2010 Meistriliiga
# 2010 Meistriliiga

The 2010 season of the Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system, was the 20th season in the league's history. It started in March and ended in November. The defending champions were Levadia.

## Overview

| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Flora | Tallinn | A. Le Coq Arena | 9,692 | Martin Reim |
| Kalju | Tallinn | Hiiu Stadium | 500 | Igor Prins |
| Kuressaare | Kuressaare | Kuressaare linnastaadion | 2,000 | Sergei Zamogilnõi |
| Levadia | Tallinn | Maarjamäe Stadium | 500 | Aleksandr Puštov |
| Lootus | Kohtla-Järve | Kohtla-Järve Sports Centre Stadium | 500 | Andrei Škaleta |
| Paide Linnameeskond | Paide | ÜG Stadium | 500 | Meelis Rooba |
| Sillamäe Kalev | Sillamäe | Sillamäe Kalev Stadium | 2,000 | Vladimir Kazachyonok |
| Tammeka | Tartu | Tartu Tamme Stadium | 2,000 | Marko Kristal |
| Narva Trans | Narva | Kreenholm Stadium | 3,000 | Valeri Bondarenko |
| Tulevik | Viljandi | Viljandi linnastaadion | 2,500 | Marko Lelov |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Flora (C) | 36 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 104 | 32 | +72 | 91 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Levadia | 36 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 100 | 16 | +84 | 86 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Narva Trans | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 67 | 31 | +36 | 76 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Kalju | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 59 | 42 | +17 | 62 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Sillamäe Kalev | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 79 | 52 | +27 | 59 | |
| 6 | Tammeka | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 40 | |
| 7 | Tulevik | 36 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 33 | 62 | −29 | 29 | |
| 8 | Paide Linnameeskond | 36 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 79 | −49 | 25 | |
| 9 | Kuressaare | 36 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 32 | 93 | −61 | 24 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Lootus (R) | 36 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 22 | 103 | −81 | 20 | Relegated to Esiliiga |

* ↑ Champions-League qualified Flora won the cup against Trans, so Levadia will qualify for the second qualifying round. Trans and Kalju took the first qualifying round spots.

### Relegation play-off

The 9th placed team of Meistriliiga, Kuressaare, and the fourth place team of Esiliiga, Kiviõli Tamme Auto competed in a two-legged relegation play-off for one spot in 2011 Meistriliiga. Kuressaare won the play-off 4–2 on aggregate and retained their spot in the league.

## Results

Each team played every opponent four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 games.

## Season Statistic

### Miscellaneous

* Oldest player: 45 years, 117 days – Aleksei Zhukov (Lootus v Kuressaare on 08/05/2010)
* Youngest player: 16 years, 66 days – Alexei Cherkasov (Sillamäe Kalev v Trans on 06/11/2010)
* Oldest goalscorer: 38 years, 207 days – Aleksei Naumov (Sillamäe Kalev v Flora on 28 August 2010)
* Youngest goalscorer: 16 years, 216 days – Andreas Raudsepp (JK Viljandi Tulevik v Trans on 06/11/2010)

## Season statistics

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sander Post | Flora | 24 |
| 2 | Jüri Jevdokimov | Kalju | 21 |
| 3 | Tarmo Neemelo | Kalju | 20 |
| 4 | Vitali Leitan | Levadia | 16 |
| 5 | Deniss Malov | Levadia | 14 |
| 6 | Henri Anier | Flora | 13 |
| 6 | Marius Bezykornovas | Narva Trans | 13 |
| 8 | Konstantin Nahk | Levadia | 12 |
| 8 | Albert Prosa | Tammeka | 12 |
| 10 | Maksim Gruznov | Sillamäe Kalev/Narva Trans | 9 |
| 10 | Nikita Kolyaev | Sillamäe Kalev | 9 |
| 10 | Aleksandr Nikulin | Sillamäe Kalev | 9 |
| 10 | Felipe Nunes | Kalju/Levadia | 9 |
| 10 | Dmitri Skiperski | Kuressaare | 9 |
| 10 | Nerijus Vasiliauskas | Sillamäe Kalev | 9 |

## Awards

### Monthly awards

| Month | Manager of the Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Month | Manager | Club | Player | Club |
| March | Martin Reim | Flora | Tarmo Neemelo | Levadia |
| April | Marko Kristal | Tammeka | Andrei Kalimullin | Levadia |
| May | Martin Reim | Flora | Maksim Bazyukin | Narva Trans |
| June | Karel Voolaid | Kalju | Vitali Leitan | Levadia |
| July | Meelis Rooba | Paide Linnameeskond | Sander Post | Flora |
| August | Martin Reim | Flora | Aleksandr Tarassenkov | Sillamäe Kalev |

### Meistriliiga Player of the Year

Sander Post was named Meistriliiga Player of the Year.

