II liiga

II liiga

Country	Estonia
Confederation	UEFA
Divisions	II East/North II South/West
Number of teams	28 (14 in each division)
Level on pyramid	4
Promotion to	Esiliiga B
Relegation to	III Liiga
Domestic cup(s)	Estonian Cup Estonian Small Cup
Current champions	Tallinna Ülikool (2015)

II liiga is the fourth level of professional football league competition in Estonia arranged by the Estonian Football Association. It consists of 28 teams, divided geographically into two divisions with 14 teams respectively in group ida/põhi and West/South. Until 2013 it was third-top league.

Competition

During the season teams play each opponent twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 26 matches. At the end of the season winners of both divisions face each other in one final match to determine the champion of II liiga. As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts around April and lasts until around the start of November.

At the end of the season winners of both divisions may be promoted to the Esiliiga B. This is providing that the club meets the licensing criteria of the Esiliiga B. Second placed clubs of the divisions face each other in a play-off, the winner of which will play with Esiliiga B eight placed (third bottom) club for promotion to the Esiliiga.

Two clubs from the bottom end of both divisions are relegated to the III Liiga. Third bottom clubs in both divisions will play a playoff with winners of play offs of III Liiga second placed clubs.^[1]

II Liiga East/North

2016 season

II Liiga East/North

Number of teams	14
Current champions	Paide Linnameeskond II (2015)
Most championships	Paide Linnameeskond II JK Dünamo Tallinn Jõhvi FC Lokomotiv (2)
Website	II Liiga

Current clubs

The following clubs are competing in II Liiga North/East during the 2016 season.

Club	2015	Seasons in II Liiga	First Season in II Liiga	Current run since	Titles	Last best finish
Tabasalu ^a, b	6th	1	2015	2015	0	6th (2015)
Santos II ^a, b	III Liiga South 2nd	0	2016	2016	0	-
Narva United ^a, b	III Liiga East 2nd	0	2016	2016	0	-
Võru^b	7th	6	2007	2014	0	7th (2015)
Legion ^a	14th^e	3	2008	2015	0	2nd (2008)
Rada^b	11th	6	1997/98	2015	0	4th (2003)
Levadia III^b	13th^f	6	2003	2014	0	3rd (2005)
Ajax	12th	8	1996/97	2012	1	1st (2002)
Merkuur ^a, b	III Liiga South 1st	0	2016	2016	0	-
Irbis	Esiliiga 7th^d	2	2001	2016	1	1st (2007)
Dünamo	9th	12	1998	2014	2	1st (2003)
Noorus ^a, b	10th	3	2013	2013	0	5th (2013)
Piraaja ^b	8th	2	2007	2015	0	8th (2015)
Lokomotiv ^a	4th	7	2006	2015	2	1st (2012)

^a - never been relegated from II Liiga
^b - never played in Esiliiga B/Esiliiga
^c - ineligible for promotion to Esiliiga B
^d - relegated to II Liiga due to financial problems
^e - avoided relegation due to disqualification of Tallinn C.F.
^f - avoided relegation due to withdrawal of Paide Linnameeskond II

II Liiga South/West

2016 season

II Liiga South/West

Number of teams	14
Current champions	FCF Tallinna Ülikool (2015)
Most championships	FC Santos Tartu (3)
Website	http://www.jalgpall.ee/league.php?b=II.W/S&page_id=46

Current clubs

The following clubs are competing in II Liiga South/West during the 2016 season.

Club	2015	Seasons in II Liiga	First Season in II Liiga	Current run since	Titles	Last best finish
Laagri^a, b	9th	3	2013	2013	0	3rd (2014)
Kose ^b	10th	3	2005	2015	0	6th (2005)
Rummu ^b	13th^e	5	2010	2013	0	7th (2014)
Viimsi II ^a, b	6th	2	2014	2014	0	5th (2014)
Kuressaare II ^a	11th	15	2001	2001	1	1st (2003)
Pärnu JK ^a	III Liiga West 1st	0	2016	2016	0	-
Imavere ^a, b	7th	1	2015	2015	0	7th (2015)
Forza ^a, b	III Liiga East 1st	0	2016	2016	0	-
Keila ^b	5th	7	1996/97	2012	0	4th (1997/98)
Tõrva ^a, b	8th	1	2015	2015	0	8th (2015)
Ararat	Esiliiga B 9th	5	2007	2016	0	3rd (2008)
Paide LM II ^b	II Liiga North/West 1st	4	2011	2014	2	1st (2015)
Nõmme United ^a, b	4th	11	2005	2005	1	1st (2009)
Ganvix ^a, b	2nd	8	2008	2008	0	2nd (2015)

