2014 Meistriliiga Explained

Competition:Meistriliiga
Season:2014
Winners:Levadia
9th title
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Levadia
Continentalcup2:Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Sillamäe Kalev
Flora
Nõmme Kalju
League Topscorer:Yevgeni Kabaev (36 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Levadia 9–0 Tallinna Kalev
(15 June)
Infonet 10–1 Lokomotiv
(1 August)

(16 September)
Levadia 9–0 Lokomotiv
(2 November)
Biggest Away Win:Tallinna Kalev 0–8 Levadia
(15 March)
Highest Scoring:Infonet 10–1 Lokomotiv
(1 August)
Longest Wins:8 games
Sillamäe Kalev
Flora
Nõmme Kalju
Longest Unbeaten:19 games
Levadia
Matches:180
Total Goals:642
Prevseason:2013
Nextseason:2015

The 2014 Meistriliiga, also known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga due to sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 24th season of the Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system. The season ran from 1 March 2014 to 8 November 2014.[2] Levadia successfully defended the title, securing the championship in the last round.

Teams

Kuressaare were relegated to the 2014 Esiliiga after finishing in the bottom of the table at the end of the 2013 season, ending their five-year tenure in the top flight. They were replaced by Lokomotiv, Esiliiga runners-up and first among promotion-eligible teams. Lokomotiv will make their first appearance in the top division.[3]

One spot in the league was decided in a two-legged play-off between Esiliiga's 4th Tarvas and Meistriliiga's 9th-placed team Tammeka. Tammeka won 6–2 on aggregate and therefore retained its place in Meistriliiga.[4]

Tammeka hit financial trouble in the second half of 2013 season,[5] but refused the reorganization plan set by Estonian Football Association.[6] In February Tammeka were stripped of their Meistriliiga license.[7] Tammeka entry was later granted for 2014 season to Football School Tammeka, financially independent part of the club run by former employees of football club Tammeka.[8]

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationStadiumSeating capacity
FloraTallinnA. Le Coq Arena9,692[9]
Sportland Arena540
LevadiaKadriorg Stadium5,000[10]
LokomotivJõhviJõhvi linnastaadion60[11]
Narva TransNarvaKreenholm Stadium1,065[12]
Nõmme KaljuTallinnKadriorg Stadium5,000
Paide LinnameeskondPaidePaide linnastaadion268[13]
Sillamäe KalevSillamäeSillamäe Kalev Stadium800[14]
Tallinna KalevTallinnKalev Keskstaadion11,500[15]
TammekaTartuTartu Tamme Stadium1,750[16]

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Flora Norbert Hurt Sander PostNikeTele2[17]
Infonet Aleksandr Puštov Vladimir AvilovJomaInfonet
Levadia Marko Kristal Roman SmishkoAdidasViimsi Keevitus
Lokomotiv Aleksei Tikhomirov Valeri SmelkovAdidasSpacecom[18]
Narva Trans Aleksei Yagudin Roman NesterovskiNikeFama[19]
Nõmme Kalju Igor Prins Vitali TelešAdidasOptibet[20]
Paide Linnameeskond Meelis Rooba Liivo LeetmaNikeVerston
Sillamäe Kalev Sergei Frantsev Vjatšeslav ZahovaikoUhlsportAlexela
Tallinna Kalev Sergei Zamogilnõi Daniil SavitskiJakoViking Line
Tammeka Indrek Koser Jürgen LorenzNikeGoldtime

