2010 Meistriliiga

Estonian national championships in football

Football league season

MeistriliigaSeason| 2010

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Champions| Flora
(8th title)
Relegated| Lootus
Champions League| Flora
Europa League| Levadia
Narva Trans
Kalju
Matches played| 180
Goals scored| 576 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorer| Sander Post
(24 goals)
Biggest home win| Levadia 6–0 Paide Linnameeskond (23 March)
Flora 6–0 Kuressaare (17 July)
Levadia 6–0 Tammeka (6 November)
Biggest away win| Lootus 0–8 Flora (15 September)
Highest scoring| Paide Linnameeskond 1–8 Sillamäe Kalev (10 July)
Flora 6–3 Tammeka (31 July)
Longest winning run| Flora (11 games)
(31 July–25 September)
Longest unbeaten run| Flora (24 games)
(10 April–25 September)
Longest winless run| Paide Linnameeskond (15 games)
(13 March–12 June)
Longest losing run| Kuressaare (11 games)
(5 June–21 August)

← 2009

2011 →

The 2010 season of the Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system, was the 20th season in the league's history. It started in March and ended in November. The defending champions were Levadia.

## Overview

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Lootus

Kuressaare

Trans

Paide

Sillamäe Kalev

Flora
Levadia
Kalju

Tammeka

Tulevik

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Location of the Meistriliiga 2010 teams

Club  | Location  | Stadium  | Capacity  | Manager

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Flora | Tallinn | A. Le Coq Arena | 9,692  |  Martin Reim
Kalju | Tallinn | Hiiu Stadium | 500  |  Igor Prins
Kuressaare | Kuressaare | Kuressaare linnastaadion | 2,000  |  Sergei Zamogilnõi
Levadia | Tallinn  | Maarjamäe Stadium | 500  |  Aleksandr Puštov
Lootus | Kohtla-Järve | Kohtla-Järve Sports Centre Stadium | 500  |  Andrei Škaleta
Paide Linnameeskond | Paide | ÜG Stadium | 500  |  Meelis Rooba
Sillamäe Kalev | Sillamäe | Sillamäe Kalev Stadium | 2,000  |  Vladimir Kazachyonok
Tammeka | Tartu | Tartu Tamme Stadium | 2,000  |  Marko Kristal
Narva Trans | Narva | Kreenholm Stadium | 3,000  |  Valeri Bondarenko
Tulevik | Viljandi | Viljandi linnastaadion | 2,500  |  Marko Lelov

## League table

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

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1  | Flora (C) | 36  | 29  | 4  | 3  | 104  | 32  | +72  | 91  | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2  | Levadia | 36  | 26  | 8  | 2  | 100  | 16  | +84  | 86  | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3  | Narva Trans | 36  | 23  | 7  | 6  | 67  | 31  | +36  | 76  | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[a]
4  | Kalju | 36  | 18  | 8  | 10  | 59  | 42  | +17  | 62
5  | Sillamäe Kalev | 36  | 18  | 5  | 13  | 79  | 52  | +27  | 59  |
6  | Tammeka | 36  | 11  | 7  | 18  | 50  | 66  | −16  | 40
7  | Tulevik | 36  | 8  | 5  | 23  | 33  | 62  | −29  | 29
8  | Paide Linnameeskond | 36  | 6  | 7  | 23  | 30  | 79  | −49  | 25
9  | Kuressaare | 36  | 7  | 3  | 26  | 32  | 93  | −61  | 24  | Qualification for relegation play-offs
10  | Lootus (R) | 36  | 6  | 2  | 28  | 22  | 103  | −81  | 20  | Relegated to Esiliiga

Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd least withdrawals or annulled matches; 3rd overall wins; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored.
If two or more teams on the top have the same number of points by the end of the season, the aforementioned rules will not apply and additional game(s) will be played to determine the champions.[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. ^ Champions-League qualified Flora won the cup against Trans, so Levadia will qualify for the second qualifying round. Trans and Kalju took the first qualifying round spots.

### Relegation play-off

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The 9th placed team of Meistriliiga, Kuressaare, and the fourth place team of Esiliiga, Kiviõli Tamme Auto competed in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in 2011 Meistriliiga. Kuressaare won the play-off 4–2 on aggregate and retained their spot in the league.

14 November 2010

12:00 CET

Kiviõli Tamme Auto| 2–1| Kuressaare

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Šteinberg 60'
Kirilov  79' |  | Aljas 15'

Kiviõli Stadium, Kiviõli

Attendance: 70

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20 November 2010

12:00 CET

Kuressaare| 3–0| Kiviõli Tamme Auto

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Skiperski 27'
Viira 31'
Pukk 36' |  |

Kuressaare linnastaadion, Kuressaare

## Results

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Each team played every opponent four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 games.

### First half of season

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| Home \ Away  | FLO | KAL | KUR | LEV | LOT | PAI | SIL | TAM | NAR | TUL

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Flora |  | 1–0  | 4–0  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 4–2  | 3–2  | 1–1  | 1–1
Kalju | 1–2  |  | 2–1  | 0–3  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 1–0
Kuressaare | 1–2  | 1–2  |  | 0–7  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 0–4  | 2–3  | 0–1  | 3–2
Levadia | 2–1  | 0–0  | 1–1  |  | 5–1  | 6–0  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 3–0  | 2–0
Lootus | 0–4  | 0–5  | 5–2  | 0–3  |  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 1–3  | 0–5  | 0–1
Paide | 0–2  | 0–3  | 1–2  | 0–4  | 1–0  |  | 0–1  | 1–3  | 0–4  | 2–0
Sillamäe Kalev | 1–2  | 2–2  | 0–0[a] | 1–1  | 3–1  | 4–0  |  | 4–0  | 1–2  | 2–1
Tammeka | 0–1  | 2–3  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 1–4  |  | 1–2  | 2–0
Narva Trans | 1–0  | 2–2  | 3–0  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 4–1  | 2–2  | 0–0  |  | 2–0
Tulevik | 0–1  | 1–4  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 0–3  | 0–1  |

