2016 Meistriliiga

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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




2016 Meistriliiga is located in Estonia

FloraLevadiaKaljuInfonet


Flora
Levadia
Kalju
Infonet


Paide

Paide



Sillamäe

Sillamäe



Trans

Trans



Pärnu

Pärnu



Tarvas

Tarvas



Tammeka

Tammeka




Location of the 2016 Meistriliiga teams














































Team
Location
Stadium
Seating capacity

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

Estonia Argo Arbeiter

Estonia Gert Kams

Nike

Tele2[14]
Infonet

Estonia Aleksandr Puštov

Estonia Andrei Kalimullin

Joma
Infonet
Levadia

Estonia Igor Prins

Estonia Rimo Hunt

Adidas
Viimsi Keevitus
Narva Trans

Russia Adyam Kuzyaev

Estonia Roman Nesterovski
Nike
Sportland
Nõmme Kalju

Russia Sergei Frantsev

Estonia Vitali Teleš
Adidas
Optibet[15]
Paide Linnameeskond

Estonia Meelis Rooba

Estonia Lauri Varendi
Nike
Enemat
Pärnu Linnameeskond

Estonia Marko Lelov

Estonia Karl Palatu

Hummel
Wendre[16]
Sillamäe Kalev

Lithuania Algimantas Briaunys
Ukraine Vadym Dobizha

Estonia Mihhail Starodubtsev

Uhlsport

Alexela
Tammeka

Estonia Indrek Koser

Estonia Kaarel Kiidron
Nike
Sportland
Tarvas

Estonia Urmas Kirs

Estonia 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

Estonia Marko Kristal
Sacked
7 November 2015[17]Pre-season

Estonia Sergei Ratnikov
7 November 2015[17]
Nõmme Kalju

Brazil Fredo Getúlio
Caretaker spell over
7 November 2015[18]
Russia Sergei Frantsev
7 November 2015[18]
Sillamäe Kalev

Russia Denis Ugarov
Sacked
24 May 2016[19]8th

Lithuania Algimantas Briaunys (caretaker)
Ukraine Vadym Dobizha (caretaker)
24 May 2016
Tarvas

Estonia Valeri Bondarenko
Sacked
4 June 2016[20]10th

Estonia Urmas Kirs
4 June 2016
Flora

Estonia Norbert Hurt
Resigned
8 July 2016[21]4th

Estonia Jürgen Henn (caretaker)
8 July 2016
Levadia

Estonia Sergei Ratnikov
Sacked
11 July 2016 [22]2nd

Estonia Igor Prins
11 July 2016[23]
Flora

Estonia Jürgen Henn
Caretaker spell over
13 July 2016
4th

Estonia 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
Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian), UEFA, Soccerway
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:



  1. ^ 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]



12 November 201613:00 UTC+2








Maardu Linnameeskond
1–5

Pärnu Linnameeskond

Zelentsov Goal 59' (pen.)

Report

Aristov Goal 8' (o.g.)
Saarts Goal 30'54'
Tutk Goal 45'
Vihmoja Goal 71'


Maardu artificial turf, Maardu

Attendance: 86

Referee: Juri Frischer




19 November 201613:00 UTC+2








Pärnu Linnameeskond
4–3

Maardu Linnameeskond

Saarts Goal 22'
Boldyrev Goal 37' (o.g.)
Pärnat Goal 43'
Vunk Goal 88'

Report

Abdullajev Goal 27'
Krivošein Goal 53'
Zelentsov Goal 89'


Pärnu artificial turf, Pärnu

Attendance: 135

Referee: Kristo Tohver



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.









Season statistics









Hat-tricks


















































































PlayerForAgainstResultDate

Finland Sakari Tukiainen5
FloraTarvas6–08 March 2016[29]

Estonia Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko
Paide LinnameeskondTarvas4–213 May 2016[30]

Estonia Albert Prosa
FloraSillamäe Kalev4–213 May 2016[31]

Estonia Rauno Alliku4
FloraTarvas5–019 June 2016[32]

Azerbaijan Rizvan Umarov
Narva TransTammeka4–119 June 2016[33]

Estonia Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko
Paide LinnameeskondTammeka3–09 July 2016[34]

Estonia Ats Purje
Nõmme KaljuTarvas6–110 July 2016[35]

Russia Anton Miranchuk
LevadiaPaide Linnameeskond7–124 July 2016[36]

Finland Sakari Tukiainen
FloraPaide Linnameeskond3–029 July 2016[37]

Russia Yevgeni Kabaev4
Sillamäe KalevTammeka5–130 July 2016[38]

Estonia Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko
Paide LinnameeskondPärnu Linnameeskond4–19 September 2016[39]

Estonia Kaspar Paur
TammekaTarvas5–09 September 2016[40]

Estonia Andrei Sidorenkov
Nõmme KaljuPärnu Linnameeskond4–017 September 2016[41]

Estonia Rauno Alliku
FloraPärnu Linnameeskond6–11 October 2016[42]

Russia Dmitri Barkov
Narva TransPärnu Linnameeskond7–129 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]
Estonia Aleksandr Puštov
Infonet

Ghana Ofosu Appiah
Infonet
April[45]
Estonia Meelis Rooba
Paide Linnameeskond

Estonia Andrei Sidorenkov
Nõmme Kalju
May[46]
Estonia Aleksandr Puštov
Infonet

Russia Anton Miranchuk
Levadia
June/July[47]
Lithuania Algimantas Briaunys
Sillamäe Kalev

Estonia Dmitri Kruglov
Infonet
August[48]
Estonia Argo Arbeiter
Flora

Estonia Gert Kams
Flora
September[49]
Estonia Igor Prins
Levadia

Estonia Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko
Paide Linnameeskond
October[50]
Russia Sergei Frantsev
Nõmme Kalju

Russia 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


References




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