2005 Meistriliiga

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Meistriliiga
Season2005
Champions TVMK
(1st title)
Top goalscorer Tarmo Neemelo (41)
2004
2006

2005 Meistriliiga was the 15th season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. TVMK won their first title.

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Season overview

FC TVMK's first title-winning Meistriliiga campaign came in some style with strikers Tarmo Neemelo and Ingemar Teever scoring most of the goals and veteran midfielder Andrei Borissov leading the team from midfield. Narva Trans finished in bronze-medal position after years of being fourth in the final table, while FC Flora have been busy rebuilding their squad and therefore not too upset by a disappointing fourth position finish. FC Kuressaare went out of the league via play-offs and Dünamo's defensive displays were awful and the team never seemed to have any kind of chance in staying up.

Tarmo Neemelo in the end scored 41 goals for the champions, and earned a move to top Swedish club Helsingborgs IF, Maksim Gruznov of Narva Trans scored 26 goals, Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko of FC Flora and Ingemar Teever for the champions scored 19 goals each. The latter secured a free transfer to Swedish outfit Östers IF.

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 TVMK (C)36305113821+11795Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Levadia 3628539725+7289Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round [a]
3 Narva Trans 3623679934+6575Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4 Flora 3621698136+4569Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round [a]
5 Tulevik 361211134648247
6 Merkuur 361171852863440
7 Tammeka 36852350883829
8 Valga 36842438784028
9 Kuressaare 36762340965627Qualification for relegation play-offs
10 Dünamo (R)3633302815712912Relegation 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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Flora qualified as Estonian Cup finalists

Relegation play-off

Lasnamäe Ajax 1–0 Kuressaare
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Kuressaare 2–1 Lasnamäe Ajax
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Pukk Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
Andrejev Soccerball shade.svg46'

2–2 on aggregate. Lasnamäe Ajax won on away goals.

Kuressaare kept their place in the Meistriliiga, after Pärnu Tervis decided not to make the promotion.

Results

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [1]
1 Flag of Estonia.svg Tarmo Neemelo TVMK41
2 Flag of Estonia.svg Maksim Gruznov Narva Trans26
3 Flag of Estonia.svg Ingemar Teever TVMK19
Flag of Estonia.svg Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko Flora
5 Flag of Estonia.svg Indrek Zelinski Levadia18
6 Flag of Lithuania.svg Egidijus Juška TVMK17
7 Flag of Estonia.svg Vitali LeitanLevadia16
8 Flag of Estonia.svg Kristjan TiirikTammeka Tartu15
9 Flag of Estonia.svg Anton Sereda Merkuur Tartu14
10 Flag of Estonia.svg Dmitri Ustritski Tulevik13

See also

References

  1. "MÄNGUDE AJALUGU" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.