Source: Estonian Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. ^ The match was awarded as won for Kuressaare, with no goals being counted, because Sillamäe Kalev used an ineligible player. The original result was 6–0.[2][3][4]

### Second half of season

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| Home \ Away  | FLO | KAL | KUR | LEV | LOT | PAI | SIL | TAM | NAR | TUL

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Flora |  | 3–0  | 6–0  | 2–0  | 5–0  | 6–2  | 3–0  | 6–3  | 4–0  | 1–0
Kalju | 3–3  |  | 1–0  | 1–5  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 3–1  | 0–2  | 3–0
Kuressaare | 0–2  | 1–5  |  | 0–4  | 0–1  | 2–3  | 2–2  | 3–2  | 1–4  | 4–2
Levadia | 2–2  | 1–1  | 4–0  |  | 5–0  | 4–0  | 2–0  | 6–0  | 1–1  | 3–0
Lootus | 0–8  | 0–6  | 2–0  | 0–5  |  | 1–2  | 0–5  | 1–3  | 0–4  | 0–0
Paide | 1–4  | 0–1  | 3–0  | 1–4  | 1–1  |  | 1–8  | 3–4  | 1–1  | 1–1
Sillamäe Kalev | 2–5  | 4–1  | 2–0  | 0–4  | 4–0  | 0–0  |  | 2–0  | 1–3  | 5–2
Tammeka | 2–1  | 0–1  | 0–2  | 0–0  | 5–1  | 1–2  | 2–3  |  | 0–1  | 2–2
Narva Trans | 1–2  | 1–0  | 5–1  | 0–3  | 4–1  | 0–0[a] | 2–1  | 1–1  |  | 2–0
Tulevik | 1–6  | 0–1  | 4–1  | 0–1  | 4–0  | 1–0  | 3–2  | 4–0  | 0–3  |

Source: Estonian Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. ^ The match was awarded as won for Trans, with no goals being counted, because Paide LM used an ineligible player. The original result was 0–0.[5]

## Season Statistic

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### Miscellaneous

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* Oldest player: 45 years, 117 days – Aleksei Zhukov (Lootus v Kuressaare on 08/05/2010)
* Youngest player: 16 years, 66 days – Alexei Cherkasov (Sillamäe Kalev v Trans on 06/11/2010)
* Oldest goalscorer: 38 years, 207 days – Aleksei Naumov (Sillamäe Kalev v Flora on 28 August 2010)
* Youngest goalscorer: 16 years, 216 days – Andreas Raudsepp (JK Viljandi Tulevik v Trans on 06/11/2010)

## Season statistics

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### Top scorers

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Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals[6]

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1  |  Sander Post | Flora | 24
2  |  Jüri Jevdokimov | Kalju | 21
3  |  Tarmo Neemelo | Kalju | 20
4  |  Vitali Leitan | Levadia | 16
5  |  Deniss Malov | Levadia | 14
6  |  Henri Anier | Flora | 13
Marius Bezykornovas | Narva Trans
8  |  Konstantin Nahk | Levadia | 12
Albert Prosa | Tammeka
10  |  Maksim Gruznov | Sillamäe Kalev/Narva Trans | 9
Nikita Kolyaev | Sillamäe Kalev
Aleksandr Nikulin | Sillamäe Kalev
Felipe Nunes | Kalju/Levadia
Dmitri Skiperski | Kuressaare
Nerijus Vasiliauskas | Sillamäe Kalev

## Awards

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### Monthly awards

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Month  | Manager of the Month  | Player of the Month

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Manager  | Club  | Player  | Club
March  |  Martin Reim | Flora  |  Tarmo Neemelo | Levadia
April  |  Marko Kristal | Tammeka  |  Andrei Kalimullin  | Levadia
May  |  Martin Reim | Flora  |  Maksim Bazyukin  | Narva Trans
June  |  Karel Voolaid | Kalju  |  Vitali Leitan  | Levadia
July  |  Meelis Rooba | Paide Linnameeskond  |  Sander Post | Flora
August  |  Martin Reim | Flora  |  Aleksandr Tarassenkov | Sillamäe Kalev

### Meistriliiga Player of the Year

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Sander Post was named Meistriliiga Player of the Year.[7]

## See also

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* 2010 Esiliiga
* 2009–10 Estonian Cup

## References

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1. ^ "Eesti 2010.a meistrivõistluste Meistri- ja Esiliiga juhend" (PDF). jalgpall.ee (in Estonian). EJL. 1 February 2010. p. 8. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
2. ^ Техническое поражение (in Russian). JK Sillamäe Kalev. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
3. ^ "Flora võitis Levadiat ja säilitas liidrikoha (täiend. 31. mail)" (in Estonian). EJL. 29 May 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
4. ^ "Sillamäe rikkus reglementi, meeskond saab võidu!" (in Estonian). FC Kuressaare. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
5. ^ Sillamäe võitis, Paide kaotas viigi ja Tulevik lõi iluvärava (video) (in Estonian)
6. ^ "MÄNGUDE AJALUGU" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
7. ^ "Jalgpalligalal autasustati aasta parimaid" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 21 November 2010.

## External links

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* Soccernet.ee (in Estonian)

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