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

Tournament details
Country	Estonia
Final positions
Champions	Flora (2nd title)
Runners-up	Lantana
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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]

22 April 1998

Flora	5–0	Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi
Kristal 37' Viikmäe 65' Reim 70' Ražanauskas 77' Zelinski 88'	Report

Kadriorg Stadium

Referee: Oleg Timofejev

6 May 1998

Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi	0–7	Flora
	Report	Meet Alsaker Terehhov Kristal Oper

Referee: Uno Tutk

Flora won 12–0 on aggregate.

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22 April 1998

Lantana	2–0	Sadam Tallinn
Kulikov 76' Toštšev 82' (pen.)	Report

Referee: Valeriy Vinogradov

6 May 1998

Sadam Tallinn	0–0	Lantana
	Report

Referee: Sten Kaldma

Lantana won 2–0 on aggregate.

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22 April 1998

Viljandi Tulevik	2–2	TVMK
Allas 21' Vessenberg 88' (pen.)	Report	Novozhilov 27' (pen.) Pasikuta 84'

Referee: Margus Kotter

6 May 1998

TVMK	1–2	Viljandi Tulevik
Shapovalov	Report	Arbeiter

Referee: Valeriy Vinogradov

Viljandi Tulevik won 4–3 on aggregate.

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22 April 1998

SK Lelle	2–2	Narva Trans
Rooba Blinstrubas	Report	Nejolov Molev

Referee: Jüri Saar

6 May 1998

Narva Trans	5–1	SK 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.

20 May 1998

Viljandi Tulevik	0–0	Flora
	Report

Referee: Oleg Timofejev

24 May 1998

Flora	3–1	Viljandi Tulevik
Terehhov 21' Zelinski 43' 52'	Report	Priidel 28'

Referee: Uno Tutk

Flora won 3–1 on aggregate.

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20 May 1998

Narva Trans	0–4	Lantana
	Report	Toštšev Tjunin Leitan

Referee: Margus Kotter

24 May 1998

Lantana	3–0	Narva 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]

20 June 1998

Flora	3–2	Lantana Tallinn
Oper 8' 72' Zelinski 83'	Report	Jeršov 39' Leitan 70'

Kuressaare

Referee: Margus Kotter