1992 Meistriliiga

The 1992 Meistriliiga was the inaugural season of the Meistriliiga, the top division of the Estonian football. It was the first domestic competition since the Baltic nation had gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Fourteen teams competed in this edition, played in the spring to make the transition to autumn to spring season in the same year. Norma Tallinn won the title.

Meistriliiga
Season1992
ChampionsNorma
(1st title)
RelegatedMaardu
Champions LeagueNorma
Top goalscorerSergei Bragin (18)
← 1991 (nonofficial)

Preliminary round

Western Group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Norma 6 6 0 0 29 3 +26 12 Qualification for Championship Tournament
2 TVMV 6 4 1 1 21 6 +15 9
3 Vigri 6 4 0 2 16 14 +2 8
4 Pärnu 6 2 2 2 10 12 −2 6
5 Dünamo 6 2 1 3 7 12 −5 5 Qualification for Relegation Tournament
6 Viljandi 6 0 1 5 6 23 −17 1
7 Merkuur 6 0 1 5 5 24 −19 1
Source:

Results
Home \ Away NOR VMV VIG PJK DÜN TUL MER
Norma 2–1 6–0 3–1 3–0 6–1 9–0
TVMV 1–2 2–1 4–0 3–0 4–3 4–3
Vigri 0–6 1–2 4–0 3–0 4–3 4–3
Pärnu 1–3 3–3 0–4 1–1 4–1 2–1
Dünamo 0–3 0–4 0–3 1–1 4–0 2–1
Viljandi 1–6 0–4 3–4 1–4 0–4 1–1
Merkuur 0–9 0–7 3–4 0–1 1–2 1–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Eastern Group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Flora 6 5 1 0 36 4 +32 11 Qualification for Championship Tournament
2 Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 6 3 3 0 18 8 +10 9
3 Tartu Kalev 6 3 2 1 22 14 +8 8
4 Narva Trans 6 3 2 1 14 9 +5 8
5 Sillamäe Kalev 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 3 Qualification for Relegation Tournament
6 Kohtla-Järve Keemik 6 1 1 4 5 13 −8 3
7 Maardu 6 0 0 6 3 44 −41 0
Source:

Results
Home \ Away FLO JEP KAL TRA SIL KEE MAA
Flora 1–1 7–2 3–1 3–0 +:- 19–0
Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 1–1 2–2 4–4 2–0 2–0 7–1
Tartu Kalev 2–7 2–2 2–2 2–1 4–1 10–1
Narva Trans 1–3 4–4 2–2 1–0 3–0 +:-
Sillamäe Kalev 0–3 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–1
Kohtla-Järve Keemik -:+ 0–2 1–4 0–3 1–1 +:-
Maardu 0–19 1–7 1–10 -:+ 1–2 -:+
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Tournament

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Norma (C) 7 5 2 0 22 4 +18 12 Qualification for Champions League preliminary round
2 Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 7 3 4 0 23 14 +9 10
3 TVMV 7 3 2 2 23 13 +10 8
4 Flora 7 3 2 2 17 9 +8 8
5 Vigri 7 3 0 4 9 16 −7 6
6 Tartu Kalev 7 1 3 3 11 18 −7 5
7 Narva Trans 7 1 2 4 9 28 −19 4
8 Pärnu 7 1 1 5 10 22 −12 3
Source:
(C) Champions

Results
Home \ Away NOR JEP VMV FLO VIG KAL TRA PJK
Norma 2–2 0–0 +:- 6–0
Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 2–2 5–3 6–1 3–1
TVMV 3–5 3–1 1–1 10–0
Flora 0–0 1–3 1–2 4–0
Vigri 1–6 2–1 1–0 0–1
Tartu Kalev -:+ 1–1 0–1 4–2
Narva Trans 0–6 0–10 1–0 1–3
Pärnu 1–3 0–4 2–4 3–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Tournament

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
9 Dünamo 5 4 0 1 14 5 +9 8
10 Kohtla-Järve Keemik 5 3 2 0 10 4 +6 8
11 Sillamäe Kalev 5 2 2 1 8 8 0 6
12 Merkuur 5 1 2 2 8 7 +1 4 Qualification for relegation play-offs
13 Viljandi[lower-alpha 1] 5 1 2 2 11 11 0 4 Relegation to Esiliiga
14 Maardu (R) 5 0 0 5 4 20 −16 0
Source:
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Viljandi stayed in the Meistriliiga as Pärnu JK withdrew from the 1992-93 Meistriliiga, changed their name to Viljandi Tulevik

Results
Home \ Away DÜN KEE MER VIG VIL MAA
Dünamo 1–2 3–1 4–1
Kohtla-Järve Keemik 2–1 1–1 3–1
Sillamäe Kalev 1–3 3–2 1–1
Merkuur 1–1 2–3 3–0
Viljandi 1–3 1–1 8–2
Maardu 1–4 0–3 2–8
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff
Merkuur1 – 1Narva Kreenholm
Narva Kreenholm3 – 3Merkuur

4–4 on aggregate. Merkuur won on away goals and retained its Meistriliiga spot for the 1992-93 season.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Estonia Sergei BraginNorma18
2 Russia Sergei AfanasyevEesti Põlevkivi13
3 Estonia Valeri MožžuhhinTVMV12
4 Russia Oleg GuzikTVMV11
Estonia Urmas KirsFlora
6 Estonia Indro OlumetsFlora7
Estonia Martin ReimFlora
Estonia Aleksandr ŽurkinNorma

See also

References
  1. "Estonia - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
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