2025 Esiliiga
Season | 2025 |
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Dates | 1 March – 24 November 2025 |
Matches played | 37 |
Goals scored | 128 (3.46 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Erik Mottus Raivo Saar (5 goals) |
Biggest home win | Flora U21 9–0 Tammeka II (25 April 2025) |
Biggest away win | Tallinna Kalev II 0–4 Viimsi (10 April 2025) |
Highest scoring | Flora U21 9–0 Tammeka II (25 April 2025) |
Longest winning run | Nõmme United (4 match) |
Longest unbeaten run | Elva (5 match) |
Longest winless run | Tallinna Kalev U21 (7 match) |
Longest losing run | Tammeka II (6 match) |
← 2024 2026 →
All statistics correct as of 25 April 2025. |
The 2025 Esiliiga is the 35th season of the Esiliiga, the second tier of Estonian football. The season began on 1 March and is scheduled to conclude on 24 November 2025.[1]
Teams
The league consisted of ten teams; seven teams remaining from the previous season, two teams promoted from the Esiliiga B, and one team relegated from the Meistriliiga.
The promoted teams were the 2024 Esiliiga B champions Tammeka U21 and runners-up Nõmme Kalju U21. They replaced the 2024 Esiliiga bottom two teams Paide Linnameeskond U21 and Tabasalu.
The relegated team was the 2024 Meistriliiga bottom-placed team Nõmme United. They replaced the 2024 Esiliiga champions Harju.
Stadiums and locations
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Elva | Elva | Elva linnastaadion | 30[2] |
FCI Levadia U21 | Tallinn | Maarjamäe Stadium | 30[3] |
Flora U21 | Sportland Arena | 1,172[4] | |
Nõmme Kalju U21 | Hiiu Stadium | 650[5] | |
Nõmme United | Männiku Stadium | 500[6] | |
Tallinn | Lasnamäe Sports Complex Stadium | 200[7] | |
Tallinna Kalev U21 | Sportland Arena | 1,172[4] | |
Tammeka U21 | Tartu | Sepa Jalgpallikeskus | 504[8] |
Viimsi | Haabneeme | Viimsi Stadium | 800[9] |
Welco | Tartu | Holm Park | 580[10] |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nõmme United | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 12 | +46 | 46 | Promotion to the Meistriliiga |
2 | Welco | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 25 | +16 | 37 | Qualification for the Meistriliiga play-off |
3 | Viimsi | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 13 | +25 | 36 | |
4 | Elva | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 35 | |
5 | Tallinn | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 25 | |
6 | Flora U21 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 24 | Ineligble for promotion as a league below main team |
7 | Nõmme Kalju U21 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 22 | |
8 | FCI Levadia U21 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 19 | Qualification for the Esiliiga play-off |
9 | Tallinna Kalev U21 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 52 | −27 | 9 | Relegation to the Esiliiga B |
10 | Tammeka U21 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 21 | 77 | −56 | 6 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less matches awarded against; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fair-play points; 10) Draw[11]
Results
Teams face each other four times (twice at home and twice away).
Esiliiga play-off
The eighth-placed team will face the third-placed team of the 2025 Esiliiga B in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2026 Esiliiga.
References
- ^ "Esiliiga". Eesti Jalgpalli Liit. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Elva linna staadion". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Maarjamäe jalgpallikeskus". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Sportland Arena - ESR". www.spordiregister.ee. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Hiiu kunstmurustaadion". Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ^ "Männiku Jalgpallikeskuse jalgpalliväljakud". Eesti spordiregister. Retrieved 2025-07-11.
- ^ "Lasnamäe Spordikompleksi staadion - ESR". www.spordiregister.ee. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Sepa Jalgpallikeskus". Eesti spordiregister. Retrieved 2025-07-11.
- ^ "Viimsi staadion". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Holm Jalgpallipark - ESR". www.spordiregister.ee. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "Eesti 2023. a jalgpalli meistrivõistluste Premium ja Esiliigade juhend" (PDF) (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. pp. 17–18. Retrieved 1 March 2023.