2017 Esiliiga Explained

Competition:	Esiliiga
Season:	2017
Promoted:	FC Kuressaare JK Tallinna Kalev^[1] ^[2]
Biggest Home Win:	Santos 6–0 Elva (14 April 2017)
Biggest Away Win:	Tarvas 0–6 Flora U21 (11 March 2017)
Highest Scoring:	Flora U21 6–2 Elva (6 April 2017) Maardu LM 6–2 Santos (27 May 2017)
Longest Wins:	6 matches Flora U21
Longest Unbeaten:	11 matches Flora U21
Longest Winless:	13 matches Welco
Longest Losses:	10 matches Elva
Prevseason:	2016
Nextseason:	2018

The 2017 Esiliiga is the 27th season of the Esiliiga, second-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 2 March 2017.

Teams

A total of 10 teams are contesting the league, including 6 sides from the 2016 season, one relegated from the 2016 Meistriliiga and three promoted from the 2016 Esiliiga B.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Stadia

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Elva	Elva	Elva linnastaadion	^[6]
FCI Tallinn U21	Tallinn	Infonet Lasnamäe Stadium	^[7]
Flora U21	Tallinn	Flora Lilleküla Stadium	^[8]
Kuressaare	Kuressaare	Kuressaare linnastaadion	^[9]
Levadia U21	Tallinn	Maarjamäe Stadium	^[10]
Maardu Linnameeskond	Maardu	Maardu linnastaadion	^[11]
Santos	Tartu	Tartu Tamme Stadium	^[12]
Tallinna Kalev	Tallinn	Kalev Keskstaadion	^[13]
Tarvas	Rakvere	Rakvere linnastaadion	^[14]
Welco	Tartu	Tartu Tamme Stadium

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Elva	Veiko Haan	Jürgen Kuresoo	Nike	Sportland
FCI Tallinn U21	Aleksei Kapustin	Artjom Rõžkov	Joma	Infonet
Flora U21	Joel Indermitte	Romet Ridamäe	Nike	Tele2^[15]
Kuressaare	Sander Viira	Elari Valmas	Joma	Saaremaa Lihatööstus
Levadia U21	Vladimir Vassiljev	Alex Roosalu	Adidas	Viimsi Keevitus
Maardu Linnameeskond	Andrei Borissov	Maksim Krivošein	Adidas
Santos	Janar Sagim	Joonas Kartsep	Adidas
Tallinna Kalev	Marko Pärnpuu	Ando Hausenberg	Nike
Tarvas	Urmas Kirs	Taavi Trasberg	Nike	Aqva Hotel & Spa
Welco	Siim Valtna	Mikk Valtna	Nike	Liisi

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Elva	Kaido Koppel	Signed by Tammeka	29 November 2016^[16]	Pre-season	Veiko Haan	1 January 2017^[17]
FCI Tallinn U21		Appointed as assistant manager of FCI Tallinn	13 February 2017^[18]	Aleksei Kapustin	13 February 2017
Santos		Mutual consent	22 September 2017	8th	Janar Sagim	22 September 2017^[19]

Results

League table

Result tables

Second half of the season

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Vitali Gussev	Maardu LM	38
2	Alex Meinhard		Santos	22
3	Andre Järva		Kalev	21
4	Eduard Golovljov		FCI U21	20
Karl Rudolf Õigus		Santos
6	Joonas Ljaš		Tarvas	19
7	Sander Laht		FC Kuressaare	17
8	Mario Stern	FC Kuressaare	15
9	Erik Sorga		Flora U21	13
Artur Makarov		Kalev

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
March^[20]	Joel Indermitte	Flora U21	Mario Stern	Kuressaare
April^[21]	Marko Pärnpuu	Tallinna Kalev	Nikita Brõlin	Maardu Linnameeskond
May^[22]	Aleksei Kapustin	FCI Tallinn U21	Sergei Akimov	Tarvas
June^[23]	Urmas Kirs	Tarvas	Nikita Brõlin	Maardu Linnameeskond
July^[24]	Veiko Haan	Elva	Joonas Ljaš	Tarvas
August^[25]	Martti Pukk	Kuressaare	Andre Järva	Tallinna Kalev
September^[26]	Marko Pärnpuu	Tallinna Kalev	Vitali Gussev	Maardu Linnameeskond
October^[27]	Andrei Borissov	Maardu Linnameeskond	Henri Järvelaid	Flora U21

