The Estonian Football Association ( EJL ; Estonian : Eesti Jalgpalli Liit ) is the governing body of football , beach soccer and futsal in Estonia . Established on 14 December 1921, it organizes the football league, including the championship which is called Meistriliiga , Estonian Cup and the Estonian national football team . It is based in Tallinn . EJL became a member of FIFA in 1923, but following Estonia's annexation by the Soviet Union it was disbanded. It became a member again in 1992 after Estonia reinstated its independence.
6-546: Meistriliiga ( pronounced [ˈmeistriliːɡ̊ɑː] ), officially known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons, and commonly known as the Premium Liiga , is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship . The league was founded in 1992, and was initially semi-professional with amateur clubs allowed to compete. With the help of solidarity mechanisms,
12-592: A place in the Meistriliiga. In February 2013, A. Le Coq , an Estonian brewery company, signed a five-year cooperation agreement with the Estonian Football Association, which included Meistriliiga naming rights. Meistriliiga started using video assistant referee (VAR) from 2023. The following 10 clubs will compete in the 2024 Meistriliiga . = Founding member of the Meistriliiga = Played in every Meistriliiga season = Never been relegated from
18-469: A win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss, although Meistriliiga awarded 2 points for a win until the 1994–95 season. Championship matches, relegation matches and relegation tournament matches involving clubs of lower leagues are not counted. In 1992 Preliminary Round matches were played in two groups. The results of the matches played between teams in same group were taken to second round, thus counted twice, in this table these results are counted once. The table
24-567: Is sorted by all-time points. Bold indicates club's first championship victory. Estonian Football Association In 2017, FIFA fined the Estonian Football Association 30,000 Swiss francs (26,000 euros) and gave them a warning because of an incident where Bosnia and Herzegovina fans threw burning material onto the field. This article about sports in Estonia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an association football -related organization
30-439: The Meistriliiga Titles won by club (%) The table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Meistriliiga since its inception in 1992. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2022 season. Teams in bold play in the Meistriliiga 2023 season . Numbers in bold are the record (highest) numbers in each column. In this ranking 3 points are awarded for
36-625: The league is fully professional since the 2020 season . As in most countries with low temperatures in winter, the season starts in March and ends in November. Meistriliiga consists of ten clubs, all teams play each other four times. After each season the bottom team is relegated and the top team in Esiliiga that year gets promoted. The second last team plays a two-legged play-off with the second team in Esiliiga for
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