III liiga

III liiga
Country	Estonia
Confederation	UEFA
Divisions	III north; III east; III west; III south
Number of teams	48 (12 in each division)
Level on pyramid	5
Promotion to	II liiga
Relegation to	IV liiga
Domestic cup(s)	Estonian Cup; Estonian Small Cup
Current champions	; (2017)

III liiga is the fifth-highest football league arranged by the Estonian Football Association. It consists of 48 teams, divided geographically into four divisions with 12 teams in each group north, east, west and south. The season starts around April and lasts until October.

III liiga North[]

Current clubs[]

The following clubs were competing in III Liiga North during the 2018 season.

Club	2017	Seasons in III Liiga	First Season in III Liiga	Current run since	Titles	Last best finish
Retro	4th	7	2010	2010	3	1st (2015)
	6th	2	2017	2017	0	6th (2017)
	III Liiga West 7th	3	2016	2016	0	5th (2016)
	10th	6	2008	2014	0	5th (2015)
	IV Liiga North/West 3rd	1	2018	2018	0	-
	12th	11	2006	2015	0	5th (2012)
Saku	9th	8	2001	2014	0	9th (2015)
	5th	4	2012	2016	0	7th (2013)
	2nd	7	2008	2016	0	8th (2012)
Dünamo	II Liiga North/East 6th	2	2002	2018	1	1st (2002)
Harju	8th	13	2004	2012	1	1st (2010)
Zapoos	IV Liiga North/East 4th	1	2018	2018	0	-

III liiga East[]

Current clubs[]

The following clubs were competing in III Liiga North during the 2016 season.

Club	2015	Seasons in III Liiga	First Season in III Liiga	Current run since	Titles	Last best finish
Maardu United ^{a, b}	3rd	1	2015	2015	0	3rd (2015)
^a	4th	14	2001	2014	0	3rd (2010)
^{a, b}	5th	1	2015	2015	0	5th (2015)
Kaitseliit Kalev ^a	6th	4	2005	2015	1	1st (2007)
^{a, b}	7th	11	2005	2005	0	3rd (2005)
Loo	8th	3	2009	2015	0	4th (2012)
^{a, b}	9th	5	2011	2011	0	3rd (2011)
^{a, b}	IV Liiga East 1st	0	2016	2016	0	–
^{a, b}	IV Liiga East 3rd	0	2016	2016	0	–
Ambla ^{a, b}	11th	3	2013	2013	0	6th (2013)
^{a, b}	?	0	2016	2016	0	–
^{a, b}	?	0	2016	2016	0	–

^a – never been relegated from III Liiga
^b – never played in II Liiga

III liiga South[]

Current clubs[]

The following clubs were competing in III Liiga South during the 2016 season.

Club	2015	Seasons in III Liiga	First Season in III Liiga	Current run since	Titles	Last best finish
Otepää ^{a, b}	3rd	7	2009	2009	0	3rd (2015)
^{a, b}	4th	6	2010	2010	0	4th (2015)
Lootos ^b	5th	15	1995/96	2007	0	3rd (2010)
^{a, b}	6th	4	2012	2012	0	3rd (2014)
^{a, b}	7th	2	2014	2014	0	5th (2014)
^{a, b}	8th	3	2013	2013	0	7th (2013)
^{a, b}	9th	5	2011	2011	0	9th (2015)
^a	IV Liiga South 1st	7	1995/96	2016	1	1st (1999)
Suure-Jaani United ^b	IV Liiga South 2nd	1	2012	2016	0	11th (2012)
Warrior	10th	7	1995/96	2012	0	2nd (2004)
Fauna	11th	9	2001	2015	1	1st (2001)
^{a, b}	12th	2	2014	2014	0	12th (2015)

^a – never been relegated from III Liiga
^b – never played in II Liiga

III liiga West[]

Current clubs[]

The following clubs were competing in III Liiga South during the 2016 season.

