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This article is about the Estonian football league. For other uses, see Meistriliiga (disambiguation).
Meistriliiga
Countries  Estonia
Confederation UEFA
Founded 1992
Number of teams 10
Levels on pyramid 1
Relegation to Esiliiga
Domestic cup(s) Estonian Cup
International cup(s) Champions League
UEFA Europa League
Current champions Flora
(2011)
Most championships Flora (9 titles)
Most capped player Maksim Gruznov (433)[1]
Top goalscorer Maksim Gruznov (286)[2]
TV partners TV6
Website http://www.jalgpall.ee
2012 season

Meistriliiga is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded in 1991 and the current, 2012 is the league's 22nd season. As of 2009 it is not fully professional; only six teams are professionals, and the other four teams are semi-professional.

As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts around March and ends in late November. The championship's top division consists of ten clubs, all teams play each other four times. After each season the bottom team is relegated, with the winner of Esiliiga being promoted (unless it is a reserve team for a Meistriliiga team, in which case the next team receives automatic promotion) and the 2nd last team from Meistriliiga and the 2nd team from Esiliiga play a two-legged playoff for a place in the Meistriliiga.

Contents

Meistriliiga clubs 2012

The following ten clubs are competing in the Meistriliiga during the 2012 season.

Club
 Position
in 2011		 First season in
top division		 Number of seasons
in Meistriliiga		 First season of
current spell in
top division		 Top division
titles		 Last top division title
/ Best finish
Floraa,b,c 1st 1992 22 1992 9 2011
Kaljuc 2nd 2008 5 2008 0 2nd
Kuressaare 9th 2000 9 2009 0 7th
Levadiac 4th 1999 14 1999 7 2009
Paide LMc 6th 2009 4 2009 0 6th
Sillamäe Kaleva 5th 1992 8 2008 0 2nd
Tallinna Kalev 1st, (Esiliiga) 2007 4 2012 0 6th
Tammekac 7th 2005 8 2005 0 5th
Transa,b,c 3rd 1992 22 1992 0 2nd
Viljandic 8th 2011 2 2011 0 8th

a = Founding member of the Meistriliiga
b = Played in every Meistriliiga season
c = Never been relegated from Meistriliiga

Champions and top goalscorers

Season Champion Runner-Up 3rd Position Top Goalscorer
1992 Norma Eesti Põlevkivi TVMK Estonia Sergei Bragin (Norma, 18 goals)
1992–93 Norma Flora Nikol Estonia Sergei Bragin (Norma, 27 goals)
1993–94 Flora Norma Nikol/Marlekor Estonia Maksim Gruznov (Trans, 21 goals)
1994–95 Flora Lantana/Marlekor Trans Ukraine Serhiy Morozov (Lantana/Marlekor, 25 goals)
1995–96 Lantana Flora Tevalte/Marlekor Estonia Lembit Rajala (Flora, 16 goals)
1996–97 Lantana Flora Marlekor Estonia Sergei Bragin (Lantana, 18 goals)
1997–98 Flora Sadam Lantana Estonia Konstantin Nahk (Sadam, 18 goals)
1998 Flora Sadam Lantana Estonia Konstantin Nahk (Sadam, 13 goals)
1999 Levadia Tulevik Flora Estonia Toomas Krõm (Levadia, 19 goals)
2000 Levadia Flora TVMK Lithuania Egidijus Juška (TVMK, 24 goals)
Estonia Toomas Krõm (Levadia, 24 goals)
2001 Flora TVMK Levadia Estonia Maksim Gruznov (Trans, 37 goals)
2002 Flora Levadia TVMK Estonia Andrei Krõlov (TVMK, 37 goals)
2003 Flora TVMK Levadia Norway Tor Henning Hamre (Flora, 39 goals)
2004 Levadia TVMK Flora Estonia Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (Flora, 28 goals)
2005 TVMK Levadia Trans Estonia Tarmo Neemelo (TVMK, 41 goals)
2006 Levadia Trans Flora Estonia Maksim Gruznov (Trans, 31 goals)
2007 Levadia Flora TVMK Russia Dmitry Lipartov (Trans, 30 goals)
2008 Levadia Flora Trans Estonia Ingemar Teever (Kalju, 23 goals)
2009 Levadia Sillamäe Kalev Trans Estonia Vitali Gussev (Levadia, 26 goals)
2010 Flora Levadia Trans Estonia Sander Post (Flora, 24 goals)
2011 Flora Kalju Trans Latvia Aleksandrs Čekulajevs (Trans, 46 goals)

Performance by club

Club 1st 2nd 3rd Seasons Won
Flora 9 6 3 1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011
Levadia 7 3 2 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Lantana/Marlekor/Nikol 2 1 3 1995–96, 1996–97
Norma 2 1 0 1992, 1992–93
TVMK/Tevalte/Marlekor 1 3 6 2005
Sadam 0 2 0
Trans 0 1 6
Tulevik 0 1 0
Eesti Põlevkivi 0 1 0
Sillamäe Kalev 0 1 0
Nõmme Kalju 0 1 0

All-time table

The table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Meistriliiga since its inception in 1992. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2009 season. Teams in bold are part of the 2010 Meistriliiga. Numbers in bold are the record (highest) numbers in each column.

