2015 Esiliiga B

Esiliiga B

Season	2015
Champions	Starbunker (1st title)
Promoted	Starbunker Järve
Relegated	Puuma Ararat TTÜ Flora III
Matches played	180
Goals scored	629 (3.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	Klimentiy Boldyrev (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Starbunker 10–0 Ararat TTÜ (20 September 2015)
Biggest away win	Ararat TTÜ 0–6 Järve (5 April 2015)
Highest scoring	Sillamäe Kalev II 9–3 Ararat TTÜ (4 October 2015)
Longest winning run	7 games Starbunker
Longest unbeaten run	9 games Joker Järve
Longest winless run	10 games Tallinna Kalev II Flora III Ararat TTÜ
Longest losing run	7 games Ararat TTÜ
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The 2015 Esiliiga B was the 3rd season of the Esiliiga B, the third-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2013. The season started on 4 March 2015 and concluded on 8 November 2015. ^[1]

Starbunker won the league, finishing with 81 points and were promoted to the Esiliiga. It was their first Esiliiga B title in history.

Järve finished 2nd and were promoted to the Esiliiga. Sillamäe Kalev II finished 3rd and qualified to the promotion play-offs but subsequently withdrew.

Puuma finished 8th and qualified to the relegation play-offs but were beaten by Welco 2–5 on aggregate and relegated to the II liiga. Ararat TTÜ and Flora III were the bottom two teams and were relegated to the II liiga.

Teams

Ararat TTÜ
Emmaste
Flora III
Puuma
Tallinna Kalev II

Starbunker

Sillamäe Kalev II

Joker

Elva

Järve

Locations of the 2015 Esiliiga B teams

Stadia

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Ararat TTÜ	Tallinn	Sportland Arena	540 [2]
Elva	Elva	Elva Stadium	30 [3]
HÜJK Emmaste	Tallinn	A. Le Coq Arena I	150 [4]
Flora III	Tallinn	Sportland Arena	540 [2]
Järve	Kohtla-Järve	Kohtla-Järve Stadium	150 [5]
Joker	Raasiku	Raasiku Stadium	200 [6]
Puuma	Tallinn	Wismar Stadium	0 [7]
Sillamäe Kalev II	Sillamäe	Sillamäe Kalev Stadium	0 [8]
Starbunker	Maardu	Maardu Stadium	500 [9]
Tallinna Kalev II	Tallinn	Kalev Keskstaadion	270 [10]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Ararat TTÜ	Ruben Arutjunov	Nikolai Pulkkinen	Nike
Elva	Kaido Koppel	Jürgen Kuresoo	Nike	Sportland
HÜJK Emmaste	Urmas Kirs		Hummel
Flora III	Pelle Pohlak		Nike	Tele2 [11]
Järve	Andrei Škaleta		Adidas
Joker	Andre Ilves	Rene Lill	Joma	Unibox
Puuma	Vitali Kobashov	Marko Truusalu	Adidas
Sillamäe Kalev II	Algimantas Briaunys		Uhlsport	Alexela
Starbunker	Andrei Borissov	Maksim Krivošein	Adidas
Tallinna Kalev II	Daniel Meijel		Jako	Viking Line

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
HÜJK Emmaste	Marko Pärnpuu	Signed by Tallinna Kalev	25 November 2014 [12]	Pre-season	Urmas Kirs	1 January 2015
Ararat TTÜ	Vaagn Arutjunjan	Mutual consent	31 December 2014		Ruben Arutjunov	1 January 2015

Results

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Starbunker (C, P)	36	26	3	7	92	38	+54	81	Promotion to Esiliiga
2	Järve (P)	36	21	9	6	66	29	+37	72
3	Sillamäe Kalev II	36	19	6	11	73	57	+16	63	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Elva	36	16	6	14	62	45	+17	54
5	Joker	36	14	11	11	66	57	+9	53
6	Tallinna Kalev II	36	14	8	14	60	55	+5	50
7	HÜJK Emmaste	36	13	7	16	56	64	−8	46
8	Puuma (R)	36	13	5	18	60	89	−29	44	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
9	Ararat TTÜ (R)	36	6	7	23	51	114	−63	25	Relegation to II liiga
10	Flora III (R)	36	4	6	26	43	81	−38	18

Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion); 3) Less matches awarded against; 4) Matches won; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Away goals scored; 10) Fairplay ranking. ^[13]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Result tables

