Jump to content

Esiliiga B

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Esiliiga B
Founded2013; 11 years ago (2013)
Country Estonia
ConfederationUEFA
DivisionsEsiliiga B
Number of teams10
Level on pyramid3
Promotion toEsiliiga
Relegation toII liiga
Domestic cup(s)Estonian Cup
Current championsTartu Welco
(2023)
WebsiteEsiliiga B
Current: 2024 Esiliiga B

The Esiliiga B is the third division in the Estonian football league system. The Esiliiga B is ranked below the Esiliiga and above the II liiga. As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts in March and ends in November.[1]

Competition format

[edit]

The league consists of 10 clubs, all teams play each other four times. Both the winning team and the runners-up are promoted to the Esiliiga directly, whereas the third place club will participate in a two-legged play-off with the 8th place club of the Esiliiga for the spot in next year's competition. Same way the 2 bottom placed teams are relegated to the II liiga. The third bottom team can avoid relegation by winning a two-leg play-off against the II Liiga play-off round winners.[2][3]

Clubs

[edit]

Current clubs

[edit]

The following clubs are competing in the Esiliiga B during the 2024 season.

Club Position
in 2023
Seasons in
Esiliiga B
First season of
current spell
Titles Last title
Jõhvi Phoenixa 2nd in II liiga E/N 0 2024 0
Kuressaare U21a, b 5th 1 2023 0
Läänemaaa, b 9th 4 2020 0
Narva Trans U21a, b 3rd 1 2023 0
Nõmme Kalju U21a 8th 7 2019 2 2017
Pärnua 10th 3 2023 0
Tammeka U21a 7th 5 2022 0
Tartu Kaleva, b 4th 2 2022 0
TJK Legion 9th in Esiliiga 3 2024 1 2018
Viljandi Tulevika 6th 1 2023 0

a – never been relegated from Esiliiga B
b – never played in Esiliiga
c – reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

Champions

[edit]
Season Champions Runners-up Third place Top goalscorer Goals
2013 Nõmme Kalju II Pärnu Linnameeskond Sillamäe Kalev II Estonia Jürgen Kuresoo (Elva) 33
2014 Tallinna Infonet II Tartu Santos HÜJK Emmaste Ukraine Yuriy Vereshchak (Tartu Santos) 43
2015 Maardu Starbunker Kohtla-Järve Järve Sillamäe Kalev II Ukraine Klimentiy Boldyrev (Maardu Starbunker) 25
2016 Kuressaare Elva Tartu Welco Estonia Maarek Suursaar (Kuressaare) 33
2017 Nõmme Kalju U21 Tallinna Kalev U21 Vändra Vaprus Estonia Karl Anton Sõerde (Tallinna Kalev U21) 29
2018 Tallinna Legion Tartu Tammeka U21 Kohtla-Järve Järve Estonia Rejal Alijev (Tallinna Legion) 40
2019 Nõmme United Vändra Vaprus Pärnu Estonia Martin Pärn (Vändra Vaprus) 37
2020 Paide Linnameeskond U21 Tartu Welco Tallinna Kalev U21 Estonia Ander Ott Valge (Paide Linnameeskond U21)
Estonia Eduard Desjatski (Võru Helios)
24
2021 Viimsi Harju JK Ida-Virumaa FC Alliance Estonia Karl Anton Sõerde (Viimsi) 30
2022 FC Tallinn Tabasalu Tallinna Kalev U21 Estonia Maksim Kalimullin (FC Tallinn) 33
2023 Tartu Welco Tallinna Kalev U21 Narva Trans U21 Estonia Priit Peedo (FA Tartu Kalev) 36

All-time Esiliiga B table

[edit]

The table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Esiliiga B since its inception in 2013. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2023 season. Teams in bold play in the Esiliiga B 2024 season. Numbers in bold are the record (highest) numbers in each column.

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss. Promotion matches and relegation matches involving clubs of higher or lower leagues are not counted.

The table is sorted by all-time points.