Club	2015	Seasons in III Liiga	First Season in III Liiga	Current run since	Titles	Last best finish
^a	2nd	9	2006	2014	0	2nd (2015)
^a	3rd	2	2013	2015	0	3rd (2015)
Lihula ^{a, b}	5th	3	2013	2013	0	5th (2015)
^b	6th	8	2002	2014	0	2nd (2005)
^a	9th	13	2000	2009	1	1st (2002)
Poseidon ^{a, b}	IV Liiga East 1st	0	2016	2016	0	–
Pärnu Vaprus ^a	IV Liiga East 2nd	3	1998	2016	1	1st (2000)
^a	IV Liiga East 3rd	0	2016	2016	0	–
Lelle	10th	6	2002	2013	0	3rd (2014)
Raplamaa ^{a, b}	?	0	2016	2016	0	–
^{a, b}	?	0	2016	2016	0	–
^{a, b}	?	0	2016	2016	0	–

^a – never been relegated from III Liiga
^b – never played in II Liiga

Champions and top goalscorers[]

North division[]

Season				Top Goalscorer
1995/96
1996/97
1997/98	FC M.C. Tallinn	Nõmme JK Kalju		(, 14 goals)
1998	Lasnamäe JK	Nõmme JK Kalju		(Nõmme JK Kalju, 14 goals)
1999			Nõmme JK Kalju	(Nõmme JK Kalju, 21 goals)
2000	TJK-83 Tallinn			(, 17 goals)
2001	FC M.C. Tallinn	Tallinna FC Ajax		(FC M.C. Tallinn, 22 goals)
2002	Tallinna JK Dünamo			(FC Puuma Tallinn, 20 goals)
2003	JK Tallinna Kalev		Eesti Telefoni SK	(JK Tallinna Kalev, 20 goals)
2004	FC Elion	Nõmme JK Kalju		(Tallinna FC Olympic, 20 goals)
2005				(, 27 goals)
2006	Tallinna FC Ararat	Nõmme JK Kalju II	Tallinna JK Piraaja	(, 23 goals)
2007	SK Tallinna Sport		Saue JK	(Saue JK, 23 goals)
2008		Tallinna JK Piraaja		(, 21 goals)
2009	FC Ajax Veteranid		Tallinna JK Legion II	(FC Ajax Veteranid, 20 goals)
2010	Tallinna FC Olympic	Tallinna JK Piraaja		(Tallinna FC Olympic, 20 goals)
2011	Tallinna FC Ararat TTÜ (2)	Saue JK Laagri		(, 19 goals)
2012	FCF Tallinna Ülikool	Saue JK Laagri		(FCF Tallinna Ülikool, 21 goals)
2013	Paide Linnameeskond II			(, 26 goals)
2014	Tallinna JK Piraaja	Tallinna FC Charma	JK Retro	(JK Retro, 54 goals)
2015	JK Retro			(JK Retro, 45 goals)
2016	Pirita Reliikvia		JK Retro	(JK Retro, 30 goals)
2017	Põhja-Tallinna JK Volta			(Põhja-Tallinna JK Volta, 34 goals)
2018	JK Retro (2)	Tallinna FC Zapoos	Harju JK Laagri	(JK Retro, 41 goals)

East division[]

Season				Top Goalscorer
1995/96	Kohtla-Järve Veteranid
1996/97
1997/98		SK Tapa		(SK Tapa, 10 goals)
1998	Kohtla-Järve JK Alko		SK Tapa	(SK Tapa, 9 goals)
1999	Tallinna FC Puuma		Kolgaküla SK Rada/HKL	(SK Tapa, 14 goals)
2000		Jõhvi JK Orbiit		(, 10 goals)
2001			Kohtla-Järve JK Alko	Tarmo Kink (, 31 goals)
2002	Kuusalu SK Rada	Jõhvi JK Orbiit		(Kiviõli Tamme Auto, 28 goals)
2003				(, 38 goals)
2004	JK Sillamäe Kalev			(, 33 goals)
2005	Jõhvi JK Orbiit		Virumaa JK Rakvere	(, 30 goals)
2006	Kiviõli Tamme Auto	Virumaa JK Rakvere	Kuusalu SK Rada	(, 28 goals)
2007	Kohtla-Järve JK Alko		Maardu Esteve	(Maardu Esteve, 43 goals)
2008	FC M.C. Tallinn		Maardu Esteve	(Maardu Esteve, 23 goals)
2009	Tallinna FC Atletik	Raasiku FC Joker	Maardu Esteve	(Maardu Esteve, 34 goals)
2010	JK Sillamäe Kalev II		FC Maardu	(FC Maardu, 29 goals)
2011	FC Maardu	Kuusalu JK Rada		3 players (19 goals)
2012	Raasiku FC Joker 1993			(, 22 goals)
2013			Tallinna FC Levadia III	(, 26 goals)
2014	Kuusalu JK Rada	Narva United FC		(, 28 goals)
2015		Narva United FC	Maardu United	(, 46 goals)
2016	Maardu United			(Ambla Vallameeskond, 27 goals)
2017				( and (, 25 goals)
2018		JK Loo		(, 22 goals)

