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II liiga

Estonian football league

Summary

Estonian football league

Field	Value
name	II liiga
pixels	140
country	Estonia
confed	UEFA
divisions	II East/North
II West/South
teams	28 (14 in each division)
promotion	Esiliiga B
relegation	III liiga
levels	4
domest_cup	Estonian Cup
Estonian Small Cup
champions	Paide Linnameeskond III
season	2018
current	2025 II liiga

II West/South Estonian Small Cup II liiga is the fourth level of football league competition in Estonia arranged by the Estonian Football Association. It consists of 28 teams, divided geographically into two divisions with 14 teams each in group North/East and South/West. Until 2013, it was the third level league.

Competition

During the season, teams play each opponent twice, once at home and once away, for 26 matches. At the end of the season, the winners of both divisions face each other in one final match to determine the champion of II liiga. As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts around April and lasts until around the start of November.

At the end of the season, the winners of both divisions may be promoted to the Esiliiga B, provided the clubs meet the licensing criteria of the Esiliiga B. Second placed clubs of the divisions face each other in a play-off, the winner of which will play with Esiliiga B eight placed (third bottom) club for promotion to the Esiliiga.

Two clubs from the bottom end of both divisions are relegated to the III liiga. Third bottom clubs in both divisions will play a playoff with winners of playoffs of III liiga second placed clubs.

II Liiga North/East

2019 season

2019 II N/E liiga consists of 14 teams. Nine of them remain the same, one was promoted from III liiga South, one from III liiga West and two were relegated from higher divisions. Promoted teams are Põhja-Tallinna JK Volta II and FC Jõgeva Wolves and relegated teams are Tartu FC Santos (from Esiliiga) and Lasnamäe FC Ajax (from Esiliiga B). Tallinna JK Legion II joined the league from II S/W liiga. These teams replaced Tartu FC Santos II and Maardu United (dissolved), Põhja-Tallinna JK Volta (promoted) as well as Raasiku FC Joker and Tallinna JK Piraaja (transferred to II S/W liiga).

Clubs

The following clubs are competing in II liiga North/East during the 2019 season.

Club	2018	Location	Titles	Last best finish
Ajax	9th in Esiliiga B	Tallinn	1	1st (2002)
Ararat	7th	Tallinn	0	3rd (2008)
FCI Tallinn	2nd	Tallinn	0	2nd (2018)
Järve II	8th	Jõhvi	0	8th (2018)
Legion II	6th in II liiga S/W	Tallinn	0	–
Maardu LM II	10th	Maardu	0	10th (2017)
Noorus	4th	Jõgeva	0	4th (2018)
Santos	7th in Esiliiga	Tartu	0	–
Sillamäe	3rd	Sillamäe	2	1st (2000)
Tammeka III	12th	Tartu	0	12th (2018)
Trans II	6th	Narva	0	4th (2016)
Volta II a	2nd in III liiga West	Tallinn	0	–
Welco II	9th	Tartu	0	9th (2018)
Wolves	4th in III liiga South	Jõgeva	0	–

