II liiga
Country | Estonia |
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Confederation | UEFA |
Divisions | II East/North II West/South |
Number of teams | 28 (14 in each division) |
Level on pyramid | 4 |
Promotion to | Esiliiga B |
Relegation to | III liiga |
Domestic cup(s) | Estonian Cup Estonian Small Cup |
Current champions | (2018) |
Current: 2020 II liiga |
II liiga is the fourth level of football league competition in Estonia arranged by the Estonian Football Association. It consists of 28 teams, divided geographically into two divisions with 14 teams respectively in group North/East and South/West. Until 2013 it was the third level league.
Competition[]
During the season, teams play each opponent twice, once at home and once away, for 26 matches. At the end of the season, the winners of both divisions face each other in one final match to determine the champion of II liiga. As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts around April and lasts until around the start of November.
At the end of the season, the winners of both divisions may be promoted to the Esiliiga B. This is providing the clubs meet the licensing criteria of the Esiliiga B. Second placed clubs of the divisions face each other in a play-off, the winner of which will play with Esiliiga B eight placed (third bottom) club for promotion to the Esiliiga.
Two clubs from the bottom end of both divisions are relegated to the III liiga. Third bottom clubs in both divisions will play a playoff with winners of play offs of III liiga second placed clubs.[1]
II Liiga North/East[]
2019 season[]
2019 II N/E liiga consists of 14 teams. Nine of them remain the same, one was promoted from III liiga South, one from III liiga West and two were relegated from higher divisions. Promoted teams are and FC Jõgeva Wolves and relegated teams are Tartu FC Santos (from Esiliiga) and Lasnamäe FC Ajax (from Esiliiga B). Tallinna JK Legion II joined the league from II S/W liiga. These teams replaced and Maardu United (dissolved), Põhja-Tallinna JK Volta (promoted) as well as Raasiku FC Joker and Tallinna JK Piraaja (transferred to II S/W liiga).
Clubs[]
The following clubs are competing in II liiga North/East during the 2019 season.
Club | 2018 | Location | Titles | Last best finish |
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Ajax | 9th in Esiliiga B | Tallinn | 1 | 1st (2002) |
Ararat | 7th | Tallinn | 0 | 3rd (2008) |
FCI Tallinn | 2nd | Tallinn | 0 | 2nd (2018) |
8th | Jõhvi | 0 | 8th (2018) | |
Legion II | 6th in II liiga S/W | Tallinn | 0 | – |
10th | Maardu | 0 | 10th (2017) | |
Noorus | 4th | Jõgeva | 0 | 4th (2018) |
Santos | 7th in Esiliiga | Tartu | 0 | – |
Sillamäe | 3rd | Sillamäe | 2 | 1st (2000) |
12th | Tartu | 0 | 12th (2018) | |
Trans II | 6th | Narva | 0 | 4th (2016) |
a | 2nd in III liiga West | Tallinn | 0 | – |
9th | Tartu | 0 | 9th (2018) | |
Wolves | 4th in III liiga South | Jõgeva | 0 | – |
a – ineligible for promotion to Esiliiga B
Statistics[]
Winners[]
- Bold teams were promoted
II Liiga South/West[]
2018 season[]
Number of teams | 14 |
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Current champions | FC Nõmme United (2017) |
Most championships | FC Santos Tartu (3) |
Website | II Liiga |
2018 II S/W Liiga consists of 14 different teams. Eight of them remain the same. Two were promoted from III Liiga West, one from III Liiga North and one from III Liiga East. They were Pärnu JK Poseidon, Läänemaa JK, and . One team was transferred from II Liiga N/E. It was Tallinna JK Legion II. Remaining team was relegated from Esiliiga B, which was Viimsi JK. These teams replaced FC Nõmme United, Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi and FC Flora U19 (all promoted), Saue JK Laagri, SK Imavere and . Also Tallinna JK Dünamo changed its name to Tallinna JK Legion II.
