Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga (pronounced [ˈmeistriliːɡ̊ɑː], known as the A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded in 1992, and is semi-professional with amateur clubs allowed to compete.
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| Founded | 1992 |
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| Country | Estonia |
| Confederation | UEFA |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Esiliiga |
| Domestic cup(s) | Estonian Cup Estonian Supercup |
| International cup(s) | UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Europa Conference League |
| Current champions | Flora (13th title) (2020) |
| Most championships | Flora (13 titles) |
| Top goalscorer | Maksim Gruznov (304 goals) |
| TV partners | ETV2, ETV+, soccernet.ee |
| Website | Official website |
| Current: 2020 season | |
As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts in March and ends in 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 play-off for a place in the Meistriliiga.
In February 2013, A. Le Coq, an Estonian brewery company, signed a five-year cooperation agreement with the Estonian Football Association, which included Meistriliiga naming rights.[1]
2020 season
The following 10 clubs will compete in the Meistriliiga during the 2020 season.
| Club | Position in 2019 |
First season in Meistriliiga |
Seasons in Meistriliiga |
Current spell since |
Titles | Last title/ Best finish |
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| FCI Levadiac | 2nd | 1999 | 22 | 1999 | 9 | 2014 |
| Floraa, b, c | 1st | 1992 | 30 | 1992 | 12 | 2019 |
| Kuressaare | 9th | 2000 | 12 | 2018 | 0 | 7th |
| Narva Transa, b, c | 6th | 1992 | 30 | 1992 | 0 | 2nd |
| Nõmme Kaljuc | 3rd | 2008 | 13 | 2008 | 2 | 2018 |
| Paide Linnameeskondc | 4th | 2009 | 12 | 2009 | 0 | 4th |
| Tallinna Kalev | 8th | 2007 | 9 | 2018 | 0 | 6th |
| Legion | Esiliiga, 1st | 2020 | 0 | 2020 | 0 | - |
| Tammekac | 5th | 2005 | 16 | 2005 | 0 | 5th |
| Tulevika | 7th | 1992 | 21 | 2017 | 0 | 2nd |
a = Founding member of the Meistriliiga
b = Played in every Meistriliiga season
c = Never been relegated from the Meistriliiga
Champions
Total titles won
| Club |  |
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Winning seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flora | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020 |
| Levadia | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014 |
| Nõmme Kalju | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2012, 2018 |
| Lantana | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1995–96, 1996–97 |
| Norma | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1992, 1992–93 |
| TVMK | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2005 |
| FCI Tallinn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2016 |
| Tallinna Sadam | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Sillamäe Kalev | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Narva Trans | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Eesti Põlevkivi | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tulevik | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Paide Linnameeskond | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Nikol | 0 | 0 | 2 |
All-time Meistriliiga 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 2020 season. Teams in bold play in the Meistriliiga 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, 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 | 30 | 13 | 901 | 628 | 153 | 120 | 2393 | 724 | 1669 | 2037 | 2.26 |
