2025 Esiliiga B

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Esiliiga B
Season2025
Dates28 February – 9 November 2025
Champions Maardu Linnameeskond (2nd title)
Promoted Maardu Linnameeskond
Relegated Läänemaa JK
Matches174
Goals714 (4.1 per match)
Top goalscorerAleksandr Volkov (34 goals)
2024
2026

The 2025 Esiliiga B was the thirteen season of the Esiliiga B, the third tier of Estonian football. The season started on 28 February and finished on 9 November 2025. [1]

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Teams

The league consisted of ten teams; eight teams remaining from the previous season, two team promoted from the II liiga, and two team relegated from the Esiliiga. [2]

Paide Linnameeskond U21 and Tabasalu were relegated from the 2024 Esiliiga, replacing Tammeka U21 and runners-up Nõmme Kalju U21 from the 2024 Esiliga B.

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Kuressaare U21 Kuressaare Kuressaare linnastaadion 1,000 [3]
Tallinna JK Legion Tallinn Sportland Arena 1,198 [4]
Läänemaa Haapsalu Haapsalu linnastaadion 1,080 [5]
Narva Trans U21 Narva Narva Kalev-Fama Stadium 1,000 [6]
Nõmme United U21 Tallinn Männiku Stadium 500
Jõhvi FC Phoenix Jõhvi Heino Lipp Stadium 794
Maardu Linnameeskond Maardu Maardu Stadium 1,000
Tabasalu Tabasalu Tabasalu Arena 1,630
Tartu Kalev Ülenurme Ülenurme Stadium 312 [7]
Paide U21 Paide Paide linnastaadion 500

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1 Maardu Linnameeskond (C, P)35275311438+7686Promotion to the 2026 Esiliiga
2 Nõmme United U21 36233109353+4072
3 Phoenix 36215109561+3468Qualification for the Esiliiga play-off
4 Narva Trans U21 35213118651+3566
5 Tartu Kalev 36194138153+2861
6 Tabasalu 36138156067747
7 Legion 361361769942545
8 Paide Linnameeskond U21 (Q)36118176571641Qualification for the Esiliiga B play-off
9 Kuressaare U21 (R)365229401086817Relegation to the 2026 II liiga
10 Läänemaa (R)3632313314010711
Source: Esiliiga B
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 [8]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Esiliiga B play-off

The two runners-up from the 2025 II liiga (TBD and TBD) contested the semi-finals over two legs, with the winners facing the eighth-placed Esiliiga B team (Paide Linnameeskond U21) in another two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2026 Esiliiga B.

Semi-final

First leg

TBD 2025 TBD TBD TBD
TBD BST Stadium: TBD

Second leg

TBD 2025 TBD
( agg.)
TBD TBD
TBD BST Stadium: TBD

Final

First leg

TBD 2025 TBD Paide Linnameeskond U21 TBD
10:30 BST Stadium: TBD

Second leg

References

  1. "2025 Esiliiga B Tabel & Statistik". footystats. 6 November 2025.
  2. "2025 Esiliiga B". jalgpall. 6 November 2025.
  3. "Kuressaare Linnastaadion". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  4. "Sportland Arena".
  5. "Haapsalu Staadion". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  6. "Narva Kalev-Fama staadion" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  7. "Ülenurme Gümnaasiumi staadion". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  8. "Eesti 2023. a jalgpalli meistrivõistluste Premium ja Esiliigade juhend" (PDF) (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. pp. 17–18. Retrieved 1 March 2023.