Estonia national football team 1997

The 1997 season was the sixth full year of competitive football in the Baltic country as an independent nation. The Estonia national football team continued in the qualifying tournament for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. The team ended up in fifth place in the final ranking of group 4, with one win, one draw and eight losses.

Lebanon vs Estonia
 Lebanon2 – 0 Estonia
Malikian  75'
Nazha  82'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ramadan (LIB)

Estonia vs Scotland
Main article: One team in Tallinn
Estonia 0 – 0 [2] Scotland
Attendance: 3,766
Referee: Radoman (YUG)

Azerbaijan vs Estonia
 Azerbaijan0 – 2 Estonia
Kristal  35' [3]
Zelinski  76' [4]
Attendance: 50
Referee: Panayiotou (CYP)

Scotland vs Estonia
Scotland 2 – 0 Estonia
Boyd  25'
Meet  52' (og)
Attendance: 17,966
Referee: Heynemann (GER)

Austria vs Estonia
Austria 2 – 0 Estonia
Vastic  48'
Stöger  87'
Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Ancion (BEL)

Estonia vs Latvia
Estonia 1 – 3 Latvia
Zelinski  5' [5] Babičevs  53'
Jelisejevs  80'
Lemsalu  87' (og)
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Cvitkovic (CRO)

Estonia vs Azerbaijan
 Estonia1 – 0 Azerbaijan
Kirs  73'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Lajuks (LAT)

Estonia vs Sweden
 Estonia2 – 3 Sweden
Oper  74'
Kristal  84'		 Dahlin  14'
Zetterberg  53'
Andersson  71'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Wojcik (POL)

Estonia vs Andorra
 Estonia4 – 1 Andorra
Zelinski  22'
Lemsalu  28'
Oper  66'
Pari  88'		 Lima  67'
Attendance: 932
Referee: Karhunen (FIN)

Lithuania vs Estonia
Lithuania 2 – 1 Estonia
Morinas  35'
Suliauskas  69' (pk)		 Reim  77'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Lajuks (LAT)

Estonia vs Latvia
Estonia 1 – 2 Latvia
Kristal  15' Babičevs  30'
Pahars  50'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Dubinskas (LTU)

Estonia vs Faroe Islands
 Estonia0 – 2 Faroe Islands
Rasmussen  47'
Müller  70'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sundell (SWE)

Estonia vs Austria
 Estonia0 – 3 Austria
Polster  47',  69',  88'
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Fassolis (GRE)

Latvia vs Estonia
 Latvia1 – 0 Estonia
Zemļinskis  87' (pk)
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Guntadze (GEO)

Sweden vs Estonia
 Sweden1 – 0 Estonia
Zetterberg  25'
Attendance: 18,702
Referee: Ormandjiev (BUL)

Philippines vs Estonia
 Philippines0 – 1 Estonia
Kristal  46'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Andres (PHI)

Notes
  1. 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.
  2. This match was originally scheduled for 9 October 1996 but was not played because the Estonia team did not arrive at the time appointed by FIFA. The Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup decided the match should be re-scheduled.
  3. Third goal of Marko Kristal in 51 international matches for Estonia.
  4. Fifth goal of Indrek Zelinski in 19 international matches for Estonia.
  5. Sixth goal of Indrek Zelinski in 21 international matches for Estonia.

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