2017 Meistriliiga

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The 2017 Meistriliiga (known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) is the 27th season of the Meistriliiga, the top level of the Estonian football system. The season began on 3 March 2017 and ends on 4 November 2017.

FCI Tallinn are the defending champions. The champions underwent a name change between the seasons having been known as Infonet from 2011 to 2016.

Teams

A total of 10 teams will contest the league, including 8 teams from the 2016 season. Tarvas were relegated after a winless season. Their spot was taken by Esiliiga champions Tulevik, making an immediate return after their 2015 relegation.

In the relegation play-off Pärnu Linnameeskond successfully defended their league spot by defeating challengers Maardu Linnameeskond, but on 11 January 2017 Pärnu Linnameeskond, a union of football clubs from Pärnu, broke up. Vaprus, one of the three clubs that had formed Linnameeskond, took over the league spot.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
FCI Tallinn	Tallinn	Infonet Lasnamäe Stadium	&0000000000000500.000000500
Flora	Tallinn	A. Le Coq Arena	&0000000000010340.00000010,340
Levadia	Tallinn	Kadriorg Stadium	&0000000000005000.0000005,000
Narva Trans	Narva	Narva Kreenholm Stadium	&0000000000001065.0000001,065
Nõmme Kalju	Tallinn	Hiiu Stadium	&0000000000000650.000000650
Paide Linnameeskond	Paide	Paide linnastaadion	&0000000000000268.000000268
Sillamäe Kalev	Sillamäe	Sillamäe Kalev Stadium	&0000000000000800.000000800
Tammeka	Tartu	Tartu Tamme Stadium	&0000000000001750.0000001,750
Tulevik	Viljandi	Viljandi linnastaadion	&0000000000001068.0000001,068
Vaprus	Pärnu	Pärnu Rannastaadion	&0000000000001250.0000001,250

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
FCI Tallinn	Sergei Bragin (caretaker)	Andrei Kalimullin	Joma	Infonet
Flora	Arno Pijpers	Brent Lepistu	Nike	Tele2
Levadia	Igor Prins	Rimo Hunt	Adidas	Viimsi Keevitus
Narva Trans	Adyam Kuzyaev	Elysée	Nike	Sportland
Nõmme Kalju	Sergei Frantsev	Vitali Teleš	Adidas	help.ee
Paide Linnameeskond	Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko	Andre Frolov	Nike	Enemat
Sillamäe Kalev	Vadym Dobizha	Mihhail Starodubtsev	Uhlsport	Alexela
Tammeka	Mario Hansi Kaido Koppel	Kaarel Kiidron	Nike	Metec
Tulevik	Aivar Lillevere	Indrek Ilves	Joma	Viljandi Aken ja Uks
Vaprus	Marko Lelov	Karl Palatu	Nike	Coolbet

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Paide Linnameeskond	Meelis Rooba	Mutual consent	5 November 2016	Pre-season	Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko	7 November 2016
Flora	Argo Arbeiter	Sacked	10 November 2016		Arno Pijpers	2 January 2017
Tammeka	Indrek Koser	Mutual consent	29 November 2016		Mario Hansi Kaido Koppel	29 November 2016
Sillamäe Kalev	Algimantas Briaunys	Resigned	11 April 2017	8th	Vadym Dobizha	11 April 2017
FCI Tallinn	Aleksandr Pushtov	Mutual consent	30 June 2017	4th	Sergei Bragin (caretaker)	30 June 2017

League table

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Relegation play-offs

At season's end, the ninth place club of the Meistriliiga will participate in a two-legged play-off with the runner-ups (of the independent teams) of the 2017 Esiliiga for the spot in next year's competition.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 8 July 2017.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Albert Prosa	FCI Tallinn	17
2	Rimo Hunt	Levadia	11
	Rauno Sappinen	Flora
4	Zakaria Beglarishvili	Flora	9
	Dzmitry Kowb	Narva Trans
6	Yevgeni Kharin	FCI Tallinn	8
7	João Morelli	Levadia	7
8	Nikita Andreev	Levadia	6
	Yevgeni Kobzar	Levadia
	Mark Oliver Roosnupp	Levadia
	Igor Subbotin	Nõmme Kalju
	Aleksandr Volkov	Sillamäe Kalev

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Dzmitry Kowb	Narva Trans	Paide Linnameeskond	5–1 (A)	4 March 2017
Rimo Hunt	Levadia	Paide Linnameeskond	7–0 (H)	18 March 2017
Yevgeni Kharin	FCI Tallinn	Vaprus	6–0 (A)	15 April 2017
Yevgeni Kobzar	Levadia	Vaprus	8–0 (H)	28 April 2017
Albert Prosa6	FCI Tallinn	Vaprus	11–1 (H)	22 May 2017
Rauno Sappinen	Flora	Vaprus	10–0 (A)	16 June 2017

⁶ Player scored 6 goals; (H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goal of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
March	Igor Prins	Levadia	Igor Dudarev	Levadia	Viktor Plotnikov	Narva Trans
April	Arno Pijpers	Flora	Rimo Hunt	Levadia	Magnar Vainumäe	Paide Linnameeskond
May	Arno Pijpers	Flora	Artur Kotenko	Narva Trans	Brent Lepistu	Flora
June	Mario Hansi Kaido Koppel	Tammeka	Rauno Sappinen	Flora

See also

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

External links

• Official website

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