II liiga

II liiga is the fourth level of football league competition in Estonia arranged by the Estonian Football Association. It consists of 28 teams, divided geographically into two divisions with 14 teams respectively in group North/East and South/West. Until 2013 it was the third level league.

II liiga
CountryEstonia
ConfederationUEFA
DivisionsII East/North
II West/South
Number of teams28 (14 in each division)
Level on pyramid4
Promotion toEsiliiga B
Relegation toIII liiga
Domestic cup(s)Estonian Cup
Estonian Small Cup
Current championsPaide Linnameeskond III
(2018)
Current: 2020 II liiga

Competition

During the season, teams play each opponent twice, once at home and once away, for 26 matches. At the end of the season, the winners of both divisions face each other in one final match to determine the champion of II liiga. As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts around April and lasts until around the start of November.

At the end of the season, the winners of both divisions may be promoted to the Esiliiga B. This is providing the clubs meet the licensing criteria of the Esiliiga B. Second placed clubs of the divisions face each other in a play-off, the winner of which will play with Esiliiga B eight placed (third bottom) club for promotion to the Esiliiga.

Two clubs from the bottom end of both divisions are relegated to the III liiga. Third bottom clubs in both divisions will play a playoff with winners of play offs of III liiga second placed clubs.[1]

II Liiga North/East

2019 season

2019 II N/E liiga consists of 14 teams. Nine of them remain the same, one was promoted from III liiga South, one from III liiga West and two were relegated from higher divisions. Promoted teams are Põhja-Tallinna JK Volta II and FC Jõgeva Wolves and relegated teams are Tartu FC Santos (from Esiliiga) and Lasnamäe FC Ajax (from Esiliiga B). Tallinna JK Legion II joined the league from II S/W liiga. These teams replaced Tartu FC Santos II and Maardu United (dissolved), Põhja-Tallinna JK Volta (promoted) as well as Raasiku FC Joker and Tallinna JK Piraaja (transferred to II S/W liiga).

Clubs
Welco II
Santos II
Tammeka III
Maardu LM II
Maardu Utd
Järve II
Location of the 2018 II liiga N/E teams

The following clubs are competing in II liiga North/East during the 2019 season.

Club 2018 Location Titles Last best finish
Ajax 9th in Esiliiga B Tallinn 1 1st (2002)
Ararat 7th Tallinn 0 3rd (2008)
FCI Tallinn 2nd Tallinn 0 2nd (2018)
Järve II 8th Jõhvi 0 8th (2018)
Legion II 6th in II liiga S/W Tallinn 0 –
Maardu LM II 10th Maardu 0 10th (2017)
Noorus 4th Jõgeva 0 4th (2018)
Santos 7th in Esiliiga Tartu 0 –
Sillamäe 3rd Sillamäe 2 1st (2000)
Tammeka III 12th Tartu 0 12th (2018)
Trans II 6th Narva 0 4th (2016)
Volta II a 2nd in III liiga West Tallinn 0 –
Welco II 9th Tartu 0 9th (2018)
Wolves 4th in III liiga South Jõgeva 0 –

