2020 Esiliiga

Esiliiga
Season	2020
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The 2020 Esiliiga was the 30th season of the Esiliiga, second tier of Estonian football.

Teams

A total of 10 teams contest in the league, including 6 sides from the 2019 season, one relegated from 2019 Meistriliiga and three promoted from the 2019 Esiliiga B.^[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Maardu Linnameeskond	15	11	1	3	29	18	+11	34	Promotion to the Meistriliiga
2	Nõmme United	16	9	6	1	39	16	+23	33	Qualification for promotion play-offs
3	Pärnu Vaprus	16	8	6	2	36	16	+20	30
4	Flora II^[a]	15	6	4	5	23	15	+8	22^[b]
5	Elva	15	6	4	5	25	25	0	22^[b]
6	Vändra	15	6	2	7	26	30	−4	20
7	FCI Levadia II^[a]	15	5	3	7	17	23	−6	18
8	Tammeka II^[a]	15	5	0	10	19	29	−10	15^[c]	Qualification for relegation play-offs
9	Pärnu	15	4	3	8	19	32	−13	15^[c]	Relegation to Esiliiga B
10	Kohtla-Järve Järve^[d]	15	0	3	12	4	33	−29	0	Relegation to Esiliiga B

Updated to match(es) played on 6 August 2020. Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian),
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less matches awarded against; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fairplay ranking.^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Flora U21 3, Elva 0
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Tammeka U21 3, Pärnu 0
^ Kohtla-Järve Järve deducted 3 points for financial issues.

Relegation play-offs

At season's end the 8th placed club of Esiliiga plays a two-legged play-off with the 3rd placed team of the Esiliiga B.

Results

First half of the season

Home \ Away	ELV	FLO	JÄR	LEV	MAA	NÕM	PÄR	PVA	TAM	VÄN
Elva	—		2–1	4–0	0–2	2–4	4–2	2–2	2–1
Flora II		—	0–0	2–1	5–0	2–3		0–1	2–0	1–2
Järve	0–1		—	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–2	0–5	0–1
FCI Levadia II	1–1	1–1	1–0	—		1–4	3–1	2–1		3–1
Maardu Linnameeskond	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	—			2–1	5–0	3–1
Nõmme United	0–0	2–1	0–0		5–0	—	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–1
Pärnu	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–3	—	1–1		0–2
Pärnu Vaprus		2–2	7–0	0–0	3–2	1–0	1–1	—	3–0	4–1
Tammeka II	5–1	0–2		2–0	1–2	0–4	6–1	1–2	—	1–0
Vändra	2–3	1–3	3–1	3–2		3–3	3–2		2–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 6 August 2020. Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season

Home \ Away	ELV	FLO	JÄR	LEV	MAA	NÕM	PÄR	PVA	TAM	VÄN
Elva	—
Flora II		—
Järve			—
FCI Levadia II				—
Maardu Linnameeskond					—
Nõmme United						—
Pärnu							—
Pärnu Vaprus								—
Tammeka II									—
Vändra										—

Updated to match(es) played on Pre-season. Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

^ "Jalgpalliliidu juhatus kinnitas tippliigade koosseisud" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 4 January 2018.
^ "Esiliiga" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

[table_note_FLO0.82964854120726-2] Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

[table_hth_FLO0.82964854120726-3] Head-to-head points: Flora U21 3, Elva 0

[table_hth_TAM0.82964854120726-4] Head-to-head points: Tammeka U21 3, Pärnu 0

[table_note_JÄR0.82964854120726-5] Kohtla-Järve Järve deducted 3 points for financial issues.

[1] "Jalgpalliliidu juhatus kinnitas tippliigade koosseisud" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 4 January 2018.

[6] "Esiliiga" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

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