2005 Meistriliiga

Estonian national championships in football
Football league season
Meistriliiga
Season2005
ChampionsTVMK
(1st title)
Top goalscorerTarmo Neemelo (41)
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2005 Meistriliiga was the 15th season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. TVMK won their first title.

Season overview

FC TVMK's first title-winning Meistriliiga campaign came in some style with strikers Tarmo Neemelo and Ingemar Teever scoring most of the goals and veteran midfielder Andrei Borissov leading the team from midfield. Narva Trans finished in bronze-medal position after years of being fourth in the final table, while FC Flora have been busy rebuilding their squad and therefore not too upset by a disappointing fourth position finish. FC Kuressaare went out of the league via play-offs and Dünamo's defensive displays were awful and the team never seemed to have any kind of chance in staying up.

Tarmo Neemelo in the end scored 41 goals for the champions, and earned a move to top Swedish club Helsingborgs IF, Maksim Gruznov of Narva Trans scored 26 goals, Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko of FC Flora and Ingemar Teever for the champions scored 19 goals each. The latter secured a free transfer to Swedish outfit Östers IF.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 TVMK (C) 36 30 5 1 138 21 +117 95 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Levadia 36 28 5 3 97 25 +72 89 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[a]
3 Narva Trans 36 23 6 7 99 34 +65 75 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4 Flora 36 21 6 9 81 36 +45 69 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[a]
5 Tulevik 36 12 11 13 46 48 −2 47
6 Merkuur 36 11 7 18 52 86 −34 40
7 Tammeka 36 8 5 23 50 88 −38 29
8 Valga 36 8 4 24 38 78 −40 28
9 Kuressaare 36 7 6 23 40 96 −56 27 Qualification for relegation play-offs
10 Dünamo (R) 36 3 3 30 28 157 −129 12 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. ^ a b Flora qualified as Estonian Cup finalists

Relegation play-off

Lasnamäe Ajax1–0Kuressaare
Rõtškov 49'
Kuressaare2–1Lasnamäe Ajax
Kluge 11'
Pukk 90+1'		 Andrejev 46'

2–2 on aggregate. Lasnamäe Ajax won on away goals.

Kuressaare kept their place in the Meistriliiga, after Pärnu Tervis decided not to make the promotion.

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 DÜN FLO KUR LEV MER TRS TAM TUL TVM VAL
Dünamo 0–3 1–0 0–4 1–6 0–6 2–7 0–0 0–7 1–1
Flora 3–1 6–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 0–1 2–0
Kuressaare 2–0 1–3 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–6 0–0
Levadia 5–0 0–2 4–0 4–0 3–0 5–2 2–0 2–1 3–0
Merkuur 3–1 1–1 5–0 2–2 2–3 0–1 2–0 1–6 2–1
Narva Trans 7–3 2–2 4–1 3–1 6–2 5–1 1–2 0–3 3–1
Tammeka 9–0 0–2 2–2 0–2 2–2 0–3 2–2 0–3 3–4
Tulevik 4–1 3–2 1–0 2–2 5–0[a] 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2
TVMK 5–1 3–2 3–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 9–0 2–0 5–0
Valga 2–1 0–4 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–5
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The game result was cancelled - Merkuur used disqualified player Vjatšeslav Lütter.

Second half of season

Home \ Away DÜN FLO KUR LEV MER TRS TAM TUL TVM VAL
Dünamo 0–2 3–4 0–4 2–1 0–5 1–2 2–0 0–12 3–6
Flora 7–0 7–0 1–3 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–3 1–0
Kuressaare 8–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–5 2–1 1–1 1–8 0–3
Levadia 3–1 2–0 2–0 8–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 3–0
Merkuur 4–0 0–6 2–0 2–3 0–7 3–0 2–1 1–3 2–1
Narva Trans 7–0 2–0 3–0 0–4 4–0 6–0 -:+[a] 0–2 3–0
Tammeka 3–0 1–3 3–0 1–2 2–0 0–3 2–4 0–2 2–1
Tulevik 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–3 2–0
TVMK 9–1 4–2 6–1 0–0 8–1 0–0 5–0 1–1 3–0[b]
Valga 5–0 1–3 2–4 0–4 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–5 0–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The result of the game (5–0 for Trans) is cancelled - Narva Trans used disqualified player Aleksandr Kulatšenko.
  2. ^ The game result was cancelled - Valga used disqualified player Norman Kägo.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Estonia Tarmo Neemelo TVMK 41
2 Estonia Maksim Gruznov Narva Trans 26
3 Estonia Ingemar Teever TVMK 19
Estonia Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko Flora
5 Estonia Indrek Zelinski Levadia 18
6 Lithuania Egidijus Juška TVMK 17
7 Estonia Vitali Leitan Levadia 16
8 Estonia Kristjan Tiirik Tammeka Tartu 15
9 Estonia Anton Sereda Merkuur Tartu 14
10 Estonia Dmitri Ustritski Tulevik 13

See also

References

  1. ^ "MÄNGUDE AJALUGU" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
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