Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga
Country	Estonia
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1992
Number of teams	10
Relegation to	Esiliiga
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Estonian Cup Estonian Supercup
UEFA cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa Conference League
Current champions	Flora (14th title) (2022)
Most successful club	Flora (14 titles)
TV	ETV2, ETV+, soccernet.ee
Website	Official website
2023

Meistriliiga known as the A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded in 1992, and is semi-professional with amateur clubs allowed to compete.

As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts in March and ends in November. Meistriliiga consists of ten clubs, all teams play each other four times. After each season the bottom team is relegated and the second last team plays a two-legged playoff for a place in the Meistriliiga.

In February 2013, A. Le Coq, an Estonian brewery company, signed a five-year cooperation agreement with the Estonian Football Association, which included Meistriliiga naming rights.

Clubs

Current clubs

The following 10 clubs will compete in the Meistriliiga during the 2017 season.

Club	Position in 2016	First season in Meistriliiga	Seasons in Meistriliiga	Current spell since	Titles	Last title/ Best finish
FCI Tallinnc	1st	2013	4	2013	1	2016
Floraa, b, c	4th	1992	26	1992	10	2015
Levadiac	2nd	1999	18	1999	9	2014
Narva Transa, b, c	8th	1992	26	1992	0	2nd
Nõmme Kaljuc	3rd	2008	9	2008	1	2012
Paide Linnameeskondc	6th	2009	8	2009	0	5th
Sillamäe Kaleva	5th	1992	12	2008	0	2nd
Tammekac	7th	2005	12	2005	0	5th
Tulevika	1st in Esiliiga	1992	17	2017	0	2nd
Vaprus	–	2006	3	2017	0	7th

^a = Founding member of the Meistriliiga
^b = Played in every Meistriliiga season
^c = Never been relegated from Meistriliiga

External links

• Estonian Football Association
• Estonia - List of Champions, RSSSF.com

Football in Estonia

League competitions The EFA Cup competitions Meistriliiga Estonia Estonian Cup Esiliiga (Esiliiga B) (U-21) (U-19) Estonian SuperCup (II Liiga) (III Liiga) (IV Liiga) (U-18) (U-17) Estonian Small Cup (U-16) (U-15) List of clubs List of stadiums List of leagues