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.

Meistriliiga
Founded1992
CountryEstonia
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams10
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toEsiliiga
Domestic cup(s)Estonian Cup
Estonian Supercup
International cup(s)UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Europa Conference League
Current championsFlora (13th title)
(2020)
Most championshipsFlora
(13 titles)
Top goalscorerMaksim Gruznov (304 goals)
TV partnersETV2, ETV+, soccernet.ee
WebsiteOfficial 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
FCI Levadiac2nd199922199992014
Floraa, b, c1st1992301992122019
Kuressaare9th200012201807th
Narva Transa, b, c6th199230199202nd
Nõmme Kaljuc3rd200813200822018
Paide Linnameeskondc4th200912200904th
Tallinna Kalev8th20079201806th
LegionEsiliiga, 1st2020020200-
Tammekac5th200516200505th
Tulevika7th199221201702nd

a = Founding member of the Meistriliiga
b = Played in every Meistriliiga season
c = Never been relegated from the Meistriliiga

Champions

Season Champions Runners-up Third place Top goalscorer Goals
1992 Norma Eesti Põlevkivi TVMV Sergei Bragin (Norma)18
1992–93 Norma (2) Flora Nikol Sergei Bragin (Norma)27
1993–94 Flora Norma Nikol Maksim Gruznov (Narva Trans/Tevalte)21
1994–95 Flora (2) Lantana-Marlekor Narva Trans Serhiy Morozov (Lantana-Marlekor)25
1995–96 Lantana Flora Tevalte-Marlekor Lembit Rajala (Flora)16
1996–97 Lantana (2) Flora Tallinna Sadam Sergei Bragin (Lantana)18
1997–98 Flora (3) Tallinna Sadam Lantana Konstantin Kolbassenko (Tallinna Sadam)18
1998 Flora (4) Tallinna Sadam Lantana Konstantin Kolbassenko (Tallinna Sadam)13
1999 Levadia Tulevik Flora Toomas Krõm (Levadia)19
2000 Levadia (2) Flora TVMK Egidijus Juška (TVMK)
Toomas Krõm (Levadia)
24
2001 Flora (5) TVMK Levadia Maksim Gruznov (Narva Trans)37
2002 Flora (6) Levadia TVMK Andrei Krõlov (TVMK)37
2003 Flora (7) TVMK Levadia Tor Henning Hamre (Flora)39
2004 Levadia (3) TVMK Flora Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (Flora)28
2005 TVMK Levadia Narva Trans Tarmo Neemelo (TVMK)41
2006 Levadia (4) Narva Trans Flora Maksim Gruznov (Narva Trans)31
2007 Levadia (5) Flora TVMK Dmitri Lipartov (Narva Trans)30
2008 Levadia (6) Flora Narva Trans Ingemar Teever (Nõmme Kalju)23
2009 Levadia (7) Sillamäe Kalev Narva Trans Vitali Gussev (Levadia)26
2010 Flora (8) Levadia Narva Trans Sander Post (Flora)24
2011 Flora (9) Nõmme Kalju Narva Trans Aleksandrs Čekulajevs (Narva Trans)46
2012 Nõmme Kalju Levadia Flora Vladislav Ivanov (Sillamäe Kalev/Narva Trans)23
2013 Levadia (8) Nõmme Kalju Sillamäe Kalev Vladimir Voskoboinikov (Nõmme Kalju)23
2014 Levadia (9) Sillamäe Kalev Flora Yevgeni Kabaev (Sillamäe Kalev)36
2015 Flora (10) Levadia Nõmme Kalju Ingemar Teever (Levadia)24
2016 Infonet Levadia Nõmme Kalju Yevgeni Kabaev (Sillamäe Kalev)25
2017 Flora (11) Levadia Nõmme Kalju Albert Prosa (FCI Tallinn)
Rauno Sappinen (Flora)
27
2018 Nõmme Kalju (2) FCI Levadia Flora Liliu (Nõmme Kalju) 31
2019 Flora (12) FCI Levadia Nõmme Kalju Erik Sorga (Flora) 31
2020 Flora (13) Paide Linnameeskond FCI Levadia Rauno Sappinen (Flora) 26

Total titles won

Club 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
1Flora30139016281531202393724166920372.26
2Levadia1229737529133751982528145417202.33
3Narva Trans3009024151763111663122244114211.58
4Nõmme Kalju132462281978410254285979402.03
5TVMK2151408225761079664804867511.84
6Tulevik32106251781093387531221-4686431.03
7Sillamäe Kalev13041318365165741681606141.49
8Tammeka1505681591043056951106-4115811.02
9Paide Linnameeskond12042615171204584773-1895241.23
10FCI Tallinn9511809041493432121313111.73
11Kuressaare13043865603133391185-8462550.58
12Lantana621387334312711441272531.83
13Tallinna Kalev903185850210299768-4692240.70
14Tallinna Sadam601326719462711681032201.67
15Eesti Põlevkivi90162504072224276-521901.17
16Norma4278497222231111121541.97
17Merkuur460153412884204404-2001510.99
18Vigri5305431111215164871041.93
19Vaprus501802716137179576-397970.54
20Nikol204430681073671962.18
21Järve6501482219107104394-290850.57
22Warrior501562118117120425-305810.52
23Levadia II13084201450106211-105740.88
24Lelle408016194572155-83670.84
25Dünamo408916116292277-185590.66
26DAG740681694385199-114570.84
27Viljandi207214144470157-87560.78
28Pärnu Linnameeskond207211105162185-123430.60
29Tervis Pärnu2046115303892-54380.83
30Keemik2031106154172-31361.16
31Ajax301087138860449-389340.31
32Legion103087152644-18311.03
33Pärnu83038552836120-84200.53
34Lokomotiv1036462635115-80180.50
35Maardu Linnameeskond1036452730118-88170.47
36Pärnu Levadia102815221996-7780.29
37Tarvas1036033315113-9830.09
38Vall10140113944-3510.07
39Maardu109009659-5300
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

Player records

Estonian champions

Bold indicates club's first championship victory.

Estonian SSR champions

References

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