2001 Meistriliiga

Estonian national championships in football
Football league season
Meistriliiga
Season2001
ChampionsFlora
(5th title)
Top goalscorerMaksim Gruznov (37)
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The 2001 Meistriliiga was the 11th season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Flora won their fifth title.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flora (C) 28 21 5 2 62 18 +44 68 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 TVMK 28 16 8 4 77 30 +47 56 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Maardu Levadia[a] 28 16 7 5 72 35 +37 55 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4 Narva Trans 28 16 3 9 79 35 +44 51
5 Tulevik 28 11 6 11 41 37 +4 39
6 Tallinna Levadia[b] 28 6 5 17 30 78 −48 23 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[c]
7 Lootus 28 4 5 19 21 53 −32 17 Qualification for relegation play-offs
8 Kuressaare (R) 28 2 1 25 18 114 −96 7 Relegation to Esiliiga
Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) head-to-head goals scored; 6) goal difference; 7) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Club changed their name to Levadia Tallinn in 2004
  2. ^ Club changed their name to Levadia II Tallinn in 2004
  3. ^ Qualified As Estonian Cup winners

Relegation play-off

Valga2–1Lootus
Jääger 14'
Kask 14'		 Golitsõn 64'
Lootus1–0Valga
Abornev 78'

2–2 on aggregate. Lootus won on away goals and retained their Meistriliiga spot for the 2002 season.

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 FLO KUR LOO LMA TRS LTA TUL TVM
Flora 3–1 4–0 3–2 3–2 3–1 2–1 1–1
Kuressaare 0–3 3–1 1–3 1–5 1–2 0–1 1–6
Lootus 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–2
Maardu Levadia 1–2 2–1 3–3 3–0 6–2 4–1 3–0
Narva Trans 3–1 5–0 5–0 3–4 4–0 4–0 1–3
Tallinna Levadia 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–4 0–0 0–5 0–1
Tulevik 0–2 1–2 3–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–4
TVMK 1–1 5–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 7–2 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away FLO KUR LOO LMA TRS LTA TUL TVM
Flora 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 0–0
Kuressaare 0–5 0–5 0–7 0–12 2–4 1–2 1–7
Lootus 0–3 5–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–2
Maardu Levadia 0–1 4–1 5–0 3–3 6–2 2–0 1–1
Narva Trans 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 5–2 2–0 6–3
Tallinna Levadia 0–5 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–5 1–1 1–4
Tulevik 1–2 4–0 4–0 1–2 3–1 4–1 1–0
TVMK 1–0 12–0 4–0 2–2 1–0 4–0 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Estonia Maksim Gruznov Narva Trans 37
2 Estonia Andrei Krõlov TVMK 23
3 Estonia Toomas Krõm Levadia 20
4 Estonia Dmitri Ustritski Tulevik 16
5 Estonia Aleksandr Kulik Flora 14
Estonia Vladimir Tšelnokov Levadia
7 Estonia Anatoli Novožilov TVMK 13
Estonia Indrek Zelinski Flora
9 Estonia Oleg Gorjatšov Narva Trans 12
10 Russia Dmitri Lipartov Narva Trans 9
Estonia Aleksandr Tarassenkov Flora

References

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