Pos. Club Seasons Titles Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Avg. pts
1 Flora 19 7 515 348 95 72 1372 419 953 1139 2.21
2 Trans 19 0 515 262 100 153 1048 661 387 886 1.72
3 Levadia 11 7 348 263 57 28 1006 255 751 846 2.43
4 TVMK 15 1 411 226 77 108 972 486 486 755 1.84
5 Tulevik 15 0 419 132 81 206 560 773 −213 477 1.14
6 Lantana 6 2 138 73 34 31 275 162 113 253 1.83
7 Sadam 6 0 132 67 19 46 271 168 103 220 1.67
8 Eesti Põlevkivi 9 0 165 50 43 72 231 283 −52 193 1.17
9 Norma 4 2 81 52 7 22 237 113 124 163 2.01
10 Merkuur/Maag 6 0 155 41 29 85 206 407 −201 152 0.98
11 Sillamäe Kalev 5 0 127 45 15 67 175 302 −127 150 1.18
12 Kalju 2 0 72 31 16 25 130 111 19 109 1.51
13 Vigri/Tevalte 3 0 57 32 11 14 156 72 84 107 1.88
14 Kuressaare 6 0 192 27 19 146 140 592 −452 100 0.52
15 Nikol 2 0 44 30 6 8 107 36 71 96 2.18
16 Tammeka 3 0 108 27 15 66 124 231 −107 96 0.89
17 Maag Tammeka 2 0 72 27 12 33 99 116 −17 93 1.29
18 Tallinna Kalev 3 0 108 23 16 69 113 236 −123 85 0.79
19 Warrior 5 0 156 21 18 117 120 425 −305 81 0.52
20 Vaprus 3 0 108 23 7 78 125 307 −182 76 0.70
21 Levadia II 3 0 84 20 14 50 106 211 −105 74 0.88
22 Lelle 4 0 80 16 19 45 72 155 −83 67 0.84
23 Dünamo 4 0 91 18 11 62 98 278 −180 65 0.71
24 Lootus 4 0 112 16 17 79 82 291 −209 65 0.58
25 Tartu Kalev/DAG 4 0 71 16 11 44 91 213 −122 59 0.83
26 Keemik 2 0 33 11 7 15 45 73 −28 40 1.21
27 Tervis 2 0 46 11 5 30 50 104 −54 38 0.83
28 Ajax Lasnamäe 2 0 72 7 9 56 49 257 −208 30 0.42
29 Paide LM 1 0 36 6 4 26 21 97 −76 22 0.61
30 PJK 3 0 41 5 6 30 40 130 −90 21 0.51
31 Levadia Pärnu 1 0 28 1 5 22 19 96 −77 8 0.29
32 Vall 1 0 14 0 1 13 9 44 −35 1 0.07
33 Maardu 1 0 11 0 0 11 7 64 −57 0 0.00

1921–1944 Champions

Bold indicates club's first championship victory.

Estonian SSR Champions

  • 1957 · Kalev Ülemiste
  • 1958 · Kalev Ülemiste
  • 1959 · Kalev Ülemiste
  • 1960 · Balti Laevastik Tallinn
  • 1961 · Kalev Kopli
  • 1962 · Kalev Ülemiste
  • 1963 · Tempo Tallinn
  • 1964 · Norma Tallinn
  • 1965 · Balti Laevastik Tallinn
  • 1966 · Balti Laevastik Tallinn
  • 1967 · Norma Tallinn
  • 1968 · Balti Laevastik Tallinn
  • 1969 · Dvigatel Tallinn
  • 1970 · Norma Tallinn
  • 1971 · Tempo Tallinn
  • 1972 · Balti Laevastik Tallinn
  • 1973 · Kreenholm Narva
  • 1974 · Baltika Narva
  • 1975 · Baltika Narva
  • 1976 · Dvigatel Tallinn
  • 1977 · Baltika Narva
  • 1978 · Dünamo Tallinn
  • 1979 · Norma Tallinn
  • 1980 · Dünamo Tallinn

Individual all-time leaders

Appearance leaders

Rank Player Apps
1 Estonia Maksim Gruznov 464
2 Estonia Stanislav Kitto 458
3 Estonia Konstantin Nahk 424
4 Estonia Vitali Leitan 407
5 Estonia Martin Reim 385
6 Estonia Aleksandr Tarassenkov 382
7 Estonia Martin Kaalma 370
= Estonia Teet Allas 370
9 Estonia Andrei Kalimullin 368
10 Estonia Sergei Kazakov 367
As of 5 November 2011.[3]
Players in bold were active in 2011 season.

Goal scoring leaders

Rank Player Gls
1 Estonia Maksim Gruznov 302
2 Estonia Andrei Krõlov 162
3 Estonia Vitali Leitan 158
4 Russia Dmitry Lipartov 152
5 Estonia Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko 151
6 Estonia Konstantin Nahk 148
7 Estonia Indrek Zelinski 146
8 Estonia Dmitri Ustritski 124
9 Estonia Sergei Bragin 118
10 Estonia Tarmo Neemelo 115
As of 5 November 2011.[4]
Players in bold were active in 2011 season.

Notable foreign players

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
Finland Finland
Georgia (country) Georgia
Latvia Latvia
Lithuania Lithuania
Netherlands Netherlands
Norway Norway
Russia Russia
Japan Japan

UEFA Rankings

UEFA Country Ranking (Previous year rank in italics)[5]

References

  1. ^ 7.11.2010
  2. ^ 7.11.2010
  3. ^ TOP 100 – mängude arv Meistriliigas seisuga 7.11.2010
  4. ^ FC Flora — TOP 100 – edukamad väravalööjad Meistriliigas
  5. ^ UEFA Country Ranking 2012

External links

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Women: Naiste Meistriliiga
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Futsal: Saalijalgpalli Meistriliiga
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