a – ineligible for promotion to Esiliiga B

Statistics

Winners

Season	Points	Points	Points	Top goalscorer	Goals
1995–96	Maardu Olümpia	14	JK Sillamäe Kalev	11	Narva Baltika
1996–97	Tallinna Dokker	23	Kohtla-Järve Eliit	17	Muuga Sadam
1997–98	Tallinna KSK Vigri	28	Kohtla-Järve Veteranid	24	Kiviõli Irbis
1998	Narva Baltika	23	M.C. Tallinn	22	Tallinna JK Dünamo
1999	Tallinna JK Dünamo	41	Štrommi Tallinn	31	Kiviõli JK Irbis
2000	JK Sillamäe Kalev	40	Kohtla-Järve SK Järve	31	Maardu FS Junior
2001	Narva Alstom Kick Sai	39	TJK-83 Tallinn	38	Maardu FS Junior
2002	Tallinna FC Ajax Estel	60	M.C. Tallinn	34	Narva SK Kick Sai
2003	Tallinna JK Dünamo (2)	67	Tallinna FC TVMK II	66	Tallinna FC Levadia II
2004	JK Tallinna Kalev	69	Tartu JK Merkuur-Juunior	65	FC Puuma
2005	Nõmme JK Kalju	59	Alutaguse FC Lootus	52	FC Levadia-Juunior
2006	Narva Trans II	69	Sillamäe Kalev	57	JK Tallinna Kalev II
2007	Kiviõli Tamme Auto	60	VJK Rakvere	52	Tallinna FC Ararat
2008	Kohtla-Järve FC Lootus	69	Tallinna JK Legion	64	Tallinna FC Ararat
2009	Jõhvi JK Orbiit	59	Tallinna JK Dünamo	55	Kohtla-Järve JK Alko
2010	Tallinna FC Puuma	59	Tallinna FC Atletik	55	Nõmme Kalju FC II
2011	Rakvere JK Tarvas	68	Nõmme Kalju FC II	61	JK Sillamäe Kalev II
2012	Jõhvi FC Lokomotiv (2)	66	JK Sillamäe Kalev II	53	Nõmme Kalju FC II
2013	Maardu FC Starbunker	59	FC Infonet II Tallinn	57	FCF Tallinna Ülikool
2014	Paide Linnameeskond II	61	Raasiku FC Joker 1993	55	Tartu JK Welco
2015	Paide Linnameeskond U21 (2)	61	Tartu JK Welco	56	JK Luunja
2016	Tartu FC Merkuur	58	Jõhvi FC Lokomotiv	52	FC Lasnamäe Ajax
2017	Tallinna JK Legion	60	Tallinna FC Levadia III	51	Võru FC Helios
2018	Põhja-Tallinna JK Volta	57	FCI Tallinn	57	JK Sillamäe Kalev
2019	FCI Tallinn	64	JK Sillamäe Kalev	59	Narva JK Trans II
2020	Tallinna JK Legion II	60	FC Tallinn	60	FCI Tallinn
2021	Paide Linnameeskond III	57	FA Tartu Kalev	55	FCI Tallinn

Bold teams were promoted

II Liiga South/West

2018 season

2018 II S/W Liiga consists of 14 different teams. Eight of them remain the same. Two were promoted from III Liiga West, one from III Liiga North and one from III Liiga East. They were Pärnu JK Poseidon, Läänemaa JK, JK Tallinna Kalev III and Paide Linnameeskond III. One team was transferred from II Liiga N/E. It was Tallinna JK Legion II. Remaining team was relegated from Esiliiga B, which was Viimsi JK. These teams replaced FC Nõmme United, Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi and FC Flora U19 (all promoted), Saue JK Laagri, SK Imavere and Viimsi JK II. Also Tallinna JK Dünamo changed its name to Tallinna JK Legion II.

Clubs

The following clubs were competing in II liiga South/West during the 2018 season.

Club	2017	Location	Titles	Last best finish
Poseidon a, b	1st in III Liiga W	Pärnu	0	–
Ganvix a, b	5th	Türi	0	2nd (2015)
Legion II a, b, c	–	Tallinn	0	–
Kuressaare II a	10th	Kuressaare	1	1st (2003)
Kalev III a, b	3rd in III Liiga N	Tallinn	0	–
Läänemaa a, b	3rd in III Liiga W	Haapsalu	0	–
Otepää a, b	9th	Otepää	0	9th (2017)
Paide Linnameeskond III a, b	1st in III Liiga E	Paide	0	–
Raplamaa a, b	8th	Rapla	0	8th (2017)
Tabasalu a, b	3rd	Tallinn	0	3rd (2017)
Tulevik U21	4th	Viljandi	0	2nd (1994/95)
Tõrva a, b	13th	Karksi-Nuia	0	7th (2016)
Vaprus II a, b	12th	Pärnu	0	12th (2017)
Viimsi	7th in Esiliiga B	Haabneeme	1	1st (2012)

