The 1921 Estonian Football Championship was the first
football
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league season in
Estonia
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. It was played as a knock-out tournament between September 25 and October 13. Four teams took part in the competition – three from
Tallinn
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and one from
Narva
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. All the games were played at
Tiigiveski Stadium in Tallinn and refereed by
Alexander McKibbin.
Top scorer was
Heinrich Paal with 3 goals, followed by
Vladimir Tell and
Oskar Üpraus with two.
VS Sport Tallinn
SK Tallinna Sport is a defunct Estonian football club, founded in 1912 and then re-established in 2003. The club won nine domestic league titles before Estonia became a part of Soviet Union.
The club also played bandy in the interwar years, bec ...
won 5–3 against
Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi and thus became the first ever champions of Estonia.
Semi-finals
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‡ After normal time, the match was to be played until the first goal, but after 130 minutes and no goals it was abandoned due darkness.
Replay
Final
References
{{1921–22 in European Football (UEFA)
Estonian Football Championship
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