a – ineligible for promotion to Esiliiga B

Statistics

Winners
Season Points Points Points Top goalscorer Goals
1995–96 Maardu Olümpia14 JK Sillamäe Kalev11 Narva Baltika11
1996–97 Tallinna Dokker23 Kohtla-Järve Eliit17 Muuga Sadam14
1997–98 Tallinna KSK Vigri28 Kohtla-Järve Veteranid24 Kiviõli Irbis23
1998 Narva Baltika23 M.C. Tallinn22 Tallinna JK Dünamo21 Heigo Välja (M.C. Tallinn)10
1999 Tallinna JK Dünamo41 Štrommi Tallinn31 Kiviõli JK Irbis30 Erik Šteinberg (Kiviõli JK Irbis)12
2000 JK Sillamäe Kalev40 Kohtla-Järve SK Järve31 Maardu FS Junior25 Konstantin Butajev (Maardu FS Junior)12
2001 Narva Alstom Kick Sai39 TJK-83 Tallinn38 Maardu FS Junior32 Konstantin Butajev (Maardu FS Junior)20
2002 Tallinna FC Ajax Estel60 M.C. Tallinn34 Narva SK Kick Sai26 Aleksei Titov (Tallinna FC Ajax Estel)39
2003 Tallinna JK Dünamo (2)67 Tallinna FC TVMK II66 Tallinna FC Levadia II53 Andrei Afanasov (FS Junior Maardu)26
2004 JK Tallinna Kalev69 Tartu JK Merkuur-Juunior65 FC Puuma45 Andrei Usmanov (Tartu JK Merkuur-Juunior)28
2005 Nõmme JK Kalju59 Alutaguse FC Lootus52 FC Levadia-Juunior47 Andrus Mitt (Nõmme JK Kalju)28
2006 Narva Trans II69 Sillamäe Kalev57 JK Tallinna Kalev II42 Aleksandr Avdeev (Sillamäe Kalev)34
2007 Kiviõli Tamme Auto60 VJK Rakvere52 Tallinna FC Ararat51 Alar Petrovits (VJK Rakvere)25
2008 Kohtla-Järve FC Lootus69 Tallinna JK Legion64 Tallinna FC Ararat50 Anton Semjonov (Kohtla-Järve FC Lootus)28
2009 Jõhvi JK Orbiit59 Tallinna JK Dünamo55 Kohtla-Järve JK Alko55 Andrei Afanasov (JK Tallinna Kalev U21)25
2010 Tallinna FC Puuma59 Tallinna FC Atletik55 Nõmme Kalju FC II41 Sten Teino (Tallinna FC Puuma)26
2011 Rakvere JK Tarvas68 Nõmme Kalju FC II61 JK Sillamäe Kalev II56 Joonas Ljaš (Rakvere JK Tarvas)27
2012 Jõhvi FC Lokomotiv (2)66 JK Sillamäe Kalev II53 Nõmme Kalju FC II50 Artisom Kavaliou (Kohtla-Järve JK Alko)21
2013 Maardu FC Starbunker 59 FC Infonet II Tallinn57 FCF Tallinna Ülikool54 Klimentii Boldyrev (Maardu FC Starbunker)26
2014 Paide Linnameeskond II61 Raasiku FC Joker 199355 Tartu JK Welco51 Mairo Tikerberi (Jõgeva SK Noorus-96)27
2015 Paide Linnameeskond U21 (2)61 Tartu JK Welco56 JK Luunja53 Rauno Kööp (Paide Linnameeskond U21)20
2016 Tartu FC Merkuur58 Jõhvi FC Lokomotiv52 FC Lasnamäe Ajax51 Marek Šatov (Tartu FC Merkuur)28
2017 Tallinna JK Legion60 Tallinna FC Levadia III51 Võru FC Helios49 Marek Šatov (Tallinna FC Levadia III)
Rejal Alijev (Tallinna JK Legion)		33
2018 Põhja-Tallinna JK Volta57 FCI Tallinn57 JK Sillamäe Kalev56 Vassili Kulik (JK Sillamäe Kalev)23
2019 FCI Tallinn64 JK Sillamäe Kalev59 Narva JK Trans II56 Sander Pabo (FCI Tallinn)29
2020 Tallinna JK Legion II60 FC Tallinn60 FCI Tallinn57 Tarvi Suvi (Tartu FC Helios)30
  • Bold teams were promoted

II Liiga South/West

2018 season
II Liiga South/West
Number of teams14
Current championsFC Nõmme United
(2017)
Most championshipsFC Santos Tartu (3)
WebsiteII Liiga

2018 II S/W Liiga consists of 14 different teams. Eight of them remain the same. Two were promoted from III Liiga West, one from III Liiga North and one from III Liiga East. They were Pärnu JK Poseidon, Läänemaa JK, JK Tallinna Kalev III and Paide Linnameeskond III. One team was transferred from II Liiga N/E. It was Tallinna JK Legion II. Remaining team was relegated from Esiliiga B, which was Viimsi JK. These teams replaced FC Nõmme United, Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi and FC Flora U19 (all promoted), Saue JK Laagri, SK Imavere and Viimsi JK II. Also Tallinna JK Dünamo changed its name to Tallinna JK Legion II.

