2011 Meistriliiga
Season | 2011 |
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Champions |
Flora 9th title |
Relegated | Lasnamäe Ajax |
Champions League | Flora |
Europa League |
Nõmme Kalju Narva Trans Levadia |
Baltic League |
Flora Nõmme Kalju Narva Trans Levadia Sillamäe Kalev |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 615 (3.42 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Aleksandrs Čekulajevs (46 goals) |
Biggest home win | Trans 14–0 Ajax |
Biggest away win | Ajax 0–12 Trans |
Highest scoring |
Flora 13–1 Ajax Trans 14–0 Ajax |
Longest winning run |
Nõmme Kalju (9 games)[1] |
Longest unbeaten run |
Flora (21 games)[1] |
Longest winless run |
Lasnamäe Ajax (36 games)[1] |
Longest losing run |
Lasnamäe Ajax (11 games)[1] |
← 2010 2012 → |
The 2011 season of the Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system, was the 21st season in the league's history. It started on 5 March 2011 and ended in November 2011. The defending champions were Flora, who won their eighth league championship the previous year.
Teams
Lootus finished in 10th and last place in the league last year and were directly relegated to the Esiliiga as a result, ending a one-year stay in the Estonian top flight. Taking their place were Lasnamäe Ajax, who finished third in the Esiliiga and first among promotion-eligible clubs. They returned to the top flight after a three-year absence.
FC Flora Tallinn and their feeder club JK Viljandi Tulevik terminated the link as Tulevik decided to continue with their own players in II Liiga. FC Viljandi was created to ensure top level football would remain in the city of Viljandi.[2]
In addition, the 9th place Meistriliiga club, Kuressaare, faced the 4th place Esiliiga club, Tamme Auto in a two-legged playoff for a place in the competition. Kuressaare won the playoff, 4–2 on aggregate, and thus retained their place in the league.
Team summaries
Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager | Reserve team |
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Flora | Tallinn | A. Le Coq Arena | 9,692 | Martin Reim | Flora II (Esiliiga) |
Nõmme Kalju | Tallinn | Hiiu staadion | 500 | Igor Prins | Nõmme Kalju II (Second league) |
Kuressaare | Kuressaare | K. linnastaadion | 2,000 | Sergei Zamogilnõi | Sörve (Second league) |
Lasnamäe Ajax | Tallinn | FC Ajax Stadium | 1,500 | Boriss Dugan | Lasnamäe Ajax II (Second league) |
Levadia | Tallinn | Kadrioru Stadium | 5,000 | Sergei Hohlov-Simson | Levadia II (Esiliiga) |
Paide Linnameeskond | Paide | Paide Ühisgümnaasiumi stadium | 500 | Meelis Rooba | Paide Kumake (Second league) |
Sillamäe Kalev | Sillamäe | Kalevi staadion | 2,000 | Vladimir Kazachyonok | Sillamäe Kalev II (Second league) |
Tammeka | Tartu | Tamme staadion | 2,000 | Kristjan Tiirik | Tammeka II (Second league) |
Trans | Narva | Kreenholmi staadion | 3,000 | Aleksei Yagudin | Premium (Second league) |
Viljandi | Viljandi | V. linnastaadion | 2,500 | Zaur Chilingarashvili | Valga Warrior (Esiliiga) |
League table
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Flora (C) | 36 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 100 | 24 | +76 | 86 | 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round |
2 | Nõmme Kalju | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 82 | 23 | +59 | 79 | 2012–13 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round |
3 | Narva Trans | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 107 | 29 | +78 | 73 | |
4 | Levadia | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 76 | 25 | +51 | 73 | 2012–13 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 1 |
5 | Sillamäe Kalev | 36 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 77 | 59 | +18 | 54 | |
6 | Paide | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 45 | |
7 | Tammeka | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 57 | 75 | −18 | 39 | |
8 | Viljandi | 36 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 37 | 69 | −32 | 30 | |
9 | Kuressaare (O) | 36 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 28 | 68 | −40 | 26 | Qualification for Relegation play-off |
10 | Lasnamäe Ajax (R) | 36 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 11 | 192 | −181 | 4 | Relegation to 2012 Esiliiga |
Updated to games played on 5 November 2011.
