2016 Meistriliiga
Season | 2016 |
---|---|
Champions | Infonet (1st title) |
Relegated | Tarvas |
Champions League | Infonet |
Europa League | Levadia Nõmme Kalju Flora |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 582 (3.23 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Yevgeni Kabaev (25 goals) |
Best goalkeeper | Sergei Lepmets (18 clean sheets) |
Biggest home win | Paide 7–0 Tarvas (23 August 2016) |
Biggest away win | Tarvas 0–6 Trans (1 October 2016) Pärnu 1–7 Trans (29 October 2016) |
Highest scoring | Levadia 7–1 Paide (24 July 2016) Pärnu 1–7 Trans (29 October 2016) |
Longest winning run | 10 matches Infonet |
Longest unbeaten run | 14 matches Infonet |
Longest winless run | 36 matches Tarvas |
Longest losing run | 16 matches Tarvas |
← 2015 2017 → |
The 2016 Meistriliiga (known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons[1]) was the 26th season of the Meistriliiga, the highest division of Estonian football system. The season began on 4 March 2016 and concluded on 5 November 2016.[2][3]
Infonet won the league on the last matchday of the season, finishing with 80 points. It was their first league title.[4]
Contents
1 Teams
1.1 Stadia
1.2 Personnel and kits
1.3 Managerial changes
2 League table
2.1 Relegation play-offs
3 Results
3.1 First half of season
3.2 Second half of season
4 Season statistics
4.1 Top scorers
4.2 Top assists
4.3 Hat-tricks
5 Awards
5.1 Monthly awards
5.2 Meistriliiga Player of the Year
6 See also
7 References
Teams
A total of 10 teams will contest the league. These include 9 teams from the 2015 season and one promoted team from the 2015 Esiliiga: Tarvas, making their debut in the top flight. Tarvas replaces Tulevik who were relegated from the Meistriliiga after a single season. In the relegation play-off Tammeka successfully defended their league spot by defeating challengers Tallinna Kalev.
Stadia
Flora
Levadia
Kalju
Infonet
Team | Location | Stadium | Seating capacity |
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Flora | Tallinn | A. Le Coq Arena | 7003969200000000000♠9,692[5] |
Infonet | Tallinn | Infonet Lasnamäe Stadium | 7002400000000000000♠400[6] |
Levadia | Tallinn | Kadriorg Stadium | 7003500000000000000♠5,000[7] |
Narva Trans | Narva | Kreenholm Stadium | 7003106500000000000♠1,065[8] |
Nõmme Kalju | Tallinn | Hiiu Stadium | 7002300000000000000♠300[9] |
Paide Linnameeskond | Paide | Paide linnastaadion | 7002268000000000000♠268[10] |
Pärnu Linnameeskond | Pärnu | Pärnu Rannastaadion | 7003150100000000000♠1,501 |
Sillamäe Kalev | Sillamäe | Sillamäe Kalev Stadium | 7002800000000000000♠800[11] |
Tammeka | Tartu | Tamme Stadium | 7003175000000000000♠1,750[12] |
Tarvas | Rakvere | Rakvere linnastaadion | 7003178500000000000♠1,785[13] |
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.