Clubs
Location of the 2018 II liiga N/E teams

The following clubs were competing in II liiga South/West during the 2018 season.

Club 2017 Location Titles Last best finish
Poseidon a, b 1st in III Liiga W Pärnu 0 –
Ganvix a, b 5th Türi 0 2nd (2015)
Legion II a, b, c – Tallinn 0 –
Kuressaare II a 10th Kuressaare 1 1st (2003)
Kalev III a, b 3rd in III Liiga N Tallinn 0 –
Läänemaa a, b 3rd in III Liiga W Haapsalu 0 –
Otepää a, b 9th Otepää 0 9th (2017)
Paide Linnameeskond III a, b 1st in III Liiga E Paide 0 –
Raplamaa a, b 8th Rapla 0 8th (2017)
Tabasalu a, b 3rd Tallinn 0 3rd (2017)
Tulevik U21 4th Viljandi 0 2nd (1994/95)
Tõrva a, b 13th Karksi-Nuia 0 7th (2016)
Vaprus II a, b 12th Pärnu 0 12th (2017)
Viimsi 7th in Esiliiga B Haabneeme 1 1st (2012)

a – never been relegated from II liiga
b – never played in Esiliiga B/Esiliiga
c – ineligible for promotion to Esiliiga B

Statistics

Winners
Season Points Points Points Top goalscorer Goals
1995–96 Pärnu United 21 Lokomotiiv Valga 16 Merkuur Tartu 11
1996–97 Merkuur Tartu 28 Tartu Jalgpallikool 18 Märjamaa Kompanii 14
1997–98 FC Lelle 21 Hiiu Kalur Kärdla 20 Tartu Jalgpallikool 16
1998 FC Lelle 27 Hiiu Kalur Kärdla 17 Märjamaa Kompanii 13 Ott Purje (FC Lelle) 14
1999 Merkuur Tartu 54 Hiiu Kalur Kärdla 37 Tervis Pärnu 30 Martti Pukk (Hiiu Kalur Kärdla) 24
2000 Pärnu FC Levadia 49 Paide Arieks 35 Hiiu Kalur Kärdla 30 Martti Pukk (Hiiu Kalur Kärdla) 22
2001 JK Tammeka Tartu 45 Pärnu JK Vaprus 43 Muhumaa JK 33 Kristjan Tiirik (JK Tammeka Tartu) 20
2002 JK Tervis Pärnu 49 FC Hiiu Kalur Kärdla 32 Sörve JK 32 Maikko Mölder (Sörve JK) 24
2003 Sörve JK 57 FC Hiiu Kalur Kärdla 55 HÜJK Emmaste 42 Martti Pukk (FC Hiiu Kalur Kärdla) 26
2004 Pärnu JK Vaprus 76 FC Elva 58 FC Hiiu Kalur Kärdla 42 Indrek Joost (Pärnu JK Vaprus) 28
2005 Pärnu Pataljoni JK 62 FC Tarvastu 58 FC Elion 49 Sergei Zenjov (Pärnu Pataljoni JK) 27
2006 Tartu Välk 494 59 FC Tarvastu 55 Pärnu Pataljoni JK 54 Ants Palumaa (FC Tarvastu) 30
2007 Paide FC Flora 61 Sörve JK 59 Tartu JK Maag Tammeka III 54 Rauno Rikberg (Paide FC Flora) 34
2008 Tartu FC Santos 58 FC Nõmme United 55 Viljandi JK Tulevik II 48 Ivar Sova (FC Nõmme United) 27
2009 FC Nõmme United 58 Tartu JK Tammeka II 57 Türi Ganvix JK 43 Ivar Sova (FC Nõmme United) 39
2010 Tartu FC HaServ 62 HÜJK Emmaste 52 FC Nõmme United 47 Sander Lepik (FC Nõmme United) 20
2011 Tartu FC HaServ 62 Tartu JK Tammeka II 62 Paide Kumake 54 Rasmus Luhakooder (Viljandi JK Tulevik) 23
2012 HÜJK Emmaste 69 Viljandi JK Tulevik 56 Vändra JK Vaprus 51 Ergo Eessaar (Tartu SK 10 II) 39
2013 Tartu FC Santos 73 Sörve JK 49 Türi Ganvix JK 48 Alar Alve (Tartu FC Santos)
Sander Lepik (FC Nõmme United)		 25
2014 JK Tallinna Kalev U21 61 FCF Tallinna Ülikool 59 Saue JK Laagri 36 Karl Anton Sõerde (Viimsi MRJK) 28
2015 FCF Tallinna Ülikool 63 Türi Ganvix JK 53 Viljandi JK Tulevik U21 52 Rauno Nõmmiko (FCF Tallinna Ülikool) 32
2016 Paide Linnameeskond II 67 Keila JK 62 FC Nõmme United 60 Kevin Mätas (FC Nõmme United) 38
2017 FC Nõmme United 71 Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi 60 JK Tabasalu 48 Mark Kolosov (FC Nõmme United) 50
2018 Paide Linnameeskond III 71 Viimsi JK 65 JK Tabasalu 54 Ken-Marten Tammeveski (Viimsi JK) 27
2019 Paide Linnameeskond III 64 JK Tallinna Kalev III 56 Läänemaa JK 49 Juhan Jograf Siim (Tallinna JK Piraaja) 35
2020 Paide Linnameeskond III76 Harju JK Laagri59 Raasiku FC Joker57 Marek Suursaar (FC Kuressaare II)38
  • Bold teams were promoted

