Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded in 1992, and is semi-professional with amateur clubs allowed to compete.
As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts in March and ends in November. Meistriliiga consists of ten clubs, all teams play each other four times. After each season the bottom team is relegated and the second last team plays a two-legged play-off for a place in the Meistriliiga.
In February 2013, A. Le Coq, an Estonian brewery company, signed a five-year cooperation agreement with the Estonian Football Association, which included Meistriliiga naming rights.
2020 season
The following 10 clubs will compete in the Meistriliiga during the 2020 season.| Club | Position in 2019 | First season in Meistriliiga | Seasons in Meistriliiga | Current spell since | Titles | Last title/ Best finish |
| FCI Levadiac | 2nd | 1999 | 22 | 1999 | [|9] | 2014 |
| Floraa, b, c | 1st | 1992 | 30 | 1992 | 12 | 2019 |
| Kuressaare | 9th | 2000 | 12 | 2018 | 0 | 7th |
| Narva Transa, b, c | 6th | 1992 | 30 | 1992 | 0 | 2nd |
| Nõmme Kaljuc | 3rd | 2008 | 13 | 2008 | [|2] | 2018 |
| Paide Linnameeskondc | 4th | 2009 | 12 | 2009 | 0 | 4th |
| Tallinna Kalev | 8th | 2007 | 9 | 2018 | 0 | 6th |
| Legion | Esiliiga, 1st | 2020 | 0 | 2020 | 0 | - |
| Tammekac | 5th | 2005 | 16 | 2005 | 0 | 5th |
| Tulevika | 7th | 1992 | 21 | 2017 | 0 | 2nd |
a = Founding member of the Meistriliiga
b = Played in every Meistriliiga season
c = Never been relegated from the Meistriliiga
Champions
Total titles won
All-time Meistriliiga table
The table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Meistriliiga since its inception in 1992. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2019 season. Teams in bold play in the Meistriliiga 2019 season. Numbers in bold are the record numbers in each column.In this ranking [|3] points are awarded for a win, [|1] for a draw, and 0 for a loss, although Meistriliiga awarded 2 points for a win until the 1994–95 season. Championship matches, relegation matches and relegation tournament matches involving clubs of lower leagues are not counted. In 1992 Preliminary Round matches were played in two groups. The results of the matches played between teams in same group were taken to second round, thus counted twice, in this table these results are counted once.
The table is sorted by all-time points.
| | Club | Seasons | Titles | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Flora | 29 | 12 | 872 | 602 | 151 | 119 | 2317 | 707 | 1610 | 1957 | 2.24 |
| 2 | Levadia1 | 21 | 9 | 708 | 512 | 127 | 69 | 1916 | 491 | 1425 | 1663 | 2.35 |
| 3 | Narva Trans | 29 | 0 | 872 | 409 | 169 | 294 | 1632 | 1173 | 459 | 1396 | 1.60 |
| [|4] | Nõmme Kalju | 12 | 2 | 432 | 267 | 90 | 75 | 973 | 397 | 576 | 891 | 2.06 |
| [|5] | TVMK2 | 15 | 1 | 408 | 225 | 76 | 107 | 966 | 480 | 486 | 751 | 1.84 |
| 6 | Sillamäe Kalev | 13 | 0 | 413 | 183 | 65 | 165 | 741 | 681 | 60 | 614 | 1.49 |
| 7 | Tulevik3 | 20 | 0 | 597 | 169 | 105 | 323 | 723 | 1175 | -452 | 612 | 1.03 |
| 8 | Tammeka | 14 | 0 | 540 | 151 | 96 | 293 | 662 | 1062 | -400 | 549 | 1.02 |
| 9 | Paide Linnameeskond | 11 | 0 | 396 | 130 | 70 | 196 | 504 | 730 | -226 | 460 | 1.16 |
| 10 | FCI Tallinn9 | 5 | 1 | 180 | 90 | 41 | 49 | 343 | 212 | 131 | 311 | 1.73 |
| 11 | Lantana | 6 | 2 | 138 | 73 | 34 | 31 | 271 | 144 | 127 | 253 | 1.83 |
| 12 | Kuressaare | 12 | 0 | 408 | 60 | 51 | 297 | 311 | 1122 | -811 | 231 | 0.57 |
