Esiliiga

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Esiliiga
Founded1992
Country Estonia
ConfederationUEFA
DivisionsEsiliiga
Number of teams10
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toMeistriliiga
Relegation toEsiliiga B
Domestic cup(s)Estonian Cup
Current championsMaardu Linnameeskond (3rd title)
()
Most championshipsLevadia II Tallinn
(7 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website
Current:

The Esiliiga is the second division in the Estonian football league system. The Esiliiga is ranked below the Meistriliiga and above the Esiliiga B.

As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts in March and ends in November. The league features several reserve teams of Meistriliiga clubs. According to the rules set by the Estonian Football Association, reserve teams are ineligible for promotion to the Meistriliiga, but can play in the Estonian Cup.

Competition format[]

During the season, the teams play each of the other four times, twice at home and twice away. This makes for a total of 36 games played each season. The teams gain three points for a win, one for a draw, and none for a defeat. Promotion and relegation between divisions is a central feature of the league. At the end of the season, clubs at the top of their division win promotion to the next higher division, while those at the bottom will be relegated to the next lower one. At the end of a season, the top Esiliiga club gains promotion to the Meistriliiga. This is providing that the Esiliiga club meets the licensing criteria of the Meistriliiga. Reserve teams in Estonia play in the same league system as the senior team, however, they must play at least one level below their main side, and are thus ineligible for promotion to the Meistriliiga. Two bottom end clubs of Esiliiga are relegated to the Esiliiga B, and two top clubs of Esiliiga B are promoted to the Esiliiga. The two-legged play-offs for the Meistriliiga spot are contested between the ninth placed (second bottom) club in the Meistriliiga and the second in the Esiliiga, and the two-legged play-offs for the Esiliiga spot are contested between the eighth placed (third bottom) club in the Esiliiga and the third in the Esiliiga B.[1]

Clubs[]

Current clubs[]

The following clubs are competing in the Esiliiga during the 2020 season.

Club Position
in 2019 		Seasons in
Esiliiga 		First season of
current spell 		Titles Last title
Elvab 5th 8 2017 0 N/A
Pärnu JK 3rd in the Esiliiga B 4 2020 1 1993–94
Flora U21 Tallinnb,c 2nd 14 2006 2 2015
Tartu JK Tammeka U21b,c 4th 4 2019 0 N/A
Levadia U21 Tallinna,b,c 6th 16 2004 7 2013
Maardu Linnameeskonda 10th in the Meistriliiga 3 2020 2 2018
Järve Kohtla-Järveb 7th 2 2019 0 N/A
Vändra Vaprusb 2nd in the Esiliiga B 4 2020 0 N/A
Nõmme Uniteda,b 1st in the Esiliiga B 0 2020 0 N/A
Pärnu Vaprus 3rd 5 2019 1 2005

a – never been relegated from Esiliiga
b – never played in Meistriliiga
c – ineligible for promotion to Meistriliiga

Champions[]

Season Champions Runners-up Third place Top goalscorer Goals
1992 Kreenholm Narva
1992–93 Tervis Pärnu Tallinna Sadam Kreenholm Narva
1993–94 Kalev Pärnu Estonia (Kalev Pärnu) 21
1994–95 Dünamo Tallinn[A]
Lelle[B] Tervis Pärnu Tulevik Viljandi
1995–96 Norma Tallinn
1996–97 Dünamo Tallinn (2) Pärnu Estonia () 8
1997–98 Estonia ()
Estonia ()		 13
1998 Levadia Maardu Vigri Tallinn Lootus Kohtla-Järve Estonia (Levadia Maardu) 9
1999 Kuressaare Lootus Kohtla-Järve Vigri Tartu Lithuania (Kuressaare) 27
2000 Maardu Tervis Pärnu Viljandi Estonia (Maardu) 26
2001 Levadia Pärnu Valga Estonia () 26
2002 Valga Kuressaare Estonia () 25
2003 Lootus Kohtla-Järve Tervis Pärnu M.C. Tallinn Estonia (Ajax Lasnamäe) 29
2004 Tammeka Tartu Levadia II Tallinn Tervis Pärnu Estonia Oliver Konsa (Tammeka Tartu) 25
2005 Vaprus Pärnu Levadia II Tallinn Ajax Lasnamäe Russia Nikita Andreev (Ajax Lasnamäe) 29
2006 Levadia II Tallinn (2) Kuressaare Tallinna Kalev Estonia Kaimar Saag (Levadia II Tallinn) 37
2007 Levadia II Tallinn (3) Flora II Tallinn Sillamäe Kalev Estonia Andrus Mitt (Nõmme Kalju) 24
2008 Levadia II Tallinn (4) Kuressaare Flora II Tallinn Estonia (TVMK II Tallinn) 20
2009 Levadia II Tallinn (5) Lootus Kohtla-Järve Warrior Valga Estonia (Kiviõli Tamme Auto/Levadia II Tallinn) 32
2010 Levadia II Tallinn (6) Flora II Tallinn Ajax Lasnamäe Estonia (Kiviõli Tamme Auto) 28
2011 Tallinna Kalev Infonet Tallinn Kiviõli Tamme Auto Estonia (Infonet Tallinn) 40
2012 Infonet Tallinn Flora II Tallinn Tarvas Rakvere Ivory Coast Manucho (Infonet Tallinn) 31
2013 Levadia II Tallinn (7) Lokomotiv Jõhvi Flora II Tallinn Estonia (Irbis Kiviõli) 28
2014 Flora II Tallinn Levadia II Tallinn Pärnu Linnameeskond Estonia (Pärnu Linnameeskond/Levadia II Tallinn) 31
2015 Flora II Tallinn (2) Levadia II Tallinn Infonet II Tallinn Estonia (Infonet II Tallinn) 41
2016 Tulevik Viljandi Flora U21 Tallinn Infonet II Tallinn Estonia (Infonet II Tallinn) 39
2017 Maardu Linnameeskond Tallinna Kalev Tarvas Rakvere Estonia Vitali Gussev (Maardu Linnameeskond) 38
2018 Maardu Linnameeskond (2) Flora U21 Tallinn Levadia U21 Tallinn Estonia Vitali Gussev (Maardu Linnameeskond) 43
2019 Legion Tallinn Flora U21 Tallinn Vaprus Pärnu Estonia Rejal Alijev (Legion Tallinn) 38
  1. ^
    East/North champion
  2. ^
    South/West champion

