2009 Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga

Season	2009
Champions	Levadia 7th league title
Relegated	Tallinna Kalev
Champions League	Levadia
Europa League	Sillamäe Kalev Trans TBD (via dom. cup)
Baltic League	Levadia Sillamäe Kalev Trans Flora Kalju
Matches played	180
Goals scored	590 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vitali Gussev (26)
Biggest home win	Kalju 10–0 Paide LM Trans 10–0 Kuressaare
Biggest away win	Tammeka 0–8 Sillamäe Kalev
Highest scoring	Kalju 10–0 Paide LM Trans 10–0 Kuressaare
← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 season of the Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system, is the 19th season in the league's history. It started on 7 March 2009 and will end on 10 November 2009. The defending champions are Levadia.

Changes from the previous season

TVMK were disbanded after the end of the previous season.^[1] Hence Vaprus, who originally were to be directly relegated, faced Esiliiga side Paide LM in a relegation play-off series for one spot in Meistriliiga 2009. With an aggregate 5–5, Paide LM won the promotion play-off against Vaprus on the away goals rule and play their first season in Estonian top division. Tallinna Kalev, who originally were to participate in the relegation series, were spared.

Kuressaare earned promotion to the 2009 Meistriliiga after finishing in second place in the 2008 Esiliiga; champions Levadia II were not eligible to be promoted.

JK Maag Tammeka Tartu changed their name to JK Tammeka Tartu following the retreat of a major sponsor.^[2]

Overview

Flora
Kalju
Levadia
Tallinna Kalev

Kuressaare

Sillamäe Kalev

Tammeka

Tulevik

Trans

Paide LM

Location of teams in Meistriliiga 2009

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Current manager
Flora	Tallinn	A. Le Coq Arena	9,300	Tarmo Rüütli
Kalju	Tallinn	Hiiu Stadium	500	Fredo Getulio
Kuressaare	Kuressaare	Kuressaare Linnastaadion	2,000	Jan Važinski
Levadia	Tallinn	Kadrioru Stadium	4,750	Igor Prins
Paide LM	Paide	ÜG Stadium	268	Viktor Mets
Sillamäe Kalev	Sillamäe	Kalevi Stadium	2,000	Anatoly Ushanov
Tallinna Kalev	Tallinn	Kalevi Keskstaadion	12,000	Daniel Meijel
Tammeka	Tartu	Tamme Stadium	2,000	Norbert Hurt
Trans	Narva	Kreenholmi Stadium	3,000	Sergei Ratnikov
Tulevik	Viljandi	Viljandi Linnastaadion	2,500	Marko Lelov

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Levadia (C)	36	31	4	1	121	23	+98	97	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Sillamäe Kalev	36	24	4	8	85	40	+45	76	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3	Trans	36	23	7	6	82	29	+53	76	2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4	Flora	36	22	6	8	79	31	+48	72	2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 1
5	Kalju	36	15	9	12	65	47	+18	54
6	Tulevik	36	15	6	15	55	49	+6	51
7	Tammeka	36	7	3	26	29	86	−57	24
8	Kuressaare	36	7	3	26	21	99	−78	24
9	Paide LM (O)	36	6	4	26	21	97	−76	22	Promotion/Relegation play-off
10	Tallinna Kalev (R)	36	4	4	28	32	89	−57	16	Relegation to the Esiliiga

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 winner of the 2009–10 Estonian Cup, Levadia have already qualified for Champions League, that means Flora will qualify for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League 1st qualifying round as cup runners-up.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegation play-off

The 9th placed team of Meistriliiga and the runners-up of Esiliiga will compete in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in 2010 Meistriliiga.

November 15 13:00	Warrior	0 – 1	Paide LM	Sportland Arena, Tallinn Attendance: 110 Referee: Roomer Tarajev
		Report	48' Pebre

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November 21 13:00	Paide LM	1 – 1	Warrior	Paide kunstmuruväljak, Paide Attendance: 170 Referee: Jaan Roos
	Leetma  8'	Report	75' Danelson

Paide Linnameeskond wins 2–1 on aggregate and retains their spot in next season's Meistriliiga.

Results

Each team plays every opponent four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 games.

First half of season

Home \ Away1	FLO	KLJ	KUR	LEV	PAI	S.K	T.K	TAM	TRN	TUL
Flora		0–0	3–0	1–3	4–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0
Kalju	0–1		6–1	1–2	3–0	1–3	2–1	4–0	1–2	1–1
Kuressaare	1–0	1–2		1–7	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–5	0–3
Levadia	3–2	3–1	3–0		2–0	3–1	4–1	8–0	2–0	5–0
Paide LM	0–6	0–3	0–0	0–3		0–2	1–0	3–1	0–5	0–1
Sillamäe Kalev	3–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	6–0		2–0	5–0	2–1	1–0
Tallinna Kalev	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1		0–4	2–4	0–1
Tammeka	0–4	1–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–8	0–3		1–4	1–1
Trans	1–2	3–0	2–0	0–3	3–02	1–2	3–1	3–1		1–1
Tulevik	1–1	0–2	3–0	0–7	1–0	1–3	2–1	3–0	1–2

