Esiliiga B

Esiliiga B
Founded	2013; 11 years ago
Country	Estonia
Confederation	UEFA
Divisions	Esiliiga B
Number of clubs	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 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]

Competition format

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]

Clubs

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 Phoenix^a	2nd in II liiga E/N	0	2024	0	—
Kuressaare U21^{a, b}	5th	1	2023	0	—
Läänemaa^{a, b}	9th	4	2020	0	—
Narva Trans U21^{a, b}	3rd	1	2023	0	—
Nõmme Kalju U21^a	8th	7	2019	2	2017
Pärnu^a	10th	3	2023	0	—
Tammeka U21^a	7th	5	2022	0	—
Tartu Kalev^{a, b}	4th	2	2022	0	—
TJK Legion	9th in Esiliiga	3	2024	1	2018
Viljandi Tulevik^a	6th	1	2023	0	—

^a – never been relegated from Esiliiga B
^b – never played in Esiliiga
^c – reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

Champions

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Top goalscorer	Goals
2013	Nõmme Kalju II	Pärnu Linnameeskond	Sillamäe Kalev II	Jürgen Kuresoo (Elva)	33
2014	Tallinna Infonet II	Tartu Santos	HÜJK Emmaste	Yuriy Vereshchak (Tartu Santos)	43
2015	Maardu Starbunker	Kohtla-Järve Järve	Sillamäe Kalev II	Klimentiy Boldyrev (Maardu Starbunker)	25
2016	Kuressaare	Elva	Tartu Welco	Maarek Suursaar (Kuressaare)	33
2017	Nõmme Kalju U21	Tallinna Kalev U21	Vändra Vaprus	Karl Anton Sõerde (Tallinna Kalev U21)	29
2018	Tallinna Legion	Tartu Tammeka U21	Kohtla-Järve Järve	Rejal Alijev (Tallinna Legion)	40
2019	Nõmme United	Vändra Vaprus	Pärnu	Martin Pärn (Vändra Vaprus)	37
2020	Paide Linnameeskond U21	Tartu Welco	Tallinna Kalev U21	Ander Ott Valge (Paide Linnameeskond U21) Eduard Desjatski (Võru Helios)	24
2021	Viimsi	Harju JK	Ida-Virumaa FC Alliance	Karl Anton Sõerde (Viimsi)	30
2022	FC Tallinn	Tabasalu	Tallinna Kalev U21	Maksim Kalimullin (FC Tallinn)	33
2023	Tartu Welco	Tallinna Kalev U21	Narva Trans U21	Priit Peedo (FA Tartu Kalev)	36