Total titles won[]

Club 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Winning seasons
Levadia U21 Tallinn 7 4 1 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013
Flora U21 Tallinn 2 6 2 2014, 2015
Maardu Linnameeskond 2 0 0 2017, 2018
Dünamo Tallinn 2 0 0 1994–95[A], 1996–97
Tervis Pärnu 1 3 1 1992–93
Kuressaare 1 3 0 1999
Järve Kohtla-Järve 1 2 1 2003
1 2 0 1997–98
Warrior Valga 1 1 1 2002
Tallinna Kalev 1 1 1 2011
Infonet Tallinn 1 1 0 2012
Kreenholm Narva 1 0 1 1992
Pärnu 1 0 1 1993–94
Tulevik Viljandi 1 0 1 2016
Vaprus Pärnu 1 0 1 2005
Lelle 1 0 0 1994–95[B]
Norma Tallinn 1 0 0 1995–96
Levadia Tallinn 1 0 0 1998
Levadia Pärnu 1 0 0 2001
Tammeka Tartu 1 0 0 2004
Legion Tallinn 1 0 0 2019
0 2 1
Vigri Tartu 0 1 1
0 1 0
Tallinna Sadam 0 1 0
0 1 0
Lokomotiv Jõhvi 0 1 0
0 0 2
0 0 2
Ajax Lasnamäe 0 0 2
Infonet II Tallinn 0 0 2
Tarvas Rakvere 0 0 2
0 0 1
0 0 1
Viljandi 0 0 1
M.C. Tallinn 0 0 1
Sillamäe Kalev 0 0 1
Irbis Kiviõli 0 0 1
Pärnu Linnameeskond 0 0 1
  1. ^
    East/North champion
  2. ^
    South/West champion

All-time Esiliiga table[]

The table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Esiliiga since its inception in 1992. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the season. Teams in bold played in the Esiliiga . Numbers in bold are the record (highest) numbers in each column.

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss. Promotion matches and relegation matches involving clubs of higher or lower leagues are not counted.

The table is sorted by all-time points.

