2008 in Estonian football

2008 in Estonian football
	Meistriliiga winners
	FC Levadia Tallinn
	Estonian Cup winners
	FC Flora Tallinn
	UEFA Champions League
	FC Levadia Tallinn (1Q)
	UEFA Cup
	FC Flora Tallinn (1Q); FC TVMK Tallinn (1Q)
	UEFA Intertoto
	FC Trans Narva (1R)
	Estonian national team
	2008 Baltic Cup ; 2008 Mayors' Cup ; 2010 World Cup qualification
	Estonian Footballer of the Year
	Raio Piiroja

Last updated August 04, 2022

The 2008 season is the 17th competitive football season in Estonia.

National Leagues

Estonian FA Cup

National Teams

A Team

The Estonia national football team' played a total number of fifteen matches (including one unofficial) and started in the qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

Date	Comp.	Venue	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers
February 27	Friendly	Wronki	Poland	2 – 0^[1]	Estonia
March 26	Friendly	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn	Estonia	2 – 0^[2]	Canada	Stalteri 59' (o.g.) Zahovaiko 90'
May 27	Friendly	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn	Estonia	1 – 1^[3]	Georgia	Kink 64' (pen.)
May 30	Baltic Cup	Skonto stadions, Riga	Latvia	1 – 0^[4]	Estonia
May 31	Baltic Cup	Slokas Stadium, Jūrmala	Estonia	0 – 1^[5]	Lithuania
June 4	Friendly	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn	Estonia	4 – 3^[6]	Faroe Islands	Zahovaiko 9'14' Kink 28' Novikov 75'
August 20	Friendly	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn	Estonia	2 – 1^[7]	Malta	Purje 23' Oper 52'
September 6	WC10Q	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège	Belgium	3 – 2^[8]	Estonia	Zenjov 57' Oper 90+2'
September 10	WC10Q	Bilino Polje, Zenica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7 – 0^[9]	Estonia
October 11	WC10Q	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn	Estonia	0 – 3^[10]	Spain
October 15	WC10Q	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn	Estonia	0 – 0^[11]	Turkey
November 12	Friendly	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn	Estonia	1 – 1^[12]	Latvia	Kink 52'
November 18	Mayors' Cup	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn	Estonia	1 – 0^[13]	Moldova	Voskoboinikov 56'
November 22	Mayors' Cup	Linnastaadion, Kuressaare	Estonia	1 – 1^[14]	Lithuania	S. Puri 6'
Unofficial match(es)
December 23	Friendly	Estadio Nueva Condomina, Lorca	Murcia	1 – 1^[15]	Estonia	Kink 23'

U-21

Date	Comp.	Venue	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers
March 26	EC09Q	Univé Stadion, Emmen	Netherlands	3 – 0	Estonia
May 29	Baltic Cup	Slokas Stadium, Jūrmala	Latvia	2 – 1	Estonia	Kallaste 21'
May 30	Baltic Cup	Daugava Stadium, Riga	Lithuania	4 – 0	Estonia
August 20	EC09Q	Linnastaadion, Rakvere	Estonia	1 – 0	North Macedonia	Saag 11'

U-19

Date	Comp.	Venue	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers
April 22	Friendly	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn	Estonia	0 – 1	Denmark
April 24	Friendly	A. Le Coq Arena 1st grass pitch, Tallinn	Estonia	2 – 1	Denmark	Sinimägi 11' Artjunin 15'
June 3	Baltic Cup	Kohila staadion, Kohila	Estonia	1 – 0	Lithuania	Artjunin 90+3' (pen.)
June 5	Baltic Cup	Kohila staadion, Kohila	Estonia	0 – 2	Latvia
August 12	Friendly	A. Le Coq Arena 1st grass pitch, Tallinn	Estonia	0 – 0	Georgia
August 14	Friendly	A. Le Coq Arena 1st grass pitch, Tallinn	Estonia	0 – 2	Georgia
October 5	EC19Q	Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn	Croatia	1 – 4	Estonia	Alliku 8'29' Ojamaa 33' Anier 68'
October 7	EC19Q	Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn	Estonia	0 – 5	Belgium
October 10	EC19Q	Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn	Kazakhstan	1 – 2	Estonia	Kaldoja 45+1' Alliku 51'
Unofficial match(es)
May 19	Friendly Tournament	Paestum stadium	Italy amateur team	3 – 3 4–5 pen.	Estonia	Anier 26'28' Subbotin 42'
May 20	Friendly Tournament	Paestum stadium	Rhineland	1 – 3	Estonia	Mones 10' Artjunin 19' (pen.) Paponov 45'
May 22	Friendly Tournament	Paestum stadium	Estonia	3 – 0	Northern Ireland	Paponov 26' Prosa 30' Tenno 47'
May 23	Friendly Tournament	Paestum stadium	Estonia	0 – 3	Slovenia U-18
May 25	Friendly Tournament	Paestum stadium	Estonia	0 – 0 3–4 pen.	Romania

