Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga

Country	Estonia
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1992
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Esiliiga
Domestic cup(s)	Estonian Cup
International cup(s)	Champions League UEFA Europa League
Current champions	Levadia (2014)
Most championships	Flora Tallinn Levadia Tallinn (9 titles)
Most capped player	Stanislav Kitto (515)[1]
Top goalscorer	Maksim Gruznov (304)[2]
TV partners	ERR, Postimees
Website	premiumliiga.ee
2015 season

Meistriliiga (known as the A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons^[3]) is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded in 1992 and the current, 2014 season, is the league's 24th. As of 2014 it is not fully professional with semi-professional and amateur clubs allowed to compete. In 2013 six of the ten teams were professional.

As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts around March and ends in late November. Meistriliiga consists of ten clubs, all teams play each other four times. After each season the bottom team is relegated and the second last team plays a two-legged playoff for a place in the Meistriliiga.

In February 2013, A. Le Coq, a brewery, signed a five-year cooperation agreement with the Estonian Football Association, which included Meistriliiga naming rights.^[3]

Meistriliiga clubs 2015

The following 10 clubs will compete in the Meistriliiga during the 2015 season.

Club	2014 Position	First season in Meistriliiga	Number of seasons in Meistriliiga	First season of current spell	Titles	Last title / Best finish
Flora a, b, c	3rd	1992	25	1992	9	2011
Infonetc	5th	2013	3	2013	0	5th
Nõmme Kaljuc	4th	2008	8	2008	1	2012
Levadiac	1st	1999	17	1999	9	2014
Paide Linnameeskondc	6th	2009	7	2009	0	5th
Pärnu Linnameeskond	3rd, (Esiliiga)	2006	4	2015	0	7th
Sillamäe Kaleva	2nd	1992	11	2008	0	2nd
Tammekac	7th	2005	11	2005	0	5th
Transa, b, c	8th	1992	25	1992	0	2nd
Viljandi Tulevika	5th, (Esiliiga)	1992	17	2015	0	2nd

^a = Founding member of the Meistriliiga
^b = Played in every Meistriliiga season
^c = Never been relegated from Meistriliiga

Champions and top goalscorers

Season	01 !	02 !	03 !	Top goalscorer
1992	Norma	Eesti Põlevkivi	TVMK	Sergei Bragin (Norma, 18 goals)
1992–93	Norma	Flora	Nikol	Sergei Bragin (Norma, 27 goals)
1993–94	Flora	Norma	Nikol/Marlekor	Maksim Gruznov (Narva Trans, 21 goals)
1994–95	Flora	Lantana/Marlekor	Narva Trans	Serhiy Morozov (Lantana/Marlekor, 25 goals)
1995–96	Lantana	Flora	Tevalte/Marlekor	Lembit Rajala (Flora, 16 goals)
1996–97	Lantana	Flora	Marlekor	Sergei Bragin (Lantana, 18 goals)
1997–98	Flora	Tallinna Sadam	Lantana	Konstantin Nahk (Tallinna Sadam, 18 goals)
1998	Flora	Tallinna Sadam	Lantana	Konstantin Nahk (Tallinna Sadam, 13 goals)
1999	Levadia	Viljandi Tulevik	Flora	Toomas Krõm (Levadia, 19 goals)
2000	Levadia	Flora	TVMK	Egidijus Juška (TVMK, 24 goals) Toomas Krõm (Levadia, 24 goals)
2001	Flora	TVMK	Levadia	Maksim Gruznov (Narva Trans, 37 goals)
2002	Flora	Levadia	TVMK	Andrei Krõlov (TVMK, 37 goals)
2003	Flora	TVMK	Levadia	Tor Henning Hamre (Flora, 39 goals)
2004	Levadia	TVMK	Flora	Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (Flora, 28 goals)
2005	TVMK	Levadia	Narva Trans	Tarmo Neemelo (TVMK, 41 goals)
2006	Levadia	Narva Trans	Flora	Maksim Gruznov (Narva Trans, 31 goals)
2007	Levadia	Flora	TVMK	Dmitri Lipartov (Narva Trans, 30 goals)
2008	Levadia	Flora	Narva Trans	Ingemar Teever (Nõmme Kalju, 23 goals)
2009	Levadia	Sillamäe Kalev	Narva Trans	Vitali Gussev (Levadia, 26 goals)
2010	Flora	Levadia	Narva Trans	Sander Post (Flora, 24 goals)
2011	Flora	Nõmme Kalju	Narva Trans	Aleksandrs Čekulajevs (Narva Trans, 46 goals)
2012	Nõmme Kalju	Levadia	Flora	Vladislav Ivanov (Sillamäe Kalev / Narva Trans, 23 goals)
2013	Levadia	Nõmme Kalju	Sillamäe Kalev	Vladimir Voskoboinikov (Nõmme Kalju, 23 goals)
2014	Levadia	Sillamäe Kalev	Flora	Yevgeni Kabaev (Sillamäe Kalev, 36 goals)

