1997–98 Meistriliiga
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The 1997–98 Meistriliiga was the seventh season of the
Meistriliiga Meistriliiga (), officially known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons, and commonly known as the Premium Liiga, is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded i ...
, Estonia's premier football league.
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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 The Esiliiga is the second division in the Estonian football league system. The Esiliiga is ranked below the Meistriliiga and above the Esiliiga B. As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts in March and ends ...
in the Meistriliiga transition tournament.


League table


Results


Championship Tournament

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


League table


Results


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 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 1997–98 Esiliiga#Premier Division prom ...
in the play-off for two places in the
1998 Meistriliiga The 1998 Meistriliiga was the eighth season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. The season was unusually short, played in the second half of 1998 to switch back to Nordic spring-to-autumn season format in the next year. Flora ...
.


Top scorers


See also

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1997 in Estonian football The 1997 in football (soccer), 1997 season was the sixth full year of competitive football (soccer) in Estonia since gaining independence from the Soviet Union on 20 August 1991. National Leagues Meistriliiga Esiliiga Estonian FA Cup Sem ...
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1998 in Estonian football The 1998 season was the seventh full year of competitive football (soccer) in Estonia since gaining independence from the Soviet Union on 20 August 1991. National Leagues Meistriliiga Esiliiga Estonian FA Cup Final Estonian Super Cup ...


References


Estonia - List of final tables (RSSSF)
Meistriliiga seasons 1998 in Estonian football 1997 in Estonian football
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