2004 Meistriliiga

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Champions Levadia
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Top goalscorer Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (28)
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2004 Meistriliiga was the 14th season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Levadia won their third title.

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Season overview

Levadia Tallinn won their third title with a six-point advantage over the runners-up TVMK Tallinn. Tammeka Tartu and Tervis Pärnu won promotion to the Meistriliiga as the Esiliiga champions and third placed team respectively, the runners-up Levadia Tallinn II were ineligible for promotion. Expansion of the league to ten teams from eight, for the upcoming season, also ensured that even the last placed Lootus Alutaguse had a chance to stay in the top flight, but were defeated by Esiliiga's fourth team Dünamo Tallinn, winning the away leg 2-1, but then losing at home 0-4 a week later. Tervis Pärnu were later denied the Meistriliiga license, sealing an unlikely promotion for the fifth-placed FC Kuressaare.

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Levadia (C)2821618214+6869Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 TVMK 2819638929+6063Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Flora 2818468325+5858
4 Narva Trans 28152114339+447Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5 Merkuur 28105134758−1135
6 Tulevik 2867153053−2325
7 Valga 2852213080−5017
8 Alutaguse Lootus (R)28122511117−1065Qualification for relegation play-offs
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

Relegation play-off

Tallinna Dünamo 1–2 Alutaguse Lootus
Butajev Soccerball shade.svg44' Popov Soccerball shade.svg30'
Ametov Soccerball shade.svg90+3'


Alutaguse Lootus 0–4 Tallinna Dünamo
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Krivošein Soccerball shade.svg32'
Butajev Soccerball shade.svg65'
Semko Soccerball shade.svg76'

Tallinna Dünamo won 5-2 on aggregate and were promoted for the 2005 Meistriliiga. Alutaguse Lootus were relegated to the 2005 Esiliiga.

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 Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko Flora28
2 Flag of Estonia.svg Ingemar Teever TVMK18
3 Flag of Lithuania.svg Egidijus Juška TVMK16
4 Flag of Estonia.svg Andrei AntonovValga13
Flag of Estonia.svg Tarmo Neemelo TVMK
6 Flag of Estonia.svg Deniss MalovTVMK11
Flag of Estonia.svg Konstantin Nahk Levadia
Flag of Estonia.svg Anton Sereda Merkuur Tartu
Flag of Estonia.svg Dmitri Ustritski Tulevik
10 Flag of Estonia.svg Argo Arbeiter Levadia9
Flag of Lithuania.svg Marius DovydėnasLevadia
Flag of Estonia.svg Maksim Gruznov Narva Trans
Flag of Estonia.svg Konstantin Vassiljev Levadia
Flag of Estonia.svg Vladimir Voskoboinikov Levadia
Flag of Estonia.svg Kristen Viikmäe Flora

See also

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