1997–98 Meistriliiga

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Flora
(3rd title)
Top goalscorerKonstantin Nahk (18)

The 1997–98 Meistriliiga was the seventh season of the

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.

League table

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

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

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

League table

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

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

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

Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1
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
Dmitri Lipartov
Narva Trans

See also

References

  1. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
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