2001 Esiliiga
The 2001 Esiliiga is the 11th season of the Esiliiga, second-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. Final table of Esiliiga season 2001 Promotion playoff FC Lootus Kohtla-Järve beat FC Valga 2–2 on away goals rule. Lootus remained in Meistriliiga, Valga in Esiliiga. Relegation playoff TJK-83 Tallinn beat Hiiumaa ÜJK Emmaste 7–0 on aggregate. TJK-83 promoted to Esiliiga, Emmaste relegated to Second Division. Top goalscorers *26 – Andrei Afanasov ( S.C. Real) *21 – Andrus Mitt ( Levadia Pärnu) *17 – Andrei Usmanov ( S.C. Real) *15 – Enver Jääger ( Valga) See also * 2001 Meistriliiga Referencesrsssf.com Esiliiga seasons 2 Estonia Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

Esiliiga
The Esiliiga is the second division in the Estonian football league system. The Esiliiga is ranked below the Meistriliiga and above the Esiliiga B. As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts in March and ends in November. The league features several reserve teams of Meistriliiga clubs. According to the rules set by the Estonian Football Association, reserve teams are ineligible for promotion to the Meistriliiga, but can play in the Estonian Cup. Competition format During the season, the teams play each of the other four times twice at home and twice away. This makes for a total of 36 games played each season. The teams gain three points for a win, one for a draw, and none for a defeat. Promotion and relegation between divisions is a central feature of the league. At the end of the season, clubs at the top of their division win promotion to the next higher division, while those at the bottom will be relegated to the next lower one. At the end ...
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