2003 Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga
Season	2003
Champions	Flora; 7th title
Relegated	Kuressaare
Champions League	Flora
UEFA Cup	TVMK; Levadia Maardu
Intertoto Cup	Narva Trans
Matches played	140
Goals scored	423 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tor Henning Hamre (39)
	← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 Meistriliiga was the 13th season of the Meistriliiga, the top Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992.

Flora won their 7th Meistriliiga title.

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flora (C)	28	24	4	0	105	21	+84	76	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	TVMK	28	20	5	3	82	26	+56	65	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round^[a]
3	Levadia Maardu^[b]	28	15	4	9	54	30	+24	49	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round^[a]
4	Narva Trans	28	14	5	9	58	43	+15	47	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5	Tulevik	28	8	6	14	44	56	−12	30
6	Levadia Tallinn^[c]	28	8	4	16	44	63	−19	28
7	Valga	28	3	8	17	25	63	−38	17	Qualification for relegation play-offs
8	Kuressaare (R)	28	1	2	25	11	121	−110	5	Relegation to Esiliiga

Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) head-to-head goals scored; 6) goal difference; 7) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Levadia Maardu qualified as winners.
^ Levadia Maardu changed their name to Levadia Tallinn in 2004.
^ Levadia Tallinn changed their name to Levadia II Tallinn in 2004.

Relegation play-off[]

12 November 2003

Tervis Pärnu	2–2	Valga
24' 28'		10' 37'

22 November 2003

Valga	3–0	Tervis Pärnu
Antonov 33' 43' Anniste 54'

Valga won 5–2 on aggregate and retained their Meistriliiga spot for the 2004 season.

Results[]

Each team played every opponent four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 games.

First half of season[]

Home \ Away	FLO	KUR	LMA	LTA	TRS	TUL	TVM	VAL
Flora		7–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	3–2
Kuressaare	0–4		0–6	3–9	0–3	0–4	0–4	2–1
Levadia Maardu	1–2	7–0		1–0	1–0	1–4	0–3	0–0
Levadia Tallinn	1–4	4–2	2–3		0–1	2–1	0–3	2–1
Narva Trans	1–3	3–0	1–0	2–1		2–2	1–2	4–0
Tulevik	0–2	0–0	0–2	3–1	1–1		0–0	3–3
TVMK	4–4	3–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	4–0		4–1
Valga	0–4	0–0	0–3	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–3

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season[]

Home \ Away	FLO	KUR	LMA	LTA	TRS	TUL	TVM	VAL
Flora		17–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	5–0
Kuressaare	0–6		0–2	0–5	1–3	0–3	0–2	0–1
Levadia Maardu	1–3	2–0		4–0	5–3	3–0	1–4	0–0
Levadia Tallinn	1–3	3–1	1–1		1–3	4–2	1–4	0–0
Narva Trans	0–0	8–0	5–1	1–2		3–2	2–0	3–0
Tulevik	0–5	5–0	0–1	2–0	3–4		1–3	3–1
TVMK	1–3	5–0	2–0	6–1	4–3	8–1		3–1
Valga	1–7	4–1	0–3	4–1	0–1	0–0	1–3

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[1]
1	Tor Henning Hamre	Flora	35
2	Andrei Krõlov	TVMK	22
3	Ingemar Teever	TVMK	21
4	Maksim Gruznov	Narva Trans	16
5	Argo Arbeiter	Levadia Maardu	14
5	Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko	Flora	14
7	Dmitri Lipartov	Narva Trans	12
7		Levadia Maardu	12
9	Enver Jääger	Tulevik	11
		Levadia Maardu
	Kristen Viikmäe	Flora

References[]

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

External links[]

Official website (in Estonian)

[table_note_res_UC10.46963182951772-1] Levadia Maardu qualified as winners.

[table_note_L-M0.46963182951772-2] Levadia Maardu changed their name to Levadia Tallinn in 2004.

[table_note_LEV0.46963182951772-3] Levadia Tallinn changed their name to Levadia II Tallinn in 2004.

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

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