2003 Meistriliiga

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Meistriliiga
Season2003
Champions Flora
7th title
Relegated Kuressaare
Champions League Flora
UEFA Cup TVMK
Levadia Maardu
Intertoto Cup Narva Trans
Matches played140
Goals scored423 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorer Tor Henning Hamre (39)
2002
2004

The 2003 Meistriliiga was the 13th season of the Meistriliiga, the top Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992.

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Flora won their 7th Meistriliiga title.

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Flora (C)28244010521+8476Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 TVMK 2820538226+5665Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round [lower-alpha 1]
3 Levadia Maardu [lower-alpha 2] 2815495430+2449
4 Narva Trans 2814595843+1547Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5 Tulevik 28861444561230
6 Levadia Tallinn [lower-alpha 3] 28841644631928
7 Valga 28381725633817Qualification for relegation play-offs
8 Kuressaare (R)281225111211105Relegation 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. Levadia Maardu qualified as 2003–04 Estonian Cup winners.
  2. Levadia Maardu changed their name to Levadia Tallinn in 2004.
  3. Levadia Tallinn changed their name to Levadia II Tallinn in 2004.

Relegation play-off

Tervis Pärnu 2–2 Valga
Valejev Soccerball shade.svg24'
Savotškin Soccerball shade.svg28'
Raamat Soccerball shade.svg10'
Tarassenkov Soccerball shade.svg37'


Valga 3–0 Tervis Pärnu
Antonov Soccerball shade.svg33'
Tarassenkov Soccerball shade.svg43'
Anniste Soccerball shade.svg54'

Valga won 5–2 on aggregate and retained their Meistriliiga spot for the 2004 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 Norway.svg Tor Henning Hamre Flora35
2 Flag of Estonia.svg Andrei KrõlovTVMK22
3 Flag of Estonia.svg Ingemar Teever TVMK21
4 Flag of Estonia.svg Maksim Gruznov Narva Trans16
5 Flag of Estonia.svg Argo Arbeiter Levadia Maardu14
Flag of Estonia.svg Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko Flora
7 Flag of Russia.svg Dmitri Lipartov Narva Trans12
Flag of Estonia.svg Vladimir Tšelnokov Levadia Maardu
9 Flag of Estonia.svg Enver Jääger Tulevik11
Flag of Estonia.svg Maksim Rõtškov Levadia Maardu
Flag of Estonia.svg Kristen Viikmäe Flora

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References

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