Season 2013 Dates 2 Mar 2013 – 9 Nov 2013 Location Estonia Goals scored 510 | Champions League Levadia !Levadia Champion FC Levadia Tallinn Relegated FC Kuressaare Matches played 180 | |
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Champions Levadia !Levadia
8th title Europa League Nõmme Kalju !Nõmme Kalju
Sillamäe Kalev !Sillamäe Kalev Top goalscorer Vladimir Voskoboinikov
(23 goals) Biggest home win Flora !Flora 6–0 Kuressaare !Kuressaare
(21 May)
Sillamäe Kalev !Sillamäe Kalev 6–0 Tammeka !Tammeka
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The 2013 Meistriliiga (also known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd season of the Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system. The season began on 2 March 2013 and ended on 9 November 2013. Kalju, the defending champions, finished runners-up behind Levadia, who won their 8th title.
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Teams
2012 Esiliiga champions Infonet, who lost out to Kuressaare in the promotion/relegation play-off as Esiliiga Runners-up in 2011, were promoted to this season's Meistriliiga making their first appearance in the top division. Esiliiga runners-up Rakvere Tarvas lost out on promotion as Meistriliiga's 9th placed club Tallinna Kalev defeated them 3–1 on aggregate in the Promotion/relegation play-off.
Tammeka finished at the bottom of the 2012 season but escaped relegation due to dissolving of seventh place Viljandi.
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Player transfers
League table
Source: Estonian Football Association (Estonian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) least withdrawals or annulled matches; 3) overall wins; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) goal difference; 7) goals scored; 8) away goals scored; 9) fair-play points.
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
Europa League spot from 2013–14 Estonian Cup in this season went to 4th tier club Tartu FC Santos
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Relegation play-offs
Tammeka as 9th-placed team faced 2013 Esiliiga side Rakvere Tarvas in a two-legged play-off for the spot in next year's competition.
Tammeka won 6–2 on aggregate and retained their Meistriliiga spot for the 2014 season.Results
Each team plays every opponent four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 games.