Estonian football league season for third division
Football league season
The 2018 Esiliiga B was the 6th season of the Esiliiga B , third-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2013.
Teams
Of the 10 participating teams 4 remained following the 2017 Esiliiga B . The 2017 champions Kalju U21 , runners-up Kalev U21 and 4th placed Keila JK were promoted to Esiliiga , while 10th place Sillamäe Kalev U21 was relegated and Viimsi JK and Raasiku Joker decided not to participate in 2018 Esiliiga B .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] For this season those six teams will be replaced by 6 II Liiga teams. They are: Lasnamäe Ajax , Nõmme United , Pärnu JK , Tallinna Legion , Flora U19 and Võru Helios . Only Tallinna Legion and Flora U19 have played in Esiliiga B before.[ 5] [ 6]
Stadia
Locations of the 2016 Esiliiga B teams
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Results
League table
Source:
soccerway (in English) ,
Esiliiga B (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.
[ 17] (C) Champions;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
^ Paide escaped relegation due to vacant league spot after Tartu Santos from 2018 Esiliiga were relegated down two league levels.[ 16]
^ Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.
Results tables
First half of the season
Updated to match(es) played on July 2018. Source:
Esiliiga B Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Second half of the season
Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2018. Source:
Esiliiga B Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Positions by round
Leader and promotion to 2019 Esiliiga Qualification to promotion play-offs Qualification to relegation play-offs Relegation to 2019 II liiga
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
Team ╲ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 TJK Legion 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Tammeka U21 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Kohtla-Järve Järve 10 10 10 8 6 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Pärnu JK 7 4 3 5 5 7 7 7 5 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 Nõmme United 1 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 Võru Helios 4 3 6 6 7 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Vändra Vaprus 8 8 5 3 3 4 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 Flora U19 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 Paide U21 6 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 Lasnamäe Ajax 9 6 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 10
Season statistics
Top scorers
Updated on 20 July.[ 18]
Awards
Monthly awards
Esiliiga B Player of the Year
Rejal Alijev was named Esiliiga B Player of the Year.[ 26]
See also
References
External links
League competitions
Cup competitions
European competitions
Related to national teams