2009 Esiliiga

Esiliiga
Season 2009
Champions Levadia II
Relegated Flora II, Flora Rakvere
Matches played 175
Goals scored 643 (3.67 per match)
Top goalscorer Tõnis Stakopf (32)
Biggest home win Levadia 7–0 Lasnamäe Ajax
Biggest away win Warrior 0–12 Levadia
Highest scoring Warrior 0–12 Levadia
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The 2009 season of the Esiliiga (the second league of the Estonian football system).

Contents

Overview

Location of the Esiliiga 2009 teams
Club Location Stadium Current manager
Flora II Tallinn Sportland Arena Erki Kesküla
Flora Rakvere Rakvere Linnastaadion Urmas Kirs
Lasnamäe Ajax Tallinn FC Ajax Stadium Aleksandr Puštov
Levadia II Tallinn Maarjamäe kunstmuru Urmas Hepner
Lootus Kohtla-Järve SK Stadium Andrei Škaleta
Tamme Auto Kiviõli Kiviõli Stadium Erik Šteinberg
TJK Legion Tallinn Wismari Stadium Viktor Passikuta
Tulevik II Viljandi Linnastaadion Aivar Lillevere
Warrior Valga Sportland Arena Zaur Tšilingarašvili
Vaprus Pärnu Kalevi Stadium Ants Kommussaar

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Levadia II (C) 36 26 8 2 96 21 +75 86 Ineligible for Promotion
2 Lootus (P) 36 24 2 10 88 48 +40 74 Promotion to the Meistriliiga
3 Warrior 36 21 2 13 68 63 +5 65 Promotion/Relegation play-off
4 Lasnamäe Ajax 36 20 4 12 75 53 +22 64
5 Tamme Auto 36 17 2 17 77 77 0 0501
6 TJK Legion 36 13 5 18 63 76 −13 44
7 Vaprus 36 11 6 19 64 77 −13 39
8 Tulevik II 36 10 6 20 49 79 −30 36 Qualification to the Promotion/Relegation play-off
9 Flora II (R) 36 9 5 22 35 64 −29 32 Relegation to the II Liiga
10 Rakvere (R) 36 8 2 26 48 105 −57 0201

Updated to games played on 11 November 2009
Source: Jalgpall.ee Soccernet.ee
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd least withdrawals or annulled matches; 3rd wins; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th overall goal difference; 7th goals scored [1].
1 Three points deducted from Kiviõli Tamme Auto and six from FC Flora Rakvere before season because of licensing problems.[2]
(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.

Promotion play-off

Main article: 2009 Meistriliiga#Relegation play-off

Relegation play-off

Results

Each team will play 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 2 RAK AJX LEV 2 LOT TMA TJK TUL 2 VPR WAR
Flora II 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 4–2 1–2 0–3 0–1
Rakvere 0–2 1–3 0–2 2–4 2–1 3–4 1–3 1–5 1–0
Lasnamäe Ajax 1–1 0–2 0–4 1–2 7–3 1–1 3–0 4–0 2–1
Levadia II 4–0 5–0 7–0 0–0 2–4 1–1 4–0 2–0 2–1
Lootus 5–1 2–1 3–2 0–2 2–4 0–2 4–1 2–0 3–1
Tamme Auto 1–0 5–0 4–1 1–1 1–3 3–0 4–0 4–3 0–1
TJK Legion 4–2 3–1 1–1 0–6 0–1 3–3 3–1 5–1 6–2
Tulevik II 2–1 4–3 4–0 2–2 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–4 0–0
Vaprus 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 0–2
Warrior 3–0 2–4 2–0 0–12 1–0 5–0 2–1 3–2 1–3

Updated to games played on 5 July 2009
Source: Jalgpall.ee
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away1 FLO 2 RAK AJX LEV 2 LOT TMA TJK TUL 2 VPR WAR
Flora II 1–3 1–1 0–3 3–0 0–1 0–1 4–2 0–1
Rakvere 1–0 2–3 2–3 0–5 0–6 3–1 0–2 2–2 1–3
Lasnamäe Ajax 5–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 4–1 4–1 3–0 4–0 0–2
Levadia II 1–1 5–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 2–1
Lootus 3–4 7–2 2–1 3–1 4–1 3–1 4–1 4–2 2–3
Tamme Auto 4–0 4–1 0–2 1–6 0–2 3–1 1–2 0–1
TJK Legion 0–1 3–0 0–3 0–1 1–2 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–4
Tulevik II 1–0 2–2 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–1 2–8 0–2
Vaprus 0–1 3–3 1–2 1–2 4–1 3–4 3–4 3–3
Warrior 2–1 4–1 1–2 0–2 0–3 4–3 7–2 2–5 1–1

Updated to games played on 2 November 2009
Source: Jalgpall.ee
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Updated to games played on 11 November 2009. Soccernet.ee (Estonian)

32 goals
19 goals
17 goals
16 goals
15 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals

Monthly awards

Month Manager Club Player Club
03/09[3] Zaur Tšilingarašvili Warrior Tõnis Starkopf Tamme Auto
04/09[4] Aleksey Zhukov Lootus Yaroslav Dmitriev Levadia II
05/09[5] Aleksandr Puštov Levadia II Sergei Popov Lootus
06/09[6] Aleksandr Puštov Levadia II Konstantin Karin Lootus
07/09[7] Andrei Borissov Lasnamäe Ajax Maksim Kisseljov TJK Legion
08/09[8] Aleksandr Puštov Levadia II Sergei Tasso Lasnamäe Ajax
09/09[9] Aleksey Zhukov Lootus Sander Rõivassepp Warrior

See also

References

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