2021 in Estonian football

No arranged fixtures.

No arranged fixtures.

• ^a – team cannot get promoted.
• – spent 2020 season in a higher division.
• – spent 2020 season in a lower division.
• – spent 2020 season in the same division, but in a different group.
• – spent 2020 season in the same division.
• – did not compete in the league system in 2020.
• – finished first in 2020 Meistriliiga.

The 2021 season, which is scheduled to begin on 5 March and end on 6 November, contains only one newcomer: Pärnu Vaprus, who have previously completed five seasons in the division, finished the 2020 Esiliiga season as champions and were therefore promoted, while Tallinna Kalev got relegated after placing tenth in the league.[4]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Tallinna Levadia (C) 32 25 3 4 84 38 +46 78 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round 2 Tallinna Flora 32 23 8 1 90 23 +67 77 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round 3 Paide Linnameeskond 32 18 8 6 66 35 +31 62 4 Nõmme Kalju 32 13 6 13 57 44 +13 45 5 Tallinna Legion 32 11 7 14 49 48 +1 40 6 Narva Trans 32 9 6 17 36 61 −25 33 7 Kuressaare 30 10 4 16 39 47 −8 34 8 Viljandi Tulevik (R) 30 9 3 18 39 62 −23 30 Relegation to the Esiliiga[lower-alpha 1] 9 Tartu Tammeka (O) 30 7 4 19 34 72 −38 25 Qualification for the relegation play-offs 10 Pärnu Vaprus 30 5 3 22 24 88 −64 18 Readmitted to the league[lower-alpha 1] Source: UEFA, Estonian FA (in Estonian) 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) Fairplay ranking.[6] (C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated Notes: On 22 December, Viljandi Tulevik, who finished 8th in 2021, released a statement, where they confirmed that they will give up their place in the top division and will play in Esiliiga due to financial problems. Therefore tenth-placed Pärnu Vaprus got readmitted to the league.[5]

Flora / Levadia Kalju / Legion Pärnu Vaprus Paide Tammeka Trans Tulevik Kuressaare Locations of the 2021 Meistriliiga teams

Relegation play-off:

Flora U21

Levadia U21

Nõmme United

Tammeka U21

Pärnu

Elva

Tartu Welco

Maardu LM

Paide LM U21

Tallinna Kalev

Locations of the 2021 Esiliiga teams

The 2021 season had three team changes in comparison to the previous year. Pärnu Vaprus got promoted and was therefore replaced by the relegated Tallinna Kalev, who ended their three-year run in the top division. The last two teams - Vändra Vaprus and Kohtla-Järve Järve - were relegated to Esiliiga B and their spot was taken by third divisions top teams: Paide Linnameeskond U21 will be debuting in Esiliiga, while Tartu Welco returns after a year in the lower division.[4] Before the season had started, multiple former Meistriliiga or the Estonian national team players joined a team in Esiliiga: Dmitri Kruglov[7] and Roman Sobtšenko[8] signed contracts with Maardu Linnameeskond, Ats Purje[9] returned from abroad to reach an agreement with Tallinna Kalev and Taavi Rähn[10] along with Toomas Tohver[11] joined Pärnu JK's staff. On 7 April it was decided that the table will be split into two halves after the 27th round - six teams will fight for promotion and four will try to escape from relegation.[12]

The league started with Maardu Linnameeskond and Tallinna Kalev dominating the first half of the season. Both teams had only lost one match after the first 16 rounds. At the other end of the table, three teams from Tartu County had difficulties getting points: FC Elva got two wins from the twelve rounds, Tammeka U21 were winless in eleven consecutive games and Welco got their first win on 31 July.

