2018 Meistriliiga

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The 2018 Meistriliiga (known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) is the 28th season of the Meistriliiga, the highest division of Estonian football system. The season was scheduled to begin on 25 February 2018, but was postponed due to a cold wave. On 3 March, the season began with four out of five second round matches held in indoor arena. This marked the first time Estonian league football was played indoor. The season is scheduled to finish on 10 November 2018. Flora are the defending champions.

Teams

10 teams will compete in the league. Sillamäe Kalev lost their Meistriliiga license due to a failure to meet their financial obligations and were relegated to the II liiga. On 4 November 2017, it was announced that FCI Tallinn would merge with Levadia.

The two clubs will be replaced by 2017 Esiliiga champions Maardu Linnameeskond and runners-up Tallinna Kalev. On 18 December 2017, Kuressaare replaced Maardu Linnameeskond after the latter withdrew from the league due to financial reasons.

Venues

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
FCI Levadia	Tallinn	Kadriorg Stadium	&0000000000005000.0000005,000
Flora	Tallinn	A. Le Coq Arena	&0000000000010340.00000010,340
Kuressaare	Kuressaare	Kuressaare linnastaadion	&0000000000001000.0000001,000
Narva Trans	Narva	Narva Kreenholm Stadium	&0000000000001065.0000001,065
Nõmme Kalju	Tallinn	Hiiu Stadium	&0000000000000650.000000650
Paide Linnameeskond	Paide	Paide linnastaadion	&0000000000000268.000000268
Tallinna Kalev	Tallinn	Kalevi Keskstaadion	&0000000000011500.00000011,500
Tammeka	Tartu	Tartu Tamme Stadium	&0000000000001500.0000001,500
Tulevik	Viljandi	Viljandi linnastaadion	&0000000000001084.0000001,084
Vaprus	Pärnu	Pärnu Rannastaadion	&0000000000001501.0000001,501

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
FCI Levadia	Aleksandar Rogić	Dmitri Kruglov	Adidas	Viimsi Keevitus
Flora	Jürgen Henn	Gert Kams	Nike	Tele2
Kuressaare	Jan Važinski	Sander Viira	Joma	Saaremaa Lihatööstus
Narva Trans	Adyam Kuzyaev	Elysée	Nike	Sportland
Nõmme Kalju	Sergei Frantsev	Vitali Teleš	Adidas	help.ee
Paide Linnameeskond	Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko	Andre Frolov	Nike	Verston
Tallinna Kalev	Argo Arbeiter	Hidetoshi Wakui	Nike	Coolbet
Tammeka	Kaido Koppel	Tauno Tekko	Nike	Metec
Tulevik	Sander Post	Indrek Ilves	Joma	Viljandi Aken ja Uks
Vaprus	Indrek Zelinski	Joosep Sarapuu	Nike	Coolbet

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Vaprus	Marko Lelov	Resigned	5 November 2017	Pre-season	Indrek Zelinski	5 November 2017
FCI Levadia	Igor Prins	End of contract	5 November 2017		Aleksandar Rogić	6 November 2017
Tulevik	Aivar Lillevere	Resigned	15 November 2017		Marko Kristal	30 December 2017
Tallinna Kalev	Marko Pärnpuu	Sacked	16 November 2017		Argo Arbeiter	17 November 2017
Tammeka	Mario Hansi Kaido Koppel	Mutual consent	21 November 2017		Kaido Koppel	21 November 2017
Flora	Arno Pijpers	Resigned	13 December 2017		Jürgen Henn	5 January 2018
Kuressaare	Sander Viira	Mutual consent	19 December 2017		Jan Važinski	19 December 2017
Tulevik	Marko Kristal	Mutual consent	19 April 2018	9th	Sander Post	19 April 2018

League table

Template:2018 Meistriliiga table

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 13 June 2018.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Liliu	Nõmme Kalju	22
2	Zakaria Beglarishvili	Flora	17
3	Roman Debelko	FCI Levadia	16
4	Dmitri Barkov	Narva Trans	12
	Tristan Koskor	Tammeka
6	Frank Liivak	Flora	10
7	Marcelin Gando	FCI Levadia	9
	Aleksandr Volkov	Nõmme Kalju
9	Rimo Hunt	Nõmme Kalju	8
	Samson Iyede	Paide Linnameeskond
	Muamer Svraka	FCI Levadia

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Tristan Koskor4	Tammeka	Kuressaare	4–0 (A)	30 March 2018
Roman Debelko	FCI Levadia	Tulevik	5–0 (H)	5 May 2018
Liliu	Nõmme Kalju	Vaprus	6–0 (A)	5 May 2018
Marcelin Gando4	FCI Levadia	Vaprus	6–1 (H)	26 May 2018

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
March	Sergei Frantsev	Nõmme Kalju	Roman Debelko	FCI Levadia
April	Aleksandar Rogić	FCI Levadia	Liliu	Nõmme Kalju
May	Jürgen Henn	Flora	Samson Iyede	Paide Linnameeskond

See also

• 2017–18 Estonian Cup
• 2018–19 Estonian Cup
• 2018 Esiliiga
• 2018 Esiliiga B

External links

• Official website

Football in Estonia

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