2003 Esiliiga

Esiliiga
2002
2004

Contents

Final table of Esiliiga season 2003

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Lootus (P) 28 21 4 3 77 23 +54 67 Promoted to
Meistriliiga
2 Tervis (Q) 28 16 5 7 69 36 +33 53 Qualified to
promotion play-off
3 M.C. 28 14 8 6 65 47 +18 50
4 Estel 28 13 5 10 69 45 +24 44
5 TJK 28 7 10 11 41 57 −16 31
6 Merkuur (Q) 28 7 8 13 37 66 −29 025 Qualified to
relegation play-off
7 Tammeka (R) 28 3 5 20 44 99 −55 14 Relegated to
II Liiga
8 Vaprus (R) 28 5 7 16 42 71 −29 022

Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/est03.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.
FC Merkuur Tartu deducted 4 points for having licensing problem before the season.
Estonian Football Association License Commission decided to take JK Vaprus Pärnu's license to play in Esiliiga. The club was demoted to 8th spot.
(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 2003
Tervis 2 – 2 Valga
Valejev  24'
Savotškin  28'
Raamat  10'
Tarassenkov  37'
22 November 2003
Valga 3 – 0 Tervis
Antonov  33'
Tarassenkov  43'
Anniste  54'

FC Valga beat JK Tervis Pärnu 5–2 on aggregate. Vaga stayed in Meistriliiga, Tervis in Esiliiga.

Relegation playoff

15 November 2003
TVMK II 3 – 2 Merkuur
22 November 2003
Merkuur 0 – 3 TVMK II

FC TVMK II Tallinn beat FC Merkuur Tartu 6–2 on aggregate. TVMK II promoted to Esiliiga, Merkuur relegated to Second Division.

Top goalscorers

29 – Aleksei Titov (Estel)
20 – Kristjan Tiirik (Tammeka)
17 – Sergei Popov (Lootus)
15 – Nikolai Toštšev (Lootus)
13 – Jarmo Ahjupera (Tervis)
13 – Sergei Bragin (Estel)
12 – Aleksandr Kulik (Tervis)
12 – Anton Semjonov (Lootus)
11 – Marek Markson (Vaprus)
11 – Ott Purje (M.C.)
11 – Juri Volkov (TJK)
10 – Aleksandr Ivanov (TJK)

See also