The season was also plagued with a few controversies. Firstly, Elva were forced to sack their chief executive Marek Naaris after it was revealed that he had been in contact with underage women.[13][14] Another problem occurred after 23 September, when Kalev beat Maardu Linnameeskond 4–2. It was reported that a few of Maardu's players had manipulated with the game's score and therefore the Estonian FA and Maardu Linnameeskond started an investigation to find out the potential sinners.[15][16]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation 1 Maardu Linnameeskond (C, R) 30 23 4 3 99 30 +69 73 Achieved promotion to Meistriliiga but declined it and got relegated to II liiga 2 Tallinna Kalev (P) 30 21 8 1 78 32 +46 71 Lost the promotion play-offs but got promoted due to Maardu declining 3 Paide Linnameeskond U21[lower-alpha 1] 30 17 3 10 85 56 +29 54 4 Nõmme United 30 12 5 13 79 67 +12 41 5 Tallinna Flora U21[lower-alpha 1] 27 11 6 10 38 47 −9 39 6 Elva 27 9 2 16 42 54 −12 29 7 Tallinna Levadia U21[lower-alpha 1] 30 10 5 15 52 77 −25 35 8 Pärnu 30 8 5 17 38 61 −23 29 Lost the relegation play-offs but got readmitted to the league 9 Tartu Tammeka U21[lower-alpha 1] (R) 30 6 7 17 43 82 −39 25 Relegated to Esiliiga B 10 Tartu Welco (R) 30 5 5 20 30 78 −48 20 Source: Soccerway (in English), Estonian FA (in Estonian) 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) Fairplay ranking.[6] (C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated Notes: Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

Relegation play-off:

The 2021 Esiliiga B season contains five teams from the last season and five new teams. Vändra Vaprus and Ida-Virumaa Alliance got both relegated from the higher tier and will therefore return to Esiliiga B after respectively one and two seasons. They replace the promoted Tartu Welco and Paide Linnameeskond U21. Three teams got relegated after the last season: Rakvere Tarvas, Keila and Võru Helios will all play in II liiga after respectively ten, four and two years. They will be replaced by three debutants - Tallinna Legion U21, Tallinn and Harju Laagri.[4]

After the first half of the season, two clubs - Viimsi and Harju Laagri - had separated themselves from others by going on long winstreaks: Viimsi lost their first game in the 9th round and newcomer Harju Laagri did not lose a single game between 23 May and 17 July. Their competitors were all extremely close and the battle between 3rd and 10th place was very tight. Before the 28th round, when the table was split into two, Tallinna Kalev U21 made a powerful recovery by winning five games in a row with a goal difference of 27:7 and was therefore handed a place in the top six.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation 1 Viimsi (C, P) 32 19 7 6 81 30 +51 64 Promoted to the Esiliiga 2 Harju Laagri (P) 32 20 3 9 88 49 +39 63 3 Ida-Virumaa Alliance (O, P) 32 17 2 13 63 70 −7 53 Qualified for promotion play-offs, then promoted to Esiliiga 4 Tallinn 32 16 2 14 68 66 +2 50 5 Tallinna Kalev U21[lower-alpha 1] 32 14 4 14 71 68 +3 46 6 Tabasalu 32 12 5 15 60 64 −4 41 7 Tallinna Legion U21 30 12 1 17 64 83 −19 37 8 Läänemaa 30 10 3 17 65 94 −29 33 9 Nõmme Kalju U21 30 10 3 17 56 66 −10 33 Got relegated to II liiga, then readmitted to the league 10 Vändra Vaprus (R) 30 9 4 17 47 73 −26 31 Relegated to II liiga Source: Soccerway (in English), Estonian FA (in Estonian) 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) Fairplay ranking.[6] (C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated Notes: Tallinna Kalev U21 is ineligible for promotion.

Tabasalu TALLINN Alliance Viimsi Vaprus Laagri Läänemaa Locations of the 2021 Esiliiga B teams, TALLINN = Kalev U21, Legion U21, Kalju U21, Tallinn

Relegation play-off:
On 30 October, the Estonian FA decided that due to the new COVID-19 related restrictions, the play-offs between Esiliiga B and II liiga will be cancelled.[17]

The 2021 season will have teams from 12 different counties for the first time in the league's history. The season is scheduled to begin on 27 March and end on 24 October.

Maardu II

TALLINN

Alliance U21

Sil. Kalev

Trans II

Noorus-96

Helios / Welco II

Tartu Kalev

Helios

Tarvas

Viimsi II

Joker

Saue

Raplamaa

Paide III

Keila

Tulevik U21

Vaprus II

Kuressaare II

Kose

Rummu

Hiiumaa

Locations of the 2021 II liiga teams

Group A (North & East)
In comparison to the previous season, only four teams got promoted or relegated: while Tallinn and Tallinna Legion U21 got promoted to Esiliiga B for the first time, Tartu Tammeka III and Jõgeva Wolves returned to the lower divisions after respectively three and two years in II liiga. These teams are replaced by Võru Helios, Rakvere Tarvas (both relegated from Esiliiga B), 2020 III liiga's champion Tartu Kalev and III liiga South's best team Elva II. In addition Kohtla-Järve Järve II changed its name to Ida-Virumaa Alliance.[18]

