Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga
Founded 1992
Country Estonia
Confederation UEFA
Number of teams 10
Level on pyramid 1
Relegation to Esiliiga
Domestic cup(s) Estonian Cup
International cup(s) UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
Current champions Flora (11th title)
(2017)
Most championships Flora
(11 titles)
Top goalscorer Maksim Gruznov (304)
TV partners ETV2, Postimees
Website Official website
2018 season

Meistriliiga (pronounced [ˈmeistriliːɡ̊ɑː], known as the A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded in 1992, and is semi-professional with amateur clubs allowed to compete.

As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts in March and ends in November. Meistriliiga consists of ten clubs, all teams play each other four times. After each season the bottom team is relegated and the second last team plays a two-legged play-off for a place in the Meistriliiga.

In February 2013, A. Le Coq, an Estonian brewery company, signed a five-year cooperation agreement with the Estonian Football Association, which included Meistriliiga naming rights.[1]

Clubs

Current clubs

The following 10 clubs will compete in the Meistriliiga during the 2018 season.

Club Position
in 2017
First season
in Meistriliiga
Seasons in
Meistriliiga
Current
spell since
Titles Last title/
Best finish
FCI Levadiac2nd199920199992014
Floraa, b, c1st1992281992112017
KuressaareEsiliiga, 5th200010201807th
Narva Transa, b, c5th199228199202nd
Nõmme Kaljuc3rd200811200812012
Paide Linnameeskondc6th200910200905th
Tallinna KalevEsiliiga, 2nd20077201806th
Tammekac7th200514200505th
Tulevika8th199219201702nd
Vaprus9th20065201707th

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

Champions

Season Champions Runners-up Third place Top goalscorer Goals
1992 Norma Eesti Põlevkivi TVMV Estonia Sergei Bragin (Norma)18
1992–93 Norma (2) Flora Nikol Estonia Sergei Bragin (Norma)27
1993–94 Flora Norma Nikol Estonia Maksim Gruznov (Narva Trans/Tevalte)21
1994–95 Flora (2) Lantana-Marlekor Narva Trans Ukraine Serhiy Morozov (Lantana-Marlekor)25
1995–96 Lantana Flora Tevalte-Marlekor Estonia Lembit Rajala (Flora)16
1996–97 Lantana (2) Flora Tallinna Sadam Estonia Sergei Bragin (Lantana)18
1997–98 Flora (3) Tallinna Sadam Lantana Estonia Konstantin Kolbassenko (Tallinna Sadam)18
1998 Flora (4) Tallinna Sadam Lantana Estonia Konstantin Kolbassenko (Tallinna Sadam)13
1999 Levadia Tulevik Flora Estonia Toomas Krõm (Levadia)19
2000 Levadia (2) Flora TVMK Lithuania Egidijus Juška (TVMK)
Estonia Toomas Krõm (Levadia)
24
2001 Flora (5) TVMK Levadia Estonia Maksim Gruznov (Narva Trans)37
2002 Flora (6) Levadia TVMK Estonia Andrei Krõlov (TVMK)37
2003 Flora (7) TVMK Levadia Norway Tor Henning Hamre (Flora)39
2004 Levadia (3) TVMK Flora Estonia Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (Flora)28
2005 TVMK Levadia Narva Trans Estonia Tarmo Neemelo (TVMK)41
2006 Levadia (4) Narva Trans Flora Estonia Maksim Gruznov (Narva Trans)31
2007 Levadia (5) Flora TVMK Russia Dmitri Lipartov (Narva Trans)30
2008 Levadia (6) Flora Narva Trans Estonia Ingemar Teever (Nõmme Kalju)23
2009 Levadia (7) Sillamäe Kalev Narva Trans Estonia Vitali Gussev (Levadia)26
2010 Flora (8) Levadia Narva Trans Estonia Sander Post (Flora)24
2011 Flora (9) Nõmme Kalju Narva Trans Latvia Aleksandrs Čekulajevs (Narva Trans)46
2012 Nõmme Kalju Levadia Flora Russia Vladislav Ivanov (Sillamäe Kalev/Narva Trans)23
2013 Levadia (8) Nõmme Kalju Sillamäe Kalev Estonia Vladimir Voskoboinikov (Nõmme Kalju)23
2014 Levadia (9) Sillamäe Kalev Flora Russia Yevgeni Kabaev (Sillamäe Kalev)36
2015 Flora (10) Levadia Nõmme Kalju Estonia Ingemar Teever (Levadia)24
2016 Infonet Levadia Nõmme Kalju Russia Yevgeni Kabaev (Sillamäe Kalev)25
2017 Flora (11) Levadia Nõmme Kalju Estonia Albert Prosa (FCI Tallinn)
Estonia Rauno Sappinen (Flora)
27

