2010 Esiliiga

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Esiliiga
Season2010
Matches played60
Goals scored189 (3.15 per match)
Biggest home win TJK Legion 8–0 Rakvere
Biggest away win Rakvere 1–6 Flora U21
Highest scoring TJK Legion 8–0 Rakvere
Flora U21 6–2 Rakvere
2009
2011

The 2010 season of the Esiliiga, the second level in the Estonian football system, is the 20th season in the league's history. It starts in March and ends in November. The defending champions are Levadia II, who are unable for promotion as they are the reserve team for Meistriliiga side Levadia.

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Overview

ClubLocationStadiumCurrent manager
Flora II Tallinn Sportland Arena Flag of Estonia.svg Zaur Tšilingarašvili
Flora Rakvere Rakvere Rakvere linnastaadion Flag of Estonia.svg Urmas Kirs
Ajax Tallinn FC Ajax Stadium Flag of Estonia.svg Aleksandr Puštov
Levadia II Tallinn Maarjamäe kunstmuru Flag of Estonia.svg Urmas Hepner
Tallinna Kalev Tallinn Kalev Keskstaadion artificial turf Flag of Estonia.svg Sergei Ratnikov
Orbiit Jõhvi Jõhvi linnastaadion Flag of Estonia.svg Valeri Kulatšenko
Kiviõli Tamme Auto Kiviõli Kiviõli Stadium Flag of Estonia.svg Erik Šteinberg
TJK Legion Tallinn Wismar Stadium Flag of Estonia.svg Viktor Passikuta
Warrior Valga Sportland Arena Flag of Estonia.svg Zaur Tšilingarašvili
Vaprus Pärnu Pärnu Kalev Stadium Flag of Estonia.svg Ants Kommussaar

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Levadia II [a] (C)36285310728+7989
2 Flora U21 [a] 3622689345+4872
3 Lasnamäe Ajax (P)3620977138+3369Promotion to Meistriliiga
4 Tamme Auto 36176138572+1357Qualification for promotion play-offs
5 Tallinna Kalev [b] 36176136765+253
6 TJK Legion 361161957812439
7 Vaprus 361071957782137
8 Warrior 361062057903336Qualification for relegation play-offs
9 Rakvere [b] (R)361032345955031Relegation to II Liiga
10 Orbiit (R)36642635824722
Source: jalgpall.ee (in Estonian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd least withdrawals or annulled matches; 3rd wins; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th overall goal difference; 7th goals scored [3]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.
  2. 1 2 Before the start of the season Flora Rakvere were docked two points and Tallinna Kalev were docked five points, both because of licensing problems. [1] After the appeal, Kalev's deduction was reduced to four points. [2]

Results

Each team plays 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 RAK AJX LEV TK ORB TMA TJK WAR VPR
Flora U21 6–20–01–02–16–22–01–10–00–0
Rakvere 1–60–00–42–10–22–0 [a] 3–40–01–4
Lasnamäe Ajax 2–13–22–22–13–03–21–06–01–0
Levadia II 0–16–02–03–01–13–04–04–02–0
Tallinna Kalev 2–31–01–10–21–04–33–04–14–0
Orbiit 2–11–20–30–11–20–30–10–20–0
Tamme Auto 2–23–03–31–41–33–13–13–24–3
TJK Legion 1–38–01–21–40–21–00–23–01–2
Warrior 0–24–00–32–10–31–20–42–20–3
Vaprus 3–13–10–00–12–25–02–22–31–1
Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match was declared 2–x for Rakvere because Tamme Auto used ineligible player. The original result was 2–1. [4]

Second half of season

Home \ Away FLO RAK AJX LEV TK ORB TMA TJK WAR VPR
Flora U21 1–20–31–07–05–03–78–03–15–1
Rakvere 1–21–32–32–32–10–03–21–31–2
Lasnamäe Ajax 0–23–00–11–35–03–23–11–31–2
Levadia II 1–13–24–20–02–16–08–25–26–0
Tallinna Kalev 2–33–11–11–62–20–20–13–54–3
Orbiit 0–61–21–20–40–11–24–04–11–2
Tamme Auto 2–51–11–11–41–36–34–14–04–0
TJK Legion 3–24–10–02–21–11–22–30–35–1
Warrior 4–12–41–33–53–42–24–30–22–2
Vaprus 0–32–30–42–30–14–12–32–22–3
Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Estonia.svg Tõnis Starkopf Kiviõli Tamme Auto 28
2 Flag of Estonia.svg Sergei Tasso Lasnamäe Ajax 24
3 Flag of Estonia.svg Artur Rättel Levadia II 18
4 Flag of Estonia.svg Jaan Leimann Flora II 15
5 Flag of Estonia.svg Dmitri Kirilov Kiviõli Tamme Auto 14
Flag of Estonia.svg Maksim Kisseljov TJK Legion
7 Flag of Estonia.svg Hannes Anier Flora II 13
Flag of Estonia.svg Taavi Laurits Vaprus
Flag of Estonia.svg Marten Mütt Flora II
10 Flag of Estonia.svg Sergei Akimov Rakvere Flora 12
Flag of Russia.svg Yaroslav Dmitriev Levadia II
Flag of Estonia.svg Raiko Karpov Warrior
Flag of Estonia.svg Ilja Monakov Tallinna Kalev

Awards

Monthly awards

MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the Month
ManagerClubPlayerClub
March Flag of Estonia.svg Sergei Ratnikov Tallinna Kalev Flag of Estonia.svg Sergei Tasso Ajax
April Flag of Estonia.svg Andrei Borissov Ajax Flag of Estonia.svg Artjom Dmitrijev Levadia II
May Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Pushtov Levadia II Flag of Estonia.svg Andrei Borissov Ajax
June Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Pushtov Levadia II Flag of Estonia.svg Andrei Veis Flora II
July Flag of Estonia.svg Zaur Tšilingarašvili Flora II Flag of Estonia.svg Tõnis Starkopf Kiviõli Tamme Auto
August Flag of Estonia.svg Vitali Bolšakov Orbiit Flag of Estonia.svg Aleksandr Marašov Orbiit

See also

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