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 2024 season. Teams in bold played in the Esiliiga B 2024 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^[a]	8	276	125	47	104	523	459	+64	422	1.53	1		1	2013	2021	1	1	1
2	Nõmme Kalju FC U21^[b]	8	276	129	32	115	591	538	+53	419	1.52	2	1		2013	2019	2		1
3	JK Tallinna Kalev U21	7	242	121	46	77	542	376	+166	408	1.69		2	2	2015	2020	2		2
4	Tartu JK Tammeka U21	6	216	104	42	70	490	340	+150	354	1.64	1	1		2016	2022	1		1
5	Ida-Virumaa FC Alliance^[c]	6	212	89	32	91	343	342	+1	299	1.41		1	2	2013	2021	3		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	3		1
8	Tallinna JK Legion	4	144	70	17	57	297	267	+30	227	1.58	1		1	2013	2024	1	1	1
9	Tabasalu JK	4	134	66	16	52	315	239	+76	214	1.60		1		2019	2022	1		2
10	FC Elva	4	144	62	23	59	230	227	+3	209	1.45		1		2013	2016	1		2
11	Vändra JK Vaprus	4	138	60	19	59	280	307	-27	199	1.44		1	1	2017	2021	1	1	2
12	Läänemaa JK	5	166	51	21	94	298	448	−150	174	1.05				2020	2020			6
13	Paide Linnameeskond U21	4	138	51	19	68	268	300	−32	172	1.25	1			2017	2020	1		1
14	Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi	4	144	48	22	74	242	304	-62	166	1.15			1	2018	2023	1		3
15	FA Tartu Kalev	3	108	45	21	42	200	216	−16	156	1.44				2022	2022			4
16	Raasiku FC Joker	3	108	41	28	39	198	196	+2	151	1.40				2015	2017		1	5
17	FC Nõmme United	2	72	44	13	15	227	95	+132	145	2.01	1			2018	2019	1		1
18	Keila JK	3	102	40	16	46	202	236	-34	136	1.33				2017	2019	1	1	4
19	Maardu FC Starbunker	2	72	42	5	25	162	123	+39	131	1.82	1			2014	2015	1		1
20	FC Tallinn	2	68	40	11	17	185	104	+81	131	1.93	1			2021	2022	1		1
21	Võru FC Helios	3	102	35	18	49	183	235	-52	123	1.21				2018	2020		1	6
22	Tallinna FC Ararat	3	108	35	15	58	183	244	−61	120	1.11				2013	2015		1	4
23	JK Narva Trans U21	2	72	34	16	22	126	99	+27	118	1.64			1	2023	2023			3
24	FC Kuressaare U21	2	72	34	14	24	153	146	+7	116	1.61				2023	2023			4
25	Tallinna FC Flora U19^[d]	5	180	28	22	130	187	523	−336	106	0.59				2013	2018		2	9
26	FCI Tallinn U21	1	36	32	3	1	124	34	+90	99	2.75	1			2014	2014	1		1
27	Tartu FC Santos	1	36	32	0	4	161	27	+134	96	2.67		1		2014	2014	1		2
28	Viljandi JK Tulevik	2	72	26	12	34	107	129	-22	90	1.25				2023	2023			6
29	Pärnu Linnameeskond	1	36	25	4	7	114	53	+61	79	2.19		1		2013	2013	1		2
30	Tallinna JK Legion U21	2	66	25	4	37	124	169	−45	79	1.20				2021	2021			6
31	FC Kuressaare	1	36	23	7	6	117	48	+69	76	2.11	1			2016	2016	1		1
32	Harju JK Laagri	1	32	20	3	9	88	49	+39	63	1.97		1		2021	2021	1		2
33	Jõhvi FC Phoenix	1	36	12	9	15	78	81	-3	45	1.25				2024	2024			7
34	Tallinna JK Puuma	1	36	13	5	18	60	89	−29	44	1.22				2015	2015		1	8
35	Tallinna JK Dünamo	1	36	9	4	23	42	86	−44	31	0.86				2013	2013		1	8
36	Põhja-Tallinna JK Volta	1	36	9	2	25	53	123	−70	29	0.81				2019	2019		1	10
37	Lasnamäe FC Ajax	1	36	4	4	28	35	135	-100	16	0.44				2018	2018		1	9
38	Viljandi JK Tulevik U21	1	36	4	2	30	26	142	−116	14	0.39				2016	2016		1	10
39	Rakvere JK Tarvas	1	30	3	1	26	26	96	−70	10	0.33				2020	2020		1	10
40	Raplamaa JK	1	36	2	3	31	31	121	−90	9	0.25				2022	2022		1	10

League or status at 2024:

	2024 Meistriliiga teams
	2024 Esiliiga teams
	2024 Esiliiga B teams
	2024 II liiga teams
	2024 III liiga teams
	Defunct teams

Notes

^ 2013–2015 HÜJK Emmaste; 2016– Viimsi JK
^ 2013 Nõmme Kalju II; 2014– Nõmme Kalju U21
^ 2013–2020 Kohtla-Järve JK Järve; 2021– Ida-Virumaa FC Alliance
^ 2013–2015 Tallinna Flora III; 2016– Tallinna Flora U19

References

^ "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.

External links

Esiliiga B (in Estonian)

[4] 2013–2015 HÜJK Emmaste; 2016– Viimsi JK

[5] 2013 Nõmme Kalju II; 2014– Nõmme Kalju U21

[6] 2013–2020 Kohtla-Järve JK Järve; 2021– Ida-Virumaa FC Alliance

[7] 2013–2015 Tallinna Flora III; 2016– Tallinna Flora U19

[1] "Esiliiga B". jalgpall.ee. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

[2] ttp://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.

[3] ttp://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.

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