2023 in Estonian football

This page summarizes everything related to Estonian football in the year 2023. It contains information about different league systems, national teams, futsal, beach football and most important transfers.

Football in Estonia
Season2023
Men's football
MeistriliigaTallinna FC Flora
EsiliigaFC Nõmme United
Esiliiga BTartu JK Welco
Beach footballBSC Thunder Arvutitark
Indoor footballTallinna FC Cosmos
Tipneri karikasJK Narva Trans
SupercupPaide Linnameeskond
Women's football
MeistriliigaTallinna FC Flora
EsiliigaTallinna FC Ararat
Indoor football
Estonian CupSaku Sporting
SupercupTallinna FC Flora
← 2022 Estonia 2024 →

National teams edit

Times are EET/EEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA.

Association football edit

Men edit

Senior edit

The Estonian men's senior football team started the year with a training camp in Portugal, playing friendly matches against Sweden and Finland. Most players were from the Premium Liiga because the games didn't match the FIFA international schedule, so players from foreign clubs had to stick with their teams. In March, they entered a new qualifying tournament and held a lead against Austria for about 40 minutes but ended up losing 1–2. The next match against Azerbaijan ended in a 1–1 draw. However, the team faced difficulties in the following six qualifying games, resulting in a not-so-great goal difference of 0:19.

8 January Friendly Iceland   1–1   Estonia Albufeira, Portugal
19:00 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Estadio da Nora
Referee: Miguel Nogueira (Portugal)
12 January Friendly Finland   0–1   Estonia Albufeira, Portugal
19:00 (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Estadio da Nora
Referee: Gustavo Correia (Portugal)
23 March Friendly Hungary   1–0   Estonia Budapest, Hungary
19:00 (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Puskas Arena
Attendance: 37,804
Referee: Walter Altmann (Austria)
27 March 2024 EC qualifying — first round Austria   2–1   Estonia Linz, Austria
21:45 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena
Attendance: 16,500[1]
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
17 June 2024 EC qualifying — first round Azerbaijan   1–1   Estonia Baku, Azerbaijan
19:00 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Dalga Arena
Attendance: 3,900[2]
Referee: Ondřej Berka (Czech Republic)
20 June 2024 EC qualifying — first round Estonia   0–3   Belgium Tallinn, Estonia
21:45 (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 11,772[3]
Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)
9 September 2024 EC qualifying — first round Estonia   0–5   Sweden Tallinn, Estonia
21:45 (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 11,411[4]
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)
12 September 2024 EC qualifying — first round Belgium   5–0   Estonia Brussels, Belgium
21:45 (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium
Attendance: 24,127[5]
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
13 October 2024 EC qualifying — first round Estonia   0–2   Azerbaijan Tallinn, Estonia
21:45 (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 5,652[6]
Referee: Robert Schröder (Germany)
17 October Friendly Estonia   1–1   Thailand Tallinn, Estonia
19:00 (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 1,502
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)
16 November 2024 EC qualifying — first round Estonia   0–2   Austria Tallinn, Estonia
20:00 (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 4,488[7]
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
19 November 2024 EC qualifying — first round Sweden   2–0   Estonia Solna, Sweden
19:00 (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Friends Arena
Attendance: 11,201
Referee: Fabio Maresca (Italy)
U21 edit
24 March Friendly Bahrain   3–3   Estonia Budaiya, Bahrain
20:30 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Hamad Town Stadium
Referee: Ismaeel Habib (Bahrain)
26 March Friendly Bahrain   1–1   Estonia Budaiya, Bahrain
21:30 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Hamad Town Stadium
Referee: Mohamed Jamal (Bahrain)
20 June 2025 EC qualifying — first round Kosovo   2–0   Estonia Pristina, Kosovo
21:00
Report Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Joey Kooij (Netherlands)
7 September 2025 EC qualifying — first round Estonia   1–1   Bulgaria Tallinn, Estonia
17:30
Report
Stadium: Kadriorg Stadium
Attendance: 327
Referee: Jasper Vergoote (Belgium)
12 September 2025 EC qualifying — first round Estonia   0–1   Poland Tallinn, Estonia
19:00 Report
Stadium: Lilleküla Stadium
Attendance: 379
Referee: Stefan Ebner (Austria)
17 October 2025 EC qualifying — first round Poland   5–0   Estonia Stalowa Wola, Poland
19:00
Report Stadium: Podkarpackie Centrum Piłki Nożnej
Attendance: 3,544
Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam (Norway)
U19 edit
21 February Friendly Hungary   0–0   Estonia Valencia, Spain
16:00 (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Camps de Futbol Oliva Nova
Referee: Francisco José Ortega Herrera (Spain)
23 February Friendly Estonia   1–2   Hungary Valencia, Spain
16:00 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Camps de Futbol Oliva Nova
Referee: Jose Miguel Carballa Minana (Spain)
22 March 2023 EC qualifying — elite round Estonia   0–3   Greece Waterford, Ireland
21:30 Report
Stadium: Waterford Regional Sports Centre
Referee: Ivar Orri Kristjansson (Iceland)
28 March 2023 EC qualifying — elite round Slovakia   3–1   Estonia Waterford, Ireland
21:30
Report
Stadium: Waterford Regional Sports Centre
Referee: Luca Cibelli (Switzerland)
U17 edit
31 August Friendly Sweden   v   Estonia Stockholm, Sweden
3 September Friendly Sweden   v   Estonia Stockholm, Sweden

