1937–38 Estonian Football Championship

The 1937–38 Estonian Football Championship was the 17th official football league season in Estonia. Eight teams took part in the league six from Tallinn, one from Pärnu and Narva. JS Estonia Tallinn finished first, its fourth consecutive league title.

Estonian Championship

Season	1937–38
Champions	JS Estonia Tallinn
Relegated	ÜENÜTO VVS Puhkekodu Tallinn
Matches played	56
Goals scored	277 (4.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Johannes Niks (17)
Biggest home win	Estonia 14–1 Tervis
Biggest away win	Puhkekodu 1–7 Kalev
Highest scoring	Estonia 14–1 Tervis
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League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	JS Estonia Tallinn (C)	14	10	2	2	51	17	+34	22
2	SÜ Esta Tallinn	14	8	3	3	32	22	+10	19
3	ESS Kalev Tallinn	14	8	2	4	43	26	+17	18
4	VS Sport Tallinn	14	8	1	5	48	25	+23	17
5	Narva THK	14	4	3	7	30	44	−14	11
6	SS Tervis Pärnu	14	4	1	9	29	54	−25	9
7	ÜENÜTO (R)	14	4	0	10	26	50	−24	8
8	VVS Puhkekodu Tallinn (R)	14	3	2	9	18	39	−21	8

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	KAL	ETA	EST	NAR	PUH	TER	ÜEN	VSS
ESS Kalev		4–1	0–4	2–0	3–3	7–0	3–1	3–2
Esta	1–0		1–2	4–1	4–1	4–1	3–1	2–1
Estonia	2–0	2–2		1–1	2–0	14–1	7–2	5–0
Narva THK	2–2	2–2	2–4		5–1	3–2	5–3	4–1
Puhkekodu	1–7	0–1	2–0	3–0		1–4	3–0	0–5
Tervis	7–3	3–1	0–5	7–1	2–2		0–2	0–3
ÜENÜTO	1–7	2–4	2–3	4–2	4–0	2–0		0–7
VS Sport	1–2	2–2	4–0	8–2	2–1	6–2	6–2

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Pos	Name	Team	Gls
1	Johannes Niks	JS Estonia Tallinn	17
2	Heinrich Uukkivi	JS Estonia Tallinn	12
	Nikolai Kaubisch	Narva THK	12
4	Georg Siimenson	VS Sport Tallinn	10
	Arnold Laasner	VS Sport Tallinn	10
	Ralf Veidemann	ESS Kalev Tallinn	10
	E. Kägu	ÜENÜTO	10
	Alfred Kask	SS Tervis Pärnu	10
	Nikolai Linberg	JS Estonia Tallinn	10

References

• "Estonia, Championship History 1921-1998". RSSSF.
• Luik, Margus, Estonian Football 100 years, ML Agency, pp. 465–466, ISBN 978-9949-18-257-2