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Flora | Argo Arbeiter | Gert Kams | Nike | Tele2[14] |
Infonet | Aleksandr Puštov | Andrei Kalimullin | Joma | Infonet |
Levadia | Igor Prins | Rimo Hunt | Adidas | Viimsi Keevitus |
Narva Trans | Adyam Kuzyaev | Roman Nesterovski | Nike | Sportland |
Nõmme Kalju | Sergei Frantsev | Vitali Teleš | Adidas | Optibet[15] |
Paide Linnameeskond | Meelis Rooba | Lauri Varendi | Nike | Enemat |
Pärnu Linnameeskond | Marko Lelov | Karl Palatu | Hummel | Wendre[16] |
Sillamäe Kalev | Algimantas Briaunys Vadym Dobizha | Mihhail Starodubtsev | Uhlsport | Alexela |
Tammeka | Indrek Koser | Kaarel Kiidron | Nike | Sportland |
Tarvas | Urmas Kirs | Kaarel Saar | Nike | Aqva Hotel & Spa |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Levadia | Marko Kristal | Sacked | 7 November 2015[17] | Pre-season | Sergei Ratnikov | 7 November 2015[17] |
Nõmme Kalju | Fredo Getúlio | Caretaker spell over | 7 November 2015[18] | Sergei Frantsev | 7 November 2015[18] | |
Sillamäe Kalev | Denis Ugarov | Sacked | 24 May 2016[19] | 8th | Algimantas Briaunys (caretaker) Vadym Dobizha (caretaker) | 24 May 2016 |
Tarvas | Valeri Bondarenko | Sacked | 4 June 2016[20] | 10th | Urmas Kirs | 4 June 2016 |
Flora | Norbert Hurt | Resigned | 8 July 2016[21] | 4th | Jürgen Henn (caretaker) | 8 July 2016 |
Levadia | Sergei Ratnikov | Sacked | 11 July 2016 [22] | 2nd | Igor Prins | 11 July 2016[23] |
Flora | Jürgen Henn | Caretaker spell over | 13 July 2016 | 4th | Argo Arbeiter | 13 July 2016[24] |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Infonet Tallinn (C) | 36 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 74 | 33 | +41 | 80 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
2 | Levadia Tallinn | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 77 | 30 | +47 | 78 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a] |
3 | Nõmme Kalju | 36 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 70 | 28 | +42 | 75 | |
4 | Flora Tallinn | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 96 | 31 | +65 | 73 | |
5 | Sillamäe Kalev | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 65 | 55 | +10 | 51 | |
6 | Paide Linnameeskond | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 58 | 61 | −3 | 48 | |
7 | Tartu Tammeka | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 43 | 65 | −22 | 41 | |
8 | Narva Trans | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 60 | 68 | −8 | 41 | |
9 | Pärnu Linnameeskond (O) | 36 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 24 | 98 | −74 | 17 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
10 | Rakvere Tarvas (R) | 36 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 113 | −98 | 3 | Relegation to the Esiliiga |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion); 3) Less matches awarded against; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Away goals scored; 10) Fairplay ranking.[25][26]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
^ Since the winner of the 2016–17 Estonian Cup FCI Tallinn had qualified to Champions League, the cup winners' spot was inherited by forth-placed club Flora.
Relegation play-offs
At season's end Pärnu, the ninth place club, participated in a two-legged play-off with Maardu Linnameeskond, the runners-up (of independent teams) of the 2016 Esiliiga, for the spot in 2017 Meistriliiga.[27]
Maardu Linnameeskond | 1–5 | Pärnu Linnameeskond |
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Zelentsov 59' (pen.) | Report | Aristov 8' (o.g.) Saarts 30', 54' Tutk 45' Vihmoja 71' |
Maardu artificial turf, Maardu
Pärnu Linnameeskond | 4–3 | Maardu Linnameeskond |
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Saarts 22' Boldyrev 37' (o.g.) Pärnat 43' Vunk 88' | Report | Abdullajev 27' Krivošein 53' Zelentsov 89' |
Pärnu artificial turf, Pärnu
- Pärnu Linnameeskond won 9–4 on aggregate and retained their Meistriliiga spot for the 2017 season.
Results
Each team plays every opponent four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 games.
