The 2015 Meistriliiga, also known as
A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th season of the
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 i ...
, the first level in the
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 ...
n
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
system. The season started on 6 March 2015 and the final matchday took place on 7 November.
Levadia, the defending champions, finished runner-up behind
Flora
Flora (: floras or florae) is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous (ecology), indigenous) native plant, native plants. The corresponding term for animals is ''fauna'', and for f ...
, who won their tenth title.
Teams
A total of ten teams will contest the league, including 8 sides from the
2014 season and two promoted teams from the
2014 Esiliiga.
Tallinna Kalev were relegated from the Meistriliiga after three seasons and were replaced by
Pärnu Linnameeskond, the best of independent teams in
2014 Esiliiga, Pärnu made their comeback to top flight after 6 seasons on lower levels.
Lokomotiv were relegated after a single season, they were defeated in the
relegation play-offs
Promotion and relegation is used by sports leagues as a process where teams can move up and down among divisions in a league system, based on their performance over a season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are sometimes call ...
by
Tulevik returning to Meistriliiga after four-year absence.
Stadiums and locations
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to o ...
eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial changes
Player transfers
* Transfers made during the 2014–15 winter transfer window.
* Transfers made during the 2015 summer transfer window.
League table
Relegation play-offs
At season's end Tammeka, the ninth place club, participated in a two-legged play-off with
Tallinna Kalev, the runners-up (of the independent teams) of the
2015 Esiliiga, for the spot in next year's competition.
''Tammeka won 4–2 on aggregate and retained their Meistriliiga spot for the
2016 season.''
Results
Each team plays every opponent four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 games.
First half of season
Second half of season
Season statistics
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
;Notes
4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
Average attendance
Awards
Monthly awards
Annual awards
Player of the Season
Ingemar Teever was named Player of the Season.
Goal of the Season
Raido Roman's goal against
Tammeka was chosen Goal of the Season.
See also
*
2014–15 Estonian Cup
*
2015–16 Estonian Cup
*
2015 Esiliiga
*
2015 Esiliiga B
References
{{2015–16 in European football (UEFA)
Meistriliiga seasons
1
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 ...
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 ...