^a - never been relegated from II Liiga
^b - never played in Esiliiga B/Esiliiga
^c - ineligible for promotion to Esiliiga B
^e - avoided relegation due to withdrawal of Tondi JK

Champions and top goalscorers

East/North division

Season				Top Goalscorer
1995–96	Olümpia Maardu	Sillamäe Kalev	Narva Baltika
1996–97	Dokker Tallinn	Eliit Kohtla-Järve	Muuga Sadam
1997–98	Vigri Tallinn	Veteranid Kohtla-Järve	Irbis Kiviõli
1998	Sillamäe Kalev	Alko Kohtla-Järve	Junior Maardu	Heigo Välja (M.C. Tallinn, 10 goals)
1999	Narva Baltika	M.C. Tallinn	Dünamo Tallinn	Erik Šteinberg (Irbis Kiviõli, 12 goals)
2000	Dünamo Tallinn	Štrommi Tallinn	Irbis Kiviõli	Konstantin Butajev (Junior Maardu, 12 goals)
2001	Alstom Kick Sai Narva	TJK-83 Tallinn	Junior Maardu	Konstantin Butajev (Junior Maardu, 20 goals)
2002	Ajax Estel Tallinn	M.C. Tallinn	Kick Sai Narva	Aleksei Titov (Ajax Lasnamäe, 39 goals)
2003	Dünamo Tallinn (2)	TVMK II Tallinn	Levadia II Tallinn	Andrei Afanasov (Junior Maardu, 26 goals)
2004	Tallinna Kalev	Merkuur-Juunior Tartu	Puuma Tallinn	Andrei Usmanov (Merkuur-Juunior Tartu, 28 goals)
2005	Nõmme Kalju	Lootus Alutaguse	Levadia-Juunior Tallinn	Andrus Mitt (Nõmme Kalju, 28 goals)
2006	Narva Trans II	Sillamäe Kalev	Tallinna Kalev II	Aleksandr Avdeev (Sillamäe Kalev, 34 goals)
2007	Kiviõli Tamme Auto	Virumaa Rakvere	Ararat Tallinn	Alar Petrovits (Virumaa Rakvere, 25 goals)
2008	Lootus Kohtla-Järve	Legion Tallinn	Ararat Tallinn	Anton Semjonov (Lootus Kohtla-Järve, 28 goals)
2009	Orbiit Jõhvi	Dünamo Tallinn	Alko Kohtla-Järve	Andrei Afanasov (Tallinna Kalev II, 25 goals)
2010	Puuma Tallinn	Atletik Tallinn	Nõmme Kalju II	Sten Teino (Puuma Tallinn, 26 goals)
2011	Tarvas Rakvere	Nõmme Kalju II	Sillamäe Kalev II	Joonas Ljaš (Tarvas Rakvere, 27 goals)
2012	Lokomotiv Jõhvi (2)	Sillamäe Kalev II	Nõmme Kalju II	Artem Kovalev (Alko Kohtla-Järve, 21 goals)
2013	Starbunker Maardu	Infonet II Tallinn	Tallinna Ülikool	Klimentiy Boldyrev (Starbunker Maardu, 26 goals)
2014	Paide Linnameeskond II	Joker 1993 Raasiku	Welco Tartu	Mairo Tikerberi (Noorus 96 Jõgeva, 27 goals)
2015	Paide Linnameeskond II (2)	Welco Tartu	Luunja	Rauno Kööp (Paide Linnameeskond II, 20 goals)
2016	Tartu FC Merkuur	Jõhvi FC Lokomotiv	FC Lasnamäe Ajax	Marek Šatov (Tartu FC Merkuur, 28 goals)