Source: Estonian Football Association (Estonian)
Rules for classification:
1st points; 2nd least withdrawals or annulled matches; 3rd overall wins; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored.
If two or more teams on the top have the same amount of points by the end of the season, the aforementioned rules will not apply and additional game(s) will be played to determine the champions[3]
1The winners of the 2011–12 Estonian Cup competition (Levadia) will qualify for the first qualifying round of UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Relegation play-off
At season's end, the 9th place club in the Meistriliiga participated in a two-legged playoff with the runners-up of the 2011 Esiliiga for one place in the following year's competition.
13 November 2011 | Infonet | 0 – 1 | Kuressaare | Tallinn |
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13:00 EET (GMT+2) | Report | Borissov 2' (o.g.) | Stadium: Lasnamäe KJH kunstmuru Attendance: 187 Referee: Jaan Roos |
19 November 2011 | Kuressaare | 4 – 1 | Infonet | Kuressaare |
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13:00 EET (GMT+2) | Pukk 41' Valmas 60' Viira 85' Pajunurm 87' |
Timofejev 61' | Stadium: Linnastaadion Attendance: 135 Referee: Eiko Saar |
Kuressaare retained their place in the league, winning 5–1 on aggregate.
Results
Each team played every opponent four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 games.
First half of season
Home ╲ Away | FLO | NÕM | KUR | AJX | LEV | PAI | SIL | TAM | NAR | VIL |
Flora | 3–3 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | |
Nõmme Kalju | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | |
Kuressaare | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | |
Lasnamäe Ajax | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 0–7 | 0–0 | |
Levadia | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
Paide | 1–2 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
Sillamäe Kalev | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | |
Tammeka | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
Narva Trans | 0–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | |
Viljandi | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
Source: Estonian Football Association
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Second half of season
Home ╲ Away | FLO | NÕM | KUR | AJX | LEV | PAI | SIL | TAM | NAR | VIL |
Flora | 1–0 | 2–1 | 13–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
Nõmme Kalju | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
Kuressaare | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–02 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | |
Lasnamäe Ajax | 0–11 | 0–7 | 3–5 | 0–7 | 0–6 | 0–7 | 0–3 | 0–12 | 0–4 | |
Levadia | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
Paide | 1–4 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
Sillamäe Kalev | 0–6 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 5–0 | |
Tammeka | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 9–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–3 | |
Narva Trans | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 14–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 5–0 | |
Viljandi | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 8–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 |
Updated to games played on 5 November 2011.
Source: Estonian Football Association
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2The original score was 0–2, but was awarded 0–x to Kuressaare as Levadia used a suspended player.[4]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Aleksandrs Čekulajevs | Narva Trans | 46 |
2 | Tarmo Neemelo | Nõmme Kalju | 22 |
Albert Prosa | Tammeka | 22 | |
4 | Henri Anier | Flora | 21 |
5 | Vitali Leitan | Levadia | 20 |
6 | Maksim Gruznov | Narva Trans | 17 |
7 | Jüri Jevdokimov | Nõmme Kalju | 16 |
Kristen Viikmäe | Nõmme Kalju | 16 | |
9 | Aleksei Alekseev | Sillamäe Kalev | 14 |
Aleksandr Nikulin | Sillamäe Kalev | 14 |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Meistriliiga - 2011". WhoScored.com. WhoScored.com. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
- ↑ "Viljandi Tulevik läheb kohalike pallurite kätte ja hakkab mängima II liigas" (in Estonian). Õhtuleht. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- ↑ "Eesti 2011.a meistrivõistluste Meistri- ja Esiliiga juhend" (PDF). jalgpall.ee (in Estonian). EJL. 5 January 2011. p. 9. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- ↑ "Levadia nädalalõpp värvus mustaks" [Levadia's weekend turned black] (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ↑ "Meistriliiga 2011 statistika – Väravalööjad" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- ↑ "VÄRAVALÖÖJATE EDETABEL (2011)" (in Estonian). EJL. 4 June 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
External links
- Soccernet.ee (Estonian)