Meistriliiga

This article is about the Estonian football league. For other uses, see Meistriliiga (disambiguation).

Meistriliiga

Country	Estonia
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1992
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Esiliiga
Domestic cup(s)	Estonian Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
Current champions	Infonet (2016, 1st title)
Most championships	Flora (10 titles)
Most capped player	Stanislav Kitto (515)^[1]
Top goalscorer	Maksim Gruznov (304)^[2]
TV partners	ERR, Postimees
Website	premiumliiga.ee
2016 season

Meistriliiga (pronounced [ˈmeistriliːɡ̊ɑː], known as the A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons^[3]) 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.

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 playoff 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.^[3]

Clubs

Current clubs

The following 10 clubs will compete in the Meistriliiga during the 2017 season.

Club	Position in 2016	First season in Meistriliiga	Seasons in Meistriliiga	Current spell since	Titles	Last title/ Best finish
Flora^{a, b, c}	4th	1992	26	1992	10	2015
Infonet^c	1st	2013	4	2013	1	2016
Levadia^c	2nd	1999	18	1999	9	2014
Narva Trans^{a, b, c}	8th	1992	26	1992	0	2nd
Nõmme Kalju^c	3rd	2008	8	2008	1	2012
Paide Linnameeskond^c	6th	2009	8	2009	0	5th
Pärnu Linnameeskond	9th	2006	5	2015	0	7th
Sillamäe Kalev^a	5th	1992	12	2008	0	2nd
Tammeka^c	7th	2005	12	2005	0	5th
Tulevik^a	1st in Esiliiga	1992	17	2017	0	2nd

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

Champions

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Top goalscorer	Goals
1992	Norma (7000100000000000000♠1)	Eesti Põlevkivi	TVMV	Sergei Bragin (Norma)	18
1992–93	Norma (7000200000000000000♠2)	Flora	Nikol	Sergei Bragin (Norma)	27
1993–94	Flora (7000100000000000000♠1)	Norma	Nikol	Maksim Gruznov (Narva Trans/Tevalte)	21
1994–95	Flora (7000200000000000000♠2)	Lantana-Marlekor	Narva Trans	Serhiy Morozov (Lantana-Marlekor)	25
1995–96	Lantana (7000100000000000000♠1)	Flora	Tevalte-Marlekor	Lembit Rajala (Flora)	16
1996–97	Lantana (7000200000000000000♠2)	Flora	Tallinna Sadam	Sergei Bragin (Lantana)	18
1997–98	Flora (7000300000000000000♠3)	Tallinna Sadam	Lantana	Konstantin Kolbassenko (Tallinna Sadam)	18
1998	Flora (7000400000000000000♠4)	Tallinna Sadam	Lantana	Konstantin Kolbassenko (Tallinna Sadam)	13
1999	Levadia (7000100000000000000♠1)	Tulevik	Flora	Toomas Krõm (Levadia)	19
2000	Levadia (7000200000000000000♠2)	Flora	TVMK	Egidijus Juška (TVMK) Toomas Krõm (Levadia)	24
2001	Flora (7000500000000000000♠5)	TVMK	Levadia	Maksim Gruznov (Narva Trans)	37
2002	Flora (7000600000000000000♠6)	Levadia	TVMK	Andrei Krõlov (TVMK)	37
2003	Flora (7000700000000000000♠7)	TVMK	Levadia	Tor Henning Hamre (Flora)	39
2004	Levadia (7000300000000000000♠3)	TVMK	Flora	Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (Flora)	28
2005	TVMK (7000100000000000000♠1)	Levadia	Narva Trans	Tarmo Neemelo (TVMK)	41
2006	Levadia (7000400000000000000♠4)	Narva Trans	Flora	Maksim Gruznov (Narva Trans)	31
2007	Levadia (7000500000000000000♠5)	Flora	TVMK	Dmitri Lipartov (Narva Trans)	30
2008	Levadia (7000600000000000000♠6)	Flora	Narva Trans	Ingemar Teever (Nõmme Kalju)	23
2009	Levadia (7000700000000000000♠7)	Sillamäe Kalev	Narva Trans	Vitali Gussev (Levadia)	26
2010	Flora (7000800000000000000♠8)	Levadia	Narva Trans	Sander Post (Flora)	24
2011	Flora (7000900000000000000♠9)	Nõmme Kalju	Narva Trans	Aleksandrs Čekulajevs (Narva Trans)	46
2012	Nõmme Kalju (7000100000000000000♠1)	Levadia	Flora	Vladislav Ivanov (Sillamäe Kalev/Narva Trans)	23
2013	Levadia (7000800000000000000♠8)	Nõmme Kalju	Sillamäe Kalev	Vladimir Voskoboinikov (Nõmme Kalju)	23
2014	Levadia (7000900000000000000♠9)	Sillamäe Kalev	Flora	Yevgeni Kabaev (Sillamäe Kalev)	36
2015	Flora (7001100000000000000♠10)	Levadia	Nõmme Kalju	Ingemar Teever (Levadia)	24
2016	Infonet (7000100000000000000♠1)	Levadia	Nõmme Kalju	Yevgeni Kabaev (Sillamäe Kalev)	25

