en 1996 in Estonian football

1996 in Estonian football
	Meistriliiga champions
	FC Lantana/Marlekor
	Esiliiga champions
	JK Vall Tallinn
	Estonian Cup winners
	Tallinna Sadam JK
	Teams in Europe
	Tallinna Sadam JK, FC Lantana/Marlekor
	Estonian national team
	1996 Baltic Cup; 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
	Estonian Footballer of the Year
	Marek Lemsalu

The 1996 season was the fifth full year of competitive football (soccer) in Estonia since gaining independence from the Soviet Union on 20 August 1991.

National Leagues

FC Lantana Tallinn	0 – 1 0 – 0	Tallinna Sadam JK

Tevalte/Marlekor	1 – 0 0 – 2	JK Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi

Tallinna Sadam JK	2–0	JK Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Comp	Estonia scorers	Fixture
1996-02-16	GSZ Stadium Larnaca	Azerbaijan	0 – 0	F^[1]		—
1996-02-20	Tsirion Stadium Limassol	Cyprus	1 – 0	F		—
1996-02-24	GSZ Stadium Larnaca	Faroe Islands	2 – 2	F	Kristal 13' ^[2] Rajala 45'	—
1996-04-24	Kadrioru Stadium Tallinn	Iceland	0 – 3	F		—
1996-05-29	Kadrioru Stadium Tallinn	Turkey	0 – 0	F		—
1996-07-07	Kreenholmi Stadium Narva	Latvia	1 – 1	BC96^[3]	U. Rooba 36'	—
1996-07-09	Kreenholmi Stadium Narva	Lithuania	1 – 1	BC96	Reim 21' (pen.) ^[4]	—
1996-08-31	Dinamo Stadium Minsk	Belarus	1 – 0	WCQ98^[5]		—
1996-10-05	Kadrioru Stadium Tallinn	Belarus	1 – 0 ^[6]	WCQ98	Hohlov-Simson 51'	—
1996-10-30	Arto Tolsa Areena Kotka	Finland	2 – 2	F	M. Rooba 65' Kirs 80'	—
1996-11-13	Estadi Communal Andorra la Vella	Andorra	1 – 6	F	Zelinski 36' Arbeiter 64' 74' 76' 84' Kristal 87'	—
1996-11-16	Stadio Luigi Ferraris Genoa	Indonesia	0 – 3	F	Zelinski 6' 45' 71'	—

^ F = Friendly match
^ First goal of Marko Kristal in 39 international matches for Estonia.
^ BC96 = Baltic Cup 1996 match
^ Sixth goal of Martin Reim in 38 international matches for Estonia.
^ 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup tournament in France.
^ First win in an official match for Estonia since defeating Liechtenstein on 26 October 1993 in a friendly.