2010 Meistriliiga
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The 2010 season of the 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...

, the first 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
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 Capacity Manager
Flora
FC Flora Tallinn
MTÜ JK FC Flora is an Estonian football club that was founded in 1990. FC Flora are a multiple winner of the Meistriliiga title and the Estonian Cup. They have for years been raising the most number of players for the national team, and have also grown players from their successful youth system...

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...

A. Le Coq Arena
A. Le Coq Arena
A. Le Coq Arena is a football stadium in Tallinn, Estonia. As well as football matches, it also hosts various concerts and events. According to the plan, the stadium is unfinished....

9,692   Martin Reim
Martin Reim
Martin Reim is a former football midfielder, member of the Estonian national team and the current manager of FC Flora....

Kalju
JK Nõmme Kalju
JK Nõmme Kalju is an Estonian football club based in Nõmme, Tallinn. The club was originally established in 1923 and then re-established in 1997. Nõmme Kalju currently play in the Meistriliiga, the highest level of Estonian football after many adventures in lower divisions. Hiiu Staadion is their...

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...

Hiiu staadion
Hiiu Stadium
Hiiu staadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Tallinn, Estonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Nõmme Kalju. The stadium holds 500 and was built in 1923. The address of the stadium is Pidu tänav 11, Tallinn....

500   Igor Prins
Igor Prins
Igor Prins is an Estonian football coach and former Estonian national team midfielder. Currently he is the head coach of JK Nõmme Kalju...

Kuressaare
FC Kuressaare
FC Kuressaare is an Estonian football club based in Kuressaare. The club was founded in 1990, and plays at the Kuressaare linnastaadion. Due to their numerous promotions and relegations, they are considered as a yo-yo club...

Kuressaare
Kuressaare
Kuressaare is a town and a municipality on Saaremaa island in Estonia. It is the capital of Saare County. The current population is about 14,706 Kuressaare is a town and a municipality on Saaremaa island in Estonia. It is the capital of Saare County. The current population is about 14,706...

K. linnastaadion
Kuressaare Linnastaadion
Kuressaare linnastaadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Kuressaare, Estonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the matches of FC Kuressaare. The stadium holds 2,000 people.-External links:* *...

2,000   Sergei Zamogilnõi
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...

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...

Maarjamäe staadion 500   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...

Lootus
FC Lootus Kohtla-Järve
Lootus Kohtla-Järve is an Estonian football club from Kohtla-Järve. They play in the Esiliiga, the second highest level of Estonian football league pyramid.In 2004 and 2005 the club was known as FC Lootus Alutaguse.-Current squad:As of November 2, 2011....

Kohtla-Järve
Kohtla-Järve
Kohtla-Järve is a city and municipality in north-eastern Estonia, founded in 1924 and incorporated as a town in 1946. The city is highly industrial, and is both a processor of oil shales and is a large producer of various petroleum products. The city is also very diverse ethnically: it contains...

SPK staadion 500   Andrei Škaleta
Paide LM Paide
Paide
Paide is the capital of Järva County, Estonia.A castle built by the Livonian Brothers of the Sword is located here. The town was formally founded 30 September 1291 by Halt, master of the Livonian Order....

ÜG stadium
Paide Ühisgümnaasiumi stadium
Paide Ühisgümnaasiumi staadion is a multi-use stadium in Paide, Estonia.It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Meistriliiga team Paide Linnameeskond.The stadium has a capacity of 268.-External links:*...

500   Meelis Rooba
Meelis Rooba
Meelis Rooba is an Estonian football coach and former Estonian national team midfielder. Currently he is the head coach of Meistriliiga side Paide Linnameeskond.-International career:...

Sillamäe Kalev
JK Sillamäe Kalev
JK Sillamäe Kalev is an Estonian football club based in Sillamäe and was founded in 1951. The club currently play in the Meistriliiga, the highest level of Estonian football...

Sillamäe
Sillamäe
Sillamäe is a town in Ida-Viru County in the northern part of Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland. It has a population of 16,183 and covers an area of 10.54 km²...

