2017 Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga

Season	2017
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The 2017 Meistriliiga (also known as the A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) will be the 27th season of the Meistriliiga, the top Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992.^[1]

Infonet are the defending champions.

Teams

Stadia

Flora
Infonet
Levadia
Nõmme Kalju

Paide

Sillamäe Kalev

Narva Trans

Pärnu

Tammeka

Tulevik

Locations of the 2017 Meistriliiga teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Flora	Tallinn	A. Le Coq Arena	10,340[2]
Infonet	Tallinn	Infonet Lasnamäe Stadium	400[3]
Levadia	Tallinn	Kadriorg Stadium	5,000[4]
Narva Trans	Narva	Narva Kreenholm Stadium	1,065[5]
Nõmme Kalju	Tallinn	Hiiu Stadium	300[6]
Paide Linnameeskond	Paide	Paide linnastaadion	268[7]
Pärnu Linnameeskond	Pärnu	Pärnu Rannastaadion	1,250[8]
Sillamäe Kalev	Sillamäe	Sillamäe Kalev Stadium	800[9]
Tammeka	Tartu	Tartu Tamme Stadium	1,750[10]
Tulevik	Viljandi	Viljandi linnastaadion	1,068[11]

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Flora		Gert Kams	Nike	Tele2[12]
Infonet	Aleksandr Pushtov	Andrei Kalimullin	Joma	Infonet
Levadia	Igor Prins	Rimo Hunt	Adidas
Narva Trans	Adyam Kuzyaev	Roman Nesterovski	Nike
Nõmme Kalju	Sergei Frantsev	Vitali Teleš	Adidas	Optibet[13]
Paide Linnameeskond	Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko	Lauri Varendi	Nike
Pärnu Linnameeskond	Marko Lelov	Karl Palatu	Hummel	Wendre[14]
Sillamäe Kalev	Algimantas Briaunys Vadym Dobizha	Mihhail Starodubtsev	Uhlsport
Tammeka	Mario Hansi Kaido Koppel	Kaarel Kiidron	Nike
Tulevik	Aivar Lillevere	Tanel Lang	Joma

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Paide Linnameeskond	Meelis Rooba	Mutual consent	5 November 2016[15]	Pre-season	Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko	7 November 2016[15]
Flora	Argo Arbeiter	Sacked	10 November 2016[16]
Tammeka	Indrek Koser	Mutual consent	29 November 2016[17]		Mario Hansi Kaido Koppel	29 November 2016[17]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flora	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Infonet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Levadia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Narva Trans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Nõmme Kalju	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Paide Linnameeskond	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Pärnu Linnameeskond	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Sillamäe Kalev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Tammeka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to the Relegation play-offs
10	Tulevik	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to the Esiliiga

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion); 3) Less matches awarded against; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Away goals scored; 10) Fairplay ranking.

Results

First half of season Home ╲ Away FLO INF LEV NAR NÕM PAI PÄR SIL TAM TUL Flora Infonet Levadia Narva Trans Nõmme Kalju Paide Pärnu Sillamäe Kalev Tammeka Tulevik Source: 1 ^^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season Home ╲ Away FLO INF LEV NAR NÕM PAI PÄR SIL TAM TUL Flora Infonet Levadia Narva Trans Nõmme Kalju Paide Pärnu Sillamäe Kalev Tammeka Tulevik Source: 1 ^^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The team who will finish 9th, will face the 2nd-placed 2017 Esiliiga side for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn entry into the 2018 Meistriliiga.

See also

• 2016–17 Estonian Cup
• 2017–18 Estonian Cup
• 2017 Esiliiga
• 2017 Esiliiga B

References

1. "Kodune tippjalgpall saab peatoetaja" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
2. "A. Le Coq Arena staadion ja tribüünihoone" (in Estonian). Eesti Spordiregister. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
3. "Lasnamäe Kergejõustikuhalli spordiväljakud" (in Estonian). Eesti Spordiregister. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
4. "Kadrioru Staadion" (in Estonian). Eesti Spordiregister. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
5. "Narva Paemurru Spordikooli Kreenholmi staadion" (in Estonian). Eesti Spordiregister. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
6. "Hiiu Staadion" (in Estonian). Eesti Spordiregister. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
7. "Paide linna staadion" (in Estonian). Eesti Spordiregister. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
8. "Pärnu Rannastaadion" (in Estonian). Eesti Spordiregister. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
9. "Spordikompleks "Kalev" staadion" (in Estonian). Eesti Spordiregister. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
10. "Tamme staadion" (in Estonian). Eesti Spordiregister. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
11. "Viljandi linnastaadion" (in Estonian). Eesti Spordiregister. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
12. "Flora sai koondisega sama sponsori". Soccernet.ee. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
13. "Nõmme Kalju sõlmis Eesti klubijalgpalli ühe suurima lepingu". jkkalju.ee. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
14. "Pärnu läheb uue peatreeneri ja peasponsoriga tähtede poole" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
15. "Pommuudis! Meelis Rooba ei jätka enam Paide peatreenerina (Uus peatreener Zahovaiko!)" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
16. "Arbeiter Flora peatreenerina ei jätka" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
17. "Tammeka esindusmeeskonda juhendavad uuel hooajal Mario Hansi ja Kaido Koppel" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.

External links

• Official website