1997–98 Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga

Season	1997–98
Champions	FC Flora Tallinn
Top goalscorer	Konstantin Kolbasenko (18)
← 1996–97 1998 →

The 1997-1998 season in the premier Estonian league, named Meistriliiga, was the seventh domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 1991-08-20. Eight teams competed in this edition, with FC Flora Tallinn claiming the title.

After the first round, played in the autumn of 1997, the top six teams played off for title, taking half their points with them to the second round, which was staged in the spring of 1998. The bottom two entered a Premier Division Promotion Tournament with the top four of the First Division, named Esiliiga.

First round

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	FC Flora Tallinn	14	12	1	1	39	6	37 → 19
2	Sadam Tallinn	14	9	4	1	42	15	31 → 16
3	JK Viljandi Tulevik	14	6	2	6	21	20	20 → 10
4	FC Lantana Tallinn	14	5	4	5	20	17	19 → 10
5	FC Narva Trans	14	4	3	7	13	26	15 → 8
6	FC TVMK Tallinn	14	4	2	8	13	29	14 → 7
7	JK Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi	14	2	5	7	11	23	11
8	Lelle SK	14	3	1	10	11	34	10

Second round

Championship

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	FC Flora Tallinn	10	7	2	1	34	10	23 + 19 = 42
2	Sadam Tallinn	10	5	1	4	26	22	16 + 16 = 32
3	FC Lantana Tallinn	10	4	3	3	17	17	15 + 10 = 25
4	FC Narva Trans	10	5	1	4	14	19	16 + 8 = 24
5	JK Viljandi Tulevik	10	2	3	5	11	15	9 + 10 = 29
6	FC TVMK Tallinn	10	2	0	8	4	23	6 +7 = 21

Topscorers

Pos	Name	Team	Goals
1	Konstantin Kolbasenko	Sadam Tallinn	18
2	Andres Oper	FC Flora Tallinn	15
3	Indrek Zelinski	FC Flora Tallinn	13
4	Pål Christian Alsaker	FC Flora Tallinn	12
5	Toomas Krõm	FC Flora Tallinn	11
6	Argo Arbeiter	JK Viljandi Tulevik	9
–	Andrei Krõlov	Sadam Tallinn	9
–	Vitali Leitan	FC Lantana Tallinn	9
9	Marko Kristal	FC Flora Tallinn	8
–	Dmitry Lipartov	FC Narva Trans	8
11	Kristen Viikmäe	FC Flora Tallinn	7

See also

• 1997 in Estonian football
• 1998 in Estonian football

References

• Estonia - List of final tables (RSSSF)