The 2016 Esiliiga B was the 4th season of the Esiliiga B, third-highest Estonian league for

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clubs, since its establishment in 2013. The season began on 28 February 2016 and concluded on 6 November 2016.

Kuressaare Kuressaare () is a town on Saaremaa island in Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Saaremaa Parish and the capital of Saare County. Kuressaare is the westernmost town in Estonia. The recorded population on 1 January 2018 was 13,276. Th ...

won the league, finishing with 76 points and were promoted to the

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 ...

. It was their first Esiliiga B title in history.

Teams

Stadia

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Results

League table

Results tables

First half of the season

Second half of the season

Play-offs

Promotion play-offs

Welco, who finished 3rd, faced Nõmme Kalju U21, 8th-placed

2016 Esiliiga The 2016 Esiliiga is the 26th season of the Esiliiga, second-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 25 February 2016 and concluded on 6 November 2016. Tulevik won the league, ...

side for a two-legged play-off. The first leg originally ended 3–2 to Nõmme Kalju U21 but they were later ruled to have forfeited the match after fielding an ineligible player Henrik Pürg. According to the rules, the second leg was cancelled and Welco earned entry into the 2017 Esiliiga.

First leg

Second leg

Relegation play-offs

Viimsi Viimsi (german: Wiems) is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Harju County, Estonia, about northeast of the centre of Tallinn, just north of Tallinn's subdistrict Merivälja. Viimsi is the administrative centre of Viimsi Parish. As of the 2011 c ...

, who finished 8th, faced

Keila Keila (german: Kegel) is a town and an urban municipality in Harju County in north-western Estonia, 25 km southwest of Tallinn. Keila is also the location of administrative buildings of the surrounding Keila Parish, a rural municipality se ...

, the

II liiga II liiga is the fourth level of football league competition in Estonia arranged by the Estonian Football Association. It consists of 28 teams, divided geographically into two divisions with 14 teams respectively in group North/East and South/Wes ...

play-offs winner. The winner on aggregate score after both matches earned entry into the

2017 Esiliiga B The 2017 Esiliiga B was the 5th season of the Esiliiga B, third-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2013. The season began on 1 March 2017. Teams Of the 10 participating teams 5 remain following th ...

. Viimsi won on

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First leg

Second leg

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Awards

Monthly awards

Esiliiga B Player of the Year

Jürgen Kuresoo Jürgen Kuresoo (born 11 February 1987, in Elva) is an Estonian professional footballer, playing for FC Elva in Estonian Esiliiga. He plays the position of midfielder and is 1.76 m tall. International career On 15 November 2005, Kuresoo made ...

was named

Esiliiga B Player of the Year The Esiliiga B Player of the Year is an annual award given to the best Esiliiga B player for his performances in the league. Winners See also *Esiliiga B The Esiliiga B is the third division in the Estonian football league system. The Esil ...

References

External links

Official website
{{2016 in Estonian football Esiliiga B seasons 3

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