Kalevi staadion
Sillamäe Kalevi Stadium
Sillamäe Kalevi staadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Sillamäe, Estonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the matches of JK Sillamäe Kalev. The stadium holds 2,000 people.- External links :*...

2,000   Vladimir Kazachyonok
Vladimir Kazachyonok
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kazachyonok is a retired Soviet football player and a current Russian coach.-International career:...

Tammeka
JK Tammeka Tartu
JK Tammeka Tartu is an Estonian football club based in Tartu.-History:In 2006 Tammeka merged with city rivals FC Merkuur to form JK Maag Tammeka Tartu. In 2009, however, Maag was dropped from the club's name after the company withdrew its sponsorship...

Tartu
Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city of Estonia. In contrast to Estonia's political and financial capital Tallinn, Tartu is often considered the intellectual and cultural hub, especially since it is home to Estonia's oldest and most renowned university. Situated 186 km southeast of Tallinn, the...

Tamme staadion 2,000   Marko Kristal
Marko Kristal
Marko Kristal is a former football midfielder with an outstanding career for the Estonian national team.-Club career:...

Trans Narva
Narva
Narva is the third largest city in Estonia. It is located at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, by the Russian border, on the Narva River which drains Lake Peipus.-Early history:...

Kreenholmi staadion 3,000   Valeri Bondarenko
Valeri Bondarenko
Valeri Bondarenko is an Estonian football coach and a former player.-Coaching career:1993–1994 he was the assistant coach of the Estonia national football team...

Tulevik
JK Viljandi Tulevik
Viljandi Tulevik is an Estonian football club, playing in the town of Viljandi.The club was originally founded in 1912. They play their home games at Viljandi linnastaadion. Tulevik was not a fully independent club, but rather a part of FC Flora's system in 1992-2010...

Viljandi
Viljandi
Viljandi is a town and municipality in southern Estonia with a population of 19,150 . It is the capital of Viljandi County. The town was first mentioned in 1283, upon being granted its town charter by Wilhelm von Endorpe....

V. linnastaadion 2,500   Marko Lelov
Marko Lelov
Marko Lelov is a retired football midfielder from Estonia, who became a football manager after his professional career...


League table

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Relegation play-off

The 9th placed team of Meistriliiga, Kuressaare
FC Kuressaare
FC Kuressaare is an Estonian football club based in Kuressaare. The club was founded in 1990, and plays at the Kuressaare linnastaadion. Due to their numerous promotions and relegations, they are considered as a yo-yo club...

, and the fourth place team of Esiliiga
2010 Esiliiga
The 2010 season of the Esiliiga, the second level in the Estonian football system, is the 20th season in the league's history. It starts in March and ends in November...

, 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:...

 competed in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in 2011 Meistriliiga
2011 Meistriliiga
The 2011 season of the Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system, is the 21st season in the league's history. It starts on 5 March 2011 and ends in November 2011...

. Kuressaare
FC Kuressaare
FC Kuressaare is an Estonian football club based in Kuressaare. The club was founded in 1990, and plays at the Kuressaare linnastaadion. Due to their numerous promotions and relegations, they are considered as a yo-yo club...

 won the play-off 4–2 on aggregate and retained their spot in the league.
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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.

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Miscellaneous

  • Oldest player: 45 years, 117 daysAleksey Zhukov
    Aleksey Zhukov
    Aleksey Zhukov is a Russian professional football coach and a player. As of 2009, he is a player-coach with FC Lootus Kohtla-Järve.-External links:* *...