U-18

Date	Comp.	Venue	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers
March 28	Friendly	Ķeizarmežs Stadium, Riga	Latvia	6 – 0	Estonia
June 9	Friendly	Rauma Stadium, Rauma	Finland	5 – 0	Estonia
June 11	Friendly	Rauma Stadium, Rauma	Finland	4 – 1	Estonia	Kaljumäe 60'
Unofficial match(es)
May 7	Friendly	A. Le Coq Arena 1st grass pitch, Tallinn	Estonia	4 – 0	Maag Tammeka II	Stepanjan 55' Kaljumäe 78'89' Kõlu 81'
September 5	Friendly	Kalevi Keskstaadion, Tallinn	Tallinna Kalev	2 – 4	Estonia	Tšernei 29' Krillo 41' Kõlu 48' Saks 80'

U-17

Date	Competition	Venue	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers
17:00 April 29	Friendly	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	0 – 1	Denmark
11:00 May 1	Friendly	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	1 – 4	Denmark	Tamm 11'
15:00 May 21	Friendly	Kernu, Estonia	Estonia	0 – 7	Austria
15:00 June 3	Baltic Cup	Kernu, Estonia	Estonia	1 – 0	Lithuania	Karpov 40'
18:00 July 11	Baltic Cup	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	1 – 2	Latvia	Karpov 22'
September 9	Friendly	Finland	Finland	1 – 1	Estonia	Karpov 45'
September 11	Friendly	Valga, Estonia	Finland	4 – 0	Estonia
October 14	Friendly	Valga, Estonia	Estonia	2 – 2	Latvia	Karpov 29', Mööl 51'
October 22	UEFA Euro 2009 U-17 qualifying	La Orotava, Spain	Spain	6 – 0	Estonia
October 24	UEFA Euro 2009 U-17 qualifying	La Orotava, Spain	England	7 – 0	Estonia
October 27	UEFA Euro 2009 U-17 qualifying	La Orotava, Spain	Armenia	0 – 1	Estonia	Anier 34'

U-16

Date	Comp.	Venue	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers
August 27	Friendly	Kohila staadion, Kohila	Estonia	0 – 1	Poland
August 29	Friendly	Kohila staadion, Kohila	Estonia	0 – 1	Poland
October 19	Friendly	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn	Estonia	1 – 5	Germany	Viikna 33'

Notes

↑ "Poola – Eesti 2:0 (1:0)". EJL. Archived from the original on June 7, 2009. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
↑ "Eesti – Kanada 2:0 (0:0)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Eesti – Gruusia 1:1 (0:0)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Läti – Eesti 1:0 (0:0)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Eesti – Leedu 0:1 (0:0)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Eesti – Fääri saared 4:3 (3:0)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Eesti – Malta 2:1 (1:1)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Belgia – Eesti 3:2 (1:0)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Bosnia – Eesti 7:0 (2:0)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Eesti – Hispaania 0:3 (0:2)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Eesti – Türgi 0:0 (0:0)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Eesti – Läti 1:1 (0:0)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Eesti – Moldova 1:0 (0:0)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Eesti – Leedu 1:1 (1:1)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Murcia – Eesti 1:1 (1:1)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

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[1] "Poola – Eesti 2:0 (1:0)". EJL. Archived from the original on June 7, 2009. Retrieved June 1, 2009.

[2] "Eesti – Kanada 2:0 (0:0)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[3] "Eesti – Gruusia 1:1 (0:0)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[4] "Läti – Eesti 1:0 (0:0)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[5] "Eesti – Leedu 0:1 (0:0)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[6] "Eesti – Fääri saared 4:3 (3:0)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[7] "Eesti – Malta 2:1 (1:1)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[8] "Belgia – Eesti 3:2 (1:0)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[9] "Bosnia – Eesti 7:0 (2:0)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[10] "Eesti – Hispaania 0:3 (0:2)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[11] "Eesti – Türgi 0:0 (0:0)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[12] "Eesti – Läti 1:1 (0:0)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[13] "Eesti – Moldova 1:0 (0:0)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[14] "Eesti – Leedu 1:1 (1:1)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[15] "Murcia – Eesti 1:1 (1:1)". EJL . Retrieved June 1, 2009.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

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2008 in Estonian football

Meistriliiga winners
FC Levadia Tallinn
Estonian Cup winners
FC Flora Tallinn
UEFA Champions League
FC Levadia Tallinn (1Q)
UEFA Cup
FC Flora Tallinn (1Q) FC TVMK Tallinn (1Q)
UEFA Intertoto
FC Trans Narva (1R)
Estonian national team
2008 Baltic Cup 2008 Mayors' Cup 2010 World Cup qualification
Estonian Footballer of the Year
Raio Piiroja

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