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2002 Esiliiga
The 2002 Esiliiga is the 12th season of the Esiliiga, second-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. Final table of Esiliiga season 2002 Promotion playoff FC Kuressaare beat FC Lootus Kohtla-Järve 2–1 on aggregate. Kuressaare promoted to Meistriliiga, Lootus relegated to Esiliiga. Relegation playoff FC M.C. Tallinn beat JK Tammeka Tartu 6–2 on aggregate. M.C. promoted to Esiliiga, Tammeka relegated to Second Division. Top goalscorers *25 – Andrei Afanassov (Maardu) *21 – Tarmo Neemelo (Kuressaare) *17 – Tiit Tikenberg (Kuressaare) *16 – Glen Atle Larsen ( Valga) *15 – Jarmo Ahjupera ( Valga) *13 – Ott Meerits (Kuressaare) *12 – Konstantin Vassiljev ( TJK) *11 – Joel Lindpere ( Valga) *11 – Aivar Priidel (Maardu) *11 – Kristjan Tiirik ( Tammeka) See also * 2002 Meistriliiga {{Estonian Esiliiga Seasons Esiliiga seasons 2 Estonia Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estoni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esiliiga
The Esiliiga is the second division in the Estonian football league system. The Esiliiga is ranked below the Meistriliiga and above the Esiliiga B. As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts in March and ends in November. The league features several reserve teams of Meistriliiga clubs. According to the rules set by the Estonian Football Association, reserve teams are ineligible for promotion to the Meistriliiga, but can play in the Estonian Cup. Competition format During the season, the teams play each of the other four times, twice at home and twice away. This makes for a total of 36 games played each season. The teams gain three points for a win, one for a draw, and none for a defeat. Promotion and relegation between divisions is a central feature of the league. At the end of the season, clubs at the top of their division win promotion to the next higher division, while those at the bottom will be relegated to the next lower one. At the end o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Popov (Estonian Footballer)
Sergei Popov may refer to: * Sergey Aleksandrovich Popov (born 1949) Russian politician * Sergei Igorevich Popov (born 1987), Russian footballer * Sergei Popov (marathon runner) (1930–1995), Soviet marathon runner * Sergei Popov (businessman) (born 1971), Russian businessman and billionaire * Serhiy Popov (born 1971), Ukrainian footballer * Sergey Popov (rugby union) (born 1982), Russian rugby union player and coach * Sergei Popov (bioweaponeer) Sergei Popov is a scientist and bioweaponeer formerly in the Soviet biological weapons program. He defected to the West in 1992 and now lives and works in the United States. Biography After obtaining his degree in biochemistry, Popov served as a d ..., Soviet Union bio-weapons scientist; defector to USA * Sergey Popov (hurdler) (1929–2018), Soviet Olympic hurdler * Sergey Popov (guitarist) (born 1959), Russian musician, guitarist and songwriter {{hndis, Popov, Sergei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Meistriliiga ...
