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1997–98 Esiliiga

Estonian football league season for second division

Summary

Estonian football league season for second division

Field	Value
competition	Esiliiga
season	1997–98
winners	JK Vall Tallinn
promoted	—
relegated	JK Dünamo Tallinn
Tallinna Jalgpallikool
league topscorer	Aleksei Titov
Andrei Afanassov (13)
prevseason	1996–97
nextseason	1998

Tallinna Jalgpallikool Andrei Afanassov (13) 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

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

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.

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