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2008 Meistriliiga

The 2008 season of Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system, was the 18th season in the league's history. It began on 8 March 2008 and ended on 15 November 2008. The defending champions were Levadia.

Meistriliiga
Season2008
ChampionsLevadia
(6th title)
RelegatedVaprus
TVMK
Champions LeagueLevadia
Europa LeagueFlora
Narva Trans
Kalju
Matches played180
Goals scored639 (3.55 per match)
Top goalscorerIngemar Teever (23)
Biggest home winTVMK 8–0 Tallinna Kalev
Biggest away winTulevik 0–8 Flora
Highest scoringVaprus 3–10 TVMK
← 2007
2009 →

Promotion and relegation

10th placed Ajax were directly relegated after the end of the previous season. Since reserve squads are not allowed to be promoted to Meistriliiga, third placed Esiliiga team Sillamäe Kalev were directly promoted to 2008 Meistriliiga.

Kuressaare (9th placed Meistriliiga team) and Kalju (6th placed Esiliiga team) competed in promotion/relegation play-offs for one spot in 2008 Meistriliiga. The aggregate score was 2–2 and Nõmme Kalju were promoted due to scoring more away goals.

Clubs and venues

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Location of teams in Meistriliiga 2008
TeamLocationStadiumCapacityManager
FloraTallinnA. Le Coq Arena9,300 Pasi Rautiainen
KaljuTallinnHiiu Stadium500 Getúlio Fredo
LevadiaTallinnKadriorg Stadium5,000[1] Igor Prins
Maag TammekaTartuTartu Tamme Stadium1,500[2] Sergei Zamogilnõi
Sillamäe KalevSillamäeSillamäe Kalev Stadium800 Vadym Dobizha
Tallinna KalevTallinnKalev Keskstaadion11,500[3] Aavo Sarap
Narva TransNarvaKreenholm Stadium1,065[4] Aleksei Yagudin
TulevikViljandiViljandi linnastaadion1,084[5] Marko Lelov
TVMKTallinnKadriorg Stadium5,000[1] Sergei Ratnikov
VaprusPärnuPärnu Kalev Stadium1,900 Ants Kommussaar

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Levadia (C)36296110522+8393Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2Flora36287111328+8591Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[a]
3Narva Trans36168126254+856Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4Kalju36167136564+155
5Sillamäe Kalev36136174979−3045
6Tulevik3694233174−4331[b]
7Maag Tammeka3694234576−3131[b]
8Tallinna Kalev3668223770−3326
9Vaprus (R)36522941125−8417Qualification for relegation play-off
10TVMK[c] (R)36206109147+4466Relegation to Esiliiga
Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) head-to-head goals scored; 6) goal difference; 7) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Relegation play-off

Vaprus and Esiliiga side Paide Linnameeskond competed in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in 2009 Meistriliiga. Aggregate score was 5–5 and Paide Linnameeskond secured their place in 2009 Meistriliiga because they scored more away goals (3–1).

Paide Linnameeskond2–1Vaprus
Polyansky 22' (o.g.)
Ellram 67'		Report
(in Estonian)		Kovalenko 90'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ainar Kuusk
Vaprus4–3Paide Linnameeskond
Joost 48'
Pakk 70', 75'
Polyansky 72'		Report
(in Estonian)		Saar 13'
Voolaid 43'
Ellram 65'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Jaan Roos

Results

Each team played every opponent four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 games.

Source: Matchday 1–9 results Matchday 10–18 results (in Estonian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ AwayFLONÕMLEVM-TSILT.KNARTULTVMVPR
Flora4–00–06–27–11–12–14–14–23–0
Nõmme Kalju0–31–22–12–23–27–32–02–05–1
Levadia0–01–04–15–12–17–25–01–14–0
Maag Tammeka1–22–31–30–21–01–42–12–31–0
Sillamäe Kalev0–12–11–42–12–14–40–10–13–2
Tallinna Kalev0–12–31–51–10–02–01–22–21–1
Narva Trans0–21–10–14–10–31–03–01–03–0
Tulevik1–21–40–53–00–00–01–00–11–2
TVMK1–32–11–26–21–28–00–12–16–2
Vaprus1–65–50–41–22–40–12–40–23–10
Source: Matchday 19–27 results Matchday 28–36 results (in Estonian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals[8]
1 Ingemar TeeverKalju23
2 Nikita AndreevLevadia22
3 Sander PostFlora19
4 Jarmo AhjuperaFlora17
Felipe NunesKalju
6 Tarmo KinkLevadia16
7 Henri AnierFlora15
Indrek ZelinskiLevadia
9 Irfan AmetovSillamäe Kalev13
Artjom DmitrijevTVMK
Vladislav GussevTVMK
Nikolai LõsanovNarva Trans

Awards

Monthly awards

MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the Month
ManagerClubPlayerClub
March[9] Getúlio FredoKalju Sander PostFlora
April[9] Igor PrinsLevadia Ingemar TeeverKalju
May[9] Pasi RautiainenFlora Konstantin NahkLevadia
June[9] Igor PrinsLevadia Vjatšeslav ZahovaikoFlora
July[9] Pasi RautiainenFlora Mihhail StarodubtsevSillamäe Kalev
August[9] Igor PrinsLevadia Juha HakolaFlora
September[9] Vadym DobizhaSillamäe Kalev Tarmo KinkLevadia
October[9] Aleksei YagudinNarva Trans Marek LemsaluLevadia

See also

References

External links

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