2002 Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga

Season	2002
Champions	Flora (6th title)
Top goalscorer	Andrei Krõlov (37)
← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 Meistriliiga was the 12th season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Flora won their sixth title.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flora (C)	28	20	4	4	79	25	+54	64	2003–04 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
3	Maardu Levadia^1	28	18	8	2	70	25	+45	62	2003–04 UEFA Cup Qualifying round ^3
2	TVMK	28	16	5	7	90	35	+55	53
4	Narva Trans	28	14	5	9	54	49	+5	47	2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
5	Tulevik	28	10	6	12	51	52	−1	36
6	Tallinna Levadia^2	28	6	5	17	32	70	−38	23
7	Lootus (R)	28	5	6	17	24	67	−43	21	Relegation play-off
8	Levadia Pärnu (R)	28	1	5	22	19	96	−77	8	Relegation to 2003 Esiliiga

Source: RSSSF – Estonia 2002
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) head-to-head goals scored; 6) goal difference; 7) number of goals scored
¹ Club changed their name to Levadia Tallinn in 2004
²Club changed their name to Levadia II Tallinn in 2004
³TVMK Qualified As Estonian Cup winners
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegation playoff

Kuressaare v Lootus

16 November 2002

Kuressaare	1 – 1	Lootus
A. Dubõkin  2'		Popov  41'

Lootus v Kuressaare

24 November 2002

Lootus	0 – 1	Kuressaare
		Õun  85'

Kuressaare won 2–0 on aggregate and were promoted for the 2003 Meistriliiga. Lootus were relegated to the 2003 Esiliiga.

Topscorers

Pos	Name	Team	Goals
1	Andrei Krõlov	TVMK Tallinn	37
2	Maksim Gruznov	Trans Narva	24
3	Tor Henning Hamre	Flora Tallinn	23
4	Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko	Tulevik Viljandi	20
5	Dmitri Ustritski	Tulevik Viljandi	16
6	Vitali Leitan	Levadia Maardu	14
7	Vladimir Tšelnokov	Levadia Maardu	12
8	Argo Arbeiter	Levadia Maardu	11
–	Aleksandr Kulik	Flora Tallinn	11
–	Ingemar Teever	TVMK Tallinn	11