The 2010 season of the Esiliiga

Esiliiga

Esiliiga is the second-top league arranged by the Estonian Football Association. The league format was changed along with the Meistriliiga's, and therefore from the year 2005 consists of ten teams. Esiliiga starts from April and lasts until around the start of November...

, the second level in the Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

n football system, is the 20th season in the league's history. It starts in March and ends in November. The defending champions are Levadia II

FC Levadia II Tallinn

FC Levadia II Tallinn is an Estonian football club, the reserve team of FC Levadia Tallinn. The club was known as FC Levadia Tallinn and operated as an independent team until 2004...

, who are unable for promotion as they are the reserve team for Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded in 1991 and the current, 2011 is the league's 21st season...

 side Levadia

FC Levadia Tallinn

MTÜ SK FC Levadia Tallinn is an Estonian football club based in Tallinn. The club was founded in 1998, under the name FC Levadia Maardu. FC Levadia currently play in the Meistriliiga, the highest level of Estonian football...

.

Overview

Club	Location	Stadium	Current manager
Flora II FC Flora II Tallinn FC Flora II Tallinn is an Estonian football club, the reserve team of FC Flora Tallinn. They play in the Esiliiga, the second level of the Estonian football league pyramid. The team mainly consists of Under-21 players at the club.-Current squad:...	Tallinn Tallinn Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...	Sportland Arena	Zaur Tšilingarašvili
Flora Rakvere FC Flora Rakvere Rakvere JK Tarvas is an Estonian football club based in Rakvere. The club was founded in 2004. They play in the II liiga, the third highest level of Estonian football league pyramid...	Rakvere Rakvere Rakvere is a town in northern Estonia and the county seat of Lääne-Viru County, 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland.-History:The earliest signs of human settlement dating back to the 3rd-5th centuries AD have been found on the present theatre hill. Probably to protect that settlement, a wooden...	Rakvere linnastaadion	Urmas Kirs Urmas Kirs Urmas Kirs is an Estonian football manager and former player, currently managing FC Flora Rakvere. He was playing the position of defender. Kirs spent the prime years of his career playing for FC Flora Tallinn....
Lasnamäe Ajax FC Ajax Lasnamäe FC Ajax Lasnamäe is an Estonian football club based in Tallinn. They play in the Meistriliiga, the first division in Estonian football.-History:They managed to avoid relegation in 2006, their first Meistriliiga season, finishing 8th....	Tallinn	FC Ajax Stadium	Aleksandr Puštov Aleksandr Puštov Aleksandr Puštov is a retired footballer from Estonia, who holds the Russian passport. He retired in 2005. His last club was FC Ajax Lasnamäe...
Levadia II FC Levadia II Tallinn FC Levadia II Tallinn is an Estonian football club, the reserve team of FC Levadia Tallinn. The club was known as FC Levadia Tallinn and operated as an independent team until 2004...	Tallinn	Maarjamäe kunstmuru	Urmas Hepner Urmas Hepner Urmas Hepner is a former Estonian footballer, who is currently coaching Levadia Tallinn's reserves, as well as working in the club's youth system. In 1992 Hepner was named Estonian Footballer of the Year....
Tallinna Kalev JK Tallinna Kalev JK Tallinna Kalev is an Estonian football club based in Tallinn. The club was originally established in 1911 and then re-established in 2002. Tallinna Kalev currently play in the Esiliiga, the second highest level of Estonian football...	Tallinn	Kalevi kunstmuru	Sergei Ratnikov Sergei Ratnikov Sergei Ratnikov is a retired football midfielder from Estonia, and current manager of Estonian Esiliiga team JK Tallinna Kalev.-Personal:...
Orbiit Jõhvi JK Orbiit Jõhvi Jalgpalliklubi Orbiit is an Estonian football club based in Jõhvi. The club was founded on June 2, 1999. The team currently plays in the Esiliiga, the second highest level of Estonian football. Their home stadium is Jõhvi linnastaadion....	Jõhvi Jõhvi Jõhvi is a town in north-eastern Estonia, and the capital of Ida-Viru County. The town is also an administrative centre of Jõhvi Parish. It is situated 50 km from the Russian border....	Jõhvi linnastaadion Jõhvi linnastaadion Jõhvi linnastaadion is a multi-use stadium in Jõhvi, Estonia.It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Esiliiga team Jõhvi JK Orbiit.-External links:*...	Valeri Kulatšenko
Tamme Auto SK Kiviõli Tamme Auto SK Kiviõli Tamme Auto is an Estonian football club based in Kiviõli. The club was founded in 1999. They play in the Esiliiga, the second highest level of Estonian football league pyramid. Kiviõli stadium is their home stadium.-Current squad:...	Kiviõli Kiviõli Kiviõli is an industrial town in Ida-Viru County, Estonia with a population of 7000 . The main industry is oil shale mining, which gives the town its name...	Kiviõli staadion	Erik Šteinberg
TJK Legion Tallinna JK Legion Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi Legion or simply TJK Legion is an Estonian Esiliiga division football club, based in Tallinn. On 4 January 2008 Tallinna JK and SK Legion Tallinn merged into this club.-Current squad:As of 2 November 2011....	Tallinn	Wismari staadion	Viktor Passikuta
Warrior	Valga	Sportland Arena	Zaur Tšilingarašvili
Vaprus	Pärnu Pärnu Pärnu is a city in southwestern Estonia on the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea. It is a popular summer vacation resort with many hotels, restaurants, and large beaches. The Pärnu River flows through the city and drains into the Gulf of Riga...	Pärnu Kalevi staadion Pärnu Kalevi Staadion Pärnu Kalevi staadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Pärnu, Estonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Vaprus Pärnu. The stadium holds 1,500 and the pitch size is 100 by 60 meters. The address of the stadium is Ranna pst. 2, 80012 Pärnu.-References:...	Ants Kommussaar

League table

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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

Second half of season

Top goalscorers

28 goals Tõnis Starkopf (TMA)

24 goals Sergei Tasso (AJX)

18 goals Artur Rättel (LEV2)

15 goals Jaan Leimann (FLO2)

14 goals Maksim Kisseljov (TJK) Dmitri Kirilov (TMA)

13 goals Marten Mütt (FLO2) Taavi Laurits (VAP) Hannes Anier (FLO2)

12 goals Yaroslav Dmitriev (LEV2) Ilja Monakov (T.K) Raiko Karpov (WAR)

11 goals Alar Petrovits (RAK)

10 goals Ivo-Henri Pikkor (WAR)

External links

• soccernet.ee