| 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 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Tallinna Sadam | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 10 | +38 | 34 | Qualification for 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 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | Tulevik | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | −10 | 18 | Qualification for 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 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 8 | Lelle | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 39 | −29 | 3 | Relegation to Esiliiga[lower-alpha 1] |
- ↑ Lelle 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
Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi won 5-2 on aggregate and retained their Meistriliiga spot for the 1999 season.
Results
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Konstantin Kolbasenko | Tallinna Sadam | 13 |
| 2 | Andrei Krõlov | Tallinna Sadam | 10 |
| Andres Oper | Flora | ||
| Indrek Zelinski | Flora | ||
| 5 |  Dmitri Lipartov | Narva Trans | 7 |
 Tomas Ražanauskas | Flora |
Notes
References
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