Season | 2016 |
---|---|
Champions | Infonet (1st title) |
Relegated | Tarvas |
Champions League | Infonet |
Europa League | Levadia Nõmme Kalju Flora |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 582 (3.23 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Yevgeni Kabaev (25 goals) |
Best goalkeeper | Sergei Lepmets (18 clean sheets) |
Biggest home win | Paide 7–0 Tarvas (23 August 2016) |
Biggest away win | Tarvas 0–6 Trans (1 October 2016) Pärnu 1–7 Trans (29 October 2016) |
Highest scoring | Levadia 7–1 Paide (24 July 2016) Pärnu 1–7 Trans (29 October 2016) |
Longest winning run | 10 matches Infonet |
Longest unbeaten run | 14 matches Infonet |
Longest winless run | 36 matches Tarvas |
Longest losing run | 16 matches Tarvas |
← 2015 2017 → |
The 2016 Meistriliiga (known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons [1] ) was the 26th season of the Meistriliiga, the highest division of Estonian football system. The season began on 4 March 2016 and concluded on 5 November 2016. [2] [3]
Infonet won the league on the last matchday of the season, finishing with 80 points. It was their first league title. [4]
A total of 10 teams will contest the league. These include 9 teams from the 2015 season and one promoted team from the 2015 Esiliiga: Tarvas, making their debut in the top flight. Tarvas replaces Tulevik who were relegated from the Meistriliiga after a single season. In the relegation play-off Tammeka successfully defended their league spot by defeating challengers Tallinna Kalev.
Team | Location | Stadium | Seating capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Flora | Tallinn | A. Le Coq Arena | 9,692 [5] |
Infonet | Tallinn | Infonet Lasnamäe Stadium | 400 [6] |
Levadia | Tallinn | Kadriorg Stadium | 5,000 [7] |
Narva Trans | Narva | Kreenholm Stadium | 1,065 [8] |
Nõmme Kalju | Tallinn | Hiiu Stadium | 300 [9] |
Paide Linnameeskond | Paide | Paide linnastaadion | 268 [10] |
Pärnu Linnameeskond | Pärnu | Pärnu Rannastaadion | 1,501 |
Sillamäe Kalev | Sillamäe | Sillamäe Kalev Stadium | 800 [11] |
Tammeka | Tartu | Tamme Stadium | 1,750 [12] |
Tarvas | Rakvere | Rakvere linnastaadion | 1,785 [13] |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Flora | ![]() | ![]() | Nike | Tele2 [14] |
Infonet | ![]() | ![]() | Joma | Infonet |
Levadia | ![]() | ![]() | Adidas | Viimsi Keevitus |
Narva Trans | ![]() | ![]() | Nike | Sportland |
Nõmme Kalju | ![]() | ![]() | Adidas | Optibet [15] |
Paide Linnameeskond | ![]() | ![]() | Nike | Enemat |
Pärnu Linnameeskond | ![]() | ![]() | Hummel | Wendre [16] |
Sillamäe Kalev | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Uhlsport | Alexela |
Tammeka | ![]() | ![]() | Nike | Sportland |
Tarvas | ![]() | ![]() | Nike | Aqva Hotel & Spa |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Levadia | ![]() | Sacked | 7 November 2015 [17] | Pre-season | ![]() | 7 November 2015 [17] |
Nõmme Kalju | ![]() | Caretaker spell over | 7 November 2015 [18] | ![]() | 7 November 2015 [18] | |
Sillamäe Kalev | ![]() | Sacked | 24 May 2016 [19] | 8th | ![]() ![]() | 24 May 2016 |
Tarvas | ![]() | Sacked | 4 June 2016 [20] | 10th | ![]() | 4 June 2016 |
Flora | ![]() | Resigned | 8 July 2016 [21] | 4th | ![]() | 8 July 2016 |
Levadia | ![]() | Sacked | 11 July 2016 [22] | 2nd | ![]() | 11 July 2016 [23] |
Flora | ![]() | Caretaker spell over | 13 July 2016 | 4th | ![]() | 13 July 2016 [24] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Infonet Tallinn (C) | 36 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 74 | 33 | +41 | 80 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
2 | Levadia Tallinn | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 77 | 30 | +47 | 78 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round [a] |
3 | Nõmme Kalju | 36 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 70 | 28 | +42 | 75 | |