Performance by club

Club	01 !	02 !	03 !	Seasons won
Flora	9	6	5	1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011
Levadia	9	4	2	1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014
Lantana/Marlekor/Nikol	2	1	3	1995–96, 1996–97
Norma	2	1	0	1992, 1992–93
TVMK	1	3	6	2005
Nõmme Kalju	1	2	0	2012
Sillamäe Kalev	0	2	1
Tallinna Sadam	0	2	0
Narva Trans	0	1	6
Viljandi Tulevik	0	1	0
Eesti Põlevkivi	0	1	0

All-time table

The table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Meistriliiga since its inception in 1992. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2014 season. Teams in bold play in the Meistriliiga 2015 season. Numbers in bold are the record (highest) numbers in each column.

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss, although Meistriliiga awarded 2 points for a win until the 1994–95 season. Championship matches, relegation matches and relegation tournament matches involving clubs of lower leagues are not counted. In 1992 Preliminary Round matches were played in two groups. The results of the matches played between teams in same group were taken to second round, thus counted twice, in this table these results are counted once.

The table is sorted by all-time points

Pos.	Club	Seasons	Titles	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PpG
1	Flora	24	9	692	472	121	99	1823	571	1252	1537	2.22
2	Levadia1	16	9	528	391	90	47	1448	361	1087	1263	2.39
3	Trans	24	0	692	340	132	220	1343	890	453	1152	1.66
4	TVMK2	15	1	408	225	76	107	966	480	486	751	1.84
5	Viljandi Tulevik3	16	0	453	140	85	228	582	830	-248	505	1.11
6	Kalju	7	1	252	152	48	52	540	235	305	504	2.00
7	Sillamäe Kalev	10	0	305	142	42	121	561	507	54	468	1.53
8	Tammeka	10	0	360	95	63	202	427	718	-291	348	0.97
9	Lantana	6	2	138	73	34	31	271	144	127	253	1.83
10	Tallinna Sadam	6	0	132	67	19	46	271	168	103	220	1.67
11	Paide Linnameeskond	6	0	216	60	36	120	207	404	-197	216	1.00
12	Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi	9	0	162	50	40	72	224	276	-52	190	1.17
13	Kuressaare	10	0	336	48	43	245	253	920	-667	187	0.56
14	Norma	4	2	78	49	7	22	223	111	112	154	1.97
15	Tallinna Kalev	6	0	216	40	32	144	196	543	-347	152	0.70
16	Merkuur4	6	0	153	41	28	84	204	404	-200	151	0.99
17	Vigri5	3	0	54	31	11	12	151	64	87	104	1.93
18	Infonet	2	0	72	29	17	26	116	100	16	104	1.44
19	Nikol	2	0	44	30	6	8	107	36	71	96	2.18
20	Järve6	5	0	148	22	19	107	104	394	-290	85	0.57
21	Warrior	5	0	156	21	18	117	120	425	-305	81	0.52
22	Pärnu Linnameeskond7	3	0	108	23	7	78	125	307	-182	76	0.70
23	Levadia II1	3	0	84	20	14	50	106	211	-105	74	0.88
24	Lelle SK	4	0	80	16	19	45	72	155	-83	67	0.84
25	Dünamo	4	0	89	16	11	62	92	277	-185	59	0.66
26	DAG8	4	0	68	16	9	43	85	199	-114	57	0.84
27	Viljandi	2	0	72	14	14	44	70	157	-87	56	0.78
28	Pärnu Tervis	2	0	46	11	5	30	38	92	-54	38	0.83
29	Kohtla-Järve Keemik	2	0	31	10	6	15	41	72	-31	36	1.16
30	Lasnamäe Ajax	3	0	108	7	13	88	60	449	-389	34	0.31
31	Pärnu JK9	3	0	38	5	5	28	36	120	-84	20	0.53
32	Lokomotiv	1	0	36	4	6	26	35	115	-80	18	0.50
33	Pärnu Levadia	1	0	28	1	5	22	19	96	-77	8	0.29
34	Vall	1	0	14	0	1	13	9	44	-35	1	0.07
35	FK Maardu	1	0	9	0	0	9	6	59	-53	0	0