| 13 | Tallinna Sadam | 6 | 0 | 132 | 67 | 19 | 46 | 271 | 168 | 103 | 220 | 1.67 |
| 14 | Tallinna Kalev | 8 | 0 | 288 | 53 | 45 | 190 | 279 | 700 | -421 | 204 | 0.71 |
| 15 | Eesti Põlevkivi | 9 | 0 | 162 | 50 | 40 | 72 | 224 | 276 | -52 | 190 | 1.17 |
| 16 | Norma | 4 | 2 | 78 | 49 | 7 | 22 | 223 | 111 | 112 | 154 | 1.97 |
| 17 | Merkuur4 | 6 | 0 | 153 | 41 | 28 | 84 | 204 | 404 | -200 | 151 | 0.99 |
| 18 | Vigri5 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 31 | 11 | 12 | 151 | 64 | 87 | 104 | 1.93 |
| 19 | Vaprus | 5 | 0 | 180 | 27 | 16 | 137 | 179 | 576 | -397 | 97 | 0.54 |
| 20 | Nikol | 2 | 0 | 44 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 107 | 36 | 71 | 96 | 2.18 |
| 21 | Järve6 | 5 | 0 | 148 | 22 | 19 | 107 | 104 | 394 | -290 | 85 | 0.57 |
| 22 | Warrior | 5 | 0 | 156 | 21 | 18 | 117 | 120 | 425 | -305 | 81 | 0.52 |
| 23 | Levadia II1 | 3 | 0 | 84 | 20 | 14 | 50 | 106 | 211 | -105 | 74 | 0.88 |
| 24 | Lelle | 4 | 0 | 80 | 16 | 19 | 45 | 72 | 155 | -83 | 67 | 0.84 |
| 25 | Dünamo | 4 | 0 | 89 | 16 | 11 | 62 | 92 | 277 | -185 | 59 | 0.66 |
| 26 | DAG7 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 16 | 9 | 43 | 85 | 199 | -114 | 57 | 0.84 |
| 27 | Viljandi | 2 | 0 | 72 | 14 | 14 | 44 | 70 | 157 | -87 | 56 | 0.78 |
| 28 | Pärnu Linnameeskond | 2 | 0 | 72 | 11 | 10 | 51 | 62 | 185 | -123 | 43 | 0.60 |
| 29 | Tervis Pärnu | 2 | 0 | 46 | 11 | 5 | 30 | 38 | 92 | -54 | 38 | 0.83 |
| 30 | Keemik | 2 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 72 | -31 | 36 | 1.16 |
| 31 | Ajax | 3 | 0 | 108 | 7 | 13 | 88 | 60 | 449 | -389 | 34 | 0.31 |
| 32 | Pärnu8 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 36 | 120 | -84 | 20 | 0.53 |
| 33 | Lokomotiv | 1 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 35 | 115 | -80 | 18 | 0.50 |
| 34 | Maardu Linnameeskond | 1 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 30 | 118 | -88 | 17 | 0.47 |
| 35 | Pärnu Levadia | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 96 | -77 | 8 | 0.29 |
| 36 | Tarvas | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 113 | -98 | 3 | 0.09 |
| 37 | Vall | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 44 | -35 | 1 | 0.07 |
| 38 | Maardu | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 59 | -53 | 0 | 0 |
;Notes
- Note 1: 1999–2003 FC Levadia Maardu, 2004– FC Levadia. Not to be confused with FC Levadia Tallinn 2001-2003 a separate team owned by the steel company Levadia. In 2004 the clubs were merged FC Levadia Maardu were moved to Tallinn and became FC Levadia, former FC Levadia Tallinn become their reserves as FC Levadia II.
- Note 2: 1992 TVMV, 1995–1996 Tevalte-Marlekor, 1996–1997 Marlekor, 1997–2008 TVMK
- Note 3: 1992 Viljandi JK, 1993– Viljandi Tulevik
- Note 4: 1992–2005 Merkuur, 2006 Maag
- Note 5: 1992–1993 Vigri, 1993–1995 Tevalte, 1996–1999 Vigri
- Note 6: 2000–2003 Kohtla-Järve Lootus, 2004 Alutaguse Lootus, 2005–2012 Kohtla-Järve Lootus, 2013– Kohtla-Järve Järve
- Note 7: 1992 Tartu Kalev, 1992–1994 EsDAG, 1994– DAG
- Note 8: 1992 Pärnu JK, 1994–1996 PJK Kalev
- Note 8: 2011–2016 Infonet, 2017 FCI Tallinn
Records
Club records
- Most titles: 12 – Flora
- Most consecutive titles: 4 – Levadia
- Biggest title-winning margin: 21 points – 2009; Levadia over Sillamäe Kalev
- Smallest title-winning margin: 0 points – 1993–94; Flora and Norma both finished on 36 points, Flora won the title in a Championship play-off match 5–2.
