2001 Meistriliiga

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Meistriliiga
Season2001
Champions Flora
(5th title)
Top goalscorer Maksim Gruznov (37)
2000
2002

The 2001 Meistriliiga was the 11th season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Flora won their fifth title.

Contents

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Flora (C)2821526218+4468Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 TVMK 2816847730+4756Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Maardu Levadia [lower-alpha 1] 2816757235+3755Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4 Narva Trans 2816397935+4451
5 Tulevik 28116114137+439
6 Tallinna Levadia [lower-alpha 2] 28651730784823Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round [lower-alpha 3]
7 Lootus 28451921533217Qualification for relegation play-offs
8 Kuressaare (R)28212518114967Relegation to Esiliiga
Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) head-to-head goals scored; 6) goal difference; 7) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Club changed their name to Levadia Tallinn in 2004
  2. Club changed their name to Levadia II Tallinn in 2004
  3. Qualified As Estonian Cup winners

Relegation play-off

Valga 2–1 Lootus
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Kask Soccerball shade.svg14'
Golitsõn Soccerball shade.svg64'
Lootus 1–0 Valga
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2–2 on aggregate. Lootus won on away goals and retained their Meistriliiga spot for the 2002 season.

Results

Each team played every opponent four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 games.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [1]
1 Flag of Estonia.svg Maksim Gruznov Narva Trans37
2 Flag of Estonia.svg Andrei KrõlovTVMK23
3 Flag of Estonia.svg Toomas Krõm Levadia20
4 Flag of Estonia.svg Dmitri Ustritski Tulevik16
5 Flag of Estonia.svg Aleksandr Kulik Flora14
Flag of Estonia.svg Vladimir Tšelnokov Levadia
7 Flag of Estonia.svg Anatoli Novožilov TVMK13
Flag of Estonia.svg Indrek Zelinski Flora
9 Flag of Estonia.svg Oleg Gorjatšov Narva Trans12
10 Flag of Russia.svg Dmitri Lipartov Narva Trans9
Flag of Estonia.svg Aleksandr Tarassenkov Flora

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References

  1. "Estonia - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.