2014 Meistriliiga

The 2014 Meistriliiga, also known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga due to sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 24th season of the Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system. The season ran from 1 March 2014 to 8 November 2014.[2] Levadia successfully defended the title, securing the championship in the last round.

Meistriliiga
Season2014
ChampionsLevadia
9th title
RelegatedTallinna Kalev
Lokomotiv
Champions LeagueLevadia
Europa LeagueSillamäe Kalev
Flora
Nõmme Kalju
Matches played180
Goals scored642 (3.57 per match)
Top goalscorerYevgeni Kabaev (36 goals)
Biggest home winLevadia 9–0 Tallinna Kalev
(15 June)
Infonet 10–1 Lokomotiv
(1 August)
Nõmme Kalju 9–0 Lokomotiv
(16 September)
Levadia 9–0 Lokomotiv
(2 November)
Biggest away winTallinna Kalev 0–8 Levadia
(15 March)
Highest scoringInfonet 10–1 Lokomotiv
(1 August)
Longest winning run8 games
Sillamäe Kalev
Flora
Nõmme Kalju
Longest unbeaten run19 games
Levadia
Longest winless run23 games
Lokomotiv
Longest losing run19 games
Tallinna Kalev
← 2013
2015 →

Teams

Kuressaare were relegated to the 2014 Esiliiga after finishing in the bottom of the table at the end of the 2013 season, ending their five-year tenure in the top flight. They were replaced by Lokomotiv, Esiliiga runners-up and first among promotion-eligible teams. Lokomotiv will make their first appearance in the top division.[3]

One spot in the league was decided in a two-legged play-off between Esiliiga's 4th Tarvas and Meistriliiga's 9th-placed team Tammeka. Tammeka won 6–2 on aggregate and therefore retained its place in Meistriliiga.[4]

Tammeka hit financial trouble in the second half of 2013 season,[5] but refused the reorganization plan set by Estonian Football Association.[6] In February Tammeka were stripped of their Meistriliiga license.[7] Tammeka entry was later granted for 2014 season to Football School Tammeka, financially independent part of the club run by former employees of football club Tammeka.[8]

Stadiums and locations
Location of the 2014 Meistriliiga teams
Team Location Stadium Seating capacity
Flora Tallinn A. Le Coq Arena 9,692[9]
Infonet Sportland Arena 540
Levadia Kadriorg Stadium 5,000[10]
Lokomotiv Jõhvi Jõhvi linnastaadion 60[11]
Narva Trans Narva Kreenholm Stadium 1,065[12]
Nõmme Kalju Tallinn Kadriorg Stadium 5,000[10]
Paide Linnameeskond Paide Paide linnastaadion 268[13]
Sillamäe Kalev Sillamäe Sillamäe Kalev Stadium 800[14]
Tallinna Kalev Tallinn Kalev Keskstaadion 11,500[15]
Tammeka Tartu Tartu Tamme Stadium 1,750[16]

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Flora Estonia Norbert Hurt Estonia Sander Post Nike Tele2[17]
Infonet Estonia Aleksandr Puštov Estonia Vladimir Avilov Joma Infonet
Levadia Estonia Marko Kristal Ukraine Roman Smishko Adidas Viimsi Keevitus
Lokomotiv Russia Aleksei Tikhomirov Estonia Valeri Smelkov Adidas Spacecom[18]
Narva Trans Russia Aleksei Yagudin Estonia Roman Nesterovski Nike Fama[19]
Nõmme Kalju Estonia Igor Prins Estonia Vitali Teleš Adidas Optibet[20]
Paide Linnameeskond Estonia Meelis Rooba Estonia Liivo Leetma Nike Verston
Sillamäe Kalev Russia Sergei Frantsev Estonia Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko Uhlsport Alexela
Tallinna Kalev Estonia Sergei Zamogilnõi Estonia Daniil Savitski Jako Viking Line
Tammeka Estonia Indrek Koser Estonia Jürgen Lorenz Nike Goldtime

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Tallinna Kalev Germany Frank Bernhardt Mutual agreement 13 December 2013 Pre-season Estonia Tarmo Rüütli 13 December 2013[21]
Tammeka Germany Uwe Erkenbrecher End of contract 31 December 2013 Estonia Indrek Koser 14 February 2014[22]
Tallinna Kalev Estonia Tarmo Rüütli Signed by Irtysh Pavlodar 6 March 2014[23] 9th Estonia Sergei Zamogilnõi 10 March 2014[24]
Lokomotiv Latvia Viktors Ņesterenko Sacked 22 April 2014[25] 10th Russia Aleksei Tikhomirov 23 April 2014[26]
Sillamäe Kalev Estonia Sergei Ratnikov Mutual agreement 26 April 2014[27] 1st Ukraine Vadym Dobizha (caretaker) 26 April 2014 [27]
Lokomotiv Russia Aleksei Tikhomirov Mutual agreement 3 June 2014[28] 10th Estonia Andrei Škaleta 6 June 2014[29]
Narva Trans Estonia Valeri Bondarenko Sacked 14 June 2014[30] 7th Russia Aleksei Yagudin 14 June 2014
Sillamäe Kalev Ukraine Vadym Dobizha Caretaker spell over 13 July 2014 4th Russia Sergei Frantsev 13 July 2014[31]
Lokomotiv Estonia Andrei Škaleta Mutual agreement 6 August 2014[32] 10th Russia Aleksei Tikhomirov 6 August 2014[32]

Player transfers
  • Transfers made during the 2013–14 winter transfer window (3 January – 28 February 2014)[33]
Main article: List of Estonian football transfers winter 2013–14
  • Transfers made during the 2014 summer transfer window (20 June – 20 July 2014)[33]
Main article: List of Estonian football transfers summer 2014

