Naiste Meistriliiga Explained

The Naiste Meistriliiga (English: Women's Champions League) is the highest league of women's association football in Estonia. It is run by the Estonian Football Association and was founded in 1994. The league currently consists of eight teams. The league champion qualifies for the UEFA Women's Champions League.

Current clubs

The following eight clubs will compete in the 2022 season.^[1]

Team	Location	Ground	Capacity	data-sort-type=number	2021 season
Flora	Tallinn	Lilleküla harjutusväljak I	[2]	1st
Lootos	Põlva	Lootospark	[3]	5th
Pärnu Vaprus	Pärnu	Pärnu Rannastaadion	[4]	4th
Saku Sporting	Saku	Saku staadion		2nd
Tabasalu	Tabasalu	Tabasalu Arena		Esiliiga, 1st
Tallinna Kalev	Tallinn	Kalev Keskstaadion artificial turf	[5]	3rd
Tammeka	Tartu	Sepa Football Centre artificial turf	[6]	7th
Tulevik ja Suure-Jaani United	Viljandi	Viljandi linnastaadion	[7]	6th

Champions

By season

This section lists all champions since the league's inception and the previous Estonian league champions.^{[1] [8] [9]}

Season	width=100px	Champions	width=100px	Runners-up	width=100px	Third place	Top scorer	Goals
1994	Central Sport	Tulevik	Nõmme Chickens
1994–95	Pärnu	Central Jõmm	Tulevik
1995–96	Central Sport	Pärnu	Tulevik
1996–97	Central Sport	Pärnu	TKSK Arsenal	Anastassia Morkovkina (Narvane/TKSK Arsenal)	13
1997–98	TKSK Arsenal	Pärnu	Wiiking	Anastassia Morkovkina (TKSK Arsenal)	47
1998	TKSK Arsenal	Pärnu	Flora	Anastassia Morkovkina (TKSK Arsenal)	29
1999	TKSK	Pärnu	Flora	Andra Karpin (Pärnu)	31
2000	TKSK	Pärnu	Flora	Anastassia Morkovkina (Pärnu)	28
2001	TKSK Visa	Eesti Näitused	Pärnu
2002	TKSK Visa	Pärnu	Estel	Ave Pajo (Estel)	33
2003	Pärnu	TKSK Visa	Estel	Anastassia Morkovkina (Pärnu)	46
2004	Pärnu	TKSK Visa	Ajax TLMK	Anastassia Morkovkina (Pärnu)	58
2005	Pärnu	TKSK Visa	Tallinna Kalev	Anastassia Morkovkina (Pärnu)	63
2006	Pärnu	Levadia	Tallinna Kalev	Anastassia Morkovkina (Pärnu)	61
2007	Levadia	Pärnu	Flora	Katrin Loo (Flora)	30
2008	Levadia	Pärnu	Flora	Ave Pajo (Tallinna Kalev)	47
2009	Levadia	Flora	Pärnu	Ave Pajo (Levadia)	59
2010	Pärnu	Flora	Levadia	Ave Pajo (Levadia)	33
2011	Pärnu	Flora	Levadia	Anastassia Morkovkina (Pärnu)	36
2012	Pärnu	Flora	Levadia	Anastassia Morkovkina (Pärnu)	37
2013	Pärnu	Flora	Levadia	Anastassia Morkovkina (Pärnu)	34
2014	Pärnu	Flora	Levadia	Anastassia Morkovkina (Pärnu)	34
2015	Pärnu	Flora	Levadia	Anastassia Morkovkina (Pärnu)	34
2016	Pärnu	Flora	Levadia	Anastassia Morkovkina (Pärnu)	35
2017	Pärnu	Flora	Levadia	Lisette Tammik (Flora)	33
2018	Flora	Pärnu	Levadia	Katrin Loo (Flora)	29
2019	Flora (2)	Pärnu	Tallinna Kalev	Katrin Loo (Flora)	36
2020	Flora (3)	Tallinna Kalev	Saku Sporting	Katrin Loo (Flora)	36
2021	Flora (4)	Saku Sporting	Tallinna Kalev	Lisette Tammik (Flora)	25
2022	Flora (5)	Saku Sporting	Tallinna Kalev	Emma Treiberg (Saku Sporting)	40
2023	Flora (6)	Saku Sporting	Tammeka
2024	Flora (7)	Saku Sporting	Tabasalu

By team

Titles	Team
13
9	Levadia
7	Flora
3	Central Sport

Awards

Player of the Year

See main article: Naiste Meistriliiga Player of the Year.

External links

• • Naiste Meistriliiga at UEFA
• Naiste Meistriliiga at Soccerway.com

Notes and References

1. News: Naiste Meistriliiga. Estonian. Estonian Football Association.
2. Web site: Lilleküla harjutusväljak I. Estonian Football Association. Estonian.
3. Web site: Lootospark. Estonian. Estonian Football Association.
4. Web site: Pärnu Rannastaadion. Estonian Football Association. Estonian.
5. Web site: Kalevi Keskstaadioni kunstmuruväljak. Estonian Football Association. Estonian.
6. Web site: Tartu Sepa jalgpallikeskuse kunstmuruväljak. Estonian Football Association. Estonian.
7. Web site: Viljandi linnastaadion - ESR. www.spordiregister.ee.
8. Web site: Estonia - List of Women Champions. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
9. Book: Luik. Margus. Estonian football 100 years. 2009. Estonian Football Association. 9789949182572. 2009.