Women edit

Senior edit
15 February Friendly Estonia   1–2   Kosovo Alanya, Turkey
17:30 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Goldcity Sport Complex
Referee: Parida Lutpaliyeva (Turkey)
18 February Unofficial friendly Estonia   8–1   Kyrgyzstan Turkey
13:00 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Türkler Fields
Referee: Altan Öscar (Turkey)
18 February Friendly Jordan   Cancelled   Estonia Alanya, Turkey
17:30 (UTC+3) Stadium: Goldcity Sport Complex
21 February Friendly Estonia   1–1   North Macedonia Alanya, Turkey
14:00 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Goldcity Sport Complex
Referee: Farida Lutfaliyeva (Azerbaijan)
7 April Friendly Estonia   1–2   Malta Tallinn, Estonia
19:00 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Sportland Arena
Attendance: 302
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)
11 April Friendly Estonia   v   Ukraine Tallinn, Estonia
19:00 (UTC+3) Stadium: Sportland Arena
U17 edit
8 February Friendly Spain   12–0   Estonia Madrid, Spain
12:00 (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: La Ciudad del Fútbol
Referee: Patricia Gomez (Spain)
8 March 2024 EC qualifying — second round Estonia   0–2   Poland Buftea, Romania
11:00 (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Football Centre FRF
Referee: Audrey Gerbel (France)
11 March 2024 EC qualifying — second round Czech Republic   5–0   Estonia Buftea, Romania
11:00 (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Football Centre FRF
Referee: Oxana Cruc (Moldova)
14 March 2024 EC qualifying — second round Romania   4–3   Estonia Buftea, Romania
16:00 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Football Centre FRF
Referee: Lotta Vuorio (Finland)
5 April Friendly Poland   6–0   Estonia Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Poland
13:00 (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: MKS Swit stadium
Referee: Ewelina Fidorczuk-Sipko (Poland)