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Levadia (C) 36 26 6 4 112 19 +93 84 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Sillamäe Kalev 36 25 4 7 108 34 +74 79 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Flora 36 24 7 5 88 36 +52 79
4 Nõmme Kalju 36 24 6 6 85 19 +66 78
5 Infonet 36 19 9 8 80 44 +36 66
6 Paide Linnameeskond 36 9 8 19 39 67 −28 35
7 Tammeka 36 7 7 22 37 83 −46 28
8 Narva Trans 36 6 10 20 37 79 −42 28
9 Lokomotiv (R) 36 4 6 26 35 115 −80 18 Qualification for relegation play-offs
10 Tallinna Kalev (R) 36 3 3 30 21 146 −125 12 Relegation to Esiliiga
Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) fewest withdrawals or annulled matches; 3) overall wins; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) goal difference; 7) goals scored; 8) away goals scored; 9) fair-play points.
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[34]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Nõmme Kalju qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as winners of the 2014–15 Estonian Cup

Relegation play-offs

At season's end Lokomotiv, the ninth place club in the Meistriliiga, participated in a two-legged play-off with Tulevik, the runners-up (of the independent teams) of the 2014 Esiliiga, for the spot in next year's competition.[35]

16 November 2014 Tulevik 0–0 Lokomotiv Viljandi
13:00 EET (GMT+2) Report Stadium: Viljandi Linnastaadion
Attendance: 260
Referee: Kristo Tohver
22 November 2014 Lokomotiv 1–1 Tulevik Kohtla-Järve
13:00 EET (GMT+2) Yablokov 53' Report Ilves 71' Stadium: Ahtme Gümnaasiumi kunstmuru
Attendance: 96
Referee: Eiko Saar

1–1 on aggregate. Tulevik won on away goals and secured promotion to 2015 Meistriliiga

Results

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

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[36][37]
1 Russia Yevgeni KabaevSillamäe Kalev36
2 Estonia Igor SubbotinLevadia32
3 Ivory Coast ManuchoInfonet30
4 Estonia Albert ProsaFlora22
5 Japan Hidetoshi WakuiNõmme Kalju21
6 Russia Vladislav IvanovLevadia19
7 Russia Stanislav MurikhinSillamäe Kalev16
8 Estonia Rauno AllikuFlora15
Estonia Ingemar TeeverLevadia
10 Estonia Tarmo NeemeloNõmme Kalju14

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Estonia Kristjan TiirikTammekaTallinna Kalev6–1 (A)29 March 2014
Estonia Rauno AllikuFloraTallinna Kalev4–1 (A)19 April 2014
Ivory Coast ManuchoInfonetTallinna Kalev6–0 (H)25 April 2014
Russia Vladislav IvanovLevadiaInfonet4–0 (A)12 May 2014
Russia Stanislav MurikhinSillamäe KalevTammeka6–0 (A)20 May 2014
Estonia Rasmus TomsonPaide LinnameeskondTallinna Kalev6–2 (H)20 May 2014
Russia Vladislav Ivanov4LevadiaTammeka7–0 (A)10 June 2014
Russia Vladislav IvanovLevadiaTallinna Kalev9–0 (H)15 June 2014
Estonia Igor Subbotin
Russia Yevgeni KabaevSillamäe KalevTallinna Kalev6–1 (H)7 July 2014
Ivory Coast Manucho4InfonetTallinna Kalev5–0 (H)13 July 2014
Japan Hidetoshi WakuiNõmme KaljuTammeka3–0 (H)14 July 2014
Estonia Jarmo AhjuperaNõmme KaljuTallinna Kalev5–0 (H)28 July 2014
Estonia Robert KirssNõmme KaljuLokomotiv5–1 (H)22 August 2014
Estonia Albert ProsaFloraPaide Linnameeskond3–0 (H)23 August 2014
Russia Stanislav MurikhinSillamäe KalevTallinna Kalev8–0 (H)30 August 2014
Russia Yevgeni Kabaev4
Russia Yevgeni KabaevSillamäe KalevTallinna Kalev8–1 (A)13 September 2014
Brazil Felipe Nunes4Nõmme KaljuLokomotiv9–0 (H)16 September 2014
Estonia Tarmo Neemelo
Estonia Igor Subbotin4LevadiaTallinna Kalev5–0 (H)19 September 2014
Estonia Tarmo NeemeloNõmme KaljuTallinna Kalev7–0 (A)25 October 2014
Estonia Igor Subbotin4LevadiaLokomotiv9–0 (H)2 November 2014
Estonia Igor Subbotin4LevadiaNarva Trans8–1 (A)8 November 2014
Ivory Coast ManuchoInfonetTallinna Kalev4–0 (A)8 November 2014
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
March[38] Estonia Sergei Ratnikov Sillamäe Kalev Estonia Albert Prosa Flora
April[39] Estonia Igor Prins Nõmme Kalju Estonia Mikk Reintam Nõmme Kalju
May[40] Estonia Norbert Hurt Flora Estonia Daniil Ratnikov Sillamäe Kalev
June[41] Estonia Marko Kristal Levadia Georgia (country) Lasha Omanidze Tallinna Kalev
July[42] Estonia Aleksandr Puštov Infonet Estonia Karl-Eerik Luigend Flora
August[43] Russia Sergei Frantsev Sillamäe Kalev Russia Yevgeni Kabaev Sillamäe Kalev
September[44] Estonia Igor Prins Nõmme Kalju Ukraine Roman Smishko Levadia
October[45] Russia Sergei Frantsev Sillamäe Kalev Ivory Coast Manucho Infonet

Meistriliiga Player of the Year

Yevgeni Kabaev was named Meistriliiga Player of the Year.

See also

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