| Current: | 2024 Esiliiga B |
| Pixels: | 140 |
| Confed: | UEFA |
| Divisions: | Esiliiga B |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Promotion: | Esiliiga |
| Relegation: | II liiga |
| Levels: | 3 |
| Domest Cup: | Estonian Cup |
| Champions: | Tartu Welco |
| Season: | 2023 |
| Website: | Esiliiga B |
The Esiliiga B is the third division in the Estonian football league system. The Esiliiga B is ranked below the Esiliiga and above the II liiga. As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts in March and ends in November.[1]
The league consists of 10 clubs, all teams play each other four times. Both the winning team and the runners-up are promoted to the Esiliiga directly, whereas the third place club will participate in a two-legged play-off with the 8th place club of the Esiliiga for the spot in next year's competition. Same way the 2 bottom placed teams are relegated to the II liiga. The third bottom team can avoid relegation by winning a two-leg play-off against the II Liiga play-off round winners.[2] [3]
The following clubs are competing in the Esiliiga B during the 2024 season.
| Club | Position in 2023 | Seasons in Esiliiga B | First season of current spell | Titles | Last title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jõhvi Phoenixa | 2nd in II liiga E/N | 0 | 2024 | 0 | |
| Kuressaare U21a, b | 5th | 1 | 2023 | 0 | |
| Läänemaaa, b | 9th | 4 | 2020 | 0 | |
| Narva Trans U21a, b | 3rd | 1 | 2023 | 0 | |
| Nõmme Kalju U21a | 8th | 7 | 2019 | 2 | 2017 |
| Pärnua | 10th | 3 | 2023 | 0 | |
| Tammeka U21a | 7th | 5 | 2022 | 0 | |
| Tartu Kaleva, b | 4th | 2 | 2022 | 0 | |
| TJK Legion | 9th in Esiliiga | 3 | 2024 | 1 | 2018 |
| Viljandi Tulevika | 6th | 1 | 2023 | 0 | |
a – never been relegated from Esiliiga B
b – never played in Esiliiga
c – reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.
| Season | width=160px | Champions | width=160px | Runners-up | width=160px | Third place | Top goalscorer | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Nõmme Kalju II | Pärnu Linnameeskond | Sillamäe Kalev II |  Jürgen Kuresoo (Elva) | 33 | |||
| 2014 | Tallinna Infonet II | Tartu Santos | HÜJK Emmaste |  Yuriy Vereshchak (Tartu Santos) | 43 | |||
| 2015 | Maardu Starbunker | Kohtla-Järve Järve | Sillamäe Kalev II | Klimentiy Boldyrev (Maardu Starbunker) | 25 | |||
| 2016 | Kuressaare | Elva | Tartu Welco | Maarek Suursaar (Kuressaare) | 33 | |||
| 2017 | Nõmme Kalju U21 | Tallinna Kalev U21 | Vändra Vaprus | Karl Anton Sõerde (Tallinna Kalev U21) | 29 | |||
| 2018 | Tartu Tammeka U21 | Kohtla-Järve Järve | Rejal Alijev (Tallinna Legion) | 40 | ||||
| 2019 | Vändra Vaprus | Pärnu | Martin Pärn (Vändra Vaprus) | 37 | ||||
| 2020 | Tartu Welco | Tallinna Kalev U21 | Ander Ott Valge (Paide Linnameeskond U21) Eduard Desjatski (Võru Helios) | 24 | ||||
| 2021 | Viimsi | Harju JK | Ida-Virumaa FC Alliance | Karl Anton Sõerde (Viimsi) | 30 | |||
| 2022 | FC Tallinn | Tabasalu | Tallinna Kalev U21 | Maksim Kalimullin (FC Tallinn) | 33 | |||
| 2023 | Tartu Welco | Tallinna Kalev U21 | Narva Trans U21 | Priit Peedo (FA Tartu Kalev) | 36 |
The table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Esiliiga B since its inception in 2013. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2024 season. Teams in bold played in the Esiliiga B 2024 season. Numbers in bold are the record (highest) numbers in each column.
In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss. Promotion matches and relegation matches involving clubs of higher or lower leagues are not counted.
