2005 Esiliiga

Esiliiga
2004
2006

JK Pärnu Vaprus gained automatic promotion to the Meistriliiga. FC Ajax Lasnamäe also went up after winning the promotion/relegation play-off against FC Kuressaare.

The league's top-scorer was FC Ajax Lasnamäe youngster Nikita Andreev with 29 goals.

Contents

Final table of Esiliiga season 2005

Pos
Club
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
Comments
1 Vaprus Pärnu (C) (P)
36
26
6
4
94
39
84
Promoted
2 Levadia II Tallinn
36
26
4
6
104
31
82
Ineligible for Promotion
3 Ajax Lasnamäe (P)
36
23
8
5
111
30
77
Promotion/Relegation Playoff
4 Kalev Tallinn
36
18
9
9
85
71
63
5 Tervis Pärnu
36
14
8
14
73
53
50
6 TVMK II Tallinn
36
12
5
19
51
80
41
7 FC Elva
36
10
6
20
42
71
36
8 Lelle SK (R)
36
11
1
24
49
100
34
Promotion/Relegation Playoff
9 Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi (R)
36
9
4
23
38
100
30
Relegated
10 Merkuur-Juunior Tartu (R)
36
3
5
28
27
97
14
Relegated

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points
C = Champions; P = Promoted; R = Relegated
Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/est05.html

Promotion/Relegation playoff

13 November 2005
Lasnamäe Ajax 1 – 0 Kuressaare
Rõtškov  49'
19 November 2005
Kuressaare 2 – 1 Lasnamäe Ajax
Kluge  11'
Pukk  90+1'
Andreev  46'

FC Ajax Lasnamäe beat FC Kuressaare 2–2 on away goals rule. Ajax Lasnamäe promoted to Meistriliiga, Kuressaare relegated to Esiliiga.

Topscorers

Pos  Name Team Goals
1 Nikita Andreev FC Ajax Lasnamäe 29
2 Verner Uibo JK Vaprus Pärnu 19
3 Indrek Joost JK Vaprus Pärnu 17
4 Andrei Afanasov FJK Kalev Tallinn 15
Yaroslav Dmitriev FC Ajax Lasnamäe 15
6 Aleksandr Rulkov FC Levadia II Tallinn 14

See also