West division[]

Season				Top Goalscorer
1995/96
1996/97	Kuusalu SK Rada/HKL
1997/98	FC Kuressaare			(FC Kuressaare, 10 goals)
1998				Aleksander Saharov (, 9 goals)
1999				(, 14 goals)
2000			Keila JK	(Keila JK, 10 goals)
2001			FC Kose	(, 31 goals)
2002		FC Kose		(, 28 goals)
2003	Lelle SK	FC Kose	Tabasalu Palliklubi	(Lelle SK, 38 goals)
2004		FC Kose	Tabasalu Palliklubi	(, 33 goals)
2005	JK Tallinna Kalev II			(JK Tallinna Kalev II, 30 goals)
2006	Tabasalu Palliklubi			(, 28 goals)
2007	JK Kaitseliit Kalev			(, 43 goals)
2008				Atko Väikmeri (, 23 goals)
2009			FC Kose	(, 34 goals)
2010	Paide Kumake	FC Kose		(, 29 goals)
2011	Vändra JK Vaprus	Keila JK		(Eesti Koondis, 22 goals))
2012	Eesti Koondis			(Eesti Koondis, 22 goals)
2013	JK Retro			(JK Retro, 26 goals)
2014	FC Kose		FC Lelle	(, 28 goals)
2015	Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi			(, 46 goals)
2016	Raplamaa JK	Pärnu JK Vaprus		(, 27 goals)
2017	Pärnu JK Poseidon	Tallinna FC Castovanni Eagles	Läänemaa JK	(Läänemaa JK, 30 goals)
2018	FC Kose (2)		Saue JK	(FC Kose, 32 goals)

South division[]

Season				Top Goalscorer
1995/96		Valga FC Warrior
1996/97
1997/98	Viljandi JK Tulevik II			(Viljandi JK Tulevik II, 11 goals)
1998				(, 12 goals)
1999				(, 17 goals)
2000	Tartu JK Tammeka			Vitali Gussev (Tartu JK Tammeka, 22 goals)
2001			Võru SK Silja Sport	(, 17 goals)
2002				(Võru JK, 14 goals)
2003				Artur Ossipov (, 20 goals)
2004		Valga FC Warrior		(, 17 goals)
2005	Tartu Välk 494			(, 22 goals)
2006	Paide FC Flora	Võru JK	Tartu JK Tammeka II	(Paide FC Flora, 48 goals)
2007	Türi Ganvix JK		Jõgeva SK Tähe	(Türi Ganvix JK, 30 goals)
2008			Põlva FC Lootos	(Põlva FC Lootos, 37 goals)
2009	Tartu FC HaServ	JK Luunja	FC Otepää	(Põlva FC Lootos, 32 goals)
2010	JK Luunja		Põlva FC Lootos	(JK Luunja, 22 goals)
2011	FC Elva	Jõgeva SK Noorus-96	Võru JK	(Jõgeva SK Noorus-96, 28 goals)
2012		Jõgeva SK Noorus-96	Viljandi JK Tulevik II	(, 33 goals)
2013	Võru JK		FC Otepää	(, 22 goals)
2014	Tõrva JK	SK Imavere Forss		(Tõrva JK, 28 goals)
2015	Tartu FC Merkuur		FC Otepää	2 players, (22 goals)
2016	FC Otepää		Vastseliina FC Tannem	(FC Otepää, 29 goals)
2017			FC Vastseliina	(, 24 goals)
2018	Põhja-Sakala	SK Imavere		(, 30 goals)

III liiga finals[]

III liiga Finals 2012[]

10 October 2012 Semi-Final	Eesti Koondis	3–2		Tallinn, Estonia
20:30	Aivar Priidel 57' 81' Arvo Kraam 85'	(Report)	46', 69'	Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 20 Referee:

14 October 2012 Semi-Final	FCF Tallinna Ülikool	3–1	Raasiku FC Joker 1993	Tallinn, Estonia
14:00	40' 45' 72' (o.g.)	(Report)	61'	Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 68 Referee:

28 October 2012 Final	Eesti Koondis	3–1	FCF Tallinna Ülikool	Tallinn, Estonia
17:00	31' Arvo Kraam 46' 73'	(Report)	44'	Stadium: Sportland Arena Referee:

