The 2002 Meistriliiga was the 12th season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Flora won their sixth title.

Meistriliiga
Season2002
ChampionsFlora
(6th title)
Top goalscorerAndrei Krõlov (37)
2001
2003

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flora (C) 28 20 4 4 79 25 +54 64 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Maardu Levadia[a] 28 18 8 2 70 25 +45 62 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[b]
3 TVMK 28 16 5 7 90 35 +55 53
4 Narva Trans 28 14 5 9 54 49 +5 47 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5 Tulevik 28 10 6 12 51 52 −1 36
6 Tallinna Levadia[c] 28 6 5 17 32 70 −38 23
7 Lootus (R) 28 5 6 17 24 67 −43 21 Qualification for relegation play-offs
8 Levadia Pärnu (R) 28 1 5 22 19 96 −77 8 Relegation to Esiliiga
Source: RSSSF – Estonia 2002
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) head-to-head goals scored; 6) goal difference; 7) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Club changed their name to Levadia Tallinn in 2004
  2. ^ TVMK Qualified As Estonian Cup winners
  3. ^ Club changed their name to Levadia II Tallinn in 2004

Relegation play-off

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Kuressaare1–1Lootus
A. Dubõkin   2' Popov   41'
Lootus0–1Kuressaare
Õun   85'

Kuressaare won 2–1 on aggregate and were promoted for the 2003 Meistriliiga. Lootus were relegated to the 2003 Esiliiga.

Results

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Each team played every opponent four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 games.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1   Andrei Krõlov TVMK 37
2   Maksim Gruznov Narva Trans 24
3   Tor Henning Hamre Flora 23
4   Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko Tulevik 20
5   Dmitri Ustritski Tulevik 16
6   Vitali Leitan Levadia 14
7   Vladimir Tšelnokov Levadia 12
8   Argo Arbeiter Levadia 11
  Aleksandr Kulik Flora
  Ingemar Teever TVMK

See also

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References

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