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment
Tallinna Kalev Frank BernhardtMutual agreement13 December 2013Pre-season Tarmo Rüütli13 December 2013[21]
Tammeka Uwe ErkenbrecherEnd of contract31 December 2013 Indrek Koser14 February 2014[22]
Tallinna Kalev Tarmo RüütliSigned by Irtysh Pavlodar6 March 2014[23] 9th Sergei Zamogilnõi10 March 2014[24]
Lokomotiv Viktors ŅesterenkoSacked22 April 2014[25] 10th Aleksei Tikhomirov23 April 2014[26]
Sillamäe Kalev Sergei RatnikovMutual agreement26 April 2014[27] 1st Vadym Dobizha (caretaker)26 April 2014
Lokomotiv Aleksei TikhomirovMutual agreement3 June 2014[28] 10th Andrei Škaleta6 June 2014[29]
Narva Trans Valeri BondarenkoSacked14 June 2014[30] 7th Aleksei Yagudin14 June 2014
Sillamäe Kalev Vadym DobizhaCaretaker spell over13 July 20144th Sergei Frantsev13 July 2014[31]
Lokomotiv Andrei ŠkaletaMutual agreement6 August 2014[32] 10th Aleksei Tikhomirov6 August 2014

Player transfers

See main article: article and List of Estonian football transfers winter 2013–14.

See main article: article and List of Estonian football transfers summer 2014.

League table

Relegation play-offs

At season's end Lokomotiv, the ninth place club in the Meistriliiga, participated in a two-legged play-off with Tulevik, the runners-up (of the independent teams) of the 2014 Esiliiga, for the spot in next year's competition.[34]

1–1 on aggregate. Tulevik won on away goals and secured promotion to 2015 Meistriliiga

Results

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

Second-half of season

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals[35] [36]
1 Yevgeni KabaevSillamäe Kalev36
2 Igor SubbotinLevadia32
3 ManuchoInfonet30
4 Albert ProsaFlora22
5 Hidetoshi WakuiNõmme Kalju21
6 Vladislav IvanovLevadia19
7 Stanislav MurikhinSillamäe Kalev16
8 Rauno AllikuFlora15
Ingemar TeeverLevadia
10 Tarmo NeemeloNõmme Kalju14

Hat-tricks

Player For !Against !Result Date
Kristjan TiirikTammeka Tallinna Kalev 6–1 (A) 29 March 2014
Flora Tallinna Kalev 4–1 (A) 19 April 2014
ManuchoInfonet Tallinna Kalev 6–0 (H) 25 April 2014
Levadia Infonet 4–0 (A) 12 May 2014
Sillamäe Kalev Tammeka 6–0 (A) 20 May 2014
Rasmus TomsonPaide Linnameeskond Tallinna Kalev 6–2 (H) 20 May 2014
Vladislav Ivanov4 Levadia Tammeka 7–0 (A) 10 June 2014
Levadia Tallinna Kalev 9–0 (H) 15 June 2014
Igor Subbotin
Sillamäe Kalev Tallinna Kalev 6–1 (H) 7 July 2014
Manucho4 Infonet Tallinna Kalev 5–0 (H) 13 July 2014
Nõmme Kalju Tammeka 3–0 (H) 14 July 2014
Nõmme Kalju Tallinna Kalev 5–0 (H) 28 July 2014
Nõmme Kalju Lokomotiv 5–1 (H) 22 August 2014
Flora Paide Linnameeskond 3–0 (H) 23 August 2014
Sillamäe Kalev Tallinna Kalev 8–0 (H) 30 August 2014
Yevgeni Kabaev4
Sillamäe Kalev Tallinna Kalev 8–1 (A) 13 September 2014
Felipe Nunes4 Nõmme Kalju Lokomotiv 9–0 (H) 16 September 2014
Tarmo Neemelo
Igor Subbotin4 Levadia Tallinna Kalev 5–0 (H) 19 September 2014
Nõmme Kalju Tallinna Kalev 7–0 (A) 25 October 2014
Igor Subbotin4 Levadia Lokomotiv 9–0 (H) 2 November 2014
Igor Subbotin4 Levadia Narva Trans 8–1 (A) 8 November 2014
ManuchoInfonet Tallinna Kalev 4–0 (A) 8 November 2014
Notes4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Awards

MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the Month
width=165pxManagerwidth=100pxClubwidth=160pxPlayerwidth=110pxClub
March[37] Sergei RatnikovSillamäe Kalev Albert ProsaFlora
April[38] Igor PrinsNõmme Kalju Mikk ReintamNõmme Kalju
May[39] Norbert HurtFlora Daniil RatnikovSillamäe Kalev
June[40] Marko KristalLevadia Lasha OmanidzeTallinna Kalev
July[41] Aleksandr PuštovInfonet Karl-Eerik LuigendFlora
August[42] Sergei FrantsevSillamäe Kalev Yevgeni KabaevSillamäe Kalev
September[43] Igor PrinsNõmme Kalju Roman SmishkoLevadia
October[44] Sergei FrantsevSillamäe Kalev ManuchoInfonet

Meistriliiga Player of the Year

Yevgeni Kabaev was named Meistriliiga Player of the Year.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kodune tippjalgpall saab peatoetaja . Domestic top football will get the main sponsor. et. 26 February 2013 . 11 December 2013. Estonian Football Association.
  2. Web site: ML" MÄNGUDE KALENDER (2014) . 16 January 2014. jalgpall.ee . . et.
  3. Web site: SK 10 hoidis unistuse elus ja aitas Jõhvi meistriliigasse . SK 10 kept the dream alive and helped Jõhvi to the Meistriliiga. Soccernet.ee. 11 December 2013. et. 20 October 2013.
  4. Web site: Valga Tammeka jättis kõrgliiga Tartusse . Valga Tammeka kept the top league in Tartu. Soccernet.ee. 11 December 2013. et. 23 November 2013.
  5. Web site: Tammeka mängijad ei saanud neli kuud palka . Tammeka players did not receive a salary for four months. Soccernet.ee. 1 February 2014 . et. 29 November 2013.
  6. Web site: Tammeka keeldus vaikides saneerimisest . Tammeka refused reorganization with silence. Soccernet.ee. 1 February 2014 . et. 16 January 2014.
  7. Web site: Tammeka ei täitnud litsentseerimistingimusi . Tammeka failed to fulfill the license conditions. Estonian Football Association. 1 February 2014 . et. 1 February 2014.
  8. Web site: Jalgpallikool Tammeka osaleb Premium liigas . Football School Tammeka will participate in Premium liga. Soccernet.ee. 14 February 2014 . et. 14 February 2014.
  9. Web site: A. Le Coq Arena. FC Flora. 11 December 2013. et. https://web.archive.org/web/20160417105325/http://fcflora.ee/klubist/a-le-coq-arena/. 17 April 2016. dead.
  10. Web site: Kadrioru Staadion. Eesti Spordiregister. 11 December 2013. et. 12 September 2013.
  11. Web site: Jõhvi linna jalgpalliväljak. Eesti Spordiregister. 11 December 2013. et. 7 May 2013.
  12. Web site: Narva Paemurru Spordikooli Kreenholmi staadion. Eesti Spordiregister. 11 December 2013. et. 7 October 2013.
  13. Web site: Paide linna staadion. Eesti Spordiregister. 11 December 2013. et. 4 December 2013.
  14. Web site: Spordikompleks "Kalev" staadion. Eesti Spordiregister. 11 December 2013. et. 30 October 2013.
  15. Web site: Kalevi Keskstaadion. Eesti Spordiregister. 11 December 2013. et. 12 June 2013.
  16. Web site: Tamme staadion. Eesti Spordiregister. 11 December 2013. et. 27 November 2013.
  17. Web site: Flora sai koondisega sama sponsori . 3 October 2014. 25 September 2014. Soccernet.ee.
  18. Web site: Jõhvi Lokomotivi president: kevadel mängime meistriliigas. 21 February 2014. 19 August 2013. ERR.
