Meistriliiga 2011

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Meistriliiga 2011
Meistriliiga logo
master FC Flora Tallinn
Champions League FC Flora Tallinn
Europe League JK Nõmme Kalju
JK Trans Narva
Cup winners FC Flora Tallinn
Relegation ↓ FC Kuressaare
Relegated FC Ajax Lasnamäe
Teams 10
Games 180 + 2 relegation games
Gates 615  (ø 3.42 per game)
spectator 36,497  (ø 203 per game)
Top scorer LatviaLatvia Aleksandrs Čekulajevs
(46 goals, JK Trans Narva)
← Meistriliiga 2010
Esiliiga 2011 (II) ↓

The Meistriliiga 2011 was the 21st season of the highest Estonian football division of men. The game was played from March 5th to November 5th 2011. Flora Tallinn was able to defend the title from the previous year .

Season course

As in the previous season, the league comprised ten teams. FC Flora Tallinn started the season as defending champions . Ajax Lasnamäe was promoted from Esiliiga , while FC Kuressaare stayed in Meistriliiga after relegation after the club had prevailed against Kiviõli Tamme Auto . The JK Tulevik Viljandi was the newly formed FC Viljandi replaced.

The championship was played in a regular season in two round matches. Each team competed four times against every other team. The bottom of the table was relegated to second-rate Esiliiga , the ninth-placed played in the relegation against the runner-up in Esiliiga 2011 .

The opening game of the 2011 season was played by FC Levadia Tallinn in the home game against FC Ajax Lasnamäe , which was won 3-0. The Estonian record champions Flora Tallinn , also champion of the 2010 season , won their first game of the season 1-0 against JK Nõmme Kalju after Sander Post had scored the game in the 87th minute. In the further course of the season Flora took over the championship lead from arch-rivals Levadia Tallinn. The Tallinn suburb club JK Nõmme Kalju and JK Trans Narva were positive surprises in the 2011 season . On the 26th matchday at the beginning of September Kalju even took over the top of the table after coach Igor Prins' team clearly defeated FC Flora Tallinn 3-0. After 30 matchdays, the Latvian Aleksandrs Čekulajevs beat Tarmo Neemelo's six-year-old record from the 2005 season , who scored 41 goals, with his 42nd goal .

A. Le Coq Arena

Teams

society city Stadion capacity
FC Flora Tallinn Tallinn A. Le Coq Arena 9,692
FC Levadia Tallinn Tallinn Kadrioru stadium 5,000
JK Trans Narva Narva Kreenholmi stadium 2,000
FC Viljandi Viljandi Viljandi Linnastaadion 2,000
JK Tammeka Tartu Tartu Tamme stadium 1,600
FC Kuressaare Kuressaare Kuressaare Linnastaadion 1,600
FC Ajax Lasnamäe Tallinn- Lasnamäe Ajaxi stadium 1,500
JK Kalev Sillamäe Sillamae Sillamäe Kalevi stadium 0800
JK Nõmme Kalju Tallinn- Nõmme Hiiu stadium 0500
Paide Linnameeskond Paide Paide linnastaadion 0400

Closing table

Location of the Meistriliiga clubs in 2010
Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. FC Flora Tallinn (M)  36  26th  8th  2 100: 760 +24 86
 2. JK Nõmme Kalju  36  24  7th  5 082:230 +59 79
 3. JK Trans Narva  36  22nd  7th  7th 107: 290 +78 73
 4th FC Levadia Tallinn (P)  36  21st  10  5 076:250 +51 73
 5. JK Kalev Sillamäe  36  17th  3  16 077:590 +18 54
 6th Paide Linnameeskond  36  13  6th  17th 040:510 −11 45
 7th JK Tammeka Tartu  36  11  6th  19th 057:750 −18 39
 8th. FC Viljandi  36  8th  6th  22nd 037:690 −32 30th
 9. FC Kuressaare  36  7th  5  24 028:680 −40 26th
10. FC Ajax Lasnamäe (N)  36  0  4th  32 011: 192 −181 04th

Placement criteria: 1. Points - 2. Cancellations - 3. Wins - 4. Direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 5. Goal difference - 6. Goals scored

  • Estonian champions and participation in the second qualifying round for the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League
  • Participation in the 1st qualifying round of the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League
  • Participation in the relegation game
  • Relegated to Esiliiga 2012
    • (M) reigning master
    (P) reigning cup winner
    (N) New (newcomer)

    Crosstab

    The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row. The teams play against each other four times, so that a total of 36 games have to be played, two home and two away games.

