2003 Esiliiga

The 2003 Esiliiga is the 13th season of the Esiliiga, second-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992.

Final table of Esiliiga season 2003

Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/est03.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
^† FC Merkuur Tartu deducted 4 points for having licensing problem before the season.
^‡ Estonian Football Association License Commission decided to take JK Vaprus Pärnu's license to play in Esiliiga. The club was demoted to 8th spot.
(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

12 November 2003

Tervis	2 – 2	Valga
Valejev  24' Savotškin  28'		Raamat  10' Tarassenkov  37'

22 November 2003

Valga	3 – 0	Tervis
Antonov  33' Tarassenkov  43' Anniste  54'

FC Valga beat JK Tervis Pärnu 5–2 on aggregate. Vaga stayed in Meistriliiga, Tervis in Esiliiga.

Relegation playoff

15 November 2003

TVMK II	3 – 2	Merkuur

22 November 2003

Merkuur	0 – 3	TVMK II

FC TVMK II Tallinn beat FC Merkuur Tartu 6–2 on aggregate. TVMK II promoted to Esiliiga, Merkuur relegated to Second Division.

Top goalscorers

29 – Aleksei Titov (Estel)
20 – Kristjan Tiirik (Tammeka)
17 – Sergei Popov (Lootus)
15 – Nikolai Toštšev (Lootus)
13 – Jarmo Ahjupera (Tervis)
13 – Sergei Bragin (Estel)
12 – Aleksandr Kulik (Tervis)
12 – Anton Semjonov (Lootus)
11 – Marek Markson (Vaprus)
11 – Ott Purje (M.C.)
11 – Juri Volkov (TJK)
10 – Aleksandr Ivanov (TJK)

See also

• 2003 Meistriliiga