{{Short description|Estonian football league season for second division}}{{One source|date=March 2026}}{{Infobox football league season | competition = Esiliiga | season = 1998 | winners = | relegated = | league topscorer = | biggest home win = | biggest away win = | highest scoring = | matches = | total goals = | prevseason = 1997–98 | nextseason = 1999 }} The '''1998 Esiliiga''' is the eighth season of the Esiliiga, second-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992.
==Final table== {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |res_col_header=PR
|team1=LEV|name_LEV=Levadia Maardu |team2=VIG|name_VIG=Vigri Tallinn |team3=LOT|name_LOT=Lootus |team4=VAL|name_VAL=Valga |team5=SIL|name_SIL=Sillamäe |team6=KUR|name_KUR=Kuressaare |team7=MER|name_MER=Merkuur |team8=PÄR|name_PÄR=Pärnu |win_LEV=9|draw_LEV=5|loss_LEV=0|gf_LEV=29|ga_LEV=7|status_LEV=P |win_VIG=8|draw_VIG=3|loss_VIG=3|gf_VIG=28|ga_VIG=12 |win_LOT=6|draw_LOT=4|loss_LOT=4|gf_LOT=21|ga_LOT=19 |win_VAL=5|draw_VAL=4|loss_VAL=5|gf_VAL=14|ga_VAL=11 |win_SIL=5|draw_SIL=3|loss_SIL=6|gf_SIL=15|ga_SIL=23 |win_KUR=4|draw_KUR=5|loss_KUR=5|gf_KUR=20|ga_KUR=19 |win_MER=5|draw_MER=0|loss_MER=9|gf_MER=21|ga_MER=31|status_MER=R |win_PÄR=1|draw_PÄR=2|loss_PÄR=11|gf_PÄR=14|ga_PÄR=40|status_PÄR=R
|col_P=green1|text_P=Promotion to Meistriliiga |result1=P |col_PP=green2|text_PP=Qualification for promotion play-offs |result2=PP |col_RP=red2|text_RP=Qualification for relegation play-offs |result6=RP |col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to II Liiga |result7=R|result8=R |class_rules=1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored. |update=complete |source=RSSSF<ref name=":0" /> }}
==Promotion playoff==
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{{football box | date = | team1 = Eesti Põlevkivi | team2 = Vigri Tallinn | score = 0 – 0 | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = }}
JK Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi beat KSK Vigri Tallinn '''2–0''' on aggregate. Eesti Põlevkivi remained in Meistriliiga, Vigri in Esiliiga.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Petersoo |first=Indrek |date=1999-08-06 |title=Estonia 1998 (fall season) |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/est98b.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251020224717/https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/est98b.html |archive-date=2025-10-20 |access-date=2026-03-18 |website=RSSSF}}</ref>
==Relegation playoff==
{{football box | date = | team1 = M.C. | team2 = Kuressaare | score = 1 – 1 | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = }}
{{football box | date = | team1 = Kuressaare | team2 = M.C. | score = 1 – 0 | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = }}
FC Kuressaare beat FC M.C. Tallinn '''2–1''' on aggregate. Kuressaare remained in Esiliiga,<ref name=":0" /> M.C. in Second Division.
==See also== * 1998 Meistriliiga * 1998 in Estonian football
== References == {{Reflist}}{{Estonian Esiliiga Seasons}}
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