2010 Esiliiga

Esiliiga
Season2010
Matches played60
Goals scored189 (3.15 per match)
Biggest home winTJK Legion 8–0 Rakvere
Biggest away winRakvere 1–6 Flora U21
Highest scoringTJK 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

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

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
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:
  1. ^ a b Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.
  2. ^ 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

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

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:
  1. ^ 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

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

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
Maksim Kisseljov TJK Legion
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

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the 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

See also

References