The 2023 Meistriliiga, also known as
A. Le Coq Premium Liiga due to sponsorship reasons, was the 33rd 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 top Estonian league for
association football
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clubs since its establishment in 1992. It was the first Meistriliiga season with
video assistant referee
The video assistant referee (VAR) is a Assistant referee (association football), match official in association football who assists the referee by reviewing decisions using video footage and providing advice to the referee based on those revi ...
(VAR).
The winners (
Flora
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, their second consecutive title and fifteenth overall) qualified for the
2024–25 Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up (
FCI Levadia), third-placed team (
Tallinna Kalev), and fourth-placed team (
Paide Linnameeskond) qualified for the
2024–25 Conference League first qualifying round. The ninth-placed team (
Tammeka) qualified for the
Meistriliiga play-off, winning to retain their place in the league. The bottom-placed team (
Harju) were relegated to the 2024 Esiliiga.
Teams
The league consisted of ten teams; the top nine teams of the previous season, and one team promoted from the
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 ...
.
Flora
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entered the season as defending champions.
Team changes
Stadiums and locations
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
League table
Results
Meistriliiga play-off
The ninth-placed club (
Tammeka) faced the second-placed club from the
2023 Esiliiga (
Viimsi) for the final place in the following season's Meistriliiga.
First leg
Second leg
Season statistics
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
Average attendance
Awards
Monthly awards
Annual awards
Attendances
References