2002 Esiliiga

Esiliiga
Season 2002
2001
2003

The 2002 Esiliiga is the 12th season of the Esiliiga, second-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992.

Final table of Esiliiga season 2002

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Valga (P) 28 26 1 1 86 20 +66 79Promoted to
Meistriliiga
2 Kuressaare (Q) 28 17 2 9 82 50 +32 53Qualified to
promotion play-off
3 Maardu 28 13 8 7 79 55 +24 47
4 TJK 28 13 4 11 56 56 0 43
5 Merkuur 28 10 3 15 47 73 26 33
6 Tammeka (Q) 28 9 6 13 47 66 19 33Qualified to
relegation play-off
7 Elva (R) 28 5 5 18 40 61 21 20Relegated to
II Liiga
8 Sillamäe Kalev (R) 28 3 3 22 23 79 56 12

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

Kuressaare 1 – 1 Lootus
A. Dubõkin  2' Popov  41'
Lootus 0 – 1 Kuressaare
Õun  85'

FC Kuressaare beat FC Lootus Kohtla-Järve 2–1 on aggregate. Kuressaare promoted to Meistriliiga, Lootus relegated to Esiliiga.

Relegation playoff

M.C. 3 – 0 Tammeka
Tammeka 2 – 3 M.C.

FC M.C. Tallinn beat JK Tammeka Tartu 6–2 on aggregate. M.C. promoted to Esiliiga, Tammeka relegated to Second Division.

Top goalscorers

25 – Andrei Afanassov (Maardu)
21 – Tarmo Neemelo (Kuressaare)
17 – Tiit Tikenberg (Kuressaare)
16 – Glen Atle Larsen (Valga)
15 – Jarmo Ahjupera (Valga)
13 – Ott Meerits (Kuressaare)
12 – Konstantin Vassiljev (TJK)
11 – Joel Lindpere (Valga)
11 – Aivar Priidel (Maardu)
11 – Kristjan Tiirik (Tammeka)

See also

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