2022 Meistriliiga

The 2022 Meistriliiga, also known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga due to sponsorship reasons,^[1] was the 32nd season of the Meistriliiga, the top Estonian league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 1 March 2022 and concluded on 12 November 2022.

Meistriliiga

Season	2022
Dates	1 March 2022 – 12 November 2022
Champions	Flora 14th Meistriliiga title 14th Estonian title
Relegated	Legion
Champions League	Flora
Europa Conference League	FCI Levadia Paide Linnameeskond
Matches played	180
Goals scored	549 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zakaria Beglarishvili (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Paide Linnameeskond 10–0 Legion (18 September 2022)
Biggest away win	Vaprus 0–8 FCI Levadia (5 March 2022)
Highest scoring	Paide Linnameeskond 10–0 Legion (18 September 2022)
Longest winning run	11 matches Flora
Longest unbeaten run	31 matches Flora
Longest winless run	19 matches Vaprus
Longest losing run	13 matches Vaprus
Highest attendance	1978 Vaprus 1–1 Tammeka (2 July 2022)
Lowest attendance	61 Narva Trans 0–2 Tammeka (12 March 2022)
← 2021 2023 →

Flora won their 14th Meistriliiga title with five games to spare.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Flora
Kalev
Kalju
Legion
Levadia

Paide

Vaprus

Tammeka

Trans

Kuressaare

Locations of the 2022 Meistriliiga teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
FCI Levadia	Tallinn	A. Le Coq Arena	14,336[2]
Flora
Kuressaare	Kuressaare	Kuressaare linnastaadion	1,000[3]
Legion	Tallinn	Sportland Arena	1,161[4]
Narva Trans	Narva	Narva Kreenholm Stadium	1,065[5]
Nõmme Kalju	Tallinn	Sportland Arena	1,161[4]
Paide Linnameeskond	Paide	Paide linnastaadion	500[6]
Tallinna Kalev	Tallinn	Kadriorg Stadium	5,000[7]
Tammeka	Tartu	Tartu Tamme Stadium	1,500[8]
Vaprus	Pärnu	Pärnu Rannastaadion	1,501[9]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
FCI Levadia	Nikita Andreev (interim)	Brent Lepistu	Adidas	Admirals, Viimsi Keevitus
Flora	Jürgen Henn	Konstantin Vassiljev	Nike	Optibet[10]
Kuressaare	Roman Kozhukhovskyi	Sander Seeman	Nike
Legion	Denis Belov	Aleksandr Volodin	Uhlsport
Narva Trans	Aleksei Yagudin (interim)	Irié	Nike	Sportland
Nõmme Kalju	Kaido Koppel (interim)	Giannis Tsivelekidis	Adidas	Rämmar[11]
Paide Linnameeskond	Karel Voolaid	Andre Frolov	Nike	Exmet, Verston
Tallinna Kalev	Aivar Anniste Daniel Meijel	Tanel Tamberg	Macron	Coolbet
Tammeka	Marti Pähn	Karl Johan Pechter	Nike
Vaprus	Dmitrijs Kalašņikovs	Magnus Villota	Nike	Coolbet

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Paide Linnameeskond	Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko[12]	End of contract	28 November 2021	Pre-season	Karel Voolaid[13]	6 December 2021
Vaprus	Taavi Midenbritt[14]		29 November 2021		Dmitrijs Kalašņikovs[15]	27 December 2021
Narva Trans	Igor Pyvin[16]				Aleksei Eremenko[17]	30 November 2021
Tammeka	Dmitrijs Kalašņikovs[18]		7 December 2021		Miguel Santos[19]	4 January 2022
Nõmme Kalju	Sergei Frantsev[20]	Sacked	8 December 2021		Eddie Cardoso[21]
FCI Levadia	Marko Savić Vladimir Vassiljev[22]	Resigned	1 July 2022	1st	Ivan Stojković	1 July 2022
Tammeka	Miguel Santos[23]		9 July 2022	6th	Marti Pähn	9 July 2022
FCI Levadia	Ivan Stojković[24]	Sacked	12 September 2022	2nd	Maksym Kalinichenko	12 September 2022
	Maksym Kalinichenko[25]		22 September 2022		Nikita Andreev (interim)	22 September 2022
Nõmme Kalju	Eddie Cardoso[26]		16 October 2022	4th	Kaido Koppel (interim)	16 October 2022
Narva Trans	Aleksei Eremenko[27]	Mutual consent	12 November 2022	7th	Aleksei Yagudin (interim)	12 November 2022

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flora (C)	36	31	4	1	94	21	+73	97	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	FCI Levadia	36	24	7	5	74	25	+49	79	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3	Paide Linnameeskond	36	19	8	9	84	37	+47	65
4	Nõmme Kalju	36	19	8	9	59	30	+29	65
5	Kuressaare	36	13	11	12	49	51	−2	50
6	Tammeka	36	10	9	17	38	57	−19	39
7	Narva Trans	36	10	8	18	43	58	−15	38	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
8	Tallinna Kalev	36	10	5	21	42	92	−50	35
9	Legion (R)	36	6	8	22	34	82	−48	22[lower-alpha 2]	Relegation to the Esiliiga[lower-alpha 3]
10	Vaprus	36	3	2	31	32	96	−64	11	Reprieved from relegation[lower-alpha 4]