The 2002 Meistriliiga was the 12th season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Flora won their sixth title. League table Relegation play-off ''Kuressaare won 2–1 on aggregate and were promoted for the 2003 Meistriliiga. Lootus were relegated to the 2003 Esiliiga.'' 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 Second half of season Top scorers See also * 2001–02 Estonian Cup * 2002–03 Estonian Cup * 2002 Esiliiga References External links * {{2002–03 in European football (UEFA) Meistriliiga seasons 1 Estonia Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aivar Priidel
Aivar Priidel (born 12 May 1977) is a football (soccer) midfielder from Estonia. He played for several clubs in his native country, including FC Levadia Tallinn. International career Priidel earned his first official cap for the Estonia national football team on 19 May 1995, when Estonia played Latvia at the Baltic Cup 1995. He obtained a total number of two caps. He currently belongs to the JK Retro football club A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an all- .... References External links * 1977 births Living people Estonian footballers Estonia international footballers Association football midfielders FCI Levadia Tallinn players Footballers from Tallinn {{Estonia-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Lindpere
Joel Lindpere (born 5 October 1981) is an Estonian Association football, football Coach (sport), coach and former professional football player, player. Lindpere played as a midfielder for Nõmme Kalju FC, Nõmme Kalju, Lelle SK, Lelle, FC Flora, Flora, FC Warrior Valga, Valga, PFC CSKA Sofia, CSKA Sofia, Tromsø IL, Tromsø, New York Red Bulls, Chicago Fire Soccer Club, Chicago Fire, and FC Baník Ostrava, Baník Ostrava. He also made 107 appearances for the Estonia national football team, Estonia national team, scoring 7 goals. Club career Early years Born in Tallinn, Lindpere made his first-team debut for Nõmme Kalju FC, Nõmme Kalju at the age of 15 in 1997. He then moved to Lelle SK, Lelle, and scored 5 goals in 23 appearances with the club. Flora In 2000, Lindpere signed for FC Flora. In 2001, he was loaned to FC Warrior Valga, Valga, playing 20 games and scoring 17 goals. After his impressive goal scoring display with Valga, he moved back to Flora during the 2002 season. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantin Vassiljev
Konstantin Vassiljev (born 16 August 1984) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Meistriliiga club Flora and captains the Estonia national team. Vassiljev has been named Estonian Footballer of the Year three times, and has won the Estonian Silverball award a record six times. Club career TJK Vassiljev began playing football at TJK youth academy. He made his senior league debut in the III liiga with TJK-83 Tallinn. Levadia In January 2003, Vassiljev signed for Meistriliiga club Levadia. He made his debut in the Meistriliiga on 15 March 2003, playing for Levadia's Tallinn-based team against the Maardu-based Levadia team in a 1–0 loss. Vassiljev scored his first Meistriliiga goal on 13 May 2003, in a 9–3 away victory over Kuressaare. After the 2003 season, the Maardu team moved to Tallinn, while the Tallinn team became their new reserve team in the Esiliiga. He won his first Meistriliiga title in the 2004 season. Vassiljev captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ott Meerits
Ott, OTT or O.T.T. may refer to: Entertainment * OTT (group), a pop band from the late 1990s * Ott (record producer), British record producer and musician * "O.T.T" (song), a song by Fugative * ''O.T.T.'' (television series), a UK TV programme from the early 1980s presented by Chris Tarrant * ''O.T.T.'', name of the re-release of Exciter's 1988 self-titled album Other uses * Ongi kuden (就註法華経口伝) or "The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings", a text in Nichiren Buddhism * Ott (name), a surname and given name, including a list of notable people with the name * OTT Airlines, a Chinese airline based in Shanghai * An abbreviation for Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ** Ottawa Senators, a National Hockey League team * Over-the-top media service, a delivery method for video and audio over the Internet, abbreviated OTT or OtT * Over the Top Wrestling, an Irish Wrestling promotion See also * Otte Otte is a surname and given name. Notable persons with that name include: Give ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarmo Ahjupera
