2026 Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga

Season	2026
Dates	7 March 2026 – November 2026
← 2025 2027 →

The 2026 Meistriliiga, also known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga due to sponsorship reasons, ^[1] is the 36th season of the Meistriliiga, the top Estonian league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 7 March 2026 and will conclude in November. ^[2]

Teams

The league consisted of ten teams; the top nine teams of the previous season, and one team promoted from the Esiliiga. Flora entered the season as defending champions.

The promoted team was the 2025 Esiliiga champions Nõmme United. They replaced the bottom-placed 2025 Meistriliiga team Tallinna Kalev.

Stadiums and locations

Tallinn

Tallinn teams:
FCI Levadia
Flora
Nõmme Kalju
Nõmme United

Harju

Kuressaare

Narva Trans

Paide Linnameeskond

Tammeka

Vaprus

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Locations of the 2026 Meistriliiga teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
FCI Levadia	Tallinn	A. Le Coq Arena	14,336 [3]
Flora
Harju	Laagri	Laagri Stadium	500 [4] [5]
Kuressaare	Kuressaare	Kuressaare Linnastaadion	1,000 [6]
Narva Trans	Narva	Narva Kalev-Fama Stadium	1,000 [7]
Nõmme Kalju	Tallinn	Hiiu Stadium	570 [8]
Nõmme United		Männiku Stadium	500 [9]
Paide Linnameeskond	Paide	Paide Linnastaadion	500 [10]
Tammeka	Tartu	Tartu Tamme Stadium	1,750 [11]
Vaprus	Pärnu	Pärnu Rannastaadion	1,501 [12]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
FCI Levadia	Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko	Rasmus Peetson	Macron [13]	Viimsi Keevitus
Flora	Konstantin Vassiljev	Rauno Alliku	Nike	zondacrypto [14]
Harju	Lauri Nuuma	Andres Järve	Adidas
Kuressaare	Sander Post	Karl-Romet Nõmm	Nike	Visit Saaremaa
Narva Trans	Roman Kozhukhovskyi	Mark Maksimkin	Nike	Sportland
Nõmme Kalju	Nikita Andreev	Henri Perk	Macron [15]
Nõmme United	Sławomir Cisakowski	Andre Frolov	Adidas	TonyBet
Paide Linnameeskond	Vladimir Vassiljev	Henrik Ojamaa	Capelli [16]	Verston
Tammeka	Karel Voolaid	Richard Aland	Nike	Livida [17]
Vaprus	Igor Prins	Magnus Villota	Nike	Coolbet

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Tammeka	Siim Valtna	End of interim spell	8 November 2025 [18]	Pre-season	Karel Voolaid	18 December 2025 [19]
FCI Levadia	Curro Torres	End of contract	5 December 2025 [20]		Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko	6 December 2025 [21]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flora	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	FCI Levadia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3	Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round [a]
3	Vaprus	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	3
4	Harju	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
5	Nõmme Kalju	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
6	Paide Linnameeskond	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	0
7	Narva Trans	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
8	Tammeka	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
9	Kuressaare	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0	Qualification for the Meistriliiga play-off
10	Nõmme United	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0	Relegation to the Esiliiga

Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2026. Source: A. Le Coq Premium liiga
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 ^[22]
Notes:

1. The 2026–27 Estonian Cup winners also qualify for the Conference League first qualifying round (or the fourth-placed team of the Meistriliiga if the Estonian Cup winners finish in the top three).

Results

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

Home \ Away	FCI	FLO	HAR	KUR	NAR	NÕK	NÕM	PLM	TAM	VAP
FCI Levadia				2–0
Flora							3–0
Harju
Kuressaare
Narva Trans			1–2
Nõmme Kalju
Nõmme United
Paide Linnameeskond
Tammeka						0–1
Vaprus								3–2

Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2026. Source: A. Le Coq Premium liiga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

• 2026 Esiliiga
• 2026 Esiliiga B
• 2025–26 Estonian Cup
• 2026–27 Estonian Cup

References

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