2009_Meistriliiga Knowpia

Meistriliiga
Season	2009
Champions	Levadia; (7th title)
Relegated	Tallinna Kalev
Champions League	Levadia
Europa League	Sillamäe Kalev; Trans
Baltic League	Levadia; Sillamäe Kalev; Trans; Flora; Nõmme Kalju
Matches played	180
Goals scored	590 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vitali Gussev (26)
Biggest home win	Kalju 10–0 Paide; Trans 10–0 Kuressaare
Biggest away win	Tammeka 0–8 Sillamäe Kalev
Highest scoring	Kalju 10–0 Paide; Trans 10–0 Kuressaare
	← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 Meistriliiga was the 19th season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. It started on 7 March 2009 and ended on 10 November 2009. Levadia won their seventh title.

Changes from the previous season edit

TVMK were disbanded after the end of the previous season.^[1] Hence Vaprus, who originally were to be directly relegated, faced Esiliiga side Paide Linnameeskond in a relegation play-off series for one spot in Meistriliiga 2009. With an aggregate 5–5, Paide Linnameeskond won the promotion play-off against Vaprus on the away goals rule and play their first season in Estonian top division. Tallinna Kalev, who originally were to participate in the relegation series, were spared.

Kuressaare earned promotion to the 2009 Meistriliiga after finishing in second place in the 2008 Esiliiga; champions Levadia II were not eligible to be promoted.

Maag Tammeka changed their name to Tammeka following the loss of a major sponsor.^[2]

Overview edit

Flora
Kalju
Levadia
Tallinna Kalev

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Location of teams in Meistriliiga 2009

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
Flora	Tallinn	A. Le Coq Arena	9,300	Tarmo Rüütli
Kalju	Tallinn	Hiiu Stadium	500	Getúlio Fredo
Kuressaare	Kuressaare	Kuressaare Linnastaadion	2,000	Jan Važinski
Levadia	Tallinn	Kadrioru Stadium	4,750	Igor Prins
Paide Linnameeskond	Paide	ÜG Stadium	268	Viktor Mets
Sillamäe Kalev	Sillamäe	Kalevi Stadium	2,000	Anatoli Ushanov
Tallinna Kalev	Tallinn	Kalevi Keskstaadion	12,000	Daniel Meijel
Tammeka	Tartu	Tamme Stadium	2,000	Norbert Hurt
Trans	Narva	Kreenholmi Stadium	3,000	Sergei Ratnikov
Tulevik	Viljandi	Viljandi Linnastaadion	2,500	Marko Lelov

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Levadia (C)	36	31	4	1	121	23	+98	97	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Sillamäe Kalev	36	24	4	8	85	40	+45	76	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3	Trans	36	23	7	6	82	29	+53	76	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
4	Flora	36	22	6	8	79	31	+48	72	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
5	Kalju	36	15	9	12	65	47	+18	54
6	Tulevik	36	15	6	15	55	49	+6	51
7	Tammeka	36	7	3	26	29	86	−57	24
8	Kuressaare	36	7	3	26	21	99	−78	24
9	Paide Linnameeskond (O)	36	6	4	26	21	97	−76	22	Qualification for relegation play-offs
10	Tallinna Kalev (R)	36	4	4	28	32	89	−57	16	Relegation to Esiliiga

Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd least withdrawals or annulled matches; 3rd overall wins; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored.
If two or more teams on the top have the same number of points by the end of the season, the aforementioned rules will not apply and additional game(s) will be played to determine the champions^[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ The winner of the 2009–10 Estonian Cup, Levadia have already qualified for Champions League, that means Flora will qualify for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League 1st qualifying round as cup runners-up.

Relegation play-off edit

The ninth placed team of Meistriliiga and the runners-up of Esiliiga will compete in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in 2010 Meistriliiga.

15 November 2009

13:00

Warrior	0–1	Paide Linnameeskond
	Report	Pebre 48'

Sportland Arena, Tallinn

Attendance: 110

Referee: Roomer Tarajev

21 November 2009

13:00

Paide Linnameeskond	1–1	Warrior
Leetma 8'	Report	Danelson 75'

Paide kunstmuruväljak, Paide

Attendance: 170

Referee: Jaan Roos

Paide Linnameeskond wins 2–1 on aggregate and retains their spot in next season's Meistriliiga.

Results edit

Each team plays every opponent four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 games.

