2023 Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga
Season	2023
Champions	Flora
Relegated	Harju
Champions League	Flora
Conference League	FCI Levadia; Paide Linnameeskond; Tallinna Kalev
Matches	180
Goals	458 (2.54 per match)
Biggest home win	Flora 5–0 Narva Trans; (14 March 2023); FCI Levadia 6–1 Harju; (15 April 2023)
Biggest away win	Vaprus 1–5 Flora; (10 June 2023); Narva Trans 0–4 Vaprus; (8 July 2023); Kuressaare 0–4 Paide Linnameeskond; (23 July 2023)
Highest scoring	Paide Linnameeskond 6–3 Tammeka; (19 August 2023)
Longest winning run	7 matches; Flora
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches; Flora
Longest winless run	10 matches; Harju
Longest losing run	8 matches; Harju
Highest attendance	3,510; FCI Levadia 0–0 Flora; (28 June 2023)
Lowest attendance	101; FCI Levadia 3–0 Tammeka; (15 March 2023)
	← 2022 2024 →

Season2023

ChampionsFlora

RelegatedHarju

Champions LeagueFlora

The 2023 Meistriliiga, also known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga due to sponsorship reasons,^[1] was the 33rd season of the Meistriliiga, the top Estonian league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1992. It was the first Meistriliiga season with video assistant referee (VAR).^[2]

The winners (Flora, their second consecutive title and fifteenth overall) qualified for the 2024–25 Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up (FCI Levadia), third-placed team (Tallinna Kalev), and fourth-placed team (Paide Linnameeskond) qualified for the 2024–25 Conference League first qualifying round. The ninth-placed team (Tammeka) qualified for the Meistriliiga play-off, winning to retain their place in the league. The bottom-placed team (Harju) were relegated to the 2024 Esiliiga.

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Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
FCI Levadia	Tallinn	A. Le Coq Arena	14,336^[3]
Flora	Tallinn	A. Le Coq Arena	14,336^[3]
Harju	Laagri	Laagri Stadium	500^[4]
Kuressaare	Kuressaare	Kuressaare linnastaadion	1,000^[5]
Narva Trans	Narva	Narva Kreenholm Stadium	1,065^[6]
Nõmme Kalju	Tallinn	TNTK Stadium	800^[7]
Paide Linnameeskond	Paide	Paide linnastaadion	500^[8]
Tallinna Kalev	Tallinn	Kadriorg Stadium	5,000^[9]
Tammeka	Tartu	Tartu Tamme Stadium	1,500^[10]
Vaprus	Pärnu	Pärnu Rannastaadion	1,501^[11]

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
FCI Levadia	Curro Torres	Rasmus Peetson	Macron^[12]	Admirals, Viimsi Keevitus
Flora	Jürgen Henn	Konstantin Vassiljev	Nike	Optibet^[13]
Harju	Victor Silva	Andre Järva	Adidas	Enemat
Kuressaare	Roman Kozhukhovskyi	Märten Pajunurm	Nike	Visit Saaremaa
Narva Trans	Aleksei Eremenko	Elysée	Nike	Sportland
Nõmme Kalju	Nikita Andreev	Yohan Mannone	Adidas	Marsbet^[14]
Paide Linnameeskond	Ivan Stojković	Andre Frolov	Nike	Exmet, Verston
Tallinna Kalev	Aivar Anniste Daniel Meijel	Marek Kaljumäe	Macron	Unibet^[15]
Tammeka	Marti Pähn	Taijo Teniste	Nike	Giga Ehitus
Vaprus	Igor Prins	Magnus Villota	Nike	Coolbet