  19. Web site: Uus mänguvorm. 7 March 2014. 5 March 2014. JK Narva Trans. https://web.archive.org/web/20140307170241/http://fctrans.ee/et/main/47-klubi-uudised/meeskond/601-uus-m-nguvorm. 7 March 2014. dead.
  20. Web site: Nõmme Kalju sõlmis Eesti klubijalgpalli ühe suurima lepingu. 14 February 2014. 7 February 2014. jkkalju.ee.
  21. Web site: Rüütli asub Tallinna Kalevi etteotsa. et . 13 December 2013 . Soccernet.ee . 13 December 2013.
  22. Web site: Tiirik: Koserist saab peatreener . Tiirik: Koser will become team manager. 14 February 2014. 14 February 2014. soccernet.ee.
  23. Web site: Rüütli lahkubki Kasahstani . Rüütli leaving to Kazakhstan. et. 6 March 2014. 6 March 2014. Soccernet.ee.
  24. Web site: Rüütli koha täidab Zamogilnõi . Zamogilnõi fills Rüütli's position . et. 10 March 2014. 10 March 2014. Soccernet.ee.
  25. Web site: Treeneritevahetused Ida-Virumaal: ka Jõhvi Lokomotiv vahetab peatreenerit. et. 22 April 2014. 23 April 2014. Delfi. 7 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140907214813/http://sport.delfi.ee/news/jalgpall/eesti/treeneritevahetused-ida-virumaal-ka-johvi-lokomotiv-vahetab-peatreenerit.d?id=68491489. dead.
  26. Web site: Mängijad kinnitavad: Tihomirov Jõhvil pukis. et. 23 April 2014. 24 April 2014. Soccernet.ee.
  27. Web site: Ratnikov ei soovinud ise jätkata . et. 26 April 2014. 23 April 2014. Soccernet.ee.
  28. Web site: Jõhvis käärib: peatreener taas läinud . et. 3 June 2014. 3 June 2014. Soccernet.ee.
  29. Web site: Lokomotiv aktiivselt uut treenerit ei otsi. et. 6 June 2014. 6 June 2014. Soccernet.ee.
  30. Web site: Trans vallandas Bondarenko . et. 14 June 2014. 14 June 2014. Soccernet.ee.
  31. Web site: Sillamäe sai uue peatreeneri. et. 13 July 2014. 17 July 2014. Soccernet.ee.
  32. Web site: Ida-Virumaa oma headuses: Tihomirov tagasi . et. 6 August 2014. 6 August 2014. Soccernet.ee.
  33. Web site: Eesti 2014.a meistrivõistluste Meistri- ja Esiliiga juhend . 15 November 2013 . 13 December 2013. jalgpall.ee . . PDF . 13 . et.
  34. Web site: Eesti 2014.a meistrivõistluste Meistri- ja Esiliiga juhend . 15 November 2013 . 11 December 2013. jalgpall.ee . . PDF . 11 . et.
  35. Web site: ML VÄRAVALÖÖJATE EDETABEL (2014) . et . Estonian Football Association.
  36. Web site: Meistriliiga 2014 statistika . et . soccernet.ee.
  37. Web site: Premium liiga kuu parimad on Prosa ja Ratnikov. et. 4 April 2014. Estonian Football Association.
  38. Web site: Premium liiga kuu parimad on Prins ja Reintam. et. 1 May 2014. Estonian Football Association.
  39. Web site: Maikuu parimateks tunnistati Hurt ja Ratnikov. et. 10 June 2014. Estonian Football Association.
  40. Web site: Kuu parimateks Kristal ja Omanidze. et. 7 July 2014. Soccernet.ee.
  41. Web site: Juulikuu parimad olid Puštov ja Luigend. et. 18 August 2014. Estonian Football Association.
  42. Web site: Premium liiga kuu parimad tulevad Sillamäelt. et. 12 September 2014. Estonian Football Association. 12 September 2014.
  43. Web site: Premium liiga kuu parimad on Prins ja Smishko. et. 2 October 2014. Estonian Football Association. 2 October 2014.
  44. Web site: Premium liiga kuu parimad on Manucho ja Frantsev. et. 8 November 2014. Estonian Football Association. 6 November 2014.

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