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2024 Meistriliiga
The 2024 Meistriliiga, also known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga due to sponsorship reasons, was the 34th season of the Meistriliiga, the top Estonian league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 1 March, and concluded on 9 November 2024. FCI Levadia won their 11th Meistriliiga title. Teams The league consisted of ten teams; the top nine teams of the previous season, and one team promoted from the Esiliiga. Flora entered the season as defending champions. Nõmme United were promoted as champions of the 2023 Esiliiga, replacing the bottom-placed 2023 Meistriliiga side Harju. Stadiums and locations Personnel and kits Managerial changes League table Results Teams face each other four times (twice at home and twice away). Meistriliiga play-off The ninth-placed club ( Tallinna Kalev) faced the second-placed club from the 2024 Esiliiga (Viimsi) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2025 Meistrilii ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga (), officially known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons, and commonly known as the Premium Liiga, is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded in 1992, and was initially semi-professional with amateur clubs allowed to compete. With the help of solidarity mechanisms, the league is fully professional since the 2020 season. As in most countries with low temperatures in winter, the season starts in March and ends in November. Meistriliiga consists of ten clubs, all teams play each other four times. After each season, the bottom team is relegated to the Esiliiga, the Estonian second division league. The second last team plays a two-legged play-off with the second team in the Esiliiga for a place in the Meistriliiga. History Origins The first Estonian Football Championship title was played out in 1921 and was won by Sport, who later went on to lift nine league titles and was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JK Narva Trans
Jalgpalliklubi Narva Trans, commonly known as Narva Trans or simply Trans, is an Estonian professional Association football, football club based in Narva that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football league system, Estonian football. Although the club's traditional home ground is Narva Kreenholm Stadium, Kreenholm Stadium, they currently play their home matches at Narva Kalev-Fama Stadium, Kalev-Fama Stadium. The club was founded as Avtomobilist in 1979, changed their name to Autobaas in 1989 and Narva Trans in 1992. Narva Trans were one of the founding members of the Meistriliiga and are one of two clubs which have never been relegated from the Estonian top division, along with FC Flora, Flora. Narva Trans have won three Estonian Cups and two Estonian Supercups. History The club was founded in 1979 as Avtomobilist by the workers of the Motor Depot 13 in Narva. In 1984, the club was promoted to the Estonian SSR Championship, but was relegated at the end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,759 (as of 2024). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the two largest lakes in Estonia, Lake Võrtsjärv and Lake Peipus. From the 13th century until the end of the 19th century, Tartu was known in most of the world by variants of its historical name Dorpat. Tartu, the largest urban centre of southern Estonia, is often considered the "intellectual capital city" of the country, especially as it is home to the nation's oldest and most renowned university, the University of Tartu (founded in 1632). Tartu also houses the Supreme Court of Estonia, the Ministry of Education and Research (Estonia), Ministry of Education and Research, the Estonian National Museum, and the oldest Estonian-language theatre, Vanemuine. It is also the birthplace of the Estonian Song Festivals. Tartu was designated as the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadriorg Stadium
Kadriorg Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Tallinn, Estonia. Opened in 1926, it is one of the oldest stadiums in Estonia. It is currently used mostly for track and field competitions, but also serves as a home ground for JK Tallinna Kalev. The stadium holds 5,000. Grandstand capacity is 3,524 seats and second stand has 1,476 seats. Kadriorg Stadium is located about 2 km east of the city centre in the subdistrict of Kadriorg near Kadriorg Palace. The address of the stadium is Roheline aas 24, 10150 Tallinn. Kadriorg has been the national athletics stadium of the nation throughout its entire history and was the home ground of the Estonia national football team from its opening in 1926 until the Soviet occupation of Estonia in 1940, and again after the country's re-independence from 1992 until 2000, after which the team moved to A. Le Coq Arena. Throughout its history, Kadriorg Stadium has at some point been the home ground for nearly all of the top-flight football teams of Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paide Linnastaadion
Paide linnastaadion () is a multi-use stadium in Paide, Estonia. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home ground of Paide Linnameeskond. The stadium has a seating capacity of 500. The stadium has been hosting Estonian top flight football since 2009 and has remained to be the smallest stadium in the league, both in terms of capacity and field size. History The construction of the stadium and nearby ''Paide Ühisgümnaasium'' school building began in 1989, but due to financial reasons only the school building was completed. In 2001, 1.4 million Estonian kroon, EEK were received from the state budget to complete the stadium, upon which the city also added over 1.9 million EEK. The stadium was opened on 16 September 2002. In 2024, the stadium's field size was expanded from 96 × 62 m to 100 × 66 m. References External linksPaide linnastaadion at Paide Spordikeskus Paide Sport in Paide Football venues in Estonia Buildings and struct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paide
Paide is a town in Estonia and the capital of Järva County, one of the 15 counties of Estonia. Etymology Paide's German name (originally or in Low German) means 'white stone'. This name was derived from the limestone used for the construction of Paide Castle. A Latin translation, , has also been used.Ühendus Weissenstein''Paide Linna Nimed'' (accessed 1 January 2013) /ref> The Estonian name was first recorded in 1564 as . It is thought to derive from the word , , meaning 'limestone'. Sights Paide Vallitorn A castle was built in Paide by order of Konrad von Mandern, master of the Livonian Order, sometime in 1265 or 1266. It was from the beginning constructed around the central tower or keep, locally known as ''Tall Hermann tower'' or ''Vallitorn''. With its six storeys, the tower has always been the core of the castle complex. The fortress was strengthened during the 14th and 15th centuries, when the surrounding walls were enlarged and towers added. It was also modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Männiku Stadium