Pos.
Club
Seasons
Titles
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
PPG
1 FCI Levadia U21 20 7 688 386 120 182 1722 885 +837 1278 1.86
2 FC Flora U21 13 2 563 302 101 160 1195 706 +489 1007 1.79
3 JK Tallinna Kalev 8 1 282 147 54 81 614 431 +183 495 1.76
4 Rakvere JK Tarvas 10 0 360 132 64 164 556 731 -175 460 1.28
5 FC Kuressaare 9 1 278 136 41 99 568 482 +86 449 1.62
6 Kiviõli FC Irbis 8 0 288 110 51 124 556 542 +14 381 1.32
7 Maardu Linnameeskond 5 3 170 112 20 38 468 235 +233 356 2.09
8 FC Elva 10 0 331 99 45 187 437 706 -269 342 1.03
9 Kohtla-Järve FC Lootus 7 1 214 97 27 90 411 400 +11 318 1.49
10 Lasnamäe FC Ajax 6 0 200 93 37 70 449 311 +138 316 1.58
11 Pärnu JK Vaprus 6 2 204 92 38 74 400 343 +57 314 1.54
12 Tartu JK Tammeka U21 7 0 242 86 49 107 385 447 -62 307 1.27
13 Viljandi JK Tulevik 7 1 166 90 30 56 320 250 +70 300 1.81
14 8 1 188 86 23 77 416 370 +46 281 1.49
15 FC Valga 8 1 164 79 14 61 304 276 +28 251 1.53
16 5 0 172 63 23 86 302 363 -61 212 1.23
17 Valga FC Warrior 6 0 200 61 29 110 285 438 -153 212 1.06
18 Tartu FC Santos 5 0 216 59 27 94 290 388 -98 204 0.94
19 Tallinna JK Legion 4 1 144 60 21 63 291 296 -5 201 1.40
20 Tallinna JK Dünamo 7 2 144 58 19 67 276 319 -43 193 1.34
21 JK Sillamäe Kalev 7 0 162 56 24 74 232 303 -71 192 1.19
22 Vändra JK Vaprus 5 0 174 52 30 92 259 375 -116 186 1.07
23 FCI Tallinn U21 3 0 108 51 12 45 266 214 +52 165 1.53
24 Tartu JK Merkuur 6 0 122 49 18 55 199 238 -39 165 1.35
25 Nõmme Kalju FC U21 4 0 144 48 21 75 218 293 -75 165 1.15
26 Pärnu JK 6 1 122 44 21 49 224 227 -3 153 1.25
27 FCI Tallinn 2 1 72 45 16 11 195 80 +115 151 2.10
28 FC Puuma 4 0 144 37 28 79 208 372 -164 139 0.97
29 Pärnu Linnameeskond 3 0 108 37 23 49 207 213 -6 134 1.24
30 Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi 4 0 120 34 22 64 164 300 -136 124 1.03
31 FC M.C. Tallinn 3 0 84 34 17 33 167 189 -22 119 1.42
32 4 1 58 36 7 15 171 80 +91 115 1.98
33 5 1 78 33 16 29 158 152 +6 115 1.47
34 Tartu SK 10 2 0 72 32 12 28 123 125 -2 108 1.50
35 Viljandi JK Tulevik U21 3 0 108 28 24 56 139 215 -76 108 1.00
36 Nõmme Kalju FC 2 0 72 31 14 27 145 149 -4 107 1.49
37 Tartu JK Tammeka 3 1 84 29 18 37 165 199 -34 105 1.25
38 Tartu JK Welco 4 0 138 27 24 87 143 345 -202 105 0.76
39 5 0 72 31 10 31 117 141 -24 103 1.43
40 FC Nõmme United 2 0 62 28 12 22 155 110 +44 96 1.55
41 2 0 56 27 13 16 144 102 +42 94 1.68
42 Jõhvi FC Lokomotiiv 2 0 72 26 13 33 115 121 -6 91 1.26
43 2 0 42 26 9 7 98 40 +58 87 2.07
44 4 1 58 25 10 23 120 125 -5 85 1.47
45 4 0 58 23 8 27 99 117 -18 77 1.33
46 Kohtla-Järve JK Järve 3 0 102 21 13 68 106 270 -164 76 0.75
47 3 0 46 22 7 17 95 85 +10 73 1.59
48 JK Tallinna Kalev U21 2 0 72 18 13 41 75 134 -59 67 0.93
49 Paide Linnameeskond U21 1 0 30 17 3 10 85 56 +29 54 1.80
50 Paide Linnameeskond 1 0 36 14 12 10 58 44 +14 54 1.50
51 1 1 28 15 7 6 67 39 +28 52 1.86
52 2 1 28 15 2 11 77 44 +33 47 1.68
53 Viimsi JK 1 0 28 12 4 12 43 50 -7 40 1.43
54 FC Viljandi 1 0 28 12 4 12 31 46 -15 40 1.43
55 JK Tallinna Sadam 1 0 16 12 2 2 52 14 +38 38 2.38
56 2 0 28 10 6 12 56 64 -8 36 1.29
57 Keila JK 1 0 36 10 5 21 41 88 -47 35 0.97
58 Lelle SK 1 0 36 11 1 24 49 100 -51 34 0.94
59 FC Kuressaare II 1 0 28 8 3 17 35 79 -44 27 0.96
60 1 0 20 7 3 10 33 47 -14 24 1.20
61 2 0 28 7 3 18 36 75 -39 24 0.86
62 1 0 12 7 0 5 30 25 +5 21 1.75
63 1 0 14 6 3 5 30 26 +4 21 1.50
64 1 0 12 6 1 5 29 26 +3 19 1.58
65 1 0 14 5 0 9 26 31 -5 15 1.07
66 1 0 36 3 5 28 27 97 -70 14 0.39
67 1 0 10 1 0 9 6 27 -21 3 0.30
68 1 0 14 0 1 3 12 67 -55 1 0.07

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Esiliiga tutvustus" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

External links[]

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