Group B (South & West)
The II liiga S/W will consist of 14 teams of which eleven remain the same as last season. The only team that got promoted was second-placed Harju Laagri, who will be replaced by another Harju County club Keila. Whereas 2020 season's last and third to last team - Pärnu Poseidon and Põhja-Sakala - got relegated, the 13th placed Kose got readmitted for the second year in a row. The spots that those teams left vacant, were filled by III liiga West's top two. Hiiu County will have a team (Hiiumaa) in the fourth division for the first time since 2013 and Rummu Dünamo returns to the league after spending four years in III liiga.[18]

Group A (North & East) Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Tartu Kalev (C, P) 23 55 2 Narva Trans U21 23 49 3 FCI Tallinn 23 49 4 Sillamäe Kalev 22 49 5 Võru Helios 23 41 6 Maardu Linnameeskond II 23 39 7 Jõgeva Noorus-96 22 30 8 Elva II 22 30 9 Rakvere Tarvas 23 27 10 Tartu Welco II 23 25 11 Tartu Helios 23 20 12 Ida-Virumaa Alliance U21a 21 14 13 Lasnamäe Ajax 23 14 14 Põhja-Tallinna Volta 22 10 Source: EJL (C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Group B (South & West) Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Paide Linnameeskond III (C) 23 57 2 Kuressaare II 20 47 3 Raplamaa (P) 22 46 4 Pärnu Vaprus II 22 42 5 Tallinna Flora U19 23 42 6 Hiiumaa 23 38 7 Viimsi IIa 23 32 8 Saue 23 29 9 Viljandi Tulevik U21 23 29 10 Raasiku Joker 23 28 11 Tallinna Piraaja 23 24 12 Keila 23 15 13 Rummu Dünamo 23 14 14 Kose 22 10 Source: EJL (C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Champion's match:
On 30 October, the Estonian FA decided that due to the new COVID-19 related restrictions, the champion's match between II liiga N/E and II liiga S/W champions will be cancelled.[17]

Relegation play-off:
On 30 October, the Estonian FA decided that due to the new COVID-19 related restrictions, the play-offs between II liiga and III liiga will be cancelled.[17]

The fifth division's format remains the same as on previous years: each group's champion gets promoted to II liiga, second-placed clubs enter the promotion play-offs, 10th placed clubs enter the relegation play-offs and the bottom two will be relegated. The season starts on 11 April and ends on 10 October. For the first time in 15 years, there are no teams from any islands.

Aliens

Loo

Järve III

Anija

Järva-Jaani

Phoenix

Ganvix

Tarvas II

Keila II

Rummu II

Märjamaa

PÄRNU

Tabasalu II

Harju II

Haapsalu

Raplamaa II

Vastseliina

Wolves

TARTU

Põhja-Sakala

Lootos

Otepää

Warrior

Imavere

Paide IV

Tulevik III

Saku

TALLINN

Kernu / Zenit

Locations of the 2021 III liiga teams

Group A (North)
2021 III liiga North consists of 12 teams, ten teams from Tallinn and two from Harju County. In comparison to the last season, there are only two changes: the two teams that finished last in 2020 (Tallinna Rumori Calcio and Tallinna Toompea) got relegated and therefore replace by two clubs, who debuted in the Estonian league system in 2020. While Tallinna Pocarr narrowly missed out on promotion in III liiga W, then Tallinna ReUnited became IV liiga's champion after winning every match in the A-tier.[19] Before the start of the season reigning champion Lilleküla Retro dropped out of the league.

Group B (South)
The South group's line-up changed a lot in comparison to the previous year: in total six new teams joined the league. Three of them – Põhja-Sakala, Tartu Tammeka III and Jõgeva Wolves – got relegated from II liiga after respectively two, three and two seasons. One team (Viljandi Tulevik III) got promoted from IV liiga, one (Paide Linnameeskond IV) changes groups and one (Tartu Team Helm), who reached Rahvaliiga's (people's league) final, debutes in the Estonian league system. These clubs replace Elva II (promoted), Tartu Tammeka IV, Tarvastu & Tõrva ÜM, Tartu Helios II, Tartu TRT77 (all disbanded) and Äksi Wolves (relegated).[19]

