2010 Meistriliiga

The 2010 season of the Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system, was the 20th season in the league's history. It started in March and ended in November. The defending champions were Levadia.

Meistriliiga
Season2010
ChampionsFlora
(8th title)
RelegatedLootus
Champions LeagueFlora
Europa LeagueLevadia
Narva Trans
Kalju
Matches played180
Goals scored576 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorerSander Post
(24 goals)
Biggest home winLevadia 6–0 Paide Linnameeskond (23 March)
Flora 6–0 Kuressaare (17 July)
Levadia 6–0 Tammeka (6 November)
Biggest away winLootus 0–8 Flora (15 September)
Highest scoringPaide Linnameeskond 1–8 Sillamäe Kalev (10 July)
Flora 6–3 Tammeka (31 July)
Longest winning runFlora (11 games)
(31 July–25 September)
Longest unbeaten runFlora (24 games)
(10 April–25 September)
Longest winless runPaide Linnameeskond (15 games)
(13 March–12 June)
Longest losing runKuressaare (11 games)
(5 June–21 August)
← 2009
2011 →

Overview
Lootus
Trans
Flora
Levadia
Kalju
Tammeka
Tulevik
Location of the Meistriliiga 2010 teams
Club Location Stadium Capacity Manager
Flora Tallinn A. Le Coq Arena 9,692 Martin Reim
Kalju Tallinn Hiiu Stadium 500 Igor Prins
Kuressaare Kuressaare Kuressaare linnastaadion 2,000 Sergei Zamogilnõi
Levadia Tallinn Maarjamäe Stadium 500 Aleksandr Puštov
Lootus Kohtla-Järve Kohtla-Järve Sports Centre Stadium 500 Andrei Škaleta
Paide Linnameeskond Paide ÜG Stadium 500 Meelis Rooba
Sillamäe Kalev Sillamäe Sillamäe Kalev Stadium 2,000 Vladimir Kazachyonok
Tammeka Tartu Tartu Tamme Stadium 2,000 Marko Kristal
Narva Trans Narva Kreenholm Stadium 3,000 Valeri Bondarenko
Tulevik Viljandi Viljandi linnastaadion 2,500 Marko Lelov

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flora (C) 36 29 4 3 104 32 +72 91 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Levadia 36 26 8 2 100 16 +84 86 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3 Narva Trans 36 23 7 6 67 31 +36 76 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Kalju 36 18 8 10 59 42 +17 62
5 Sillamäe Kalev 36 18 5 13 79 52 +27 59
6 Tammeka 36 11 7 18 50 66 −16 40
7 Tulevik 36 8 5 23 33 62 −29 29
8 Paide Linnameeskond 36 6 7 23 30 79 −49 25
9 Kuressaare 36 7 3 26 32 93 −61 24 Qualification for relegation play-offs
10 Lootus (R) 36 6 2 28 22 103 −81 20 Relegated to Esiliiga
Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd least withdrawals or annulled matches; 3rd overall wins; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored.
If two or more teams on the top have the same number of points by the end of the season, the aforementioned rules will not apply and additional game(s) will be played to determine the champions.[1]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Champions-League qualified Flora won the cup against Trans, so Levadia will qualify for the second qualifying round. Trans and Kalju took the first qualifying round spots.

Relegation play-off

The 9th placed team of Meistriliiga, Kuressaare, and the fourth place team of Esiliiga, Kiviõli Tamme Auto competed in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in 2011 Meistriliiga. Kuressaare won the play-off 4–2 on aggregate and retained their spot in the league.

Kiviõli Tamme Auto2–1Kuressaare
Šteinberg  60'
Kirilov  79'		 Aljas  15'
Kiviõli Stadium, Kiviõli
Attendance: 70
Kuressaare3–0Kiviõli Tamme Auto
Skiperski  27'
Viira  31'
Pukk  36'

Results

Each team played every opponent four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 games.