Notes

• Note 1: 1999–2003 FC Levadia Maardu, 2004– FC Levadia. Not to be confused with FC Levadia Tallinn 2001-2003 a separate team owned by the steel company Levadia. In 2004 the clubs were merged FC Levadia Maardu were moved to Tallinn and became FC Levadia, former FC Levadia Tallinn become their reserves as FC Levadia II.
• Note 2: 1992 TVMV, 1995–1996 Tevalte-Marlekor, 1996–1997 Marlekor, 1997–2008 TVMK
• Note 3: 1992 Viljandi JK, 1993– Viljandi Tulevik
• Note 4: 1992–2005 Merkuur, 2006 Maag
• Note 5: 1992–1993 Vigri, 1993–1995 Tevalte, 1996–1999 Vigri
• Note 6: 2000–2003 Kohtla-Järve Lootus, 2004 Alutaguse Lootus, 2005–2012 Kohtla-Järve Lootus, 2013– Kohtla-Järve Järve
• Note 7: 1999–2010 Pärnu Vaprus, 2011– Pärnu Linnameeskond
• Note 8: 1992 Tartu Kalev, 1992–1994 EsDAG, 1994– DAG
• Note 9: 1992 Pärnu JK, 1994–1996 PJK Kalev

Records

All as of end of 2014 season if not stated otherwise

Clubs

• Most titles won: 9 titles – Flora, Levadia
• Most consecutive seasons in the Meistriliiga: 24 seasons – Flora and Trans (All seasons, 1992 — present)
• Most points in a season: 97 points – Levadia (2009)
• Fewest points in a season: 0 points – FK Maardu (1992)
• Longest unbeaten run: 61 matches – Levadia (10 May 2008 — 7 November 2009)^[4]
• Most matches won in a row: 17 matches – Norma (15 May 1992 — 2 October 1993)
• Biggest win margin: 24 goals – Tevalte (24–0 v Sillamäe Kalev on 27 May 1994)
• Most goals in a season: 138 goals – TVMK (2005)
• Fewest goals in a season: 11 goals – Sillamäe Kalev (1993–94, 22 games), Valga (2000, 28), Kuressaare (2003, 28), Lootus (2004, 28), Lasnamäe Ajax (2011, 36)
• Fewest goals per game in a season: 0.306 gpg – Lasnamäe Ajax (2011, 11 goals in 36 games)
• Most goals against in a season: 192 goals – Lasnamäe Ajax (2011)

Players

Appearance leaders As of 8 March 2015.[5] Players in bold are still active in 2015 season. Rank Player Games 1 Stanislav Kitto 515 2 Maksim Gruznov 494 3 Konstantin Nahk 481 4 Andrei Kalimullin 438 5 Sergei Kazakov 432 6 Vitali Leitan 418 7 Teet Allas 387 8 Martin Reim 385 9 Aleksandr Tarassenkov 382 10 Martin Kaalma 377

Goal scoring leaders As of 8 March 2015.[6] Players in bold are still active in 2015 season. Rank Player Goals 1 Maksim Gruznov 304 2 Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko 175 3 Tarmo Neemelo 163 4 Andrei Krõlov 162 Vitali Leitan 162 6 Konstantin Nahk 153 7 Dmitri Lipartov 152 8 Indrek Zelinski 146 9 Ingemar Teever 129 10 Dmitri Ustritski 125

Most goals scored by one player in a match^[7]

Rank	Player	Goals	For	Score	Against	Season
1	Anatoli Novožilov	10	Tevalte	24–0	Sillamäe Kalev	1993–94
2	Urmas Kirs	7	Flora	19–0	FK Maardu	1992
	Milton	7	Tevalte	10–1	Merkuur	1993–94
	Tor Henning Hamre	7	Flora	17–0	FC Kuressaare	2003

Most goals in a season

Rank	Player	Goals	Club	Season
1	Aleksandrs Čekulajevs	46	Trans	2011
2	Tarmo Neemelo	41	TVMK	2005
3	Tor Henning Hamre	39	Flora	2003

Longest time without conceding a goal^[8][9]

Rank	Player	Minutes	Club	Season(s)	Dates
1	Roman Smishko	1281	Levadia	2014	5 April 2014–25 July 2014
2	Martin Kaalma	946	Levadia	2007–2008	2 October 2007–14 June 2008
3	Sergei Ussoltsev	889	Trans	2005	14 August 2005–26 October 2005

