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

Pos	Name	Min	Rem	Cap
GK	Mart Poom	90'	(c)	47
DF	Urmas Kirs	89'
DF	Sergei Hohlov-Simson	90'
DF	Gert Olesk	88'
DF	Raivo Nõmmik	90'
MF	Mati Pari	79'
MF	Indrek Zelinski	90'
MF	Marko Kristal	90'		49
MF	Martin Reim	90'		44
FW	Argo Arbeiter	51'
FW	Andres Oper	68'
Substitutes
MF	Viktor Alonen	51'
FW	Kristen Viikmäe	68'		1
MF	Meelis Rooba	79'		8
DF	Liivo Leetma	89'
DF	Urmas Rooba	88'
Manager: Teitur Thordarson

Estonia vs Scotland

Pos	Name	Min	Rem	Cap
GK	Mart Poom	90'	(c)	48
DF	Viktor Alonen	90'	31'
DF	Sergei Hohlov-Simson	90'
DF	Urmas Kirs	90'
DF	Urmas Rooba	90'
MF	Liivo Leetma	75'
MF	Marek Lemsalu	90'
MF	Marko Kristal	90'		50
MF	Martin Reim	90'		45
MF	Meelis Rooba	67'
FW	Indrek Zelinski	90'	55'
Substitutes
MF	Mati Pari	67'
FW	Andres Oper	75'
Manager: Teitur Thordarson

Azerbaijan vs Estonia

Pos	Name	Min	Rem	Cap
GK	Mart Poom	90'	(c)	49
DF	Urmas Kirs	90'
DF	Sergei Hohlov-Simson	90'
DF	Janek Meet	90'
DF	Raivo Nõmmik	90'
MF	Viktor Alonen	76'
MF	Marko Kristal	82'	35'	51
MF	Martin Reim	90'		46
MF	Meelis Rooba	86'
FW	Andres Oper	80'
FW	Indrek Zelinski	90'	76'	19
Substitutes
MF	Mati Pari	76'
MF	Kristen Viikmäe	82'		2
DF	Teet Allas	80'
FW	Argo Arbeiter	86'
Manager: Teitur Thordarson

Scotland vs Estonia

Pos	Name	Min	Rem	Cap
GK	Mart Poom	90'	(c)	50
DF	Marek Lemsalu	90'
DF	Sergei Hohlov-Simson	90'	23'
DF	Urmas Kirs	90'
DF	Janek Meet	90'	52' (og)
MF	Mati Pari	55'
MF	Martin Reim	90'		47
MF	Marko Kristal	90'		52
MF	Indrek Zelinski	81'	34'
FW	Kristen Viikmäe	72'		3
FW	Andres Oper	90'
Substitutes
MF	Meelis Rooba	55'
MF	Liivo Leetma	72'
FW	Argo Arbeiter	81'
Manager: Teitur Thordarson

Austria vs Estonia

Pos	Name	Min	Rem	Cap
GK	Mart Poom	90'	(c)	51
DF	Marek Lemsalu	90'
DF	Sergei Hohlov-Simson	90'	20'
DF	Urmas Kirs	90'
DF	Janek Meet	90'
MF	Mati Pari	63'
MF	Martin Reim	90'		48
MF	Marko Kristal	90'		53
MF	Viktor Alonen	79'
FW	Kristen Viikmäe	82'		4
FW	Andres Oper	90'
Substitutes
MF	Meelis Rooba	63'
FW	Argo Arbeiter	79'
MF	Liivo Leetma	82'
Manager: Teitur Thordarson

Estonia vs Latvia

Pos	Name	Min	Rem	Cap
GK	Mart Poom	90'	(c)	52
DF	Urmas Kirs	90'
DF	Marek Lemsalu	90'	87' (og)
DF	Raivo Nõmmik	90'
DF	Janek Meet	90'
MF	Indrek Zelinski	90'	5'	21
MF	Martin Reim	90'		49
MF	Marko Kristal	90'		54
MF	Viktor Alonen	63'	63'
FW	Kristen Viikmäe	81'		5
FW	Andres Oper	83'
Substitutes
FW	Argo Arbeiter	81'
MF	Meelis Rooba	83'		13
Manager: Teitur Thordarson

Estonia vs Azerbaijan

Pos	Name	Min	Rem	Cap
GK	Mart Poom	90'	(c)	53
DF	Urmas Kirs	88'	73'
DF	Marek Lemsalu	90'
DF	Sergei Hohlov-Simson	90'
DF	Janek Meet	79'
MF	Indrek Zelinski	90'		22
MF	Martin Reim	71'		50
MF	Marko Kristal	90'		55
MF	Meelis Rooba	90'		14
FW	Kristen Viikmäe	82'		6
FW	Andres Oper	90'
Substitutes
MF	Liivo Leetma	71'
DF	Teet Allas	79'
FW	Argo Arbeiter	82'
DF	Raivo Nõmmik	88'
Manager: Teitur Thordarson

Estonia vs Sweden

Pos	Name	Min	Rem	Cap
GK	Mart Poom	90'	(c)	54
DF	Urmas Kirs	90'
DF	Marek Lemsalu	90'
DF	Sergei Hohlov-Simson	90'
DF	Janek Meet	90'
MF	Liivo Leetma	46'		10
MF	Martin Reim	90'		51
MF	Marko Kristal	90'	84'	56
MF	Meelis Rooba	65'		15
FW	Indrek Zelinski	84'		23
FW	Andres Oper	90'	74'
Substitutes
FW	Kristen Viikmäe	46'		7
MF	Mati Pari	65'
FW	Argo Arbeiter	84'
Manager: Teitur Thordarson

Estonia vs Andorra

Pos	Name	Min	Rem	Cap
GK	Martin Kaalma	76'		2
DF	Urmas Kirs	90'
DF	Marek Lemsalu	90'	28'  62'
DF	Sergei Hohlov-Simson	85'	32'
DF	Janek Meet	90'
MF	Viktor Alonen	80'		32
MF	Martin Reim	85'		52
MF	Marko Kristal	90'		57
MF	Kristen Viikmäe	71'		8
FW	Indrek Zelinski	80'	22'	24
FW	Andres Oper	90'	66'
Substitutes
MF	Liivo Leetma	71'		11
GK	Mart Poom	76'		55
MF	Meelis Rooba	80'		16
FW	Argo Arbeiter	80'
DF	Raivo Nõmmik	85'		9
MF	Mati Pari	85'	88'
Manager: Teitur Thordarson

Lithuania vs Estonia

Estonia vs Latvia

Estonia vs Faroe Islands

Estonia vs Austria

Latvia vs Estonia

Sweden vs Estonia

Philippines vs Estonia

Notes

References

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