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Vaprus	Dmitrijs Kalašņikovs^[16]	End of contract	12 November 2022	Pre-season	Igor Prins^[17]	14 November 2022
FCI Levadia	Nikita Andreev	End of interim spell	1 December 2022		Curro Torres^[18]	1 December 2022
Narva Trans	Aleksei Yagudin	End of interim spell	31 December 2022		Sergei Terehhov^[19]	31 December 2022
Nõmme Kalju	Kaido Koppel^[20]	Contract terminated	28 April 2023	4th	Nikita Andreev	28 April 2023
Paide Linnameeskond	Karel Voolaid^[21]	Contract terminated	25 May 2023	7th	Ats Sillaste (interim)^[22]	27 May 2023
Paide Linnameeskond	Ats Sillaste	End of interim spell	30 May 2023	7th	Ivan Stojković^[23]	30 May 2023
Narva Trans	Sergei Terehhov^[24]	Contract terminated	8 August 2023	8th	Valeri Bondarenko (interim)	11 August 2023
Narva Trans	Valeri Bondarenko	End of interim spell	20 August 2023	8th	Aleksei Eremenko^[25]	20 August 2023

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flora (C)	36	23	10	3	74	24	+50	79	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	FCI Levadia	36	22	11	3	67	24	+43	77	Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round^[a]
3	Tallinna Kalev	36	14	11	11	49	41	+8	53^[b]
4	Paide Linnameeskond	36	13	14	9	50	34	+16	53^[b]
5	Nõmme Kalju	36	12	13	11	50	42	+8	49
6	Vaprus	36	12	12	12	40	43	−3	48
7	Kuressaare	36	12	7	17	36	60	−24	43
8	Narva Trans	36	12	2	22	32	64	−32	38
9	Tammeka (O)	36	5	12	19	33	65	−32	27	Qualification for the Meistriliiga play-off
10	Harju (R)	36	5	8	23	27	61	−34	23	Relegation to the Esiliiga

Home \ Away	LEV	FLO	HAR	KUR	NAR	NÕM	PLM	KAL	TAM	VAP	LEV	FLO	HAR	KUR	NAR	NÕM	PLM	KAL	TAM	VAP
FCI Levadia	—	0–0	6–1	4–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	—	2–1	1–1	4–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0
Flora	0–2	—	4–0	4–0	5–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	—	2–0	3–0	1–4	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1
Harju	2–1	0–1	—	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	2–3	1–2	0–1	2–3	—	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–2	3–0	0–4
Kuressaare	0–2	1–4	1–1	—	3–0	2–0	1–4	1–2	3–1	1–2	2–1	0–3	1–1	—	1–0	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–0
Narva Trans	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	—	0–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–2	0–1	1–3	1–3	2–0	—	2–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	0–4
Nõmme Kalju	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	—	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	4–3	0–0	1–0	4–1	4–0	—	3–3	1–2	4–1	1–1
Paide Linnameeskond	1–1	1–3	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	—	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	—	1–1	6–3	3–0
Tallinna Kalev	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–3	0–1	0–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–3	5–0	1–1	2–1	—	1–1	1–0
Tammeka	2–2	0–3	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	—	2–3	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	2–7	—	0–0
Vaprus	0–0	1–5	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	—	0–3	0–1	0–0	3–1	3–2	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	—

2023 Meistriliiga

Team changes

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Meistriliiga play-off

First leg

Second leg

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Average attendance

Awards

Monthly awards

Annual awards

Attendances

References

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29 November 2023	Viimsi	0–5	Tammeka	Tallinn
16:00 BST			Adebayo 11', 37' Uggeri 46' Tammik 64' Laaneots 89'	Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 375

3 December 2023	Tammeka	1–1 (6–1 agg.)	Viimsi	Tartu
10:30 BST	Adebayo 71'		Lehtmets 20'	Stadium: Tartu Annemõisa Jalgpallihall Attendance: 140

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[27]
1	Tristan Koskor	Narva Trans	16
2	Konstantin Vassiljev	Flora	14
3	Mollo	FCI Levadia	13
4	Sergei Zenjov	Flora	12
5	Ernest Agyiri	FCI Levadia	11
6	Kevin Mätas	Tammeka	10
6	Tristan Toomas Teeväli	Tallinna Kalev	10
8	Sten Reinkort	Flora/Kuressaare	9
9	Bourama Fomba	FCI Levadia	8
	Kevin Kauber	Vaprus
	Mattias Männilaan	Kuressaare
	Foday Trawally	Tallinna Kalev