| 2 | Levadia1 | 22 | 9 | 737 | 529 | 133 | 75 | 1982 | 528 | 1454 | 1720 | 2.33 |
| 3 | Narva Trans | 30 | 0 | 902 | 415 | 176 | 311 | 1663 | 1222 | 441 | 1421 | 1.58 |
| 4 | Nõmme Kalju | 13 | 2 | 462 | 281 | 97 | 84 | 1025 | 428 | 597 | 940 | 2.03 |
| 5 | TVMK2 | 15 | 1 | 408 | 225 | 76 | 107 | 966 | 480 | 486 | 751 | 1.84 |
| 6 | Tulevik3 | 21 | 0 | 625 | 178 | 109 | 338 | 753 | 1221 | -468 | 643 | 1.03 |
| 7 | Sillamäe Kalev | 13 | 0 | 413 | 183 | 65 | 165 | 741 | 681 | 60 | 614 | 1.49 |
| 8 | Tammeka | 15 | 0 | 568 | 159 | 104 | 305 | 695 | 1106 | -411 | 581 | 1.02 |
| 9 | Paide Linnameeskond | 12 | 0 | 426 | 151 | 71 | 204 | 584 | 773 | -189 | 524 | 1.23 |
| 10 | FCI Tallinn9 | 5 | 1 | 180 | 90 | 41 | 49 | 343 | 212 | 131 | 311 | 1.73 |
| 11 | Kuressaare | 13 | 0 | 438 | 65 | 60 | 313 | 339 | 1185 | -846 | 255 | 0.58 |
| 12 | Lantana | 6 | 2 | 138 | 73 | 34 | 31 | 271 | 144 | 127 | 253 | 1.83 |
| 13 | Tallinna Kalev | 9 | 0 | 318 | 58 | 50 | 210 | 299 | 768 | -469 | 224 | 0.70 |
| 14 | Tallinna Sadam | 6 | 0 | 132 | 67 | 19 | 46 | 271 | 168 | 103 | 220 | 1.67 |
| 15 | Eesti Põlevkivi | 9 | 0 | 162 | 50 | 40 | 72 | 224 | 276 | -52 | 190 | 1.17 |
| 16 | Norma | 4 | 2 | 78 | 49 | 7 | 22 | 223 | 111 | 112 | 154 | 1.97 |
| 17 | Merkuur4 | 6 | 0 | 153 | 41 | 28 | 84 | 204 | 404 | -200 | 151 | 0.99 |
| 18 | Vigri5 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 31 | 11 | 12 | 151 | 64 | 87 | 104 | 1.93 |
| 19 | Vaprus | 5 | 0 | 180 | 27 | 16 | 137 | 179 | 576 | -397 | 97 | 0.54 |
| 20 | Nikol | 2 | 0 | 44 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 107 | 36 | 71 | 96 | 2.18 |
| 21 | Järve6 | 5 | 0 | 148 | 22 | 19 | 107 | 104 | 394 | -290 | 85 | 0.57 |
| 22 | Warrior | 5 | 0 | 156 | 21 | 18 | 117 | 120 | 425 | -305 | 81 | 0.52 |
| 23 | Levadia II1 | 3 | 0 | 84 | 20 | 14 | 50 | 106 | 211 | -105 | 74 | 0.88 |
| 24 | Lelle | 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 | DAG7 | 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 Linnameeskond | 2 | 0 | 72 | 11 | 10 | 51 | 62 | 185 | -123 | 43 | 0.60 |
| 29 | Tervis Pärnu | 2 | 0 | 46 | 11 | 5 | 30 | 38 | 92 | -54 | 38 | 0.83 |
| 30 | Keemik | 2 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 72 | -31 | 36 | 1.16 |
| 31 | Ajax | 3 | 0 | 108 | 7 | 13 | 88 | 60 | 449 | -389 | 34 | 0.31 |
| 32 | Legion | 1 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 44 | -18 | 31 | 1.03 |
| 33 | Pärnu8 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 36 | 120 | -84 | 20 | 0.53 |
| 34 | Lokomotiv | 1 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 35 | 115 | -80 | 18 | 0.50 |
| 35 | Maardu Linnameeskond | 1 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 30 | 118 | -88 | 17 | 0.47 |
| 36 | Pärnu Levadia | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 96 | -77 | 8 | 0.29 |
| 37 | Tarvas | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 113 | -98 | 3 | 0.09 |
| 38 | Vall | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 44 | -35 | 1 | 0.07 |
| 39 | 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: 1992 Tartu Kalev, 1992–1994 EsDAG, 1994– DAG
- Note 8: 1992 Pärnu JK, 1994–1996 PJK Kalev
- Note 8: 2011–2016 Infonet, 2017 FCI Tallinn
Records
- All as of end of 2020 season if not stated otherwise.
Club records
- Most titles: 13 – Flora
- Most consecutive titles: 4 – Levadia (2006–2009)
- Biggest title-winning margin: 21 points – 2009; Levadia (97 points) over Sillamäe Kalev (76 points)[2]
- Smallest title-winning margin: 0 points – 1993–94; Flora and Norma both finished on 36 points, Flora won the title in a Championship play-off match 5–2.
