Meistriliiga
Season1992
ChampionsNorma
(1st title)
RelegatedMaardu
Champions LeagueNorma
Top goalscorerSergei Bragin (18)
← 1991 (nonofficial)

The 1992 Meistriliiga was the inaugural season of the Meistriliiga, the top division of the Estonian football. It was the first domestic competition since the Baltic nation had gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Fourteen teams competed in this edition, played in the spring to make the transition to autumn to spring season in the same year. Norma Tallinn won the title.

Preliminary round

Western Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Norma 6 6 0 0 29 3 +26 12 Qualification for Championship Tournament
2 TVMV 6 4 1 1 21 6 +15 9
3 Vigri 6 4 0 2 16 14 +2 8
4 Pärnu 6 2 2 2 10 12 −2 6
5 Dünamo 6 2 1 3 7 12 −5 5 Qualification for Relegation Tournament
6 Viljandi 6 0 1 5 6 23 −17 1
7 Merkuur 6 0 1 5 5 24 −19 1
Source:[citation needed]

Results

Home \ Away NOR VMV VIG PJK DÜN TUL MER
Norma 2–1 6–0 3–1 3–0 6–1 9–0
TVMV 1–2 2–1 4–0 3–0 4–3 4–3
Vigri 0–6 1–2 4–0 3–0 4–3 4–3
Pärnu 1–3 3–3 0–4 1–1 4–1 2–1
Dünamo 0–3 0–4 0–3 1–1 4–0 2–1
Viljandi 1–6 0–4 3–4 1–4 0–4 1–1
Merkuur 0–9 0–7 3–4 0–1 1–2 1–1
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Eastern Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Flora 6 5 1 0 36 4 +32 11 Qualification for Championship Tournament
2 Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 6 3 3 0 18 8 +10 9
3 Tartu Kalev 6 3 2 1 22 14 +8 8
4 Narva Trans 6 3 2 1 14 9 +5 8
5 Sillamäe Kalev 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 3 Qualification for Relegation Tournament
6 Kohtla-Järve Keemik 6 1 1 4 5 13 −8 3
7 Maardu 6 0 0 6 3 44 −41 0
Source:[citation needed]

Results

Home \ Away FLO JEP KAL TRA SIL KEE MAA
Flora 1–1 7–2 3–1 3–0 +:- 19–0
Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 1–1 2–2 4–4 2–0 2–0 7–1
Tartu Kalev 2–7 2–2 2–2 2–1 4–1 10–1
Narva Trans 1–3 4–4 2–2 1–0 3–0 +:-
Sillamäe Kalev 0–3 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–1
Kohtla-Järve Keemik -:+ 0–2 1–4 0–3 1–1 +:-
Maardu 0–19 1–7 1–10 -:+ 1–2 -:+
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Tournament

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Norma (C) 7 5 2 0 22 4 +18 12 Qualification for Champions League preliminary round
2 Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 7 3 4 0 23 14 +9 10
3 TVMV 7 3 2 2 23 13 +10 8
4 Flora 7 3 2 2 17 9 +8 8
5 Vigri 7 3 0 4 9 16 −7 6
6 Tartu Kalev 7 1 3 3 11 18 −7 5
7 Narva Trans 7 1 2 4 9 28 −19 4
8 Pärnu 7 1 1 5 10 22 −12 3
Source:[citation needed]
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away NOR JEP VMV FLO VIG KAL TRA PJK
Norma 2–2 0–0 +:- 6–0
Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 2–2 5–3 6–1 3–1
TVMV 3–5 3–1 1–1 10–0
Flora 0–0 1–3 1–2 4–0
Vigri 1–6 2–1 1–0 0–1
Tartu Kalev -:+ 1–1 0–1 4–2
Narva Trans 0–6 0–10 1–0 1–3
Pärnu 1–3 0–4 2–4 3–1
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Tournament

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
9 Dünamo 5 4 0 1 14 5 +9 8
10 Kohtla-Järve Keemik 5 3 2 0 10 4 +6 8
11 Sillamäe Kalev 5 2 2 1 8 8 0 6
12 Merkuur 5 1 2 2 8 7 +1 4 Qualification for relegation play-offs
13 Viljandi[a] 5 1 2 2 11 11 0 4 Relegation to Esiliiga
14 Maardu (R) 5 0 0 5 4 20 −16 0
Source:[citation needed]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Viljandi stayed in the Meistriliiga as Pärnu JK withdrew from the 1992-93 Meistriliiga, changed their name to Viljandi Tulevik

Results

Home \ Away DÜN KEE MER VIG VIL MAA
Dünamo 1–2 3–1 4–1
Kohtla-Järve Keemik 2–1 1–1 3–1
Sillamäe Kalev 1–3 3–2 1–1
Merkuur 1–1 2–3 3–0
Viljandi 1–3 1–1 8–2
Maardu 1–4 0–3 2–8
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff

Merkuur1 – 1Narva Kreenholm
Narva Kreenholm3 – 3Merkuur

4–4 on aggregate. Merkuur won on away goals and retained its Meistriliiga spot for the 1992-93 season.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Estonia Sergei Bragin Norma 18
2 Russia Sergei Afanasyev Eesti Põlevkivi 13
3 Estonia Valeri Možžuhhin TVMV 12
4 Russia Oleg Guzik TVMV 11
Estonia Urmas Kirs Flora
6 Estonia Indro Olumets Flora 7
Estonia Martin Reim Flora
Estonia Aleksandr Žurkin Norma

See also

References

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