The 2003 Meistriliiga was the 13th season of the Meistriliiga, the top Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992.

Meistriliiga
Season2003
ChampionsFlora
7th title
RelegatedKuressaare
Champions LeagueFlora
UEFA CupTVMK
Levadia Maardu
Intertoto CupNarva Trans
Matches played140
Goals scored423 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorerTor Henning Hamre (39)
2002
2004

Flora won their 7th Meistriliiga title.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flora (C) 28 24 4 0 105 21 +84 76 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 TVMK 28 20 5 3 82 26 +56 65 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[a]
3 Levadia Maardu[b] 28 15 4 9 54 30 +24 49
4 Narva Trans 28 14 5 9 58 43 +15 47 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5 Tulevik 28 8 6 14 44 56 −12 30
6 Levadia Tallinn[c] 28 8 4 16 44 63 −19 28
7 Valga 28 3 8 17 25 63 −38 17 Qualification for relegation play-offs
8 Kuressaare (R) 28 1 2 25 11 121 −110 5 Relegation to Esiliiga
Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) head-to-head goals scored; 6) goal difference; 7) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Levadia Maardu qualified as 2003–04 Estonian Cup winners.
  2. ^ Levadia Maardu changed their name to Levadia Tallinn in 2004.
  3. ^ Levadia Tallinn changed their name to Levadia II Tallinn in 2004.

Relegation play-off

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Tervis Pärnu2–2Valga
Valejev   24'
Savotškin   28'
Raamat   10'
Tarassenkov   37'


Valga3–0Tervis Pärnu
Antonov   33'
Tarassenkov   43'
Anniste   54'

Valga won 5–2 on aggregate and retained their Meistriliiga spot for the 2004 season.

Results

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

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1   Tor Henning Hamre Flora 35
2   Andrei Krõlov TVMK 22
3   Ingemar Teever TVMK 21
4   Maksim Gruznov Narva Trans 16
5   Argo Arbeiter Levadia Maardu 14
  Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko Flora
7   Dmitri Lipartov Narva Trans 12
  Vladimir Tšelnokov Levadia Maardu
9   Enver Jääger Tulevik 11
  Maksim Rõtškov Levadia Maardu
  Kristen Viikmäe Flora

See also

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References

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