2010 Meistriliiga

The 2010 season of the Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system, was the 20th season in the league's history. It started in March and ended in November. The defending champions were Levadia.

Meistriliiga

Season	2010
Champions	Flora (8th title)
Relegated	Lootus
Champions League	Flora
Europa League	Levadia Narva Trans Kalju
Matches played	180
Goals scored	576 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sander Post (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Levadia 6–0 Paide Linnameeskond (23 March) Flora 6–0 Kuressaare (17 July) Levadia 6–0 Tammeka (6 November)
Biggest away win	Lootus 0–8 Flora (15 September)
Highest scoring	Paide Linnameeskond 1–8 Sillamäe Kalev (10 July) Flora 6–3 Tammeka (31 July)
Longest winning run	Flora (11 games) (31 July–25 September)
Longest unbeaten run	Flora (24 games) (10 April–25 September)
Longest winless run	Paide Linnameeskond (15 games) (13 March–12 June)
Longest losing run	Kuressaare (11 games) (5 June–21 August)
← 2009 2011 →

Overview

Lootus

Kuressaare

Trans

Paide

Sillamäe Kalev

Flora
Levadia
Kalju

Tammeka

Tulevik

Location of the Meistriliiga 2010 teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
Flora	Tallinn	A. Le Coq Arena	9,692	Martin Reim
Kalju	Tallinn	Hiiu Stadium	500	Igor Prins
Kuressaare	Kuressaare	Kuressaare linnastaadion	2,000	Sergei Zamogilnõi
Levadia	Tallinn	Maarjamäe Stadium	500	Aleksandr Puštov
Lootus	Kohtla-Järve	Kohtla-Järve Sports Centre Stadium	500	Andrei Škaleta
Paide Linnameeskond	Paide	ÜG Stadium	500	Meelis Rooba
Sillamäe Kalev	Sillamäe	Sillamäe Kalev Stadium	2,000	Vladimir Kazachyonok
Tammeka	Tartu	Tartu Tamme Stadium	2,000	Marko Kristal
Narva Trans	Narva	Kreenholm Stadium	3,000	Valeri Bondarenko
Tulevik	Viljandi	Viljandi linnastaadion	2,500	Marko Lelov

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flora (C)	36	29	4	3	104	32	+72	91	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Levadia	36	26	8	2	100	16	+84	86	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3	Narva Trans	36	23	7	6	67	31	+36	76	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[a]
4	Kalju	36	18	8	10	59	42	+17	62
5	Sillamäe Kalev	36	18	5	13	79	52	+27	59
6	Tammeka	36	11	7	18	50	66	−16	40
7	Tulevik	36	8	5	23	33	62	−29	29
8	Paide Linnameeskond	36	6	7	23	30	79	−49	25
9	Kuressaare	36	7	3	26	32	93	−61	24	Qualification for relegation play-offs
10	Lootus (R)	36	6	2	28	22	103	−81	20	Relegated to Esiliiga

Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd least withdrawals or annulled matches; 3rd overall wins; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored.
If two or more teams on the top have the same number of points by the end of the season, the aforementioned rules will not apply and additional game(s) will be played to determine the champions.^[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Champions-League qualified Flora won the cup against Trans, so Levadia will qualify for the second qualifying round. Trans and Kalju took the first qualifying round spots.

Relegation play-off

The 9th placed team of Meistriliiga, Kuressaare, and the fourth place team of Esiliiga, Kiviõli Tamme Auto competed in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in 2011 Meistriliiga. Kuressaare won the play-off 4–2 on aggregate and retained their spot in the league.

14 November 2010

12:00 CET

Kiviõli Tamme Auto	2–1	Kuressaare
Šteinberg 60' Kirilov 79'		Aljas 15'

Kiviõli Stadium, Kiviõli

Attendance: 70

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20 November 2010

12:00 CET

Kuressaare	3–0	Kiviõli Tamme Auto
Skiperski 27' Viira 31' Pukk 36'

