2010 Esiliiga

Esiliiga
Season	2010
Matches played	60
Goals scored	189 (3.15 per match)
Biggest home win	TJK Legion 8–0 Rakvere
Biggest away win	Rakvere 1–6 Flora U21
Highest scoring	TJK Legion 8–0 Rakvere; Flora U21 6–2 Rakvere
	← 2009 2011 →

The 2010 season of the Esiliiga, the second level in the Estonian football system, is the 20th season in the league's history. It starts in March and ends in November. The defending champions are Levadia II, who are unable for promotion as they are the reserve team for Meistriliiga side Levadia.

Overview edit

Flora II
Levadia II
Lasnamäe Ajax
Tallinna Kalev
TJK Legion

Location of the 2010 Esiliiga teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Current manager
Flora II	Tallinn	Sportland Arena	Zaur Tšilingarašvili
Flora Rakvere	Rakvere	Rakvere linnastaadion	Urmas Kirs
Ajax	Tallinn	FC Ajax Stadium	Aleksandr Puštov
Levadia II	Tallinn	Maarjamäe kunstmuru	Urmas Hepner
Tallinna Kalev	Tallinn	Kalev Keskstaadion artificial turf	Sergei Ratnikov
Orbiit	Jõhvi	Jõhvi linnastaadion	Valeri Kulatšenko
Kiviõli Tamme Auto	Kiviõli	Kiviõli Stadium	Erik Šteinberg
TJK Legion	Tallinn	Wismar Stadium	Viktor Passikuta
Warrior	Valga	Sportland Arena	Zaur Tšilingarašvili
Vaprus	Pärnu	Pärnu Kalev Stadium	Ants Kommussaar

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Levadia II^[a] (C)	36	28	5	3	107	28	+79	89
2	Flora U21^[a]	36	22	6	8	93	45	+48	72
3	Lasnamäe Ajax (P)	36	20	9	7	71	38	+33	69	Promotion to Meistriliiga
4	Tamme Auto	36	17	6	13	85	72	+13	57	Qualification for promotion play-offs
5	Tallinna Kalev^[b]	36	17	6	13	67	65	+2	53
6	TJK Legion	36	11	6	19	57	81	−24	39
7	Vaprus	36	10	7	19	57	78	−21	37
8	Warrior	36	10	6	20	57	90	−33	36	Qualification for relegation play-offs
9	Rakvere^[b] (R)	36	10	3	23	45	95	−50	31	Relegation to II Liiga
10	Orbiit (R)	36	6	4	26	35	82	−47	22	Relegation to II Liiga

Source: jalgpall.ee (in Estonian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd least withdrawals or annulled matches; 3rd wins; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th overall goal difference; 7th goals scored^[3]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.
^ ^a ^b Before the start of the season Flora Rakvere were docked two points and Tallinna Kalev were docked five points, both because of licensing problems.^[1] After the appeal, Kalev's deduction was reduced to four points.^[2]

Results edit

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

First half of season edit

Home \ Away	FLO	RAK	AJX	LEV	TK	ORB	TMA	TJK	WAR	VPR
Flora U21		6–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	6–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0
Rakvere	1–6		0–0	0–4	2–1	0–2	2–0^[a]	3–4	0–0	1–4
Lasnamäe Ajax	2–1	3–2		2–2	2–1	3–0	3–2	1–0	6–0	1–0
Levadia II	0–1	6–0	2–0		3–0	1–1	3–0	4–0	4–0	2–0
Tallinna Kalev	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–2		1–0	4–3	3–0	4–1	4–0
Orbiit	2–1	1–2	0–3	0–1	1–2		0–3	0–1	0–2	0–0
Tamme Auto	2–2	3–0	3–3	1–4	1–3	3–1		3–1	3–2	4–3
TJK Legion	1–3	8–0	1–2	1–4	0–2	1–0	0–2		3–0	1–2
Warrior	0–2	4–0	0–3	2–1	0–3	1–2	0–4	2–2		0–3
Vaprus	3–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	5–0	2–2	2–3	1–1

Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ The match was declared 2–x for Rakvere because Tamme Auto used ineligible player. The original result was 2–1.^[4]

Second half of season edit

Home \ Away	FLO	RAK	AJX	LEV	TK	ORB	TMA	TJK	WAR	VPR
Flora U21		1–2	0–3	1–0	7–0	5–0	3–7	8–0	3–1	5–1
Rakvere	1–2		1–3	2–3	2–3	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–3	1–2
Lasnamäe Ajax	0–2	3–0		0–1	1–3	5–0	3–2	3–1	1–3	1–2
Levadia II	1–1	3–2	4–2		0–0	2–1	6–0	8–2	5–2	6–0
Tallinna Kalev	2–3	3–1	1–1	1–6		2–2	0–2	0–1	3–5	4–3
Orbiit	0–6	1–2	1–2	0–4	0–1		1–2	4–0	4–1	1–2
Tamme Auto	2–5	1–1	1–1	1–4	1–3	6–3		4–1	4–0	4–0
TJK Legion	3–2	4–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–3		0–3	5–1
Warrior	4–1	2–4	1–3	3–5	3–4	2–2	4–3	0–2		2–2
Vaprus	0–3	2–3	0–4	2–3	0–1	4–1	2–3	2–2	2–3

Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers edit

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Tõnis Starkopf	Kiviõli Tamme Auto	28
2	Sergei Tasso	Lasnamäe Ajax	24
3	Artur Rättel	Levadia II	18
4	Jaan Leimann	Flora II	15
5	Dmitri Kirilov	Kiviõli Tamme Auto	14
5	Maksim Kisseljov	TJK Legion	14
7	Hannes Anier	Flora II	13
	Taavi Laurits	Vaprus
	Marten Mütt	Flora II
10	Sergei Akimov	Rakvere Flora	12
	Yaroslav Dmitriev	Levadia II
	Raiko Karpov	Warrior
	Ilja Monakov	Tallinna Kalev

Awards edit

Monthly awards edit

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club
March	Sergei Ratnikov	Tallinna Kalev	Sergei Tasso	Ajax
April	Andrei Borissov	Ajax	Artjom Dmitrijev	Levadia II
May	Aleksandr Pushtov	Levadia II	Andrei Borissov	Ajax
June	Aleksandr Pushtov	Levadia II	Andrei Veis	Flora II
July	Zaur Tšilingarašvili	Flora II	Tõnis Starkopf	Kiviõli Tamme Auto
August	Vitali Bolšakov	Orbiit	Aleksandr Marašov	Orbiit

References edit

^ Kõik jalgpalli Esiliiga klubid said litsentsi (in Estonian)
^ JK Tallinna Kalevi karistust vähendati (in Estonian)
^ Eesti 2010.a meistrivõistluste Meistri- ja Esiliiga juhend (in Estonian)
^ Diskvalifitseeritud mängija kasutamine (in Estonian)

External links edit

soccernet.ee (in Estonian)

[table_note_LEV0.056850960038999-1] Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

[table_note_TK0.056850960038999-4] Before the start of the season Flora Rakvere were docked two points and Tallinna Kalev were docked five points, both because of licensing problems.^[1] After the appeal, Kalev's deduction was reduced to four points.^[2]

[table_note_1_RAK_TMA0.85222420555177-7] The match was declared 2–x for Rakvere because Tamme Auto used ineligible player. The original result was 2–1.^[4]

[2] Kõik jalgpalli Esiliiga klubid said litsentsi (in Estonian)

[3] JK Tallinna Kalevi karistust vähendati (in Estonian)

[5] Eesti 2010.a meistrivõistluste Meistri- ja Esiliiga juhend (in Estonian)

[6] Diskvalifitseeritud mängija kasutamine (in Estonian)

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