2023 Meistriliiga
The 2023 Meistriliiga, also known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga due to sponsorship reasons, was the 33rd season of the Meistriliiga, the top Estonian league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1992. It was the first Meistriliiga season with video assistant referee (VAR). The winners (FC Flora, Flora, their second consecutive title and fifteenth overall) qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League#Preliminary round, 2024–25 Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up (FCI Levadia Tallinn, FCI Levadia), third-placed team (JK Tallinna Kalev, Tallinna Kalev), and fourth-placed team (Paide Linnameeskond) qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League#First qualifying round, 2024–25 Conference League first qualifying round. The ninth-placed team (Tartu JK Tammeka, Tammeka) qualified for the #Meistriliiga play-off, Meistriliiga play-off, winning to retain their place in the league. The bottom-placed team (Harju JK Laagri, Harju) were relegate ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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-professional with amateur clubs allowed to compete. With the help of solidarity mechanisms, the league is fully professional since the 2020 Meistriliiga, 2020 season. As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts in March and ends in November. Meistriliiga consists of ten clubs, all teams play each other four times. After each season the bottom team is relegated and the second last team plays a two-legged play-off for a place in the Meistriliiga. In February 2013, A. Le Coq, an Estonian brewery company, signed a five-year cooperation agreement with the Estonian Football Association, which included Meistriliiga naming rights. Meistriliiga plans to start using video assistant referee (VAR) from 2023. 2022 sea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Meistriliiga Play-off
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 amateur clubs allowed to compete. With the help of solidarity mechanisms, the league is fully professional since the 2020 season. As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts in March and ends in November. Meistriliiga consists of ten clubs, all teams play each other four times. After each season the bottom team is relegated and the second last team plays a two-legged play-off for a place in the Meistriliiga. In February 2013, A. Le Coq, an Estonian brewery company, signed a five-year cooperation agreement with the Estonian Football Association, which included Meistriliiga naming rights. Meistriliiga plans to start using video assistant referee (VAR) from 2023. 2022 season The following 10 clubs will c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Narva Kreenholm Stadium
Narva Kreenholm Stadium (also Kreenholm Stadium; et, Narva Kreenholmi staadion) is a multi-purpose stadium in Narva, Estonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the matches of JK Narva Trans JK Narva Trans, commonly known as Narva Trans or just Trans, are a professional Estonian association football club based in Narva that compete in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Narva Kreenholm S .... The stadium holds 1,065 people. References Football venues in Estonia Sport in Narva Multi-purpose stadiums in Estonia JK Narva Trans Buildings and structures in Narva Athletics (track and field) venues in Estonia {{Estonia-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Narva
Narva, russian: Нарва is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru county, at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva river which forms the Estonia–Russia international border. With 54,409 inhabitants (as of 2020) Narva is Estonia's third largest city after capital Tallinn and Tartu. In 1944, Narva was nearly completely destroyed during the battles of World War II. During the period of Soviet occupation (1944–1991), the city’s original native inhabitants were not permitted to return after the war, and immigrant workers from Russia and other parts of the former USSR were brought in to populate the city. The city whose population had been, as of 1934 census, 65% ethnic Estonian, became overwhelmingly non-Estonian in the second half of the 20th century. According to more recent data, 46.7% of the city's inhabitants are citizens of Estonia, 36.3% are citizens of the Russian Federation, while 15.3% of the population has ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kuressaare Linnastaadion
Kuressaare linnastaadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Kuressaare, Estonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the matches of FC Kuressaare. The stadiums seated capacity is 2,000. The stadium was renovated in 2014 and a new grandstand is planned to be constructed by 2026. Kuressaare linnastaadion has also hosted six official Estonian national football team matches, with the last one taking place in 2008. Estonia national team matches Gallery File:IMG Kuressaare linnastaadion2.JPG, The stadium before the renovation works in 2011 File:IMG Kuressaare linnastaadion.JPG, The stadium with the historic Kuressaare Castle Kuressaare Castle ( et, Kuressaare linnus; german: Schloss Arensburg), also Kuressaare Episcopal Castle, ( et, Kuressaare piiskopilinnus), is a castle in Kuressaare on Saaremaa island, in western Estonia. History