    Round 1 - 18 FC Flora Tallinn FC Levadia Tallinn JK Trans Narva JK Nõmme Kalju JK Kalev Sillamäe JK Tammeka Tartu FC Viljandi Paide Linnameeskond FC Kuressaare READ
    FC Flora Tallinn 0: 1 3-0 3: 3 2: 2 1-0 0-0 2: 1 3-0 6-0
    FC Levadia Tallinn 1: 1 2: 1 1: 3 4: 1 2: 2 2: 1 0: 1 2: 1 3-0
    JK Trans Narva 0: 2 1: 1 1: 3 1-0 4: 1 5-0 3-0 4-0 7-0
    JK Nõmme Kalju 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 4-0 3-0 0-0 1: 1 4-0
    JK Kalev Sillamäe 0: 1 1: 2 0: 3 1: 1 2: 3 2-0 2-0 1: 1 7-0
    JK Tammeka Tartu 0-0 0: 5 1: 1 2: 3 1: 4 1: 1 2: 2 2: 1 5-0
    FC Viljandi 0: 2 0: 1 0-0 0: 3 2: 3 1: 2 1-0 2-0 3: 1
    Paide Linnameeskond 1: 2 0-0 0: 1 0: 3 1-0 2: 2 2: 1 4: 1 1-0
    FC Kuressaare 0: 1 1: 5 0: 2 0: 1 0: 1 4: 1 0: 2 1-0 1: 1
    FC Ajax Lasnamäe 0: 3 1: 4 0: 7 0: 3 1: 5 0: 3 0-0 1: 2 2: 2
    Round 19-36 FC Flora Tallinn FC Levadia Tallinn JK Trans Narva JK Nõmme Kalju JK Kalev Sillamäe JK Tammeka Tartu FC Viljandi Paide Linnameeskond FC Kuressaare READ
    FC Flora Tallinn 3-0 1: 1 1-0 4-0 3: 2 4-0 2: 1 2: 1 13: 1
    FC Levadia Tallinn 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 3: 2 3-0 2-0 0-0 4-0 6-0
    JK Trans Narva 1: 1 0: 2 3: 2 2: 3 4-0 5-0 3-0 4-0 14: 0
    JK Nõmme Kalju 3-0 1: 1 1-0 3-0 3: 1 2: 1 1: 2 3-0 3-0
    JK Kalev Sillamäe 0: 6 0: 2 2: 5 0: 3 5: 1 5-0 4-0 3-0 7-0
    JK Tammeka Tartu 1: 4 0: 4 1: 4 0: 1 2-0 1: 3 1: 2 1-0 9-0
    FC Viljandi 2: 4 0-0 1: 3 0: 3 3: 2 0: 3 1: 1 0: 2 8-0
    Paide Linnameeskond 1: 4 0: 3 0: 1 0: 5 0: 1 2: 1 2-0 1-0 4-0
    FC Kuressaare 0: 3 0: 2 0: 2 0: 2 1: 2 0: 2 3-0 2: 1 0-0
    FC Ajax Lasnamäe 0:11 0: 7 0:12 0: 7 0: 7 0: 3 0: 4 0: 6 3: 5

    Relegation

    At the end of the regular season, the ninth place in the Meistriliiga competed against the runner-up in the Esiliiga in the relegation, which FC Kuressaare could win and maintain its place in the Meistriliiga.

    date home Result guest Gates
    November 13, 2011 FC Infonet Tallinn 0: 1 (0: 1) FC Kuressaare 0: 1 Borissov (2nd, ET. )
    November 19, 2011 FC Kuressaare 4: 1 (1: 0) FC Infonet Tallinn 1: 0 Pukk (41st), 2: 0 Valmas (60th), 2: 1 Timofejev (61st), 3: 1 Viira (85th),
    4: 1 Pajunurm (87th)

    List of goalscorers

    Pl. Surname team Gates
    1 LatviaLatvia Aleksandrs Čekulajevs JK Trans Narva 46
    2 EstoniaEstonia Tarmo Neemelo JK Nõmme Kalju 22nd
    EstoniaEstonia Albert prose JK Tammeka Tartu
    4th EstoniaEstonia Henri Anier FC Flora Tallinn 21st
    5 EstoniaEstonia Vitali Leitan FC Levadia Tallinn 20th
    6th RussiaRussia Maksim Gruznov JK Trans Narva 17th
    7th EstoniaEstonia Kristen Viikmäe JK Nõmme Kalju 16
    EstoniaEstonia Jüri Jevdokimov JK Nõmme Kalju
    9 RussiaRussia Aleksei Aleksejev JK Kalev Sillamäe 14th
    RussiaRussia Aleksandr Nikulin JK Kalev Sillamäe
    11 LithuaniaLithuania Marius Bezykornovas JK Trans Narva 12
    12 EstoniaEstonia Hannes Anier FC Flora Tallinn 11
    GeorgiaGeorgia Zakaria Beglarišvili FC Flora Tallinn

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Meistriliiga game days 2011 soccernet.ee (Estonian)
    2. ↑ Viljandi Tulevik lahkub Eesti meistriliigast postimees.ee (Estonian)
    3. ↑ Viljandi Tulevik läheb kohalike pallurite kätte ja hakkab mängima II liigas ohtuleht.ee (Estonian)
    4. ↑ Järgmised kohtumised soccernet.ee (Estonian)
    5. ↑ Posti iluvärav jättis Kalju tühjade kätega soccernet.ee (Estonian)
    6. ↑ Nõmme JK Kalju - Tallinna FC Flora 3: 0 (2: 0) soccernet.ee
    7. ↑ Cekulajevs soovib Eestist edasi liikuda soccernet.ee/