The 2019 Meistriliiga (known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) was the 29th 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 top Estonian league for

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clubs. The season began on 8 March 2019 and concluded on 9 November 2019. Nõmme Kalju were the defending champions.

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won their 12th Meistriliiga title.

Teams

Ten teams competed in the league, nine sides from the 2018 season and 2018 Esiliiga champions

Maardu Linnameeskond Maardu Linnameeskond is a football club based in Maardu, Estonia. The team compete in the II liiga, the fourth tier of the Estonian football league system. They adopted their current name in 2016, before being promoted to the Estonian top tier Me ...

. Vaprus were relegated at the end of the 2018 season after finishing in the bottom of the table.

made their Meistriliiga debut having previously declined promotion after winning the 2017 Esiliiga.

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 ...

retained their Meistriliiga spot after winning a relegation playoff against Esiliiga runners-up

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Venues

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Relegation play-offs

At season's end Kuressaare, the ninth place club, participated in a two-legged play-off with the runners-up (of independent teams) of the

2019 Esiliiga The 2019 Esiliiga was the 29th season of the Esiliiga, the second tier of Estonian football. Teams A total of 10 teams were contesting the league, including six sides from the 2018 season, one relegated from 2018 Meistriliiga and three promote ...

, Vaprus, for the spot in 2020 Meistriliiga. :''Kuressaare won 5–3 on aggregate and retained their Meistriliiga spot for the 2020 season.''

Results

Each team played every opponent four times, twice at home and twice away. A total of 180 matches were played, with 36 matches by each team.

First half of season

Second half of season

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

⁴ Player scored four goals
⁵ Player scored five goals

Awards

Monthly awards

Player transfers

* Winter 2018–19 – before the season

References

External links

Official website
{{2019–20 in European football (UEFA) Meistriliiga seasons 1

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