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The 2015 Meistriliiga, also known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th 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 (soccer), football championship. The league was founded in 1992, and was initially semi-p ...
, the first level in the
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system. The season started on 6 March 2015 and the final matchday took place on 7 November. Levadia, the defending champions, finished runner-up behind
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, who won their tenth title.


Teams

A total of ten teams will contest the league, including 8 sides from the 2014 season and two promoted teams from the
2014 Esiliiga The 2014 Esiliiga was the 24th season of the Esiliiga. The season started on Sunday 2 March 2014, and concluded on Sunday 9 November 2014. Flora II Tallinn won the Esiliiga, finishing with 78 points. Teams A total of 10 teams contested the leagu ...
. Tallinna Kalev were relegated from the Meistriliiga after three seasons and were replaced by Pärnu Linnameeskond, the best of independent teams in
2014 Esiliiga The 2014 Esiliiga was the 24th season of the Esiliiga. The season started on Sunday 2 March 2014, and concluded on Sunday 9 November 2014. Flora II Tallinn won the Esiliiga, finishing with 78 points. Teams A total of 10 teams contested the leagu ...
, Pärnu made their comeback to top flight after 6 seasons on lower levels. Lokomotiv were relegated after a single season, they were defeated in the
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by Tulevik returning to Meistriliiga after four-year absence.


Stadiums and locations


Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under
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Managerial changes


Player transfers

* Transfers made during the 2014–15 winter transfer window. * Transfers made during the 2015 summer transfer window.


League table


Relegation play-offs

At season's end Tammeka, the ninth place club, participated in a two-legged play-off with Tallinna Kalev, the runners-up (of the independent teams) of the 2015 Esiliiga, for the spot in next year's competition. ''Tammeka won 4–2 on aggregate and retained their Meistriliiga spot for the 2016 season.''


Results

Each team plays every opponent four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 games.


First half of season


Second half of season


Season statistics


Top scorers


Hat-tricks

;Notes 4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team


Awards


Monthly awards


Annual awards


Player of the Season

Ingemar Teever Ingemar Teever (born 24 February 1983) is an Estonian former professional footballer who last played as a forward for Estonian Meistriliiga club Levadia. Teever was the top goalscorer in the 2008 and the 2015 Meistriliiga seasons. Teever was n ...
was named Player of the Season.


Goal of the Season

Raido Roman's goal against Tammeka was chosen Goal of the Season.


See also

*
2014–15 Estonian Cup The 2014–15 Estonian Cup was the 25th season of the Estonia's most prestigious football knockout tournament. The defending champions Levadia were eliminated after a walkover loss against 4 tier club in the third round as they fielded an unreg ...
* 2015–16 Estonian Cup * 2015 Esiliiga *
2015 Esiliiga B The 2015 Esiliiga B was the 3rd season of the Esiliiga B, the third-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2013. The season started on 4 March 2015 and concluded on 8 November 2015. Starbunker won th ...


References

{{2015–16 in European football (UEFA) Meistriliiga seasons 1
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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 ...