Meistriliiga 2005

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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.

[edit] Final Standings

Pos
Club
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
Comments
1 TVMK Tallinn
36
30
5
1
138
21
95
Champions League 1st Qualifying Round
2 Levadia Tallinn
36
28
5
3
97
25
89
UEFA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
3 Trans Narva
36
23
6
7
99
34
75
Intertoto Cup 1st Round
4 Flora Tallinn
36
21
6
9
81
36
69
UEFA Cup 1st Qualifying Round *
5 Tulevik Viljandi
36
12
11
13
46
48
47
6 Merkuur Tartu
36
11
7
18
52
86
40
7 Tammeka Tartu
36
8
5
23
50
88
29
8 FC Valga
36
8
4
24
38
78
28
9 FC Kuressaare
36
7
6
23
40
96
27
Promotion/Relegation Playoff
10 Dünamo Tallinn
36
3
3
30
28
157
12
Relegated

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points
C = Champions

* Qualified as Estonian Cup finalists

UEFA Champions League First Qualifying Round
UEFA Cup First Qualifying Round
UEFA Intertoto Cup First Round
Relegation Playoffs
Relegated

[edit] Promotion/Relegation playoff

November 13, 2005 Ajax Lasnamäe 1 - 0 FC Kuressaare*
November 19, 2005 FC Kuressaare* 2 - 1 Ajax Lasnamäe

* FC Kuressaare kept their place in the Meistriliiga, since Tervis Pärnu decided against promotion

[edit] League Top Scorer

1.Tarmo Neemelo (TVMK Tallinn) - 41
2.Maksim Gruznov (Trans Narva) - 26
3.Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (Flora Tallinn) - 19
=.Ingemar Teever (TVMK Tallinn) - 19
5.Indrek Zelinski (Levadia Tallinn) - 18
6.Egidijus Juška (TVMK Tallinn) - 17
7.Vitali Leitan (Levadia Tallinn) - 16
8.Kristjan Tiirik (Tammeka Tartu) - 15