2010 Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga

Season	2010
Champions	Flora (8th title)
Relegated	Lootus
Champions League	Flora
Europa League	Levadia Trans
Baltic League	Flora Levadia Trans Kalju Sillamäe Kalev
Matches played	180
Goals scored	576 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sander Post (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Levadia 6–0 Paide LM (23 March) Flora 6–0 Kuressaare (17 July) Levadia 6–0 Tammeka (6 November)
Biggest away win	Lootus 0–8 Flora (15 September)
Highest scoring	Paide LM 1–8 Sillamäe Kalev (10 July) Flora 6–3 Tammeka (31 July)
Longest winning run	Flora (11 games) (31 July–25 September)
Longest unbeaten run	Flora (24 games) (10 April–25 September)
Longest winless run	Paide LM (15 games) (13 March–12 June)
Longest losing run	Kuressaare (11 games) (5 June–21 August)
← 2009 2011 →

The 2010 season of the Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system, is the 20th season in the league's history. It starts in March and ends in November. The defending champions are Levadia.

Overview

Lootus

Kuressaare

Trans

Paide LM

Sillamäe Kalev

Flora
Levadia
Kalju

Tammeka

Tulevik

Location of the Meistriliiga 2010 teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
Flora	Tallinn	A. Le Coq Arena	9,692	Martin Reim
Kalju	Tallinn	Hiiu staadion	500	Igor Prins
Kuressaare	Kuressaare	K. linnastaadion	2,000	Sergei Zamogilnõi
Levadia	Tallinn	Maarjamäe staadion	500	Aleksandr Puštov
Lootus	Kohtla-Järve	SPK staadion	500	Andrei Škaleta
Paide LM	Paide	ÜG stadium	500	Meelis Rooba
Sillamäe Kalev	Sillamäe	Kalevi staadion	2,000	Vladimir Kazachyonok
Tammeka	Tartu	Tamme staadion	2,000	Marko Kristal
Trans	Narva	Kreenholmi staadion	3,000	Valeri Bondarenko
Tulevik	Viljandi	V. linnastaadion	2,500	Marko Lelov

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flora (C)	36	29	4	3	104	32	+72	91	2011–12 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Levadia	36	26	8	2	100	16	+84	86	2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3	Trans	36	23	7	6	67	31	+36	76	2011–12 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 1
4	Kalju	36	18	8	10	59	42	+17	62
5	Sillamäe Kalev	36	18	5	13	79	52	+27	59
6	Tammeka	36	11	7	18	50	66	−16	40
7	Tulevik	36	8	5	23	33	62	−29	29
8	Paide LM	36	6	7	23	30	79	−49	25
9	Kuressaare	36	7	3	26	32	93	−61	24	Promotion/Relegation play-off
10	Lootus (R)	36	6	2	28	22	103	−81	20	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.^[1].
¹Champions-League qualified Flora won the cup against Trans, so Levadia will qualify for the second qualifying round. Trans and Narva took the first qualifying round spots.
(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, Kuressaare, and the fourth place team of Esiliiga, Tamme Auto competed in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in 2011 Meistriliiga. Kuressaare won the play-off 4–2 on aggregate and retained their spot in the league.

14 November 2010 12:00 CET	Tamme Auto	2–1	Kuressaare	Kiviõli stadium, Kiviõli Attendance: 70
	Šteinberg  60' Kirilov  79'		Aljas  15'

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20 November 2010 12:00 CET	Kuressaare	3–0	Tamme Auto	Kuressaare linnastaadion, Kuressaare
	Skiperskiy  27' Viira  31' Pukk  36'

