1999 Meistriliiga

The 1999 Meistriliiga was the ninth season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Levadia won their first title.

Meistriliiga

Season	1999
Champions	Levadia (1st title)
Top goalscorer	Toomas Krõm (19)
← 1998 2000 →

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

Lootus	0–3	Lelle

6 November 1999

Lelle	1–2	Lootus

14 November 1999

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 -:+[lower-alpha 1] 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 Source: [citation needed] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Notes: 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 +:-[lower-alpha 1] 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: The victory was awarded to Levadia, as the Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi did not show up.

Top scorers

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

References

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

• Estonia - Estonia 1999 (RSSSF)