The

1991 season File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, 1991 Russian presidential election, elected as Russia's first President of Russia, president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated ...

was the 71st season of competitive

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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 ...

, and the last one in the

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country as a part of the

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. The championship began in the spring of 1991. In the First Division or Premier League ("

Meistriliiga Meistriliiga (, known as the A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football (soccer), football championship. The league was founded in 1992, and was initially semi-p ...

") thirteen teams played, in the Second Division ("

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 i ...

") twelve teams. The Third Division played in regional groups followed by a promotion play-off on completion of the group stage.

National Leagues

Estonian SSR Football Championship

Cup Final

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Births

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Katrin Loo Katrin Loo (born 2 January 1991) is a retired Estonian footballer who played as an forward for Naiste Meistriliiga club FC Flora and the Estonia women's national team. Career Loo made her debut for the Estonian national team as soon as May 2007 ...

, footballer

Notes

External links

1991 season on RSSSF
{{Football in Estonia Seasons in Estonian football