Meistriliiga 2015

Meistriliiga 2015
master	FC Flora Tallinn
Champions League qualification	FC Flora Tallinn
Europa League qualification	FC Levadia Tallinn FC Nõmme Kalju FC Infonet Tallinn
Cup winners	FC Nõmme Kalju
Relegation ↓	Pärnu Linnameeskond
Relegated	JK Tulevik Viljandi
Teams	10
Games	180 + 2 relegation games
Gates	544  (ø 3.02 per game)
spectator	56,824  (ø 316 per game)
Top scorer	Ingemar Teever (24 goals, FC Levadia Tallinn )
← Meistriliiga 2014 Meistriliiga 2016 →
Esiliiga 2015 ↓

In 2015, the Meistriliiga was held for the 25th time as the highest Estonian soccer division for men. The Estonian championship, which was officially held as A. Le Coq Premium liiga , began on March 6, 2015 and ended on November 7, 2015 with the 36th matchday. FC Levadia Tallinn started the season as defending champions .

Season course

As in the previous season, the league comprised ten teams. The defending champion was FC Levadia Tallinn . The direct climber from the Esiliiga was Pärnu Linnameeskond . The last starting place was determined in the relegation games in November 2014 between Jõhvi FC Lokomotiv and Tulevik Viljandi , with last year's Esiliiga club prevailing.

The championship was played in a regular season with two first and two second round matches. Each team competed four times against each other team. The bottom of the table rose to the second-rate Esiliiga , the penultimate played in the relegation.

Attendees

Tallinn Tartu Sillamae Nõmme Narva Parnu Paide Viljandi

Location of the clubs of the Meistriliiga 2015

society	city	Stadion	capacity
FC Flora Tallinn	Tallinn	A. Le Coq Arena	9,692
FC Infonet Tallinn	Tallinn	Lasnamäe kergejõustikuhalli kunstmuru	0.200
FC Levadia Tallinn	Tallinn	Kadrioru stadium	5,000
FC Nõmme Kalju	Tallinn- Nõmme	Kadrioru stadium	5,000
JK Kalev Sillamäe	Sillamae	Sillamae Kalevi Stadium	3,000
JK Tammeka Tartu	Tartu	Tamme stadium	2,000
JK Trans Narva	Narva	Narva Kreenholmi stadium	3,000
JK Tulevik Viljandi	Viljandi	Viljandi linnastaadion	2,000
Paide Linnameeskond	Paide	Paide linnastaadion	0.268
Pärnu Linnameeskond	Parnu	Beach stadium	1,500

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Flora Tallinn	36	27	3	6th	072:240	+48	84
2.	FC Levadia Tallinn (M, P)	36	22nd	10	4th	078:320	+46	76
3.	FC Nõmme Kalju	36	22nd	5	9	069:360	+33	71
4th	FC Infonet Tallinn	36	17th	11	8th	050:320	+18	62
5.	JK Kalev Sillamäe	36	17th	8th	11	063:430	+20	59
6th	JK Trans Narva	36	14th	7th	15th	050:460	+4	49
7th	Paide Linnameeskond	36	9	6th	21st	050:730	−23	33
8th.	Pärnu Linnameeskond (N)	36	6th	8th	22nd	038:870	−49	26th
9.	JK Tammeka Tartu	36	7th	4th	25th	039:960	−57	25th
10.	JK Tulevik Viljandi (N)	36	6th	4th	26th	035:750	−40	22nd

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd less awarded wins - 3rd wins - 4th direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 5th goal difference - 6th goals scored - 7th fair play

Estonian champions and participation in the first qualifying round for the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 1st qualifying round of the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the relegation game

Relegated to the Esiliiga 2016

(M)	reigning master
(P)	reigning cup winner
(N)	New (newcomer)

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. The games took place in November 2015, with the second division first having home rights. As the overall winner, Tammeka Tartu prevailed and rose to the Meistriliiga 2016 .

date	home	Result	guest
18th November 2015	JK Tammeka Tartu	4: 1	JK Tallinna Kalev
November 22, 2015	JK Tallinna Kalev	1-0	JK Tammeka Tartu

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 played against each other four times - two home and two away games, so that a total of 36 games had to be played.

