This page summarizes everything related to Estonian football in the year 2023. It contains information about different league systems, national teams, futsal, beach football and most important transfers.
National teams Times are EET/EEST, as listed by UEFA. Association football Men Senior The Estonian men's senior football team started the year with a training camp in Portugal, playing friendly matches against Sweden and Finland. Most players were from the Premium Liiga because the games didn't match the FIFA international schedule, so players from foreign clubs had to stick with their teams. In March, they entered a new qualifying tournament and held a lead against Austria for about 40 minutes but ended up losing 1–2. The next match against Azerbaijan ended in a 1–1 draw. However, the team faced difficulties in the following six qualifying games, resulting in a not-so-great goal difference of 0:19.
U21
U19
U17
Women Senior
U17
Futsal Men Senior
U19
Beach Men Senior
League system Association football Men Premium liiga
Relegation play-off:
Esiliiga
Relegation play-off:
Esiliiga B
Relegation play-off:
II liiga
Champion's match:
Relegation play-off:
III liiga
Champion's match:
IV liiga
Women Naiste Meistriliiga
Relegation tournament:
Naiste Esiliiga
Futsal Men Coolbet saaliliiga Main phase:
Play-offs:
Relegation play-off:
Saalijalgpalli Esiliiga
Beach Men
Cup competitions Association football Men Tipneri karikavõistlused
Home teams listed on top of bracket. (AET): At Extra Time, (PL): Premium liiga, (EL): Esiliiga, (II): II liiga
Small Cup
Home teams listed on top of bracket. (II): II liiga, (III): III liiga
Women
Futsal Men Beach Men
European competitions Association football Men Tallinna Flora
Tallinna Levadia
Paide Linnameeskond
Narva Trans
Women Futsal Men Beach Men
County competition
Notable transfers Players are listed in an alphabetical order. Players with an "*" behind their name have changed teams inside and outside of Meistriliiga. Player's last team is listed as "free agent" if he has not represented a team in the previous six months. Player's next team is listed as "free agent" if he has not found a new club within the following six months. Inside Meistriliiga Listed are players, who have joined or left a club participating in the 2023 Meistriliiga. The player must have represented the Estonian national team at least once. The list may also contain more known players, who have either changed their club inside the lower leagues or retired from football. NamePos.AgeFromToDateNotesRef Mihkel Ainsalu MF 26 SC Telstar Tallinna FCI Levadia 19.02 Contract with Telstar terminated. Signed a two-year contract with Levadia. Ilja Antonov MF 30 Tallinna FCI Levadia Nõmme Kalju FC 10.02 Contract with Levadia ended. Signed a contract with Kalju. Trevor Elhi DF 29 Nõmme Kalju FC career break 01.01 Contract with Kalju terminated. Markus Jürgenson DF 35 Tallinna FCI Levadia free agent 01.01 Contract with Levadia ended. Ragnar Klavan DF 37 Paide Linnameeskond free agent 01.01 Contract with Paide ended. Artur Kotenko GK 41 Tallinna FCI Levadia retired 01.01 Contract with Levadia ended. Märten Kuusk DF 26 Újpest FC Tallinna FC Flora 09.02 Signed a 6 month loan deal with Flora. Maksim Podholjuzin DF 30 Tallinna FCI Levadia Nõmme Kalju FC 05.01 Contract with Levadia ended. Signed a contract with Kalju. Edgar Tur MF 26 Paide Linnameeskond Tallinna FCI Levadia 11.01 Contract with Paide ended. Signed a contract with Levadia.
