1995–96 Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga

Season	1995 – 1996
Champions	FC Lantana Tallinn
Promoted	JK Vall Tallinn
Relegated	Pärnu JK
UEFA Cup	FC Lantana Tallinn
UEFA Cup	FC Flora Tallinn
Top goalscorer	Lembit Rajala (16)
← 1994–1995 1996–1997 →

The 1995-1996 season in the premier Estonian league, named Meistriliiga, was the fifth domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 1991-08-20. Eight teams competed in this edition, with FC Lantana Tallinn winning the title.

A win was rewarded with three instead of two points; one point for a draw. After the first round, played in the autumn of 1995, the top six teams played off for title, taking half their points with them to the second round, which was staged in the spring of 1996. The bottom two entered a Premier Division promotion tournament with the top four of the First Division, named Esiliiga.

First round

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	FC Lantana Tallinn	14	10	3	1	37	8	33 → 17
2	FC Narva Trans	14	6	4	4	22	16	22 → 11
3	FC Flora Tallinn	14	6	4	4	37	19	22 → 11
4	Sadam Tallinn	14	6	3	5	23	16	21 → 11
5	Tevalte-Marlekor Tallinn	14	6	2	6	20	19	20 → 10
6	JK Tervis Pärnu	14	5	2	7	25	29	17 → 9
7	JK Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi	14	3	8	3	13	17	17
8	Pärnu JK	14	0	2	12	8	61	2

Second round

Championship

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	FC Lantana Tallinn	10	6	2	2	21	7	20 + 17 = 37
2	FC Flora Tallinn	10	6	2	2	14	3	20 + 11 = 31
3	Tevalte Tallinn	10	7	0	3	13	10	21 + 10 = 31
4	Sadam Tallinn	10	4	1	5	17	19	13 + 11 = 24
5	FC Narva Trans	10	2	2	6	11	16	8 + 11 = 19
6	JK Tervis Pärnu	10	1	1	8	7	28	4 + 9 = 13

Promotion/Relegation

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	JK Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi	10	7	0	3	23	7	21
2	JK Vall Tallinn	10	7	0	3	18	9	21
3	FC Norma Tallinn	10	5	2	3	13	11	17
4	Pärnu JK	10	4	2	4	12	20	14
5	FC Dünamo Tallinn	10	2	2	6	8	14	8
6	Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi	10	1	2	7	9	22	5

Topscorers

Pos	Name	Team	Goals
1	Lembit Rajala	FC Flora Tallinn	16
2	Maksim Gruznov	FC Lantana Tallinn	12
3	Ivan O'Konnel-Bronin	JK Tervis Pärnu / FC Flora Tallinn	8
	Andrei Borissov	FC Lantana Tallinn	8
	Aleksandr Olerski	Tevalte-Marlekor Tallinn	8
	Boriss Nejolov	FC Narva Trans	8
	Dmitri Ustritski	Sadam Tallinn	8

See also

• 1995 in Estonian football
• 1996 in Estonian football

References

• Estonia - List of final tables (RSSSF)