1998 Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga

Season	1998
Champions	Flora (4th title)
Top goalscorer	Konstantin Nahk (13)
← 1997–98 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.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flora (C)	14	11	2	1	46	14	+32	35	1999–2000 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2	Tallinna Sadam	14	11	1	2	48	10	+38	34	1999–2000 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
3	Lantana	14	7	4	3	27	20	+7	25
4	Narva Trans	14	6	5	3	28	20	+8	23	1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
5	Tulevik	14	5	3	6	15	25	−10	18	1999–2000 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
6	TVMK	14	3	4	7	15	27	−12	13
7	Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi	14	2	0	12	10	44	−34	6	Relegation play-off
8	Lelle^1	14	0	3	11	10	39	−29	3	Relegation to 2004 Esiliiga

¹Lelle 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

Vigri v Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi

Vigri	0 – 2	Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi

Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi v Vigri

Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi	0 – 0	Vigri

Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi won 5-2 on aggregate and retained their Meistriliiga spot for the 1999 season.

Topscorers

Pos	Name	Team	Goals
1	Konstantin Nahk	Sadam Tallinn	13
2	Andres Oper	FC Flora Tallinn	10
–	Andrei Krõlov	Sadam Tallinn	10
–	Indrek Zelinski	FC Flora Tallinn	10
5	Dmitry Lipartov	FC Narva Trans	7
–	Tomas Ražanauskas	FC Flora Tallinn	7

Notes

References

• Estonia - List of final tables (RSSSF)