Season | 2025 |
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Dates | 1 March – 24 November 2025 |
Matches played | 37 |
Goals scored | 128 (3.46 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Erik Mottus Raivo Saar (5 goals) |
Biggest home win | Flora U21 9–0 Tammeka II (25 April 2025) |
Biggest away win | Tallinna Kalev II 0–4 Viimsi (10 April 2025) |
Highest scoring | Flora U21 9–0 Tammeka II (25 April 2025) |
Longest winning run | Nõmme United (4 match) |
Longest unbeaten run | Elva (5 match) |
Longest winless run | Tallinna Kalev U21 (7 match) |
Longest losing run | Tammeka II (6 match) |
← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of 25 April 2025. |
The 2025 Esiliiga is the 35th season of the Esiliiga, the second tier of Estonian football. The season began on 1 March and is scheduled to conclude on 24 November 2025. [1]
The league consisted of ten teams; seven teams remaining from the previous season, two teams promoted from the Esiliiga B, and one team relegated from the Meistriliiga.
The promoted teams were the 2024 Esiliiga B champions Tammeka U21 and runners-up Nõmme Kalju U21. They replaced the 2024 Esiliiga bottom two teams Paide Linnameeskond U21 and Tabasalu.
The relegated team was the 2024 Meistriliiga bottom-placed team Nõmme United. They replaced the 2024 Esiliiga champions Harju.
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Elva | Elva | Elva linnastaadion | 30 [2] |
FCI Levadia U21 | Tallinn | Maarjamäe Stadium | 30 [3] |
Flora U21 | Sportland Arena | 1,172 [4] | |
Nõmme Kalju U21 | Hiiu Stadium | 650 [5] | |
Nõmme United | Männiku Stadium | 500 [6] | |
Tallinn | Lasnamäe Sports Complex Stadium | 200 [7] | |
Tallinna Kalev U21 | Sportland Arena | 1,172 [4] | |
Tammeka U21 | Tartu | Sepa Jalgpallikeskus | 504 [8] |
Viimsi | Haabneeme | Viimsi Stadium | 800 [9] |
Welco | Tartu | Holm Park | 580 [10] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Nõmme United | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 81 | 19 | +62 | 65 | Promotion to the Meistriliiga |
2 | Viimsi | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 21 | +33 | 56 | Qualification for the Meistriliiga play-off |
3 | Welco | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 56 | 36 | +20 | 49 | |
4 | Elva | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 45 | |
5 | Flora U21 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 37 | Ineligible for promotion as a league below main team |
6 | Tallinn | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 31 | |
7 | Nõmme Kalju U21 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 31 | Ineligible for promotion as a league below main team |
8 | FCI Levadia U21 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 26 | Qualification for the Esiliiga play-off |
9 | Tallinna Kalev U21 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 60 | −20 | 21 | Relegation to the Esiliiga B |
10 | Tammeka U21 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 27 | 102 | −75 | 6 |
Teams face each other four times (twice at home and twice away).
The eighth-placed team will face the third-placed team of the 2025 Esiliiga B in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2026 Esiliiga.