2022 Esiliiga

Esiliiga

Season	2022
Dates	3 March 2022 – 13 November 2022
Champions	Harju
Promoted	Harju
Relegated	Tulevik Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi
Matches played	180
Goals scored	663 (3.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Egert Õunapuu (36 goals)
Biggest home win	Elva 9–0 Tulevik (6 August 2022)
Biggest away win	Tulevik 0–7 Nõmme United (10 September 2022)
Highest scoring	Elva 9–1 Paide Linnameeskond U21 (17 September 2022)
Longest winning run	9 matches Paide Linnameeskond U21
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches FCI Levadia U21
Longest winless run	22 matches Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi
Longest losing run	10 matches Alliance
← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 Esiliiga was the 32nd season of the Esiliiga, the second tier of Estonian football. The season started on 3 March 2022 and concluded on 13 November 2022.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Flora U21
Levadia U21
Nõmme

Paide U21

Elva

Harju

Alliance

Viimsi

Tulevik

Pärnu

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Locations of the 2022 Esiliiga teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alliance	Kohtla-Järve	Kohtla-Järve Sports Centre Stadium	150 [1]
Elva	Elva	Elva linnastaadion	30 [2]
FCI Levadia U21	Tallinn	Maarjamäe Stadium	30 [3]
Flora U21		Lilleküla training ground I	150 [4]
Harju	Laagri	Laagri Stadium	40 [5]
Nõmme United	Tallinn	Männiku Stadium	50 [6]
Paide Linnameeskond U21	Paide	Paide linnastaadion	500 [7]
Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi	Pärnu	Pärnu Rannastaadion	1,501 [8]
Tulevik	Viljandi	Viljandi linnastaadion	384 [9]
Viimsi	Haabneeme	Viimsi Stadium	800 [10]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alliance	Erik Šteinberg	Erik Kruglov	Adidas	Viru Keemia Grupp
Elva	Veiko Haan	Markus Lokk	Nike	Sportland
FCI Levadia U21	Artjom Artjunin	Andres Järve	Adidas	Admirals, Viimsi Keevitus
Flora U21	Taavi Viik	Karl Orren	Nike	Optibet [11]
Harju	Victor Silva	Andre Järva	Adidas	Enemat
Nõmme United	Martin Klasen	Oliver Ani	Uhlsport	Apollo
Paide Linnameeskond U21	Meelis Rooba	Rasmus Kallas	Nike	Exmet, Verston
Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi	Igor Prins	Mirko Mardiste	Hummel	Savi
Tulevik	Indrek Ilves	Gustav-Hendrik Seeder	Joma	Airok
Viimsi	Ivo Lehtmets	Oskar Jõgi	Joma	Assa Abloy

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Tulevik	Sander Post [12]	Signed by Flora	18 December 2021	Pre-season	Indrek Ilves [13]	8 January 2022
Flora U21	Ats Sillaste [14]	Signed by Paide Linnameeskond	21 December 2021		Taavi Viik	1 January 2022
Paide Linnameeskond U21	Erki Kesküla	Mutual consent	31 December 2021		Meelis Rooba
FCI Levadia U21	Robert Sadovski		11 January 2022		Ivan Stojković [15]	11 January 2022
	Ivan Stojković [16]	Promoted to FCI Levadia	1 July 2022	1st	Nikita Andreev	1 July 2022
	Nikita Andreev [17]		22 September 2022	3rd	Artjom Artjunin	22 September 2022

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Harju (C, P)	36	24	4	8	97	46	+51	76	Promotion to Meistriliiga
2	FCI Levadia U21	36	21	5	10	85	45	+40	68	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Meistriliiga
3	Elva	36	20	6	10	76	52	+24	66	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Viimsi	36	20	3	13	76	40	+36	63
5	Flora U21	36	19	5	12	88	52	+36	62	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Meistriliiga
6	Nõmme United	36	18	6	12	79	56	+23	60
7	Paide Linnameeskond U21	36	17	1	18	75	88	−13	52	Reserve teams are not eligible to be promoted to the Meistriliiga
8	Alliance (O)	36	8	3	25	29	105	−76	27	Qualification for relegation play-offs
9	Tulevik (R)	36	6	5	25	28	102	−74	23	Relegation to Esiliiga B
10	Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi (R)	36	4	8	24	30	77	−47	20

Source: Esiliiga
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) Fair-play points; 10) Draw ^[18]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Matches 1–18 Home \ Away ALL ELV LEV FLO HAR NÕM PLM PÄR TUL VII Alliance — 0–2 0–4 0–3 0–3 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 Elva 4–1 — 3–4 1–4 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 FCI Levadia U21 1–2 3–1 — 4–1 3–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 Flora U21 1–0 0–1 4–1 — 2–3 3–2 0–4 3–0 3–0 2–1 Harju 6–1 4–2 1–1 4–2 — 4–2 5–0 1–0 6–0 0–1 Nõmme United 2–2 1–1 0–6 2–0 3–2 — 1–3 1–1 2–0 0–2 Paide U21 4–0 1–2 3–0 0–6 1–5 3–1 — 3–0 7–1 2–0 Pärnu 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–6 — 1–2 2–3 Tulevik 0–5 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–6 0–5 2–1 — 0–3 Viimsi 5–0 8–1 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–0 4–3 1–1 3–0 — Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–36 Home \ Away ALL ELV LEV FLO HAR NÕM PLM PÄR TUL VII Alliance — 1–3 0–4 2–2 0–3 0–4 1–3 2–1 0–2 0–3 Elva 4–0 — 3–1 1–1 4–3 3–1 9–1 3–2 9–0 2–1 FCI Levadia U21 4–0 1–1 — 0–3 3–0 2–4 5–0 7–1 3–2 1–2 Flora U21 8–0 1–4 1–2 — 3–5 3–0 1–1 6–0 4–0 4–1 Harju 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–4 — 5–1 4–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 Nõmme United 4–1 2–0 0–2 3–2 4–1 — 4–1 3–0 4–0 1–1 Paide U21 1–4 2–0 1–4 1–2 2–4 0–5 — 0–2 3–2 1–3 Pärnu 6–0 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 0–2 1–3 — 1–3 1–7 Tulevik 5–0 0–1 1–1 0–4 0–5 0–7 2–4 0–0 — 1–0 Viimsi 6–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 5–0 2–0 3–0 — Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