First round FC Levadia Tallinn 2-0 1: 1 0: 2 0-0 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 3-0 2-0 JK Kalev Sillamäe 3: 3 1: 2 2: 3 0-0 4: 1 4-0 1-0 0-0 2: 1 FC Flora Tallinn 0: 1 1-0 0: 2 1-0 2: 1 7-0 0: 1 3: 1 3-0 FC Nõmme Kalju 1: 2 0: 2 2-0 1-0 2: 1 3-0 4: 1 1-0 6: 2 FC Infonet Tallinn 1: 2 1-0 0: 2 1-0 2: 3 2: 2 3-0 2-0 2-0 Paide Linnameeskond 1: 5 1: 1 0: 2 0: 3 2: 4 2: 3 1-0 4: 1 0: 3 JK Tammeka Tartu 2: 3 0: 5 1: 3 1: 2 1: 2 3: 2 3: 1 1-0 1: 1 JK Trans Narva 1: 3 1: 2 0: 1 2-0 0-0 0-0 6-0 5: 2 2-0 Pärnu Linnameeskond 2: 2 1: 6 1: 2 0: 3 0: 2 2: 2 4: 2 0: 1 2: 1 JK Tulevik Viljandi 0: 4 0: 2 0: 4 1-0 0-0 2-0 3: 1 1: 1 5: 2

Second half FC Levadia Tallinn 2: 1 0: 2 1: 2 5-0 5: 1 1-0 0: 1 0-0 2-0 JK Kalev Sillamäe 2: 2 0: 1 0: 4 1-0 1-0 4: 1 2-0 3: 3 2: 1 FC Flora Tallinn 1: 1 3: 1 1-0 0-0 1-0 2: 1 2: 3 4-0 4: 1 FC Nõmme Kalju 0-0 2: 1 0: 2 1: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 1 4: 3 4-0 FC Infonet Tallinn 2: 2 3: 1 0: 1 2: 2 1-0 4: 2 3-0 1: 1 2: 1 Paide Linnameeskond 2: 4 1: 1 2: 1 5: 4 0: 2 4-0 1: 2 3: 3 4: 1 JK Tammeka Tartu 1: 6 1: 4 1: 4 0: 3 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 0: 1 1-0 JK Trans Narva 0: 1 0-0 1: 3 0: 2 0: 1 2-0 4: 2 5-0 2-0 Pärnu Linnameeskond 0: 5 1: 2 1: 5 2: 1 0: 4 0: 1 0: 1 2: 2 1-0 JK Tulevik Viljandi 0: 3 1: 2 0: 1 2: 2 0: 1 2: 3 3: 2 2: 3 1: 2

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Ingemar Teever	FC Levadia Tallinn	24
02.	Yaroslav Kvasov	JK Kalev Sillamäe	19th
03.	Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko	Paide Linnameeskond	17th
04th	Rauno Sappinen	FC Flora Tallinn	16
	Ats Purje	FC Nõmme Kalju
06th	Vitālijs Ziļs	JK Trans Narva	13
07th	Vladislavs Kozlovs	FC Infonet Tallinn	12
08th.	Siim Luts	FC Levadia Tallinn	11
	Tarmo Neemelo	FC Nõmme Kalju
	Taavi Laurits	Pärnu Linnameeskond
	Hidetoshi Wakui	FC Nõmme Kalju

Web links

• Official website of the Meistriliiga

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MÄNGUDE CALENDAR (2015) jalgpall.ee (Estonian)
2. ↑ Season Rules. In: scoresway.com. Retrieved February 6, 2017 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Games soccerway.com

See also

• List of top scorer of the Meistriliiga