2023 Esiliiga
Season | 2023 |
---|---|
Dates | 4 March 2023 – 3 December 2023 |
Champions | Nõmme United |
Promoted | Nõmme United |
Relegated | Alliance Legion |
← 2022 2024 → |
The 2023 Esiliiga was the 33rd season of the Esiliiga, the second tier of Estonian football. The season started on 4 March 2023 and concluded on 12 November 2023.
Teams
Stadiums and locations
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Kiviõli | Kiviõli Arena | N/A[1] |
Elva | Elva | Elva linnastaadion | 30[2] |
FCI Levadia U21 | Tallinn | Maarjamäe Stadium | 30[3] |
Flora U21 | Sportland Arena | 1,161[4] | |
Legion | |||
Nõmme United | Männiku Stadium | 50[5] | |
Paide Linnameeskond U21 | Paide | Paide linnastaadion | 500[6] |
Tabasalu | Tabasalu | Tabasalu Arena | 1,630[7] |
Tallinn | Tallinn | Lasnamäe Sports Complex Stadium | 88[8] |
Viimsi | Haabneeme | Viimsi Stadium | 800[9] |
Personnel and kits
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Erik Šteinberg | Adidas | Viru Keemia Grupp | |
Elva | Joonas Horn | Martin Thomson | Nike | Sportland |
FCI Levadia U21 | Santi García | Igor Sokolov | Macron | Admirals, Viimsi Keevitus |
Flora U21 | Taavi Viik | Nike | ||
Legion | Denis Belov | Aleksandr Volodin | Uhlsport | |
Nõmme United | Vladimir Vassiljev | Henri Leoke | Adidas | Apollo |
Paide Linnameeskond U21 | Kalmer Klettenberg | Nike | Exmet, Verston | |
Tabasalu | Risto Sarapik | Uhlsport | Eventtents, Rademar | |
Tallinn | Andrei Kalimullin | Albert Taar | Adidas | |
Viimsi | Ivo Lehtmets | Joma | Assa Abloy |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in the table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FCI Levadia U21 | Nikita Andreev | Mutual consent | 24 November 2022 | Pre-season | Santi García[10] | 24 November 2022 |
Nõmme United | Martin Klasen | 4 December 2022 | Vladimir Vassiljev[11] | 4 December 2022 | ||
Paide Linnameeskond U21 | Meelis Rooba | 9 December 2022 | Kalmer Klettenberg[12] | 9 December 2022 | ||
Elva | Veiko Haan[13] | 9 April 2023 | 10th | Joonas Horn | 9 April 2023 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nõmme United (C, P) | 36 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 114 | 29 | +85 | 90 | Promotion to Meistriliiga |
2 | Viimsi | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 67 | 35 | +32 | 71 | Qualification for Meistriliiga play-off |
3 | Flora U21 | 36 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 86 | 53 | +33 | 69 | |
4 | FCI Levadia U21 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 57 | |
5 | Tabasalu | 36 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 81 | 70 | +11 | 55 | |
6 | Tallinn | 36 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 72 | 65 | +7 | 52 | |
7 | Paide Linnameeskond U21 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 66 | 82 | −16 | 41 | |
8 | Elva (O) | 36 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 45 | 75 | −30 | 40 | Qualification for Esiliiga play-off |
9 | Legion (R) | 36 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 37 | 97 | −60 | 21 | Relegation to Esiliiga B |
10 | Alliance (R) | 36 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 50 | 123 | −73 | 20 |
Source: Esiliiga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less matches awarded against; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fair-play points; 10) Draw[14]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less matches awarded against; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fair-play points; 10) Draw[14]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Results
Esiliiga play-off
The eighth-placed club (Elva) faced the fourth-placed club from the 2023 Esiliiga B (Tartu Kalev) for the final place in the following season's Esiliiga.
First leg
Second leg
29 November 2023 | Elva | 2–1 (a.e.t.) (2–1 agg.) | Tartu Kalev | Elva |
16:00 BST | Lokk 90+3' Reilson 99' |
Peedo 6' | Stadium: Elva linnastaadion |
Awards
Monthly awards
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
March[15] | Santi García | FCI Levadia U21 | Gregor Lehtmets | Viimsi |
April[16] | Vladimir Vassiljev | Nõmme United | Jevgeni Demidov | Nõmme United |
May[17] | Taavi Viik | Flora U21 | Henri Leoke | |
June/July[18] | Vladimir Vassiljev | Nõmme United | Maksimilian Skvortsov | FCI Levadia U21 |
References
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- ^ "Esiliiga kuu parimad on Santiago Garcia Carrero ja Gregor Lehtmets" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ "Esiliiga kuu parimad on Demidov ja Vassiljev" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Esiliiga kuu parimad on Leoke ja Viik" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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