2025 Esiliiga

The 2025 Esiliiga was the 35th season of the Esiliiga, the second tier of Estonian football. The season began on 1 March and concluded on 9 November 2025.^[1]

Season2025

Dates1 March – 9 November 2025

ChampionsNõmme United

PromotedNõmme United

Quick facts Season, Dates ...

Esiliiga
Season	2025
Dates	1 March – 9 November 2025
Champions	Nõmme United
Promoted	Nõmme United
Relegated	Tallinna Kalev U21 Tammeka U21
Matches	169
Goals	627 (3.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Egert Õunapuu (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Flora U21 9–0 Tammeka U21 (25 April 2025)
Biggest away win	Tammeka U21 0–12 Nõmme United (20 June 2025)
Highest scoring	Tammeka U21 0–12 Nõmme United (20 June 2025)
Longest winning run	Nõmme United (4 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Elva (5 matches)
Longest winless run	Tallinna Kalev U21 (7 matches)
Longest losing run	Tammeka U21 (6 matches)
← 2024 2026 →

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Teams

The league consisted of ten teams; seven teams remaining from the previous season, two teams promoted from the Esiliiga B, and one team relegated from the Meistriliiga.

The promoted teams were the 2024 Esiliiga B champions Tammeka U21 and runners-up Nõmme Kalju U21. They replaced the 2024 Esiliiga bottom two teams Paide Linnameeskond U21 and Tabasalu.

The relegated team was the 2024 Meistriliiga bottom-placed team Nõmme United. They replaced the 2024 Esiliiga champions Harju.

Stadiums and locations

Tallinn

Tallinn teams:
FCI Levadia U21
Flora U21
Nõmme Kalju U21
Nõmme United
Tallinn
Tallinna Kalev U21

Locations of the 2025 Esiliiga teams

More information Team, Location ...

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Elva	Elva	Elva linnastaadion	30^[2]
FCI Levadia U21	Tallinn	Maarjamäe Stadium	30^[3]
Flora U21		Sportland Arena	1,172^[4]
Nõmme Kalju U21		Hiiu Stadium	570^[5]
Nõmme United		Männiku Stadium	500^[6]
Tallinn		Lasnamäe Sports Complex Stadium	200^[7]
Tallinna Kalev U21		Sportland Arena	1,172^[4]
Tammeka U21	Tartu	Sepa Jalgpallikeskus	504^[8]
Viimsi	Haabneeme	Viimsi Stadium	1,006^[9]
Welco	Tartu	Holm Park	580^[10]

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Personnel and kits

More information Team, Manager ...

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Elva	Kaido Koppel	Jasper Reilson	Nike	Sportland
FCI Levadia U21	Santi García	Maksim Gussev	Macron^[11]	Viimsi Keevitus
Flora U21	Taavi Viik	Johann Vahermägi	Nike	Optibet^[12]
Nõmme Kalju U21	Erik Šteinberg	Igor Subbotin	Adidas	Marsbet^[13]
Nõmme United	Sławomir Cisakowski	Andre Frolov	Adidas	TonyBet
Tallinn	Andrei Kalimullin	Vladislav Tšurilkin	Adidas	CryptoWallet
Tallinna Kalev U21	Ats Purje	Kenlou Laasner	Macron	Unibet^[14]
Tammeka U21	Marti Pähn		Nike	None
Viimsi	Ivo Lehtmets	Markus Allast	Joma	Assa Abloy
Welco	Jaanus Reitel	Tauno Tekko	Adidas	Holm Bank

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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Nõmme United	Martin Klasen	Appointed as sporting director	6 December 2024^[15]	Pre-season	Sławomir Cisakowski	2 February 2025^[16]
Flora U21	Andris Altsaar	Mutual consent	6 January 2025		Taavi Viik	6 January 2025^[17]
Tallinna Kalev U21	Alo Bärengrub		6 January 2025		Ats Purje	6 January 2025^[18]
Tammeka U21	Karl Gustav Kärner		18 July 2025	10th	Marti Pähn	18 July 2025^[19]

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League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Nõmme United (C, P)	36	30	2	4	125	27	+98	92	Promotion to the Meistriliiga
2	Viimsi	36	24	6	6	83	27	+56	78	Qualification for the Meistriliiga play-off
3	Welco	36	18	9	9	76	56	+20	63
4	Elva	36	17	7	12	62	59	+3	58
5	Flora U21	36	13	9	14	61	56	+5	48
6	FCI Levadia U21	36	12	9	15	62	67	−5	45
7	Nõmme Kalju U21	36	13	6	17	56	79	−23	45
8	Tallinn (O)	36	11	7	18	61	75	−14	40	Qualification for the Esiliiga play-off
9	Tallinna Kalev U21 (R)	36	5	12	19	53	96	−43	27	Relegation to the Esiliiga B
10	Tammeka U21 (R)	36	3	1	32	40	137	−97	10	Relegation to the Esiliiga B

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Source: Esiliiga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less matches awarded against; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fair-play points; 10) Draw^[20]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Teams face each other four times (twice at home and twice away).