Source: Estonian Football Association (Estonian)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²The match was declared 3–0 for Narva Trans because Paide LM used ineligible players.^[4]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away1	FLO	KLJ	KUR	LEV	PAI	S.K	T.K	TAM	TRN	TUL
Flora		2–2	3–0	1–3	0–0	4–0	4–1	2–1	1–2	4–1
Kalju	3–2		1–0	1–3	10–0	1–1	3–4	1–1	2–2	1–1
Kuressaare	0–3	0–02		1–3	4–1	0–3	2–0	0–2	0–7	0–4
Levadia	1–0	5–0	8–0		4–2	6–1	5–1	6–1	1–1	3–0
Paide LM	0–6	0–3	2–0	1–5		0–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	0–4
Sillamäe Kalev	1–3	1–1	5–1	0–1	3–0		7–0	3–0	0–2	3–1
Tallinna Kalev	1–2	0–2	1–4	0–1	3–2	2–6		1–6	0–2	0–2
Tammeka	0–4	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–0		0–1	0–3
Trans	0–0	0–0	10–0	2–1	4–1	0–1	1–0	2–0		3–1
Tulevik	0–1	3–2	6–0	0–0	4–0	1–3	4–1	0–1	0–1

Source: Estonian Football Association (Estonian)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²The match was awarded as lost for both teams with no goals counted, because both Kuressaare and Kalju used an ineligible player. The original result was 2–3.^[5]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Last updated: 10 November 2009; Source: Estonian Football Association Soccernet.ee (Estonian)

26 goals

• Vitali Gussev (Levadia)

20 goals

• Felipe Nunes (Kalju)

17 goals

• Nikita Andreev (Levadia)

14 goals

• Jüri Jevdokimov (Tulevik)

13 goals

• Alo Dupikov (Flora)
• Vitali Leitan (Levadia)
• Aleksey Naumov (Sillamäe Kalev)
• Aleksandr Tarassenkov (Trans)
• Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (Flora)

12 goals

• Konstantin Nahk (Levadia)

11 goals

• Dmitry Lipartov (Sillamäe Kalev)
• Tõnis Kaukvere (Kalju)

10 goals

• Aleksandr Dubõkin (Sillamäe Kalev)
• Aleksandr Kulik (Sillamäe Kalev)
• Sander Puri (Levadia)
• Daniil Ratnikov (Trans)

Awards

Monthly

Month	Manager of the Month	Player of the Month
March[6]	Igor Prins (Levadia)	Jüri Jevdokimov (Tulevik)
April[7]	Igor Prins (Levadia)	Vitali Gussev (Levadia)
May[8]	Anatoly Ushanov (Sillamäe Kalev)	Alo Dupikov (Flora)
June[9]	Igor Prins (Levadia)	Aleksey Naumov (Sillamäe Kalev)
July[9]	Tarmo Rüütli (Flora)	Sander Puri (Levadia)
August[10]	Sergei Ratnikov (Trans)	Tomas Rimas (Trans)
September[10]	Igor Prins (Levadia)	Konstantin Nahk (Levadia)
October[11]	Igor Prins (Levadia)	Eduard Ratnikov (Trans)

See also

• 2009 Esiliiga

References

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2. ^ "Maag Tammekast saab lihtsalt Tammeka" (in Estonian). soccernet.ee. 30 October 2008. http://www.soccernet.ee/news.php?id=22279. Retrieved 25 July 2009. 
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4. ^ "Tulemuse tühistamine Meistriliiga avavoorus" (in Estonian). jalgpall.struktuur.ee. EJL. 11 March 2009. http://jalgpall-ee.z131.zone.ee/news.php?st=style_m.css&news_id=155. Retrieved 28 July 2009. 
5. ^ "Meistriliiga 19. vooru mängud" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 17 July 2009. http://www.soccernet.ee/day/2009/1/19/#2467. Retrieved 17 July 2009. 
6. ^ "Meistriliiga märtsikuu parimateks tunnistati Prins ja Jevdokimov" (in Estonian). jalgpall.struktuur.ee. EJL. 4 April 2009. http://jalgpall-ee.z131.zone.ee/news.php?st=style_m.css&news_id=233. Retrieved 7 July 2009. 
7. ^ "Meistriliiga kuu parimate auhinnad läksid Levadiale" (in Estonian). jalgpall.ee. EJL. 28 April 2009. http://jalgpall-ee.z131.zone.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=330. Retrieved 7 July 2009. 
8. ^ "Maikuu parimaks valiti Alo Dupikov" (in Estonian). soccernet.ee. 14 June 2009. http://www.soccernet.ee/news.php?id=26296. Retrieved 7 July 2009. 
9. ^ ^{a b} June 2009 "Juulikuu parimad olid Rüütli ja Puri" (in Estonian). postimees.ee. http://sport.postimees.ee/?id=147638 June 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2009. 
10. ^ ^{a b} "Meistriliiga septembri parimad on Prins ja Nahk" (in Estonian). jalgpall.ee. EJL. http://jalgpall-ee.z131.zone.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=884. Retrieved 4 October 2009. 
11. ^ "Meistriliiga oktoobrikuu parimad on Igor Prins ja Eduard Ratnikov" (in Estonian). jalgpall.ee. EJL. http://jalgpall-ee.z131.zone.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=956. Retrieved 8 November 2009. 

External links

• soccernet.ee (Estonian)
• soccerassociation.com
• uefa.com