2024 Esiliiga

Esiliiga

Season	2024
Dates	2 March 2024 – 10 November 2024
Champions	Harju
Promoted	Harju
Relegated	Paide Linnameeskond U21 Tabasalu
← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 Esiliiga was the 34th season of the Esiliiga, the second tier of Estonian football. The season began on 2 March 2024 and concluded on 10 November 2024.

The winners (Harju) were promoted to the 2025 Meistriliiga. The runners-up (Viimsi) qualified for the Meistriliiga play-off, losing and remaining in the league. The eighth-placed team (Elva) qualified for the Esiliiga play-off, winning and retaining their place in the league. The bottom two teams (Paide Linnameeskond U21 and Tabasalu) were relegated to the 2025 Esiliiga B.

Teams

The league consisted of ten teams; seven teams remaining from the previous season, two teams promoted from the Esiliiga B, and one team relegated from the Meistriliiga. The promoted teams were 2023 Esiliiga B champions Welco, and runners-up Tallinna Kalev U21 (replacing the relegated 2023 Esiliiga teams, Alliance and Legion). The relegated team was Harju (replacing the promoted 2023 Esiliiga team, Nõmme United).

Stadiums and locations

Flora U21
Levadia U21
Tallinn

Paide U21

Elva

Harju

Tabasalu

Viimsi

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Locations of the 2024 Esiliiga teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Elva	Elva	Elva linnastaadion	30[1]
FCI Levadia U21	Tallinn	Maarjamäe Stadium	30[2]
Flora U21		Sportland Arena	1,172[3]
Harju	Laagri	Laagri Stadium	400[4]
Paide Linnameeskond U21	Paide	Paide linnastaadion	500[5]
Tabasalu	Tabasalu	Tabasalu Arena	1,630[6]
Tallinn	Tallinn	Lasnamäe Sports Complex Stadium	200[7]
Tallinna Kalev U21		Kalevi Keskstaadion artificial turf	270[8]
Viimsi	Haabneeme	Viimsi Stadium	800[9]
Welco	Tartu	Holm Jalgpallipark	580[10]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Elva	Kaido Koppel	Jürgen Kuresoo	Nike	Sportland
FCI Levadia U21	Santi García	Sergei Mošnikov	Macron	Admirals, Viimsi Keevitus
Flora U21	Taavi Viik	Oskar Hendrikson	Nike	Optibet
Harju	Victor Silva		Adidas
Paide Linnameeskond U21	Andreja Varicak		Capelli	Verston
Tabasalu	Alan Arruda	Märten Subka	Uhlsport	Eventtents, Rademar
Tallinn	Andrei Kalimullin	Albert Taar	Adidas
Tallinna Kalev U21	Alo Bärengrub		Macron	Unibet
Viimsi	Ivo Lehtmets		Joma	Assa Abloy
Welco	Jaanus Reitel	Tauno Tekko	Adidas	Holm

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Harju (C, P)	36	22	12	2	110	42	+68	78	Promotion to the Meistriliiga
2	Viimsi	36	22	9	5	75	42	+33	75	Qualification for the Meistriliiga play-off
3	Flora U21	36	20	6	10	96	55	+41	66
4	Welco	36	16	12	8	70	44	+26	60
5	Tallinn	36	15	8	13	67	54	+13	53
6	FCI Levadia U21	36	13	5	18	60	71	−11	44
7	Tallinna Kalev U21	36	11	9	16	72	87	−15	42
8	Elva (O)	36	10	11	15	47	62	−15	41	Qualification for the Esiliiga play-off
9	Paide Linnameeskond U21 (R)	36	7	4	25	47	121	−74	25	Relegation to the Esiliiga B
10	Tabasalu (R)	36	4	4	28	35	101	−66	16

Source: Esiliiga
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) Fair-play points; 10) Draw^[11]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Teams face each other four times (twice at home and twice away).

Home \ Away	ELV	FCI	FLO	HAR	PLM	TAB	TAL	TAK	VII	WEL	ELV	FCI	FLO	HAR	PLM	TAB	TAL	TAK	VII	WEL
Elva		2–3	2–2	0–0	2–2	3–1	2–3	2–2	0–2	1–0		2–0	1–3	2–1	3–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	0–1
FCI Levadia U21	3–0		1–3	1–2	3–0	5–1	0–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	0–0		2–4	4–3	2–1	2–1	2–3	0–3	1–2	1–0
Flora U21	2–0	3–1		1–1	2–0	4–0	0–4	1–3	1–3	1–1	2–0	4–1		1–3	1–2	5–0	4–0	6–1	4–1	0–1
Harju	5–0	3–2	2–0		6–0	4–3	1–1	3–3	2–2	0–0	1–0	4–0	4–1		7–0	5–1	2–1	3–3	0–0	1–1
Paide Linnameeskond U21	1–2	3–1	1–11	2–8		3–0	0–1	0–1	0–5	1–6	3–4	5–1	2–4	0–6		3–3	2–2	1–7	0–3	1–2
Tabasalu	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–4	0–1		1–2	3–3	0–3	1–3	0–3	3–2	1–4	1–3	1–3		1–0	1–3	1–2	0–4
Tallinn	4–0	3–4	2–4	1–1	8–1	4–0		3–2	0–2	1–1	3–4	1–2	1–1	0–2	3–0	3–1		2–2	0–1	1–3
Tallinna Kalev U21	4–0	1–3	1–3	1–4	3–5	0–1	1–3		2–2	0–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–6	3–0	4–2	0–2		3–1	4–2
Viimsi	1–1	1–1	2–4	2–2	5–0	1–0	2–2	3–1		2–4	2–1	1–0	3–2	4–4	1–0	1–0	1–0	6–0		1–1
Welco	0–0	3–2	2–2	0–2	2–1	2–0	3–0	5–2	0–1		0–0	1–1	3–5	1–4	2–2	6–0	1–1	3–0	1–3

Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Esiliiga play-off

The eighth-placed club (Elva) faced the third-placed club from the 2024 Esiliiga B (Legion) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2025 Esiliiga.

First leg

Legion v Elva

17 November 2024	Legion	0–3	Elva	Tallinn
10:30 BST			Jaagant 29' Põldsaar 65' (pen.) Ivaste 89'	Stadium: Sportland Arena

Second leg

Elva v Legion

24 November 2024	Elva	6–0 (9–0 agg.)	Legion	Elva
10:30 BST				Stadium: Elva linnastaadion

References

1. "Elva linna staadion". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
2. "Maarjamäe jalgpallikeskus". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
3. "Sportland Arena - ESR". www.spordiregister.ee. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
4. "Laagri spordihoone staadion ja palliväljakud". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
5. "Paide linna staadion". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
6. "Tabasalu Spordikompleksi staadion". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
7. "Lasnamäe Spordikompleksi staadion - ESR". www.spordiregister.ee. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
8. "Kalevi Keskstaadioni kunstmuruväljak - ESR". www.spordiregister.ee. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
9. "Viimsi staadion". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
10. "Holm Jalgpallipark - ESR". www.spordiregister.ee. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
11. "Eesti 2023. a jalgpalli meistrivõistluste Premium ja Esiliigade juhend" (PDF) (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. pp. 17–18. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

External links

• Official website