Total titles won

Club	01 !	02 !	03 !	Winning seasons
Flora	10	6	5	1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2015
Levadia	9	6	2	1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014
Lantana	2	1	2	1995–96, 1996–97
Norma	2	1	0	1992, 1992–93
TVMK	1	3	5	2005
Nõmme Kalju	1	2	2	2012
Infonet	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
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 2016 season. Teams in bold play in the Meistriliiga 2017 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	26	10	764	520	134	110	1991	626	1365	1694	2.22
2	Levadia¹	18	9	600	437	106	57	1603	423	1180	1417	2.37
3	Narva Trans	26	0	764	365	147	252	1453	1004	449	1242	1.63
4	TVMK²	15	1	408	225	76	107	966	480	486	751	1.84
5	Nõmme Kalju	9	1	324	196	62	66	679	299	380	650	2.01
6	Sillamäe Kalev	12	0	377	173	59	145	689	605	84	578	1.54
7	Tulevik³	17	0	489	146	89	254	617	905	-288	527	1.08
8	Tammeka	11	0	432	114	72	246	509	879	-370	414	0.96
9	Paide Linnameeskond	8	0	288	83	48	157	315	538	-223	297	1.04
10	Lantana	6	2	138	73	34	31	271	144	127	253	1.83
11	Infonet	4	1	144	70	36	38	240	165	75	246	1.71
12	Tallinna Sadam	6	0	132	67	19	46	271	168	103	220	1.67
13	Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi	9	0	162	50	40	72	224	276	-52	190	1.17
14	Kuressaare	10	0	336	48	43	245	253	920	-667	187	0.56
15	Norma	4	2	78	49	7	22	223	111	112	154	1.97
16	Tallinna Kalev	6	0	216	40	32	144	196	543	-347	152	0.70
17	Merkuur⁴	6	0	153	41	28	84	204	404	-200	151	0.99
18	Pärnu Linnameeskond⁷	5	0	180	34	17	129	187	492	-305	119	0.67
19	Vigri⁵	3	0	54	31	11	12	151	64	87	104	1.93
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 SK	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	DAG⁸	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 Tervis	2	0	46	11	5	30	38	92	-54	38	0.83
29	Kohtla-Järve Keemik	2	0	31	10	6	15	41	72	-31	36	1.16
30	Lasnamäe Ajax	3	0	108	7	13	88	60	449	-389	34	0.31
31	Pärnu JK⁹	3	0	38	5	5	28	36	120	-84	20	0.53
32	Lokomotiv	1	0	36	4	6	26	35	115	-80	18	0.50
33	Pärnu Levadia	1	0	28	1	5	22	19	96	-77	8	0.29
34	Tarvas	1	0	36	0	3	33	15	113	-98	3	0.09
35	Vall	1	0	14	0	1	13	9	44	-35	1	0.07
36	FK 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: 1999–2010 Pärnu Vaprus, 2011– Pärnu Linnameeskond
Note 8: 1992 Tartu Kalev, 1992–1994 EsDAG, 1994– DAG
Note 9: 1992 Pärnu JK, 1994–1996 PJK Kalev

Records

All as of end of 2016 season if not stated otherwise.

Club records

Most titles: 10 – Flora
Most consecutive titles: 4 – Levadia (2006–2009)
Biggest title-winning margin: 21 points – 2009; Levadia (97 points) over Sillamäe Kalev (76 points).
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: 26 – Flora and Narva Trans (all seasons, 1992–present)
Most consecutive seasons in the Meistriliiga: 26 – Flora and Narva Trans (all seasons, 1992–present)
Most points in a season: 97 – Levadia (2009)
Fewest points in a season: 0 – Maardu (1992)
Longest unbeaten run: 61 – Levadia (10 May 2008 – 7 November 2009)^[4]
Most consecutive wins: 17 – Norma (15 May 1992 – 2 October 1993)
Record win: Tevalte 24–0 Sillamäe Kalev (27 May 1994)
Most goals in a season: 138 – TVMK (2005)
Fewest goals in a season: 11 – Sillamäe Kalev (1993–94, in 22 games), Valga (2000, in 28 games), Kuressaare (2003, in 28 games), Lootus (2004, in 28 games), Ajax (2011, in 36 games)
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)

Player records

Most appearances:

As of 5 November 2016. Active players in bold.^[5]

Rank	Player	Games	Goals
1	Stanislav Kitto	515	55
2	Andrei Kalimullin	500	19
3	Maksim Gruznov	494	304
4	Konstantin Nahk	481	153
5	Sergei Kazakov	432	34
6	Vitali Leitan	418	162
7	Deniss Malov	400	92
8	Teet Allas	387	33
9	Martin Reim	385	69
10	Aleksandr Tarassenkov	382	74

Most goals:

As of 5 November 2016. Active players in bold.^[6]

Rank	Player	Goals	Games	Average
1	Maksim Gruznov	304	494	0.62
2	Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko	211	309	0.68
3	Tarmo Neemelo	179	366	0.49
4	Andrei Krõlov	162	287	0.57
4	Vitali Leitan	162	418	0.39
6	Konstantin Nahk	153	481	0.32
6	Ingemar Teever	153	273	0.56
8	Dmitri Lipartov	152	333	0.46
9	Indrek Zelinski	146	276	0.53
10	Dmitri Ustritski	125	271	0.46

