play-off
The 15th and 16th-placed teams of the Divizia D faces the 2nd placed teams from the two series of Dolj County Championship. The matches was played on 20 May 1998 on neutral ground at Segarcea and Băilești.