2011 Meistriliiga

Estonian national championships in football

Football league season

MeistriliigaSeason| 2011

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Champions| Flora
9th title
Relegated| Ajax
Champions League| Flora
Europa League| Nõmme Kalju
Narva Trans
Levadia
Baltic League| Flora
Nõmme Kalju
Narva Trans
Levadia
Sillamäe Kalev
Matches played| 180
Goals scored| 615 (3.42 per match)
Top goalscorer| Aleksandrs Čekulajevs (46 goals)
Biggest home win| Narva Trans 14–0 Ajax
Biggest away win| Ajax 0–12 Narva Trans
Highest scoring| Flora 13–1 Ajax
Narva Trans 14–0 Ajax
Longest winning run| Nõmme Kalju
(9 games)[1]
Longest unbeaten run| Flora
(21 games)[1]
Longest winless run| Ajax
(36 games)[1]
Longest losing run| Ajax
(11 games)[1]

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2012 →

The 2011 Meistriliiga was the 21st season of the Meistriliiga, the top Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 5 March 2011 and concluded on 5 November 2011. The defending champions Flora won their ninth league title.

## Teams

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Lootus finished the 2010 season in last place and were relegated to the 2011 Esiliiga as a result, ending their one-year stay in the Estonian top flight. Taking their place were Ajax, who finished the 2010 Esiliiga first among promotion-eligible clubs and third overall. They returned to the top flight after a three-year absence.

Tulevik terminated their affiliation with Flora and continued as an independent club in the II Liiga. FC Viljandi was created to ensure top-level football would remain in the city of Viljandi.[2]

In addition, the 9th place Meistriliiga club, Kuressaare, faced the 4th placed Esiliiga club, Kiviõli Tamme Auto in a two-legged play-off for a place in the Meistriliiga. Kuressaare won the play-off, 4–2 on aggregate, and thus retained their place in the league.

### Stadiums and locations

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Kuressaare

Trans

Paide

Sillamäe

Ajax
Flora
Kalju
Levadia

Tammeka

Viljandi

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Locations of the 2011 Meistriliiga teams

Team  | Location  | Stadium  | Capacity  | Manager

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Ajax | Tallinn | Ajax Stadium | 500 |  Boriss Dugan
Flora | A. Le Coq Arena | 9,692 |  Martin Reim
Kuressaare | Kuressaare | Kuressaare linnastaadion | 1,000 |  Sergei Zamogilnõi
Levadia | Tallinn  | Kadriorg Stadium | 1,300 |  Sergei Hohlov-Simson
Narva Trans | Narva | Narva Kreenholm Stadium | 1,065 |  Aleksei Yagudin
Nõmme Kalju | Tallinn  | Hiiu Stadium | 300 |  Igor Prins
Paide Linnameeskond | Paide | Paide linnastaadion | 500 |  Meelis Rooba
Sillamäe Kalev | Sillamäe | Sillamäe Kalev Stadium | 800 |  Vladimir Kazachyonok
Tammeka | Tartu | Tartu Tamme Stadium | 1,500 |  Kristjan Tiirik
Viljandi | Viljandi | Viljandi linnastaadion | 384 |  Zaur Tšilingarašvili

## 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  | 26  | 8  | 2  | 100  | 24  | +76  | 86  | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2  | Nõmme Kalju | 36  | 24  | 7  | 5  | 82  | 23  | +59  | 79  | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3  | Narva Trans | 36  | 22  | 7  | 7  | 107  | 29  | +78  | 73
4  | Levadia | 36  | 21  | 10  | 5  | 76  | 25  | +51  | 73
5  | Sillamäe Kalev | 36  | 17  | 3  | 16  | 77  | 59  | +18  | 54  |
6  | Paide | 36  | 13  | 6  | 17  | 40  | 51  | −11  | 45
7  | Tammeka | 36  | 11  | 6  | 19  | 57  | 75  | −18  | 39
8  | Viljandi | 36  | 8  | 6  | 22  | 37  | 69  | −32  | 30
9  | Kuressaare (O) | 36  | 7  | 5  | 24  | 28  | 68  | −40  | 26  | Qualification for relegation play-offs
10  | Ajax (R) | 36  | 0  | 4  | 32  | 11  | 192  | −181  | 4  | Relegation to Esiliiga

Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Rules for classification: 1st - points; 2nd - fewest 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[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. ^ The winners of the 2011–12 Estonian Cup competition (Levadia) will qualify for the first qualifying round of UEFA Europa League.

## Results

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

### First half of season

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| Home \ Away  | AJA | FLO | KUR | LEV | NAR | NÕM | PLM | SIL | TAM | VIL

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Ajax |  | 0–3  | 2–2  | 1–4  | 0–7  | 0–3  | 1–2  | 1–5  | 0–3  | 0–0
Flora | 6–0  |  | 3–0  | 0–1  | 3–0  | 3–3  | 2–1  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 0–0
Kuressaare | 1–1  | 0–1  |  | 1–5  | 0–2  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 4–1  | 0–2
Levadia | 3–0  | 1–1  | 2–1  |  | 2–1  | 1–3  | 0–1  | 4–1  | 2–2  | 2–1
Narva Trans | 7–0  | 0–2  | 4–0  | 1–1  |  | 1–3  | 3–0  | 1–0  | 4–1  | 5–0
Nõmme Kalju | 4–0  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  |  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 4–0  | 3–0
Paide | 1–0  | 1–2  | 4–1  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 0–3  |  | 1–0  | 2–2  | 2–1
Sillamäe Kalev | 7–0  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 0–3  | 1–1  | 2–0  |  | 2–3  | 2–0
Tammeka | 5–0  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 0–5  | 1–1  | 2–3  | 2–2  | 1–4  |  | 1–1
Viljandi | 3–1  | 0–2  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 0–3  | 1–0  | 2–3  | 1–2  |