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	LOT	PAI	S.K	TAM	TRN	TUL
Flora		1–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	4–2	3–2	1–1	1–1
Kalju	1–2		2–1	0–3	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0
Kuressaare	1–2	1–2		0–7	1–2	1–0	0–4	2–3	0–1	3–2
Levadia	2–1	0–0	1–1		5–1	6–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0
Lootus	0–4	0–5	5–2	0–3		2–1	0–1	1–3	0–5	0–1
Paide LM	0–2	0–3	1–2	0–4	1–0		0–1	1–3	0–4	2–0
Sillamäe Kalev	1–2	2–2	0–02	1–1	3–1	4–0		4–0	1–2	2–1
Tammeka	0–1	2–3	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–4		1–2	2–0
Trans	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–2	0–1	4–1	2–2	0–0		2–0
Tulevik	0–1	1–4	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–3	0–1

Source: Estonian Football Association
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²The match was awarded as won for Kuressaare, with no goals being counted, because Sillamäe Kalev used an ineligible player. The original result was 6–0.^[2][3][4]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

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

Source: Estonian Football Association
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²The match was awarded as won for Trans, with no goals being counted, because Paide LM used an ineligible player. The original result was 0–0.^[5]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season Statistic

Miscellaneous

• Oldest player: 45 years, 117 days – Aleksey Zhukov (Lootus v Kuressaare on 08/05/2010)
• Youngest player: 16 years, 66 days – Alexey Cherkasov (Sillamäe Kalev v Trans on 06/11/2010)
• Oldest goalscorer: 38 years, 207 days – Aleksey Naumov (Sillamäe Kalev v Flora on 28/08/2010)
• Youngest goalscorer: 16 years, 216 days – Andreas Raudsepp (JK Viljandi Tulevik v Trans on 06/11/2010)

Top goalscorers

Correct as of 6 November 2010.^[6][7]

24 goals

• Sander Post (FLO)

21 goals

• Jüri Jevdokimov (KLJ)

20 goals

• Tarmo Neemelo (LEV)

16 goals

• Vitali Leitan (LEV)

14 goals

• Deniss Malov (LEV)

13 goals

• Henri Anier (FLO)
• Marius Bezykornovas (TRN)

12 goals

• Konstantin Nahk (LEV)
• Albert Prosa (TAM)

9 goals

• Maksim Gruznov (S.K}
• Nikita Koljajev (S.K)
• Aleksandr Nikulin (S.K)
• Felipe Nunes (KAL)
• Dmitri Skiperskiy (KUR)
• Nerijus Vasiliauskas (S.K)

See also

• 2010 Esiliiga
• 2009–10 Estonian Cup

References

1. ^ "Eesti 2010.a meistrivõistluste Meistri- ja Esiliiga juhend" (in Estonian) (PDF). jalgpall.ee. EJL. February 1, 2010. p. 8. http://www.jalgpall.ee/docs/Eesti%202010.a%20meistriv%F5istluste%20Meistri-%20ja%20Esiliiga%20juhend.pdf. Retrieved March 9, 2010. 
2. ^ "Техническое поражение" (in Russian). JK Sillamäe Kalev. 1 June 2010. http://fcsillamae.ee/?a=news_view&id=244. Retrieved 4 June 2010. 
3. ^ "Flora võitis Levadiat ja säilitas liidrikoha (täiend. 31. mail)" (in Estonian). EJL. 29 May 2010. http://www.jalgpall.ee/news.php?st=style_m.css&news_id=1512. Retrieved 4 June 2010. 
4. ^ "Sillamäe rikkus reglementi, meeskond saab võidu!" (in Estonian). FC Kuressaare. 1 June 2010. http://www.fckuressaare.ee/?module=news&id=862. Retrieved 4 June 2010. 
5. ^ Sillamäe võitis, Paide kaotas viigi ja Tulevik lõi iluvärava (video) (Estonian)
6. ^ "Meistriliiga 2010 statistika – Väravalööjad" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 15 September 2010. http://soccernet.ee/eesti-meistriliiga-2010/statistika?varavaloojad. Retrieved 16 September 2010. 
7. ^ "VÄRAVALÖÖJATE EDETABEL (2010)" (in Estonian). EJL. 4 June 2010. http://www.jalgpall.ee/top10.php?b=ML&year=2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010. 

External links

• Soccernet.ee (Estonian)