Football in Estonia
Season2023
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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.

Men's football

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National teams

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Association football

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Senior
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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 October Friendly Estonia   v   Thailand Tallinn, Estonia
19:00 (UTC+3) Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Youth
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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)
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)
31 August Friendly Sweden   v   Estonia Stockholm, Sweden
3 September Friendly Sweden   v   Estonia Stockholm, Sweden

Futsal

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Senior
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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
7 March Friendly Morocco   10–0   Estonia Rabat, Morocco
19:00
13 April Friendly Estonia   v   Georgia Tallinn, Estonia
19:30 Stadium: Kalev Sports Hall
14 April Friendly Estonia   v   Georgia Tallinn, Estonia
14:00 Stadium: Kalev Sports Hall
Youth
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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

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Senior
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League system

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Association football

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Premium liiga
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Relegation play-off:

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
(Esiliiga 2nd) (Meistriliiga 9th)
Esiliiga
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Relegation play-off:

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
(Esiliiga B 3rd) (Esiliiga 8th)
Esiliiga B
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Relegation play-off:

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
(II N/E 2nd) (II S/W 2nd)
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
(II league p-o winner) (Esiliiga B 8th)
Lower leagues
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II liiga
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III liiga
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IV liiga
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Youth
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Futsal

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Coolbet saaliliiga
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Main phase:

Play-offs:

Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
                     
1 Tallinna FC Cosmos 7
8 JK Kohila 3
 
 
3 Sillamäe FC NPM Silmet 12
6 Narva United FC 5
 
 
2 Viimsi FC Smsraha 7
7 Aruküla Radius 0
 
 
4 Jõhvi FC Phoenix 0
5 Tartu Ravens Futsal 6

Relegation play-off:

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kadrina Vitamin Well (Esiliiga 3rd) Rummu Dünamo (Coolbet Saaliliiga 9th)
Saalijalgpalli esiliiga
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Beach

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Coolbet Meistriliiga
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Rannajalgpalli esiliiga
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Cup competitions

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Association football

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Estonian Cup
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Small Cup
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Supercup
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Futsal

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Estonian Cup
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Supercup
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European competitions

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Association football

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County competition

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Women's football

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National teams

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Association football

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Senior
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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   v   Malta Tallinn, Estonia
19:00 (UTC+3) Stadium: Sportland Arena
11 April Friendly Estonia   v   Ukraine Tallinn, Estonia
19:00 (UTC+3) Stadium: Sportland Arena
Youth
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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)

League system

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Association football

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Naiste Meistriliiga
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Relegation play-off:

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
(Esiliiga 2nd) (Meistriliiga 7th)
Naiste Esiliiga
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Youth
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Cup competition

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Association football

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Estonian Cup
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Small Cup
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Association football

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European competitions

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Association football

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Notable transfers

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Players are listed in an alphabetical order. Players with an "*" behind their name have changed teams inside and outside of Meistriliiga. Player's last team is listed as "free agent" if he has not represented a team in the previous six months. Player's next team is listed as "free agent" if he has not found a new club within the following six months.

Inside Meistriliiga

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Listed are players, who have joined or left a club participating in the 2023 Meistriliiga. The player must have represented the Estonian national team at least once. The list may also contain more known players, who have either changed their club inside the lower leagues or retired from football.

Outside Meistriliiga

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Listed are all Estonian footballers, who have joined or left a foreign team.

Foreign players

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Listed are all foreign players that have joined or left a team participating in the 2023 Meistriliiga.

Managerial changes

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Listed are all clubs, who play in the top divisions (Meistriliiga, Esiliiga, Esiliiga B), and national teams who changed managers after the end of the 2022 season.

References

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