Esiliiga B

The Esiliiga B is the third division in the Estonian football league system. The Esiliiga B is ranked below the Esiliiga and above the II liiga. As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts in March and ends in November.[1]

Esiliiga B
Founded2013
Country Estonia
ConfederationUEFA
DivisionsEsiliiga B
Number of teams10
Level on pyramid3
Promotion toEsiliiga
Relegation toII liiga
Domestic cup(s)Estonian Cup
Current championsNõmme United
(2019)
WebsiteEsiliiga B
Current: 2020 Esiliiga B

Competition format

The league consists of 10 clubs, all teams play each other four times. Both the winning team and the runners-up are promoted to the Esiliiga directly, whereas the third place club will participate in a two-legged play-off with the 8th place club of the Esiliiga for the spot in next year's competition. Same way the 2 bottom placed teams are relegated to the II liiga. The third bottom team can avoid relegation by winning a two-leg play-off against the II Liiga play-off round winners.[2][3]

Clubs

Current clubs

The following clubs are competing in the Esiliiga B during the 2020 season.

Club Position
in 2019		 Seasons in
Esiliiga B		 First season of
current spell		 Titles Last title
Keila 6th 3 2019 0 N/A
Nõmme Kalju U21a 4th 4 2019 2 2017
Läänemaa JKa. b 3rd II liiga S/W 0 2020 0 N/A
Paide Linnameeskond U21a, b 8th 3 2017 0 N/A
Rakvere Tarvasa 8th in Esiliiga 0 2020 0 N/A
Tartu Welcoa 10th in Esiliiga 1 2020 0 N/A
Tabasalub 7th 1 2019 0 N/A
Viimsia 5th 6 2019 0 N/A
Tallinna Kalev U21a 9th in Esiliiga 3 2020 0 N/A
Võru Heliosa. b 9th 2 2018 0 N/A

a – never been relegated from Esiliiga B
b – never played in Esiliiga
c – reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

Champions
Season Champions Runners-up Third place Top goalscorer Goals
2013 Nõmme Kalju II (1) Pärnu Linnameeskond Sillamäe Kalev II Jürgen Kuresoo (Elva)33
2014 Infonet II Tallinn (1) Santos Tartu HÜJK Emmaste Yuriy Vereshchak (Santos Tartu)43
2015 Maardu Starbunker (1) Järve Kohtla-Järve Sillamäe Kalev II Klimentiy Boldyrev (Starbunker Maardu)25
2016 Kuressaare (1) Elva Welco Tartu Maarek Suursaar (Kuressaare)33
2017 Kalju U21 (2) Kalev U21 Vaprus Vändra Karl Anton Sõerde (Kalev U21)29
2018 Legion Tartu Tammeka U21 Kohtla-Järve Järve Rejal Alijev (Legion)40

Total titles won
Club Winning seasons
Nõmme Kalju II 2 0 0 2013, 2017
Tallinna Infonet II 1 0 0 2014
Maardu Starbunker 1 0 0 2015
Kuressaare1002016
Tallinna Legion1002018
Kohtla-Järve Järve 0 1 1
Pärnu Linnameeskond 0 1 0
Tartu Santos 0 1 0
Elva010
Tartu Tammeka U21010
Tallinna Kalev U21010
Sillamäe Kalev II 0 0 2
HÜJK Emmaste 0 0 1
Tartu Welco001
Vändra Vaprus001

All-time Esiliiga B table

The table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Esiliiga B since its inception in 2013. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2020 season. Teams in bold play in the Esiliiga B 2021 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. Promotion matches and relegation matches involving clubs of higher or lower leagues are not counted.

The table is sorted by all-time points.

Pos.
Club
Seasons
Titles
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
PPG
1Viimsi1702441064097442429+133581.47
2Sillamäe Kalev U2150180792675336320+162631.46
3Ida-Virumaa Alliance450180723078280272+82461.37
4Nõmme Kalju U2142138761844291208+832461.78
5Tallinna Kalev U2140138682347284207+772271.64
6Elva40144622359230227+32091.45
7Tartu Tammeka U2130108541836266167+991801.67
8Paide Linnameeskond U2141138511968268300−321721.25
9Tallinna Legion31108521343233218+151691.56
10Vändra Vaprus30108511542233234-11681.56
11Raasiku Joker30108412839198196+21511.40
12Nõmme United217244131522795+1321452.01
13Keila30102401646202236-341361.33
14Maardu Linnameeskond3217242525162123+391311.82
15Tartu Welco206640620155100+551261.91
16Pärnu JK2072371223162104+581231.71
17Võru Helios30102351849183235-521231.21
18Tallinna Ararat30108351558183244−611201.11
19Tallinna Flora U19501802822130187523−3361060.59
20FCI Tallinn U2121136323112434+90992.75
21Tartu Santos1036320416127+134962.67
22Tabasalu206629730135125+10941.42
23Pärnu Linnameeskond1036254711453+61792.19
24Kuressaare1136237611748+69762.11
25Tallinna Puuma1036135186089−29441.22
26Läänemaa1028113145564−9361.29
27Tallinna Dünamo103694234286−44310.86
28Põhja-Tallinna Volta1036922553123−70290.81
29Lasnamäe Ajax1036442835135-100160.44
30Viljandi Tulevik U211036423026142−116140.39
31Rakvere Tarvas103031262696−70100.33
Notes
  • Note 1: 2000–2015 HÜJK Emmaste, 2016– Viimsi JK.
  • Note 2: 2011–2016 Tallinna FC Infonet II 2017– FCI Tallinn U21.
  • Note 3: 2013–2015 Maardu FC Starbunker 2016– Maardu Linnameeskond.
  • Note 4: 2013–2020 Kohtla-Järve JK Järve 2021– Ida-Virumaa FC Alliance.

See also

References
  1. Esiliiga B
  2. http://www.jalgpall.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=3867 Estonian Football Association (in Estonian). Esiliiga expanded with B division. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  3. http://www.jalgpall.ee/docs/Eesti%202013.a%20meistriv%F5istluste%20Meistri-ja%20Esiliiga%20juhend.pdf Estonian Football Association (in Estonian). Estonian 2013. Meistriliiga and Esiliiga championship directive. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
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