Youngest goalscorer^[10][11]

Rank	Player	Age	Date	For	Score	Against	Season
1	Raio Piiroja	16 years, 15 days	26 July 1995	Pärnu JK	2-4	Trans	1995–96
2	Eduard Golovljov	16 years, 78 days	13 March 2013	Infonet	2–0	Tallinna Kalev	2013
3	Vladislav Fjodorov	16 years, 79 days	18 October 2008	Trans	3–0	Pärnu Vaprus	2008

Oldest goalscorer^[12]

Rank	Player	Age	Date	For	Score	Against	Season
1	Sergei Zamogilnõi	43 years, 16 days	15 September 1996	EP Jõhvi	4–1	Tallinna Vall	1996-97

Fastest goal^[13][14][15]

Rank	Player	Time	Date	For	Score	Against	Season
–	Jaanis Kriska (o.g.)	5 seconds	12 September 2009	FC Kuressaare	0–8	Levadia	2009
1	Aleksander Saharov	12 seconds	29 August 2004	Flora	6–0	Alutaguse Lootus	2004
2	Vladislav Ivanov	14 seconds	15 April 2012	JK Sillamäe Kalev	1–0	JK Narva Trans	2012
3	Egidijus Juška	17 seconds	21 April 2000	TVMK	1–2	Tulevik	2000

Shortest timespan for hat-trick scored ^[16][17]

Rank	Player	Time	G1	G2	G3	Date	For	Score	Against	Season
1	Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko	4 minutes	65'	67'	69'	18 October 2004	Flora	9–0	Alutaguse Lootus	2004
2	Aleksandr ŽŽurkin	5 minutes	14'	18'	19'	1993	Norma		EsDAG

1921–1944 Champions

1921 · Sport Tallinn 1922 · Sport Tallinn 1923 · Kalev Tallinn 1924 · Sport Tallinn 1925 · Sport Tallinn 1926 · Jalgpalliklubi Tallinn

1927 · Sport Tallinn 1928 · Jalgpalliklubi Tallinn 1929 · Sport Tallinn 1930 · Kalev Tallinn 1931 · Sport Tallinn 1932 · Sport Tallinn

1933 · Sport Tallinn 1934 · Estonia Tallinn 1935 · Estonia Tallinn 1936 · Estonia Tallinn 1937–38 · Estonia Tallinn 1938–39 · Estonia Tallinn

1939–40 · Olümpia Tartu 1941 · not finished 1942 · PSR Tartu (unofficial) 1943 · Estonia Tallinn (unofficial) 1944 · not finished

Bold indicates club's first championship victory.

Estonian SSR Champions

1945 · Dünamo Tallinn 1946 · BL Tallinn 1947 · Dünamo Tallinn 1948 · Balti Laevastik Tallinn 1949 · Dünamo Tallinn 1950 · Dünamo Tallinn 1951 · Balti Laevastik Tallinn 1952 · Balti Laevastik Tallinn 1953 · Dünamo Tallinn 1954 · Dünamo Tallinn 1955 · Kalev Tallinn 1956 · Balti Laevastik Tallinn

1957 · Kalev Ülemiste 1958 · Kalev Ülemiste 1959 · Kalev Ülemiste 1960 · Balti Laevastik Tallinn 1961 · Kalev Kopli 1962 · Kalev Ülemiste 1963 · Tempo Tallinn 1964 · Norma Tallinn 1965 · Balti Laevastik Tallinn 1966 · Balti Laevastik Tallinn 1967 · Norma Tallinn 1968 · Balti Laevastik Tallinn

1969 · Dvigatel Tallinn 1970 · Norma Tallinn 1971 · Tempo Tallinn 1972 · Balti Laevastik Tallinn 1973 · Kreenholm Narva 1974 · Baltika Narva 1975 · Baltika Narva 1976 · Dvigatel Tallinn 1977 · Baltika Narva 1978 · Dünamo Tallinn 1979 · Norma Tallinn 1980 · Dünamo Tallinn

1981 · Dünamo Tallinn 1982 · Tempo Tallinn 1983 · Dünamo Tallinn 1984 · Estonia Jõhvi 1985 · Kalakombinaat/MEK Pärnu 1986 · Zvezda Tallinn 1987 · Tempo Tallinn 1988 · Norma Tallinn 1989 · Zvezda Tallinn 1990 · TVMK 1991 · TVMK

References

External links

• Estonian Football Association
• Estonia - List of Champions, RSSSF.com

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