Esiliiga_B
Esiliiga B
Third division in the Estonian football league system
The Esiliiga B is the third division in the Estonian football league system. The Esiliiga B is ranked below the Esiliiga and above the II liiga. As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts in March and ends in November.[1]
| Founded | 2013; 11 years ago (2013) |
|---|---|
| Country |  Estonia |
| Confederation | UEFA |
| Divisions | Esiliiga B |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Level on pyramid | 3 |
| Promotion to | Esiliiga |
| Relegation to | II liiga |
| Domestic cup(s) | Estonian Cup |
| Current champions | Tartu Welco (2023) |
| Website | Esiliiga B |
| Current: 2024 Esiliiga B | |
The league consists of 10 clubs, all teams play each other four times. Both the winning team and the runners-up are promoted to the Esiliiga directly, whereas the third place club will participate in a two-legged play-off with the 8th place club of the Esiliiga for the spot in next year's competition. Same way the 2 bottom placed teams are relegated to the II liiga. The third bottom team can avoid relegation by winning a two-leg play-off against the II Liiga play-off round winners.[2][3]
Current clubs
The following clubs are competing in the Esiliiga B during the 2024 season.
| Club | Position in 2023 |
Seasons in Esiliiga B |
First season of current spell |
Titles | Last title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jõhvi Phoenixa | 2nd in II liiga E/N | 0 | 2024 | 0 | — |
| Kuressaare U21a, b | 5th | 1 | 2023 | 0 | — |
| Läänemaaa, b | 9th | 4 | 2020 | 0 | — |
| Narva Trans U21a, b | 3rd | 1 | 2023 | 0 | — |
| Nõmme Kalju U21a | 8th | 7 | 2019 | 2 | 2017 |
| Pärnua | 10th | 3 | 2023 | 0 | — |
| Tammeka U21a | 7th | 5 | 2022 | 0 | — |
| Tartu Kaleva, b | 4th | 2 | 2022 | 0 | — |
| TJK Legion | 9th in Esiliiga | 3 | 2024 | 1 | 2018 |
| Viljandi Tulevika | 6th | 1 | 2023 | 0 | — |
a – never been relegated from Esiliiga B
b – never played in Esiliiga
c – reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.
All-time Esiliiga B table
The table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Esiliiga B since its inception in 2013. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2022 season. Teams in bold play in the Esiliiga B 2022 season. Numbers in bold are the record (highest) numbers in each column.
In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss. Promotion matches and relegation matches involving clubs of higher or lower leagues are not counted.
The table is sorted by all-time points.
| Pos. |
Club |
Seasons |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
PPG |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Debut |
Since/Last App. |
P |
R |
Best Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viimsi JK[lower-alpha 1] | 8 | 276 | 125 | 47 | 104 | 523 | 459 | +64 | 422 | 1.53 | 1 | 1 | 2013 | 2021 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | JK Tallinna Kalev U21 | 7 | 242 | 121 | 46 | 77 | 542 | 376 | +166 | 408 | 1.69 | 2 | 2 | 2015 | 2020 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Nõmme Kalju FC U21[lower-alpha 2] | 7 | 240 | 109 | 29 | 102 | 490 | 477 | +13 | 356 | 1.48 | 2 | 2013 | 2019 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 4 | Ida-Virumaa FC Alliance[lower-alpha 3] | 6 | 212 | 89 | 32 | 91 | 343 | 342 | +1 | 299 | 1.41 | 1 | 2 | 2013 | 2021 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 5 | Tartu JK Tammeka U21 | 5 | 180 | 82 | 34 | 64 | 399 | 296 | +103 | 280 | 1.56 | 1 | 2016 | 2022 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 6 | JK Sillamäe Kalev U21 | 5 | 180 | 79 | 26 | 75 | 336 | 320 | +16 | 263 | 1.46 | 2 | 2013 | 2017 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 7 | Tartu JK Welco | 4 | 138 | 80 | 21 | 37 | 315 | 189 | +126 | 261 | 1.89 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2016 | 2022 | 2 | 1 | |
| 8 | Tabasalu JK | 4 | 134 | 66 | 16 | 52 | 315 | 239 | +76 | 214 | 1.60 | 1 | 2019 | 2022 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 9 | FC Elva | 4 | 144 | 62 | 23 | 59 | 230 | 227 | +3 | 209 | 1.45 | 1 | 2013 | 2016 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 10 | Vändra JK Vaprus | 4 | 138 | 60 | 19 | 59 | 280 | 307 | -27 | 199 | 1.44 | 1 | 1 | 2017 | 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 | Paide Linnameeskond U21 | 4 | 138 | 51 | 19 | 68 | 268 | 300 | −32 | 172 | 1.25 | 1 | 2017 | 2020 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 12 | Tallinna JK Legion | 3 | 108 | 52 | 13 | 43 | 233 | 218 | +15 | 169 | 1.56 | 1 | 2013 | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13 | Raasiku FC Joker | 3 | 108 | 41 | 28 | 39 | 198 | 196 | +2 | 151 | 1.40 | 2015 | 2017 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| 14 | FC Nõmme United | 2 | 72 | 44 | 13 | 15 | 227 | 95 | +132 | 145 | 2.01 | 1 | 2018 | 2019 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 15 | Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi | 3 | 108 | 40 | 17 | 51 | 196 | 210 | -14 | 137 | 1.27 | 1 | 2018 | 2023 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 16 | Keila JK | 3 | 102 | 40 | 16 | 46 | 202 | 236 | -34 | 136 | 1.33 | 2017 | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 17 | Läänemaa JK | 4 | 130 | 39 | 15 | 76 | 236 | 362 | −126 | 132 | 1.02 | 2020 | 2020 | 6 | |||||
