The 2008 season of Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system, was the 18th season in the league's history. It began on 8 March 2008 and ended on 15 November 2008. The defending champions were Levadia.
Promotion and relegation 10th placed Ajax were directly relegated after the end of the previous season. Since reserve squads are not allowed to be promoted to Meistriliiga, third placed Esiliiga team Sillamäe Kalev were directly promoted to 2008 Meistriliiga.
Kuressaare (9th placed Meistriliiga team) and Kalju (6th placed Esiliiga team) competed in promotion/relegation play-offs for one spot in 2008 Meistriliiga. The aggregate score was 2–2 and Nõmme Kalju were promoted due to scoring more away goals.
Clubs and venues
TeamLocationStadium CapacityManagerFloraTallinnA. Le Coq Arena Pasi RautiainenKaljuTallinnHiiu Stadium Getúlio FredoLevadiaTallinnKadriorg Stadium Igor PrinsMaag TammekaTartuTartu Tamme Stadium Sergei ZamogilnõiSillamäe KalevSillamäeSillamäe Kalev Stadium Vadym DobizhaTallinna KalevTallinnKalev Keskstaadion Aavo SarapNarva TransNarvaKreenholm Stadium Aleksei YagudinTulevikViljandiViljandi linnastaadion Marko LelovTVMKTallinnKadriorg Stadium Sergei RatnikovVaprusPärnuPärnu Kalev Stadium1,900 Ants Kommussaar
League table
Relegation play-off Vaprus and Esiliiga side Paide Linnameeskond competed in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in 2009 Meistriliiga. Aggregate score was 5–5 and Paide Linnameeskond secured their place in 2009 Meistriliiga because they scored more away goals (3–1).
Results Each team played every opponent four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 games.
First half of season
Second half of season
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ingemar TeeverKalju232 Nikita AndreevLevadia223 Sander PostFlora194 Jarmo AhjuperaFlora17 Felipe NunesKalju6 Tarmo KinkLevadia167 Henri AnierFlora15 Indrek ZelinskiLevadia9 Irfan AmetovSillamäe Kalev13 Artjom DmitrijevTVMK Vladislav GussevTVMK Nikolai LõsanovNarva Trans
Awards Monthly awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthManagerClubPlayerClubMarch Getúlio FredoKalju Sander PostFloraApril Igor PrinsLevadia Ingemar TeeverKaljuMay Pasi RautiainenFlora Konstantin NahkLevadiaJune Igor PrinsLevadia Vjatšeslav ZahovaikoFloraJuly Pasi RautiainenFlora Mihhail StarodubtsevSillamäe KalevAugust Igor PrinsLevadia Juha HakolaFloraSeptember Vadym DobizhaSillamäe Kalev Tarmo KinkLevadiaOctober Aleksei YagudinNarva Trans Marek LemsaluLevadia
Attendances
No. Club Average 1 Kalju 329 2 Levadia 289 3 Tammeka 220 4 Flora 214 5 Pärnu 166 6 Kalev 152 7 TVMK 131 8 Sillamäe 115 9 Tulevik 112 10 Trans 110 Source:
See also 2008 Esiliiga
References
External links soccernet.ee soccerassociation.com