Season 2011 Champions League Flora Champion FC Flora End date November 5, 2011 Goals scored 615 | Champions Flora
9th title Start date 2011 Location Estonia Relegated FC Ajax Lasnamäe Matches played 180 | |
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Europa League Nõmme Kalju
Narva Trans
Levadia Baltic League Flora
Nõmme Kalju
Narva Trans
Levadia
Sillamäe Kalev Top goalscorer Aleksandrs Čekulajevs (46 goals) | ||
The 2011 season of the Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system, was the 21st season in the league's history. It started on 5 March 2011 and ended in November 2011. The defending champions were Flora, who won their eighth league championship the previous year.
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Teams
Lootus finished in 10th and last place in the league last year and were directly relegated to the Esiliiga as a result, ending a one-year stay in the Estonian top flight. Taking their place were Lasnamäe Ajax, who finished third in the Esiliiga and first among promotion-eligible clubs. They returned to the top flight after a three-year absence.
FC Flora Tallinn and their feeder club JK Viljandi Tulevik terminated the link as Tulevik decided to continue with their own players in II Liiga. FC Viljandi was created to ensure top level football would remain in the city of Viljandi.
In addition, the 9th place Meistriliiga club, Kuressaare, faced the 4th place Esiliiga club, Tamme Auto in a two-legged playoff for a place in the competition. Kuressaare won the playoff, 4–2 on aggregate, and thus retained their place in the league.
League table
Updated to games played on 5 November 2011.
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
1The winners of the 2011–12 Estonian Cup competition (Levadia) will qualify for the first qualifying round of UEFA Europa League.
(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
At season's end, the 9th place club in the Meistriliiga participated in a two-legged playoff with the runners-up of the 2011 Esiliiga for one place in the following year's competition.
Kuressaare retained their place in the league, winning 5–1 on aggregate.
Results
Each team played every opponent four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 games.
First half of season
Source: Estonian Football Association
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Second half of season
Updated to games played on 5 November 2011.
Source: Estonian Football Association
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2The original score was 0–2, but was awarded 0–x to Kuressaare as Levadia used a suspended player.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
As of 1 November 2011.