2013_Esiliiga_B

2013 Esiliiga B

Estonian football league season for third division

The 2013 season of the Esiliiga B, the third level in the Estonian football system, was the first season in the league's history. The season officially began on 3 March 2013 and ended on 10 November 2013.^[1] However, on 3 March the Estonian Football Association announced that all matches scheduled for 3 March 2013 would be postponed due to heavy snowfall.^[2]

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

Esiliiga B
Season	2013
Champions	Nõmme Kalju II
Promoted	Nõmme Kalju II Pärnu Linnameeskond
Relegated	Dünamo Tallinn Flora III Tallinn Järve Kohtla-Järve
Matches played	180
Goals scored	651 (3.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jürgen Kuresoo (33 goals)
Biggest home win	Pärnu Linnameeskond 10–0 Flora III Tallinn (3 August)
Biggest away win	Flora III Tallinn 0–8 Elva (28 July)
Highest scoring	Pärnu Linnameeskond 10–0 Flora III Tallinn (3 August)
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Teams

Stadiums and locations

Nõmme Kalju II
Ararat Tallinn
Emmaste
Flora III Tallinn
Legion Tallinn
Dünamo Tallinn

Location of the 2013 Esiliiga B teams

More information Team, Location ...

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Pärnu Linnameeskond	Pärnu	Pärnu Kalev Stadium	1,900
Järve Kohtla-Järve	Kohtla-Järve	Kohtla-Järve SPK Stadium	780
HÜJK Emmaste	Tallinn	Männiku Stadium	1,000
Sillamäe Kalev II	Sillamäe	Sillamäe Kalev Stadium	500
Nõmme Kalju II	Tallinn	Hiiu Stadium	2,730
Elva	Elva	Elva Stadium	1,500
Legion Tallinn	Tallinn	Sportland Arena	800
Ararat TTÜ Tallinn	Tallinn	Sportland Arena	800
Dünamo Tallinn	Tallinn	Sõle Stadium	500
Flora III Tallinn	Tallinn	Sportland Arena	800

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

More information Team, Manager ...

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Pärnu Linnameeskond	Gert Olesk
Järve Kohtla-Järve	Andrei Škaleta
HÜJK Emmaste	Marko Pärnpuu	Vahur Vahtramäe	Hummel
Sillamäe Kalev II	Algimantas Briaunys Vadym Dobizha		Uhlsport	Alexela
Nõmme Kalju II	Zaur Tšilingarašvili	Martin Mägi	Adidas	Maxima
Elva	Marek Naaris		Nike
Legion Tallinn	Mikhail Artyukhov
Ararat TTÜ Tallinn	Vaagn Arutjunjan	Avetis Harutjunjan	Nike
Dünamo Tallinn	Viktor Nešeretnõi
Flora III Tallinn	Dmitri Ustritski	Maikel Astur	Nike

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Flora III Tallinn	Jürgen Henn	Signed by Flora II Tallinn	21 July 2013	9th	Dmitri Ustritski	21 July 2013^[3]

Results

League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Nõmme Kalju II (C, P)	36	26	4	6	91	37	+54	82	Promotion to Esiliiga
2	Pärnu Linnameeskond (P)	36	25	4	7	114	53	+61	79	Promotion to Esiliiga
3	Sillamäe Kalev II	36	19	9	8	81	53	+28	66	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Ararat TTÜ Tallinn	36	20	3	13	77	50	+27	63
5	HÜJK Emmaste	36	18	7	11	69	45	+24	61
6	Elva	36	13	7	16	56	64	−8	46
7	Legion Tallinn	36	13	5	18	55	77	−22	44
8	Dünamo Tallinn (R)	36	9	4	23	42	86	−44	31	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
9	Flora III Tallinn (R)	36	8	2	26	40	107	−67	26	Relegation to II liiga
10	Järve Kohtla-Järve (R)	36	4	5	27	26	79	−53	17	Relegation to II liiga

Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Rules for classification: Points; Least withdrawals or annulled matches; Overall wins; Head-to-head points; Head-to-head goal difference; Goal difference; Goals scored. If two or more teams on the top have the same number of points by the end of the season, the aforementioned rules will not apply and additional game(s) will be played to determine the champions.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion play-off

At season's end, the 3rd place club of the 2013 Esiliiga B will participate in a two-legged play-off with the 8th club of the 2013 Esiliiga for the spot in next year's competition.