Clubs[]
The following clubs were competing in II liiga South/West during the 2018 season.
Club | 2017 | Location | Titles | Last best finish |
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Poseidon a, b | 1st in III Liiga W | Pärnu | 0 | – |
Ganvix a, b | 5th | Türi | 0 | 2nd (2015) |
Legion II a, b, c | – | Tallinn | 0 | – |
Kuressaare II a | 10th | Kuressaare | 1 | 1st (2003) |
a, b | 3rd in III Liiga N | Tallinn | 0 | – |
Läänemaa a, b | 3rd in III Liiga W | Haapsalu | 0 | – |
Otepää a, b | 9th | Otepää | 0 | 9th (2017) |
a, b | 1st in III Liiga E | Paide | 0 | – |
Raplamaa a, b | 8th | Rapla | 0 | 8th (2017) |
Tabasalu a, b | 3rd | Tallinn | 0 | 3rd (2017) |
Tulevik U21 | 4th | Viljandi | 0 | 2nd (1994/95) |
Tõrva a, b | 13th | Karksi-Nuia | 0 | 7th (2016) |
a, b | 12th | Pärnu | 0 | 12th (2017) |
Viimsi | 7th in Esiliiga B | Haabneeme | 1 | 1st (2012) |
a – never been relegated from II liiga
b – never played in Esiliiga B/Esiliiga
c – ineligible for promotion to Esiliiga B
Statistics[]
Winners[]
Season | Points | Points | Points | Top goalscorer | Goals | |||
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1995–96 | 21 | 16 | Merkuur Tartu | 11 | ||||
1996–97 | Merkuur Tartu | 28 | 18 | 14 | ||||
1997–98 | FC Lelle | 21 | 20 | 16 | ||||
1998 | FC Lelle | 27 | 17 | 13 | Ott Purje (FC Lelle) | 14 | ||
1999 | Merkuur Tartu | 54 | 37 | Tervis Pärnu | 30 | Martti Pukk () | 24 | |
2000 | Pärnu FC Levadia | 49 | 35 | 30 | Martti Pukk () | 22 | ||
2001 | JK Tammeka Tartu | 45 | Pärnu JK Vaprus | 43 | Muhumaa JK | 33 | Kristjan Tiirik (JK Tammeka Tartu) | 20 |
2002 | JK Tervis Pärnu | 49 | 32 | Sörve JK | 32 | Maikko Mölder (Sörve JK) | 24 | |
2003 | Sörve JK | 57 | 55 | HÜJK Emmaste | 42 | Martti Pukk () | 26 | |
2004 | Pärnu JK Vaprus | 76 | FC Elva | 58 | 42 | Indrek Joost (Pärnu JK Vaprus) | 28 | |
2005 | 62 | 58 | FC Elion | 49 | Sergei Zenjov () | 27 | ||
2006 | Tartu Välk 494 | 59 | 55 | 54 | Ants Palumaa () | 30 | ||
2007 | Paide FC Flora | 61 | Sörve JK | 59 | 54 | Rauno Rikberg (Paide FC Flora) | 34 | |
2008 | Tartu FC Santos | 58 | FC Nõmme United | 55 | Viljandi JK Tulevik II | 48 | Ivar Sova (FC Nõmme United) | 27 |
2009 | FC Nõmme United | 58 | Tartu JK Tammeka II | 57 | Türi Ganvix JK | 43 | Ivar Sova (FC Nõmme United) | 39 |
2010 | Tartu FC HaServ | 62 | HÜJK Emmaste | 52 | FC Nõmme United | 47 | Sander Lepik (FC Nõmme United) | 20 |
2011 | Tartu FC HaServ | 62 | Tartu JK Tammeka II | 62 | Paide Kumake | 54 | Rasmus Luhakooder (Viljandi JK Tulevik) | 23 |
2012 | HÜJK Emmaste | 69 | Viljandi JK Tulevik | 56 | Vändra JK Vaprus | 51 | Ergo Eessaar () | 39 |
2013 | Tartu FC Santos | 73 | Sörve JK | 49 | Türi Ganvix JK | 48 | Alar Alve (Tartu FC Santos) Sander Lepik (FC Nõmme United) |
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2014 | JK Tallinna Kalev U21 | 61 | FCF Tallinna Ülikool | 59 | Saue JK Laagri | 36 | Karl Anton Sõerde (Viimsi MRJK) | 28 |
