2018 Meistriliiga

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Meistriliiga
Season2018
Dates3 March 2018 – 10 November 2018
Champions Nõmme Kalju
2nd title
Relegated Vaprus
Champions League Nõmme Kalju
Europa League FCI Levadia
Flora
Narva Trans
Matches played180
Goals scored685 (3.81 per match)
Top goalscorer Liliu
(31 goals)
← 2017
2019 →

The 2018 Meistriliiga (known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons [1] ) was the 28th season of the Meistriliiga, the highest division of Estonian football system. The season was scheduled to begin on 25 February 2018, but was postponed due to a cold wave. On 3 March, the season began with four out of five second round matches held in indoor arena. This marked the first time Estonian league football was played indoor. [2] The season concluded on 10 November 2018. [3] Flora were the defending champions. Nõmme Kalju won their 2nd Meistriliiga title completing an entire season undefeated.

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Teams

10 teams competed in the league. Sillamäe Kalev lost their Meistriliiga license due to a failure to meet their financial obligations and were relegated to the II liiga. [4] On 4 November 2017, it was announced that FCI Tallinn would merge with Levadia. [5]

The two clubs were replaced by 2017 Esiliiga champions Maardu Linnameeskond and runners-up Tallinna Kalev. [6] On 18 December 2017, Kuressaare replaced Maardu Linnameeskond after the latter withdrew from the league due to financial reasons. [7]

Venues

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
FCI Levadia Tallinn Kadriorg Stadium 5,000 [8]
Flora Tallinn A. Le Coq Arena 14,405 [9]
Kuressaare Kuressaare Kuressaare linnastaadion 1,000 [10]
Narva Trans Narva Narva Kreenholmi Stadium 1,065 [11]
Nõmme Kalju Tallinn Hiiu Stadium 650 [12]
Paide Linnameeskond Paide Paide linnastaadion 268 [13]
Tallinna Kalev Tallinn Kalevi Keskstaadion 11,500 [14]
Tammeka Tartu Tartu Tamme Stadium 1,500 [15]
Tulevik Viljandi Viljandi linnastaadion 1,084 [16]
Vaprus Pärnu Pärnu Rannastaadion 1,501 [17]

Personnel and kits

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
FCI Levadia Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandar Rogić Flag of Estonia.svg Dmitri Kruglov Adidas Viimsi Keevitus
Flora Flag of Estonia.svg Jürgen Henn Flag of Estonia.svg Gert Kams Nike Tele2 [18]
Kuressaare Flag of Estonia.svg Jan Važinski Flag of Estonia.svg Sander Viira Joma Saaremaa Lihatööstus
Narva Trans Flag of Turkey.svg Cenk Özcan Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Irié NikeSportland
Nõmme Kalju Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Frantsev Flag of Estonia.svg Vitali Teleš Adidashelp.ee
Paide Linnameeskond Flag of Estonia.svg Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko Flag of Estonia.svg Andre Frolov NikeVerston
Tallinna Kalev Flag of Estonia.svg Argo Arbeiter Flag of Japan.svg Hidetoshi Wakui NikeCoolbet
Tammeka Flag of Estonia.svg Kaido Koppel Flag of Estonia.svg Tauno TekkoNikeMetec [19]
Tulevik Flag of Estonia.svg Sander Post Flag of Estonia.svg Indrek Ilves JomaViljandi Aken ja Uks [20]
Vaprus Flag of Estonia.svg Indrek Zelinski Flag of Estonia.svg Joosep Sarapuu NikeCoolbet [21]

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Vaprus Flag of Estonia.svg Marko Lelov Resigned5 November 2017 [22] Pre-season Flag of Estonia.svg Indrek Zelinski 5 November 2017 [23]
FCI Levadia Flag of Estonia.svg Igor Prins End of contract5 November 2017 [24] Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandar Rogić 6 November 2017 [25]
Tulevik Flag of Estonia.svg Aivar Lillevere Resigned15 November 2017 [26] Flag of Estonia.svg Marko Kristal 30 December 2017 [27]
Tallinna Kalev Flag of Estonia.svg Marko Pärnpuu Sacked16 November 2017 [28] Flag of Estonia.svg Argo Arbeiter 17 November 2017 [29]
Tammeka Flag of Estonia.svg Mario Hansi
Flag of Estonia.svg Kaido Koppel		Mutual consent21 November 2017 [30] Flag of Estonia.svg Kaido Koppel21 November 2017 [30]
Flora Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arno Pijpers Resigned13 December 2017 [31] Flag of Estonia.svg Jürgen Henn 5 January 2018 [32]
Kuressaare Flag of Estonia.svg Sander Viira Mutual consent19 December 2017 Flag of Estonia.svg Jan Važinski 19 December 2017 [33]
Tulevik Flag of Estonia.svg Marko Kristal Mutual consent19 April 2018 [34] 9th Flag of Estonia.svg Sander Post 19 April 2018 [34]
Narva Trans Flag of Russia.svg Adyam Kuzyaev Resigned14 August 2018 [35] 4th Flag of Turkey.svg Cenk Özcan 17 August 2018 [35]