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

### Second half of season

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| Home \ Away  | AJA | FLO | KUR | LEV | NAR | NÕM | PLM | SIL | TAM | VIL

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Ajax |  | 0–11  | 3–5  | 0–7  | 0–12  | 0–7  | 0–6  | 0–7  | 0–3  | 0–4
Flora | 13–1  |  | 2–1  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 4–0  | 3–2  | 4–0
Kuressaare | 0–0  | 0–3  |  | 0–0[a] | 0–2  | 0–2  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 0–2  | 3–0
Levadia | 6–0  | 1–1  | 4–0  |  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 3–2  | 3–0  | 2–0
Narva Trans | 14–0  | 1–1  | 4–0  | 0–2  |  | 3–2  | 3–0  | 2–3  | 4–0  | 5–0
Nõmme Kalju | 3–0  | 3–0  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  |  | 1–2  | 3–0  | 3–1  | 2–1
Paide | 4–0  | 1–4  | 1–0  | 0–3  | 0–1  | 0–5  |  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 2–0
Sillamäe Kalev | 7–0  | 0–6  | 3–0  | 0–2  | 2–5  | 0–3  | 4–0  |  | 5–1  | 5–0
Tammeka | 9–0  | 1–4  | 1–0  | 0–4  | 1–4  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 2–0  |  | 1–3
Viljandi | 8–0  | 2–4  | 0–2  | 0–0  | 1–3  | 0–3  | 1–1  | 3–2  | 0–3  |

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

1. ^ The original score was 0–2, but was awarded 0–X to Kuressaare as Levadia used a suspended player.[4]

### Relegation play-off

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At season's end, the 9th place club in the Meistriliiga participated in a two-legged playoff with the runners-up of the 2011 Esiliiga for one place in the following year's competition.

Infonet v Kuressaare 13 November 2011 |  Infonet | 0–1|  Kuressaare | Tallinn

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13:00 EET (GMT+2) |  | Report | Borissov 2' (o.g.) | Stadium: Lasnamäe KJH artificial turf
Attendance: 187
Referee: Jaan Roos

Kuressaare v Infonet 19 November 2011 |  Kuressaare | 4–1|  Infonet | Kuressaare

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13:00 EET (GMT+2) | Pukk 41'
Valmas 60'
Viira 85'
Pajunurm 87' | Report | Timofejev 61' | Stadium: Kuressaare linnastaadion
Attendance: 135
Referee: Eiko Saar

Kuressaare retained their place in the league, winning 5–1 on aggregate.

## Season statistics

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### Top scorers

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Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals[5][6]

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1  |  Aleksandrs Čekulajevs | Narva Trans  | 46
2  |  Tarmo Neemelo | Nõmme Kalju  | 22
Albert Prosa | Tammeka
4  |  Henri Anier | Flora  | 21
5  |  Vitali Leitan | Levadia  | 20
6  |  Maksim Gruznov | Narva Trans  | 17
7  |  Jüri Jevdokimov | Nõmme Kalju  | 16
Kristen Viikmäe | Nõmme Kalju
9  |  Aleksei Alekseev | Sillamäe Kalev  | 14
Aleksandr Nikulin | Sillamäe Kalev

## Awards

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### Monthly awards

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Month[7] | Manager of the Month  | Player of the Month

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Manager  | Club  | Player  | Club
March  |  Martin Reim | Flora  |  Marius Bezykornovas | Narva Trans
April  |  Aleksandr Puštov | Levadia  |  Sergei Mošnikov | Flora
May  |  Sergei Zamogilnõi | Kuressaare  |  Gert Kams
June  |  Igor Prins | Nõmme Kalju  |  Aleksandrs Čekulajevs | Narva Trans
July  |  Vitali Leitan | Levadia
August  |  Hidetoshi Wakui | Nõmme Kalju
September  |  Martin Reim | Flora  |  Aleksandrs Čekulajevs | Narva Trans
October  |  Meelis Rooba | Paide Linnameeskond  |  Markus Jürgenson | Flora

### Meistriliiga Player of the Year

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Sergei Mošnikov was named Meistriliiga Player of the Year.[8]

## See also

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* 2010–11 Estonian Cup
* 2011–12 Estonian Cup
* 2011 Esiliiga

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Meistriliiga - 2011". WhoScored.com. WhoScored.com. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
2. ^ "Viljandi Tulevik läheb kohalike pallurite kätte ja hakkab mängima II liigas" (in Estonian). Õhtuleht. 14 January 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
3. ^ "Eesti 2011.a meistrivõistluste Meistri- ja Esiliiga juhend" (PDF). jalgpall.ee (in Estonian). EJL. 5 January 2011. p. 9. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
4. ^ "Levadia nädalalõpp värvus mustaks" [Levadia's weekend turned black] (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
5. ^ "Meistriliiga 2011 statistika – Väravalööjad" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
6. ^ "VÄRAVALÖÖJATE EDETABEL (2011)" (in Estonian). EJL. 4 June 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
7. ^ "Oktoobri parimad Meistriliigas: Meelis Rooba ja Markus Jürgenson" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 3 November 2011.
8. ^ "Meistriliiga treenerid valisid esimest korda parimat mängijat". Estonian Football Association. 22 November 2011.

## External links

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* Soccernet.ee (in Estonian)

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