2000 Esiliiga

Esiliiga
Season	2000
	← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 Esiliiga is the 10th season of the Esiliiga, second-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992.

Final table of Esiliiga season 2000


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Maardu (P)	28	27	0	1	147	21	+126	81	Promoted to Meistriliiga
2	Tervis (Q)	28	16	3	9	63	34	+29	51	Qualified to promotion play-off
3	Viljandi	28	12	4	12	31	46	−15	40
4	M.C.	28	11	5	12	63	49	+14	38
5	Dünamo	28	11	2	15	61	72	−11	35
6	Merkuur (Q)	28	9	7	12	42	62	−20	34	Qualified to relegation play-off
7	Muhumaa (R)	28	8	3	17	35	79	−44	27	Relegated to II Liiga
8	FC Lelle (R)	28	4	4	20	31	110	−79	16	Relegated to II Liiga

Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/est02.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Promotion playoff

5 November 2000

Tervis	w/o	Kuressaare

11 November 2000

Kuressaare	w/o	Tervis

FC Kuressaare were awarded the playoff win after JK Tervis Pärnu withdrew due to unavailability of players active for the Estonian U-18 team. Kuressaare remained in Meistriliiga, Tervis in Esiliiga.

Relegation playoff