2005 Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga

Season	2005
Champions	TVMK Tallinn
Top goalscorer	Tarmo Neemelo (41)
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FC TVMK's first title-winning Meistriliiga campaign came in some style with strikers Tarmo Neemelo and Ingemar Teever scoring most of the goals and veteran midfielder Andrei Borissov leading the team from midfield. Narva Trans finished in bronze-medal position after years of being fourth in the final table, while FC Flora have been busy rebuilding their squad and therefore not too upset by a disappointing fourth position finish. FC Kuressaare went out of the league via play-offs and Dünamo's defensive displays were awful and the team never seemed to have any kind of chance in staying up.

Tarmo Neemelo in the end scored 41 goals for the champions, and earned a move to top Swedish club Helsingborgs IF, Maksim Gruznov of Narva Trans scored 26 goals, Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko of FC Flora and Ingemar Teever for the champions scored 19 goals each. The latter secured a free transfer to Swedish outfit Östers IF.

Final standings

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Comments
1	TVMK Tallinn	36	30	5	1	138	21	95	Champions League 1st Qualifying Round
2	Levadia Tallinn	36	28	5	3	97	25	89	UEFA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
3	Trans Narva	36	23	6	7	99	34	75	Intertoto Cup 1st Round
4	Flora Tallinn	36	21	6	9	81	36	69	UEFA Cup 1st Qualifying Round *
5	Tulevik Viljandi	36	12	11	13	46	48	47
6	Merkuur Tartu	36	11	7	18	52	86	40
7	Tammeka Tartu	36	8	5	23	50	88	29
8	FC Valga	36	8	4	24	38	78	28
9	FC Kuressaare	36	7	6	23	40	96	27	Promotion/Relegation Playoff
10	Dünamo Tallinn	36	3	3	30	28	157	12	Relegated

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points
C = Champions

* Qualified as Estonian Cup finalists

	UEFA Champions League First Qualifying Round
	UEFA Cup First Qualifying Round
	UEFA Intertoto Cup First Round
	Relegation Playoffs
	Relegated

Promotion/Relegation Play-Off

November 13, 2005	FC Ajax Lasnamäe	1 – 0	FC Kuressaare
	Rõtškov  49'

November 19, 2005	FC Kuressaare [1]	2 – 1	FC Ajax Lasnamäe
	Kluge  11' Pukk  90+1'		Andrejev  46'

1. ^ FC Kuressaare kept their place in the Meistriliiga, after Tervis Pärnu decided not to make the promotion.

Topscorers

Pos	Name	Team	Goals
1	Tarmo Neemelo	TVMK Tallinn	41
2	Maksim Gruznov	Trans Narva	26
3	Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko	Flora Tallinn	19
–	Ingemar Teever	TVMK Tallinn	19
5	Indrek Zelinski	Levadia Tallinn	18
6	Egidijus Juška	TVMK Tallinn	17
7	Vitali Leitan	Levadia Tallinn	16
8	Kristjan Tiirik	Tammeka Tartu	15