The 2005 Esiliiga is the 15th season of the Esiliiga, second-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992.
JK Pärnu Vaprus gained automatic promotion to the Meistriliiga. FC Ajax Lasnamäe also went up after winning the promotion/relegation play-off against FC Kuressaare. The league's top-scorer was FC Ajax Lasnamäe youngster Nikita Andreev with 29 goals.
Final table of Esiliiga season 2005
Promotion/relegation playoff
FC Ajax Lasnamäe beat FC Kuressaare 2–2 on away goals rule. Ajax Lasnamäe promoted to Meistriliiga, Kuressaare relegated to Esiliiga.
Season statistics
Top goalscorers As of 1 December 2005. Rank Player Club Goals1 Nikita AndreevLasnamäe Ajax292 Verner UiboPärnu Vaprus193 Indrek JoostPärnu Vaprus184 Andrei AfanasovTallinna Kalev15 Yaroslav DmitrievLasnamäe Ajax15 Tiit TikenbergTallinna Kalev157 Aleksandr RulkovLevadia II148 Aleksei TitovLasnamäe Ajax139 Dmitri KirilovTallinna Kalev12 Kaupo MargusonovPärnu Tervis12
See also 2005 Meistriliiga
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