2019 Esiliiga B

The 2019 Esiliiga B were the 7th season of the Esiliiga B, third-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2013.

Esiliiga B
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Teams

Of the 10 participating teams 5 remained following the 2018 Esiliiga B. The 2018 champions Legion, runners-up Tammeka U21 and 3rd placed Järve were promoted to Esiliiga, while 9th and 10th placed Ajax and Flora U19 were relegated to II liiga. They are replaced by Viimsi JK, who returned after a year in the lower leagues, Põhja-Tallinna JK Volta and Tabasalu JK, who are making their debut in the top leagues. Volta and Viimsi both finished the last season on top of their leagues and Tabasalu defeated Ajax in the play-offs. The teams which were relegated from higher tiers were Nõmme Kalju FC U21 and Keila JK, who both got to play a season in Esiliiga. Keila lost in the play-offs against Järve. [1]

Stadia
Locations of the 2016 Esiliiga B teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Keila JK Keila Keila Stadium 500[2]
Nõmme Kalju FC U21 Tallinn Hiiu Stadium 650[3]
Nõmme United Tallinn Männiku staadion [4]
Paide Linnameeskond U21 Paide Paide linnastaadion 268[5]
Pärnu JK Pärnu Pärnu Raeküla staadion 500[6]
Põhja-Tallinna JK Volta Tallinn Sõle kunstmuruväljak 150[7]
Tabasalu JK Tabasalu Tabasalu Arena [8]
Viimsi JK Viimsi Viimsi KK staadion [9]
Vändra JK Vaprus Vändra Vändra Stadium 273[10]
Võru FC Helios Võru Võru Spordikeskuse staadion

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Results

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Nõmme United (C, P) 36 27 4 5 118 38 +80 85 Promotion to the Esiliiga
2 Vändra Vaprus (P) 36 21 5 10 97 71 +26 68
3 Pärnu JK (Q, P) 36 19 5 12 82 53 +29 62 Qualification for promotion play-offs
4 Nõmme Kalju U21 36 19 4 13 79 50 +29 61
5 Viimsi 36 16 4 16 75 68 +7 52
6 Keila 36 14 4 18 67 87 −20 46
7 Tabasalu 36 13 4 19 77 79 −2 43
8 Paide U21 36 11 6 19 61 87 −26 39 Qualification for relegation play-offs
9 Võru Helios 36 10 4 22 48 101 −53 34 Relegation to II Liiga
10 Põhja-Tallinna Volta (R) 36 9 2 25 53 123 −70 29
Updated to match(es) played on 10 November. Source: soccerway (in English), Esiliiga B (in Estonian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less matches awarded against; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fairplay ranking.[11]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Results tables

Season statistics

Top scorers

Awards

Monthly awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
ManagerClub PlayerClub
March[12] Martin KlasenNõmme United Martin PärnVaprus
April[13] Ivo LehtmetsViimsi Oliver JürgensNõmme United
May[14] Kristen ViikmäeNõmme Kalju U21 Taavi LauritsVolta
June[15] Igor PrinsPärnu Oliver JürgensNõmme United
July[16] Ranet LepikVaprus Mart-Mattis NiinepuuKeila
August[17] Igor PrinsPärnu Jevgeni DemidovNõmme Kalju U21
September[18] Ranet LepikVaprus Robi SaarmaNõmme United
October[19] Martin KlasenNõmme United Martin PärnVaprus

See also

References
  1. "Pärnu ja Viimsi sälitasid oma koha" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 19 November 2016.
  2. "Keila staadioni muruväljak" (in Estonian). Jalgpall.ee.
  3. "Hiiu kunstmurustaadion" (in Estonian). Jalgpall.ee.
  4. "Männiku staadion" (in Estonian). Jalgpall.ee.
  5. "Paide linna staadion" (in Estonian). Spordiregister.ee. 13 October 2016.
  6. "Pärnu Raeküla staadion" (in Estonian). Jalgpall.ee.
  7. "Sõle kunstmuruväljak" (in Estonian).
  8. "Tabasalu Arena" (in Estonian). Jalgpall.ee.
  9. "Viimsi KK staadion" (in Estonian). Jalgpall.ee.
  10. "Vändra staadion" (in Estonian). Jalgpall.ee.
  11. "Esiliiga B" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  12. "Esiliiga B parimad tulevad Nõmme Unitedist ja Vändrast" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 4 April 2019.
  13. "Esiliiga B parimaks treeneriks valiti Lehtmets, parimaks mängijaks Jürgens" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 30 April 2019.
  14. "Esiliiga B kuu parimad on Viikmäe ja Laurits" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 4 June 2019.
  15. "Esiliiga B kuu parimateks valiti Prins ja Jürgens" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 8 July 2019.
  16. "Esiliiga B juuli parimad tulevad Vändrast ja Keilast" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 6 August 2019.
  17. "Selgusid tippliigade kuu parimad" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 16 September 2019.
  18. "Esiliiga B kuu parimateks valiti Lepik ja Saarma" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 2 October 2019.
  19. "Esiliiga B kuu parimateks valiti Pärn ja Klasen" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 7 November 2019.
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