:1997–98 Meistriliiga

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.

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|team1=FLO|name_FLO=Flora

|team2=SAD|name_SAD=Tallinna Sadam

|team3=TUL|name_TUL=Tulevik

|team4=LAN|name_LAN=Lantana

|team5=NAR|name_NAR=Narva Trans

|team6=TVM|name_TVM=TVMK

|team7=JEP|name_JEP=Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi

|team8=LEL|name_LEL=Lelle

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|win_SAD=9|draw_SAD=4|loss_SAD=1|gf_SAD=42|ga_SAD=15

|win_TUL=6|draw_TUL=2|loss_TUL=6|gf_TUL=21|ga_TUL=20

|win_LAN=5|draw_LAN=4|loss_LAN=5|gf_LAN=20|ga_LAN=17

|win_NAR=4|draw_NAR=3|loss_NAR=7|gf_NAR=13|ga_NAR=26

|win_TVM=4|draw_TVM=2|loss_TVM=8|gf_TVM=13|ga_TVM=29

|win_JEP=2|draw_JEP=5|loss_JEP=7|gf_JEP=11|ga_JEP=23

|win_LEL=3|draw_LEL=1|loss_LEL=10|gf_LEL=11|ga_LEL=34

|col_QC=green1|text_QC=Qualification for Championship Tournament

|result1=QC|result2=QC|result3=QC|result4=QC|result5=QC|result6=QC

|col_QM=red1|text_QM=Qualification for Meistriliiga Transition Tournament

|result7=QM|result8=QM

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|team6=TRS|team7=TUL|team8=TVM

|name_JEP=Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi

|match_JEP_FLO=0–1

|match_JEP_LAN=0–0

|match_JEP_LEL=1–2

|match_JEP_SAD=1–1

|match_JEP_TRS=2–2

|match_JEP_TUL=1–0

|match_JEP_TVM=2–2

|name_FLO=Flora

|match_FLO_JEP=4–0

|match_FLO_LAN=2–1

|match_FLO_LEL=7–0

|match_FLO_SAD=2–2

|match_FLO_TRS=1–0

|match_FLO_TUL=2–0

|match_FLO_TVM=3–0

|name_LAN=Lantana

|match_LAN_JEP=1–1

|match_LAN_FLO=0–3

|match_LAN_LEL=2–0

|match_LAN_SAD=2–2

|match_LAN_TRS=3–0

|match_LAN_TUL=3–1

|match_LAN_TVM=2–1

|name_LEL=Lelle

|match_LEL_JEP=3–0

|match_LEL_FLO=0–5

|match_LEL_LAN=2–1

|match_LEL_SAD=0–5

|match_LEL_TRS=1–2

|match_LEL_TUL=0–1

|match_LEL_TVM=0–2

|name_SAD=Tallinna Sadam

|match_SAD_JEP=4–1

|match_SAD_FLO=0–1

|match_SAD_LAN=1–0

|match_SAD_LEL=4–1

|match_SAD_TRS=4–0

|match_SAD_TUL=3–3

|match_SAD_TVM=7–1

|name_TRS=Narva Trans

|match_TRS_JEP=1–0

|match_TRS_FLO=0–5

|match_TRS_LAN=0–0

|match_TRS_LEL=0–0

|match_TRS_SAD=2–4

|match_TRS_TUL=0–2

|match_TRS_TVM=2–0

|name_TUL=Tulevik

|match_TUL_JEP=2–0

|match_TUL_FLO=3–1

|match_TUL_LAN=3–2

|match_TUL_LEL=2–1

|match_TUL_SAD=1–2

|match_TUL_TRS=2–3

|match_TUL_TVM=1–2

|name_TVM=TVMK

|match_TVM_JEP=0–2

|match_TVM_FLO=0–2

|match_TVM_LAN=1–3

|match_TVM_LEL=2–1

|match_TVM_SAD=0–3

|match_TVM_TRS=2–1

|match_TVM_TUL=0–0

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

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|show_bonus_points=y

|team1=FLO|name_FLO=Flora

|team2=SAD|name_SAD=Tallinna Sadam

|team3=LAN|name_LAN=Lantana

|team4=NAR|name_NAR=Narva Trans

|team5=TUL|name_TUL=Tulevik

|team6=TVMK|name_TVMK=TVMK

|win_FLO=7|draw_FLO=2|loss_FLO=1|gf_FLO=34|ga_FLO=10|startpoints_FLO=19|status_FLO=C

