2014 Esiliiga

A total of 10 teams contested the league, including 7 teams from the 2013 season. The 2013 runners-up Lokomotiv Jõhvi were promoted to Meistriliiga, while 9th place Puuma Tallinn and 10th place Irbis Kiviõli escaped relegation due to dissolving of 5th place Tartu SK 10 and 6th place Tammeka II Tartu.^[2][3] For this season those three teams will be replaced by the Meistriliiga relegated Kuressaare and Esiliiga B promoted Nõmme Kalju II and Pärnu Linnameeskond. The previous runners-up Tarvas Rakvere failed to win a promotion, losing the promotion play-off, while 8th placed Tulevik Viljandi managed to avoid relegation by winning the relegation play-off.^[4]

Kuressaare

Flora II
Kalju II
Levadia II
Puuma

Irbis

Pärnu

Tarvas

Tulevik

Vaprus

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Location of the 2014 Esiliiga teams

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Flora II Tallinn	Jürgen Henn	Ragnar Piir	Nike	Tele2[5]
Irbis Kiviõli	Erik Šteinberg	Dmitri Kirilov	Adidas
Kuressaare	Pelle Pohlak	Sander Viira	Joma	Saaremaa Lihatööstus
Levadia II Tallinn	Argo Arbeiter	Kristjan Tamme	Adidas	Viimsi Keevitus
Nõmme Kalju II	Zaur Tšilingarašvili	Martin Mägi	Adidas	Optibet[6]
Pärnu Linnameeskond	Gert Olesk	Taavi Kitsel	Adidas
Puuma Tallinn	Aivar Tiidus	Vitas Mališauskas	Adidas
Tarvas Rakvere	Valeri Bondarenko	Alari Tovstik	Joma	Aqva
Tulevik Viljandi	Aivar Lillevere	Raiko Mutle	Joma
Vaprus Vändra	Ranet Lepik	Karel Otto	Macron

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Puuma Tallinn	Dmitri Krasilnikov	Contract expired	31 December 2013	Pre-season	Aivar Tiidus	1 January 2014[7]
Kuressaare	Sergei Zamogilnõi	Mutual consent	7 January 2014[8]		Pelle Pohlak	8 January 2014[9]
Tarvas Rakvere	Reijo Kuusik	Mutual consent	3 July 2014	7th	Valeri Bondarenko	3 July 2014[10]