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2023 Meistriliiga

The 2023 Meistriliiga, also known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga due to sponsorship reasons, was the 33rd season of the Meistriliiga, the top Estonian league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1992. It was the first Meistriliiga season with video assistant referee (VAR).

Season
Flora
Harju
Flora
FCI LevadiaPaide LinnameeskondTallinna Kalev
180
458 (2.54 per match)
Flora 5–0 Narva Trans(14 March 2023)FCI Levadia 6–1 Harju(15 April 2023)
Vaprus 1–5 Flora(10 June 2023)Narva Trans 0–4 Vaprus(8 July 2023)Kuressaare 0–4 Paide Linnameeskond(23 July 2023)
Paide Linnameeskond 6–3 Tammeka(19 August 2023)
7 matchesFlora
12 matchesFlora
10 matchesHarju
8 matchesHarju
3,510FCI Levadia 0–0 Flora(28 June 2023)
101FCI Levadia 3–0 Tammeka(15 March 2023)
← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Meistriliiga, also known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga due to sponsorship reasons, was the 33rd season of the Meistriliiga, the top Estonian league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1992. It was the first Meistriliiga season with video assistant referee (VAR).

The winners (Flora, their second consecutive title and fifteenth overall) qualified for the 2024–25 Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up (FCI Levadia), third-placed team (Tallinna Kalev), and fourth-placed team (Paide Linnameeskond) qualified for the 2024–25 Conference League first qualifying round. The ninth-placed team (Tammeka) qualified for the Meistriliiga play-off, winning to retain their place in the league. The bottom-placed team (Harju) were relegated to the 2024 Esiliiga.

The league consisted of ten teams; the top nine teams of the previous season, and one team promoted from the Esiliiga. Flora entered the season as defending champions.

Promoted from2022 Esiliiga	Relegated to2023 Esiliiga
Harju	Legion

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
FCI Levadia	Tallinn	A. Le Coq Arena	14,336
Flora
Harju	Laagri	Laagri Stadium	500
Kuressaare	Kuressaare	Kuressaare linnastaadion	1,000
Narva Trans	Narva	Narva Kreenholm Stadium	1,065
Nõmme Kalju	Tallinn	TNTK Stadium	800
Paide Linnameeskond	Paide	Paide linnastaadion	500
Tallinna Kalev	Tallinn	Kadriorg Stadium	5,000
Tammeka	Tartu	Tartu Tamme Stadium	1,500
Vaprus	Pärnu	Pärnu Rannastaadion	1,501

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
FCI Levadia	Curro Torres	Rasmus Peetson	Macron	Admirals, Viimsi Keevitus
Flora	Jürgen Henn	Konstantin Vassiljev	Nike	Optibet
Harju	Victor Silva	Andre Järva	Adidas	Enemat
Kuressaare	Roman Kozhukhovskyi	Märten Pajunurm	Nike	Visit Saaremaa
Narva Trans	Aleksei Eremenko	Elysée	Nike	Sportland
Nõmme Kalju	Nikita Andreev	Yohan Mannone	Adidas	Marsbet
Paide Linnameeskond	Ivan Stojković	Andre Frolov	Nike	Exmet, Verston
Tallinna Kalev	Aivar Anniste Daniel Meijel	Marek Kaljumäe	Macron	Unibet
Tammeka	Marti Pähn	Taijo Teniste	Nike	Giga Ehitus
Vaprus	Igor Prins	Magnus Villota	Nike	Coolbet

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Vaprus	Dmitrijs Kalašņikovs	End of contract	12 November 2022	Pre-season	Igor Prins	14 November 2022
FCI Levadia	Nikita Andreev	End of interim spell	1 December 2022	Curro Torres	1 December 2022
Narva Trans	Aleksei Yagudin	31 December 2022	Sergei Terehhov	31 December 2022
Nõmme Kalju	Kaido Koppel	Contract terminated	28 April 2023	4th	Nikita Andreev	28 April 2023
Paide Linnameeskond	Karel Voolaid	25 May 2023	7th	Ats Sillaste (interim)	27 May 2023
Ats Sillaste	End of interim spell	30 May 2023	Ivan Stojković	30 May 2023
Narva Trans	Sergei Terehhov	Contract terminated	8 August 2023	8th	Valeri Bondarenko (interim)	11 August 2023
Valeri Bondarenko	End of interim spell	20 August 2023	Aleksei Eremenko	20 August 2023

The ninth-placed club (Tammeka) faced the second-placed club from the 2023 Esiliiga (Viimsi) for the final place in the following season's Meistriliiga.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Tristan Koskor	Narva Trans	16
2	Konstantin Vassiljev	Flora	14
3	Mollo	FCI Levadia	13
4	Sergei Zenjov	Flora	12
5	Ernest Agyiri	FCI Levadia	11
6	Kevin Mätas	Tammeka	10
Tristan Toomas Teeväli	Tallinna Kalev
8	Sten Reinkort	Flora/Kuressaare	9
9	Bourama Fomba	FCI Levadia	8
Kevin Kauber	Vaprus
Mattias Männilaan	Kuressaare
Foday Trawally	Tallinna Kalev

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Ernest Agyiri	FCI Levadia	Nõmme Kalju	3–0 (H)	9 July 2023
Herol Riiberg	Paide Linnameeskond	Tammeka	6–3 (H)	19 August 2023

Club	Average attendance
FCI Levadia	750
Pärnu JK Vaprus	664
Tallinna FC Flora	530
JK Tallinna Kalev	374
Tartu JK Tammeka	333
Paide Linnameeskond	309
Nõmme Kalju FC	294
Harju JK Laagri	285
JK Narva Trans	221
FC Kuressaare	196
League average	396

Month	Player of the Month	Manager of the Month
March	Uku Kõrre	Vaprus	Igor Prins	Vaprus
April	Ernest Agyiri	FCI Levadia	Curro Torres	FCI Levadia
May	Sergei Zenjov	Flora	Jürgen Henn	Flora
June/July	Ebrima Jarju	Paide Linnameeskond	Curro Torres	FCI Levadia
August	Andre Fortune II	Nõmme Kalju	Nikita Andreev	Nõmme Kalju
September	Mollo	FCI Levadia	Victor Silva	Harju
October	Konstantin Vassiljev	Flora	Aivar Anniste Daniel Meijel	Tallinna Kalev

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Konstantin Vassiljev	Flora
Goalkeeper of the Season	Karl Andre Vallner	FCI Levadia
Defender of the Season	Bourama Fomba
Midfielder of the Season	Konstantin Vassiljev	Flora
Forward of the Season	Mollo	FCI Levadia
Under-21 Player of the Season
Goal of the Season	Mark Maksimkin	Narva Trans

#	Football club	Average attendance
1	FCI Levadia Tallinn	763
2	Pärnu JK Vaprus	664
3	FC Flora Tallinn	518
4	JK Tallinna Kalev	374
5	JK Tammeka Tartu	333
6	Paide Linnameeskond	309
7	JK Nõmme Kalju	294
8	Harju JK Laagri	285
9	JK Narva Trans	221
10	FC Kuressaare	196

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