Jarmo Ahjupera (born 13 April 1984) is a retired Estonian professional footballer. He played the position of striker. After ending his professional career, he has played for various amateur teams. Club career In 2009 February, Jarmo Ahjupera signed a 3,5-year deal with the Hungarian side Győri ETO FC. On 28 March 2009, in a League Cup match against FC Fehérvár, he suffered broken leg after a late tackle by Marko Andić. In February 2011, he was loaned to Újpest FC, where he scored 8 goals in 15 appearances. International career When making the debut on 4 July 2001, Ahjupera (then aged 17 years and 82 days) became the youngest debutant of Estonia. He scored his first goal on 14 November 2012 in a friendly against United Arab Emirates, putting the ball firmly into the net after receiving a long pass from midfield by Konstantin Vassiljev. International goals :''Scores and results list Estonia's goal tally first.'' Honours Club * FC Valga ** Estonian Second Division: 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Atle Larsen
Glen Atle Larsen (born 24 August 1982) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Skeid. He is primarily a midfielder but can also play as a forward. Larsen was born in Stord, Sunnhordland. He started his career in the clubs Finnås and Bremnes in Bømlo. After playing for Haugesund, he started a career in Estonia with Flora Tallinn and Valga. He joined Vålerenga in Norway, soon went on loan to Nybergsund before going on to Dundee and St Patrick's Athletic In Scotland and Ireland. At Dundee, his only goal for the club came in a dramatic 4-4 draw with Hibernian. He played 5 games for Kongsvinger in 2008, and left the club in 2009. In 2010, he played for Kolding before joining Skeid Skeid is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Nordre Åsen, Oslo. It has sections for association football (one for elite and one for grassroots football), Nordic skiing and bandy. General history The club was founded as ''IK Skeid'' on 5 De ... in the summer. References 1982 births Livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiit Tikenberg
Tiit is predominantly an Estonian masculine given name and occurs, to a lesser extent, as a surname. ;Given name: * Tiit Arge (born 1963), politician * Tiit Helimets (born 1977), ballet dancer * Tiit Haagma (1954–2021), ice yacht sailor and musician (Ruja) *Tiit Härm (born 1946), ballet dancer, ballet master and choreographer *Tiit Helmja (born 1945), rower * Tiit Hennoste (born 1953), linguist *Tiit Käbin (1937–2011), jurist and politician * Tiit Kala (born 1954), politician *Tiit Kaljundi (1946–2008), architect *Tiit Kändler (born 1948), humorist and science journalist * Tiit Kuningas (born 1949), sports journalist *Tiit Kuusik (1911–1990), opera singer *Tiit Kuusmik (born 1950), politician *Tiit Lääne (born 1958), sportsman, sports journalist and politician * Tiit Land (born 1964), biochemist *Tiit Lilleorg (1941–2021), actor *Tiit Made (born 1940), economist, journalist, publicist and politician *Tiit Madisson (1950–2021), dissident, writer and politician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarmo Neemelo
Tarmo Neemelo (born 10 February 1982) is an Estonian retired professional footballer who last played as a forward for Meistriliiga club Paide Linnameeskond. Neemelo was the top goalscorer in the 2005 Meistriliiga with 41 goals, and won the Estonian Silverball award in 2006. Club career Early career Neemelo started playing football with Lelle. He then spent several years playing for various reserve and feeder teams affiliated with Flora. TVMK In 2004, he signed for Meistriliiga club TVMK. In the 2005 season, he won his first Meistriliiga title, scoring a league record 41 goals, which put him in 12th place in the European Golden Shoe. Helsingborg In 2006, he signed for Swedish Allsvenskan club Helsingborgs IF, to potentially partner fellow striker Henrik Larsson. However, Neemelo was unable to secure a first-team position and was loaned back to TVMK. In 2007, he was once again loaned out, this time to Superettan club GIF Sundsvall. MYPA In February 2008, he signed a two-year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Afanassov
Andrei, Andrey or Andrej (in Cyrillic script: Андрэй , Андрей or Андреј) is a form of Andreas/Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include: *Andrei of Polotsk (–1399), Lithuanian nobleman *Andrei Alexandrescu, Romanian computer programmer *Andrey Amador, Costa Rican cyclist *Andrei Arlovski, Belarusian mixed martial artist *Andrey Arshavin, Russian football player *Andrej Babiš, Czech prime minister *Andrey Belousov (born 1959), Russian politician *Andrey Bolotov, Russian agriculturalist and memoirist *Andrey Borodin, Russian financial expert and businessman *Andrei Broder, Romanian-Israeli American computer scientist and engineer *Andrei Chikatilo, prolific and cannibalistic Russian serial killer and rapist *Andrei Denisov (weightlifter) (born 1963), Israeli Olympic weightlifter *Andrey Ershov, Russian computer scientist *Andrey Esionov, Russian painter *Andrei Glavina, Istro-Romanian writer and politician *Andrei Gromyko (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