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Nõmme Kalju (C)362511011432+8286Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 FCI Levadia 36266410926+8384Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round [a]
3 Flora 36258311632+8483
4 Narva Trans 36187117657+1961
5 Paide Linnameeskond 36149136474−1051
6 Tammeka 36147155658−249
7 Tulevik 36852337100−6329
8 Tallinna Kalev 3677225468−1428
9 Kuressaare (O)36632734115−8121Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
10 Vaprus (R)36272725123−9813Relegation to the Esiliiga
Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian), UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less matches awarded against; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fairplay ranking. [36]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Narva Trans qualified for the Europa League since they won 2018–19 Estonian Cup.

Relegation play-offs

At season's end Kuressaare, the ninth place club, participated in a two-legged play-off with the runners-up (of independent teams) of the 2018 Esiliiga, Elva, for the spot in 2019 Meistriliiga.

17 November 2018 Elva 0–1 Kuressaare Elva
13:00 (UTC+2) Report Laht Soccerball shade.svg50' (pen.)Stadium: Elva linnastaadion
Attendance: 235
Referee: Siim Rinken
24 November 2018 Kuressaare 1–0 Elva Kuressaare
13:00 (UTC+2) Saar Soccerball shade.svg61' Report Stadium: Kuressaare linnastaadion
Attendance: 152
Referee: Kristo Tohver
Kuressaare won 2–0 on aggregate and retained their Meistriliiga spot for the 2019 season.

Results

Each team played every opponent four times, twice at home and twice away. A total of 180 matches has been played, with 36 matches played by each team.

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [37]
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Liliu Nõmme Kalju31
2 Flag of Georgia.svg Zakaria Beglarishvili Flora30
3 Flag of Ukraine.svg Roman Debelko FCI Levadia28
4 Flag of Estonia.svg Tristan Koskor Tammeka21
5 Flag of Russia.svg Dmitri Barkov Narva Trans17
6 Flag of Estonia.svg Frank Liivak Flora16
7 Flag of Estonia.svg Sander Laht Kuressaare15
8 Flag of Cameroon.svg Marcelin Gando FCI Levadia14
Flag of Estonia.svg Rimo Hunt Nõmme Kalju
10 Flag of Estonia.svg Viktor Plotnikov Narva Trans13
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Muamer Svraka FCI Levadia

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Flag of Estonia.svg Tristan Koskor 4TammekaKuressaare4–0 (A)30 March 2018 [38]
Flag of Ukraine.svg Roman Debelko FCI LevadiaTulevik5–0 (H)5 May 2018 [39]
Flag of Brazil.svg Liliu Nõmme KaljuVaprus6–0 (A)5 May 2018 [40]
Flag of Cameroon.svg Marcelin Gando 4FCI LevadiaVaprus6–1 (H)26 May 2018 [41]
Flag of Brazil.svg Liliu Nõmme KaljuPaide Linnameeskond3–0 (A)18 August 2018 [42]
Flag of Georgia.svg Zakaria Beglarishvili FloraTulevik3–1 (A)3 November 2018 [43]

4 Player scored 4 goals

Average attendance

ClubAverage attendance [44]
Tallinna FC Flora 559
Tartu JK Tammeka 444
Nõmme Kalju FC 404
Viljandi JK Tulevik 278
FCI Levadia 262
Pärnu JK Vaprus 260
JK Narva Trans 250
JK Tallinna Kalev 199
Paide Linnameeskond 187
FC Kuressaare 113
League average296

Awards

Monthly awards

MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the Month
ManagerClubPlayerClub
March [45] Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Frantsev Nõmme Kalju Flag of Ukraine.svg Roman Debelko FCI Levadia
April [46] Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandar Rogić FCI Levadia Flag of Brazil.svg Liliu Nõmme Kalju
May [47] Flag of Estonia.svg Jürgen Henn Flora Flag of Nigeria.svg Samson Iyede Paide Linnameeskond
June/July [48] Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Frantsev Nõmme Kalju Flag of Estonia.svg Madis Vihmann Flora
August [49] Flag of Estonia.svg Kaido Koppel Tammeka Flag of Estonia.svg Gert Kams
September [50] Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandar Rogić FCI Levadia Flag of Estonia.svg Viktor Plotnikov Narva Trans
October [51] Flag of Estonia.svg Jürgen Henn Flora Flag of Estonia.svg Herol Riiberg Tulevik

Meistriliiga Player of the Year

Zakaria Beglarishvili was named Meistriliiga Player of the Year. [52]

Goal of the Year

Tõnis Vihmoja's goal against Paide Linnameeskond was chosen Goal of the Year. [53]

Player transfers

See also

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