The 2009 Meistriliiga was the 19th season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. It started on 7 March 2009 and ended on 10 November 2009. Levadia won their seventh title.

Changes from the previous season TVMK were disbanded after the end of the previous season. Hence Vaprus, who originally were to be directly relegated, faced Esiliiga side Paide Linnameeskond in a relegation play-off series for one spot in Meistriliiga 2009. With an aggregate 5–5, Paide Linnameeskond won the promotion play-off against Vaprus on the away goals rule and play their first season in Estonian top division. Tallinna Kalev, who originally were to participate in the relegation series, were spared.

Kuressaare earned promotion to the 2009 Meistriliiga after finishing in second place in the 2008 Esiliiga; champions Levadia II were not eligible to be promoted.

Maag Tammeka changed their name to Tammeka following the loss of a major sponsor.

Overview

ClubLocationStadium CapacityManagerFloraTallinnA. Le Coq Arena9,300 Tarmo RüütliKaljuTallinnHiiu Stadium500 Getúlio FredoKuressaareKuressaareKuressaare Linnastaadion2,000 Jan VažinskiLevadiaTallinnKadrioru Stadium4,750 Igor PrinsPaide LinnameeskondPaideÜG Stadium268 Viktor MetsSillamäe KalevSillamäeKalevi Stadium2,000 Anatoli UshanovTallinna KalevTallinnKalevi Keskstaadion12,000 Daniel MeijelTammekaTartuTamme Stadium2,000 Norbert HurtTransNarvaKreenholmi Stadium3,000 Sergei RatnikovTulevikViljandiViljandi Linnastaadion2,500 Marko Lelov

League table

Relegation play-off The ninth placed team of Meistriliiga and the runners-up of Esiliiga will compete in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in 2010 Meistriliiga.

Paide Linnameeskond wins 2–1 on aggregate and retains their spot in next season's Meistriliiga.

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

First half of season

Second half of season

Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Vitali GussevLevadia262 Felipe NunesKalju203 Nikita AndreevLevadia174 Jüri JevdokimovTulevik145 Alo DupikovFlora13 Vitali LeitanLevadia Aleksei NaumovSillamäe Kalev Aleksandr TarassenkovTrans Vjatšeslav ZahovaikoFlora10 Konstantin NahkLevadia12 Average attendance

+ Club Average attendance Nõmme JK Kalju 368 JK Sillamäe Kalev 232 Tartu JK Tammeka 221 FC Kuressaare 193 Tallinna FC Levadia 193 Paide Linnameeskond 182 Tallinna FC Flora 162 Viljandi JK Tulevik 124 JK Narva Trans 111 JK Tallinna Kalev 110+ League average 190

Awards Monthly awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthManagerClubPlayerClubMarch Igor PrinsLevadia Jüri JevdokimovTulevikApril Igor PrinsLevadia Vitali GussevLevadiaMay Anatoli UshanovSillamäe Kalev Alo DupikovFloraJune Igor PrinsLevadia Aleksei NaumovSillamäe KalevJuly Tarmo RüütliFlora Sander PuriLevadiaAugust Sergei RatnikovLevadia Tomas RimasTransSeptember Igor PrinsLevadia Konstantin NahkLevadiaOctober Igor PrinsLevadia Eduard RatnikovTrans

See also 2009 Esiliiga

References

External links soccernet.ee soccerassociation.com uefa.com