Group C (East)
Likewise to the previous season, III liiga East did not have twelve teams in the division. This happened due to 2020 IV liiga's bronze medalists Aruküla withdrawing from the league. Eight of the other teams remained the same, while Lasnamäe Ajax II was promoted from IV liiga in addition to Põhja-Tallinn and Tallinn II making their debuts in the league system.[19]

Group D (West)
The III liiga's West group consisted of twelve teams of which only five competed the previous season. There were four newcomers (Nõmme United U21, Harju Laagri II, Tallinna Maksatransport, Raplamaa II), two promoted from IV liiga (Rummu Dünamo II, Läänemaa Harjumaa) and one relegated from II liiga (Pärnu Poseidon). They replace Hiiumaa, Rummu Dünamo (promoted), Põhja-Tallinna Volta II (relegated), Tallinna Pocarr (transferred to III liiga North) and Keila II (ceased to exist).[19]

Group A (North) Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Tallinna Zapoos (C, P) 19 45 2 Tallinna Eston Villa 19 45 3 Tallinna Zenit 19 39 4 Tallinna ReUnited 19 35 5 Tallinna Ararat 19 32 6 Nõmme Kalju III 19 30 7 Saku Sporting 19 26 8 Tallinna Pocarr 19 25 9 Tallinna Hell Hunt 20 20 10 Tallinna Štrommi 19 5 11 Tallinna Dünamo (R) 19 1 Source: EJL (C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group B (South) Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Otepää (C, P) 21 56 2 Tartu Team Helm 21 47 3 Vastseliina 21 41 4 Paide Linnameeskond IV 21 35 5 Tartu Welco X 21 34 6 Imavere 21 29 7 Jõgeva Wolves 21 24 8 Tartu Tammeka III 21 21 9 Valga Warrior 21 19 10 Põhja-Sakala 21 18 11 Põlva Lootos (R) 21 17 12 Viljandi Tulevik III (R) 21 16 Source: EJL (C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group C (East) Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Türi Ganvix (C, P) 19 54 2 Jõhvi Phoenix 20 52 3 Tallinn II 19 36 4 Maardu Aliens 19 28 5 Loo 19 24 6 Rakvere Tarvas II 19 23 7 Lasnamäe Ajax II 19 21 8 Järva-Jaani 19 19 9 Anija 19 18 10 Kohtla-Järve Järve III 19 13 11 Põhja-Tallinn (R) 19 13 Source: EJL (C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group D (West) Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Nõmme United U21 (C, P) 21 63 2 Harju Laagri II 21 54 3 Tallinna Maksatransport 21 39 4 Tabasalu II 21 36 5 Raplamaa II 22 32 6 Läänemaa Haapsalu 21 31 7 Rummu Dünamo II 21 31 8 Pärnu II 21 23 9 Märjamaa Kompanii 21 18 10 Tallinna Legion III 21 18 11 Pärnu Poseidon (R) 21 17 12 Kernu Kadakas (D, R) 22 1 Source: EJL (C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Champion's match:
On 30 October, the Estonian FA decided that due to the new COVID-19 related restrictions, the champion's match between III liiga champions will be cancelled.[17]

Relegation play-off:
On 30 October, the Estonian FA decided that due to the new COVID-19 related restrictions, the play-offs between III liiga and IV liiga will be cancelled.[17]

The 2021 Women's higher division had only one team change in comparison to the previous year: the relegated Nõmme Kalju - who later decided against competing in the league system completely due to the scandal with their coach Getulio Aurelio[20] - was replaced by Esiliiga champion Tallinna Ajax & Paide Linnanaiskond joint team, who at the start of the season changed their name to Lasnamäe FC Ajax. This season was also the first that had all teams play more than 20 games: the Estonian FA decided that each team will play each other three times and after that the table would be split into two, where each team will play another three games. In total all clubs have 24 matches.[21]

