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Estonian football league season for second division
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Football league season
Esiliiga
Season1996–97
ChampionsJK Dünamo Tallinn
Promoted—
RelegatedJK Tulevik Viljandi
FC Norma Tallinn
Top goalscorerIgor Bratšuk (8)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 Esiliiga is the sixth season of the Esiliiga, second-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992.

Main tournament

Played in fall 1996.

Four best teams qualify to the Premier Division promotion play-off, other four to First Division promotion play-off.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 JK Dünamo Tallinn 14 9 2 3 22 13 +9 29
2 Tallinna Jalgpallikool 14 7 4 3 23 12 +11 25
3 Pärnu JK 14 7 2 5 27 20 +7 23
4 JK Kalev Sillamäe 14 7 2 5 21 13 +8 23
5 JK Tulevik Viljandi 14 6 2 6 16 22 −6 20
6 FC Lelle 14 5 3 6 23 13 +10 18
7 Olümp Maardu 14 3 4 7 23 40 −17 13
8 FC Norma Tallinn 14 2 2 10 17 39 −22 8
Source:
Notes:
  1. ^ Dünamo withdrew from the Premier Division promotion play-off because of financial problems. FC Lelle replaced Dünamo.


Top scorers

Pos Name Team Gls
1 Igor Bratšuk Olümp Maardu 8
2 Deniss Jeršov FC Norma Tallinn 7
3 Nikolai Prohhorov FC Norma Tallinn 5
Vassili Pogorelov Olümp Maardu 5
Juri Naloitšenko JK Dünamo Tallinn 5
Svajūnas Raučkis FC Lelle 5
Vladimir Semjonov Tallinna Jalgpallikool 5

Premier Division promotion play-off

Played in spring 1997.

None of the four teams were able to finish above the two teams from Premier Division, so they all remain in the First Division for the upcoming season.

Table

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

Top scorers

Pos Name Team Gls
1 Aleksei Titov JK Vall Tallinn 8
2 Sergei Melnikov Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 7
3 Svajūnas Raučkis FC Lelle 6
Andrei Frolov Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 6
Andrei Afanassov JK Vall Tallinn 6
6 Tarmo Saks FC Lelle 5
Vitali Leitan JK Vall Tallinn 5

First Division promotion play-off

Played in spring 1997.

JK Merkuur Tartu and JK Dokker Tallinn promoted from Second Division, while JK Tulevik Viljandi and FC Norma Tallinn were relegated.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 JK Merkuur Tartu (P) 14 9 2 3 35 17 +18 29
2 Olümp Maardu 14 9 1 4 26 14 +12 28
3 JK Dokker Tallinn (P) 14 9 1 4 25 20 +5 28
4 JK Dünamo Tallinn 14 8 2 4 21 15 +6 26
5 Tartu Jalgpallikool 14 5 6 3 25 2 +23 21
6 Eliit Kohtla-Järve 14 3 3 8 13 24 −11 12
7 JK Tulevik Viljandi (R) 14 3 1 10 16 31 −15 10
8 FC Norma Tallinn (R) 14 1 2 11 6 24 −18 5
Source:
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

See also

References

External links

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