| Season | 1997–98 |
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| Champions | FC Flora Tallinn |
| Top goalscorer | Konstantin Kolbasenko (18) |
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← 1996–97
1998 →
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The 1997-1998 season in the premier Estonian league, named Meistriliiga, was the seventh domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 1991-08-20. Eight teams competed in this edition, with FC Flora Tallinn claiming the title.
After the first round, played in the autumn of 1997, the top six teams played off for title, taking half their points with them to the second round, which was staged in the spring of 1998. The bottom two entered a Premier Division Promotion Tournament with the top four of the First Division, named Esiliiga.
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| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Flora Tallinn | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 6 | 37 → 19 |
| 2 | Sadam Tallinn | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 15 | 31 → 16 |
| 3 | JK Viljandi Tulevik | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 20 → 10 |
| 4 | FC Lantana Tallinn | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 19 → 10 |
| 5 | FC Narva Trans | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 15 → 8 |
| 6 | FC TVMK Tallinn | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 14 → 7 |
| 7 | JK Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 11 |
| 8 | Lelle SK | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 10 |
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
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| 1 | FC Flora Tallinn | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 23 + 19 = 42 |
| 2 | Sadam Tallinn | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 16 + 16 = 32 |
| 3 | FC Lantana Tallinn | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 15 + 10 = 25 |
| 4 | FC Narva Trans | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 16 + 8 = 24 |
| 5 | JK Viljandi Tulevik | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 9 + 10 = 29 |
| 6 | FC TVMK Tallinn | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 6 +7 = 21 |
| Pos | Name | Team | Goals |
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| 1 | Konstantin Kolbasenko | Sadam Tallinn | 18 |
| 2 | Andres Oper | FC Flora Tallinn | 15 |
| 3 | Indrek Zelinski | FC Flora Tallinn | 13 |
| 4 | Pål Christian Alsaker | FC Flora Tallinn | 12 |
| 5 | Toomas Krõm | FC Flora Tallinn | 11 |
| 6 | Argo Arbeiter | JK Viljandi Tulevik | 9 |
| – | Andrei Krõlov | Sadam Tallinn | 9 |
| – | Vitali Leitan | FC Lantana Tallinn | 9 |
| 9 | Marko Kristal | FC Flora Tallinn | 8 |
| – | Dmitry Lipartov | FC Narva Trans | 8 |
| 11 | Kristen Viikmäe | FC Flora Tallinn | 7 |
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