The 1996–97 Meistriliiga was the sixth season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Lantana won their second title.
Preliminary round League table
Results
Championship Tournament The points obtained during the preliminary round were carried over halved and rounded up.
League table
Results
Meistriliiga Transition Tournament Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi and PVall, the teams finishing in the last two positions in the preliminary round, faced four best teams of the 1996-97 Esiliiga in the play-off for two places in the 1997-98 Meistriliiga.
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Sergei BraginLantana182 Andres OperFlora133 Maksim GruznovLantana124 Jonatan JohanssonFlora9 Stanislav KittoNarva Trans
See also 1996 in Estonian football 1997 in Estonian football
Notes
References Estonia - List of final tables (RSSSF)