2015 Esiliiga

Esiliiga

Season	2015
Champions	Flora II (2nd title)
Promoted	Tarvas
Relegated	Vaprus Kuressaare
Matches played	180
Goals scored	658 (3.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Eduard Golovljov (41 goals)
Biggest home win	Levadia II 13–1 Kuressaare (20 September 2015)
Biggest away win	Vaprus 0–9 Infonet II (20 September 2015)
Highest scoring	Levadia II 13–1 Kuressaare (20 September 2015)
Longest winning run	10 games Levadia II
Longest unbeaten run	12 games Levadia II
Longest winless run	9 games Tallinna Kalev
Longest losing run	6 games Santos Tallinna Kalev
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The 2015 Esiliiga was the 25th season of the Esiliiga, second-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 8 March 2015 and concluded on 8 November 2015.

Flora II won the league on the last day of the season, finishing with 72 points. It was their second league title.

Tarvas finished 4th and were promoted to the Meistriliiga for the first time in their history. Tallinna Kalev finished 6th and qualified to the promotion play-offs but were beaten by Tammeka 2–4 on aggregate.

Santos finished 8th but avoided the relegation play-offs after Sillamäe Kalev II withdrew. Vaprus and Kuressaare were the bottom two teams and were relegated to the Esiliiga B.

Teams

Kuressaare

Flora II
Infonet II
Levadia II
Nõmme Kalju II
Tallinna Kalev

Irbis

Tarvas

Vaprus

Santos

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Locations of the 2015 Esiliiga teams

Stadia

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Flora II	Tallinn	A. Le Coq Arena	10,340
Infonet II	Tallinn	Lasnamäe KJH Stadium	400
Irbis	Kiviõli	Kiviõli Stadium	180
Kuressaare	Kuressaare	Kuressaare linnastaadion	1,000
Levadia II	Tallinn	Maarjamäe Stadium	30
Nõmme Kalju II	Tallinn	Hiiu Stadium	330
Santos	Tartu	Tamme Stadium	1,750
Tallinna Kalev	Tallinn	Kalev Central Stadium	11,500
Tarvas	Rakvere	Rakvere linnastaadion	1,785
Vaprus	Vändra	Vändra Stadium	307

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Flora II	Jürgen Henn	Sten Sinisalu	Nike	Tele2
Infonet II	Sergei Bragin	Jevgeni Gurtšioglujants	Joma	Infonet
Irbis	Erik Šteinberg	Sergei Kostin	Adidas
Kuressaare	Pelle Pohlak	Sander Viira	Joma	Saaremaa Lihatööstus
Levadia II	Argo Arbeiter	Kaspar Mutso	Adidas	Viimsi Keevitus
Nõmme Kalju II	Zaur Tšilingarašvili		Adidas	Optibet
Santos	Siim Säesk	Taavi Vellemaa	Uhlsport	Värska
Tallinna Kalev	Marko Pärnpuu	Ando Hausenberg	Jako
Tarvas	Valeri Bondarenko	Kaarel Saar	Joma	Aqva
Vaprus	Ranet Lepik	Karel Otto	Macron	Møller Auto Pärnu

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Tallinna Kalev	Sergei Zamogilnõi	Contract expired	8 November 2014	Pre-season	Marko Pärnpuu	25 November 2014
Santos	Algimantas Liubinskas	Contract expired	31 December 2014		Siim Säesk	1 January 2015

Results

Result tables

First half of the season

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