4 | Flora Tallinn | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 96 | 31 | +65 | 73 | |
5 | Sillamäe Kalev | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 65 | 55 | +10 | 51 | |
6 | Paide Linnameeskond | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 58 | 61 | −3 | 48 | |
7 | Tartu Tammeka | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 43 | 65 | −22 | 41 | |
8 | Narva Trans | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 60 | 68 | −8 | 41 | |
9 | Pärnu Linnameeskond (O) | 36 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 24 | 98 | −74 | 17 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
10 | Rakvere Tarvas (R) | 36 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 113 | −98 | 3 | Relegation to the Esiliiga |
At season's end Pärnu, the ninth place club, participated in a two-legged play-off with Maardu Linnameeskond, the runners-up (of independent teams) of the 2016 Esiliiga, for the spot in 2017 Meistriliiga. [27]
12 November 2016 | Maardu Linnameeskond | 1–5 | Pärnu Linnameeskond | Maardu |
13:00 UTC+2 | Zelentsov ![]() | Report | Aristov ![]() Saarts ![]() Tutk ![]() Vihmoja ![]() | Stadium: Maardu artificial turf Attendance: 86 Referee: Juri Frischer |
19 November 2016 | Pärnu Linnameeskond | 4–3 | Maardu Linnameeskond | Pärnu |
13:00 UTC+2 | Saarts ![]() Boldyrev ![]() Pärnat ![]() Vunk ![]() | Report | Abdullajev ![]() Krivošein ![]() Zelentsov ![]() | Stadium: Pärnu artificial turf Attendance: 135 Referee: Kristo Tohver |
Each team plays every opponent four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 games.
First half of season | Second half of season |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals [28] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Sillamäe Kalev | 25 |
2 | ![]() | Flora | 19 |
![]() | Paide Linnameeskond | ||
4 | ![]() | Flora | 15 |
5 | ![]() | Levadia | 14 |
![]() | Narva Trans | ||
![]() | Nõmme Kalju | ||
![]() | Flora | ||
9 | ![]() | Tammeka | 12 |
![]() | Infonet |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Flora | Tarvas | 6–0 | 8 March 2016 [29] |
![]() | Paide Linnameeskond | Tarvas | 4–2 | 13 May 2016 [30] |
![]() | Flora | Sillamäe Kalev | 4–2 | 13 May 2016 [31] |
![]() | Flora | Tarvas | 5–0 | 19 June 2016 [32] |
![]() | Narva Trans | Tammeka | 4–1 | 19 June 2016 [33] |
![]() | Paide Linnameeskond | Tammeka | 3–0 | 9 July 2016 [34] |
![]() | Nõmme Kalju | Tarvas | 6–1 | 10 July 2016 [35] |
![]() | Levadia | Paide Linnameeskond | 7–1 | 24 July 2016 [36] |
![]() | Flora | Paide Linnameeskond | 3–0 | 29 July 2016 [37] |
![]() | Sillamäe Kalev | Tammeka | 5–1 | 30 July 2016 [38] |
![]() | Paide Linnameeskond | Pärnu Linnameeskond | 4–1 | 9 September 2016 [39] |
![]() | Tammeka | Tarvas | 5–0 | 9 September 2016 [40] |
![]() | Nõmme Kalju | Pärnu Linnameeskond | 4–0 | 17 September 2016 [41] |
![]() | Flora | Pärnu Linnameeskond | 6–1 | 1 October 2016 [42] |
![]() | Narva Trans | Pärnu Linnameeskond | 7–1 | 29 October 2016 [43] |
4Player scored 4 goals.
5Player scored 5 goals.
Club | Average attendance [44] |
---|---|
Tallinna FC Flora | 388 |
Nõmme JK Kalju | 321 |
Tartu JK Tammeka | 297 |
Pärnu Linnameeskond | 285 |
Tallinna FC Levadia | 234 |
Tallinna FC Infonet | 222 |
Paide Linnameeskond | 206 |
Rakvere JK Tarvas | 205 |
JK Sillamäe Kalev | 174 |
JK Narva Trans | 144 |
League average | 248 |
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
March [45] | ![]() | Infonet | ![]() | Infonet |
April [46] | ![]() | Paide Linnameeskond | ![]() | Nõmme Kalju |
May [47] | ![]() | Infonet | ![]() | Levadia |
June/July [48] | ![]() | Sillamäe Kalev | ![]() | Infonet |
August [49] | ![]() | Flora | ![]() | Flora |
September [50] | ![]() | Levadia | ![]() | Paide Linnameeskond |
October [51] | ![]() | Nõmme Kalju | ![]() | Sillamäe Kalev |
Yevgeni Kabaev was named Meistriliiga Player of the Year. [52]