2001 Esiliiga

Esiliiga
2000
2002

Contents

Final table of Esiliiga season 2001

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Levadia Pärnu (P) 28 15 7 6 67 39 +28 52 Promoted to
Meistriliiga
2 Valga (Q) 28 16 3 9 61 38 +23 51 Qualified to
promotion play-off
3 S.C. Real 28 14 5 9 65 47 +18 47
4 Merkuur 28 14 4 10 57 35 +22 46
5 Elva 28 12 6 10 64 33 +31 42
6 Emmaste (Q) 28 12 4 12 43 50 −7 40 Qualified to
relegation play-off
7 Sillamäe Kalev (R) 28 12 3 13 59 53 +6 39 Relegated to
II Liiga
8 Tervis (R) 28 1 0 27 25 146 −121 3

Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/est02.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Promotion playoff

12 November 2001
Valga 2 – 1 Lootus
Jääger  14'
Kask  14'
Golitsõn  64'
17 November 2001
Lootus 1 – 0 Valga
Abornev  78'

FC Lootus Kohtla-Järve beat FC Valga 2–2 on away goals rule. Lootus remained in Meistriliiga, Valga in Esiliiga.

Relegation playoff

10 November 2001
TJK-83 7 – 0 Emmaste
17 November 2001
Emmaste w/o TJK-83

TJK-83 Tallinn beat Hiiumaa ÜJK Emmaste 7–0 on aggregate. TJK-83 promoted to Esiliiga, Emmaste relegated to Second Division.

Top goalscorers

26 – Andrei Afanasov (S.C. Real)
21 – Andrus Mitt (Levadia Pärnu)
17 – Andrei Usmanov (S.C. Real)
15 – Enver Jääger (Valga)

See also