Esiliiga B

The Esiliiga B is the third division in the Estonian football league system. The Esiliiga B is ranked below the Esiliiga and above the II liiga. As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts in March and ends in November.[1]

Esiliiga B

Founded	2013
Country	Estonia
Confederation	UEFA
Divisions	Esiliiga B
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Esiliiga
Relegation to	II liiga
Domestic cup(s)	Estonian Cup
Current champions	Nõmme United (2019)
Website	Esiliiga B
2020 Esiliiga B

Competition format

The league consists of 10 clubs, all teams play each other four times. Both the winning team and the runners-up are promoted to the Esiliiga directly, whereas the third place club will participate in a two-legged play-off with the 8th place club of the Esiliiga for the spot in next year's competition. Same way the 2 bottom placed teams are relegated to the II liiga. The third bottom team can avoid relegation by winning a two-leg play-off against the II Liiga play-off round winners.[2][3]

Clubs

Current clubs

The following clubs are competing in the Esiliiga B during the 2020 season.

Club	Position in 2019	Seasons in Esiliiga B	First season of current spell	Titles	Last title
Keila	6th	3	2019	0	N/A
Nõmme Kalju U21^a	4th	4	2019	2	2017
Läänemaa JK^a. b	3rd II liiga S/W	0	2020	0	N/A
Paide Linnameeskond U21^a, b	8th	3	2017	0	N/A
Rakvere Tarvas^a	8th in Esiliiga	0	2020	0	N/A
Tartu Welco^a	10th in Esiliiga	1	2020	0	N/A
Tabasalu^b	7th	1	2019	0	N/A
Viimsi^a	5th	6	2019	0	N/A
Tallinna Kalev U21^a	9th in Esiliiga	3	2020	0	N/A
Võru Helios^a. b	9th	2	2018	0	N/A

^a – never been relegated from Esiliiga B
^b – never played in Esiliiga
^c – reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

Champions

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Top goalscorer	Goals
2013	Nõmme Kalju II (1)	Pärnu Linnameeskond	Sillamäe Kalev II	Jürgen Kuresoo (Elva)	33
2014	Infonet II Tallinn (1)	Santos Tartu	HÜJK Emmaste	Yuriy Vereshchak (Santos Tartu)	43
2015	Maardu Starbunker (1)	Järve Kohtla-Järve	Sillamäe Kalev II	Klimentiy Boldyrev (Starbunker Maardu)	25
2016	Kuressaare (1)	Elva	Welco Tartu	Maarek Suursaar (Kuressaare)	33
2017	Kalju U21 (2)	Kalev U21	Vaprus Vändra	Karl Anton Sõerde (Kalev U21)	29
2018	Legion	Tartu Tammeka U21	Kohtla-Järve Järve	Rejal Alijev (Legion)	40

Total titles won

Club				Winning seasons
Nõmme Kalju II	2	0	0	2013, 2017
Tallinna Infonet II	1	0	0	2014
Maardu Starbunker	1	0	0	2015
Kuressaare	1	0	0	2016
Tallinna Legion	1	0	0	2018
Kohtla-Järve Järve	0	1	1
Pärnu Linnameeskond	0	1	0
Tartu Santos	0	1	0
Elva	0	1	0
Tartu Tammeka U21	0	1	0
Tallinna Kalev U21	0	1	0
Sillamäe Kalev II	0	0	2
HÜJK Emmaste	0	0	1
Tartu Welco	0	0	1
Vändra Vaprus	0	0	1

All-time Esiliiga B table

The table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Esiliiga B since its inception in 2013. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2018 season. Teams in bold play in the Esiliiga B 2019 season. Numbers in bold are the record (highest) numbers in each column.

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss. Promotion matches and relegation matches involving clubs of higher or lower leagues are not counted.

The table is sorted by all-time points.

Pos.	Club	Seasons	Titles	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
1	Viimsi^1	6	0	216	94	35	87	382	385	−3	317	1.47
2	Sillamäe Kalev U21	5	0	180	79	26	75	336	320	16	263	1.46
3	Kohtla-Järve Järve	5	0	180	72	30	78	280	272	8	246	1.37
4	Nõmme Kalju U21	3	2	108	65	16	27	242	130	112	211	1.95
5	Elva	4	0	144	62	23	59	230	227	3	209	1.45
6	Tartu Tammeka U21	3	0	108	54	18	36	266	167	99	180	1.67
7	Tallinna Kalev U21	3	0	108	49	22	37	203	148	55	169	1.56
8	Tallinna Legion	3	1	108	52	13	43	233	218	15	169	1.56
9	Vändra Vaprus	3	0	108	51	15	42	233	234	-1	168	1.56
10	Raasiku Joker	3	0	108	41	28	39	198	196	2	151	1.40
11	Nõmme United	2	1	72	44	13	15	227	95	132	145	2.01
12	Maardu Linnameeskond^3	2	1	72	42	5	25	162	123	39	131	1.82
13	Pärnu JK	2	0	72	37	12	23	162	104	58	123	1.71
14	Tallinna Ararat	3	0	108	35	15	58	183	244	−61	120	1.11
15	Tallinna Flora U19	5	0	180	28	22	130	187	523	−336	106	0.59
16	Keila	2	0	72	32	10	30	141	143	-2	106	1.47
17	Paide Linnameeskond U21	3	0	108	28	17	63	156	260	−104	101	0.94
18	FCI Tallinn U21^2	1	1	36	32	3	1	124	34	90	99	2.75
19	Tartu Santos	1	0	36	32	0	4	161	27	134	96	2.67
20	Võru Helios	2	0	72	25	13	34	128	167	-39	88	1.22
21	Pärnu Linnameeskond	1	0	36	25	4	7	114	53	61	79	2.19
22	Kuressaare	1	1	36	23	7	6	117	48	69	76	2.11
23	Tartu Welco	1	0	36	20	4	12	74	50	24	64	1.78
24	Tallinna Puuma	1	0	36	13	5	18	60	89	−29	44	1.22
25	Tabasalu	1	0	36	13	4	19	77	79	-2	43	1.19
26	Tallinna Dünamo	1	0	36	9	4	23	42	86	−44	31	0.86
27	Põhja-Tallinna Volta	1	0	36	9	2	25	53	123	−70	29	0.81
28	Lasnamäe Ajax	1	0	36	4	4	28	35	135	-100	16	0.44
29	Viljandi Tulevik U21	1	0	36	4	2	30	26	142	−116	14	0.39

Notes

• Note 1: 2000–2015 HÜJK Emmaste, 2016– Viimsi JK.
• Note 2: 2011–2016 Tallinna FC Infonet II 2017– FCI Tallinn U21.
• Note 3: 2013–2015 Maardu FC Starbunker 2016– Maardu Linnameeskond.

See also

• Meistriliiga
• Esiliiga
• Estonian Cup

References

1. Esiliiga B
2. http://www.jalgpall.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=3867 Estonian Football Association (in Estonian). Esiliiga expanded with B division. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
3. http://www.jalgpall.ee/docs/Eesti%202013.a%20meistriv%F5istluste%20Meistri-ja%20Esiliiga%20juhend.pdf Estonian Football Association (in Estonian). Estonian 2013. Meistriliiga and Esiliiga championship directive. Retrieved 10 November 2013.

External links

• Esiliiga B (in Estonian)