West/South division

Season				Top Goalscorer
1995–96	Pärnu United	Lokomotiiv Valga	Merkuur Tartu
1996–97	Merkuur Tartu	Tartu Jalgpallikool	Märjamaa Kompanii
1997–98	Lelle	Hiiu Kalur Kärdla	Tartu Jalgpallikool
1998	Lelle (2)	Hiiu Kalur Kärdla	Märjamaa Kompanii	Ott Purje (Lelle, 14 goals)
1999	Merkuur Tartu (2)	Hiiu Kalur Kärdla	Tervis Pärnu	Martti Pukk (Hiiu Kalur Kärdla, 24 goals)
2000	Levadia Pärnu	Paide Arieks	Hiiu Kalur Kärdla	Martti Pukk (Hiiu Kalur Kärdla, 22 goals)
2001	Tammeka Tartu	Vaprus Pärnu	Muhumaa	Kristjan Tiirik (Tammeka Tartu, 20 goals)
2002	Vaprus Pärnu	Hiiu Kalur Kärdla	Sörve	Maikko Mölder (Sörve, 24 goals)
2003	Sörve	Hiiu Kalur Kärdla	Emmaste	Martti Pukk (Hiiu Kalur Kärdla, 26 goals)
2004	Vaprus Pärnu (2)	Elva	Hiiu Kalur Kärdla	Indrek Joost (Vaprus Pärnu, 28 goals)
2005	Pärnu Pataljoni	Tarvastu	Elion	Sergei Zenjov (Pärnu Pataljoni, 27 goals)
2006	Tartu Välk 494	Tarvastu	Pärnu Pataljoni	Ants Palumaa (Tarvastu, 30 goals)
2007	Paide Linnameeskond	Sörve	Maag Tammeka III Tartu	Rauno Rikberg (Paide Linnameeskond, 34 goals)
2008	Santos Tartu (2)	Nõmme United	Tulevik II Viljandi	Ivar Sova (Nõmme United, 27 goals)
2009	Nõmme United	Tammeka II Tartu	Türi Ganvix	Ivar Sova (Nõmme United, 39 goals)
2010	HaServ Tartu	Emmaste	Nõmme United	Sander Lepik (Nõmme United, 20 goals)
2011	HaServ Tartu (2)	Tammeka II Tartu	Paide Kumake	Rasmus Luhakooder (Tulevik II Viljandi, 23 goals)
2012	Emmaste	Tulevik Viljandi	Vaprus Vändra	Ergo Eessaar (SK10 II Tartu, 39 goals)
2013	Santos Tartu (3)	Sörve	Türi Ganvix	Alar Alve (Santos Tartu, 25 goals) Sander Lepik (Nõmme United, 25 goals)
2014	Tallinna Kalev II	Tallinna Ülikool	Laagri Saue	Karl Anton Sõerde (Viimsi, 28 goals)
2015	FCF Tallinna Ülikool	Türi Ganvix	Viljandi JK Tulevik II	Rauno Nõmmiko (FCF Tallinna Ülikool, 32 goals)
2016	Paide Linnameeskond II	Keila JK	FC Nõmme United	Kevin Mätas (FC Nõmme United, 38 goals)

II Liiga Final

Jõhvi FC Lokomotiv v HÜJK Emmaste

2012	Jõhvi FC Lokomotiv	0-3	HÜJK Emmaste	Tallinn, Estonia
14:00		(Report)	Janar Tükk  27' Kristjan Paapsi  46' Ergo Reinvald  89'	Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 25 Referee: Grigori Ošomkov

Tartu FC Santos v Maardu FC Starbunker

2013	Tartu FC Santos	2-1	Maardu FC Starbunker	Tartu, Estonia
10:00	Taavi Vellemaa  62' Alar Alve  87'	(Report)	Vadim Šalabai  25'	Stadium: Tamme Stadium Attendance: 76 Referee: Mart Martin

JK Tallinna Kalev II v Paide Linnameeskond II

2014	JK Tallinna Kalev II	2-1	Paide Linnameeskond II	Tallinn, Estonia
19:30	Timo Paal  7' Mikk Mario Mõistlik  62'	(Report)	Tarmo Paju  17'	Stadium: Kalevi Keskstaadion Attendance: 35 Referee: Andrei Karhu

FCF Tallinna Ülikool v Paide Linnameeskond II

2015	FCF Tallinna Ülikool	4-1	Paide Linnameeskond II	Tallinn, Estonia
19:30	Robert Veskimäe  10' Sander Lepik  71' Mark Kolosov  86' Rasmus Munskind  90'	(Report)	Volodja Erdei  5'	Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 30 Referee: Aleksei Smirnov

Paide Linnameeskond II v Tartu FC Merkuur

2016	Paide Linnameeskond II	8-0	Tartu FC Merkuur	Paide, Estonia
13:00	Carl Tubarik  3' (pen.) Martin Saar  9',  34' Rauno Rikberg  37',  42',  63' Priit Raal  39' Andre Mägi  85'	liigavõitja (Report)		Stadium: Paide linnastaadion Attendance: 75 Referee: Paul Kask

References

1. http://www.jalgpall.ee/docs/Eesti%202013.a%20meistriv%F5istluste%20Teise%20ja%20madalamate%20liigade%20juhend.pdf Estonian Football Association (in Estonian). Estonian 2013. Second and lower football leagues championships directive. Retrieved 20 March 2013.

External links

• II Liiga East/North
• II Liiga South/West