The table is sorted by all-time points.
| | Club | Seasons | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 276 | 125 | 47 | 104 | 523 | 459 | +64 | 422 | 1.53 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | Nõmme Kalju FC U21 | 8 | 276 | 129 | 32 | 115 | 591 | 538 | +53 | 419 | 1.52 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | 7 | 242 | 121 | 46 | 77 | 542 | 376 | +166 | 408 | 1.69 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 4 | Tartu JK Tammeka U21 | 6 | 216 | 104 | 42 | 70 | 490 | 340 | +150 | 354 | 1.64 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 5 | 6 | 212 | 89 | 32 | 91 | 343 | 342 | +1 | 299 | 1.41 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| 6 | 5 | 180 | 79 | 26 | 75 | 336 | 320 | +16 | 263 | 1.46 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 7 | 4 | 138 | 80 | 21 | 37 | 315 | 189 | +126 | 261 | 1.89 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 8 | Tallinna JK Legion | 4 | 144 | 70 | 17 | 57 | 297 | 267 | +30 | 227 | 1.58 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 9 | 4 | 134 | 66 | 16 | 52 | 315 | 239 | +76 | 214 | 1.60 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 10 | 4 | 144 | 62 | 23 | 59 | 230 | 227 | +3 | 209 | 1.45 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 11 | 4 | 138 | 60 | 19 | 59 | 280 | 307 | -27 | 199 | 1.44 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 12 | Läänemaa JK | 5 | 166 | 51 | 21 | 94 | 298 | 448 | −150 | 174 | 1.05 | 6 | ||||||||
| 13 | 4 | 138 | 51 | 19 | 68 | 268 | 300 | −32 | 172 | 1.25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 14 | Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi | 4 | 144 | 48 | 22 | 74 | 242 | 304 | -62 | 166 | 1.15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 15 | FA Tartu Kalev | 3 | 108 | 45 | 21 | 42 | 200 | 216 | −16 | 156 | 1.44 | 4 | ||||||||
| 16 | 3 | 108 | 41 | 28 | 39 | 198 | 196 | +2 | 151 | 1.40 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| 17 | 2 | 72 | 44 | 13 | 15 | 227 | 95 | +132 | 145 | 2.01 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 18 | 3 | 102 | 40 | 16 | 46 | 202 | 236 | -34 | 136 | 1.33 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 19 | 2 | 72 | 42 | 5 | 25 | 162 | 123 | +39 | 131 | 1.82 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 20 | 2 | 68 | 40 | 11 | 17 | 185 | 104 | +81 | 131 | 1.93 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 21 | 3 | 102 | 35 | 18 | 49 | 183 | 235 | -52 | 123 | 1.21 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| 22 | 3 | 108 | 35 | 15 | 58 | 183 | 244 | −61 | 120 | 1.11 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| 23 | JK Narva Trans U21 | 2 | 72 | 34 | 16 | 22 | 126 | 99 | +27 | 118 | 1.64 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 24 | FC Kuressaare U21 | 2 | 72 | 34 | 14 | 24 | 153 | 146 | +7 | 116 | 1.61 | 4 | ||||||||
| 25 | 5 | 180 | 28 | 22 | 130 | 187 | 523 | −336 | 106 | 0.59 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||
| 26 | 1 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 124 | 34 | +90 | 99 | 2.75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 27 | 1 | 36 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 161 | 27 | +134 | 96 | 2.67 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 28 | Viljandi JK Tulevik | 2 | 72 | 26 | 12 | 34 | 107 | 129 | -22 | 90 | 1.25 | 6 | ||||||||
| 29 | 1 | 36 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 114 | 53 | +61 | 79 | 2.19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 30 | 2 | 66 | 25 | 4 | 37 | 124 | 169 | −45 | 79 | 1.20 | 6 | |||||||||
| 31 | 1 | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 117 | 48 | +69 | 76 | 2.11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 32 | 1 | 32 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 88 | 49 | +39 | 63 | 1.97 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 33 | Jõhvi FC Phoenix | 1 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 78 | 81 | -3 | 45 | 1.25 | 7 | ||||||||
| 34 | 1 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 60 | 89 | −29 | 44 | 1.22 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| 35 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 42 | 86 | −44 | 31 | 0.86 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| 36 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 53 | 123 | −70 | 29 | 0.81 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||
| 37 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 35 | 135 | -100 | 16 | 0.44 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||
| 38 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 26 | 142 | −116 | 14 | 0.39 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||
| 39 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 26 | 96 | −70 | 10 | 0.33 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||
| 40 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 31 | 121 | −90 | 9 | 0.25 | 1 | 10 |
League or status at 2024:
| 2024 Meistriliiga teams | ||
| 2024 Esiliiga teams | ||
| 2024 Esiliiga B teams | ||
| 2024 II liiga teams | ||
| 2024 III liiga teams | ||
| Defunct teams |