Promotion

In addition to league winners, second placed teams also get a chance to get promoted. First of all, both second placed teams play each other and the winner goes to the second round, where it meets with Esiliiga B 8th placed team. The winner of this game gets to compete in Esiliiga B.

II liiga finals

Every season II Liiga North/East and II Liiga South/West winners compete in a match. The winner is named the II liiga champion.[2]

2012 Jõhvi FC Lokomotiv 0–3 HÜJK Emmaste Tallinn, Estonia
14:00 (Report) Janar Tükk  27'
Kristjan Paapsi  46'
Ergo Reinvald  89'		 Stadium: Sportland Arena
Attendance: 25
Referee: Grigori Ošomkov
2013 Tartu FC Santos 2–1 Maardu FC Starbunker Tartu, Estonia
10:00 Taavi Vellemaa  62'
Alar Alve  87'		 (Report) Vadim Šalabai  25' Stadium: Tamme Stadium
Attendance: 76
Referee: Mart Martin
2014 JK Tallinna Kalev II 2–1 Paide Linnameeskond II Tallinn, Estonia
19:30 Timo Paal  7'
Mikk Mario Mõistlik  62'		 (Report) Tarmo Paju  17' Stadium: Kalevi Keskstaadion
Attendance: 35
Referee: Andrei Karhu
2015 FCF Tallinna Ülikool 4–1 Paide Linnameeskond II Tallinn, Estonia
19:30 Robert Veskimäe  10'
Sander Lepik  71'
Mark Kolosov  86'
Rasmus Munskind  90'		 (Report) Volodja Erdei  5' Stadium: Sportland Arena
Attendance: 30
Referee: Aleksei Smirnov
2016 Paide Linnameeskond II 8–0 Tartu FC Merkuur Paide, Estonia
13:00 Carl Tubarik  3' (pen.)
Martin Saar  9',  34'
Rauno Rikberg  37',  42',  63'
Priit Raal  39'
Andre Mägi  85'		 liigavõitja (Report) Stadium: Paide linnastaadion
Attendance: 75
Referee: Paul Kask
2017 FC Nõmme United 2–2
(2–4 p)		 Tallinna JK Legion Tallinn, Estonia
19:00 Värk  17'
Kolosov  66'		 (Report) Baranov  25'
Vinogradov  38'		 Stadium: Wismari staadion
Attendance: 55
Referee: Roman Daniljuk
2018 Paide Linnameeskond III 4–0 Põhja-Tallinna JK Volta Tallinn, Estonia
13:00
  • Carl Tubarik  20',  60'
  • Rauno Rikberg  64',  66'
 (Report) Stadium: Kadrioru staadion
Attendance: 127
Referee: Tanel Üprus

References
  1. "Eesti 2017.a meistrivõistluste Meistri- ja Esiliiga juhend" (PDF). jalgpall.ee (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. "II Liiga võitja". jalgpall.ee (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
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