Outside Meistriliiga Listed are all Estonian footballers, who have joined or left a foreign team. NamePos.AgeFromToDateNotesRef Matvei Igonen GK 26 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała FC Hebar Pazardzhik 10.07 Signed a one-year contract with Hebar. Nikita Ivanov FW 19 Tallinna JK Legion NK Rogaška 01.02 Signed a 1.5 year contract with Rogaška. Maksim Kalimullin FW 16 FC Tallinn Legia Warsaw U19 06.03 Joined Legia's youth team. Stevin Kerge MF 16 Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi U19 Legia Warsaw U19 06.03 Joined Legia's youth team. Robert Kirss* FW 28 Tallinna FCI Levadia Sandecja Nowy Sącz 04.01 Contract with Levadia ended. Signed a 1.5 year contract with Sandecja. Vladislav Kreida* MF 23 Tallinna FC Flora St Patrick's Athletic F.C. 12.01 Signed a 1 year loan deal, which has an option to buy, with St Patrick's. Brent Lepistu* MF 29 Tallinna FCI Levadia CS Mioveni 17.01 Contract with Levadia ended. Signed a 6 month deal with Mioveni. Karol Mets DF 29 FC Zürich FC St. Pauli 05.01 Signed a 6 month loan deal with St. Pauli. Karl-Romet Nõmm GK 25 Tallinna FC Flora Sandecja Nowy Sącz 25.01 Signed a 1.5 year contract with Sandecja. Maksim Paskotši DF 20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Grasshopper Club Zürich 06.09 Signed a three-year contract with Grasshopper. Artur Pikk DF 29 Tallinna FCI Levadia Odra Opole 04.01 Contract with Levadia ended. Signed a 1.5+2 year contract with Odra. Markus Poom MF 23 Tallinna FC Flora Shamrock Rovers F.C. 16.01 Signed a 1 year loan deal with Shamrock. Mark Oliver Roosnupp* MF 25 Tallinna FCI Levadia FK Napredak Kruševac 04.01 Signed a 1.5 year contract with Napredak. Rauno Sappinen FW 27 Piast Gliwice Stal Mielec 24.01 Signed a 6 month loan deal with Stal. Stal Mielec Piast Gliwice 30.06 Loan deal with Stal ended. Piast Gliwice Hapoel Jerusalem F.C. 13.07 Signed a 1+2 year contract with Hapoel. Hapoel Jerusalem F.C. free agent 08.09 Contract with Hapoel terminated. Ramol Sillamaa FW 18 JK Tallinna Kalev K.A.A. Gent II 27.07 Signed a two-year contract with Gent. Andreas Vaher DF 18 S.P.A.L. U19 SC Freiburg II 06.01 Signed a 3.5 year contract with Freiburg. Markus Vaherna FW 23 JK Tallinna Kalev US Offanenghese 1933 01.01 – Bogdan Vaštšuk MF 27 Stal Mielec Sligo Rovers F.C. 05.01 Signed a 2+1 year contract with Sligo. Sligo Rovers F.C. FK Voždovac 01.08 Contract with Sligo terminated. Signed a one-year contract with Voždovac.
Foreign players Listed are all foreign players that have joined or left a team participating in the 2023 Meistriliiga. NamePos.AgeFromToDateNotesRef David Addy DF 33 Tartu JK Tammeka free agent 01.01 Contract with Tammeka ended. Thomas Agyepong FW 26 free agent Paide Linnameeskond 01.07 Signed a contract with Paide. Ernest Agyiri MF 25 Tallinna FCI Levadia Randers FC 02.08 Signed a three-year contract with Randers. Ahmed Adebayo Basher FW 21 Leevon Saldus Tartu JK Tammeka 28.07 Signed a two-year contract with Tammeka. Ivan Baturins GK 25 Tallinna JK Legion Harju JK Laagri 19.02 Signed a contract with Harju. Zakaria Beglarishvili MF 32 Tallinna FCI Levadia FK Turon Yaypan 14.02 Signed a contract with Turon. Mollo Bessala FW 19 Kadji Sports Academy Tallinna FCI Levadia 02.03 Signed a two-year contract with Levadia. Eugenio Bracelli DF 21 RC Codogno 1908 Tartu JK Tammeka 13.02 Signed a two-year contract with Tammeka. Babou Cham FW 24 FC Ararat Yerevan Paide Linnameeskond 13.03 Signed a contract with Paide. Paide Linnameeskond FC Nõmme United 26.07 Signed a six month loan deal with Nõmme United Promise David FW 21 Sirens F.C. Nõmme Kalju FC 13.02 Signed a contract with Kalju. Modou Lamin Demba FW 20 Real de Banjul FC Paide Linnameeskond 13.03 Signed a loan deal with Paide. Paide Linnameeskond Real de Banjul FC 30.06 Loan deal with Paide ended. Djibril Dianessy FW 26 free agent Nõmme Kalju FC 28.02 Signed a two-year contract with Kalju. 