2014 Esiliiga B

Esiliiga B

Season	2014
Champions	Infonet II Tallinn
Promoted	Infonet II Tallinn Santos Tartu
Relegated	Ararat TTÜ Tallinn Flora III Tallinn Legion Tallinn
Matches played	180
Goals scored	750 (4.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	Yuriy Vereshchak (43 goals)
Biggest home win	Santos Tartu 13–1 HÜJK Emmaste (18 September 2014)
Biggest away win	Elva 0–7 Santos Tartu (1 June 2014)
Highest scoring	Santos Tartu 13–1 HÜJK Emmaste (18 September 2014) Santos Tartu 12–2 Sillamäe Kalev II (28 September 2014)
Longest winning run	Santos Tartu (24 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Santos Tartu (24 games)
Longest winless run	Järve Kohtla-Järve Ararat TTÜ Tallinn Flora III Tallinn Legion Tallinn (8 games)
Longest losing run	Järve Kohtla-Järve (7 games)
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The 2014 Esiliiga was the 2nd season of the Esiliiga B. The season started on Friday 28 February 2014, and concluded on Sunday 9 November 2014. ^[1] Infonet II Tallinn won the Esiliiga B, finishing with 99 points.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Ararat Tallinn
Emmaste
Flora III Tallinn
Legion Tallinn
Infonet II Tallinn

Starbunker Maardu

Sillamäe Kalev II

Santos Tartu

Elva

Järve Kohtla-Järve

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Location of the 2014 Esiliiga B teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Ararat TTÜ Tallinn	Tallinn	Sportland Arena	800
Elva	Elva	Elva Stadium	1,500
Flora III Tallinn	Tallinn	Sportland Arena	800
HÜJK Emmaste	Tallinn	Männiku Stadium	1,000
Infonet II Tallinn	Tallinn	Sportland Arena	800
Järve Kohtla-Järve	Kohtla-Järve	Kohtla-Järve SPK Stadium	780
Legion Tallinn	Tallinn	Sportland Arena	800
Santos Tartu	Tartu	Tamme Stadium	2000
Sillamäe Kalev II	Sillamäe	Sillamäe Kalev Stadium	500
Starbunker Maardu	Maardu	Maardu Stadium	1500

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Ararat TTÜ Tallinn	Vaagn Arutjunjan	Nikolai Pulkkinen	Nike
Elva	Kaido Koppel		Nike	Sportland
Flora III Tallinn	Pelle Pohlak		Nike
HÜJK Emmaste	Marko Pärnpuu	Vahur Vahtramäe	Hummel
Infonet II Tallinn	Sergei Bragin		Joma	Infonet
Järve Kohtla-Järve	Andrei Škaleta
Legion Tallinn	Viktor Passikuta
Santos Tartu	Algimantas Liubinskas	Taavi Vellemaa	Uhlsport
Sillamäe Kalev II	Algimantas Briaunys		Uhlsport	Alexela
Starbunker Maardu	Andrei Borissov

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Flora III Tallinn	Dmitri Ustritski	Mutual agreement	7 January 2014	Pre-season	Pelle Pohlak	8 January 2014
Elva	Marek Naaris	Mutual agreement	29 January 2014		Kaido Koppel	29 January 2014 [2]
Santos Tartu	Mikk Laas	Mutual agreement	21 April 2014	2nd	Algimantas Liubinskas	21 April 2014 [3]

Results

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Infonet II Tallinn (C, P)	36	32	3	1	124	34	+90	99	Promotion to Esiliiga
2	Santos Tartu (P)	36	32	0	4	161	27	+134	96
3	HÜJK Emmaste (E)	36	18	5	13	71	81	−10	59	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Sillamäe Kalev II	36	17	3	16	74	64	+10	54
5	Starbunker Maardu	36	16	2	18	70	85	−15	50
6	Elva	36	12	5	19	45	79	−34	41
7	Järve Kohtla-Järve	36	11	4	21	53	77	−24	37
8	Ararat TTÜ Tallinn (R)	36	9	5	22	55	80	−25	32	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
9	Flora III Tallinn (R)	36	8	3	25	44	112	−68	27	Relegation to II liiga
10	Legion Tallinn (R)	36	7	6	23	53	111	−58	27

Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Rules for classification: Points; Least withdrawals or annulled matches; Overall wins; Head-to-head points; Head-to-head goal difference; Goal difference; Goals scored. If two or more teams on the top have the same number of points by the end of the season, the aforementioned rules will not apply and additional game(s) will be played to determine the champions.
(C) Champions; (E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion play-off

HÜJK Emmaste voluntarily declined joining Esiliiga and remained in Esiliiga B. ^[4]

HÜJK Emmaste v Tarvas Rakvere

HÜJK Emmaste

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Tarvas Rakvere

Tarvas Rakvere v HÜJK Emmaste

Tarvas Rakvere

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HÜJK Emmaste

Relegation play-offs

Ararat TTÜ Tallinn, who finished 8th, faced Joker 1993 Raasiku, the II liiga play-off winners, for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn a spot in the 2015 Esiliiga B. Joker 1993 Raasiku won 7–7 on aggregate.

Joker 1993 Raasiku v Ararat TTÜ Tallinn

16 November 2014	Joker 1993 Raasiku	3–1	Ararat TTÜ Tallinn	Raasiku
13:00 (UTC+3)	Võsar 31' Lill 53' Randjõe 66'	Report	Antonov 14'	Stadium: Raasiku Stadium Attendance: 135 Referee: Mart Martin

Ararat TTÜ Tallinn v Joker 1993 Raasiku

22 November 2014	Ararat TTÜ Tallinn	6–4	Joker 1993 Raasiku	Tallinn
13:00 (UTC+3)	Antonov 16', 45+1' Novikov 24' Parkala 35' Belozjorov 73' Arutjunjan 81'	Report	Võsar 29' Lill 31', 34', 74'	Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 62 Referee: Joonas Jaanovits

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 9 November 2014. ^{[5] [6]}

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Yuriy Vereshchak	Santos Tartu	43
2	Aleksandr Volkov	Sillamäe Kalev II	30
3	Taavi Vellemaa	Santos Tartu	25
4	Timo Teniste	Santos Tartu	20
5	Reimo Oja	HÜJK Emmaste	19
6	Eduard Golovljov	Infonet II Tallinn	17
	Jürgen Kuresoo	Elva	17
8	Klimentiy Boldyrev	Starbunker Maardu	14
9	Jevgeni Gurtšioglujants	Infonet II Tallinn	12
10	Rain Aasmäe	Starbunker Maardu	10
	Rauf-Roman Mikailov	Legion Tallinn	10
	Margo Parkala	Ararat TTÜ Tallinn	10
	Juhan Jograf Siim	Flora III Tallinn	10

Awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
March [7]	Sergei Bragin	Infonet II Tallinn	Aleksandr Volkov	Sillamäe Kalev II
April [8]	Sergei Bragin	Infonet II Tallinn	Rauf-Roman Mikailov	Legion Tallinn
May [9]	Sergei Bragin	Infonet II Tallinn	Timo Teniste	Santos Tartu
June [10]	Andrei Borissov	Starbunker Maardu	Taavi Vellemaa	Santos Tartu
July [11]	Andrei Škaleta	Järve Kohtla-Järve	Ilja Zelentsov	Starbunker Maardu
August [12]	Marko Pärnpuu	HÜJK Emmaste	Eduard Golovljov	Infonet II Tallinn
September [13]	Sergei Bragin	Infonet II Tallinn	Yuriy Vereshchak	Santos Tartu
October [14]	Oleh Boychyshyn	Santos Tallinn	Viktor Gusev	Järve Kohtla-Järve

See also

• 2013–14 Estonian Cup
• 2014–15 Estonian Cup
• 2014 Meistriliiga
• 2014 Esiliiga

References

1. "ELB MÄNGUDE KALENDER (2014)" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
2. "Kaido Koppel sai FC Elva peatreeneriks". Soccernet.ee. 29 January 2014.
3. "Santos sõlmis lepingu endise Leedu koondise peatreeneriga" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
4. "Emmaste loobus Esiliiga üleminekumängudest" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 12 November 2014.
5. "ELB VÄRAVALÖÖJATE EDETABEL (2014)" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
6. "MÄNGUDE AJALUGU" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
7. "Premium liiga kuu parimad on Prosa ja Ratnikov" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association . Retrieved 4 April 2014.
8. "Premium liiga kuu parimad on Prins ja Reintam" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association . Retrieved 1 May 2014.
9. "Maikuu parimateks tunnistati Hurt ja Ratnikov" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 10 June 2014.
10. "Premium liiga parimateks valiti Marko Kristal ja Lasha Omanidze" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 3 July 2014.
11. "Juulikuu parimad olid Puštov ja Luigend" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association . Retrieved 18 August 2014.
12. "Premium liiga kuu parimad tulevad Sillamäelt" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
13. "Premium liiga kuu parimad on Prins ja Smishko" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
14. "Premium liiga kuu parimad on Manucho ja Frantsev" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.