1998 Meistriliiga

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Meistriliiga
Season1998
Champions Flora
(4th title)
Top goalscorer Konstantin Nahk (13)
1999

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 won their fourth title.

Contents

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Flora (C)1411214614+3235Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Tallinna Sadam 1411124810+3834Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Lantana 147432720+725
4 Narva Trans 146532820+823Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5 Tulevik 1453615251018Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
6 TVMK 1434715271213
7 Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 1420121044346Qualification for relegation play-offs
8 Lelle 1403111039293Relegation to Esiliiga [lower-alpha 1]
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. Lelle kept their place in the Meistriliiga as after the season's end Tallinna Sadam and FC Levadia Maardu merged, with the first team playing as FC Levadia Maardu in the Meistriliiga 1999 and, the second team as FC Maardu in the Esiliiga 1999.

Relegation play-off

Results

Home \ Away JEP FLO LAN LEL TRS SAD TUL TVM
Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 2–71–21–00–10–30–20–2
Flora 6–03–06–13–30–31–03–0
Lantana 4–13–31–13–30–13–00–0
Lelle 1–22–50–21–50–70–01–1
Narva Trans 5–10–11–31–00–04–12–2
Tallinna Sadam 6–20–15–13–25–03–04–0
Tulevik 1–00–50–33–00–04–32–1
TVMK 4–00–21–22–10–30–52–2
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [1]
1 Flag of Estonia.svg Konstantin Kolbasenko Tallinna Sadam13
2 Flag of Estonia.svg Andrei KrõlovTallinna Sadam10
Flag of Estonia.svg Andres Oper Flora
Flag of Estonia.svg Indrek Zelinski Flora
5 Flag of Russia.svg Dmitri Lipartov Narva Trans7
Flag of Lithuania.svg Tomas Ražanauskas Flora

Notes

  1. "Estonia - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.

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