Esiliiga Player of the Year

Vitali Gussev was named Esiliiga Player of the Year.^[28]

See also

• 2016–17 Estonian Cup
• 2017–18 Estonian Cup
• 2017 Meistriliiga
• 2017 Esiliiga B

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jalgpalliliit kinnitas premium liiga 2018 aasta kooseisu. Estonian. 6 November 2017. soccernet.ee.
2. Web site: Maardu loobus Premium liigast, asemele tõuseb Kuressaare. Estonian. 18 December 2017. soccernet.ee.
3. Web site: Viljandi JK Tulevik kindlustas koha Premium liigas . Estonian. 16 September 2016. Estonian Football Association.
4. Web site: Welco ja Nõmme Kalju U21 mängutulemus tühistati. Estonian. 14 November 2016. Estonian Football Association.
5. Web site: Pärnu ja Viimsi sälitasid oma koha. Estonian. 19 November 2016. Estonian Football Association.
6. Web site: Elva Linnastaadion. Estonian. Jalgpall.ee.
7. Web site: Infonet Lasnamäe Stadium. Estonian. Jalgpall.ee.
8. Web site: FC Flora Lilleküla väljak. Estonian Football Association.
9. Web site: Kuressaare Linnastaadion. Estonian. Spordiregister.ee.
10. Web site: Maarjamäe jalgpallikeskus. Estonian. Spordiregister.ee.
11. Web site: Maardu Linna staadion. Estonian. Spordiregister.ee.
12. Web site: Tamme staadion. Jalgpall.ee. Estonian.
13. Web site: Kalevi Keskstaadion. Jalgpall.ee. Estonian.
14. Web site: Rakvere staadion. Jalgpall.ee. Estonian.
15. Web site: Flora sai koondisega sama sponsori. 3 October 2014. 25 September 2014. Soccernet.ee.
16. Web site: Tammeka esindusmeeskonda juhendavad uuel hooajal Mario Hansi ja Kaido Koppel . Estonian. 29 November 2016. Soccernet.ee. 30 November 2016.
17. Web site: Elva uueks peatreeneriks saab Haan. Estonian. 10 December 2016. Soccernet.ee. 1 March 2017.
18. Web site: Infoneti duubel vahetab peatreenerit. Estonian. 13 February 2017. Soccernet.ee. 1 March 2017.
19. Web site: Santose peatreeneriks on hooaja lõpuni Sagim, Säesk jätkab noortega. Estonian. 22 September 2017. Soccernet.ee. 22 September 2017.
20. Web site: Esiliiga kuu parimad on Indermitte ja Stern. Estonian. Estonian Football Association. 7 April 2017.
21. Web site: Esiliiga kuu parimad on Pärnpuu ja Brõlin. Estonian. Estonian Football Association. 7 May 2017.
22. Web site: Esiliiga kuu parimad on Kapustin ja Akimov. Estonian. Estonian Football Association. 9 June 2017.
23. Web site: Esiliiga kuu parimad on Kirs ja Brõlin. Estonian. Estonian Football Association. 6 July 2017.
24. Web site: Esiliiga kuu parimateks valiti Haan ja Ljaš. Estonian. Estonian Football Association. 3 August 2017.
25. Web site: Esiliiga parimate auhinnad lähevad Kuressaarele ja Kalevile. Estonian. Estonian Football Association. 8 September 2017.
26. Web site: Esiliiga ja Esiliiga B parimate valimisel saatis edu JK Tallinna Kalevit. Estonian. Estonian Football Association. 13 October 2017.
27. Web site: Esiliiga kuu parimad on Borissov ja Järvelaid. Estonian. Estonian Football Association. 3 November 2017.
28. Web site: Esiliiga parim mängija oli tänavu Vitali Gussev. Estonian Football Association. 10 December 2017. Esiliiga's best player this year is Vitali Gussev.