1995–96 Meistriliiga

The 1995–96 Meistriliiga was the fifth season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Lantana won their first title.

Meistriliiga
Season1995–96
ChampionsLantana
(1st title)
RelegatedPJK Kalev
UEFA CupLantana
Flora
Cup Winners' CupTallinna Sadam
Intertoto CupNarva Trans
Top goalscorerLembit Rajala (16)

Preliminary round edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lantana 14 10 3 1 37 8 +29 33 Qualification for Championship Tournament
2 Narva Trans 14 6 4 4 22 16 +6 22
3 Flora 14 6 4 4 37 19 +18 22
4 Tallinna Sadam 14 6 3 5 23 16 +7 21
5 Tevalte-Marlekor 14 6 2 6 20 19 +1 20
6 Tervis 14 5 2 7 13 17 −4 17
7 Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 14 3 8 3 13 17 −4 17 Qualification for Meistriliiga Transition Tournament
8 PJK Kalev 14 0 2 12 8 61 −53 2
Source: [citation needed]

Results edit

Home \ Away JEP FLO PJK LAN SAD TER MAR TRS
Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–0 0–0
Flora 2–2 5–0 1–5 3–0 7–0 2–1 0–1
PJK Kalev 1–1 0–5 0–1 0–4 1–5 1–4 2–4
Lantana 4–1 1–1 10–0 2–1 2–0 -:+ 1–0
Tallinna Sadam 0–0 2–2 7–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–0
Tervis 0–2 2–6 5–0 2–4 1–2 3–1 2–2
Tevalte-Marlekor 0–0 2–1 5–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 4–2
Narva Trans 4–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Tournament edit

The points obtained during the preliminary round were carried over halved and rounded up.

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Qualification
1 Lantana (C) 10 6 2 2 21 7 +14 17 37 Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
2 Flora 10 6 2 2 14 3 +11 11 31
3 Tevalte-Marlekor 10 7 0 3 13 10 +3 10 31
4 Tallinna Sadam 10 4 1 5 17 19 −2 11 24 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
5 Narva Trans 10 2 2 6 11 16 −5 11 19 Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
6 Tervis 10 1 1 8 7 28 −21 9 13
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

Results edit

Home \ Away FLO LAN SAD TER MAR TRS
Flora 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–1
Lantana 0–1 3–4 3–0 3–0 4–2
Tallinna Sadam 0–0 0–3 2–5 1–3 3–2
Tervis 1–5 0–3 0–5 -:+ 0–5
Tevalte-Marlekor 0–4 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0
Narva Trans 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–3
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Meistriliiga Transition Tournament edit

Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi and PJK Kalev, the teams finishing in the last two positions in the preliminary round, faced four best teams of the 1995-96 Esiliiga in the play-off for two places in the 1996-97 Meistriliiga.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 10 7 0 3 23 7 +16 21 Promotion to Meistriliiga
2 Vall (P) 10 7 0 3 18 9 +9 21
3 Norma 10 5 2 3 13 11 +2 17 Relegation to Esiliiga
4 PJK Kalev (R) 10 4 2 4 12 20 −8 14
5 Dünamo 10 2 2 6 8 14 −6 8
6 TJK 10 1 2 7 9 22 −13 5
Source: [citation needed]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1   Lembit Rajala Flora 16
2   Maksim Gruznov Lantana 12
3   Andrei Borissov Lantana 8
  Boriss Nejolov Narva Trans
  Ivan O'Konnel-Bronin Tervis Pärnu/Flora
  Aleksandr Olerski Tevalte/Marlekor
  Dmitri Ustritski Tallinna Sadam

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Estonia - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.