1997–98 Esiliiga

Estonian football league season for second division
Football league season
Esiliiga
Season1997–98
ChampionsJK Vall Tallinn
Promoted—
RelegatedJK Dünamo Tallinn
Tallinna Jalgpallikool
Top goalscorerAleksei Titov
Andrei Afanassov (13)
← 1996–97
1998 →

The 1997–98 Esiliiga is the seventh season of the Esiliiga, second-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992.

Main tournament

Four best teams qualify to the Premier Division promotion play-off, other four to First Division promotion play-off.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 JK Vall Tallinn 14 12 1 1 43 13 +30 37
2 Olümp Maardu 14 10 0 4 43 21 +22 30
3 JK Dokker Tallinn 14 6 3 5 30 26 +4 21
4 JK Merkuur Tartu 14 6 3 5 23 21 +2 18[a]
5 JK Dünamo Tallinn 14 5 4 5 33 31 +2 16[a]
6 JK Kalev Sillamäe 14 4 2 8 21 33 −12 14
7 Pärnu JK 14 3 3 8 14 22 −8 12
8 Tallinna Jalgpallikool 14 2 0 12 12 52 −40 6
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Three points deducted for match fixing


Top scorers

Pos Name Team Gls
1 Aleksei Titov JK Vall Tallinn 13
Andrei Afanassov JK Vall Tallinn 13
3 Sergei Dõmov JK Dünamo Tallinn 12
4 Juri Volkov Olümp Maardu 9
5 Valeri Možžuhhin JK Dokker Tallinn 8
Vadim Dolinin JK Vall Tallinn 8
Eduard Potapenko JK Dünamo Tallinn 8

Premier Division promotion play-off

None of the four Esiliiga teams were able to finish in the top two, so that they all remain in the second level of Estonian football system.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Lelle SK 10 8 2 0 52 10 +42 26
2 Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 10 5 4 1 23 9 +14 19
3 JK Vall Tallinn 10 4 5 1 14 3 +11 17
4 JK Dokker Tallinn 10 2 2 6 11 28 −17 8
5 Olümp Maardu 10 2 1 7 10 40 −30 7
6 JK Merkuur Tartu 10 0 4 6 9 29 −20 4
Source: [citation needed]

Top scorers

Pos Name Team Gls
1 Dmitri Ustritski Lelle SK 13
2 Ruslan Musayev Lelle SK 9
3 Meelis Rooba Lelle SK 8
4 Erik Šteinberg Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 5
Janek Taan Lelle SK 5

First Division promotion play-off

Veteran Kohtla-Järve and KSK Vigri Tallinn were the two lucky teams to be promoted, both from Second Division Northern zone. On the other hand, two teams, JK Dünamo Tallinn and Tallinna Jalgpallikool, were relegated.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Veteran Kohtla-Järve (P) 14 10 2 2 25 14 +11 32
2 KSK Vigri Tallinn (P) 14 9 5 0 46 16 +30 32
3 Pärnu JK 14 8 4 2 30 17 +13 28
4 JK Kalev Sillamäe 14 5 4 5 20 17 +3 19
5 JK Dünamo Tallinn (R) 14 3 4 7 30 37 −7 13
6 FC Hiiu Kalur Kärdla 14 3 4 7 18 28 −10 13
7 FC Lelle 14 2 4 8 14 28 −14 10
8 Tallinna Jalgpallikool (R) 14 1 3 10 7 39 −32 6
Source: [citation needed]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

See also