2018 Naiste Meistriliiga

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Naiste Meistriliiga
Season2018
Champions Flora
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Relegated Ajax Tallinn
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The 2018 Naiste Meistriliiga was the 26th season of women's league football in Estonia. The season was played between 31 March 2018 and 10 November 2018. Flora won their first Estonian league title [1] and qualified for the Champions League. [2]

The Naiste Meistriliiga is the highest league of women's association football in Estonia. It is run by the Estonian Football Association and was founded in 1994. The league currently consists of eight teams. The league champion qualifies for the UEFA Women's Champions League.

Estonia Republic in Baltic Region of Northern Europe

Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland with Finland on the other side, to the west by the Baltic Sea with Sweden on the other side, to the south by Latvia (343 km), and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia (338.6 km). The territory of Estonia consists of a mainland and 2,222 islands in the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of 45,227 km2 (17,462 sq mi), water 2,839 km2 (1,096 sq mi), land area 42,388 km2 (16,366 sq mi), and is influenced by a humid continental climate. The official language of the country, Estonian, is the second-most-spoken Finnic language.

FC Flora Tallinn, commonly known as Flora Tallinn, or simply as Flora, is a football club, based in Tallinn, Estonia, that competes in the Naiste Meistriliiga.

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Format

The eight teams played each other twice, for a total of 14 matches, with the top four teams qualifying for a championship round and the bottom four teams playing a relegation round.

Regular season

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flora 141400832+8142Championship group
2 Pärnu 1412027711+6636
3 Levadia 1410045028+2230
4 Tallinna Kalev 145362126−518
5 SK 10 Premium 143381546−3112Relegation group
6 Tammeka 142391358−459
7 Ajax Tallinn 1422101362−498
8 Põlva FC Lootos 1421111150−397
Source: Soccerway

Championship round

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Flora (C, Q)2018111078+9955Qualification for the Champions League qualifying round
2 Pärnu 20171210413+9152
3 Levadia 20100105255−330
4 Tallinna Kalev 2073102851−2324
Source: Soccerway
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Relegation round

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 SK 10 Premium 2064102252−3022
2 Põlva FC Lootos 2061132156−3519
3 Tammeka 2053122165−4418Relegation Playoff
4 Ajax Tallinn (R)2033142075−5512Relegation to Esiliiga
Source: Soccerway
(R) Relegated.

Playoff

First leg

Tulevik ja Suure-Jaani United 1–2 Tammeka
Report
Viljandi linnastaadion kunstmuru, Viljandi

Second leg

Tammeka 3–0 Tulevik ja Suure-Jaani United
Report
Tartu Sepa tänava staadion, Tartu

Tammeka won 5–1 on aggregate and remain in the Naiste Meistriliiga.

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References

  1. ↑ "Meistriliiga Women". int.women.soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  2. ↑ "#UWCL qualifying round report". uefa.com. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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