Estonia Master League (Meistriliiga) 1997/98

Thanks to Indrek Petersoo (petersoo@sl.ee) and Jaan Roos (punk@ut.ee).

Fall Season

Table:

 1.FC Flora Tallinn           14 12  1  1  39- 6 37   
 2.Tallina Sadam              14  9  4  1  42-15 31   
 3.JK Tulevik Viljandi        14  6  2  6  21-20 20    
 4.FC Lantana Tallinn         14  5  4  5  20-17 19
 5.Trans Narva                14  4  3  7  13-26 15   
 6.Tallina VMK                14  4  2  8  13-29 14
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 7.Jõhvi EP                   14  2  5  7  11-23 11  
 8.Lelle SK                   14  3  1 10  11-34 10 

Name changes before season:
 
Lelle SK moved to Viljandi and are now Tulevik Viljandi.
Vall Tallinn had financial problems, sold its Master League place to
FC Lelle (2nd level), who were then renamed Lelle SK.
Marlekor Tallinn changed sponsor and now are TVMK Tallinn.

First six qualify for championship playoff in Spring, final two
play off against relegation.

[Jõhvi EP and Lelle SK play in promotion/relegation round with top-4
 of first league.]

Topscorers:
11 Konstantin Kolbassenko  Sadam
   Toomas Krõm  Sadam
 8 Andres Oper  Flora
 7 Marko Kristal  Flora
 6 Pal Alsaker (NOR)  Flora
   Argo Arbeiter  Tulevik
   Kristen Viikmäe  Flora
 5 Marius Dovydenas (LIT)  Tulevik
   Andrei Krõlov  Sadam
   Boris Nejolov  Trans
   Anatoli Novozhilov  TVMK

Spring Season:

Table:

 1.FC Flora Tallinn           10  7  2  1  34-10 42  [19]  Champions
 2.Tallina Sadam              10  5  1  4  26-22 32  [16]
 3.FC Lantana Tallinn         10  4  3  3  17-17 25  [10]
 4.Trans Narva                10  5  1  4  14-19 24  [ 8]
 5.JK Tulevik Viljandi        10  2  3  5  11-15 19  [10]
 6.Tallina VMK                10  2  0  8   4-23 13  [ 7]

[Teams carry half the points of fall season as bonus for spring season.]

Top scorer
Kolbassenko (Sadam) 17

NB: the autumn/fall rhythm will be changed to spring/fall for 1999; a
transitional fall championship will be played in 1998.