1995–96 Meistriliiga

Estonian national championships in football

Football league season

MeistriliigaSeason| 1995–96

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Champions| Lantana
(1st title)
Relegated| PJK Kalev
UEFA Cup| Lantana
Flora
Cup Winners' Cup| Tallinna Sadam
Intertoto Cup| Narva Trans
Top goalscorer| Lembit Rajala (16)

← 1994–95

1996–97 →

The 1995–96 Meistriliiga was the fifth season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Lantana won their first title.

## Preliminary round[edit]

### League table[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Lantana | 14  | 10  | 3  | 1  | 37  | 8  | +29  | 33  | Qualification for Championship Tournament
2  | Narva Trans | 14  | 6  | 4  | 4  | 22  | 16  | +6  | 22
3  | Flora | 14  | 6  | 4  | 4  | 37  | 19  | +18  | 22
4  | Tallinna Sadam | 14  | 6  | 3  | 5  | 23  | 16  | +7  | 21
5  | Tevalte-Marlekor | 14  | 6  | 2  | 6  | 20  | 19  | +1  | 20
6  | Tervis | 14  | 5  | 2  | 7  | 13  | 17  | −4  | 17
7  | Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi | 14  | 3  | 8  | 3  | 13  | 17  | −4  | 17  | Qualification for Meistriliiga Transition Tournament
8  | PJK Kalev | 14  | 0  | 2  | 12  | 8  | 61  | −53  | 2

Source:[citation needed]

### Results[edit]

Home \ Away  | JEP | FLO | PJK | LAN | SAD | TER | MAR | TRS

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Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi |  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 0–0
Flora | 2–2  |  | 5–0  | 1–5  | 3–0  | 7–0  | 2–1  | 0–1
PJK Kalev | 1–1  | 0–5  |  | 0–1  | 0–4  | 1–5  | 1–4  | 2–4
Lantana | 4–1  | 1–1  | 10–0  |  | 2–1  | 2–0  | -:+ | 1–0
Tallinna Sadam | 0–0  | 2–2  | 7–1  | 0–2  |  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 1–0
Tervis | 0–2  | 2–6  | 5–0  | 2–4  | 1–2  |  | 3–1  | 2–2
Tevalte-Marlekor | 0–0  | 2–1  | 5–1  | 0–3  | 1–1  | 2–1  |  | 4–2
Narva Trans | 4–0  | 1–1  | 4–0  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 0–3  | 1–0  |

Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Championship Tournament[edit]

The points obtained during the preliminary round were carried over halved and rounded up.

### League table[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Lantana (C) | 10  | 6  | 2  | 2  | 21  | 7  | +14  | 17  | 37  | Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
2  | Flora | 10  | 6  | 2  | 2  | 14  | 3  | +11  | 11  | 31
3  | Tevalte-Marlekor | 10  | 7  | 0  | 3  | 13  | 10  | +3  | 10  | 31  |
4  | Tallinna Sadam | 10  | 4  | 1  | 5  | 17  | 19  | −2  | 11  | 24  | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
5  | Narva Trans | 10  | 2  | 2  | 6  | 11  | 16  | −5  | 11  | 19  | Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
6  | Tervis | 10  | 1  | 1  | 8  | 7  | 28  | −21  | 9  | 13  |

Source:[citation needed]
(C) Champions

### Results[edit]

Home \ Away  | FLO | LAN | SAD | TER | MAR | TRS

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Flora |  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 0–1
Lantana | 0–1  |  | 3–4  | 3–0  | 3–0  | 4–2
Tallinna Sadam | 0–0  | 0–3  |  | 2–5  | 1–3  | 3–2
Tervis | 1–5  | 0–3  | 0–5  |  | -:+ | 0–5
Tevalte-Marlekor | 0–4  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 2–0  |  | 2–0
Narva Trans | 0–1  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 0–3  |

Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Meistriliiga Transition Tournament[edit]

Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi and PJK Kalev, the teams finishing in the last two positions in the preliminary round, faced four best teams of the 1995-96 Esiliiga in the play-off for two places in the 1996-97 Meistriliiga.

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation

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1  | Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi | 10  | 7  | 0  | 3  | 23  | 7  | +16  | 21  | Promotion to Meistriliiga
2  | Vall (P) | 10  | 7  | 0  | 3  | 18  | 9  | +9  | 21
3  | Norma | 10  | 5  | 2  | 3  | 13  | 11  | +2  | 17  | Relegation to Esiliiga
4  | PJK Kalev (R) | 10  | 4  | 2  | 4  | 12  | 20  | −8  | 14
5  | Dünamo | 10  | 2  | 2  | 6  | 8  | 14  | −6  | 8
6  | TJK | 10  | 1  | 2  | 7  | 9  | 22  | −13  | 5

Source:[citation needed]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

## Top scorers[edit]

Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals[1]

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1  |  Lembit Rajala | Flora | 16
2  |  Maksim Gruznov | Lantana | 12
3  |  Andrei Borissov | Lantana | 8
Boriss Nejolov | Narva Trans
Ivan O'Konnel-Bronin | Tervis Pärnu/Flora
Aleksandr Olerski | Tevalte/Marlekor
Dmitri Ustritski | Tallinna Sadam

## See also[edit]

* 1995 in Estonian football
* 1996 in Estonian football

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Estonia - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.

* Estonia - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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* Tarvas
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* TJK Legion
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1995–96 in European football (UEFA)

Domestic leagues|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus '95 '96
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska)
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* England
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands '95 '96
* Finland '95 '96
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland '95 '96
* Israel
* Italy
* Kazakhstan '95 '96
* Latvia '95 '96
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway '95 '96
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* Russia '95 '96
* San Marino
* Scotland
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden '95 '96
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Wales
* FR Yugoslavia

Domestic cups|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* England
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands '95 '96
* Finland '95 '96
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland '95 '96
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia '95 '96
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway '95 '96
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Scotland
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Wales
* FR Yugoslavia

League cups|

* England
* Finland '95 '96
* France
* Iceland
* Israel
* Northern Ireland
* Republic of Ireland
* Scotland
* Wales

Supercups|

* England
* Germany

UEFA competitions|

* Champions League (Qualifying, group stage, knockout stage, Final)
* Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
* UEFA Cup (Final)
* Intertoto Cup
* Super Cup

*[Pos]: Position
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[D]: Drawn
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points
*[BP]: Bonus points
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