Unlike the previous seasons, Tallinna Flora had a strong competitor - Saku Sporting -, who was neck and neck with them until the last round. The title was decided on 6 November, when FC Flora beat their rivals 2:1 and was crowned as champions for the fourth season in a row,[22] meanwhile Saku finished second for the first time in their history. At the same time, the relegation battle was not as intense: newcomer Lasnamäe Ajax got their first point in the 14th round, when they drew with Tartu Tammeka. Also, their season ended prematurely, because on 9 October they forfeited the second match of the season and were therefore disqualified. The division's top scorer came from Tallinna Flora, where forward Lisette Tammik scored 25 goals.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation 1 Tallinna Flora (C) 24 22 1 1 108 11 +97 67 Champions 2 Saku Sporting 24 21 0 3 71 25 +46 63 3 Tallinna Kalev 24 14 0 10 59 47 +12 42 4 Pärnu Vaprus 24 11 1 12 54 49 +5 34 5 Põlva Lootos 24 10 2 12 32 41 −9 32 6 Viljandi Tulevik & Suure-Jaani United 24 8 1 15 38 55 −17 25 7 Tartu Tammeka 24 6 2 16 25 67 −42 20 8 Lasnamäe Ajax (D, R) 24 0 1 23 5 97 −92 1 Disqualified and relegated to Esiliiga Source: EJL 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) Drawing lots; 10) Fairplay ranking.[23] (C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated

Flora Kalev Ajax Vaprus Tammeka Sporting Tulevik & SJ Lootos Locations of the 2021 Meistriliiga teams

Relegation play-off:
On 30 October, the Estonian FA decided that due to the new COVID-19 related restrictions, the promotion/relegation play-offs will be cancelled.[17]

2021 Women's second division has three participant less than the previous season: Lasnamäe Ajax (got promoted), Tallinna Legion, Tartu Tammeka II, Kohtla-Järve Järve all lost their place in Esiliiga. While eight teams remain the same, Saku Sporting's reserve team makes its debut in the league system. Nõmme Kalju was also originally supposed to take part, but due to a sexual harassment accusation involving Kalju's head coach Getúlio Fredo, they decided to compete in Rahvaliiga.[24]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation 1 Tabasalu 16 16 0 0 83 7 +76 48 Promotion to 2021 Naiste Meistriliiga 2 Saku Sporting II 17 8 5 4 37 26 +11 29 3 Tallinna Flora II 17 7 8 2 30 13 +17 29 4 Tallinna Kalev II 18 9 4 5 45 31 +14 31 5 Elva 17 6 3 8 26 36 −10 21 6 Jõhvi Phoenix 17 5 2 10 19 47 −28 17 7 Kuressaare 17 4 6 7 19 37 −18 18 8 Rakvere Tarvas 17 2 4 11 16 47 −31 10 9 Narva Trans 16 1 4 11 19 50 −31 7 Source: EJL 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) Drawing lots; 10) Fairplay ranking.[23]

Kuressaare Elva Sporting II Tabasalu Phoenix Trans Tarvas Flora II Kalev II Locations of the 2021 Esiliiga teams

On 11 December, the FA decided that all indoor football leagues would be suspended due to the spread of COVID-19. The Coolbet Saaliliiga resumed on 8 January 2021, while the lower leagues resumed in February.[25]

The 2020–21 season began on 30 October 2020 with eight clubs. Seven teams remained the same as the previous year, the only change coming from Esiliiga's second-placed Rummu Dünamo getting promoted and replacing Sillamäe Alexela, who did not enter the league system. Therefore, Npm Sillamäe Silmet, who were last in 2019–20, were readmitted.[26]

The league stage of the competition was dominated by reigning champion Viimsi Smsraha, who won all fourteen matches, thus becoming the first team to complete a perfect league season in Saaliliiga's history. Narva United spent most of the season in second place and finally reached play-off semifinals for the second time in successive years. Third place belonged to Tartu's Ravens Futsal Ares Security, who finished in the top three for the first time in their history. The team's start to the season was abysmal, picking up only two wins in their first eight matches, but getting 18 points from last six games raised them higher in the table. Newcomer Rummu Dünamo finished bottom with only two wins from fourteen games.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation 1 Viimsi Smsraha 14 14 0 0 115 29 +86 42 Championship play-off semifinal 2 Narva United 14 8 3 3 63 44 +19 27 3 Ravens Futsal Ares Security 14 8 1 5 65 48 +17 25 Championship play-off quarterfinal 4 Tallinna Cosmos 14 7 2 5 73 48 +25 23 5 Sillamäe Npm Silmet 14 6 1 7 84 91 −7 19 6 Kohila 14 3 1 10 51 79 −28 10 7 Tartu Maksimum Welco 14 3 1 10 53 104 −51 10 Relegation play-offs 8 Rummu Dünamo 14 2 1 11 52 113 −61 7 Relegation Source: 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) Draw.[27]