Total titles won

Club 1st, gold medalist(s) 2nd, silver medalist(s) 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Winning seasons
Flora 11 6 5 1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017
Levadia 9 7 2 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014
Lantana 2 1 2 1995–96, 1996–97
Norma 2 1 0 1992, 1992–93
TVMK 1 3 5 2005
Nõmme Kalju 1 2 3 2012
FCI Tallinn 1 0 0 2016
Tallinna Sadam 0 2 1
Sillamäe Kalev 0 2 1
Narva Trans 0 1 6
Eesti Põlevkivi 0 1 0
Tulevik 0 1 0
Nikol 0 0 2

All-time Meistriliiga 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 2017 season. Teams in bold play in the Meistriliiga 2018 season. Numbers in bold are the record (highest) numbers in each column.

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss, although Meistriliiga awarded 2 points for a win until the 1994–95 season. Championship matches, relegation matches and relegation tournament matches involving clubs of lower leagues are not counted. In 1992 Preliminary Round matches were played in two groups. The results of the matches played between teams in same group were taken to second round, thus counted twice, in this table these results are counted once.

The table is sorted by all-time points.

Pos.
Club
Seasons
Titles
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
PPG
1Flora27118005481401122091654143717842.23
2Levadia1199636462115591709443126615012.36
3Narva Trans2708003781532691499106743212871.61
4TVMK2151408225761079664804867511.84
5Nõmme Kalju10136022068727803314497282.02
6Sillamäe Kalev13041318365165741681606141.49
7Tulevik3180525154932786511000-3495551.06
8Tammeka12046812382263549942-3934510.96
9Paide Linnameeskond903249356175362626-2643351.03
10FCI Tallinn9511809041493432121313111.73
11Lantana621387334312711441272531.83
12Tallinna Sadam601326719462711681032201.67
13Eesti Põlevkivi90162504072224276-521901.17
14Kuressaare1003364843245253920-6671870.56
15Norma4278497222231111121541.97
16Tallinna Kalev602164032144196543-3471520.70
17Merkuur460153412884204404-2001510.99
18Vigri5305431111215164871041.93
19Nikol204430681073671962.18
20Järve6501482219107104394-290850.57
21Vaprus40144259110154453-299840.58
22Warrior501562118117120425-305810.52
23Levadia II13084201450106211-105740.88
24Lelle408016194572155-83670.84
25Dünamo408916116292277-185590.66
26DAG740681694385199-114570.84
27Viljandi207214144470157-87560.78
28Pärnu Linnameeskond207211105162185-123430.60
29Tervis Pärnu2046115303892-54380.83
30Keemik2031106154172-31361.16
31Ajax301087138860449-389340.31
32Pärnu83038552836120-84200.53
33Lokomotiv1036462635115-80180.50
34Pärnu Levadia102815221996-7780.29
35Tarvas1036033315113-9830.09
36Vall10140113944-3510.07
37Maardu109009659-5300
Notes
  • Note 1: 1999–2003 FC Levadia Maardu, 2004– FC Levadia. Not to be confused with FC Levadia Tallinn 2001-2003 a separate team owned by the steel company Levadia. In 2004 the clubs were merged FC Levadia Maardu were moved to Tallinn and became FC Levadia, former FC Levadia Tallinn become their reserves as FC Levadia II.
  • Note 2: 1992 TVMV, 1995–1996 Tevalte-Marlekor, 1996–1997 Marlekor, 1997–2008 TVMK
  • Note 3: 1992 Viljandi JK, 1993– Viljandi Tulevik
  • Note 4: 1992–2005 Merkuur, 2006 Maag
  • Note 5: 1992–1993 Vigri, 1993–1995 Tevalte, 1996–1999 Vigri
  • Note 6: 2000–2003 Kohtla-Järve Lootus, 2004 Alutaguse Lootus, 2005–2012 Kohtla-Järve Lootus, 2013– Kohtla-Järve Järve
  • Note 7: 1992 Tartu Kalev, 1992–1994 EsDAG, 1994– DAG
  • Note 8: 1992 Pärnu JK, 1994–1996 PJK Kalev
  • Note 8: 2011–2016 Infonet, 2017 FCI Tallinn

Records

All as of end of 2017 season if not stated otherwise.

Club records

Player records

Estonian champions

Bold indicates club's first championship victory.

Estonian SSR champions

References

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