| 18 | Maardu FC Starbunker | 2 | 72 | 42 | 5 | 25 | 162 | 123 | +39 | 131 | 1.82 | 1 | 2014 | 2015 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 19 | FC Tallinn | 2 | 68 | 40 | 11 | 17 | 185 | 104 | +81 | 131 | 1.93 | 1 | 2021 | 2022 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 20 | Võru FC Helios | 3 | 102 | 35 | 18 | 49 | 183 | 235 | -52 | 123 | 1.21 | 2018 | 2020 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| 21 | Tallinna FC Ararat | 3 | 108 | 35 | 15 | 58 | 183 | 244 | −61 | 120 | 1.11 | 2013 | 2015 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 22 | Tallinna FC Flora U19[lower-alpha 4] | 5 | 180 | 28 | 22 | 130 | 187 | 523 | −336 | 106 | 0.59 | 2013 | 2018 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| 23 | FA Tartu Kalev | 2 | 72 | 29 | 14 | 29 | 140 | 152 | −12 | 101 | 1.40 | 2022 | 2022 | 4 | |||||
| 24 | FCI Tallinn U21 | 1 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 124 | 34 | +90 | 99 | 2.75 | 1 | 2014 | 2014 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 25 | Tartu FC Santos | 1 | 36 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 161 | 27 | +134 | 96 | 2.67 | 1 | 2014 | 2014 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 26 | Pärnu Linnameeskond | 1 | 36 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 114 | 53 | +61 | 79 | 2.19 | 1 | 2013 | 2013 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 27 | Tallinna JK Legion U21 | 2 | 66 | 25 | 4 | 37 | 124 | 169 | −45 | 79 | 1.20 | 2021 | 2021 | 6 | |||||
| 28 | FC Kuressaare | 1 | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 117 | 48 | +69 | 76 | 2.11 | 1 | 2016 | 2016 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 29 | JK Narva Trans U21 | 1 | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 69 | 48 | +21 | 64 | 1.78 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | 3 | ||||
| 30 | Harju JK Laagri | 1 | 32 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 88 | 49 | +39 | 63 | 1.97 | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 31 | FC Kuressaare U21 | 1 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 87 | 76 | +11 | 61 | 1.69 | 2023 | 2023 | 5 | |||||
| 32 | Viljandi JK Tulevik | 1 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 55 | 1.53 | 2023 | 2023 | 6 | |||||
| 33 | Tallinna JK Puuma | 1 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 60 | 89 | −29 | 44 | 1.22 | 2015 | 2015 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| 34 | Tallinna JK Dünamo | 1 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 42 | 86 | −44 | 31 | 0.86 | 2013 | 2013 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| 35 | Põhja-Tallinna JK Volta | 1 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 53 | 123 | −70 | 29 | 0.81 | 2019 | 2019 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| 36 | Lasnamäe FC Ajax | 1 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 35 | 135 | -100 | 16 | 0.44 | 2018 | 2018 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| 37 | Viljandi JK Tulevik U21 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 26 | 142 | −116 | 14 | 0.39 | 2016 | 2016 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| 38 | Rakvere JK Tarvas | 1 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 26 | 96 | −70 | 10 | 0.33 | 2020 | 2020 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| 39 | Raplamaa JK | 1 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 31 | 121 | −90 | 9 | 0.25 | 2022 | 2022 | 1 | 10 |
League or status at 2023:
| 2023 Meistriliiga teams | |
| 2023 Esiliiga teams | |
| 2023 Esiliiga B teams | |
| 2023 II liiga teams | |
| 2023 III liiga teams | |
| Defunct teams |
- Notes
- "Esiliiga B". jalgpall.ee. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- http://www.jalgpall.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=3867 Archived 10 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine Estonian Football Association (in Estonian). Esiliiga expanded with B division. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- http://www.jalgpall.ee/docs/Eesti%202013.a%20meistriv%F5istluste%20Meistri-ja%20Esiliiga%20juhend.pdf Archived 7 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine Estonian Football Association (in Estonian). Estonian 2013. Meistriliiga and Esiliiga championship directive. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- Esiliiga B (in Estonian)