2005 Meistriliiga

2005 Meistriliiga was the 15th season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. TVMK won their first title.

Meistriliiga
Season2005
ChampionsTVMK
(1st title)
Top goalscorerTarmo Neemelo (41)
← 2004
2006 →

Season overview

FC TVMK's first title-winning Meistriliiga campaign came in some style with strikers Tarmo Neemelo and Ingemar Teever scoring most of the goals and veteran midfielder Andrei Borissov leading the team from midfield. Narva Trans finished in bronze-medal position after years of being fourth in the final table, while FC Flora have been busy rebuilding their squad and therefore not too upset by a disappointing fourth position finish. FC Kuressaare went out of the league via play-offs and Dünamo's defensive displays were awful and the team never seemed to have any kind of chance in staying up.

Tarmo Neemelo in the end scored 41 goals for the champions, and earned a move to top Swedish club Helsingborgs IF, Maksim Gruznov of Narva Trans scored 26 goals, Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko of FC Flora and Ingemar Teever for the champions scored 19 goals each. The latter secured a free transfer to Swedish outfit Östers IF.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 TVMK (C) 36 30 5 1 138 21 +117 95 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Levadia 36 28 5 3 97 25 +72 89 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Narva Trans 36 23 6 7 99 34 +65 75 Intertoto Cup first round
4 Flora 36 21 6 9 81 36 +45 69 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Tulevik 36 12 11 13 46 48 −2 47
6 Merkuur 36 11 7 18 52 86 −34 40
7 Tammeka 36 8 5 23 50 88 −38 29
8 Valga 36 8 4 24 38 78 −40 28
9 Kuressaare 36 7 6 23 40 96 −56 27 Qualification for relegation play-offs
10 Dünamo (R) 36 3 3 30 28 157 −129 12 Relegation to Esiliiga
Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) head-to-head goals scored; 6) goal difference; 7) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Flora qualified as Estonian Cup finalists

Relegation Play-Off
Lasnamäe Ajax1 – 0Kuressaare
Rõtškov  49'
Kuressaare2 – 1Lasnamäe Ajax
Kluge  11'
Pukk  90+1'		 Andrejev  46'

2–2 on aggregate. Lasnamäe Ajax won on away goals.

Kuressaare kept their place in the Meistriliiga, after Pärnu Tervis decided not to make the promotion.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Tarmo NeemeloTVMK41
2 Maksim GruznovNarva Trans26
3 Ingemar TeeverTVMK19
Vjatšeslav ZahovaikoFlora
5 Indrek ZelinskiLevadia18
6 Egidijus JuškaTVMK17
7 Vitali LeitanLevadia16
8 Kristjan TiirikTammeka Tartu15
9 Anton SeredaMerkuur Tartu14
10 Dmitri UstritskiTulevik13

See also

References
  1. "MÄNGUDE AJALUGU" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
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