1997–98 Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga
Season 1997–98
Champions Flora
(3rd title)
Top goalscorer Konstantin Nahk (18)
1998

The 1997–98 Meistriliiga was the seventh season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Flora won their third title.

Preliminary Round

The preliminary round was played in the autumn. The top six teams continued the title play-off in the spring, taking half their points obtained in the preliminary round. The last two teams faced the top four of the Esiliiga in the Meistriliiga transition tournament.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Pts taken
1 Flora 14 12 1 1 39 6+33 37 Qualification for Championship Tournament 37 → 19
2 Tallinna Sadam 14 9 4 1 42 15+27 31 31 → 16
3 Tulevik 14 6 2 6 21 20+1 20 20 → 10
4 Lantana 14 5 4 5 20 17+3 19 19 → 10
5 Narva Trans 14 4 3 7 13 2613 15 15 → 8
6 TVMK 14 4 2 8 13 2916 14 14 → 7
7 Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 14 2 5 7 11 2312 11 Qualification for Meistriliiga Transition Tournament
8 Lelle 14 3 1 10 11 3423 10

Championship Tournament

The points obtained during the preliminary round were carried over halved and rounded up.

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Flora (C) 10 7 2 1 34 10 +24 42 UEFA Champions League 1998-99 First qualifying round
2 Tallinna Sadam 10 5 1 4 26 22 +4 32 1998–99 UEFA Cup First qualifying round
3 Lantana 10 4 3 3 13 9 +4 25 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round
4 Trans 10 5 1 4 14 19 5 24
5 Tulevik 10 2 3 5 11 15 4 19 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
6 TVMK 10 2 0 8 4 23 19 13

Meistriliiga Transition Tournament

Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi and Lelle, the teams finishing in the last two positions in the preliminary round, faced four best teams of the 1997-98 Esiliiga in the play-off for two places in the 1998 Meistriliiga.

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Lelle 10 8 2 0 52 10 +42 26 1998 Meistriliiga
2 Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 10 5 4 1 23 9 +14 19
3 Vall 10 4 5 1 14 3+11 17 1998 Esiliiga
4 Dokker 10 2 2 6 11 28 17 8
5 Olümpia 10 2 1 7 7 10 3 7
6 Merkuur 10 0 4 6 9 2920 4

Topscorers

Pos  Name Team Goals
1Konstantin NahkSadam Tallinn18
2Andres OperFC Flora Tallinn15
3Indrek ZelinskiFC Flora Tallinn13
4Pål Christian AlsakerFC Flora Tallinn12
5Toomas KrõmFC Flora Tallinn11
6Argo ArbeiterJK Viljandi Tulevik9
Andrei KrõlovSadam Tallinn9
Vitali LeitanFC Lantana Tallinn9
9Marko KristalFC Flora Tallinn8
Dmitry LipartovFC Narva Trans8
11Kristen ViikmäeFC Flora Tallinn7

See also

References

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