1997–98 Estonian Cup

The 1997–98 Estonian Cup was the eighth season of the Estonian main domestic football knockout tournament. Flora won their second cup after defeating Lantana in the final.[1]

1997–98 Estonian Cup
Country Estonia
ChampionsFlora (2nd title)
Runners-upLantana
1998–99 →

First preliminary round

All matches were played on 21 August 1997.

Home team Score Away team
Sadam Muuga 3 – 1 Kalju
Lasnamäe w/o MC Tallinn
Rada/HKL 2 – 3 Kiviõli JK Irbis
Fortuna Tapa 1 – 1
(5 – 4 p)		 Veteran Kohtla-Järve
Jalgpallikool Tartu 10 – 3 Põlva Lootos
Tulevik Viljandi II 10 – 0 Kalevi Jägala
Atli Rapla 2 – 1 FC Tallinn

Second preliminary round

All matches were played on 3 September 1997.

Home team Score Away team
Alvigo 1 – 5 Vigri
Tempori Kehra 3 – 2 Kompanii Märjamaa
Atli Rapla 3 – 2 Junior Maardu
Kiviõli JK Irbis w/o Sadam Muuga
Tulevik Viljandi II 2 – 1 Veteran Maardu
MC Tallinn 3 – 0 Fortuna Tapa
Narva Baltika w/o Keila
Jalgpallikool Tartu 0 – 2 FC Lelle

Round of 32

All matches were played on 17 September 1997.

Home team Score Away team
FC Lelle 1 – 0 Sillamäe Kalev
Tempori Kehra 1 – 2 JK Pärnu
Keila 1 – 2 Tartu Merkuur
Kiviõli JK Irbis 5 – 0 Dokker Tallinn
MC Tallinn 3 – 2 Olümp Maardu
Atli Rapla w/o Vall Tallinn
Tulevik Viljandi II 4 – 2 Dünamo Tallinn

Round of 16

All matches were played on 1 October 1997.

Home team Score Away team
MC Tallinn 0 – 4 Viljandi Tulevik
FC Lelle 0 – 6 Sadam Tallinn
Tartu Merkuur 0 – 7 Flora
Atli Rapla 0 – 7 Narva Trans
Tulevik Viljandi II 0 – 2 Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi
JK Pärnu 0 – 6 Lantana
Kiviõli JK Irbis 0 – 3 SK Lelle
Vigri 0 – 5 TVMK

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 22 April 1998 and the second legs were played on 6 May 1998.[2]

Flora5–0Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi
Kristal 37'
Viikmäe 65'
Reim 70'
Ražanauskas 77'
Zelinski 88'		 Report
Referee: Oleg Timofejev
Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi0–7Flora
Report Meet
Alsaker
Terehhov
Kristal
Oper
Referee: Uno Tutk

Flora won 12–0 on aggregate.

Lantana2–0Sadam Tallinn
Kulikov 76'
Toštšev 82' (pen)		 Report
Referee: Valeriy Vinogradov
Sadam Tallinn0–0Lantana
Report
Referee: Sten Kaldma

Lantana won 2–0 on aggregate.

Viljandi Tulevik2–2TVMK
Allas 21'
Vessenberg 88' (pen)		 Report Novozhilov 27' (pen)
Pasikuta 84'
Referee: Margus Kotter
TVMK1–2Viljandi Tulevik
Shapovalov Report Arbeiter
Referee: Valeriy Vinogradov

Viljandi Tulevik won 4–3 on aggregate.

SK Lelle2–2Narva Trans
Rooba
Blinstrubas 		Report Nejolov
Molev
Referee: Jüri Saar
Narva Trans5–1SK Lelle
Kitto
Molev
Nejolov
Zamorski 		Report Musayev
Referee: Oleg Timofeyev

Narva Trans won 7–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 20 May 1998 and the second legs were played on 24 May 1998.

Viljandi Tulevik0–0Flora
Report
Referee: Oleg Timofejev
Flora3–1Viljandi Tulevik
Terehhov 21'
Zelinski 43' 52'		 Report Priidel 28'
Referee: Uno Tutk

Flora won 3–1 on aggregate.

Narva Trans0–4Lantana
Report Toštšev
Tjunin
Leitan
Referee: Margus Kotter
Lantana3–0Narva Trans
Report
Referee: Sten Kaldma

Lantana won 7–0 on aggregate.

Final

The final took place on 20 June 1998 in Kuressaare. Flora won a double after also winning the 1997–98 Meistriliiga.[3]

Flora3–2Lantana Tallinn
Oper 8' 72'
Zelinski 83'		 Report Jeršov 39'
Leitan 70'
Referee: Margus Kotter

References
  1. "Estonia Cup 1997/98". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. Põldoja, Ants. "Flora ühe jalaga poolfinaalis". epl.delfi.ee. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  3. Maksimov, Aldo. "FC Flora tegi kuldse duubli". postimees.ee. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
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