2007 Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga

Season	2007
Champions	Levadia (5th title)
Top goalscorer	Dmitry Lipartov (30)
← 2006 2008 →

2007 Meistriliiga was the 17th season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Levadia won their fifth title.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levadia (C)	36	29	4	3	126	20	+106	91	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	Flora	36	26	5	5	108	30	+78	83	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round [a]
3	TVMK	36	25	4	7	116	36	+80	79
4	Narva Trans	36	25	3	8	89	28	+61	78	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5	Maag Tammeka	36	18	8	10	54	40	+14	62
6	Tallinna Kalev	36	13	4	19	44	74	−30	43
7	Tulevik	36	11	4	21	33	80	−47	37
8	Vaprus	36	8	1	27	35	96	−61	25
9	Kuressaare (R)	36	5	3	28	25	94	−69	18	Qualification for relegation play-offs
10	Lasnamäe Ajax (R)	36	1	2	33	14	153	−139	5	Relegation 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. As Flora Tallinn are guaranteed European football in the UEFA Cup as league runners-up, their spot in the UEFA Cup as Estonian Cup winners is transferred to the next best team in the league. TVMK Tallinn will therefore play in the 2008-09 season of the UEFA Cup

Relegation play-off

18 November 2007

Nõmme Kalju	0–1	Kuressaare
		Veskimäe 69'

Hiiu Staadion

Attendance: 440

24 November 2007

Kuressaare	1–2	Nõmme Kalju
Kriska 64'		Tammo 4' Dona 20'

Kuressaare kunstmuruväljak

Attendance: 150

2–2 on aggregate. Kalju won on away goals and were promoted for the 2008 Meistriliiga. Kuressaare were relegated to the 2008 Esiliiga.

Results

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

First half of season Home \ Away FLO KUR AJX LEV TAM TRS KAL TUL TVM VAP Flora 5–0 11–0 1–2 3–0 0–2 4–2 4–0 2–2 7–0 Kuressaare 0–1 2–2 0–5 0–2 0–5 1–3 0–1 0–2 3–0 Lasnamäe Ajax 0–2 1–4 0–10 0–2 0–4 1–4 0–5 0–6 0–5 Levadia 2–1 4–0 5–0 2–2 2–0 4–2 4–0 2–0 4–1 Maag Tammeka 0–0 4–1 2–0 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 Narva Trans 3–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 5–1 3–1 2–0 Tallinna Kalev 0–1 2–1 5–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 Tulevik 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–4 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 TVMK 6–0 4–0 7–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 5–0 3–1 9–0 Vaprus 0–3 0–0 1–0 0–5 0–1 0–3 0–1 2–3 0–2 Source: [ citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season Home \ Away FLO KUR AJX LEV TAM TRS KAL TUL TVM VAP Flora 5–1 10–0 3–2 3–1 0–0 4–1 5–0 2–0 8–1 Kuressaare 1–3 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–3 2–0 0–2 0–6 0–3 Lasnamäe Ajax 0–4 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–3 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–7 Levadia 1–1 4–0 7–1 4–0 1–2 8–0 5–0 1–0 5–0 Maag Tammeka 0–0 1–0 5–1 0–3 2–1 4–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 Narva Trans 0–3 5–0 6–1 0–3 2–3 2–0 7–0 4–0 2–1 Tallinna Kalev 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–4 2–2 1–5 1–1 1–3 2–1 Tulevik 0–3 3–2 4–1 0–6 0–0 1–4 1–2 0–1 4–1 TVMK 1–2 5–1 13–0 2–6 2–0 1–0 5–0 5–1 6–3 Vaprus 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–4 1–3 1–2 0–3 0–5 Source: [ citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals [1]
1	Dmitri Lipartov	Narva Trans	30
2	Indrek Zelinski	Levadia	23
3	Tiit Tikenberg	Tallinna Kalev	20
4	Maksim Gruznov	Narva Trans	18
5	Jarmo Ahjupera	Flora	17
6	Tarmo Kink	Levadia	16
7	Aleksandr Dubõkin	Narva Trans	14
	Juha Hakola	Flora
	Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko	Flora
	Sergei Zenjov	TVMK

See also

• 2007 Esiliiga

References

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

• UEFA.com - Meistriliiga 2007
• Soccerassociation.com - Meistriliiga 2007
• Soccernet.ee - Meistriliiga 2007 (in Estonian)