2018 Esiliiga B

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.

Esiliiga B
Season2018
ChampionsTallinna JK Legion
PromotedTallinna JK Legion
Tartu JK Tammeka U21
Kohtla-Järve JK Järve
RelegatedLasnamäe FC Ajax
FC Flora U19
Matches played180
Goals scored748 (4.16 per match)
Top goalscorerRejal 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

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
FC Flora U19TallinnSportland Arena540[7]
Kohtla-Järve JK JärveKohtla-JärveKohtla-Järve SPK Stadium780[8]
Lasnamäe FC AjaxTallinnAjaxi staadion[9]
Nõmme UnitedTallinnMänniku staadion[10]
Paide Linnameeskond U21PaidePaide linnastaadion268[11]
Pärnu JKPärnuPärnu Raeküla staadion500[12]
Tallinna JK LegionTallinnWismari staadion[13]
Tartu Tammeka U21TartuSepa Stadium508[14]
Vändra JK VaprusVändraVändra Stadium273[15]
Võru FC HeliosVõruVõru Spordikeskuse staadion

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Results

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1Tallinna Legion (C, P)36322212531+9498Promotion to the Esiliiga
2Tammeka U21 (P)36226810840+6872
3Kohtla-Järve Järve (P)3621698039+4169Qualification for promotion play-offs
4Pärnu JK36187118051+2961
5Nõmme United361791010057+4360
6Võru Helios36159128166+1554
7Vändra Vaprus36115206196−3538
8Paide U21[a]3684244594−4928
9Lasnamäe Ajax (R)36442835135−10016Qualification for relegation play-offs
10Flora U19[b] (R)36442833138−10516Relegation to II Liiga
Source: soccerway (in English), Esiliiga B (in Estonian)
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

Updated to match(es) played on July 2018. Source: Esiliiga B
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season

Home \ AwayAJAFLOHELJÄRLEGNUTPAIPÄRTAMVAP
Ajax1–32–50–30–30–50–30–21–70–0
Flora U191–21–10–90–71–52–01–40–32–2
Helios6–28–11–23–15–55–00–02–03–4
Järve2–03–14–12–01–02–01–10–15–0
Legion4–03–12–13–03–17–04–31–11–0
Nõmme Utd6–18–00–02–22–76–03–11–41–1
Paide U214–17–00–20–30–40–22–12–63–4
Pärnu JK6–04–06–22–42–21–05–43–23–1
Tammeka U217–04–13–14–00–21–210–02–02–1
Vaprus8–13–21–20–74–61–40–41–24–2
Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2018. Source: Esiliiga B
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
TJK Legion211111111111111111111111111111111111
Tammeka U21322222222222222222222222222222222222
Kohtla-Järve Järve101010865444544544335554433333333333333
Pärnu JK743557775466655553333344444444545454
Nõmme United154443333333333444445555555555454545
Võru Helios436676656655466666666666677666666666
Vändra Vaprus885334567777777777777777766777777777
Flora U19577788889999998888888888999999888888
Paide U216991010101010888888999999910101010101010101010109999
Lasnamäe Ajax96899999101010101010101010101010109998888889910101010
Source: Esiliiga B

Season statistics

Top scorers

Updated on 20 July.[18]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Rejal AlijevLegion40
2 Kein MakoveiPärnu JK27
3 Marek ŠatovLegion24
4 Denis VnukovLegion20
Pavel FedorenkoNõmme United

Awards

Monthly awards

MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the Month
ManagerClubPlayerClub
March[19] Denis BelovLegion Sten ReinkortTammeka U21
April[20] Denis BelovLegion Aleksandr IvanyushinJärve
May[21] Denis BelovLegion Rejal AlijevLegion
June/July[22] Igor PrinsPärnu Denis VnukovLegion
August[23] Aleksandr PuštovJärve GeovaneJärve
September[24] Martin KlasenNõmme United Sander TaanHelios
October[25] Marti PähnTammeka U21 Kein MakoveiPärnu

Esiliiga B Player of the Year

Rejal Alijev was named Esiliiga B Player of the Year.[26]

See also

References

External links

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