First half of season
Home \ Away FLO KAL KUR LEV LOT PAI SIL TAM NAR TUL
Flora 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–2 3–2 1–1 1–1
Kalju 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0
Kuressaare 1–2 1–2 0–7 1–2 1–0 0–4 2–3 0–1 3–2
Levadia 2–1 0–0 1–1 5–1 6–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–0
Lootus 0–4 0–5 5–2 0–3 2–1 0–1 1–3 0–5 0–1
Paide 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–4 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–4 2–0
Sillamäe Kalev 1–2 2–2 0–0[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 3–1 4–0 4–0 1–2 2–1
Tammeka 0–1 2–3 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–4 1–2 2–0
Narva Trans 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–2 0–1 4–1 2–2 0–0 2–0
Tulevik 0–1 1–4 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 0–1
Source: Estonian Football Association
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match was awarded as won for Kuressaare, with no goals being counted, because Sillamäe Kalev used an ineligible player. The original result was 6–0.[2][3][4]

Second half of season
Home \ Away FLO KAL KUR LEV LOT PAI SIL TAM NAR TUL
Flora 3–0 6–0 2–0 5–0 6–2 3–0 6–3 4–0 1–0
Kalju 3–3 1–0 1–5 2–0 0–0 0–2 3–1 0–2 3–0
Kuressaare 0–2 1–5 0–4 0–1 2–3 2–2 3–2 1–4 4–2
Levadia 2–2 1–1 4–0 5–0 4–0 2–0 6–0 1–1 3–0
Lootus 0–8 0–6 2–0 0–5 1–2 0–5 1–3 0–4 0–0
Paide 1–4 0–1 3–0 1–4 1–1 1–8 3–4 1–1 1–1
Sillamäe Kalev 2–5 4–1 2–0 0–4 4–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 5–2
Tammeka 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 5–1 1–2 2–3 0–1 2–2
Narva Trans 1–2 1–0 5–1 0–3 4–1 0–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 1–1 2–0
Tulevik 1–6 0–1 4–1 0–1 4–0 1–0 3–2 4–0 0–3
Source: Estonian Football Association
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match was awarded as won for Trans, with no goals being counted, because Paide LM used an ineligible player. The original result was 0–0.[5]

Season Statistic

Miscellaneous
  • Oldest player: 45 years, 117 days – Aleksei Zhukov (Lootus v Kuressaare on 08/05/2010)
  • Youngest player: 16 years, 66 days – Alexei Cherkasov (Sillamäe Kalev v Trans on 06/11/2010)
  • Oldest goalscorer: 38 years, 207 days – Aleksei Naumov (Sillamäe Kalev v Flora on 28 August 2010)
  • Youngest goalscorer: 16 years, 216 days – Andreas Raudsepp (JK Viljandi Tulevik v Trans on 06/11/2010)

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[6]
1 Sander PostFlora24
2 Jüri JevdokimovKalju21
3 Tarmo NeemeloKalju20
4 Vitali LeitanLevadia16
5 Deniss MalovLevadia14
6 Henri AnierFlora13
Marius BezykornovasNarva Trans
8 Konstantin NahkLevadia12
Albert ProsaTammeka
10 Maksim GruznovSillamäe Kalev/Narva Trans9
Nikita KolyaevSillamäe Kalev
Aleksandr NikulinSillamäe Kalev
Felipe NunesKalju/Levadia
Dmitri SkiperskiKuressaare
Nerijus VasiliauskasSillamäe Kalev

Awards

Monthly awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
March Martin Reim Flora Tarmo Neemelo Levadia
April Marko Kristal Tammeka Andrei Kalimullin Levadia
May Martin Reim Flora Maksim Bazyukin Narva Trans
June Karel Voolaid Kalju Vitali Leitan Levadia
July Meelis Rooba Paide Linnameeskond Sander Post Flora
August Martin Reim Flora Aleksandr Tarassenkov Sillamäe Kalev

Meistriliiga Player of the Year

Sander Post was named Meistriliiga Player of the Year.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Eesti 2010.a meistrivõistluste Meistri- ja Esiliiga juhend" (PDF). jalgpall.ee (in Estonian). EJL. 1 February 2010. p. 8. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
  2. Техническое поражение (in Russian). JK Sillamäe Kalev. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  3. "Flora võitis Levadiat ja säilitas liidrikoha (täiend. 31. mail)" (in Estonian). EJL. 29 May 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  4. "Sillamäe rikkus reglementi, meeskond saab võidu!" (in Estonian). FC Kuressaare. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  5. Sillamäe võitis, Paide kaotas viigi ja Tulevik lõi iluvärava (video) (in Estonian)
  6. "MÄNGUDE AJALUGU" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
  7. "Jalgpalligalal autasustati aasta parimaid" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 21 November 2010.
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