     (Lootus
    FC Lootus Kohtla-Järve
    Lootus Kohtla-Järve is an Estonian football club from Kohtla-Järve. They play in the Esiliiga, the second highest level of Estonian football league pyramid.In 2004 and 2005 the club was known as FC Lootus Alutaguse.-Current squad:As of November 2, 2011....

     v Kuressaare
    FC Kuressaare
    FC Kuressaare is an Estonian football club based in Kuressaare. The club was founded in 1990, and plays at the Kuressaare linnastaadion. Due to their numerous promotions and relegations, they are considered as a yo-yo club...

     on 08/05/2010)
  • Youngest player: 16 years, 66 days – Alexey Cherkasov (Sillamäe Kalev
    JK Sillamäe Kalev
    JK Sillamäe Kalev is an Estonian football club based in Sillamäe and was founded in 1951. The club currently play in the Meistriliiga, the highest level of Estonian football...

     v Trans on 06/11/2010)
  • Oldest goalscorer: 38 years, 207 daysAleksey Naumov
    Aleksey Naumov
    Aleksey Sergeyevich Naumov is a Russian professional footballer, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga, for JK Sillamäe Kalev. He plays the position of defender.- External links :...

     (Sillamäe Kalev
    JK Sillamäe Kalev
    JK Sillamäe Kalev is an Estonian football club based in Sillamäe and was founded in 1951. The club currently play in the Meistriliiga, the highest level of Estonian football...

     v Flora
    FC Flora Tallinn
    MTÜ JK FC Flora is an Estonian football club that was founded in 1990. FC Flora are a multiple winner of the Meistriliiga title and the Estonian Cup. They have for years been raising the most number of players for the national team, and have also grown players from their successful youth system...

     on 28/08/2010)
  • Youngest goalscorer: 16 years, 216 days – Andreas Raudsepp (JK Viljandi Tulevik
    JK Viljandi Tulevik
    Viljandi Tulevik is an Estonian football club, playing in the town of Viljandi.The club was originally founded in 1912. They play their home games at Viljandi linnastaadion. Tulevik was not a fully independent club, but rather a part of FC Flora's system in 1992-2010...

     v Trans on 06/11/2010)

Top goalscorers

Correct as of 6 November 2010.
24 goals: Sander Post
Sander Post
Sander Post is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays for the Norwegian top league side Aalesunds FK in the position of striker.-Early career:...

 (FLO)

21 goals: Jüri Jevdokimov (KLJ)

20 goals: Tarmo Neemelo
Tarmo Neemelo
Tarmo Neemelo is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga, for JK Nõmme Kalju. He plays the position of striker and is also a member of the Estonia national football team.-Club career:...

 (LEV)

16 goals: Vitali Leitan (LEV)

14 goals: Deniss Malov (LEV)

13 goals: Henri Anier
Henri Anier
Henri Anier is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays for FC Flora Tallinn in Estonian Meistriliiga. He plays the position of striker.-Statistics:As of 16 2011.-International career:...

 (FLO) Marius Bezykornovas
Marius Bezykornovas
Marius Bezykornovas is a Lithuanian footballer, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga, for JK Narva Trans.-JK Narva Trans:In 2010, he joined Meistriliiga side JK Narva Trans and played his first match for the team on 9 March 2010....

 (TRN)

12 goals: Konstantin Nahk
Konstantin Nahk
Konstantin Nahk is an Estonian footballer who plays for Meistriliiga side FC Levadia Tallinn. He is a central midfielder, and is known for his set-piece ability. He had a spell abroad in the Veikkausliiga with FC Jokerit.-Individual:...

 (LEV) Albert Prosa
Albert Prosa
Albert Prosa is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga, for FC Flora Tallinn. He plays the position of striker.-Club career:...

 (TAM)

9 goals: Maksim Gruznov
Maksim Gruznov
Maksim Gruznov is an Estonian football striker. He plays for FC Trans Narva.Gruznov became the Meistriliiga top goalscorer in 1993/94 and then repeated his success in 2001 and 2006 seasons....

 (S.K} Nikita Koljajev (S.K) Aleksandr Nikulin
Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Nikulin
Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Nikulin is a Russian professional football player, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga, for JK Sillamäe Kalev.-External links:*...

 (S.K) Felipe Nunes (KAL) Dmitri Skiperskiy (KUR) Nerijus Vasiliauskas
Nerijus Vasiliauskas
Nerijus Vasiliauskas is a Lithuanian professional football player, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga, for JK Sillamäe Kalev.-External links:...

(S.K)

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