The 2010 season of the Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system, was the 20th season in the league's history. It started in March and ended in November. The defending champions were Levadia.
Overview
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityManagerFloraTallinnA. Le Coq Arena9,692 Martin ReimKaljuTallinnHiiu Stadium500 Igor PrinsKuressaareKuressaareKuressaare linnastaadion2,000 Sergei ZamogilnõiLevadiaTallinnMaarjamäe Stadium500 Aleksandr PuštovLootusKohtla-JärveKohtla-Järve Sports Centre Stadium500 Andrei ŠkaletaPaide LinnameeskondPaideÜG Stadium500 Meelis RoobaSillamäe KalevSillamäeSillamäe Kalev Stadium2,000 Vladimir KazachyonokTammekaTartuTartu Tamme Stadium2,000 Marko KristalNarva TransNarvaKreenholm Stadium3,000 Valeri BondarenkoTulevikViljandiViljandi linnastaadion2,500 Marko Lelov
League table
Relegation play-off The 9th placed team of Meistriliiga, Kuressaare, and the fourth place team of Esiliiga, Kiviõli Tamme Auto competed in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in 2011 Meistriliiga. Kuressaare won the play-off 4–2 on aggregate and retained their spot in the league.
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 Statistic Miscellaneous Oldest player: 45 years, 117 days – Aleksei Zhukov (Lootus v Kuressaare on 08/05/2010) Youngest player: 16 years, 66 days – Alexei Cherkasov (Sillamäe Kalev v Trans on 06/11/2010) Oldest goalscorer: 38 years, 207 days – Aleksei Naumov (Sillamäe Kalev v Flora on 28 August 2010) Youngest goalscorer: 16 years, 216 days – Andreas Raudsepp (JK Viljandi Tulevik v Trans on 06/11/2010)
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Sander PostFlora242 Jüri JevdokimovKalju213 Tarmo NeemeloKalju204 Vitali LeitanLevadia165 Deniss MalovLevadia146 Henri AnierFlora13 Marius BezykornovasNarva Trans8 Konstantin NahkLevadia12 Albert ProsaTammeka10 Maksim GruznovSillamäe Kalev/Narva Trans9 Nikita KolyaevSillamäe Kalev Aleksandr NikulinSillamäe Kalev Felipe NunesKalju/Levadia Dmitri SkiperskiKuressaare Nerijus VasiliauskasSillamäe Kalev
Average attendance
+ Club Average attendance Tallinna FC Levadia 291 Tallinna FC Flora 203 Nõmme JK Kalju 194 JK Sillamäe Kalev 183 Tartu JK Tammeka 156 Paide Linnameeskond 130 JK Narva Trans 128 Kohtla-Järve FC Lootus 124 FC Kuressaare 116 Viljandi JK Tulevik 83+ League average 161
Awards Monthly awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthManagerClubPlayerClubMarch Martin ReimFlora Tarmo NeemeloLevadiaApril Marko KristalTammeka Andrei KalimullinLevadiaMay Martin ReimFlora Maksim BazyukinNarva TransJune Karel VoolaidKalju Vitali LeitanLevadiaJuly Meelis RoobaPaide Linnameeskond Sander PostFloraAugust Martin ReimFlora Aleksandr TarassenkovSillamäe Kalev
Meistriliiga Player of the Year Sander Post was named Meistriliiga Player of the Year.
See also 2010 Esiliiga 2009–10 Estonian Cup
References
External links Soccernet.ee