The 2015 Meistriliiga, also known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th season of the Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system. The season started on 6 March 2015 and the final matchday took place on 7 November. Levadia, the defending champions, finished runner-up behind Flora, who won their tenth title.
Teams A total of ten teams will contest the league, including 8 sides from the 2014 season and two promoted teams from the 2014 Esiliiga. Tallinna Kalev were relegated from the Meistriliiga after three seasons and were replaced by Pärnu Linnameeskond, the best of independent teams in 2014 Esiliiga, Pärnu made their comeback to top flight after 6 seasons on lower levels. Lokomotiv were relegated after a single season, they were defeated in the relegation play-offs by Tulevik returning to Meistriliiga after four-year absence.
Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity FloraTallinn A. Le Coq Arena 9,692 Infonet Sportland Arena 540 Levadia Kadriorg Stadium 5,000 Narva Trans Narva Kreenholm Stadium 1,065 Nõmme Kalju Tallinn Hiiu Stadium 300 Paide Linnameeskond Paide Paide linnastaadion 268 Pärnu Linnameeskond Pärnu Pärnu Raeküla Stadium 550 Sillamäe Kalev Sillamäe Sillamäe Kalev Stadium 800 Tammeka Tartu Tartu Tamme Stadium 1,750 Tulevik Viljandi Viljandi linnastaadion 1,068
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 Norbert Hurt Gert Kams Nike Tele2 Infonet Aleksandr Puštov Andrei Kalimullin Joma InfonetLevadia Marko Kristal Ingemar TeeverAdidas Viimsi KeevitusNarva Trans Adyam Kuzyaev Roman NesterovskiNike FamaNõmme Kalju Getúlio Fredo Vitali TelešAdidasOptibet Paide Linnameeskond Meelis Rooba Andre MägiNikeVerstonPärnu Linnameeskond Marko Lelov Karl PalatuNike WendreSillamäe Kalev Denis Ugarov Andrei Sidorenkov Uhlsport AlexelaTammeka Indrek Koser Jürgen LorenzNike GoldtimeTulevik Aivar Lillevere Sander PostJomaBestra
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointmentNõmme Kalju Igor Prins Sacked 2 December 2014 Pre-season Sergei Terehhov 10 December 2014Pärnu Linnameeskond Gert Olesk Mutual consent 22 December 2014 Marko Lelov 22 December 2014Narva Trans Aleksei Yagudin Mutual consent 20 May 20157th Nikolai Toštšev (caretaker) 20 May 2015Sillamäe Kalev Sergei Frantsev Sacked 29 May 20154th Denis Ugarov 29 May 2015Narva Trans Nikolai Toštšev Caretaker spell over 6 July 20156th Adyam Kuzyaev 6 July 2015Nõmme Kalju Sergei TerehhovResigned12 September 2015 3rd Getúlio Fredo (caretaker) 12 September 2015
Player transfers Transfers made during the 2014–15 winter transfer window.
Transfers made during the 2015 summer transfer window.
League table
Relegation play-offs At season's end Tammeka, the ninth place club, participated in a two-legged play-off with Tallinna Kalev, the runners-up (of the independent teams) of the 2015 Esiliiga, for the spot in next year's competition.
Tammeka won 4–2 on aggregate and retained their Meistriliiga spot for the 2016 season.
Results Each team plays every opponent four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 games.
First half of season
Second half of season
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayer Club Goals1 Ingemar TeeverLevadia242 Yaroslav KvasovSillamäe Kalev193 Vjatšeslav ZahovaikoPaide Linnameeskond174 Ats PurjeNõmme Kalju16 Rauno SappinenFlora6 Vitālijs ZiļsNarva Trans137 Vladislavs KozlovsInfonet128 Taavi LauritsPärnu Linnameeskond11 Siim LutsLevadia Tarmo NeemeloNõmme Kalju Hidetoshi WakuiNõmme Kalju
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Taavi Laurits Pärnu Linnameeskond Tammeka 4–2 (H) 14 March 2015 Yaroslav Kvasov Sillamäe Kalev Pärnu Linnameeskond 6–1 (A) 10 April 2015 Joonas Tamm TulevikPaide Linnameeskond 3–0 (A) 2 May 2015 Yaroslav Kvasov Sillamäe KalevTammeka 5–0 (A) 8 May 2015 Vitālijs Ziļs Narva TransTammeka 6–0 (H) 2 June 2015 Kaimar Saag LevadiaNarva Trans 3–1 (A) 4 July 2015 Ats Purje Nõmme Kalju Tulevik 4–0 (H) 20 July 2015 Vladislavs Kozlovs4 InfonetTammeka 4–2 (H) 18 August 2015 Ingemar Teever Levadia Paide Linnameeskond 4–2 (A) 28 August 2015 Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko Paide LinnameeskondTammeka 4–0 (H) 18 October 2015 Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko Paide Linnameeskond Tulevik 3–2 (A) 24 October 2015
Notes 4 Player scored 4 goals(H) – Home team(A) – Away team
Average attendance
+ Club Average attendance Tallinna FC Flora 633 Nõmme JK Kalju 485 Tartu JK Tammeka 424 Pärnu Linnameeskond 352 Viljandi JK Tulevik 295 Tallinna FC Levadia 253 JK Sillamäe Kalev 228 Tallinna FC Infonet 212 JK Narva Trans 189 Paide Linnameeskond 181+ League average 325
Awards Monthly awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthManagerClubPlayerClubMarch Norbert HurtFlora Ken KallasteNõmme KaljuApril Sergei TerehhovNõmme Kalju Vjatšeslav ZahovaikoPaide LinnameeskondMay Aivar LillevereTulevik Ingemar TeeverLevadiaJune Marko KristalLevadia Yevgeni KharinInfonetJuly Sergei TerehhovNõmme Kalju Siim LutsLevadiaAugust Marko KristalLevadia Ingemar TeeverSeptember Adyam KuzyaevNarva Trans Siim LutsOctober Norbert HurtFlora Rauno SappinenFlora
Annual awards
Player of the Season Ingemar Teever was named Player of the Season.
Goal of the Season Raido Roman's goal against Tammeka was chosen Goal of the Season.
See also 2014–15 Estonian Cup 2015–16 Estonian Cup 2015 Esiliiga 2015 Esiliiga B
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