III liiga Finals 2013[]

20 October 2013 Semi-Final	Paide Linnameeskond II	3–2		Paide, Estonia
13:00	Chris Lee 20' 36' 39'	(Report)	18' 43'	Stadium: Attendance: 25 Referee:

20 October 2013 Semi-Final	Võru JK	3–3 (4–2 p)	JK Retro	Võru, Estonia
14:00	12', 62' 78'	(Report)	16', 24', 87'	Stadium: Attendance: 42 Referee:

31 October 2013 Final	Paide Linnameeskond II	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Võru JK	Tallinn, Estonia
20:30	69'	(Report)	25' 96'	Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 45 Referee:

III liiga Finals 2014[]

18 October 2014 Semi-Final	Tõrva JK	6–1	FC Kose	Tarvastu, Estonia
14:00	6', 73' 10', 85' 79' 88'	(Report)	60' (pen)	Stadium: Attendance: 25 Referee:

19 October 2014 Semi-Final	Kuusalu JK Rada	1–2	Tallinna JK Piraaja	Kuusalu, Estonia
12:00	63'	(Report)	9' 59' (pen)	Stadium: Attendance: 22 Referee:

25 October 2014 Final	Tallinna JK Piraaja	2–1	Tõrva JK	Tallinn, Estonia
13:00	10' 48' (o.g.)	(Report)	66'	Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 40 Referee: Denis Petrov

III liiga Finals 2015[]

17 October 2015 Semi-Final		4–3	JK Retro	Tallinn, Estonia
11:00	18' 52' 65', 82'	(Report)	80' Kraam 83' 91'	Stadium: Lasnamäe KJH Stadium Attendance: 17 Referee: Tomi Rahula

18 October 2015 Semi-Final	Tartu FC Merkuur	2–3	Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi	Tartu, Estonia
13:00	Gussev 21', 46'	(Report)	32' 41', 68'	Stadium: Attendance: 12 Referee:

24 October 2015 Final	Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi	3–1		Pärnu, Estonia
13:00	34' 60' 74'	(Report)	90'	Stadium: Attendance: 67 Referee:

III liiga Finals 2016[]

15 October 2016 Semi-Final	Raplamaa JK	6–0	FC Otepää	Valtu, Estonia
18:00	60', 79' 62' 69' 86' 88'	(Report)		Stadium: Attendance: 21 Referee:

16 October 2016 Semi-Final	Maardu United	4–1	Pirita JK Reliikvia	Maardu, Estonia
13:00	19' 76' 89' 90+1'	(Report)	26'	Stadium: Attendance: 30 Referee:

22 October 2016 Final	Raplamaa JK	4–1	Maardu United	Rapla, Estonia
14:00	9', 23' 64' 88'	(Report)	79'	Stadium: Attendance: 20 Referee:

III liiga Finals 2017[]

15 October 2017 Semi-Final	Pärnu JK Poseidon	3–2		Pärnu, Estonia
12:00	7' 24' 81'	(Report)	51' 65'	Stadium: Attendance: 32 Referee:

15 October 2017 Semi-Final		11–1	Põhja-Tallinna JK Volta	Paide, Estonia
13:00	3', 24' 18' Lee 19' 26', 37', 41', 75', 82' 61', 74'	(Report)	83'	Stadium: Paide linnastaadion Attendance: 56 Referee:

21 October 2017 Final		2–0	Pärnu JK Poseidon	Paide, Estonia
14:00	19' 30'	(Report)		Stadium: Paide linnastaadion Attendance: 73 Referee:

III liiga Finals 2018[]

21 October 2018 Semi-Final		2–1	JK Retro	Viimsi, Estonia
13:30	67' 83'	Report	35'	Stadium: Attendance: 27 Referee:

21 October 2018 Semi-Final	FC Kose	1–3	Põhja-Sakala	Oru, Estonia
13:00	57'	Report	32' 68', 90+3'	Stadium: Attendance: 37 Referee:

27 October 2018 Final		0–2	Põhja-Sakala	Viimsi, Estonia
12:00		Report	63' (pen) 85'	Stadium: Attendance: 36 Referee:

External links[]

Estonian Football Association

v t III liiga 2020 clubs
III liiga North zone	Ararat Dünamo Retro Saku Zapoos
III liiga South zone	Imavere Lootos Otepää / ÜM Vastseliina Warrior
III liiga East zone	Ganvix Phoenix Loo
III liiga West zone	Kose