27 Nõmme Kalju FC RAAL La Louvière 06.07 Contract with Kalju terminated. Signed a new contract with La Louvière. Kim Do-hyun MF 28 NK Triglav Kranj JK Narva Trans 13.03 Signed a contract with Trans. JK Narva Trans Persela Lamongan 22.08 Contract with Trans terminated. Signed a new contract with Lamongan. Anton Eerola FW 23 1. FC Kaiserslautern II Nõmme Kalju FC 17.02 Signed a three-year contract with Kalju. Nõmme Kalju FC JIPPO Joensuu 25.07 Contract with Kalju terminated. Signed a new contract with JIPPO. Felipe Felicio FW 20 Clube Atlético Mineiro Tallinna FCI Levadia 20.01 Signed a 1 year loan deal with Levadia. Oskari Forsman GK 34 Vaasan Palloseura JK Tallinna Kalev 16.01 Signed a contract with Kalev. Alieu Gibba MF 19 Real de Banjul FC Paide Linnameeskond 31.08 Signed a contract with Paide. Heitor DF 22 Grêmio Tallinna FCI Levadia 10.01 Signed a contract with Levadia. Usalifa Indi MF 23 AC Vila Meã Harju JK Laagri 19.02 Signed a contract with Harju. William Jebor FW 31 Nõmme Kalju FC Valletta F.C. 27.01 Contract with Kalju ended. Signed a contract with Valletta. Zyen Jones FW 22 Ferencvárosi TC II Nõmme Kalju FC 28.07 Signed a 0.5+2 year contract with Kalju. João Pedro MF 21 Club Athletico Paranaense Tallinna FCI Levadia 09.07 Signed a contract with Levadia. Vuk Latinovich DF 25 New York City FC Tallinna FCI Levadia 26.01 Signed a two-year contract with Levadia. Tallinna FCI Levadia GS Ilioupolis 12.09 Contract with Levadia terminated. Signed a new contract with Ilioupolis Liliu FW 32 Tallinna FCI Levadia Paraná Clube 05.04 Contract with Levadia ended. Signed a contract with Paraná Clube. Illya Markovskyi FW 25 Hapoel Haifa F.C. Tallinna FCI Levadia 03.01 Signed a two-year contract with Levadia. Milan Mitrović DF 34 Tallinna FCI Levadia FK Radnički 1923 27.01 Contract with Levadia ended. Signed a contract with Radnički. Olivier Rommens MF 28 FK Sūduva Nõmme Kalju FC 10.02 Signed a two-year contract with Kalju. Marius Samoura DF 22 free agent Harju JK Laagri 19.02 Signed a contract with Harju. Rustam Soirov FW 20 Tallinna FCI Levadia PFC Lokomotiv Tashkent 01.01 Contract terminated. Signed a contract with Lokomotiv Tashkent. Harlin Suárez MF 28 Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat JK Narva Trans 20.02 Signed a contract with Trans. Daniel Sudar MF 24 Nõmme Kalju FC FC Marchfeld Donauauen 01.01 Contract with Kalju ended. Signed a contract with Marchfeld Donauauen. Bubacarr Tambedou FW 20 Paide Linnameeskond FC Sheriff Tiraspol 11.02 Signed a 1 year loan deal with Sheriff. 21 FC Sheriff Tiraspol Paide Linnameeskond 31.07 Loan deal with Sheriff terminated. Returned to Paide. Foday Trawally MF 21 Paide Linnameeskond JK Tallinna Kalev 02.03 Signed a 1 year loan deal with Kalev. Maximiliano Uggè DF 31 Tallinna FCI Levadia free agent 01.01 Contract with Levadia ended.
Managerial changes Listed are all clubs, who play in the top divisions (Meistriliiga, Esiliiga, Esiliiga B), and national teams who changed managers after the end of the 2022 season. NamePos.AgeFromToDateNotesRef
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