2000 Meistriliiga

The 2000 Meistriliiga was the tenth season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Levadia won their second title.

Meistriliiga

Season	2000
Champions	Levadia (2nd title)
Top goalscorer	Egidijus Juška (24) Toomas Krõm (24)
← 1999 2001 →

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levadia (C)	28	23	5	0	88	20	+68	74	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	Flora	28	16	7	5	51	25	+26	55	Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	TVMK	28	14	6	8	54	29	+25	48	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4	Tulevik	28	12	9	7	45	34	+11	45
5	Narva Trans	28	12	7	9	64	40	+24	43	Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]
6	Lootus	28	6	4	18	26	54	−28	22
7	Kuressaare	28	5	4	19	25	68	−43	19	Qualification for relegation play-offs
8	Valga (R)	28	2	2	24	11	94	−83	8	Relegation to Esiliiga

Source: Estonian Football Association
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. Qualified as 2000-01 Cup Winner

Relegation play-off

5 November 2000

Tervis	n/p	FC Kuressaare

11 November 2000

FC Kuressaare	n/p	Tervis

Kuressaare were awarded the playoff after Tervis withdrew due to unavailability of players active for the Estonian U-18 team.

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 LEV LOO TRS TUL TVM VAL Flora 1–0 2–3 5–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 4–0 Kuressaare 2–3 1–5 0–2 0–2 1–5 1–6 2–0 Levadia 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 Lootus 1–3 1–1 0–3 0–2 0–1 0–1 4–0 Narva Trans 1–1 4–0 2–3 2–2 3–0 0–3 9–0 Tulevik 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–3 0–0 0–0 TVMK 2–2 1–2 1–2 5–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 Valga 0–3 3–0 0–6 1–4 1–1 0–2 0–1 Source: [citation needed] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season Home \ Away FLO KUR LEV LOO TRS TUL TVM VAL Flora 3–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–2 3–0 Kuressaare 0–1 0–4 1–1 2–4 0–0 1–3 2–0 Levadia 3–1 8–1 6–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 8–0 Lootus 0–1 0–2 0–1 3–2 1–4 0–0 2–0 Narva Trans 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–3 4–1 0–3 6–0 Tulevik 0–0 1–0 1–4 2–1 4–3 2–2 5–0 TVMK 2–0 2–0 0–3 3–0 0–2 3–1 6–2 Valga 0–2 1–4 0–5 2–0 1–5 0–2 0–2 Source: [citation needed] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Egidijus Juška	TVMK	24
	Toomas Krõm	Levadia
3	Maksim Gruznov	Narva Trans	23
4	Indro Olumets	Levadia	13
	Vitālijs Teplovs	TVMK
6	Marius Dovydėnas	Tulevik	12
7	Sergei Bragin	Levadia	11
8	Dmitri Lipartov	Narva Trans	10
	Meelis Rooba	Flora
10	Dmitri Ustritski	Tulevik	9

See also

• 2000 in Estonian football