- Most seasons in the Meistriliiga: 29 – Flora and Narva Trans
- Most consecutive seasons in the Meistriliiga: 29 – Flora and Narva Trans
- Most points in a season: 97 – Levadia
- Fewest points in a season: 0 – Maardu
- Longest unbeaten run: 61 – Levadia
- Most consecutive wins: 17 – Norma
- Record win: Tevalte 24–0 Sillamäe Kalev
- Most goals scored in a season: 138 – TVMK
- Most hat-tricks in a season: 9 – Norma
- Fewest goals in a season: 11 – Sillamäe Kalev, Valga, Kuressaare, Lootus, Ajax
- Most goals per game in a season: 4.636 – Norma
- Fewest goals per game in a season: 0.306 – Ajax
- Most goals against in a season: 192 – Ajax
- Most clean sheets in one season: 24 – Levadia
Player records
- Most appearances:
| Rank | Player | Games | Goals |
| 1 | Andrei Kalimullin | 517 | 22 |
| 2 | Stanislav Kitto | 515 | 55 |
| 3 | Maksim Gruznov | 494 | 304 |
| 4 | Konstantin Nahk | 481 | 153 |
| 5 | Tarmo Neemelo | 450 | 196 |
| 6 | 439 | 93 | |
| 7 | Markus Jürgenson | 433 | 60 |
| 8 | Sergei Kazakov | 432 | 34 |
| 9 | Vitali Leitan | 418 | 162 |
| 10 | Vitali Teleš | 391 | 1 |
- Most goals:
| Rank | Player | Goals | Games | Average |
| 1 | Maksim Gruznov | 304 | 494 | 0.62 |
| 2 | Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko | 211 | 309 | 0.68 |
| 3 | Tarmo Neemelo | 196 | 450 | 0.44 |
| 4 | Andrei Krõlov | 162 | 287 | 0.57 |
| 4 | Vitali Leitan | 162 | 418 | 0.39 |
| 6 | Ingemar Teever | 157 | 296 | 0.53 |
| 7 | Konstantin Nahk | 153 | 481 | 0.32 |
| 8 | Dmitri Lipartov | 152 | 333 | 0.46 |
| 9 | Indrek Zelinski | 146 | 276 | 0.53 |
| 10 | Albert Prosa | 133 | 284 | 0.47 |
- Oldest player: Boriss Dugan – 51 years and 153 days
- Youngest player: Andrei Tjunin – 14 years and 336 days
- Oldest goalscorer: Sergei Zamogilnõi – 43 years and 16 days
- Youngest goalscorer: Martin Vetkal – 15 years and 261 days
- Most goals in a season: 46 – Aleksandrs Čekulajevs
- Most hat-tricks: 22 – Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko
- Most goals in a match: 10 – Anatoli Novožilov
- Most goals from the penalty spot: 55 – Konstantin Nahk
- Fastest goal: 12 seconds – Aleksander Saharov
- Fastest hat-trick: 4 minutes – Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko
- Fastest own goal: 5 seconds – Jaanis Kriska
- Most clean sheets in one season: 24 – Roman Smishko
- Longest consecutive run without conceding a goal: 1,281 minutes – Roman Smishko
Estonian champions
- 1921Sport Tallinn
- 1922Sport Tallinn
- 1923Kalev Tallinn
- 1924Sport Tallinn
- 1925Sport Tallinn
- 1926Jalgpalliklubi Tallinn
- 1927Sport Tallinn
- 1928Jalgpalliklubi Tallinn
- 1929Sport Tallinn
- 1930Kalev Tallinn
- 1931Sport Tallinn
- 1932Sport Tallinn
- 1933Sport Tallinn
- 1934Estonia Tallinn
- 1935Estonia Tallinn
- 1936Estonia Tallinn
- 1937–38Estonia Tallinn
- 1938–39Estonia Tallinn
- 1939–40Olümpia Tartu
- 1941 Not Finished
- 1942PSR Tartu '
- 1943Estonia Tallinn '
- 1944 Not Finished
Estonian SSR champions
- 1945Dünamo Tallinn
- 1946BL Tallinn
- 1947Dünamo Tallinn
- 1948Balti Laevastik Tallinn
- 1949Dünamo Tallinn
- 1950Dünamo Tallinn
- 1951Balti Laevastik Tallinn
- 1952Balti Laevastik Tallinn
- 1953Dünamo Tallinn
- 1954Dünamo Tallinn
- 1955Kalev Tallinn
- 1956Balti Laevastik Tallinn
- 1957Kalev Ülemiste
- 1958Kalev Ülemiste
- 1959Kalev Ülemiste
- 1960Balti Laevastik Tallinn
- 1961Kalev Kopli
- 1962Kalev Ülemiste
- 1963Tempo Tallinn
- 1964Norma Tallinn
- 1965Balti Laevastik Tallinn
- 1966Balti Laevastik Tallinn
- 1967Norma Tallinn
- 1968Balti Laevastik Tallinn
- 1969Dvigatel Tallinn
- 1970Norma Tallinn
- 1971Tempo Tallinn
- 1972Balti Laevastik Tallinn
- 1973Kreenholm Narva
- 1974Baltika Narva
- 1975Baltika Narva
- 1976Dvigatel Tallinn
- 1977Baltika Narva
- 1978Dünamo Tallinn
- 1979Norma Tallinn
- 1980Dünamo Tallinn
- 1981Dünamo Tallinn
- 1982Tempo Tallinn
- 1983Dünamo Tallinn
- 1984Estonia Jõhvi
- 1985Kalakombinaat/MEK Pärnu
- 1986Zvezda Tallinn
- 1987Tempo Tallinn
- 1988Norma Tallinn
- 1989Zvezda Tallinn
- 1990TVMK
- 1991TVMK