2010 Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga
Season 2010
Champions Flora
(8th title)
Relegated Lootus
Champions League Flora
Europa League Levadia
Trans
Baltic League Flora
Levadia
Trans
Kalju
Sillamäe Kalev
Matches played 180
Goals scored 576 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorer Sander Post
(24 goals)
Biggest home win Levadia 6–0 Paide LM (23 March)
Flora 6–0 Kuressaare (17 July)
Levadia 6–0 Tammeka (6 November)
Biggest away win Lootus 0–8 Flora (15 September)
Highest scoring Paide LM 1–8 Sillamäe Kalev (10 July)
Flora 6–3 Tammeka (31 July)
Longest winning run Flora (11 games)
(31 July–25 September)
Longest unbeaten run Flora (24 games)
(10 April–25 September)
Longest winless run Paide LM (15 games)
(13 March–12 June)
Longest losing run Kuressaare (11 games)
(5 June–21 August)
2009
2011

The 2010 season of the Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system, is the 20th season in the league's history. It starts in March and ends in November. The defending champions are Levadia.

Contents

Overview

Location of the Meistriliiga 2010 teams
Club Location Stadium Capacity Manager
Flora Tallinn A. Le Coq Arena 9,692 Martin Reim
Kalju Tallinn Hiiu staadion 500 Igor Prins
Kuressaare Kuressaare K. linnastaadion 2,000 Sergei Zamogilnõi
Levadia Tallinn Maarjamäe staadion 500 Aleksandr Puštov
Lootus Kohtla-Järve SPK staadion 500 Andrei Škaleta
Paide LM Paide ÜG stadium 500 Meelis Rooba
Sillamäe Kalev Sillamäe Kalevi staadion 2,000 Vladimir Kazachyonok
Tammeka Tartu Tamme staadion 2,000 Marko Kristal
Trans Narva Kreenholmi staadion 3,000 Valeri Bondarenko
Tulevik Viljandi V. linnastaadion 2,500 Marko Lelov

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Flora (C) 36 29 4 3 104 32 +72 91 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Levadia 36 26 8 2 100 16 +84 86 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3 Trans 36 23 7 6 67 31 +36 76 2011–12 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 1
4 Kalju 36 18 8 10 59 42 +17 62
5 Sillamäe Kalev 36 18 5 13 79 52 +27 59
6 Tammeka 36 11 7 18 50 66 −16 40
7 Tulevik 36 8 5 23 33 62 −29 29
8 Paide LM 36 6 7 23 30 79 −49 25
9 Kuressaare 36 7 3 26 32 93 −61 24 Promotion/Relegation play-off
10 Lootus (R) 36 6 2 28 22 103 −81 20 Relegation to the Esiliiga

Source: Estonian Football Association (Estonian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd least withdrawals or annulled matches; 3rd overall wins; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored.
If two or more teams on the top have the same amount of points by the end of the season, the aforementioned rules will not apply and additional game(s) will be played to determine the champions.[1].
1Champions-League qualified Flora won the cup against Trans, so Levadia will qualify for the second qualifying round. Trans and Narva took the first qualifying round spots.
(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.

Relegation play-off

The 9th placed team of Meistriliiga, Kuressaare, and the fourth place team of Esiliiga, Tamme Auto competed in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in 2011 Meistriliiga. Kuressaare won the play-off 4–2 on aggregate and retained their spot in the league.

14 November 2010
12:00 CET
Tamme Auto 2–1 Kuressaare Kiviõli stadium, Kiviõli
Attendance: 70
Šteinberg  60'
Kirilov  79'
Aljas  15'

20 November 2010
12:00 CET
Kuressaare 3–0 Tamme Auto Kuressaare linnastaadion, Kuressaare
Skiperskiy  27'
Viira  31'
Pukk  36'

Results

Each team plays every opponent four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 games.

First half of season

Home \ Away1 FLO KLJ KUR LEV LOT PAI S.K TAM TRN TUL
Flora 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–2 3–2 1–1 1–1
Kalju 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0
Kuressaare 1–2 1–2 0–7 1–2 1–0 0–4 2–3 0–1 3–2
Levadia 2–1 0–0 1–1 5–1 6–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–0
Lootus 0–4 0–5 5–2 0–3 2–1 0–1 1–3 0–5 0–1
Paide LM 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–4 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–4 2–0
Sillamäe Kalev 1–2 2–2 0–02 1–1 3–1 4–0 4–0 1–2 2–1
Tammeka 0–1 2–3 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–4 1–2 2–0
Trans 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–2 0–1 4–1 2–2 0–0 2–0
Tulevik 0–1 1–4 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 0–1

Source: Estonian Football Association
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2The match was awarded as won for Kuressaare, with no goals being counted, because Sillamäe Kalev used an ineligible player. The original result was 6–0.[2][3][4]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away1 FLO KLJ KUR LEV LOT PAI S.K TAM TRN TUL
Flora 3–0 6–0 2–0 5–0 6–2 3–0 6–3 4–0 1–0
Kalju 3–3 1–0 1–5 2–0 0–0 0–2 3–1 0–2 3–0
Kuressaare 0–2 1–5 0–4 0–1 2–3 2–2 3–2 1–4 4–2
Levadia 2–2 1–1 4–0 5–0 4–0 2–0 6–0 1–1 3–0
Lootus 0–8 0–6 2–0 0–5 1–2 0–5 1–3 0–4 0–0
Paide LM 1–4 0–1 3–0 1–4 1–1 1–8 3–4 1–1 1–1
Sillamäe Kalev 2–5 4–1 2–0 0–4 4–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 5–2
Tammeka 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 5–1 1–2 2–3 0–1 2–2
Trans 1–2 1–0 5–1 0–3 4–1 0–02 2–1 1–1 2–0
Tulevik 1–6 0–1 4–1 0–1 4–0 1–0 3–2 4–0 0–3

Source: Estonian Football Association
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2The match was awarded as won for Trans, with no goals being counted, because Paide LM used an ineligible player. The original result was 0–0.[5]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season Statistic

Miscellaneous

Top goalscorers

Correct as of 6 November 2010.[6][7]

24 goals
21 goals
20 goals
16 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals
9 goals

See also

References

External links