2005 Esiliiga

The 2005 Esiliiga is the 15th season of the Esiliiga, second-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992.

Esiliiga
Season2005
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JK Pärnu Vaprus gained automatic promotion to the Meistriliiga. FC Ajax Lasnamäe also went up after winning the promotion/relegation play-off against FC Kuressaare. The league's top-scorer was FC Ajax Lasnamäe youngster Nikita Andreev with 29 goals.

Final table of Esiliiga season 2005
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Vaprus Pärnu (C, P) 36 26 6 4 94 39 +55 84 Promotion to Meistriliiga
2 Levadia II Tallinn[lower-alpha 1] 36 26 4 6 104 31 +73 82
3 Ajax Lasnamäe (P) 36 23 8 5 111 30 +81 77 Qualification for promotion play-offs
4 Kalev Tallinn 36 18 9 9 85 71 +14 63
5 Tervis Pärnu 36 14 8 14 73 53 +20 50
6 TVMK II Tallinn[lower-alpha 1] 36 12 5 19 51 80 −29 41
7 FC Elva 36 10 6 20 42 71 −29 36
8 Lelle SK (R) 36 11 1 24 49 100 −51 34 Qualification for relegation play-offs
9 Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi (R) 36 9 4 23 38 100 −62 31 Relegation to II liiga
10 Merkuur-Juunior Tartu (R) 36 3 5 28 27 97 −70 14
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

Promotion/Relegation playoff
Lasnamäe Ajax1 – 0Kuressaare
Rõtškov  49'
Kuressaare2 – 1Lasnamäe Ajax
Kluge  11'
Pukk  90+1'		 Andreev  46'

FC Ajax Lasnamäe beat FC Kuressaare 2–2 on away goals rule. Ajax Lasnamäe promoted to Meistriliiga, Kuressaare relegated to Esiliiga.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
As of 1 December 2005.[1][2]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Nikita AndreevLasnamäe Ajax29
2 Verner UiboPärnu Vaprus19
3 Indrek JoostPärnu Vaprus18
4 Andrei AfanasovTallinna Kalev15
Yaroslav DmitrievLasnamäe Ajax15
Tiit TikenbergTallinna Kalev15
7 Aleksandr RulkovLevadia II14
8 Aleksei TitovLasnamäe Ajax13
9 Dmitri KirilovTallinna Kalev12
Kaupo MargusonovPärnu Tervis12

See also

References
  1. "EL VÄRAVALÖÖJATE EDETABEL (2005)" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
  2. "MÄNGUDE AJALUGU" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
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