2014 Meistriliiga

The 2014 Meistriliiga (known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons[1]) was the 24th season of the Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system. The season ran from 1 March 2014 to 8 November 2014.[2] Levadia successfully defended the title, securing the championship in the last round.

Meistriliiga
Season2014
ChampionsLevadia
9th title
RelegatedTallinna Kalev
Lokomotiv
Champions LeagueLevadia
Europa LeagueSillamäe Kalev
Flora
Nõmme Kalju
Matches played180
Goals scored642 (3.57 per match)
Top goalscorerYevgeni Kabaev (36 goals)
Biggest home winLevadia 9–0 T. Kalev
(15 June)
Infonet 10–1 Lokomotiv
(1 August)
Kalju 9–0 Lokomotiv
(16 September)
Levadia 9–0 Lokomotiv
(2 November)
Biggest away winT. Kalev 0–8 Levadia
(15 March)
Highest scoringInfonet 10–1 Lokomotiv
(1 August)
Longest winning run8 games
Sillamäe Kalev
Flora
Nõmme Kalju
Longest unbeaten run19 games
Levadia
Longest winless run23 games
Lokomotiv
Longest losing run19 games
Tallinna Kalev
← 2013
2015 →

Teams

Kuressaare were relegated to the 2014 Esiliiga after finishing in the bottom of the table at the end of the 2013 season, ending their five-year tenure in the top flight. They were replaced by Jõhvi Lokomotiv, Esiliiga runners-up and first among promotion-eligible teams. Lokomotiv will make their first appearance in the top division.[3]

One spot in the league was decided in a two-legged play-off between Esiliiga's 4th Rakvere Tarvas and Meistriliiga's 9th-placed team Tammeka. Tammeka won 6–2 on aggregate and therefore retained its place in Meistriliiga.[4]

Tammeka hit financial trouble on the second half of 2013 season,[5] but refused the reorganization plan set by Estonian Football Association.[6] In February Tammeka were stripped of their Meistriliiga license.[7] Tammeka entry was later granted for 2014 season to Football School Tammeka, financially independent part of the club run by former employees of football club Tammeka.[8]

Stadiums and locations
Location of the 2014 Meistriliiga teams
Team Location Stadium Seating capacity
Flora Tallinn A. Le Coq Arena 9,692[9]
Infonet Tallinn Sportland Arena 540
Nõmme Kalju Tallinn Kadriorg Stadium 5,000[10]
Levadia Tallinn Kadriorg Stadium 5,000[10]
Lokomotiv Jõhvi Jõhvi linnastaadion 60[11]
Paide Paide Paide linnastaadion 268[12]
Sillamäe Kalev Sillamäe Sillamäe Kalev Stadium 800[13]
Tallinna Kalev Tallinn Kalev Keskstaadion 11,500[14]
Tammeka Tartu Tamme Stadium 1,750[15]
Trans Narva Kreenholm Stadium 1,065[16]

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Flora Norbert Hurt Sander Post Nike Tele2[17]
Infonet Aleksandr Puštov Vladimir Avilov Joma Infonet
Nõmme Kalju Igor Prins Vitali Teleš Adidas Optibet[18]
Levadia Marko Kristal Roman Smishko Adidas Viimsi Keevitus
Lokomotiv Aleksei Tikhomirov Valeri Smelkov Adidas Spacecom[19]
Paide Linnameeskond Meelis Rooba Liivo Leetma Nike Verston
Sillamäe Kalev Sergei Frantsev Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko Uhlsport Alexela
Tallinna Kalev Sergei Zamogilnõi Daniil Savitski Jako Viking Line
Tammeka Indrek Koser Jürgen Lorenz Nike Goldtime
Narva Trans Aleksei Yagudin Roman Nesterovski Nike Fama[20]

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Tallinna Kalev Frank Bernhardt Mutual agreement 13 December 2013 Pre-season Tarmo Rüütli 13 December 2013[21]
Tammeka Uwe Erkenbrecher End of contract 31 December 2013 Indrek Koser 14 February 2014[22]
Tallinna Kalev Tarmo Rüütli Signed by Irtysh Pavlodar 6 March 2014[23] 9th Sergei Zamogilnõi 10 March 2014[24]
Lokomotiv Viktors Ņesterenko Sacked 22 April 2014[25] 10th Aleksei Tikhomirov 23 April 2014[26]
Sillamäe Kalev Sergei Ratnikov Mutual agreement 26 April 2014[27] 1st Vadym Dobizha (caretaker) 26 April 2014 [27]
Lokomotiv Aleksei Tikhomirov Mutual agreement 3 June 2014[28] 10th Andrei Škaleta 6 June 2014[29]
Narva Trans Valeri Bondarenko Sacked 14 June 2014[30] 7th Aleksei Yagudin 14 June 2014
Sillamäe Kalev Vadym Dobizha Caretaker spell over 13 July 2014 4th Sergei Frantsev 13 July 2014[31]
Lokomotiv Andrei Škaleta Mutual agreement 6 August 2014[32] 10th Aleksei Tikhomirov 6 August 2014[32]

Player transfers
  • Transfers made during the 2013–14 winter transfer window (3 January – 28 February 2014)[33]
Main article: List of Estonian football transfers winter 2013–14
  • Transfers made during the 2014 summer transfer window (20 June – 20 July 2014)[33]
Main article: List of Estonian football transfers summer 2014

