The 2018 Esiliiga B was the 6th season of the Esiliiga B, third-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2013.
Season | 2018 |
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Champions | Tallinna JK Legion |
Promoted | Tallinna JK Legion Tartu JK Tammeka U21 Kohtla-Järve JK Järve |
Relegated | Lasnamäe FC Ajax FC Flora U19 |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 748 (4.16 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Rejal Alijev, 40 goals |
← 2017 2019 → |
Teams
Of the 10 participating teams 4 remained following the 2017 Esiliiga B. The 2017 champions Kalju U21, runners-up Kalev U21 and 4th placed Keila JK were promoted to Esiliiga, while 10th place Sillamäe Kalev U21 was relegated and Viimsi JK and Raasiku Joker decided not to participate in 2018 Esiliiga B.[1][2][3][4] For this season those six teams will be replaced by 6 II Liiga teams. They are: Lasnamäe Ajax, Nõmme United, Pärnu JK, Tallinna Legion, Flora U19 and Võru Helios. Only Tallinna Legion and Flora U19 have played in Esiliiga B before.[5][6]
Stadia
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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FC Flora U19 | Tallinn | Sportland Arena | 540[7] |
Kohtla-Järve JK Järve | Kohtla-Järve | Kohtla-Järve SPK Stadium | 780[8] |
Lasnamäe FC Ajax | Tallinn | Ajaxi staadion | [9] |
Nõmme United | Tallinn | Männiku staadion | [10] |
Paide Linnameeskond U21 | Paide | Paide linnastaadion | 268[11] |
Pärnu JK | Pärnu | Pärnu Raeküla staadion | 500[12] |
Tallinna JK Legion | Tallinn | Wismari staadion | [13] |
Tartu Tammeka U21 | Tartu | Sepa Stadium | 508[14] |
Vändra JK Vaprus | Vändra | Vändra Stadium | 273[15] |
Võru FC Helios | Võru | Võru Spordikeskuse staadion |
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Results
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Tallinna Legion (C, P) | 36 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 125 | 31 | +94 | 98 | Promotion to the Esiliiga |
2 | Tammeka U21 (P) | 36 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 108 | 40 | +68 | 72 | |
3 | Kohtla-Järve Järve (P) | 36 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 80 | 39 | +41 | 69 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
4 | Pärnu JK | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 80 | 51 | +29 | 61 | |
5 | Nõmme United | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 100 | 57 | +43 | 60 | |
6 | Võru Helios | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 81 | 66 | +15 | 54 | |
7 | Vändra Vaprus | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 61 | 96 | −35 | 38 | |
8 | Paide U21[a] | 36 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 45 | 94 | −49 | 28 | |
9 | Lasnamäe Ajax (R) | 36 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 35 | 135 | −100 | 16 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
10 | Flora U19[b] (R) | 36 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 33 | 138 | −105 | 16 | Relegation to II Liiga |
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) Fairplay ranking.[17]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Results tables
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Second half of the season
Positions by round
Leader and promotion to 2019 Esiliiga | |
Qualification to promotion play-offs | |
Qualification to relegation play-offs | |
Relegation to 2019 II liiga |
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
Season statistics
Top scorers
Updated on 20 July.[18]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Rejal Alijev | Legion | 40 |
2 | Kein Makovei | Pärnu JK | 27 |
3 | Marek Šatov | Legion | 24 |
4 | Denis Vnukov | Legion | 20 |
Pavel Fedorenko | Nõmme United |
Awards
Monthly awards
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
March[19] | Denis Belov | Legion | Sten Reinkort | Tammeka U21 |
April[20] | Denis Belov | Legion | Aleksandr Ivanyushin | Järve |
May[21] | Denis Belov | Legion | Rejal Alijev | Legion |
June/July[22] | Igor Prins | Pärnu | Denis Vnukov | Legion |
August[23] | Aleksandr Puštov | Järve | Geovane | Järve |
September[24] | Martin Klasen | Nõmme United | Sander Taan | Helios |
October[25] | Marti Pähn | Tammeka U21 | Kein Makovei | Pärnu |
Esiliiga B Player of the Year
Rejal Alijev was named Esiliiga B Player of the Year.[26]