a – never been relegated from II liiga

b – never played in Esiliiga B/Esiliiga

c – ineligible for promotion to Esiliiga B

Statistics

Winners

Season	Points	Points	Points	Top goalscorer	Goals
1995–96	Pärnu United	21	Lokomotiiv Valga	16	Merkuur Tartu
1996–97	Merkuur Tartu	28	Tartu Jalgpallikool	18	Märjamaa Kompanii
1997–98	FC Lelle	21	Hiiu Kalur Kärdla	20	Tartu Jalgpallikool
1998	FC Lelle	27	Hiiu Kalur Kärdla	17	Märjamaa Kompanii
1999	Merkuur Tartu	54	Hiiu Kalur Kärdla	37	Tervis Pärnu
2000	Pärnu FC Levadia	49	Paide Arieks	35	Hiiu Kalur Kärdla
2001	JK Tammeka Tartu	45	Pärnu JK Vaprus	43	Muhumaa JK
2002	JK Tervis Pärnu	49	FC Hiiu Kalur Kärdla	32	Sörve JK
2003	Sörve JK	57	FC Hiiu Kalur Kärdla	55	HÜJK Emmaste
2004	Pärnu JK Vaprus	76	FC Elva	58	FC Hiiu Kalur Kärdla
2005	Pärnu Pataljoni JK	62	FC Tarvastu	58	FC Elion
2006	Tartu Välk 494	59	FC Tarvastu	55	Pärnu Pataljoni JK
2007	Paide FC Flora	61	Sörve JK	59	Tartu JK Maag Tammeka III
2008	Tartu FC Santos	58	FC Nõmme United	55	Viljandi JK Tulevik II
2009	FC Nõmme United	58	Tartu JK Tammeka II	57	Türi Ganvix JK
2010	Tartu FC HaServ	62	HÜJK Emmaste	52	FC Nõmme United
2011	Tartu FC HaServ	62	Tartu JK Tammeka II	62	Paide Kumake
2012	HÜJK Emmaste	69	Viljandi JK Tulevik	56	Vändra JK Vaprus
2013	Tartu FC Santos	73	Sörve JK	49	Türi Ganvix JK
2014	JK Tallinna Kalev U21	61	FCF Tallinna Ülikool	59	Saue JK Laagri
2015	FCF Tallinna Ülikool	63	Türi Ganvix JK	53	Viljandi JK Tulevik U21
2016	Paide Linnameeskond II	67	Keila JK	62	FC Nõmme United
2017	FC Nõmme United	71	Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi	60	JK Tabasalu
2018	Paide Linnameeskond III	71	Viimsi JK	65	JK Tabasalu
2019	Paide Linnameeskond III	64	JK Tallinna Kalev III	56	Läänemaa JK
2020	Paide Linnameeskond III	76	Harju JK Laagri	59	Raasiku FC Joker

Bold teams were promoted

Promotion

In addition to league winners, second placed teams also get a chance to get promoted. First of all, both second placed teams play each other and the winner goes to the second round, where it meets with Esiliiga B 8th placed team. The winner of this game gets to compete in Esiliiga B.

First round

Season	II N/E 2nd	II S/W 2nd	Game 1	Game 2
2011	Nõmme JK Kalju II	Tartu JK Tammeka II	1:0	1:5
2012	JK Sillamäe Kalev U21	Viljandi JK Tulevik	0:0	1:4
2013	Tallinna FC Infonet II	Sörve JK	3:2	5:2
2014	Raasiku FC Joker 1993	FCF Tallinna Ülikool	w/o	w/o
2015	Tartu JK Welco	Türi JK Ganvix	w/o	w/o
2016	Jõhvi FC Lokomotiv	Keila JK	0:1	0:8
2017	Tallinna FC Levadia III	Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi	w/o	w/o
2018	FCI Tallinn	JK Tabasalu	–:4	w/o
2019	JK Sillamäe Kalev	Läänemaa JK	2:1	2:0

Second round

First round Winner	Esiliiga/Esiliiga B 8th	Game 1	Game 2
Tartu JK Tammeka II	Pärnu Linnameeskond	1:0	0:1 (5:4 p)
Viljandi JK Tulevik	Tartu JK Tammeka II	1:1	2:1 (aet)
Tallinna FC Infonet II	Tallinna JK Dünamo	6:1	5:0
Raasiku FC Joker 1993	Tallinna FC Ararat TTÜ	3:1	4:6
Tartu JK Welco	FC Puuma	5:0	0:2
Keila JK	Viimsi JK	2:1	0:1
Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi1
JK Tabasalu	Lasnamäe FC Ajax	3:0	4:1
JK Sillamäe Kalev

;Notes

Note 1: No promotion play-offs were played because FCI Tallinn and Tallinna FC Levadia merged and JK Sillamäe Kalev was relegated to II liiga because of financial difficulties.

II liiga finals

Every season II Liiga North/East and II Liiga South/West winners compete in a match. The winner is named the II liiga champion.

Kristjan Paapsi Ergo Reinvald Alar Alve Mikk Mario Mõistlik Sander Lepik Mark Kolosov Rasmus Munskind Martin Saar ,
Rauno Rikberg , ,
Priit Raal Andre Mägi Mark Kolosov Kirill Vinogradov

Carl Tubarik ,
Rauno Rikberg ,

References

(27 November 2016). "Eesti 2017.a meistrivõistluste Meistri- ja Esiliiga juhend". [[Estonian Football Association]].
"II Liiga võitja". [[Estonian Football Association]].

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