Oldest player: Boriss Dugan – 51 years and 153 days (for Ajax against Tammeka on 5 November 2011)
Youngest player: Andrei Tjunin – 14 years and 336 days (for Merkuur against Dünamo on 14 May 1994)
Oldest goalscorer: Sergei Zamogilnõi – 43 years and 16 days (for Eesti Põlevkivi against Vall on 15 September 1996)^[7]
Youngest goalscorer: Raio Piiroja – 16 years and 15 days (for Tervis Pärnu against Narva Trans on 26 July 1995)^[8]^[9]
Most goals in a season: 46 – Aleksandrs Čekulajevs (Narva Trans, 2011)
Most hat-tricks: 22 – Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko^[10]
Most goals in a match: 10 – Anatoli Novožilov (for Tevalte against Sillamäe Kalev on 27 May 1994)^[11]
Fastest goal: 12 seconds – Aleksander Saharov (for Flora against Lootus on 29 August 2004)^[12]^[13]^[14]
Fastest hat-trick: 4 minutes – Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (for Flora against Lootus on 18 October 2004)^[15]^[16]
Fastest own goal: 5 seconds – Jaanis Kriska (for Levadia against Kuressaare on 12 September 2009)
Longest consecutive run without conceding a goal: 1,281 minutes – Roman Smishko (for Levadia, 5 April 2014 – 25 July 2014)^[17]^[18]

1921–1944 Champions

1939–40 · Olümpia Tartu
1941 · Not Finished
1942 · PSR Tartu (unofficial)
1943 · Estonia Tallinn (unofficial)
1944 · Not Finished

Bold indicates club's first championship victory.

Estonian SSR Champions

1945 · Dünamo Tallinn
1946 · BL Tallinn
1947 · Dünamo Tallinn
1948 · Balti Laevastik Tallinn
1949 · Dünamo Tallinn
1950 · Dünamo Tallinn
1951 · Balti Laevastik Tallinn
1952 · Balti Laevastik Tallinn
1953 · Dünamo Tallinn
1954 · Dünamo Tallinn
1955 · Kalev Tallinn
1956 · Balti Laevastik Tallinn

1957 · Kalev Ülemiste
1958 · Kalev Ülemiste
1959 · Kalev Ülemiste
1960 · Balti Laevastik Tallinn
1961 · Kalev Kopli
1962 · Kalev Ülemiste
1963 · Tempo Tallinn
1964 · Norma Tallinn
1965 · Balti Laevastik Tallinn
1966 · Balti Laevastik Tallinn
1967 · Norma Tallinn
1968 · Balti Laevastik Tallinn

1969 · Dvigatel Tallinn
1970 · Norma Tallinn
1971 · Tempo Tallinn
1972 · Balti Laevastik Tallinn
1973 · Kreenholm Narva
1974 · Baltika Narva
1975 · Baltika Narva
1976 · Dvigatel Tallinn
1977 · Baltika Narva
1978 · Dünamo Tallinn
1979 · Norma Tallinn
1980 · Dünamo Tallinn

1981 · Dünamo Tallinn
1982 · Tempo Tallinn
1983 · Dünamo Tallinn
1984 · Estonia Jõhvi
1985 · Kalakombinaat/MEK Pärnu
1986 · Zvezda Tallinn
1987 · Tempo Tallinn
1988 · Norma Tallinn
1989 · Zvezda Tallinn
1990 · TVMK
1991 · TVMK

References

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External links

Estonian Football Association
Estonia - List of Champions, RSSSF.com

Meistriliiga

2017 teams	FCI Tallinn Flora Nõmme Kalju Levadia Paide Linnameeskond Pärnu Linnameeskond Sillamäe Kalev Tammeka Narva Trans Tulevik

Meistriliiga seasons	1992 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Former teams	DAG Dünamo Eesti Põlevkivi Keemik Kuressaare Lantana Lasnamäe Ajax Lelle SK Levadia II Lootus Merkuur FK Maardu Nikol Norma Pärnu JK Pärnu Levadia Lokomotiv Tallinna Kalev Tallinna Sadam Tarvas Tervis TVMK Vall Vigri Viljandi Warrior

Top division seasons before Meistriliiga	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

Football in Estonia

Estonian Football Association

National teams

Leagues

Men	Meistriliiga Esiliiga Esiliiga B II liiga III liiga IV liiga (League system)

Women	Naiste Meistriliiga

Beach soccer	Rannajalgpalli Meistriliiga

Futsal	Saalijalgpalli Meistriliiga

Domestic cups

Awards

Men	Footballer of the Year Young Footballer of the Year Meistriliiga Player of the Year Esiliiga Player of the Year Esiliiga B Player of the Year Silverball

Women	Footballer of the Year Young Footballer of the Year Naiste Meistriliiga Player of the Year

Lists

Tournaments

International players
- Men
- Women

Top-level football leagues in Europe (UEFA)

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