|
Home Away[1] | FLO | INF | NÕM | LEV | PAI | PÄR | SIL | TAM | TAR | NAR |
Flora | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | |
Infonet | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | |
Nõmme Kalju | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | |
Levadia | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
Paide | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | |
Pärnu | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | |
Sillamäe Kalev | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
Tammeka | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | |
Tarvas | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
Narva Trans | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 |
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Second half of season
Home Away[1] | FLO | INF | NÕM | LEV | PAI | PÄR | SIL | TAM | TAR | NAR |
Flora | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | |
Infonet | 4–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 4–3 | |
Nõmme Kalju | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
Levadia | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | |
Paide | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 0–0 | |
Pärnu | 1–6 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–7 | |
Sillamäe Kalev | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | |
Tammeka | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | |
Tarvas | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–6 | |
Narva Trans | 0–2[2] | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 |
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2 ^ EJL awarded Flora a win due to Narva Trans fielding a suspended player. The original match had ended in a 0–2 defeat.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Season statistics
|
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[28] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Yevgeni Kabaev | Sillamäe Kalev | 25 |
2 | Rauno Sappinen | Flora | 19 |
Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko | Paide Linnameeskond | ||
4 | Rauno Alliku | Flora | 15 |
5 | Anton Miranchuk | Levadia | 14 |
Dmitri Proshin | Narva Trans | ||
Ats Purje | Nõmme Kalju | ||
Sakari Tukiainen | Flora | ||
9 | Kristjan Tiirik | Tammeka | 12 |
Vladimir Voskoboinikov | Infonet |
Top assists
Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Zakaria Beglarishvili | Flora | 16 |
2 | Svjatoslav Jakovlev | Narva Trans | 12 |
Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko | Paide Linnameeskond | ||
4 | Yevgeni Kobzar | Levadia | 11 |
5 | Nikolai Mašitšev | Infonet | 10 |
Dmitri Kruglov | Infonet | ||
7 | Rimo Hunt | Levadia | 9 |
Anton Miranchuk | Levadia | ||
9 | Maksim Lipin | Sillamäe Kalev | 8 |
Karl Mööl | Nõmme Kalju |
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sakari Tukiainen5 | Flora | Tarvas | 6–0 | 8 March 2016[29] |
Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko | Paide Linnameeskond | Tarvas | 4–2 | 13 May 2016[30] |
Albert Prosa | Flora | Sillamäe Kalev | 4–2 | 13 May 2016[31] |
Rauno Alliku4 | Flora | Tarvas | 5–0 | 19 June 2016[32] |
Rizvan Umarov | Narva Trans | Tammeka | 4–1 | 19 June 2016[33] |
Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko | Paide Linnameeskond | Tammeka | 3–0 | 9 July 2016[34] |
Ats Purje | Nõmme Kalju | Tarvas | 6–1 | 10 July 2016[35] |
Anton Miranchuk | Levadia | Paide Linnameeskond | 7–1 | 24 July 2016[36] |
Sakari Tukiainen | Flora | Paide Linnameeskond | 3–0 | 29 July 2016[37] |
Yevgeni Kabaev4 | Sillamäe Kalev | Tammeka | 5–1 | 30 July 2016[38] |
Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko | Paide Linnameeskond | Pärnu Linnameeskond | 4–1 | 9 September 2016[39] |
Kaspar Paur | Tammeka | Tarvas | 5–0 | 9 September 2016[40] |
Andrei Sidorenkov | Nõmme Kalju | Pärnu Linnameeskond | 4–0 | 17 September 2016[41] |
Rauno Alliku | Flora | Pärnu Linnameeskond | 6–1 | 1 October 2016[42] |
Dmitri Barkov | Narva Trans | Pärnu Linnameeskond | 7–1 | 29 October 2016[43] |
4Player scored 4 goals.
5Player scored 5 goals.
Awards
Monthly awards
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
March[44] | Aleksandr Puštov | Infonet | Ofosu Appiah | Infonet |
April[45] | Meelis Rooba | Paide Linnameeskond | Andrei Sidorenkov | Nõmme Kalju |
May[46] | Aleksandr Puštov | Infonet | Anton Miranchuk | Levadia |
June/July[47] | Algimantas Briaunys | Sillamäe Kalev | Dmitri Kruglov | Infonet |
August[48] | Argo Arbeiter | Flora | Gert Kams | Flora |
September[49] | Igor Prins | Levadia | Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko | Paide Linnameeskond |
October[50] | Sergei Frantsev | Nõmme Kalju | Yevgeni Kabaev | Sillamäe Kalev |
Meistriliiga Player of the Year
Yevgeni Kabaev was named Meistriliiga Player of the Year.[51]
See also
- 2015–16 Estonian Cup
- 2016–17 Estonian Cup
- 2016 Esiliiga
- 2016 Esiliiga B
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