2005 Meistriliiga was the 15th season of the

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

, Estonia's premier football league. TVMK won their first title.

Season overview

FC TVMK's first title-winning

campaign came in some style with strikers

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and Ingemar Teever scoring most of the goals and veteran midfielder

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leading the team from midfield. Narva Trans finished in bronze-medal position after years of being fourth in the final table, while

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have been busy rebuilding their squad and therefore not too upset by a disappointing fourth position finish.

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went out of the league via play-offs and Dünamo's defensive displays were awful and the team never seemed to have any kind of chance in staying up.

in the end scored 41 goals for the champions, and earned a move to top Swedish club

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of Narva Trans scored 26 goals,

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and Ingemar Teever for the champions scored 19 goals each. The latter secured a free transfer to Swedish outfit

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League table

Relegation play-off

''2–2 on aggregate. Lasnamäe Ajax won on away goals.'' ''Kuressaare kept their place in the Meistriliiga, after Pärnu Tervis decided not to make the promotion.''

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

References

{{2005–06 in European Football (UEFA) Meistriliiga seasons 1

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