2008 in Estonian football

2008 in Estonian football
Meistriliiga winners
FC Levadia Tallinn
Estonian Cup winners
FC Flora Tallinn
UEFA Champions League
FC Levadia Tallinn (1Q)
UEFA Cup
FC Flora Tallinn (1Q)
FC TVMK Tallinn (1Q)
UEFA Intertoto
FC Trans Narva (1R)
Estonian national team
2008 Baltic Cup
2008 Mayors' Cup
2010 World Cup qualification
Estonian Footballer of the Year
Raio Piiroja

The 2008 season was the 17th competitive football season in Estonia.

National Leagues

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Levadia (C) 36 29 6 1 105 22 +83 93 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Flora 36 28 7 1 113 28 +85 91 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[a]
3 Narva Trans 36 16 8 12 62 54 +8 56 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4 Kalju 36 16 7 13 65 64 +1 55
5 Sillamäe Kalev 36 13 6 17 49 79 −30 45
6 Tulevik 36 9 4 23 31 74 −43 31[b]
7 Maag Tammeka 36 9 4 23 45 76 −31 31[b]
8 Tallinna Kalev 36 6 8 22 37 70 −33 26
9 Vaprus (R) 36 5 2 29 41 125 −84 17 Qualification for relegation play-off
10 TVMK[c] (R) 36 20 6 10 91 47 +44 66 Relegation to Esiliiga
Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head goal difference; 5) head-to-head goals scored; 6) goal difference; 7) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Flora won the 2008–09 Estonian Cup and qualified for second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. Therefore, Nõmme Kalju, fourth-placed team and cup runners-up, earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
  2. ^ a b TUL: 6 pts, 7–5; M-T: 6 pts, 5–7
  3. ^ On 6 November 2008, the Estonian Football Association decided not to grant TVMK a license to play in Meistriliiga or Esiliiga, due to financial difficulties during the season. The Estonian Football Association allowed them to play until the end of the season and as they finished in third place, the players and coaches received bronze medals, but the club itself was dropped to 10th place.[1][2] TVMK were eventually disbanded.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 FC Levadia II[a] (C) 36 22 6 8 83 33 +50 72
2 FC Kuressaare (P) 36 21 8 7 67 35 +32 71 Promotion to Meistriliiga
3 FC Flora II[a] 36 18 8 10 62 41 +21 62
4 FC Flora Paide LM (O, P) 36 14 11 11 58 44 +14 53 Qualification for promotion play-offs
5 Valga Warrior 36 13 9 14 46 56 −10 48
6 Kiviõli Tamme Auto 36 11 11 14 51 66 −15 44
7 JK Maag Tammeka II[a] 36 11 10 15 60 63 −3 43
8 FC Flora Rakvere 36 10 7 19 53 82 −29 37
9 Lasnamäe Ajax 36 8 9 19 59 79 −20 33 Qualification for relegation play-offs
10 FC TVMK II[b] (R) 36 11 3 22 58 98 −40 36 Relegation to II liiga
Source:
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.
  2. ^ On 6 November Estonian Football Association License Commission decided to take TVMK's license to play in Meistriliiga or Esiliiga, due to financial difficulties during the season. The Estonian Football Association helped them to play until the end of the season and as they finished in 3rd place, the players and coaches got bronze medals, but the club itself was demoted to 10th spot.[3][4][5]

Estonian FA Cup

Final

Flora3–1Maag Tammeka
Post 1'
Hakola 47' (pen.), 64'
Ossipov 72' (pen.)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Hannes Kaasik

National Teams

The Estonia national football team' played a total number of fifteen matches (including one unofficial) and started in the qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

Notes

  1. ^ FC TVMK meeskonnad langesid Meistri- ja Esiliigast välja. Archived 2009-06-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Estonian)
  2. ^ TVMK kadumine ulatas Vaprusele õlekõrre (in Estonian)
  3. ^ "FC TVMK meeskonnad langesid Meistri- ja Esiliigast välja". EJL. Archived from the original on June 21, 2009. Retrieved November 17, 2008.
  4. ^ "FC TVMK meeskonnad langesid Meistri- ja Esiliigast välja". fcflora.ee. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
  5. ^ "TVMK kadumine ulatas Vaprusele õlekõrre". Soccernet.ee. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
  6. ^ "Poola – Eesti 2:0 (1:0)". EJL. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  7. ^ "Eesti – Kanada 2:0 (0:0)". EJL. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  8. ^ "Eesti – Gruusia 1:1 (0:0)". EJL. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  9. ^ "Läti – Eesti 1:0 (0:0)". EJL. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  10. ^ "Eesti – Leedu 0:1 (0:0)". EJL. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  11. ^ "Eesti – Fääri saared 4:3 (3:0)". EJL. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  12. ^ "Eesti – Malta 2:1 (1:1)". EJL. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  13. ^ "Belgia – Eesti 3:2 (1:0)". EJL. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  14. ^ "Bosnia – Eesti 7:0 (2:0)". EJL. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  15. ^ "Eesti – Hispaania 0:3 (0:2)". EJL. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  16. ^ "Eesti – Türgi 0:0 (0:0)". EJL. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  17. ^ "Eesti – Läti 1:1 (0:0)". EJL. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  18. ^ "Eesti – Moldova 1:0 (0:0)". EJL. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  19. ^ "Eesti – Leedu 1:1 (1:1)". EJL. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  20. ^ "Murcia – Eesti 1:1 (1:1)". EJL. Retrieved June 1, 2022.