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Levadia (C) 36 26 6 4 112 19 +93 84 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Sillamäe Kalev 36 25 4 7 108 34 +74 79 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Flora 36 24 7 5 88 36 +52 79
4 Nõmme Kalju 36 24 6 6 85 19 +66 78
5 Infonet 36 19 9 8 80 44 +36 66
6 Paide 36 9 8 19 39 67 −28 35
7 Tammeka 36 7 7 22 37 83 −46 28
8 Narva Trans 36 6 10 20 37 79 −42 28
9 Lokomotiv (R) 36 4 6 26 35 115 −80 18 Qualification for relegation play-offs
10 Tallinna Kalev (R) 36 3 3 30 21 146 −125 12 Relegation to Esiliiga
Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) fewest withdrawals or annulled matches; 3) overall wins; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) goal difference; 7) goals scored; 8) away goals scored; 9) fair-play points.
If two (or more) teams on the top have the same number 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[34]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Nõmme Kalju qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of the 2014–15 Estonian Cup

Relegation play-offs

At season's end Lokomotiv, the ninth place club in the Meistriliiga, participated in a two-legged play-off with Viljandi Tulevik, the runners-up (of the independent teams) of the 2014 Esiliiga, for the spot in next year's competition.[35]

16 November 2014 Viljandi Tulevik 0 – 0 Lokomotiv Viljandi
13:00 EET (GMT+2) Report Stadium: Viljandi Linnastaadion
Attendance: 260
Referee: Kristo Tohver
22 November 2014 Lokomotiv 1 – 1 Viljandi Tulevik Kohtla-Järve
13:00 EET (GMT+2) Yablokov  53' Report Ilves  71' Stadium: Ahtme Gümnaasiumi kunstmuru
Attendance: 96
Referee: Eiko Saar

1–1 on aggregate. Viljandi Tulevik won on away goals and secured promotion to 2015 Meistriliiga

Results

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

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[36][37]
1 Yevgeni KabaevSillamäe Kalev36
2 Igor SubbotinLevadia32
3 ManuchoInfonet30
4 Albert ProsaFlora22
5 Hidetoshi WakuiNõmme Kalju21
6 Vladislav IvanovLevadia19
7 Stanislav MurikhinSillamäe Kalev16
8 Rauno AllikuFlora15
Ingemar TeeverLevadia
10 Tarmo NeemeloNõmme Kalju14

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Kristjan TiirikTammekaTallinna Kalev6–129 March 2014
Rauno AllikuFloraTallinna Kalev4–119 April 2014
ManuchoInfonetTallinna Kalev6–025 April 2014
Vladislav IvanovLevadiaInfonet4–012 May 2014
Stanislav MurikhinSillamäe KalevTammeka6–020 May 2014
Rasmus TomsonPaideTallinna Kalev6–220 May 2014
Vladislav Ivanov4LevadiaTammeka7–010 June 2014
Vladislav IvanovLevadiaTallinna Kalev9–015 June 2014
Igor SubbotinLevadiaTallinna Kalev9–015 June 2014
Yevgeni KabaevSillamäe KalevTallinna Kalev6–17 July 2014
Manucho4InfonetTallinna Kalev5–013 July 2014
Hidetoshi WakuiNõmme KaljuTammeka3–014 July 2014
Jarmo AhjuperaNõmme KaljuTallinna Kalev5–028 July 2014
Robert KirssNõmme KaljuLokomotiv5–122 August 2014
Albert ProsaFloraPaide3–023 August 2014
Stanislav MurikhinSillamäe KalevTallinna Kalev8–030 August 2014
Yevgeni Kabaev4Sillamäe KalevTallinna Kalev8–030 August 2014
Yevgeni KabaevSillamäe KalevTallinna Kalev8–113 September 2014
Felipe Nunes4Nõmme KaljuLokomotiv9–016 September 2014
Tarmo NeemeloNõmme KaljuLokomotiv9–016 September 2014
Igor Subbotin4LevadiaTallinna Kalev5–019 September 2014
Tarmo NeemeloNõmme KaljuTallinna Kalev7–025 October 2014
Igor Subbotin4LevadiaLokomotiv9–02 November 2014
Igor Subbotin4LevadiaTrans8–18 November 2014
ManuchoInfonetTallinna Kalev4–08 November 2014
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals.

Awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
March[38] Sergei Ratnikov Sillamäe Kalev Albert Prosa Flora
April[39] Igor Prins Nõmme Kalju Mikk Reintam Nõmme Kalju
May[40] Norbert Hurt Flora Daniil Ratnikov Sillamäe Kalev
June[41] Marko Kristal Levadia Lasha Omanidze Tallinna Kalev
July[42] Aleksandr Puštov Infonet Karl-Eerik Luigend Flora
August[43] Sergei Frantsev Sillamäe Kalev Yevgeni Kabaev Sillamäe Kalev
September[44] Igor Prins Nõmme Kalju Roman Smishko Levadia
October[45] Sergei Frantsev Sillamäe Kalev Manucho Infonet

Meistriliiga Player of the Year

Yevgeni Kabaev was named Meistriliiga Player of the Year.

See also

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