1999 Meistriliiga

Estonian national championships in football
Football league season
Meistriliiga
Season1999
ChampionsLevadia
(1st title)
Top goalscorerToomas Krõm (19)
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The 1999 Meistriliiga was the ninth season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Levadia won their first title.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Levadia (C) 28 23 4 1 77 12 +65 73 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Tulevik 28 16 5 7 57 34 +23 53 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Flora 28 13 8 7 60 33 +27 47
4 Narva Trans 28 11 7 10 40 28 +12 40 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5 TVMK 28 7 9 12 16 33 −17 30
6 Lantana 28 6 9 13 31 52 −21 27
7 Lelle 28 5 9 14 25 45 −20 24 Qualification for relegation play-offs
8 Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi (R) 28 2 7 19 12 81 −69 13 Relegation to Esiliiga
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Relegation play-off

Lootus0–3Lelle
Lelle1–2Lootus

Lelle won 4–2 on aggregate and retained their Meistriliiga spot; however, Lelle ceded their league entry to FC Valga both being associate clubs of Flora

Results

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

Home \ Away JEP FLO LAN LEL LEV TRS TUL TVM
Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 1–6 1–3 0–0 0–5 1–0 1–2 1–0
Flora 4–0 3–0 2–2 1–2 5–0 5–2 0–1
Lantana 0–0 3–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–0
Lelle 0–0 1–0 4–2 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–2
Levadia 6–0 0–0 3–0 5–2 2–0 2–1 -:+[a]
Narva Trans 4–1 1–3 7–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1
Tulevik 1–0 2–4 1–1 2–0 0–3 1–3 1–0
TVMK 0–0 1–1 0–2 3–0 0–3 0–0 0–4
  1. ^ The game result (5–0) was cancelled because Levadia used a disqualified player Sergei Pareiko.

Second half of season

Home \ Away JEP FLO LAN LEL LEV TRS TUL TVM
Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 0–1 1–4 0–0 1–9 0–4 0–2 0–0
Flora 7–1 3–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–1
Lantana 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–3 0–2 1–2 0–0
Lelle 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–5 1–0 2–4 0–0
Levadia +:-[a] 3–1 4–0 3–2 1–0 4–0 3–0
Narva Trans 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1
Tulevik 14–0 1–0 3–2 3–0 0–0 3–1 0–0
TVMK 3–1 0–2 0–1 1–3 0–4 2–1 0–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The victory was awarded to Levadia, as the Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi did not show up.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Estonia Toomas Krõm Levadia 19
2 Estonia Andrei Krõlov Levadia 18
3 Estonia Dmitri Ustritski Tulevik 16
4 Estonia Vitali Leitan Lantana 15
5 Estonia Indrek Zelinski Flora 14
6 Estonia Maksim Gruznov Narva Trans 13
7 Estonia Kristen Viikmäe Flora 12
8 Estonia Aleksandr Marašov Narva Trans 10
9 Estonia Konstantin Kolbasenko Levadia 9
10 Estonia Indro Olumets Levadia 8

References

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