Pos.
Club
Seasons
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
PPG
1st
2nd
3rd
Debut
Since/Last App.
P
R
Best Pos.
1 Viimsi JK[a] 8 276 125 47 104 523 459 +64 422 1.53 1 1 2013 2021 1 1 1
2 JK Tallinna Kalev U21 7 242 121 46 77 542 376 +166 408 1.69 2 2 2015 2020 2 2
3 Nõmme Kalju FC U21[b] 7 240 109 29 102 490 477 +13 356 1.48 2 2013 2019 2 1
4 Ida-Virumaa FC Alliance[c] 6 212 89 32 91 343 342 +1 299 1.41 1 2 2013 2021 3 2
5 Tartu JK Tammeka U21 5 180 82 34 64 399 296 +103 280 1.56 1 2016 2022 1 2
6 JK Sillamäe Kalev U21 5 180 79 26 75 336 320 +16 263 1.46 2 2013 2017 1 3
7 Tartu JK Welco 4 138 80 21 37 315 189 +126 261 1.89 1 1 1 2016 2022 2 1
8 Tabasalu JK 4 134 66 16 52 315 239 +76 214 1.60 1 2019 2022 1 2
9 FC Elva 4 144 62 23 59 230 227 +3 209 1.45 1 2013 2016 1 2
10 Vändra JK Vaprus 4 138 60 19 59 280 307 -27 199 1.44 1 1 2017 2021 1 1 2
11 Paide Linnameeskond U21 4 138 51 19 68 268 300 −32 172 1.25 1 2017 2020 1 1
12 Tallinna JK Legion 3 108 52 13 43 233 218 +15 169 1.56 1 2013 2018 1 1 1
13 Raasiku FC Joker 3 108 41 28 39 198 196 +2 151 1.40 2015 2017 1 5
14 FC Nõmme United 2 72 44 13 15 227 95 +132 145 2.01 1 2018 2019 1 1
15 Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi 3 108 40 17 51 196 210 -14 137 1.27 1 2018 2023 1 3
16 Keila JK 3 102 40 16 46 202 236 -34 136 1.33 2017 2019 1 1 4
17 Läänemaa JK 4 130 39 15 76 236 362 −126 132 1.02 2020 2020 6
18 Maardu FC Starbunker 2 72 42 5 25 162 123 +39 131 1.82 1 2014 2015 1 1
19 FC Tallinn 2 68 40 11 17 185 104 +81 131 1.93 1 2021 2022 1 1
20 Võru FC Helios 3 102 35 18 49 183 235 -52 123 1.21 2018 2020 1 6
21 Tallinna FC Ararat 3 108 35 15 58 183 244 −61 120 1.11 2013 2015 1 4
22 Tallinna FC Flora U19[d] 5 180 28 22 130 187 523 −336 106 0.59 2013 2018 2 9
23 FA Tartu Kalev 2 72 29 14 29 140 152 −12 101 1.40 2022 2022 4
24 FCI Tallinn U21 1 36 32 3 1 124 34 +90 99 2.75 1 2014 2014 1 1
25 Tartu FC Santos 1 36 32 0 4 161 27 +134 96 2.67 1 2014 2014 1 2
26 Pärnu Linnameeskond 1 36 25 4 7 114 53 +61 79 2.19 1 2013 2013 1 2
27 Tallinna JK Legion U21 2 66 25 4 37 124 169 −45 79 1.20 2021 2021 6
28 FC Kuressaare 1 36 23 7 6 117 48 +69 76 2.11 1 2016 2016 1 1
29 JK Narva Trans U21 1 36 19 7 10 69 48 +21 64 1.78 1 2023 2023 3
30 Harju JK Laagri 1 32 20 3 9 88 49 +39 63 1.97 1 2021 2021 1 2
31 FC Kuressaare U21 1 36 17 10 9 87 76 +11 61 1.69 2023 2023 5
32 Viljandi JK Tulevik 1 36 16 7 13 58 55 +3 55 1.53 2023 2023 6
33 Tallinna JK Puuma 1 36 13 5 18 60 89 −29 44 1.22 2015 2015 1 8
34 Tallinna JK Dünamo 1 36 9 4 23 42 86 −44 31 0.86 2013 2013 1 8
35 Põhja-Tallinna JK Volta 1 36 9 2 25 53 123 −70 29 0.81 2019 2019 1 10
36 Lasnamäe FC Ajax 1 36 4 4 28 35 135 -100 16 0.44 2018 2018 1 9
37 Viljandi JK Tulevik U21 1 36 4 2 30 26 142 −116 14 0.39 2016 2016 1 10
38 Rakvere JK Tarvas 1 30 3 1 26 26 96 −70 10 0.33 2020 2020 1 10
39 Raplamaa JK 1 36 2 3 31 31 121 −90 9 0.25 2022 2022 1 10

League or status at 2024:

2024 Meistriliiga teams
2024 Esiliiga teams
2024 Esiliiga B teams
2024 II liiga teams
2024 III liiga teams
Defunct teams
Notes
  1. ^ 2013–2015 HÜJK Emmaste; 2016– Viimsi JK
  2. ^ 2013 Nõmme Kalju II; 2014– Nõmme Kalju U21
  3. ^ 2013–2020 Kohtla-Järve JK Järve; 2021– Ida-Virumaa FC Alliance
  4. ^ 2013–2015 Tallinna Flora III; 2016– Tallinna Flora U19

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Esiliiga B". jalgpall.ee. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  2. ^ http://www.jalgpall.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=3867 Archived 10 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine Estonian Football Association (in Estonian). Esiliiga expanded with B division. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  3. ^ http://www.jalgpall.ee/docs/Eesti%202013.a%20meistriv%F5istluste%20Meistri-ja%20Esiliiga%20juhend.pdf Archived 7 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine Estonian Football Association (in Estonian). Estonian 2013. Meistriliiga and Esiliiga championship directive. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
[edit]