Futsal edit

Men edit

Senior edit
11 January Futsal Week Estonia   1–7   Romania Poreč, Croatia
18:00 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Finida Hall
Referee: Vedran Marcinko (Croatia)
12 January Futsal Week Hungary   7–0   Estonia Poreč, Croatia
15:30 (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Finida Hall
Referee: Aleš Peric Mocnik (Croatia)
13 January Futsal Week Estonia   1–2   Greenland Poreč, Croatia
15:00 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Finida Hall
Referee: Aleš Peric Mocnik (Croatia)
14 January Futsal Week Bosnia and Herzegovina   5–0   Estonia Poreč, Croatia
18:00 (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Finida Hall
Referee: Jernej Petek (Croatia)
4 March Friendly Iraq   4–0   Estonia Rabat, Morocco
19:00 Report
6 March Friendly Morocco   11–0   Estonia Rabat, Morocco
19:00 Report
7 March Friendly Morocco   10–0   Estonia Rabat, Morocco
19:00 Report
13 April Friendly Estonia   0–3   Georgia Tallinn, Estonia
19:30 Report
Stadium: Kalev Sports Hall
Attendance: 88
Referee: Eduardas Fatkullins (Latvia)
14 April Friendly Estonia   2–9   Georgia Tallinn, Estonia
14:00
Report
Stadium: Kalev Sports Hall
Attendance: 42
Referee: Eduardas Fatkullins (Latvia)
U19 edit
4 January Futsal Week Belgium   7–0   Estonia Poreč, Croatia
19:15 (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Finida Hall
Referee: Dino Kramar (Croatia)
6 January Futsal Week San Marino   0–6   Estonia Poreč, Croatia
16:30 (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Finida Hall
Referee: Sergeis Šacmans (Croatia)
7 January Futsal Week Estonia   2–5   Turkey Poreč, Croatia
16:30 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Finida Hall
Referee: Yasin Alageyik (Croatia)
18 January 2024 EC qualifying — first round Estonia   1–1   Lithuania Druskininkai, Lithuania
19:30 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: LSC Hall
Referee: Drazen Vukcevic (Montenegro), Martin Køster (Denmark)
19 January 2024 EC qualifying — first round Estonia   4–5   England Druskininkai, Lithuania
19:30 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: LSC Hall
Referee: Bogdan Hanceariuc (Romania), Drazen Vukcevic (Montenegro)
21 January 2024 EC qualifying — first round Malta   4–3   Estonia Druskininkai, Lithuania
19:30 (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: LSC Hall
Referee: Bogdan Hanceariuc (Romania), Drazen Vukcevic (Montenegro)

Beach edit

Men edit

Senior edit

League system edit

Association football edit

Men edit

Premium liiga edit

Relegation play-off:

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Viimsi JK (Esiliiga 2nd) 1–6 Tartu JK Tammeka (Meistriliiga 9th) 0–5 1–1
Esiliiga edit

Relegation play-off:

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FA Tartu Kalev (Esiliiga B 4th) 1–2 FC Elva (Esiliiga 8th) 0–0 1–2 (AET)
Esiliiga B edit

Relegation play-off:

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Harju JK Laagri U21 (II S/W 1st) 1–2 Nõmme Kalju FC U21 (Esiliiga B 8th) 1–2 0–0
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jõhvi FC Phoenix (II N/E 2nd) 11–3 Saku Sporting (II S/W 5th) 6–1 5–2
Jõhvi FC Phoenix (play-off winner) 5–6 Läänemaa JK (Esiliiga B 9th) 3–0 2–6 (AET)
II liiga edit

Champion's match:

Relegation play-off:

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sillamäe FC NPM Silmet (III E 5th) w/o (III N 2nd)
Sillamäe FC NPM Silmet (play-off winner) 7–3 Tallinna FC Ararat (II N/E 12th) 2–2 5–1
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tabasalu Ulasabat C.F. (III W 2nd) w/o (III S 2nd)
Tabasalu Ulasabat C.F. (play-off winner) 7–0 Keila JK (II S/W 12th) 3–0 4–0
III liiga edit

Champion's match:

4 November Semifinal Paide Linnameeskond III 2–1 Tallinna FC Zapoos Paide, Estonia
14:30 UTC+03
  • Rivo Reinson   70'
  • Carl Tubarik   79'
Report
  •   90+2' Oliver Karlson
Stadium: Paide kunstmurustaadion
Attendance: 36
Referee: Andree Porila
Semifinal Tallinna JK Puuma w/o Tartu Team Helm
12 November Final Paide Linnameeskond III 5–4 Tartu Team Helm Paide, Estonia
16:30 UTC+03
  • Martin Ustaal   18'
  • Jüri Jevdokimov   53' (pen.), 84' (pen.)
  • Rivo Reinson   59'
  • Rene Puhke   79'
Report
  •   34' (pen.), 55', 90+4' (pen.) Rait Läll
  •   44' Karl Albert Türn
Stadium: Paide kunstmuruväljak
Attendance: 45
Referee: Rasmus Maalinn
IV liiga edit
21 October Final Kristiine JK 3–0 Tabasalu Ulasabat C.F. II Tallinn, Estonia
13:00 UTC+03
  • Tauri Leppik   45+2', 50'
  • Jesper Talviste   80'
Report Stadium: Wismari jalgpallistaadion
Attendance: 116
Referee: Maksim Ševelilov

Women edit

Naiste Meistriliiga edit

Relegation tournament: