1996–97 Meistriliiga

The 1996–97 Meistriliiga was the sixth season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Lantana won their second title.

Meistriliiga
Season1996–97
ChampionsLantana
(2nd title)
Top goalscorerSergei Bragin (18)

Preliminary round

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lantana 14 11 2 1 30 9 +21 35 Qualification for Championship Tournament
2 Flora 14 9 2 3 27 9 +18 29
3 Marlekor 14 6 4 4 20 17 +3 22
4 Lelle 14 5 6 3 20 16 +4 21
5 Narva Trans 14 5 5 4 20 19 +1 20
6 Tallinna Sadam 14 5 1 8 24 26 −2 16
7 Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 14 4 1 9 10 20 −10 13 Qualification for Meistriliiga Transition Tournament
8 Vall 14 0 1 13 9 44 −35 1
Source:

Results
Home \ Away JEP FLO LAN LEL MAR SAD TRS VAL
Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 0–1 0–1 0–3 0–3 2–1 0–1 2–1
Flora 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–0
Lantana 1–0 2–1 2–0 5–1 3–1 2–1 +:-[lower-alpha 1]
Lelle 2–0 0–4 1–1 0–0 4–1 0–0 4–1
Marlekor 0–2 0–3 1–3 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–0
Tallinna Sadam 3–0 3–1 0–3 1–1 1–3 3–4 4–0
Narva Trans 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–3 2–3 5–3
Vall 1–4 0–4 0–5 1–3 2–2 0–3 0–2
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Result canceled – JK Vall used a disqualified player. The initial score was 5-1 for Lantana.

Championship Tournament

The points obtained during the preliminary round were carried over halved and rounded up.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Lantana (C) 10 7 2 1 22 6 +16 18 41 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Flora 10 7 2 1 25 7 +18 15 38 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Tallinna Sadam 10 5 1 4 13 9 +4 8 24 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
4 Lelle 10 3 0 7 6 21 −15 11 20
5 Marlekor 10 2 2 6 7 19 −12 11 19
6 Narva Trans 10 2 1 7 8 19 −11 10 17
Source:
(C) Champions

Results
Home \ Away FLO LAN LEL MAR SAD TRS
Flora 4–2 5–1 2–0 0–1 5–1
Lantana 0–0 3–0 7–0 2–0 1–0
Lelle 0–2 0–2 3–0 0–4 +:-[lower-alpha 1]
Marlekor 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–1
Tallinna Sadam 1–1 0–2 3–1 0–1 3–1
Narva Trans 0–4 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Narva Trans did not show up.

Meistriliiga Transition Tournament

Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi and PVall, the teams finishing in the last two positions in the preliminary round, faced four best teams of the 1996-97 Esiliiga in the play-off for two places in the 1997-98 Meistriliiga.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 10 8 1 1 28 5 +23 25 Promotion to Meistriliiga
2 Vall 10 7 1 2 29 15 +14 22
3 Pärnu JK 10 4 1 5 9 27 −18 13 Relegation to Esiliiga
4 FC Lelle 10 4 0 6 22 18 +4 12
5 TJK 10 2 2 6 11 19 −8 8
6 Sillamäe Kalev 10 1 3 6 6 21 −15 6
Source:

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Estonia Sergei BraginLantana18
2 Estonia Andres OperFlora13
3 Estonia Maksim GruznovLantana12
4 Finland Jonatan JohanssonFlora9
Estonia Stanislav KittoNarva Trans

See also

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

References
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