Kuressaare linnastaadion, Kuressaare

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 KAL KUR LEV LOT PAI SIL TAM NAR TUL Flora 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–2 3–2 1–1 1–1 Kalju 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 Kuressaare 1–2 1–2 0–7 1–2 1–0 0–4 2–3 0–1 3–2 Levadia 2–1 0–0 1–1 5–1 6–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 Lootus 0–4 0–5 5–2 0–3 2–1 0–1 1–3 0–5 0–1 Paide 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–4 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–4 2–0 Sillamäe Kalev 1–2 2–2 0–0[a] 1–1 3–1 4–0 4–0 1–2 2–1 Tammeka 0–1 2–3 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–4 1–2 2–0 Narva Trans 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–2 0–1 4–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 Tulevik 0–1 1–4 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 0–1 Source: Estonian Football Association Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Notes: The match was awarded as won for Kuressaare, with no goals being counted, because Sillamäe Kalev used an ineligible player. The original result was 6–0.[2][3][4]

Second half of season Home \ Away FLO KAL KUR LEV LOT PAI SIL TAM NAR TUL Flora 3–0 6–0 2–0 5–0 6–2 3–0 6–3 4–0 1–0 Kalju 3–3 1–0 1–5 2–0 0–0 0–2 3–1 0–2 3–0 Kuressaare 0–2 1–5 0–4 0–1 2–3 2–2 3–2 1–4 4–2 Levadia 2–2 1–1 4–0 5–0 4–0 2–0 6–0 1–1 3–0 Lootus 0–8 0–6 2–0 0–5 1–2 0–5 1–3 0–4 0–0 Paide 1–4 0–1 3–0 1–4 1–1 1–8 3–4 1–1 1–1 Sillamäe Kalev 2–5 4–1 2–0 0–4 4–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 5–2 Tammeka 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 5–1 1–2 2–3 0–1 2–2 Narva Trans 1–2 1–0 5–1 0–3 4–1 0–0[a] 2–1 1–1 2–0 Tulevik 1–6 0–1 4–1 0–1 4–0 1–0 3–2 4–0 0–3 Source: Estonian Football Association Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Notes: The match was awarded as won for Trans, with no goals being counted, because Paide LM used an ineligible player. The original result was 0–0.[5]

Season Statistic

Miscellaneous

• Oldest player: 45 years, 117 days – Aleksei Zhukov (Lootus v Kuressaare on 08/05/2010)
• Youngest player: 16 years, 66 days – Alexei Cherkasov (Sillamäe Kalev v Trans on 06/11/2010)
• Oldest goalscorer: 38 years, 207 days – Aleksei Naumov (Sillamäe Kalev v Flora on 28 August 2010)
• Youngest goalscorer: 16 years, 216 days – Andreas Raudsepp (JK Viljandi Tulevik v Trans on 06/11/2010)

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[6]
1	Sander Post	Flora	24
2	Jüri Jevdokimov	Kalju	21
3	Tarmo Neemelo	Kalju	20
4	Vitali Leitan	Levadia	16
5	Deniss Malov	Levadia	14
6	Henri Anier	Flora	13
	Marius Bezykornovas	Narva Trans
8	Konstantin Nahk	Levadia	12
	Albert Prosa	Tammeka
10	Maksim Gruznov	Sillamäe Kalev/Narva Trans	9
	Nikita Kolyaev	Sillamäe Kalev
	Aleksandr Nikulin	Sillamäe Kalev
	Felipe Nunes	Kalju/Levadia
	Dmitri Skiperski	Kuressaare
	Nerijus Vasiliauskas	Sillamäe Kalev

Average attendance

Club	Average attendance[7]
Tallinna FC Levadia	291
Tallinna FC Flora	203
Nõmme JK Kalju	194
JK Sillamäe Kalev	183
Tartu JK Tammeka	156
Paide Linnameeskond	130
JK Narva Trans	128
Kohtla-Järve FC Lootus	124
FC Kuressaare	116
Viljandi JK Tulevik	83
League average	161

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
March	Martin Reim	Flora	Tarmo Neemelo	Levadia
April	Marko Kristal	Tammeka	Andrei Kalimullin	Levadia
May	Martin Reim	Flora	Maksim Bazyukin	Narva Trans
June	Karel Voolaid	Kalju	Vitali Leitan	Levadia
July	Meelis Rooba	Paide Linnameeskond	Sander Post	Flora
August	Martin Reim	Flora	Aleksandr Tarassenkov	Sillamäe Kalev

Meistriliiga Player of the Year

Sander Post was named Meistriliiga Player of the Year.^[8]

See also

• 2010 Esiliiga
• 2009–10 Estonian Cup