Estonian football championship 1939/40

Estonian football championship 1939/40
master	Olümpia Tartu (1st title)
Cup winners	Tallinna JK
Relegated	ÜENÜTO Tallinn SS Kalev Pärnu
Teams	8th
Games	56
Gates	221  (ø 3.95 per game)
Top scorer	Nikolai Linberg ( JS Estonia Tallinn )
← Estonian football championship 1938/39 Estonian football championship 1942 →

The Estonian soccer championship was played for the 19th time in 1939/40 as the highest Estonian soccer division of men. In the 1939/40 season, 8 clubs competed against each other in a total of 56 games. Each team played once at home and away against every other team. The 2-point rule applied . The championship was interrupted in August 1940 by the Soviet invasion during World War II. Olümpia Tartu could become champions for the first time in the club's history. ÜENÜTO Tallinn and SS Kalev Pärnu were relegated at the end of the season.

Parnu Tallinn Tartu

Location of the clubs

statistics

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Olümpia Tartu	14th	9	4th	1	039:140	+25	22: 60
2.	JS Estonia Tallinn (M)	14th	9	3	2	036:160	+20	21: 70
3.	S.Ü. Esta Tallinn	14th	8th	0	6th	028:250	+3	16:12
4th	SK Tallinna Sport	14th	5	4th	5	034:230	+11	14:14
5.	JK Tallinna Kalev	14th	5	4th	5	018:210	−3	14:14
6th	Tallinna JK (P)	14th	4th	3	7th	026:320	−6	11:17
7th	ÜENÜTO Tallinn (N)	14th	3	3	8th	022:380	−16	09:19
8th.	SS Kalev Parnu (N)	14th	2	1	11	018:460	−28	05:23
Stand: Final stand

Legend
1939/40 season
	Estonian champion
	Relegated
At the end of the 1938/39 season
(M)	Champion of the previous year
(P)	Cup winner of the previous year
(N)	Climbers

List of goalscorers

If the number of goals is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically by last name.

Pl.	Nat.	Surname	logo	team	Gates
01.		Nikolai Linberg		JS Estonia Tallinn	15th
02.		Richard Kuremaa		Olümpia Tartu	13
03.		Boriss Riisik		Olümpia Tartu	9
04th		Arnold Truks		ÜENÜTO Tallinn	8th
		Hugo Ööbik		SK Tallinna Sport
Status: end of season

The championship team of Olümpia Tartu

(All players in the team were taken into account)

1.	Olümpia Tartu
	Players : Kurt Karusion , Erich Kivilo , Aleksander Kõss , Feliks Kull , Alfred Liba , Otto Lõhmus , Erich Mals , Boriss Murd , Raimond Pakassaar , Aleksander Palumets , Konstantin Pool , Boris Riisik , Russak, Ants Ruven , Viktor Sieger Coach : Karl-Richard Idlane

Web links

• Estonian football championship 1939/40 eu-football.info
• Estonia, Championship History 1921-1998 in the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation database

literature

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

Individual evidence

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