1995–96 Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga
Season	1995–96
Champions	Lantana; (1st title)
Relegated	PJK Kalev
UEFA Cup	Lantana; Flora
Cup Winners' Cup	Tallinna Sadam
Intertoto Cup	Trans
Top goalscorer	Lembit Rajala (16)
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 Meistriliiga was the fifth season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Lantana won their first title.

Preliminary round[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lantana	14	10	3	1	37	8	+29	33	Qualification for Championship Tournament
2	Trans	14	6	4	4	22	16	+6	22
3	Flora	14	6	4	4	37	19	+18	22
4	Tallinna Sadam	14	6	3	5	23	16	+7	21
5	Tevalte-Marlekor	14	6	2	6	20	19	+1	20
6	Tervis	14	5	2	7	13	17	−4	17
7	Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi	14	3	8	3	13	17	−4	17	Qualification for Meistriliiga Transition Tournament
8	PJK Kalev	14	0	2	12	8	61	−53	2	Qualification for Meistriliiga Transition Tournament

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Championship Tournament[]

The points obtained during the preliminary round were carried over halved and rounded up.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Lantana (C)	10	6	2	2	21	7	+14	17	37	Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
2	Flora	10	6	2	2	14	3	+11	11	31	Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
3	Tevalte-Marlekor	10	7	0	3	13	10	+3	10	31
4	Tallinna Sadam	10	4	1	5	17	19	−2	11	24	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
5	Trans	10	2	2	6	11	16	−5	11	19	Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
6	Tervis	10	1	1	8	7	28	−21	9	13

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champion

Meistriliiga Transition Tournament[]

Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi and PJK Kalev, the teams finishing in the last two positions in the preliminary round, faced four best teams of the 1995-96 Esiliiga in the play-off for two places in the 1996-97 Meistriliiga.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi	10	7	0	3	23	7	+16	21	Promotion to Meistriliiga
2	(P)	10	7	0	3	18	9	+9	21	Promotion to Meistriliiga
3	Norma	10	5	2	3	13	11	+2	17	Relegation to Esiliiga
4	PJK Kalev (R)	10	4	2	4	12	20	−8	14
5	Dünamo	10	2	2	6	8	14	−6	8
6	TJK	10	1	2	7	9	22	−13	5

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[1]
1	Lembit Rajala	Flora	16
2	Maksim Gruznov	Lantana	12
3	Andrei Borissov	Lantana	8
		Narva Trans
	Ivan O'Konnel-Bronin	Tervis Pärnu/Flora
	Aleksandr Olerski	Tevalte/Marlekor
	Dmitri Ustritski	Tallinna Sadam

References[]

^ "Estonia - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.

Estonia - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[1] "Estonia - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.

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