Club	Average attendance^[30]
FCI Levadia	750
Pärnu JK Vaprus	664
Tallinna FC Flora	530
JK Tallinna Kalev	374
Tartu JK Tammeka	333
Paide Linnameeskond	309
Nõmme Kalju FC	294
Harju JK Laagri	285
JK Narva Trans	221
FC Kuressaare	196
League average	396

Month	Player of the Month		Manager of the Month
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club
March^[31]	Uku Kõrre	Vaprus	Igor Prins	Vaprus
April^[32]	Ernest Agyiri	FCI Levadia	Curro Torres	FCI Levadia
May^[33]	Sergei Zenjov	Flora	Jürgen Henn	Flora
June/July^[34]	Ebrima Jarju	Paide Linnameeskond	Curro Torres	FCI Levadia
August^[35]	Andre Fortune II	Nõmme Kalju	Nikita Andreev	Nõmme Kalju
September^[36]	Mollo	FCI Levadia	Victor Silva	Harju
October^[37]	Konstantin Vassiljev	Flora	Aivar Anniste Daniel Meijel	Tallinna Kalev

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season^[38]	Konstantin Vassiljev	Flora
Goalkeeper of the Season	Karl Andre Vallner	FCI Levadia
Defender of the Season	Bourama Fomba	FCI Levadia
Midfielder of the Season	Konstantin Vassiljev	Flora
Forward of the Season	Mollo	FCI Levadia
Under-21 Player of the Season	Mollo	FCI Levadia
Goal of the Season^[39]	Mark Maksimkin	Narva Trans

#	Football club	Average attendance^[40]
1	FCI Levadia Tallinn	763
2	Pärnu JK Vaprus	664
3	FC Flora Tallinn	518
4	JK Tallinna Kalev	374
5	JK Tammeka Tartu	333
6	Paide Linnameeskond	309
7	JK Nõmme Kalju	294
8	Harju JK Laagri	285
9	JK Narva Trans	221
10	FC Kuressaare	196

v t e Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga seasons	1992 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
2026 teams	Flora Harju Levadia Kuressaare Narva Trans Nõmme Kalju Nõmme United Paide Linnameeskond Tammeka Vaprus
Former teams	Ajax DAG Dünamo Eesti Põlevkivi FCI Tallinn Keemik Lantana Lelle Levadia II Lokomotiv Lootus Maardu Merkuur Nikol Norma Pärnu Pärnu Levadia Pärnu Linnameeskond Sillamäe Kalev Tallinna Kalev Tallinna Sadam Tarvas Tervis Pärnu TJK Legion Tulevik TVMK Valga Vall Vigri Viljandi Warrior
Top division seasons (before Meistriliiga)	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

v t e 2022–23 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '22 '23 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '22 '23 Faroe Islands '22 '23 Finland '22 '23 France Georgia '22 '23 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '22 '23 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '22 '23 Kosovo Latvia '22 '23 Lithuania '22 '23 Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway '22 '23 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '22 '23 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '22 '23 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '22 '23 Finland '22 '23 France Georgia '22 '23 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '22 '23 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '22 '23 Kosovo Latvia '22 '23 Liechtenstein Lithuania '22 '23 Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '22 '23 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey ~~Ukraine~~ Wales
League cups	England Finland Iceland Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus England Estonia '22 '23 Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan '22 '23 Kosovo Lithuania '22 '23 Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '22 '23 Romania Russia San Marino Spain Turkey ~~Ukraine~~
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying group stage knockout phase Final Europa Conference League qualifying 1st and 2nd rounds 3rd and play-off rounds group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup Youth League UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path knockout phase Under-20 Intercontinental Cup
International competitions	2022 FIFA World Cup UEFA Euro 2024 qualification 2022–23 UEFA Nations League League A League B League C League D Finals Final 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2023 Euro Under-21 qualification 2023 Euro Under-19 qualification 2023 Euro Under-17 qualification