First half of the season Home \ Away ARA ELV EMM FLO JÄR JOK PUU SIL STA TAL Ararat TTÜ 0–3 0–4 0–3 0–6 0–3 0–2 2–1 4–4 3–3 Elva 1–3 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–2 5–0 HÜJK Emmaste 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 5–0 1–2 0–2 1–2 Flora III 4–7 0–1 0–3 1–4 1–2 3–4 1–1 1–2 3–0 Järve 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 Joker 1–4 1–3 2–2 2–1 0–1 6–5 1–1 0–1 4–2 Puuma 1–1 3–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–4 1–3 Sillamäe Kalev II 2–2 1–5 3–1 4–2 3–2 0–1 4–3 0–3 1–0 Starbunker 4–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 [lower-alpha 1] 3–1 2–1 3–0 5–0 Tallinna Kalev II 2–0 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–0 3–0 3–3 1–2 1–3 Source: Esiliiga B Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Notes: FA awarded Järve a win due to Starbunker fielding suspended player. The original match had ended in a 2–0 win for Järve.

Second half of the season Home \ Away ARA ELV EMM FLO JÄR JOK PUU SIL STA KAL Ararat TTÜ 0–2 1–2 0–4 1–4 2–2 1–2 3–2 1–6 1–2 Elva 0–0 [lower-alpha 1] 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 9–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 HÜJK Emmaste 7–3 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–3 3–1 0–4 2–4 1–5 Flora III 3–3 0–2 0–2 1–4 3–3 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–2 Järve 3–0 5–2 4–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 [lower-alpha 2] 0–1 [lower-alpha 3] 3–1 2–1 Joker 3–2 2–1 3–1 4–0 0–0 7–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 Puuma 3–1 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–4 2–3 3–4 0–2 Sillamäe Kalev II 9–3 2–2 1–1 3–2 0–1 5–1 6–1 2–4 1–0 Starbunker 10–0 1–2 2–0 3–0 4–0 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–4 Tallinna Kalev II 6–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–3 Source: Esiliiga B Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Notes: FA awarded Elva a win after Ararat TTÜ forfeited the match. FA awarded Järve a win after Puuma forfeited the match. FA awarded Sillamäe Kalev II a win due to Järve fielding an ineligible player. The original match had ended in a 1–0 win for Sillamäe Kalev II.

Play-offs

Promotion play-offs

Sillamäe Kalev II, who finished 3rd, were supposed to face Santos, the 8th-placed 2015 Esiliiga side for a two-legged play-off. However, the play-offs were abandoned after Sillamäe Kalev II withdrew and Santos retained their Esiliiga spot for the 2016 season. ^[14]

Relegation play-offs

Puuma, who finished 8th, faced Welco, the II liiga play-offs winner. The winner on aggregate score after both matches earned entry into the 2016 Esiliiga B. Welco won 5–2 on aggregate.

First leg

15 November 2015

16:00 (GMT+2)

Welco	5–0	Puuma
Savikink  16' Lubi  23' Kaasik  39' Sillaots  49' Valtna  71'	Report

Tartu Tamme Stadium , Tartu

Attendance: 100

Referee: Marko Liiva

Second leg

21 November 2015

13:00 (GMT+2)

Puuma	2–0	Welco
Tšernei  44' Kartau  85'	Report

Wismar Stadium , Tallinn

Attendance: 62

Referee: Dmitri Kulikov

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals [15]
1	Klimentiy Boldyrev	Starbunker	25
2	Jürgen Kuresoo	Elva	23
3	Nikita Brõlin	Starbunker	18
4	Sergei Bilinski	Puuma	14
5	Kert Jõeäär	Tallinna Kalev II	12
	Rene Lill	Joker
	Aleksandr Volkov	Sillamäe Kalev II
8	Emmanuel Gurtckaia	Sillamäe Kalev II	11
	Ats Joandi	Elva
	Ilja Zelentsov	Starbunker

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
March [16]	Kaido Koppel	Elva	Jürgen Kuresoo	Elva
April [17]	Andrei Borissov	Starbunker	Kevin Kaivoja	Järve
May [18]	Andre Ilves	Joker	Jürgen Kuresoo	Elva
June [19]	Andrei Borissov	Starbunker	Vlasiy Sinyavskiy	Puuma
July [20]	Urmas Kirs	HÜJK Emmaste	Nikita Brõlin	Starbunker
August [21]	Daniel Meijel	Tallinna Kalev II	Aleksei Tihhonov	Järve
September [22]	Andrei Borissov	Starbunker	Rene Lill	Joker
October [23]	Aleksei Tikhomirov	Järve	Ott Reinike	Joker

Annual awards

Player of the Season

Jürgen Kuresoo was named Player of the Season. ^[24]

See also

• 2014–15 Estonian Cup
• 2015–16 Estonian Cup
• 2015 Meistriliiga
• 2015 Esiliiga

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