2024 Meistriliiga

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Season2024
Dates1 March – 9 November 2024
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The 2024 Meistriliiga, also known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga due to sponsorship reasons, [1] is the 34th season of the Meistriliiga, the top Estonian league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1992.

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The winners qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up, third-placed team, and 2024–25 Estonian Cup winners (or fourth-placed team if the Estonian Cup winners finish in the top three of the Meistriliiga) qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League first qualifying round. The ninth-placed team qualify for the Meistriliiga play-off. The bottom-placed team are relegated to the 2025 Esiliiga.

Teams

The league consisted of ten teams; the top nine teams of the previous season, and one team promoted from the Esiliiga. Nõmme United were promoted as champions of the 2023 Esiliiga, replacing the bottom-placed 2023 Meistriliiga side Harju. Flora entered the season as defending champions.

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
FCI Levadia Tallinn A. Le Coq Arena 14,336 [2]
Flora
Kuressaare Kuressaare Kuressaare linnastaadion 1,000 [3]
Narva Trans Narva Narva Kreenholm Stadium 1,065 [4]
Nõmme Kalju Tallinn Sportland Arena 1,172 [5]
Nõmme United Männiku Stadium 500 [6]
Paide Linnameeskond Paide Paide linnastaadion 500 [7]
Tallinna Kalev Tallinn Kadriorg Stadium 5,000 [8]
Tammeka Tartu Tartu Tamme Stadium 1,638 [9]
Vaprus Pärnu Pärnu Rannastaadion 1,501 [10]

Personnel and kits

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
FCI Levadia Flag of Spain.svg Curro Torres Flag of Estonia.svg Rasmus Peetson Macron [11] Viimsi Keevitus
Flora Flag of Estonia.svg Norbert Hurt Flag of Estonia.svg Konstantin Vassiljev Nike Optibet [12]
Kuressaare Flag of Ukraine.svg Roman Kozhukhovskyi Flag of Estonia.svg Märten Pajunurm NikeVisit Saaremaa
Narva Trans Flag of Russia.svg Aleksei Eremenko Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Irié NikeSportland
Nõmme Kalju Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Andreev Flag of Estonia.svg Henri Perk Adidas Marsbet [13]
Nõmme United Flag of Ecuador.svg Juan Martínez
Flag of Estonia.svg Randin Rande (caretakers)		 Flag of Estonia.svg Kevin Mätas Adidas TonyBet
Paide Linnameeskond Flag of Serbia.svg Ivan Stojković Flag of Estonia.svg Andre Frolov Capelli [14] Verston
Tallinna Kalev Flag of Estonia.svg Daniel Meijel Flag of Estonia.svg Tristan Toomas Teeväli Macron Unibet [15]
Tammeka Flag of Estonia.svg Marti Pähn Flag of Estonia.svg Richard Aland Nike
Vaprus Flag of Estonia.svg Igor Prins Flag of Estonia.svg Magnus Villota NikeCoolbet

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in the tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Nõmme United Flag of Estonia.svg Vladimir Vassiljev [16] Signed by ŠTK Šamorín 26 November 2023Pre-season Flag of Finland.svg Jani Sarajärvi [17] 30 December 2023
Flora Flag of Estonia.svg Jürgen Henn [18] Resigned3 December 2023 Flag of Estonia.svg Norbert Hurt [19] 7 December 2023
Nõmme United Flag of Finland.svg Jani Sarajärvi [20] Contract terminated2 April 202410th Flag of Ecuador.svg Juan Martínez
Flag of Estonia.svg Randin Rande (caretakers)		2 April 2024

League table

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Results

Teams face each other four times (twice at home and twice away).

Home \ Away FCI FLO KUR NAR NÕK NÕU PLM TAK TAM VAP FCI FLO KUR NAR NÕK NÕU PLM TAK TAM VAP
FCI Levadia —6–012 May2–02–020 Apr—1 May
Flora 5 May—4–321 Apr2–01–32–211 May—17 Apr
Kuressaare 0–627 Apr—21 Apr0–63–011 May—
Narva Trans —2–028 Apr2–20–54 May—
Nõmme Kalju 1–53–0—2–10–2—
Nõmme United 4 May0–0—12 May20 Apr2–1—
Paide Linnameeskond 2–13–13–1—5 May20 Apr—
Tallinna Kalev 0–212 May27 Apr—1–13–11–21 May—
Tammeka 28 Apr0–01–2—1–0—
Vaprus 1–33–21–226 Apr0–3——
Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2024. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Meistriliiga play-off

The ninth-placed club will face the second-placed club from the 2024 Esiliiga for the final place in the following season's Meistriliiga.

Season statistics

As of 10 March 2024

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [21]
1 Flag of Estonia.svg Alex Matthias Tamm Nõmme Kalju6
2 Flag of Estonia.svg Robi Saarma Paide Linnameeskond5
3 Flag of Estonia.svg Mark Anders Lepik Flora4
Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Felicio FCI Levadia
5 Flag of Nigeria.svg Ahmed Adebayo Tammeka3
Flag of Estonia.svg Mihkel Ainsalu FCI Levadia
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richie Musaba FCI Levadia

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Flag of Estonia.svg Alex Matthias Tamm Nõmme KaljuKuressaare6–0 (A) [22] 2 March 2024
Flag of Estonia.svg Mark Anders Lepik FloraNarva Trans4–3 (H) [23] 6 April 2024

Awards

Monthly awards

MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the Month
ManagerClubPlayerClub
March [24] Flag of Spain.svg Curro Torres FCI Levadia Flag of Estonia.svg Alex Matthias Tamm Nõmme Kalju

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