2008 Esiliiga

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The 2008 season of the Esiliiga (the second league of the Estonian football system).

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 FC Levadia II[a] (C) 36 22 6 8 83 33 +50 72
2 FC Kuressaare (P) 36 21 8 7 67 35 +32 71 Promotion to Meistriliiga
3 FC Flora II[a] 36 18 8 10 62 41 +21 62
4 FC Flora Paide LM 36 14 11 11 58 44 +14 53 Qualification for promotion play-offs
5 Valga Warrior 36 13 9 14 46 56 −10 48
6 Kiviõli Tamme Auto 36 11 11 14 51 66 −15 44
7 JK Maag Tammeka II[a] 36 11 10 15 60 63 −3 43
8 FC Flora Rakvere 36 10 7 19 53 82 −29 37
9 Lasnamäe Ajax 36 8 9 19 59 79 −20 33 Qualification for relegation play-offs
10 FC TVMK II[b] (R) 36 11 3 22 58 98 −40 36 Relegation to II liiga
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.
  2. ^ On 6 November Estonian Football Association License Commission decided to take TVMK's license to play in Meistriliiga or Esiliiga, due to financial difficulties during the season. The Estonian Football Association helped them to play until the end of the season and as they finished in 3rd place, the players and coaches got bronze medals, but the club itself was demoted to 10th spot.[1][2][3]

Relegation play-off

Ajax Lasnamäe and II Liiga Ida/Põhi side TJK Legion will compete in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in 2009 Esiliiga.

TJK Legion2 – 0Ajax Lasnamäe
Kisseljov 2'
Kutuzov 77'		 Report
Attendance: 90
Referee: Mart Martin
Ajax Lasnamäe1 – 1TJK Legion
Kirpu 3' Report Kisseljov 67'
Attendance: 23
Referee: Martin Salong

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 16 November 2008.[4]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Estonia Sergei Jegorov TVMK II 20
2 Estonia Alar Petrovits Rakvere Flora 17
3 Estonia Tõnis Starkopf Kiviõli Tamme Auto 15
4 Estonia Martti Pukk Kuressaare 14
5 Estonia Albert Prosa Maag Tammeka II 13
6 Russia Dmitri Skiperski Kuressaare 11
Estonia Erik Šteinberg Kiviõli Tamme Auto 11
8 Estonia Sergei Akimov Rakvere Flora 10
Estonia Jevgeni Gurtšioglujants Levadia II 10
Estonia Sander Rõivassepp Flora II 10
Estonia Janar Toomet Flora II 10

See also

References

  1. ^ "FC TVMK meeskonnad langesid Meistri- ja Esiliigast välja". EJL. Archived from the original on June 21, 2009. Retrieved November 17, 2008.
  2. ^ "FC TVMK meeskonnad langesid Meistri- ja Esiliigast välja". fcflora.ee. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
  3. ^ "TVMK kadumine ulatas Vaprusele õlekõrre". Soccernet.ee. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
  4. ^ "EL VÄRAVALÖÖJATE EDETABEL (2008)" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.