2015 | FCF Tallinna Ülikool | 63 | Türi Ganvix JK | 53 | Viljandi JK Tulevik U21 | 52 | Rauno Nõmmiko (FCF Tallinna Ülikool) | 32 |
2016 | Paide Linnameeskond II | 67 | Keila JK | 62 | FC Nõmme United | 60 | Kevin Mätas (FC Nõmme United) | 38 |
2017 | FC Nõmme United | 71 | Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi | 60 | JK Tabasalu | 48 | Mark Kolosov (FC Nõmme United) | 50 |
2018 | 71 | Viimsi JK | 65 | JK Tabasalu | 54 | Ken-Marten Tammeveski (Viimsi JK) | 27 | |
2019 | 64 | 56 | Läänemaa JK | 49 | Juhan Jograf Siim (Tallinna JK Piraaja) | 35 | ||
2020 | 76 | Harju JK Laagri | 59 | Raasiku FC Joker | 57 | Marek Suursaar (FC Kuressaare II) | 38 |
- Bold teams were promoted
Promotion[]
In addition to league winners, second placed teams also get a chance to get promoted. First of all, both second placed teams play each other and the winner goes to the second round, where it meets with Esiliiga B 8th placed team. The winner of this game gets to compete in Esiliiga B.
First Round[]
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Second Round[]
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II liiga finals[]
Every season II Liiga North/East and II Liiga South/West winners compete in a match. The winner is named the II liiga champion.[2]
2012 | Jõhvi FC Lokomotiv | 0–3 | HÜJK Emmaste | Tallinn, Estonia |
14:00 | (Report) | Janar Tükk 27' Kristjan Paapsi 46' 89' |
Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 25 Referee: |
2013 | Tartu FC Santos | 2–1 | Maardu FC Starbunker | Tartu, Estonia |
10:00 | 62' 87' |
(Report) | 25' | Stadium: Tamme Stadium Attendance: 76 Referee: |
2014 | JK Tallinna Kalev II | 2–1 | Paide Linnameeskond II | Tallinn, Estonia |
19:30 | 7' 62' |
(Report) | Tarmo Paju 17' | Stadium: Kalevi Keskstaadion Attendance: 35 Referee: |
2015 | FCF Tallinna Ülikool | 4–1 | Paide Linnameeskond II | Tallinn, Estonia |
19:30 | 10' 71' 86' 90' |
(Report) | 5' | Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 30 Referee: Aleksei Smirnov |
2016 | Paide Linnameeskond II | 8–0 | Tartu FC Merkuur | Paide, Estonia |
13:00 | 3' (pen.) 9', 34' 37', 42', 63' 39' 85' |
liigavõitja (Report) | Stadium: Paide linnastaadion Attendance: 75 Referee: Paul Kask |
2017 | FC Nõmme United | 2–2 (2–4 p) | Tallinna JK Legion | Tallinn, Estonia |
19:00 | 17' 66' |
(Report) | 25' 38' |
Stadium: Attendance: 55 Referee: Roman Daniljuk |
2018 | 4–0 | Põhja-Tallinna JK Volta | Tallinn, Estonia | |
13:00 |
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(Report) | Stadium: Kadrioru staadion Attendance: 127 Referee: Tanel Üprus |
References[]
- ^ "Eesti 2017.a meistrivõistluste Meistri- ja Esiliiga juhend" (PDF). jalgpall.ee (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ "II Liiga võitja". jalgpall.ee (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
External links[]
- Football leagues in Estonia
- Fourth level football leagues in Europe
- Estonian Football Championship