2005 Esiliiga

Esiliiga
Season 2005
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The 2005 Esiliiga is the 15th season of the Esiliiga, second-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992.

JK Pärnu Vaprus gained automatic promotion to the Meistriliiga. FC Ajax Lasnamäe also went up after winning the promotion/relegation play-off against FC Kuressaare. The league's top-scorer was FC Ajax Lasnamäe youngster Nikita Andreev with 29 goals.

Final table of Esiliiga season 2005

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Vaprus Pärnu (C) (P) 36 26 6 4 94 39 +55 84 Promoted
2 Levadia II Tallinn 36 26 4 6 104 31 +73 82 Ineligible for Promotion
3 Ajax Lasnamäe (P) 36 23 8 5 111 30 +81 77 Promotion/Relegation Playoff
4 Kalev Tallinn 36 18 9 9 85 71 +14 63
5 Tervis Pärnu 36 14 8 14 73 53 +20 50
6 TVMK II Tallinn 36 12 5 19 51 80 −29 41
7 FC Elva 36 10 6 20 42 71 −29 36
8 Lelle SK (R) 36 11 1 24 49 100 −51 34 Promotion/Relegation Playoff
9 Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi (R) 36 9 4 23 38 100 −62 31 Relegated
10 Merkuur-Juunior Tartu (R) 36 3 5 28 27 97 −70 14 Relegated

Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/est05.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) 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.

Promotion/Relegation playoff

Lasnamäe Ajax 1 – 0 Kuressaare
Rõtškov  49'
Kuressaare 2 – 1 Lasnamäe Ajax
Kluge  11'
Pukk  90+1'		 Andreev  46'

FC Ajax Lasnamäe beat FC Kuressaare 2–2 on away goals rule. Ajax Lasnamäe promoted to Meistriliiga, Kuressaare relegated to Esiliiga.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 1 December 2005.[1][2]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Russia Nikita AndreevLasnamäe Ajax29
2 Estonia Verner UiboPärnu Vaprus19
3 Estonia Indrek JoostPärnu Vaprus18
4 Estonia Andrei AfanasovTallinna Kalev15
Russia Yaroslav DmitrievLasnamäe Ajax15
Estonia Tiit TikenbergTallinna Kalev15
7 Estonia Aleksandr RulkovLevadia II14
8 Estonia Aleksei TitovLasnamäe Ajax13
9 Estonia Dmitri KirilovTallinna Kalev12
Estonia Kaupo MargusonovPärnu Tervis12

See also

References

  1. ↑ "EL VÄRAVALÖÖJATE EDETABEL (2005)" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
  2. ↑ "MÄNGUDE AJALUGU" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
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