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2010 Meistriliiga

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Season
  
2010

Champions League
  
Flora !Flora

Relegated
  
Lootus !Lootus

Matches played
  
180

2010 Meistriliiga

Champions
  
Flora !Flora (8th title)

Europa League
  
Levadia !Levadia Narva Trans !Narva Trans Nõmme Kalju !Nõmme Kalju

The 2010 season of the Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system, was the 20th season in the league's history. It started in March and ended in November. The defending champions were Levadia.

Contents

League table

Source: Estonian Football Association (Estonian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd least withdrawals or annulled matches; 3rd overall wins; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored.
If two or more teams on the top have the same amount of points by the end of the season, the aforementioned rules will not apply and additional game(s) will be played to determine the champions.
1Champions-League qualified Flora won the cup against Trans, so Levadia will qualify for the second qualifying round. Trans and Kalju took the first qualifying round spots.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegation play-off

The 9th placed team of Meistriliiga, Kuressaare, and the fourth place team of Esiliiga, Tamme Auto competed in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in 2011 Meistriliiga. Kuressaare won the play-off 4–2 on aggregate and retained their spot in the league.

Results

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

First half of season

Source: Estonian Football Association
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2The match was awarded as won for Kuressaare, with no goals being counted, because Sillamäe Kalev used an ineligible player. The original result was 6–0.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Source: Estonian Football Association
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2The match was awarded as won for Trans, with no goals being counted, because Paide LM used an ineligible player. The original result was 0–0.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Miscellaneous

  • Oldest player: 45 years, 117 days – Aleksey Zhukov (Lootus v Kuressaare on 08/05/2010)
  • Youngest player: 16 years, 66 days – Alexey Cherkasov (Sillamäe Kalev v Trans on 06/11/2010)
  • Oldest goalscorer: 38 years, 207 days – Aleksey Naumov (Sillamäe Kalev v Flora on 28 August 2010)
  • Youngest goalscorer: 16 years, 216 days – Andreas Raudsepp (JK Viljandi Tulevik v Trans on 06/11/2010)
  • Top goalscorers

    Correct as of 6 November 2010.

    References

    2010 Meistriliiga Wikipedia