First half of season edit

Home \ Away	FLO	NÕM	KUR	LEV	PAI	SIL	T.K	TAM	TRA	TUL
Flora		0–0	3–0	1–3	4–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0
Nõmme Kalju	0–1		6–1	1–2	3–0	1–3	2–1	4–0	1–2	1–1
Kuressaare	1–0	1–2		1–7	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–5	0–3
Levadia	3–2	3–1	3–0		2–0	3–1	4–1	8–0	2–0	5–0
Paide	0–6	0–3	0–0	0–3		0–2	1–0	3–1	0–5	0–1
Sillamäe Kalev	3–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	6–0		2–0	5–0	2–1	1–0
Tallinna Kalev	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1		0–4	2–4	0–1
Tammeka	0–4	1–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–8	0–3		1–4	1–1
Trans	1–2	3–0	2–0	0–3	3–0^[a]	1–2	3–1	3–1		1–1
Tulevik	1–1	0–2	3–0	0–7	1–0	1–3	2–1	3–0	1–2

Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ The match was declared 3–0 for Narva Trans because Paide LM used ineligible players.^[4]

Second half of season edit

Home \ Away	FLO	NÕM	KUR	LEV	PAI	SIL	T.K	TAM	TRA	TUL
Flora		2–2	3–0	1–3	0–0	4–0	4–1	2–1	1–2	4–1
Nõmme Kalju	3–2		1–0	1–3	10–0	1–1	3–4	1–1	2–2	1–1
Kuressaare	0–3	0–0^[a]		1–3	4–1	0–3	2–0	0–2	0–7	0–4
Levadia	1–0	5–0	8–0		4–2	6–1	5–1	6–1	1–1	3–0
Paide	0–6	0–3	2–0	1–5		0–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	0–4
Sillamäe Kalev	1–3	1–1	5–1	0–1	3–0		7–0	3–0	0–2	3–1
Tallinna Kalev	1–2	0–2	1–4	0–1	3–2	2–6		1–6	0–2	0–2
Tammeka	0–4	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–0		0–1	0–3
Trans	0–0	0–0	10–0	2–1	4–1	0–1	1–0	2–0		3–1
Tulevik	0–1	3–2	6–0	0–0	4–0	1–3	4–1	0–1	0–1

Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ The match was awarded as lost for both teams with no goals counted, because both Kuressaare and Kalju used an ineligible player. The original result was 2–3.^[5]

Season statistics edit

Top scorers edit

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[6]
1	Vitali Gussev	Levadia	26
2	Felipe Nunes	Kalju	20
3	Nikita Andreev	Levadia	17
4	Jüri Jevdokimov	Tulevik	14
5	Alo Dupikov	Flora	13
	Vitali Leitan	Levadia
	Aleksei Naumov	Sillamäe Kalev
	Aleksandr Tarassenkov	Trans
	Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko	Flora
10	Konstantin Nahk	Levadia	12

Awards edit

Monthly awards edit

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club
March^[7]	Igor Prins	Levadia	Jüri Jevdokimov	Tulevik
April^[7]	Igor Prins	Levadia	Vitali Gussev	Levadia
May^[7]	Anatoli Ushanov	Sillamäe Kalev	Alo Dupikov	Flora
June^[7]	Igor Prins	Levadia	Aleksei Naumov	Sillamäe Kalev
July^[7]	Tarmo Rüütli	Flora	Sander Puri	Levadia
August^[7]	Sergei Ratnikov	Levadia	Tomas Rimas	Trans
September^[7]	Igor Prins	Levadia	Konstantin Nahk	Levadia
October^[7]	Igor Prins	Levadia	Eduard Ratnikov	Trans

References edit

^ "TVMK kadumine ulatas Vaprusele õlekõrre" (in Estonian). soccernet.ee. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
^ "Maag Tammekast saab lihtsalt Tammeka". soccernet.ee (in Estonian). 30 October 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
^ "Eesti 2009.a. meistrivõistluste juhend Meistri- ja Esiliigale" (PDF). jalgpall.ee (in Estonian). EJL. 20 February 2009. p. Page 10. Retrieved 8 July 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Tulemuse tühistamine Meistriliiga avavoorus". jalgpall.struktuur.ee (in Estonian). EJL. 11 March 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ "Meistriliiga 19. vooru mängud" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
^ "MÄNGUDE AJALUGU" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Meistriliiga oktoobrikuu parimad on Igor Prins ja Eduard Ratnikov" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 2 November 2009.