1997–98 Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga
Season1997–98
ChampionsFlora
(3rd title)
Top goalscorerKonstantin 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

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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.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Flora 14 12 1 1 39 6 +33 37 Qualification for Championship Tournament
2 Tallinna Sadam 14 9 4 1 42 15 +27 31
3 Tulevik 14 6 2 6 21 20 +1 20
4 Lantana 14 5 4 5 20 17 +3 19
5 Narva Trans 14 4 3 7 13 26 −13 15
6 TVMK 14 4 2 8 13 29 −16 14
7 Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 14 2 5 7 11 23 −12 11 Qualification for Meistriliiga Transition Tournament
8 Lelle 14 3 1 10 11 34 −23 10
Source: rsssf.com

Results

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Home \ Away JEP FLO LAN LEL SAD TRS TUL TVM
Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–2
Flora 4–0 2–1 7–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 3–0
Lantana 1–1 0–3 2–0 2–2 3–0 3–1 2–1
Lelle 3–0 0–5 2–1 0–5 1–2 0–1 0–2
Tallinna Sadam 4–1 0–1 1–0 4–1 4–0 3–3 7–1
Narva Trans 1–0 0–5 0–0 0–0 2–4 0–2 2–0
Tulevik 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–1 1–2 2–3 1–2
TVMK 0–2 0–2 1–3 2–1 0–3 2–1 0–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Tournament

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

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Flora (C) 10 7 2 1 34 10 +24 19 42 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Tallinna Sadam 10 5 1 4 26 22 +4 16 32 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Lantana 10 4 3 3 13 9 +4 10 25 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
4 Narva Trans 10 5 1 4 14 19 −5 8 24
5 Tulevik 10 2 3 5 11 15 −4 10 19 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
6 TVMK 10 2 0 8 4 23 −19 7 13
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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Home \ Away FLO LAN SAD TRS TUL TVM
Flora 2–3 5–0 6–2 0–0 4–0
Lantana 1–3 3–3 0–0 1–1 2–0
Tallinna Sadam 2–5 4–1 5–1 1–3 5–0
Narva Trans 1–4 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–1
Tulevik 1–1 2–3 2–3 0–4 0–1
TVMK 0–4 1–3 0–2 0–1 1–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Meistriliiga Transition Tournament

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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 Promotion or relegation
1 Lelle 10 8 2 0 52 10 +42 26 Promotion to Meistriliiga
2 Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 10 5 4 1 23 9 +14 19
3 Vall 10 4 5 1 14 3 +11 17 Relegation to 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 29 −20 4
Source: rsssf.com

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Estonia Konstantin Kolbasenko Tallinna Sadam 18
2 Estonia Andres Oper Flora 15
3 Estonia Indrek Zelinski Flora 13
4 Norway Pål Christian Alsaker Flora 12
5 Estonia Toomas Krõm Flora 13
6 Estonia Argo Arbeiter Tulevik 9
Estonia Andrei Krõlov Tallinna Sadam
Estonia Vitali Leitan Lantana
9 Estonia Marko Kristal Flora 8
Russia Dmitri Lipartov Narva Trans

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Estonia - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.