Estonian football championship 1928

Estonian football championship 1928
master	Tallinna JK (2nd title)
Games	21st
Gates	105  (ø 5 per game)
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The Estonian football championship was played for the eighth time in 1928 as the highest Estonian football division of men. The championship was held for the last time in the knockout system . Champion was for the second time in the club history of Tallinna JK after a final victory over VK Merkur Tallinn .

Jõelähtme Tallinn Kohila Narva Parnu Rakvere Tartu Sindi Türi Võhma

Location of the clubs

1 round

In the first round, lower-class clubs could qualify for the second round through victories in their regional knockout systems, which were divided into Tallinn , North, South and Central Estonia.

Tallinn region

	Result
ÜENÜTO 1	1: 2	ÜENÜ Hõimla 2
NMKÜTO 3	2: 1	Edu Tallinn
VVS Puhkekodu Tallinn	13: 0	Tekas Tallinn
Äriteeniyad Tallinn	3: 1	Vitjas Tallinn

¹ The exact club name is Üle Eestilise Noorte Ühenduse Tallinna Osakond.
² The exact club name is Üle Maaline Noorte Ühendus Hõimla.
³ The exact club name is Noorte Meeste Kristliku Ühenduse Tallinna Osakond.

	Result
ÜENÜ Hõimla	5-0	NMKÜTO
VVS Puhkekodu Tallinn	1: 2	Äriteeniyad Tallinn

	Result
ÜENÜ Hõimla	3: 1	Äriteeniyad Tallinn

North Region (Põhja)

	Result
Kalev Rakvere	3: 1	Astra Narva

South Region (Lõuna)

	Result
Tartu JK	bye

West region (Lääne)

	Result
Kohila Püsivus	1: 2	Jõelähtme Ühendus

Central Estonia Region (Kesk)

	Result
Parnu JK	4: 5	Vaprus Parnu
Sindi Klaju	bye
Türi Spordiring	8: 1	Võhma Leola

	Result
Sindi Klaju	2: 2	Vaprus Parnu
Türi Spordiring	bye

	Result
Sindi Klaju	w / o 1	Vaprus Parnu

¹ Vaprus Pärnu did not appear in the replay.

	Result
Türi Spordiring	3-0	Sindi Klaju

2nd round

In the second round, the victorious clubs played the regional champions from which they could qualify for the third round. Since there were five regional champions, Türi Spordiring played twice to qualify for the playoff.

Regional masters

	Result
Jõelähtme Ühendus	2: 5	Türi Spordiring
ÜENÜ Hõimla	1: 5	Tartu JK
Türi Spordiring	4: 2	Kalev Rakvere

	Result
Tartu JK	1-0	Türi Spordiring

3rd round

In the third round, the 2nd round winner Tartu JK and last year's three quarter-finalists played for a place in the final round.

	Result
SR Võitleja Tallinn	2: 1	KS Narva Võitlea
SR Võitleja Tallinn	4: 2	JK Parnu Tervis
SR Võitleja Tallinn	0: 3	Tartu JK

final

Tallinna JK and VK Merkur Tallinn were already qualified for the final round. The Tartu JK did not take part in the final round for unknown reasons, so it came straight to a final.

Tallinna JK		VK Mercury Tallinn
	final September 2, 1928 in Tallinn ( Kadrioru stadium ) Result: 4: 1 Referee: Nikolai Tšutšelov Match report
	August Lass - Ralf Liivar , Eugen Einman (n), Elmar Saar , Bernhard Rein , Elmar Kaljot , Hugo Väli , Arnold Pihlak , Eduard Ellman-Eelma , Karl Fischer , Ernst-Aleksander Joll Trainer: Hans Winter	Paul Leithammel - Edmund Peterson , Voldemar Peterson , Aleksander Aljas , Herbert Saarne , Artur Maasik , Vinkel, Alfei Jürgenson , Roland Jürisson , Theodor Strandberg , August-Voldemar Vahar Trainer: nb
	Arnold Pihlak Ernst-Aleksander Joll Eduard Ellman-Eelma Eduard Ellman-Eelma	Artur Maasik

The JS Estonia Tallinn championship team

(All players in the team were taken into account)

1.	JS Estonia Tallinn
	Players : Johannes Brenner , Eugen Einman (s), Eduard Ellman-Eelma , Karl Fischer , Ernst-Aleksander Joll , Elmar Kaljot , Rudolf Kallaste , August Lass , Ralf Liivar , Arnold Pihlak , Bernhard Rein , Elmar Saar , Hugo Väli Trainer : Hans Winter

Web links

• Estonia, Championship History 1921-1998 rsssf.com
• Estonian football championship 1928 eu-football.info

literature

• Luik, Margus, Estonian Football 100 years; ML Agency, ISBN 978-9949-18-257-2 , pp. 465-466.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 8. EESTI MEISTRIVÕISTLUSED spordiinfo.ee (Estonian)