Männiku Stadium () is a football stadium in Tallinn, Estonia, and the home of FC Nõmme United. The stadium is located about 6 km south of the city centre, in the district of Nõmme. It is part of the Männiku Football Centre. History A sports ground was located at its current location by Võidu street already in the 1930s. In the 1990s, the stadium housed the offices of the Estonian Football Association and also served as a training base for FC Flora. In 2000, the then owner of the stadium Enn Loog founded Nõmme United and the club started to operate at Männiku Stadium. In 2004, an artificial turf ground with under-soil heating Under-soil heating is a method used in various sports stadia (with a grass surface) which heats the underside of the pitch to avoid any elements from bad weather, such as snow and ice, from building up and ultimately helps the club avoid having ... was constructed on one side of the former stadium and in 2006, a natural grass field was built ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportland Arena
Sportland Arena is an association football stadium in Tallinn, Estonia. Located next to Estonia's largest stadium A. Le Coq Arena, it is part of the Lilleküla Football Complex. The stadium is named after the sporting goods retail company ''Sportland''. Sportland Arena is used as a home ground by TJK Legion. Due to its artificial turf surface and under-soil heating, the stadium also serves as the home ground for FC Flora, FCI Levadia and Tallinna Kalev in the winter and early spring months. History First opened in 2003, the stadium underwent renovation for the 2018 season, for which a 1,198-seat grandstand was constructed on the south side of the ground. The stadium was also awarded the FIFA Quality Pro certificate, which is the highest quality standard for artificial turf football fields. The start of the 2022 Premium Liiga season saw Sportland Arena used as a home ground by 5 out of the 10 Estonian top-flight teams (Flora Flora (: floras or florae) is all the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narva Kreenholm Stadium
Narva Kreenholm Stadium (also Kreenholm Stadium; ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Narva, Estonia. The stadium holds 1,065 people and hosts the matches of JK Narva Trans. It is one of the easternmost stadiums in Estonia and is situated approximately 900 metres from the border of Russia and the Narva river that separates the two countries. The stadium was the host venue for the 1996 Baltic Cup, which was won by Lithuania. Condition and future The condition of the Kreenholm Stadium has been under criticism for several decades and Narva Trans have been forced to play their European matches at Rakvere, due to Kreenholm not meeting the UEFA requirements. Narva estimates that the reconstruction of the stadium will cost more than 25 million euros. According to the development plan set in place in 2023, the city aims to finance the stadium project in 2025–2027, but has also admitted that without financial support from the state, implementing such project could prove to be difficul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narva
Narva is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in the Ida-Viru County, at the Extreme points of Estonia, eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva (river), Narva river which forms the Estonia–Russia border, Estonia–Russia international border. As of January 1, 2025, the population of Narva, Estonia, was approximately 52,495, according to data compiled by national statistical bureaus in the Baltic region (source). Narva is Estonia's third largest city after capital Tallinn and Tartu. Narva was nearly completely destroyed in 1944 during World War II. During the Soviet era of Estonia in 1944–1991, the city's original inhabitants were not permitted to return, and immigrant workers from Soviet Russia and other parts of the former Soviet Union (USSR) were introduced. Narva’s population, 65% ethnic Estonian as of the 1934 census, became overwhelmingly non-Estonian in the second half of the 20th century. According to more recent data, 46.7% of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuressaare Linnastaadion
Kuressaare linnastaadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Kuressaare, Estonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the matches of FC Kuressaare. The stadiums seated capacity is 2,000. The stadium was renovated in 2014 and a new grandstand is planned to be constructed in 2026. Kuressaare linnastaadion has also hosted six official Estonian national football team matches, with the last one taking place in 2008. Estonia national team matches Gallery File:IMG Kuressaare linnastaadion2.JPG, The stadium before the renovation works in 2011 File:IMG Kuressaare linnastaadion.JPG, The stadium with the historic Kuressaare Castle Kuressaare Castle (; ), also Kuressaare Episcopal Castle (), is a castle in Kuressaare on Saaremaa, Saaremaa island, in western Estonia. History The earliest written record mentioning Kuressaare castle is from the 1380s, when the Teutonic Order ... in the background References External links Kuressaare linnastaadionWorld Stadiums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuressaare
Kuressaare () is a populated places in Estonia, town on the island of Saaremaa in Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Saaremaa Municipality and the seat of Saare County. Kuressaare is the westernmost town in Estonia. The recorded population on 1 January 2024 was 13,185. The town is situated on the southern coast of Saaremaa island, facing the Gulf of Riga of the Baltic Sea, and is served by the Kuressaare Airport, Roomassaare harbour, and Kuressaare yacht harbour. Names Kuressaare's historic name Arensburg (from Middle High German ''a(a)r:'' eagle, raptor) renders the Latin denotation ''arx aquilae'' for the Kuressaare Castle, city's castle. The fortress and the eagle, tetramorph symbol of Saint John the Evangelist, are also depicted on Kuressaare's coat of arms. The town, which grew around the fortress, was simultaneously known as Arensburg and Kuressaare linn; the latter name being a combination of ''Kuressaare''—an ancient name of the Saaremaa Island—and ''lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