The earliest written record me ... in the background References External links Kuressaare linnastaadionWorld Stadiu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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. The town is situated on the southern coast of Saaremaa island, facing the Gulf of Riga of the Baltic Sea, and is served by the Kuressaare Airport, Roomassaare harbour, and Kuressaare yacht harbour. Names Kuressaare's historic name Arensburg (from Middle High German ''a(a)r:'' eagle, raptor) renders the Latin denotation ''arx aquilae'' for the city's castle. The fortress and the eagle, tetramorph symbol of Saint John the Evangelist, are also depicted on Kuressaare's coat of arms. The town, which grew around the fortress, was simultaneously known as Arensburg and Kuressaarelinn; the latter name being a combination of ''Kuressaare''—an ancient name of the Saaremaa Island—and ''linn'', which means ''town''.Pospelov, p. 28 A ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Laagri Stadium
Laagri is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Harju County, northern Estonia. It is located in Saue Parish Saue Parish ( Estonian: ''Saue vald'') is a rural municipality in Harju County, north-western Estonia. The administrative centre of Saue Parish is Saue. It is situated in the suburban area of Estonia's capital, Tallinn. After the administrativ .... As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 5,165. Gallery Laagri kool.JPG, Laagri school Laagri uuemad kortermajad.JPG, Apartment buildings in Laagri Laagri tennisekeskus.jpg, Laagri tennis center References External linksSaue Parish Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia {{Harju-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Laagri
Laagri is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Harju County, northern Estonia. It is located in Saue Parish Saue Parish ( Estonian: ''Saue vald'') is a rural municipality in Harju County, north-western Estonia. The administrative centre of Saue Parish is Saue. It is situated in the suburban area of Estonia's capital, Tallinn. After the administrat .... As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 5,165. Gallery Laagri kool.JPG, Laagri school Laagri uuemad kortermajad.JPG, Apartment buildings in Laagri Laagri tennisekeskus.jpg, Laagri tennis center References External linksSaue Parish Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia {{Harju-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' maakond'' (county). Tallinn is the main financial, industrial, and cultural centre of Estonia. It is located northwest of the country's second largest city Tartu, however only south of Helsinki, Finland, also west of Saint Petersburg, Russia, north of Riga, Latvia, and east of Stockholm, Sweden. From the 13th century until the first half of the 20th century, Tallinn was known in most of the world by variants of its other historical name Reval. Tallinn received Lübeck city rights in 1248,, however the earliest evidence of human population in the area dates back nearly 5,000 years. The medieval indigenous population of what is now Tallinn and northern Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Christia ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nõmme Kalju FC
Nõmme Kalju FC (), commonly known as Nõmme Kalju, or simply as Kalju (Estonian: "rock" or "cliff"), is an Estonian professional football club, based in Nõmme, Tallinn, that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Hiiu Stadium. Founded in 1923 and re-established in 1997, the club has played in the Meistriliiga since the 2008 season and have never been relegated from the Estonian top division. Nõmme Kalju have won two Meistriliiga titles, one Estonian Cup and one Estonian Supercup. History Founding and re-establishment (1923–2007) Nõmme Kalju football club was founded in 1923 as a division of the Kalju Sports Club by two professional wrestlers, Aleksander Šneider and Mart Liiv. From 1925 to 1927, Kalju took part in the Estonian Football Championship, finishing fourth in the 1925 season. The club's home ground was Hiiu Stadium in Nõmme and the club remained active until World War II. The club was re-established ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tallinna JK Legion
Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi Legion or simply TJK Legion is an Estonian football (soccer), football club, based in Tallinn. On 4 January 2007, Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi and Tallinna SK Legion merged into this club. Legion also has a reserve team. Its name is Tallinna JK Legion II. History Predecessor Tallinna JK Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi, or TJK in short, was founded on 5 May 1921 and were one of the founding members of the Estonian Football Championship in 1921 Estonian Football Championship, 1921. TJK became the first football club in Estonia to have a foreign coach, appointing Hungary, Hungarian Franz Woggenhuber as coach in 1922. The club became Estonian champions twice, winning the championship in 1926 Estonian Football Championship, 1926 and 1928 Estonian Football Championship, 1928, also later winning the Estonian Cup in 1939 Estonian Cup, 1939. TJK was the home club for a number of Estonian internationals, with Eduard Eelma, Eduard Ellmann-Eelma being the most well-known. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |