| Season | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Flora |
| Relegated | Harju |
| Champions League | Flora |
| Conference League | FCI Levadia Paide Linnameeskond Tallinna Kalev |
| Matches | 180 |
| Goals | 458 (2.54 per match) |
| Biggest home win | Flora 5–0Narva Trans (14 March 2023) FCI Levadia 6–1Harju (15 April 2023) |
| Biggest away win | Vaprus 1–5Flora (10 June 2023) Narva Trans 0–4Vaprus (8 July 2023) Kuressaare 0–4Paide Linnameeskond (23 July 2023) |
| Highest scoring | Paide Linnameeskond 6–3Tammeka (19 August 2023) |
| Longest winning run | 7 matches Flora |
| Longest unbeaten run | 12 matches Flora |
| Longest winless run | 10 matches Harju |
| Longest losing run | 8 matches Harju |
| Highest attendance | 3,510 FCI Levadia 0–0Flora (28 June 2023) |
| Lowest attendance | 101 FCI Levadia 3–0Tammeka (15 March 2023) |
←2022 2024 → | |
The2023 Meistriliiga, also known asA. Le Coq Premium Liiga due to sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 33rd season of theMeistriliiga, the top Estonian league forassociation football clubs since its establishment in 1992. It was the first Meistriliiga season withvideo assistant referee (VAR).[2]
The winners (Flora, their second consecutive title and fifteenth overall) qualified for the2024–25 Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up (FCI Levadia), third-placed team (Tallinna Kalev), and fourth-placed team (Paide Linnameeskond) qualified for the2024–25 Conference League first qualifying round. The ninth-placed team (Tammeka) qualified for theMeistriliiga play-off, winning to retain their place in the league. The bottom-placed team (Harju) were relegated to the 2024 Esiliiga.
The league consisted of ten teams; the top nine teams of the previous season, and one team promoted from theEsiliiga.Flora entered the season as defending champions.
| Promoted from 2022 Esiliiga | Relegated to 2023 Esiliiga |
|---|---|
| Harju | Legion |
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCI Levadia | Macron[12] | Admirals, Viimsi Keevitus | ||
| Flora | Nike | Optibet[13] | ||
| Harju | Adidas | Enemat | ||
| Kuressaare | Nike | Visit Saaremaa | ||
| Narva Trans | Nike | Sportland | ||
| Nõmme Kalju | Adidas | Marsbet[14] | ||
| Paide Linnameeskond | Nike | Exmet, Verston | ||
| Tallinna Kalev | Macron | Unibet[15] | ||
| Tammeka | Nike | Giga Ehitus | ||
| Vaprus | Nike | Coolbet |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in the table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaprus | End of contract | 12 November 2022 | Pre-season | 14 November 2022 | ||
| FCI Levadia | End of interim spell | 1 December 2022 | 1 December 2022 | |||
| Narva Trans | 31 December 2022 | 31 December 2022 | ||||
| Nõmme Kalju | Contract terminated | 28 April 2023 | 4th | 28 April 2023 | ||
| Paide Linnameeskond | 25 May 2023 | 7th | 27 May 2023 | |||
| End of interim spell | 30 May 2023 | 30 May 2023 | ||||
| Narva Trans | Contract terminated | 8 August 2023 | 8th | 11 August 2023 | ||
| End of interim spell | 20 August 2023 | 20 August 2023 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flora(C) | 36 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 74 | 24 | +50 | 79 | Qualification for theChampions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | FCI Levadia | 36 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 67 | 24 | +43 | 77 | Qualification for theConference League first qualifying round[a] |
| 3 | Tallinna Kalev | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 53[b] | |
| 4 | Paide Linnameeskond | 36 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 53[b] | |
| 5 | Nõmme Kalju | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 49 | |
| 6 | Vaprus | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 48 | |
| 7 | Kuressaare | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 43 | |
| 8 | Narva Trans | 36 | 12 | 2 | 22 | 32 | 64 | −32 | 38 | |
| 9 | Tammeka(O) | 36 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 33 | 65 | −32 | 27 | Qualification for theMeistriliiga play-off |
| 10 | Harju(R) | 36 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 61 | −34 | 23 | Relegation to theEsiliiga |
| Home \ Away | LEV | FLO | HAR | KUR | NAR | NÕM | PLM | KAL | TAM | VAP | LEV | FLO | HAR | KUR | NAR | NÕM | PLM | KAL | TAM | VAP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCI Levadia | — | 0–0 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Flora | 0–2 | — | 4–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Harju | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–4 |
| Kuressaare | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Narva Trans | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 |
| Nõmme Kalju | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | — | 3–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Paide Linnameeskond | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 6–3 | 3–0 |
| Tallinna Kalev | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Tammeka | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–7 | — | 0–0 |
| Vaprus | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — |
The ninth-placed club (Tammeka) faced the second-placed club from the2023 Esiliiga (Viimsi) for the final place in the following season's Meistriliiga.
| 3 December 2023 | Tammeka | 1–1 (6–1agg.) | Viimsi | Tartu |
| 10:30BST |
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| Stadium:Tartu Tamme Stadium |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[27] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Narva Trans | 16 | |
| 2 | Flora | 14 | |
| 3 | FCI Levadia | 13 | |
| 4 | Flora | 12 | |
| 5 | FCI Levadia | 11 | |
| 6 | Tammeka | 10 | |
| Tallinna Kalev | |||
| 8 | Flora/Kuressaare | 9 | |
| 9 | FCI Levadia | 8 | |
| Vaprus | |||
| Kuressaare | |||
| Tallinna Kalev |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCI Levadia | Nõmme Kalju | 3–0 (H)[28] | 9 July 2023 | |
| Paide Linnameeskond | Tammeka | 6–3 (H)[29] | 19 August 2023 |
| Club | Average attendance[30] |
|---|---|
| FCI Levadia | 750 |
| Pärnu JK Vaprus | 664 |
| Tallinna FC Flora | 530 |
| JK Tallinna Kalev | 374 |
| Tartu JK Tammeka | 333 |
| Paide Linnameeskond | 309 |
| Nõmme Kalju FC | 294 |
| Harju JK Laagri | 285 |
| JK Narva Trans | 221 |
| FC Kuressaare | 196 |
| League average | 396 |
| Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
| March[31] | Vaprus | Vaprus | ||
| April[32] | FCI Levadia | FCI Levadia | ||
| May[33] | Flora | Flora | ||
| June/July[34] | FCI Levadia | Paide Linnameeskond | ||
| August[35] | Nõmme Kalju | Nõmme Kalju | ||
| September[36] | Harju | FCI Levadia | ||
| October[37] | Tallinna Kalev | Flora | ||
| Award | Winner | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the Season[38] | Flora | |
| Goalkeeper of the Season | FCI Levadia | |
| Defender of the Season | ||
| Midfielder of the Season | Flora | |
| Forward of the Season | FCI Levadia | |
| Under-21 Player of the Season | ||
| Manager of the Season[39] | Tallinna Kalev | |
| Goal of the Season[40] | Narva Trans |
| # | Football club | Average attendance[41] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FCI Levadia Tallinn | 763 |
| 2 | Pärnu JK Vaprus | 664 |
| 3 | FC Flora Tallinn | 518 |
| 4 | JK Tallinna Kalev | 374 |
| 5 | JK Tammeka Tartu | 333 |
| 6 | Paide Linnameeskond | 309 |
| 7 | JK Nõmme Kalju | 294 |
| 8 | Harju JK Laagri | 285 |
| 9 | JK Narva Trans | 221 |
| 10 | FC Kuressaare | 196 |