- Most seasons in the Meistriliiga: 30 – Flora and Narva Trans (all seasons, 1992–present)
- Most consecutive seasons in the Meistriliiga: 29 – Flora and Narva Trans (all seasons, 1992–present)
- Most points in a season: 97 – Levadia (2009)[2]
- Fewest points in a season: 0 – Maardu (1992)
- Longest unbeaten run: 61 – Levadia (10 May 2008 – 7 November 2009)[3]
- Most consecutive wins: 17 – Norma (15 May 1992 – 2 October 1993)
- Record win: Tevalte 24–0 Sillamäe Kalev (27 May 1994)[2]
- Most goals scored in a season: 138 – TVMK (2005)[2]
- Most hat-tricks in a season: 9 – Norma (1992–93)[2]
- Fewest goals in a season: 11 – Sillamäe Kalev (1993–94, 22 games), Valga (2000, 28 games), Kuressaare (2003, 28 games), Lootus (2004, 28 games), Ajax (2011, 36 games)
- Most goals per game in a season: 4.636 – Norma (1992–93, 102 goals in 22 games)[2]
- Fewest goals per game in a season: 0.306 – Ajax (2011, 11 goals in 36 games)
- Most goals against in a season: 192 – Ajax (2011)[2]
- Most clean sheets in one season: 24 – Levadia (2014)[2]
Player records
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- Oldest player: Boriss Dugan – 51 years and 153 days (for Ajax v. Tammeka, 5 November 2011)[2]
- Youngest player: Andrei Tjunin – 14 years and 336 days (for Merkuur v. Dünamo, 14 May 1994)[2]
- Oldest goalscorer: Sergei Zamogilnõi – 43 years and 16 days (for Eesti Põlevkivi v. Vall, 15 September 1996)[2]
- Youngest goalscorer: Martin Vetkal – 15 years and 261 days (for Tallinna Kalev v. Tulevik, 9 November 2019)[5]
- Most goals in a season: 46 – Aleksandrs Čekulajevs (Narva Trans, 2011)[2]
- Most hat-tricks: 22 – Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko[2]
- Most goals in a match: 10 – Anatoli Novožilov (for Tevalte v. Sillamäe Kalev, 27 May 1994)[2]
- Most goals from the penalty spot: 55 – Konstantin Nahk[2]
- Fastest goal: 12 seconds – Aleksander Saharov (for Flora v. Lootus, 29 August 2004)[6][7][8]
- Fastest hat-trick: 4 minutes – Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (for Flora v. Lootus, 18 October 2004)[9][10]
- Fastest own goal: 5 seconds – Jaanis Kriska (for Levadia v. Kuressaare, 12 September 2009)[2]
- Most clean sheets in one season: 24 – Roman Smishko (for Levadia, 2014)[2]
- Longest consecutive run without conceding a goal: 1,281 minutes – Roman Smishko (for Levadia, 5 April 2014 – 25 July 2014)[11]
Estonian champions
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References
- "Kodune tippjalgpall saab peatoetaja" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
- "SPORT-EKSTRA: Statistikapomm! Millised rekordeid omavad FC Norma, Raio Piiroja ja hooaeg 1997-98?". Õhtuleht. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- "Levadia üritab kaotuseta Transist mööda tõusta". Estonian Football Association. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- "Premium liigas kõige rohkem mänginute ja väravaküttide TOP 100". Estonian Football Association. 24 November 2019.
- "Viimases voorus purustati meistriliiga ajaloo noorima väravalööja rekord". soccernet.ee. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- "Saharovi nimele liigaajaloo kiireim värav". Eesti Rahvusringhääling. 10 September 2004. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014.
- "Eile sündis Meistriliiga ajaloo kiireim värav". Soccernet.ee. 13 September 2009.
- "VIDEO: Vladislav Ivanov lõi Transile värava juba 14. sekundil". Eesti Rahvusringhääling. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- "Kalju, Flora ja Levadia ei jätnud vastasele võimalust". Postimees. 12 May 2012.
- "Laupäeval võib selguda Eesti meister". Soccernet.ee. 22 October 2004.
- "Infonet üllatas põnevusmängus Levadiat, Smiško võimas rekordseeria sai lõpu". Postimees. 25 July 2014.
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