Sillamäe Kalev II v Tulevik Viljandi

17 November 2013	Sillamäe Kalev II	1–4	Tulevik Viljandi	Sillamäe
13:00 EET (GMT+2)	Rando Leokin 72'	Report	Laansoo 19' Peips 39' Teor 48', 54'	Stadium: Sillamäe Kalev Kunstmurustaadion Attendance: 65 Referee: Mart Martin

Tulevik Viljandi v Sillamäe Kalev II

23 November 2013	Tulevik Viljandi	3–2	Sillamäe Kalev II	Viljandi
13:00 EET (GMT+2)	Teor 7', 20' Luhakooder 13'	Report	Rando Leokin 40' Mukhin 62'	Stadium: Viljandi Kunstmurustaadion Attendance: 65 Referee: Miko Pupart

Relegation play-off

At season's end, the 8th place club of the 2013 Esiliiga B will participate in a two-legged play-off with the runners-up of the II Liiga for the spot in next year's competition.

Infonet II Tallinn v Dünamo Tallinn

17 November 2013	Infonet II Tallinn	6–1	Dünamo Tallinn	Tallinn
13:00 EET (GMT+2)	Tur 15', 71' Spiridonov 28' Televinov 36' Klimovitš 56' (pen.) Muraveiko 60'	Report	Tšistjakov 85'	Stadium: Lasnamäe KJH Kunstmurustaadion Attendance: 44 Referee: Grigori Ošomkov

Dünamo Tallinn v Infonet II Tallinn

23 November 2013	Dünamo Tallinn	0–5	Infonet II Tallinn	Tallinn
13:00 EET (GMT+2)		Report	Klimovitš 33' Televinov 44' Muraveiko 54' Aksjonov 68' Petrov 85'	Stadium: Lasnamäe SPK Stadium Attendance: 29 Referee: Tomi Rahula

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 10 November 2013.^[4]

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Jürgen Kuresoo	Elva	33
2	Henri Hanson	Pärnu Linnameeskond	28
3	Kristen Saarts	Pärnu Linnameeskond	24
4	Irakli Torinava	Sillamäe Kalev II	20
5	Andre Järva	Ararat TTÜ Tallinn	16
5	Robert Kirss	Nõmme Kalju II	16
7	Andrei Antonov	Ararat TTÜ Tallinn	15
	Reimo Oja	HÜJK Emmaste	15
	Kōsuke Usami	Nõmme Kalju II / Sillamäe Kalev II	15
10	Avetis Harutjunjan	Ararat TTÜ Tallinn	14

Awards

More information Month, Manager of the Month ...

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club
March^[5]	Mikhail Artyukhov	Legion Tallinn	Vahur Vahtramäe	HÜJK Emmaste
April^[6]	Zaur Tšilingarašvili	Nõmme Kalju II	Andrei Antonov	Ararat TTÜ Tallinn
May^[7]	Marko Pärnpuu	HÜJK Emmaste	Jürgen Kuresoo	Elva
June^[8]	Vadym Dobizha	Sillamäe Kalev II	Jürgen Kuresoo	Elva
July^[9]	Gert Olesk	Pärnu Linnameeskond	Henri Hanson	Pärnu Linnameeskond
August^[10]	Gert Olesk	Pärnu Linnameeskond	Erik Listmann	Nõmme Kalju II
September^[11]	Zaur Tšilingarašvili	Nõmme Kalju II	Maikel Astur	Flora III Tallinn
October^[12]	Viktor Neštšeretnõi	Dünamo Tallinn	Andrei Škaleta	Järve Kohtla-Järve

References

[1]
"ELB MÄNGUDE KALENDER (2013)" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
[2]
"Tänased Esiliiga kohtumised lükati edasi" [Today's Esiliiga fixtures postponed] (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
[3]
"Marko Lelov vabastati ametist, peatreeneri kohusetäitjaks Norbert Hurt" [Marko Lelov relieved of duty, Norbert Hurt appointed as caretaker manager] (in Estonian). Flora. 21 July 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
[4]
"ELB VÄRAVALÖÖJATE EDETABEL (2013)" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
[5]
"Esiliiga B 5. vooru mängud REAALAJAS" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
[6]
"Esiliigas B juhib pärast IX vooru HÜJK Emmaste" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
[7]
"Premium liiga parimateks Bondarenko ja Voskoboinikov" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
[8]
"Premium liiga kuu parimad olid Mašitšev ja Erkenbrecher" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
[9]
"Premium liiga juulikuu parimad Sergei Ratnikov ja Lauri Varendi" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
[10]
"Premium liiga kuu parimad olid Kristal ja Aidara" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
[11]
"Premium liiga kuu parimad olid Kimbaloula ja Prins" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
[12]
"Kuu parimad tulid meistermeeskonnast" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.

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