2004 Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga
Season2004
ChampionsLevadia
(3rd title)
Top goalscorerVjatšeslav Zahovaiko (28)
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2004 Meistriliiga was the 14th season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Levadia won their third title.

Season overview

Levadia Tallinn won their third title with a six-point advantage over the runners-up TVMK Tallinn. Tammeka Tartu and Tervis Pärnu won promotion to the Meistriliiga as the Esiliiga champions and third placed team respectively, the runners-up Levadia Tallinn II were ineligible for promotion. Expansion of the league to ten teams from eight, for the upcoming season, also ensured that even the last placed Lootus Alutaguse had a chance to stay in the top flight, but were defeated by Esiliiga's fourth team Dünamo Tallinn, winning the away leg 2-1, but then losing at home 0-4 a week later. Tervis Pärnu were later denied the Meistriliiga license, sealing an unlikely promotion for the fifth-placed FC Kuressaare.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Levadia (C) 28 21 6 1 82 14 +68 69 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 TVMK 28 19 6 3 89 29 +60 63 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Flora 28 18 4 6 83 25 +58 58
4 Narva Trans 28 15 2 11 43 39 +4 47 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5 Merkuur 28 10 5 13 47 58 −11 35
6 Tulevik 28 6 7 15 30 53 −23 25
7 Valga 28 5 2 21 30 80 −50 17
8 Alutaguse Lootus (R) 28 1 2 25 11 117 −106 5 Qualification for relegation play-offs
Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) head-to-head goals scored; 6) goal difference; 7) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Relegation play-off

Tallinna Dünamo1–2Alutaguse Lootus
Butajev 44' Popov 30'
Ametov 90+3'


Alutaguse Lootus0–4Tallinna Dünamo
Tšernoussov 8'
Krivošein 32'
Butajev 65'
Semko 76'

Tallinna Dünamo won 5-2 on aggregate and were promoted for the 2005 Meistriliiga. Alutaguse Lootus were relegated to the 2005 Esiliiga.

Results

Each team played every opponent four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 games.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Estonia Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko Flora 28
2 Estonia Ingemar Teever TVMK 18
3 Lithuania Egidijus Juška TVMK 16
4 Estonia Andrei Antonov Valga 13
Estonia Tarmo Neemelo TVMK
6 Estonia Deniss Malov TVMK 11
Estonia Konstantin Nahk Levadia
Estonia Anton Sereda Merkuur Tartu
Estonia Dmitri Ustritski Tulevik
10 Estonia Argo Arbeiter Levadia 9
Lithuania Marius Dovydėnas Levadia
Estonia Maksim Gruznov Narva Trans
Estonia Konstantin Vassiljev Levadia
Estonia Vladimir Voskoboinikov Levadia
Estonia Kristen Viikmäe Flora

See also

References

  1. ^ "Estonia - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.

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