2010 Esiliiga

The 2010 season of the Esiliiga, the second 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 II, who are unable for promotion as they are the reserve team for Meistriliiga side Levadia.

Esiliiga
Season2010
Matches played60
Goals scored189 (3.15 per match)
Biggest home winTJK Legion 8–0 Rakvere
Biggest away winRakvere 1–6 Flora U21
Highest scoringTJK Legion 8–0 Rakvere
Flora U21 6–2 Rakvere
← 2009
2011 →

Overview
Location of the 2010 Esiliiga teams
Club Location Stadium Current manager
Flora II Tallinn Sportland Arena Zaur Tšilingarašvili
Flora Rakvere Rakvere Rakvere linnastaadion Urmas Kirs
Ajax Tallinn FC Ajax Stadium Aleksandr Puštov
Levadia II Tallinn Maarjamäe kunstmuru Urmas Hepner
Tallinna Kalev Tallinn Kalev Keskstaadion artificial turf Sergei Ratnikov
Orbiit Jõhvi Jõhvi linnastaadion Valeri Kulatšenko
Kiviõli Tamme Auto Kiviõli Kiviõli Stadium Erik Šteinberg
TJK Legion Tallinn Wismar Stadium Viktor Passikuta
Warrior Valga Sportland Arena Zaur Tšilingarašvili
Vaprus Pärnu Pärnu Kalev Stadium Ants Kommussaar

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Levadia II[lower-alpha 1] (C) 36 28 5 3 107 28 +79 89
2 Flora U21[lower-alpha 1] 36 22 6 8 93 45 +48 72
3 Lasnamäe Ajax (P) 36 20 9 7 71 38 +33 69 Promotion to Meistriliiga
4 Tamme Auto 36 17 6 13 85 72 +13 57 Qualification for promotion play-offs
5 Tallinna Kalev[lower-alpha 2] 36 17 6 13 67 65 +2 53
6 TJK Legion 36 11 6 19 57 81 −24 39
7 Vaprus 36 10 7 19 57 78 −21 37
8 Warrior 36 10 6 20 57 90 −33 36 Qualification for relegation play-offs
9 Rakvere[lower-alpha 2] (R) 36 10 3 23 45 95 −50 31 Relegation to II Liiga
10 Orbiit (R) 36 6 4 26 35 82 −47 22
Source: jalgpall.ee (in Estonian)
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[3]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.
  2. Before the start of the season Flora Rakvere were docked two points and Tallinna Kalev were docked five points, both because of licensing problems.[1] After the appeal, Kalev's deduction was reduced to four points.[2]

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 \ Away FLO RAK AJX LEV TK ORB TMA TJK WAR VPR
Flora U21 6–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 6–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0
Rakvere 1–6 0–0 0–4 2–1 0–2 2–0[lower-alpha 1] 3–4 0–0 1–4
Lasnamäe Ajax 2–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 3–0 3–2 1–0 6–0 1–0
Levadia II 0–1 6–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 4–0 4–0 2–0
Tallinna Kalev 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 4–3 3–0 4–1 4–0
Orbiit 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–0
Tamme Auto 2–2 3–0 3–3 1–4 1–3 3–1 3–1 3–2 4–3
TJK Legion 1–3 8–0 1–2 1–4 0–2 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–2
Warrior 0–2 4–0 0–3 2–1 0–3 1–2 0–4 2–2 0–3
Vaprus 3–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 5–0 2–2 2–3 1–1
Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match was declared 2–x for Rakvere because Tamme Auto used ineligible player. The original result was 2–1.[4]

Second half of season
Home \ Away FLO RAK AJX LEV TK ORB TMA TJK WAR VPR
Flora U21 1–2 0–3 1–0 7–0 5–0 3–7 8–0 3–1 5–1
Rakvere 1–2 1–3 2–3 2–3 2–1 0–0 3–2 1–3 1–2
Lasnamäe Ajax 0–2 3–0 0–1 1–3 5–0 3–2 3–1 1–3 1–2
Levadia II 1–1 3–2 4–2 0–0 2–1 6–0 8–2 5–2 6–0
Tallinna Kalev 2–3 3–1 1–1 1–6 2–2 0–2 0–1 3–5 4–3
Orbiit 0–6 1–2 1–2 0–4 0–1 1–2 4–0 4–1 1–2
Tamme Auto 2–5 1–1 1–1 1–4 1–3 6–3 4–1 4–0 4–0
TJK Legion 3–2 4–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–3 0–3 5–1
Warrior 4–1 2–4 1–3 3–5 3–4 2–2 4–3 0–2 2–2
Vaprus 0–3 2–3 0–4 2–3 0–1 4–1 2–3 2–2 2–3
Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Tõnis StarkopfKiviõli Tamme Auto28
2 Sergei TassoLasnamäe Ajax24
3 Artur RättelLevadia II18
4 Jaan LeimannFlora II15
5 Dmitri KirilovKiviõli Tamme Auto14
Maksim KisseljovTJK Legion
7 Hannes AnierFlora II13
Taavi LauritsVaprus
Marten MüttFlora II
10 Sergei AkimovRakvere Flora12
Yaroslav DmitrievLevadia II
Raiko KarpovWarrior
Ilja MonakovTallinna Kalev

Awards

Monthly awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
March Sergei Ratnikov Tallinna Kalev Sergei Tasso Ajax
April Andrei Borissov Ajax Artjom Dmitrijev Levadia II
May Aleksandr Pushtov Levadia II Andrei Borissov Ajax
June Aleksandr Pushtov Levadia II Andrei Veis Flora II
July Zaur Tšilingarašvili Flora II Tõnis Starkopf Kiviõli Tamme Auto
August Vitali Bolšakov Orbiit Aleksandr Marašov Orbiit

See also

References
  1. Kõik jalgpalli Esiliiga klubid said litsentsi (in Estonian)
  2. JK Tallinna Kalevi karistust vähendati (in Estonian)
  3. Eesti 2010.a meistrivõistluste Meistri- ja Esiliiga juhend (in Estonian)
  4. Diskvalifitseeritud mängija kasutamine (in Estonian)
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