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2022. Source: Premium Liiga, Soccerway
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^[30]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Narva Trans qualified for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round as the 2022–23 Estonian Cup winners.
2. Legion were deducted four points for failing to comply with club licensing procedures.^[28]
3. Despite winning the relegation play-offs, Legion gave up its place in the Meistriliiga and applied to join the Esiliiga for the following season.^[29]
4. As a result of Legion's withdrawal from the next season of the Meistriliiga, Vaprus was able to maintain its spot.^[29]

Results

First half of season Home \ Away FLO KAL KUR LEG LEV NAR NÕM PLM TAM VAP Flora — 7–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–2 6–1 Tallinna Kalev 2–4 — 0–3 2–2 0–1 5–2 0–3 0–3 1–0 1–0 Kuressaare 0–3 1–0 — 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–2 Legion 0–7 1–1 2–2 — 1–3 0–2 2–4 1–2 1–1 3–0 FCI Levadia 1–1 5–1 1–0 2–0 — 6–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 4–1 Narva Trans 0–3 5–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 — 2–1 1–2 0–2 3–1 Nõmme Kalju 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 3–0 — 1–0 3–1 2–0 Paide 1–2 7–0 1–1 5–0 0–1 4–2 2–3 — 3–0 6–2 Tammeka 0–4 1–3 1–0 1–4 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 — 3–1 Vaprus 0–2 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–8 3–5 0–1 1–3 1–2 — Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season Home \ Away FLO KAL KUR LEG LEV NAR NÕM PLM TAM VAP Flora — 2–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 Tallinna Kalev 1–1 — 1–2 2–0 0–3 0–2 0–3 2–7 2–5 1–0 Kuressaare 2–3 1–1 — 1–0 2–3 3–1 0–0 3–3 2–2 1–0 Legion 0–1 2–3 3–2 — 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 FCI Levadia 1–2 3–1 2–3 3–0 — 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 Narva Trans 0–4 1–1 2–2 6–1 0–1 — 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 Nõmme Kalju 1–0 6–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 — 1–2 1–1 4–0 Paide 1–2 1–2 0–0 10–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 — 3–0 4–2 Tammeka 0–1 1–3 1–1 2–0 0–3 2–0 3–0 1–1 — 1–0 Vaprus 1–7 2–3 0–1 0–1 2–3 1–0 0–3 1–2 1–1 — Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Elva	0–3	Legion
	Report	Tõugjas 9' Vaherna 33' Ivanov 43'

23 November 2022

19:00 (UTC+2)

Nike Arena Elva, Elva

Attendance: 188

Referee: Martti Pukk

Legion	0–1	Elva
	Report	Tõugjas 58' (o.g.)

27 November 2022

13:00 (UTC+2)

Sportland Arena, Tallinn

Attendance: 28

Referee: Juri Frischer

Legion won 3–1 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[31]
1	Zakaria Beglarishvili	FCI Levadia	21
2	Robi Saarma	Paide Linnameeskond	16
3	Sten Reinkort	Kuressaare	15
4	Konstantin Vassiljev	Flora	13
5	Rauno Alliku	Flora	12
	Denys Dedechko	Narva Trans
	Alex Matthias Tamm	Nõmme Kalju
8	Nikita Ivanov	Legion	11
	Martin Miller	Flora
10	Danil Kuraksin	Flora	10
	Kevin Mätas	Tammeka
	Ats Purje	Tallinna Kalev
	Sergei Zenjov	Flora

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Liliu	FCI Levadia	Vaprus	8–0 (A)[32]	5 March 2022
Martin Miller	Flora	Tallinna Kalev	7–1 (H)[33]	6 March 2022
Mattias Männilaan	Kuressaare		3–0 (A)[34]	12 March 2022
Oleksandr Kozhevnikov	Narva Trans	Vaprus	5–3 (A)[35]	9 July 2022
Ats Purje	Tallinna Kalev	Narva Trans	5–2 (H)[36]	30 July 2022
Aleksandr Volkov	Nõmme Kalju	Tallinna Kalev	6–0 (H)[37]	6 August 2022
Robi Saarma4	Paide Linnameeskond		7–2 (A)[38]	20 August 2022

Notes

⁴ Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goal of the Month[39]
	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
March[40]	Jürgen Henn	Flora	Konstantin Vassiljev	Flora	Markus Soomets	Flora
April[41]			Bogdan Vaštšuk	FCI Levadia	Bogdan Vaštšuk	FCI Levadia
May[42]	Marko Savić Vladimir Vassiljev	FCI Levadia	Ioan Yakovlev	Tallinna Kalev	Ernest Agyiri
June/July[43]	Jürgen Henn	Flora	Zakaria Beglarishvili	FCI Levadia	Zakaria Beglarishvili
August[44]	Roman Kozhukhovskyi	Kuressaare	Henrik Pürg	Flora	Virgo Vallik	Vaprus
September[45]	Karel Voolaid	Paide Linnameeskond	Konstantin Vassiljev		Zakaria Beglarishvili	FCI Levadia
October[46]	Marti Pähn	Tammeka	Vladimir Avilov	Nõmme Kalju	Ioan Yakovlev	Tallinna Kalev

Annual awards

Award[47]	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Konstantin Vassiljev	Flora
Goalkeeper of the Season	Ebrima Jarju	Paide Linnameeskond
Defender of the Season	Henrik Pürg	Flora
Midfielder of the Season	Konstantin Vassiljev	Flora
Forward of the Season	Sten Reinkort	Kuressaare
Under-21 Player of the Season	Alex Matthias Tamm	Nõmme Kalju
Goal of the Season	Ernest Agyiri	FCI Levadia

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External links

• Official website