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.
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Top scorers PosNameTeamGls1Aleksei TitovJK Vall Tallinn13Andrei AfanassovJK Vall Tallinn133Sergei DõmovJK Dünamo Tallinn124Juri VolkovOlümp Maardu95Valeri MožžuhhinJK Dokker Tallinn8Vadim DolininJK Vall Tallinn8Eduard PotapenkoJK Dünamo Tallinn8
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.
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Top scorers PosNameTeamGls1Dmitri UstritskiLelle SK132Ruslan MusayevLelle SK93Meelis RoobaLelle SK84Erik ŠteinbergEesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi5Janek TaanLelle SK5
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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See also 1997–98 Meistriliiga 1997 in Estonian football 1998 in Estonian football
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