|win_SAD=5|draw_SAD=1|loss_SAD=4|gf_SAD=26|ga_SAD=22|startpoints_SAD=16

|win_LAN=4|draw_LAN=3|loss_LAN=3|gf_LAN=13|ga_LAN=9|startpoints_LAN=10

|win_NAR=5|draw_NAR=1|loss_NAR=4|gf_NAR=14|ga_NAR=19|startpoints_NAR=8

|win_TUL=2|draw_TUL=3|loss_TUL=5|gf_TUL=11|ga_TUL=15|startpoints_TUL=10

|win_TVMK=2|draw_TVMK=0|loss_TVMK=8|gf_TVMK=4|ga_TVMK=23|startpoints_TVMK=7

|col_CL1=green1|text_CL1=Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round

|result1=CL1

|col_UC1=blue1|text_UC1=Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round

|result2=UC1

|col_WCQR=yellow1|text_WCQR=Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round

|result3=WCQR

|col_IC1=#CCCCFF|text_IC1=Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round

|result5=IC1

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|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

|team1=FLO|team2=LAN|team3=SAD|team4=TRS|team5=TUL

|team6=TVM

|name_FLO=Flora

|match_FLO_LAN=2–3

|match_FLO_SAD=5–0

|match_FLO_TRS=6–2

|match_FLO_TUL=0–0

|match_FLO_TVM=4–0

|name_LAN=Lantana

|match_LAN_FLO=1–3

|match_LAN_SAD=3–3

|match_LAN_TRS=0–0

|match_LAN_TUL=1–1

|match_LAN_TVM=2–0

|name_SAD=Tallinna Sadam

|match_SAD_FLO=2–5

|match_SAD_LAN=4–1

|match_SAD_TRS=5–1

|match_SAD_TUL=1–3

|match_SAD_TVM=5–0

|name_TRS=Narva Trans

|match_TRS_FLO=1–4

|match_TRS_LAN=1–0

|match_TRS_SAD=2–1

|match_TRS_TUL=0–2

|match_TRS_TVM=2–1

|name_TUL=Tulevik

|match_TUL_FLO=1–1

|match_TUL_LAN=2–3

|match_TUL_SAD=2–3

|match_TUL_TRS=0–4

|match_TUL_TVM=0–1

|name_TVM=TVMK

|match_TVM_FLO=0–4

|match_TVM_LAN=1–3

|match_TVM_SAD=0–2

|match_TVM_TRS=0–1

|match_TVM_TUL=1–0

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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.

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|team2=JEP|name_JEP=Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi

|team3=VAL|name_VAL=Vall

|team4=DOK|name_DOK=Dokker

|team5=OLÜ|name_OLÜ=Olümpia

|team6=MER|name_MER=Merkuur

|win_LEL=8|draw_LEL=2|loss_LEL=0|gf_LEL=52|ga_LEL=10

|win_JEP=5|draw_JEP=4|loss_JEP=1|gf_JEP=23|ga_JEP=9

|win_VAL=4|draw_VAL=5|loss_VAL=1|gf_VAL=14|ga_VAL=3

|win_DOK=2|draw_DOK=2|loss_DOK=6|gf_DOK=11|ga_DOK=28

|win_OLÜ=2|draw_OLÜ=1|loss_OLÜ=7|gf_OLÜ=7|ga_OLÜ=10

|win_MER=0|draw_MER=4|loss_MER=6|gf_MER=9|ga_MER=29

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promotion to Meistriliiga

|result1=P|result2=P

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to Esiliiga

|result3=R|result4=R|result5=R|result6=R

}}

• 1997 in Estonian football
• 1998 in Estonian football

{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/esthist.html Estonia - List of final tables (RSSSF)]

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