1995–96 Meistriliiga

The 1995–96 Meistriliiga was the fifth season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Lantana won their first title.

Meistriliiga
Season1995–96
ChampionsLantana
(1st title)
RelegatedPJK Kalev
UEFA CupLantana
Flora
Cup Winners' CupTallinna Sadam
Intertoto CupNarva Trans
Top goalscorerLembit Rajala (16)

Preliminary round

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lantana 14 10 3 1 37 8 +29 33 Qualification for Championship Tournament
2 Narva Trans 14 6 4 4 22 16 +6 22
3 Flora 14 6 4 4 37 19 +18 22
4 Tallinna Sadam 14 6 3 5 23 16 +7 21
5 Tevalte-Marlekor 14 6 2 6 20 19 +1 20
6 Tervis 14 5 2 7 13 17 −4 17
7 Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 14 3 8 3 13 17 −4 17 Qualification for Meistriliiga Transition Tournament
8 PJK Kalev 14 0 2 12 8 61 −53 2
Source:

Results
Home \ Away JEP FLO PJK LAN SAD TER MAR TRS
Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–0 0–0
Flora 2–2 5–0 1–5 3–0 7–0 2–1 0–1
PJK Kalev 1–1 0–5 0–1 0–4 1–5 1–4 2–4
Lantana 4–1 1–1 10–0 2–1 2–0 -:+ 1–0
Tallinna Sadam 0–0 2–2 7–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–0
Tervis 0–2 2–6 5–0 2–4 1–2 3–1 2–2
Tevalte-Marlekor 0–0 2–1 5–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 4–2
Narva Trans 4–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Tournament

The points obtained during the preliminary round were carried over halved and rounded up.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Lantana (C) 10 6 2 2 21 7 +14 17 37 Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
2 Flora 10 6 2 2 14 3 +11 11 31
3 Tevalte-Marlekor 10 7 0 3 13 10 +3 10 31
4 Tallinna Sadam 10 4 1 5 17 19 −2 11 24 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
5 Narva Trans 10 2 2 6 11 16 −5 11 19 Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
6 Tervis 10 1 1 8 7 28 −21 9 13
Source:
(C) Champions

Results
Home \ Away FLO LAN SAD TER MAR TRS
Flora 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–1
Lantana 0–1 3–4 3–0 3–0 4–2
Tallinna Sadam 0–0 0–3 2–5 1–3 3–2
Tervis 1–5 0–3 0–5 -:+ 0–5
Tevalte-Marlekor 0–4 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0
Narva Trans 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–3
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Meistriliiga Transition Tournament

Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi and PJK Kalev, the teams finishing in the last two positions in the preliminary round, faced four best teams of the 1995-96 Esiliiga in the play-off for two places in the 1996-97 Meistriliiga.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 10 7 0 3 23 7 +16 21 Promotion to Meistriliiga
2 Vall (P) 10 7 0 3 18 9 +9 21
3 Norma 10 5 2 3 13 11 +2 17 Relegation to Esiliiga
4 PJK Kalev (R) 10 4 2 4 12 20 −8 14
5 Dünamo 10 2 2 6 8 14 −6 8
6 TJK 10 1 2 7 9 22 −13 5
Source:
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Estonia Lembit RajalaFlora16
2 Estonia Maksim GruznovLantana12
3 Estonia Andrei BorissovLantana8
Estonia Boriss NejolovNarva Trans
Estonia Ivan O'Konnel-BroninTervis Pärnu/Flora
Estonia Aleksandr OlerskiTevalte/Marlekor
Estonia Dmitri UstritskiTallinna Sadam

See also

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