16 November 2022

19:00 (UTC+2)

Alliance	3–3	Tallinna Kalev U21
Velikanov 18', 55' Torinava 28' (pen.)	Report	Jürisoo 33' Loginov 61' Planken 68'

Kohtla-Järve artificial turf, Kohtla-Järve

Attendance: 125

Referee: Kristjan Kattus

20 November 2022

12:00 (UTC+2)

Tallinna Kalev U21	0–1	Alliance
	Report	Kardava 83'

Kalev Keskstaadion artificial turf, Tallinn

Attendance: 79

Referee: Kristjan-Eric Lääne

Alliance won 4–3 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals [19]
1	Egert Õunapuu	Nõmme United	36
2	Andre Järva	Harju	20
3	Roman Sobtšenko	Harju	17
4	Nikita Dronov	FCI Levadia U21	16
	Bubacarr Tambedou	Paide Linnameeskond U21
6	Andre Paju	Elva	15
	Aleksandr Šapovalov	Flora U21
8	Andreas Kiivit	Flora U21	14
9	Devid Lehter	Elva	13
	Ebrima Singhateh	Paide Linnameeskond U21
	Ken-Marten Tammeveski	Viimsi

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Ebrima Singhateh	Paide Linnameeskond U21	Tulevik	5–3 (A) [20]	7 March 2022
Egert Õunapuu	Nõmme United	Tulevik	7–1 (A) [21]	19 March 2022
Karl Anton Sõerde	Viimsi	Elva	8–1 (H) [22]	17 April 2022
Andreas Kiivit	Flora U21	Nõmme United	3–2 (H) [23]	15 May 2022
Andre Järva 4	Harju	Paide Linnameeskond U21	5–0 (H) [24]	19 May 2022
Nevil Krimm	Viimsi	Alliance	5–0 (H) [25]	19 May 2022
Andreas Kiivit	Flora U21	Paide Linnameeskond U21	6–0 (A) [26]	26 May 2022
Roman Sobtšenko	Harju	Elva	4–2 (H) [27]	28 May 2022
Ebrima Singhateh	Paide Linnameeskond U21	Tulevik	7–1 (H) [28]	4 June 2022
Bubacarr Tambedou	Paide Linnameeskond U21	Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi	6–1 (A) [29]	19 June 2022
Nikita Dronov	FCI Levadia U21	Flora U21	4–1 (H) [30]	30 June 2022
Ken-Marten Tammeveski	Viimsi	Alliance	6–1 (H) [31]	16 July 2022
Andre Paju	Elva	Tulevik	9–0 (H) [32]	6 August 2022
Devid Lehter 4	Elva	Alliance	4–0 (H) [33]	20 August 2022
Gregor Lehtmets	Viimsi	Paide Linnameeskond U21	5–0 (H) [34]	22 August 2022
Egert Õunapuu	Nõmme United	Ida-Virumaa FC Alliance	4–0 (A) [35]	1 September 2022
Egert Õunapuu 4	Nõmme United	Tulevik	7–0 (A) [36]	10 September 2022
Silver Õismets	Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi	Alliance	6–0 (H) [37]	17 September 2022
Aleksandr Šapovalov 4	Flora U21	Alliance	8–0 (H) [38]	2 October 2022
Egert Õunapuu	Nõmme United	Alliance	4–1 (H) [39]	29 October 2022
Ken-Marten Tammeveski	Viimsi	Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi	7–1 (A) [40]	30 October 2022
Karl Rudolf Õigus	FCI Levadia U21	Paide Linnameeskond U21	5–0 (H) [41]	31 October 2022
Egert Õunapuu	Nõmme United	Paide Linnameeskond U21	5–0 (A) [42]	5 November 2022

Notes

⁴ Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
March [43]	Tauri Viik	Flora U21	Egert Õunapuu	Nõmme United
April [44]	Meelis Rooba	Paide Linnameeskond U21	Murad Velijev	FCI Levadia U21
May [45]	Ivan Stojković	FCI Levadia U21	Roman Sobtšenko	Harju
June/July [46]	Veiko Haan	Elva	Karl Kruus	Elva
August [47]	Victor Silva	Harju	Devid Lehter
September [48]	Martin Klasen	Nõmme United	Egert Õunapuu	Nõmme United
October [49]	Victor Silva	Harju	Ken-Marten Tammeveski	Viimsi

Esiliiga Player of the Season

Egert Õunapuu was named Esiliiga Player of the Year. ^[50]

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External links

• Official website