2009 Esiliiga Explained

Competition:	Esiliiga
Season:	2009
Winners:	Levadia II
Relegated:	Flora II, Flora Rakvere
League Topscorer:	Tõnis Stakopf (32)
Biggest Home Win:	Levadia 7–0 Lasnamäe Ajax
Biggest Away Win:	Warrior 0–12 Levadia
Highest Scoring:	Warrior 0–12 Levadia
Matches:	175
Total Goals:	663
Prevseason:	2008
Nextseason:	2010

The 2009 season of the Esiliiga (the second league of the Estonian football system).

Overview

Club	Location	Stadium	Current manager
Flora II	Tallinn	Sportland Arena	Erki Kesküla
Flora Rakvere	Rakvere	Linnastaadion	Urmas Kirs
Lasnamäe Ajax	Tallinn	FC Ajax Stadium	Aleksandr Puštov
Levadia II	Tallinn	Maarjamäe kunstmuru	Urmas Hepner
Lootus	Kohtla-Järve	SK Stadium	Andrei Škaleta
Tamme Auto	Kiviõli	Kiviõli Stadium	Erik Šteinberg
TJK Legion	Tallinn	Wismari Stadium	Viktor Passikuta
Tulevik II	Viljandi	Linnastaadion	Aivar Lillevere
Warrior	Valga	Sportland Arena	Zaur Tšilingarašvili
Vaprus	Pärnu	Kalevi Stadium	Ants Kommussaar

Standings

Relegation play-off

Results

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

Second half of season

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Updated 11 November 2009.^[1]

Rank	width=165px	Player	width=125px	Club	Goals
1	Tõnis Starkopf	Kiviõli Tamme Auto	32
2	Anton Semjonov	Lootus	19
3	Sander Rõivassepp	Warrior	18
4	Vitali Bolšakov	Lootus	17
	Yaroslav Dmitriev	Levadia II	17
	Maksim Kisseljov	TJK Legion	17
	Jaan Leimann	Warrior	17
8	Aleksandr Pavlikhin	TJK Legion	16
9	Šahrijar Abdullajev	Lasnamäe Ajax	15
10	Sergei Tasso	Lasnamäe Ajax	12

Monthly awards

width=75px	Month	width=200px	Manager	width=120px	Club	width=200px	Player	width=120px	Club
03/09^[2]	Zaur Tšilingarašvili	Warrior	Tõnis Starkopf	Tamme Auto
04/09^[3]	Aleksey Zhukov	Lootus	Yaroslav Dmitriev	Levadia II
05/09^[4]	Aleksandr Puštov	Levadia II	Sergei Popov	Lootus
06/09^[5]	Aleksandr Puštov	Levadia II	Konstantin Karin	Lootus
07/09^[6]	Andrei Borissov	Lasnamäe Ajax	Maksim Kisseljov	TJK Legion
08/09	Aleksandr Puštov	Levadia II	Sergei Tasso	Lasnamäe Ajax
09/09	Aleksey Zhukov	Lootus	Sander Rõivassepp	Warrior See also 2009 Meistriliiga 2008–09 Estonian Cup 2009–10 References

Notes and References

1. Web site: EL VÄRAVALÖÖJATE EDETABEL (2009). Estonian . Estonian Football Association.
2. Web site: Meistriliiga märtsikuu parimateks tunnistati Prins ja Jevdokimov . 4 April 2009 . jalgpall.struktuur.ee . . 7 July 2022 . Estonian .
3. Web site: Meistriliiga kuu parimate auhinnad läksid Levadiale . 28 April 2009 . jalgpall.ee . . 7 July 2022 . Estonian .
4. Web site: Maikuu parimaks valiti Alo Dupikov . 14 June 2009 . soccernet.ee . 7 July 2009 . Estonian.
5. Web site: Meistriliiga septembri parimad on Prins ja Nahk . jalgpall.ee . . 4 October 2022 . Estonian .
6. Web site: Juulikuu parimad olid Rüütli ja Puri . postimees.ee . 30 July 2009 . Estonian.