The 2012 season of the Esiliiga, the second level in the Estonian football system, is the twenty-third season in the league's history. The season officially began on 11 March 2012 and concluded on 4 November 2013. The previous league champions Tallinna Kalev were promoted to the Meistriliiga while Legion and Warrior were relegated to the II Liiga. For this season those three teams were replaced by Rakvere Tarvas from II liiga East/North division and Tartu SK 10 and Tammeka II from II liiga West/South division.
Teams Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium CapacityFlora II Tallinn Sportland Arena 600InfonetTallinn Lasnamäe KHJ Stadium 1,000Kiviõli Tamme Auto Kiviõli Kiviõli Stadium 255Levadia IITallinn Maarjamäe Stadium 1,000Lootus Kohtla-Järve Kohtla-Järve Stadium 780Pärnu Linnameeskond Pärnu Pärnu Kalev Stadium 1,900PuumaTallinn Lasnamäe SPK Stadium 666Tammeka II Tartu Tamme Stadium 1,500Tartu SK 10TartuTamme Stadium 1,500Tarvas Rakvere Rakvere linnastaadion 2,500
Personnel and kits Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorFlora II Norbert Hurt Ragnar PiirNikeKH Energia KonsultInfonet Aleksandr Puštov Jevgeni GurtšioglujantsJomaInfonetKiviõli Tamme Auto Erik Šteinberg Dmitri KirilovAdidasLevadia II Argo Arbeiter Kristjan TammeAdidasViimsi KeevitusLootus Anatoli Šuganov Igor TomaševskiUhlsportPärnu Linnameeskond Kalev Pajula Robert KirssUhlsportPuuma Dmitri Krasilnikov Kert HaavistuAdidasTammeka II Ivan O'Konnel-Bronin Mikk ValtnaNikeMäe-koduTartu SK 10 Andrei Borissov Rodion AleksejevAdidasTarvas Reijo Kuusik Alari TovstikJomaHotell Wesenbergh
League table
Promotion play-off At season's end, the runners-up of the 2013 Esiliiga will participate in a two-legged play-off with the ninth place club of the 2013 Meistriliiga for the spot in next year's competition.
Relegation play-off
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 ManuchoInfonet312 Maksim LipinInfonet21 Tõnis StarkopfKiviõli Tamme Auto4 Nikita KogerLevadia II14 Joonas LjašTarvas Aleksei MamontovTartu SK 107 Henri HangTarvas13 Georgi IvanovTammeka II/Tartu SK 109 Marten SaarlasLevadia II12 Marek ŠatovKiviõli Tamme Auto
Awards Monthly awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthManagerClubPlayerClubMarch Norbert HurtFlora II Sander SusiTarvasApril Aleksandr PuštovInfonet Aleksandr PruttšenkoTartu SK 10May Argo ArbeiterLevadia II Aleksandr TarassenkovKiviõli Tamme AutoJune Aleksandr PuštovInfonet Maksim LipinInfonetJuly Reijo KuusikTarvas Argo AavaTarvasAugust Aleksandr PuštovInfonet Georgi IvanovTartu SK 10September Aleksandr PuštovInfonet Tõnis StarkopfKiviõli Tamme AutoOctober Kalev PajulaPärnu Linnameeskond Sander LepikFlora II
Esiliiga Player of the Year Manucho was named Esiliiga Player of the Year.
See also 2012 Meistriliiga 2011–12 Estonian Cup 2012–13 Estonian Cup
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