| Season | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Levadia (3rd title) |
| Top goalscorer | Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (28) |
← 2003 2005 → | |
2004 Meistriliiga was the 14th season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Levadia won their third title.
Season overview
Levadia Tallinn won their third title with a six-point advantage over the runners-up TVMK Tallinn. Tammeka Tartu and Tervis Pärnu won promotion to the Meistriliiga as the Esiliiga champions and third placed team respectively, the runners-up Levadia Tallinn II were ineligible for promotion. Expansion of the league to ten teams from eight, for the upcoming season, also ensured that even the last placed Lootus Alutaguse had a chance to stay in the top flight, but were defeated by Esiliiga's fourth team Dünamo Tallinn, winning the away leg 2-1, but then losing at home 0-4 a week later. Tervis Pärnu were later denied the Meistriliiga license, sealing an unlikely promotion for the fifth-placed FC Kuressaare.
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Levadia (C) | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 82 | 14 | +68 | 69 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | TVMK | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 89 | 29 | +60 | 63 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Flora | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 83 | 25 | +58 | 58 | |
| 4 | Narva Trans | 28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 47 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | Merkuur | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 35 | |
| 6 | Tulevik | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 53 | −23 | 25 | |
| 7 | Valga | 28 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 30 | 80 | −50 | 17 | |
| 8 | Alutaguse Lootus (R) | 28 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 117 | −106 | 5 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) head-to-head goals scored; 6) goal difference; 7) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Relegation play-off
| Tallinna Dünamo | 1–2 | Alutaguse Lootus |
|---|---|---|
Butajev  44' |
Popov 30' Ametov 90+3' |
| Alutaguse Lootus | 0–4 | Tallinna Dünamo |
|---|---|---|
| Tšernoussov 8' Krivošein 32' Butajev 65'Semko 76' |
Tallinna Dünamo won 5-2 on aggregate and were promoted for the 2005 Meistriliiga. Alutaguse Lootus were relegated to the 2005 Esiliiga.
Results
Each team played every opponent four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 games.
First half of season |
Second half of season
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Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko |
Flora | 28 |
| 2 | Ingemar Teever |
TVMK | 18 |
| 3 |  Egidijus Juška |
TVMK | 16 |
| 4 | Andrei Antonov |
Valga | 13 |
| Tarmo Neemelo |
TVMK | ||
| 6 | Deniss Malov |
TVMK | 11 |
| Konstantin Nahk |
Levadia | ||
| Anton Sereda |
Merkuur Tartu | ||
| Dmitri Ustritski |
Tulevik | ||
| 10 | Argo Arbeiter |
Levadia | 9 |
| Marius Dovydėnas |
Levadia | ||
| Maksim Gruznov |
Narva Trans | ||
| Konstantin Vassiljev |
Levadia | ||
| Vladimir Voskoboinikov |
Levadia | ||
| Kristen Viikmäe |
Flora |
See also
- 2003–04 Estonian Cup
- 2004–05 Estonian Cup
- 2004 Esiliiga
References
External links
- Official website (in Estonian)
This page was last edited on 2 February 2023, at 00:30