Esiliiga B

The Esiliiga B is the third division in the Estonian football league system. The Esiliiga B is ranked below the Esiliiga and above the II liiga. As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts in March and ends in November.[1]

Esiliiga B
Founded2013
Country Estonia
ConfederationUEFA
DivisionsEsiliiga B
Number of teams10
Level on pyramid3
Promotion toEsiliiga
Relegation toII liiga
Domestic cup(s)Estonian Cup
Current championsNõmme United
(2019)
WebsiteEsiliiga B
2020 Esiliiga B

Competition format

The league consists of 10 clubs, all teams play each other four times. Both the winning team and the runners-up are promoted to the Esiliiga directly, whereas the third place club will participate in a two-legged play-off with the 8th place club of the Esiliiga for the spot in next year's competition. Same way the 2 bottom placed teams are relegated to the II liiga. The third bottom team can avoid relegation by winning a two-leg play-off against the II Liiga play-off round winners.[2][3]

Clubs

Current clubs

The following clubs are competing in the Esiliiga B during the 2020 season.

Club Position
in 2019		 Seasons in
Esiliiga B		 First season of
current spell		 Titles Last title
Keila 6th 3 2019 0 N/A
Nõmme Kalju U21a 4th 4 2019 2 2017
Läänemaa JKa. b 3rd II liiga S/W 0 2020 0 N/A
Paide Linnameeskond U21a, b 8th 3 2017 0 N/A
Rakvere Tarvasa 8th in Esiliiga 0 2020 0 N/A
Tartu Welcoa 10th in Esiliiga 1 2020 0 N/A
Tabasalub 7th 1 2019 0 N/A
Viimsia 5th 6 2019 0 N/A
Tallinna Kalev U21a 9th in Esiliiga 3 2020 0 N/A
Võru Heliosa. b 9th 2 2018 0 N/A

a – never been relegated from Esiliiga B
b – never played in Esiliiga
c – reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

Champions
Season Champions Runners-up Third place Top goalscorer Goals
2013 Nõmme Kalju II (1) Pärnu Linnameeskond Sillamäe Kalev II Jürgen Kuresoo (Elva)33
2014 Infonet II Tallinn (1) Santos Tartu HÜJK Emmaste Yuriy Vereshchak (Santos Tartu)43
2015 Maardu Starbunker (1) Järve Kohtla-Järve Sillamäe Kalev II Klimentiy Boldyrev (Starbunker Maardu)25
2016 Kuressaare (1) Elva Welco Tartu Maarek Suursaar (Kuressaare)33
2017 Kalju U21 (2) Kalev U21 Vaprus Vändra Karl Anton Sõerde (Kalev U21)29
2018 Legion Tartu Tammeka U21 Kohtla-Järve Järve Rejal Alijev (Legion)40

Total titles won
Club Winning seasons
Nõmme Kalju II 2 0 0 2013, 2017
Tallinna Infonet II 1 0 0 2014
Maardu Starbunker 1 0 0 2015
Kuressaare1002016
Tallinna Legion1002018
Kohtla-Järve Järve 0 1 1
Pärnu Linnameeskond 0 1 0
Tartu Santos 0 1 0
Elva010
Tartu Tammeka U21010
Tallinna Kalev U21010
Sillamäe Kalev II 0 0 2
HÜJK Emmaste 0 0 1
Tartu Welco001
Vändra Vaprus001

All-time Esiliiga B table

The table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Esiliiga B since its inception in 2013. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2018 season. Teams in bold play in the Esiliiga B 2019 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. Promotion matches and relegation matches involving clubs of higher or lower leagues are not counted.

The table is sorted by all-time points.

Pos.
Club
Seasons
Titles
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
PPG
1Viimsi160216943587382385−33171.47
2Sillamäe Kalev U2150180792675336320162631.46
3Kohtla-Järve Järve5018072307828027282461.37
4Nõmme Kalju U21321086516272421301122111.95
5Elva4014462235923022732091.45
6Tartu Tammeka U2130108541836266167991801.67
7Tallinna Kalev U2130108492237203148551691.56
8Tallinna Legion31108521343233218151691.56
9Vändra Vaprus30108511542233234-11681.56
10Raasiku Joker3010841283919819621511.40
11Nõmme United2172441315227951321452.01
12Maardu Linnameeskond3217242525162123391311.82
13Pärnu JK2072371223162104581231.71
14Tallinna Ararat30108351558183244−611201.11
15Tallinna Flora U19501802822130187523−3361060.59
16Keila2072321030141143-21061.47
17Paide Linnameeskond U2130108281763156260−1041010.94
18FCI Tallinn U212113632311243490992.75
19Tartu Santos1036320416127134962.67
20Võru Helios2072251334128167-39881.22
21Pärnu Linnameeskond103625471145361792.19
22Kuressaare113623761174869762.11
23Tartu Welco103620412745024641.78
24Tallinna Puuma1036135186089−29441.22
25Tabasalu1036134197779-2431.19
26Tallinna Dünamo103694234286−44310.86
27Põhja-Tallinna Volta1036922553123−70290.81
28Lasnamäe Ajax1036442835135-100160.44
29Viljandi Tulevik U211036423026142−116140.39
Notes
  • Note 1: 2000–2015 HÜJK Emmaste, 2016– Viimsi JK.
  • Note 2: 2011–2016 Tallinna FC Infonet II 2017– FCI Tallinn U21.
  • Note 3: 2013–2015 Maardu FC Starbunker 2016– Maardu Linnameeskond.

See also

References
  1. Esiliiga B
  2. http://www.jalgpall.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=3867 Estonian Football Association (in Estonian). Esiliiga expanded with B division. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  3. http://www.jalgpall.ee/docs/Eesti%202013.a%20meistriv%F5istluste%20Meistri-ja%20Esiliiga%20juhend.pdf Estonian Football Association (in Estonian). Estonian 2013. Meistriliiga and Esiliiga championship directive. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
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