Cosmos / Smsraha Silmet Narva Utd Ravens Kohila / Rummu Maksimum Locations of the 2020-21 Coolbet Saaliliiga teams

Play-off:

Relegation play-off:
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic Esiliiga could not be finished and therefore the Estonian FA decided that the following year's Coolbet Saaliliiga will be contested between ten teams: all eight clubs in 2021 Coolbet Saaliliiga remain (Rummu Dünamo will not get relegated) and in addition two of the best Esiliiga team's also join. Because the teams in the second division did not play the same amount of games, it was decided that a small tournament - to determine the promoted sides - will be held in May 2021. The clubs competing for promotion were: Sillamäe Kalev, Rõuge Saunamaa and Aruküla Radius. League leader Kadrina Vitamin Well was also given the opportunity, but they decided to decline.[28]

Esiliiga's teamlist remained almost the same as the previous year: the only changes being that Rummu Dünamo got promoted to Coolbet Saaliliiga and II liiga's top two Aruküla Radius and Rõuge Saunamaa got promoted to the league. Due to Sillamäe disbanding, Narva Ganza were readmitted to the second division. There were also a few name changes: Kadrina, Aruküla Unibox and Sillamäe Alexela II are now known as Kadrina Vitamin Well, Aruküla Radius and Sillamäe Kalev.[26]

On 30 April 2021 - after Esiliiga had been stopped for almost two months - the Estonian FA decided to end the season. Due to the teams having played an uneven number of games, it was decided that the following year's top division will have ten clubs instead of eight. The two promoted sides would be determined in a mini tournament. While Sillamäe Kalev, Rõuge Saunamaa and Aruküla Radius took part in the tournament, Kadrina Vitamin Well declined from it.[28]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation 1 Kadrina Vitamin Well 12 8 1 3 88 71 +17 25 Withdrew from promotion 2 Sillamäe Kalev (P) 11 6 2 3 67 51 +16 20 Play-off tournament 3 Viimsi Smsraha U19[lower-alpha 1] 11 6 0 5 74 57 +17 18 4 Narva United II[lower-alpha 1] 10 5 2 3 43 29 +14 17 5 Aruküla Radius 10 5 1 4 57 38 +19 16 Play-off tournament 6 Rõuge Saunamaa (P) 8 5 0 3 39 39 0 15 7 Jõgeva Wolves 9 3 0 6 46 69 −23 9 Relegation play-offs 8 Narva Ganza 11 0 0 11 26 86 −60 0 Relegation Source: 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) Draw.[27] (P) Promoted Notes: Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

Smsraha U19 Kalev NARVA Vitamin Well Radius Wolves Saunamaa Locations of the 2020-21 Saali Esiliiga teams

Relegation play-off:

The 2020–21 season's indoor football lowest league consisted of five clubs. Originally Narva Ganza, who was placed last in Esiliiga, was relegated into Teine liiga, but due to Sillamäe Dina not competing in the league system, they were readmitted to the second tier. Four of the five clubs remain the same, the only newcomer being Wolves III.[26]

The season was cancelled on 9 February, because of the strict COVID-19 rules in Estonia, which allowed only Meistriliiga's and Esiliiga's teams play. Due to the teams not playing equal amount of games, the season did not have a champion.[29]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation 1 Otepää Kanepi vald 6 3 1 2 32 15 +17 10 Promotion 2 Äksi Wolves 5 3 0 2 39 28 +11 9 Promotion play-offs 3 Rantipol Võru Helios 3 2 1 0 34 8 +26 7 4 Rummu Dünamo II 4 2 1 1 28 25 +3 7 5 Wolves III 6 0 1 5 17 74 −57 1 Updated to match(es) played on 28 January. Source: 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) Draw.[27]

Otepää Helios Rummu II Wolves III / Äksi Locations of the 2020-21 Saali Teine liiga teams

Home teams listed on top of bracket. (AET): At Extra Time, (PL): Premium liiga, (EL): Esiliiga

Home teams listed on top of bracket. (AET): At Extra Time. (PSO): Penalty Shoot-Out

• Nõmma Kalju [30] and Põhja-Tallinna Volta [31] withdrew from the competition.

Home teams listed on top of bracket. (AET): At Extra Time, (ML): Meistriliiga, (EL): Esiliiga, (RL): Rahvaliiga

On 26 February the Estonian FA decided that the Futsal's Cup would be cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[32]