More information Home \ Away, ELV ...

Home \ Away	ELV	FCI	FLO	KAL	NÕM	TAL	TAK	TAM	VII	WEL	ELV	FCI	FLO	KAL	NÕM	TAL	TAK	TAM	VII	WEL
Elva		2–2	2–2	2–1	0–2	1–1	5–3	4–3	1–0	3–1		2–0	2–0	0–1	1–4	1–0	0–2	2–1	0–3	1–2
FCI Levadia U21	3–2		0–2	3–3	1–2	0–2	4–1	7–0	0–3	3–3	2–1		1–2	0–0	3–2	5–6	3–3	3–0	0–2	1–1
Flora U21	0–1	2–0		3–0	0–2	2–0	2–2	9–0	0–0	3–3	2–0	5–0		1–2	1–5	2–4	1–1	4–2	1–0	1–1
Nõmme Kalju U21	0–2	0–1	2–1		1–5	2–4	3–3	3–0	2–4	0–4	1–1	3–2	3–0		0–4	1–0	4–1	4–1	2–2	0–3
Nõmme United	4–1	3–0	4–1	3–2		4–0	4–0	6–2	2–0	0–1	5–0	0–2	4–0	2–1		6–0	8–0	6–0	1–0	5–2
Tallinn	1–1	1–1	1–0	7–0	1–2		1–1	3–1	0–2	1–5	1–2	2–3	2–3	2–1	1–4		2–2	2–0	1–2	0–2
Tallinna Kalev U21	0–1	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–3	0–3		6–1	0–4	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–4	2–2	0–3	2–2		5–0	0–5	1–3
Tammeka U21	2–5	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–12	2–3	5–1		0–1	0–1	1–2	2–6	0–1	1–5	1–3	5–2	4–5		0–4	2–2
Viimsi	3–3	2–0	1–1	5–0	1–0	3–1	4–0	4–0		2–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	6–0		3–2
Welco	2–5	1–0	4–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–2	3–1		3–2	3–0	0–0	5–2	1–3	2–2	1–2	3–0	1–4

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Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Esiliiga play-off

The eighth-placed team (Tallinn) faced the third-placed team of the 2025 Esiliiga B (Phoenix) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2026 Esiliiga.

First leg

15 November 2025	Phoenix	2–2	Tallinn	Jõhvi
11:00 BST	Džemesjuk 49' (o.g.) Stoyanov 69'		Kulik 67' Arhipov 85'	Stadium: Heino Lipp Stadium

Second leg

22 November 2025	Tallinn	1–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 agg.)	Phoenix	Tallinn
11:00 BST	Arhipov 108'			Stadium: Lasnamäe Spordikompleksi kunstmurustaadion

Season statistics

Top scorers

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[21]
1	Egert Õunapuu	Nõmme United	23
2	Tiago Baptista	Nõmme Kalju U21	19
3	Zakaria Beglarishvili	Nõmme United	17
4	Raiko Ilves	Tallinna Kalev U21	15
	Kenlou Laasner	Tallinna Kalev U21
	Rasmus Talu	Tallinna Kalev U21 / Viimsi
7	Maksim Gussev	FCI Levadia U21	14
8	Mosès Fofana	Viimsi	13
9	Erki Mõttus	Welco	12
10	Karl Kiidron	Tammeka U21	11
10	Kirill Nesterov	Tallinn	11

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Awards

Monthly awards

More information Month, Player of the Month ...

Month	Player of the Month		Manager of the Month
Month	Player	Club	Manager	Club
March^[22]	Andre Paju	Elva	Sławomir Cisakowski	Nõmme United
April^[23]	Erki Mõttus	Welco	Jaanus Reitel	Welco
May^[24]	Mosès Fofana	Viimsi	Ivo Lehtmets	Viimsi
June^[25]	Leonid Arhipov	Tallinn	Andrei Kalimullin	Tallinn
July^[26]	Egert Õunapuu	Nõmme United	Sławomir Cisakowski	Nõmme United
August^[27]	Raiko Ilves	Tallinna Kalev U21	Ats Purje	Tallinna Kalev U21
September^[28]	Zakaria Beglarishvili	Nõmme United	Sławomir Cisakowski	Nõmme United
October^[29]	Rasmus Talu	Viimsi	Santi García	FCI Levadia U21

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Esiliiga play-off

First leg

Second leg

Season statistics

Top scorers

Awards

Monthly awards

Annual awards

References

External links

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