2021 in Estonian football

This page summarizes Estonian football in 2021. It contains information about the league system, national teams, beach football and futsal.

Football in Estonia

Season	2021
← 2020 2022 →

National teams

Senior

12 January Unofficial friendly	Estonia	0–1	Ferencvárosi TC	Marbella, Spain
17:00 (UTC+3)		Report	73' Aïssa Laïdouni	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Gabriel Gallegos Jimenez

24 March 2022 WC quali.	Estonia	v	Czech Republic	Tallinn, Estonia
				Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena

27 March 2022 WC quali.	Belarus	v	Estonia	Belarus
20:00 (UTC+3)

31 March Friendly	Sweden	v	Estonia	Stockholm, Sweden
18:45 (UTC+3)				Stadium: Friends Arena

1 June Baltic Cup	Lithuania	v	Estonia	Lithuania
19:00 (UTC+3)

10 June Baltic Cup	Estonia	v	Latvia	Estonia
19:00 (UTC+3)

2 September 2022 WC quali.	Estonia	v	Belgium	Tallinn, Estonia
21:45 (UTC+3)				Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena

8 September 2022 WC quali.	Wales	v	Estonia	Wales
21:45 (UTC+3)

8 October 2022 WC quali.	Estonia	v	Belarus	Tallinn, Estonia
21:45 (UTC+3)				Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena

11 October 2022 WC quali.	Estonia	v	Wales	Tallinn, Estonia
21:45 (UTC+3)				Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena

13 November 2022 WC quali.	Belgium	v	Estonia	Belgium
21:45 (UTC+3)

16 November 2022 WC quali.	Czech Republic	v	Estonia	Czech Republic
21:45 (UTC+3)

Youth

No arranged fixtures.

Senior

23 February[1] 2022 EC quali.	Slovenia	v	Estonia	Tallinn, Estonia
18:00 (UTC+3)				Stadium: Sportland Arena

Youth

16 February U19 — 2021 EC quali.

Scotland

v

Estonia

19 February U19 — 2021 EC quali.

Hungary

v

Estonia

22 February U19 — 2021 EC quali.

Estonia

v

Montenegro

Futsal

No arranged fixtures.

Beach

No arranged fixtures.

League system

Men

• ^a – team cannot get promoted.
• – spent 2020 season in a higher division.
• – spent 2020 season in a lower division.
• – spent 2020 season in the same division, but in a different group.
• – spent 2020 season in the same division.
• – did not compete in the league system in 2020.
• – finished first in 2020 Meistriliiga.

Meistriliiga

The 2021 season, which is scheduled to begin on the 5th of March and end on the 6th of November, contains only one newcomer: Pärnu Vaprus, who have previously completed five seasons in the division, finished the 2020 Esiliiga season as champions and were therefore promoted, while Tallinna Kalev got relegated after placing tenth in the league.[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Kuressaare 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round 2 Narva Trans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round 3 Nõmme Kalju 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Paide Linnameeskond 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Pärnu Vaprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Tallinna Flora 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Tallinna Legion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Tallinna Levadia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Tartu Tammeka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the relegation play-offs 10 Viljandi Tulevik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to the Esiliiga Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: UEFA, Estonian FA (in Estonian) Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less matches awarded against; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fairplay ranking.[3]

Flora / Levadia Kalju / Legion Pärnu Vaprus Paide Tammeka Trans Tulevik Kuressaare Locations of the 2021 Meistriliiga teams

Relegation play-off:

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
(Esiliiga 2nd)		(Meistriliiga 9th)

Esiliiga

The 2021 season had three team changes in comparison to the previous year. Pärnu Vaprus got promoted and was therefore replaced by the relegated Tallinna Kalev, who ended their three year run in the top division. The last two teams - Vändra Vaprus and Kohtla-Järve Järve - were relegated to Esiliiga B and their spot was taken by third divisions top teams: Paide Linnameeskond U21 will be debuting in Esiliiga, while Tartu Welco returns after a year in the lower division.[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation 1 Elva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to the Meistriliiga 2 Maardu Linnameeskond 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for promotion play-offs 3 Nõmme United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Paide Linnameeskond U21[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Pärnu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Tallinna Flora U21[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Tallinna Kalev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Tallinna Levadia U21[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for relegation play-offs 9 Tartu Tammeka U21[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Esiliiga B 10 Tartu Welco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Soccerway (in English), Estonian FA (in Estonian) Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less matches awarded against; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fairplay ranking.[3] Notes: Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

Flora U21 Levadia U21 Nõmme United Tammeka U21 Pärnu Elva Tartu Welco Maardu LM Paide LM U21 Tallinna Kalev Locations of the 2021 Esiliiga teams

Relegation play-off:

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
(Esiliiga B 3rd)		(Esiliiga 8th)

Esiliiga B

The 2021 Esiliiga B season contains five teams from the last season and five new teams. Vändra Vaprus and Ida-Virumaa Alliance got both relegated from the higher tier and will therefore return to Esiliiga B after respectively one and two seasons. They replace the promoted Tartu Welco and Paide Linnameeskond U21. Three teams got relegated after the last season: Rakvere Tarvas, Keila and Võru Helios will all play in II liiga after respectively ten, four and two years. They will be replaced by three debutants - Tallinna Legion U21, Tallinn and Harju Laagri.[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation 1 Harju Laagri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to the Esiliiga 2 Ida-Virumaa Alliance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Läänemaa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for promotion play-offs 4 Nõmme Kalju U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Tabasalu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Tallinn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Tallinna Kalev U21[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Tallinna Legion U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for relegation play-offs 9 Viimsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to II Liiga 10 Vändra Vaprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Soccerway (in English), Estonian FA (in Estonian) Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less matches awarded against; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fairplay ranking.[3] Notes: Tallinna Kalev U21 is ineligible for promotion.

Tabasalu TALLINN Alliance Viimsi Vaprus Laagri Läänemaa Locations of the 2021 Esiliiga B teams, TALLINN = Kalev U21, Legion U21, Kalju U21, Tallinn

Relegation play-off:

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
(II N/E 2nd)		(II S/W 2nd)

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
(II league play-off winner)		(Esiliiga B 8th)

II liiga

The 2021 season will have teams from 12 different counties for the first time in the league's history. The season is scheduled to begin on the 27th of March and end on the 24th of October.

Maardu II

TALLINN

Alliance U21

Sil. Kalev

Trans II

Noorus-96

Helios / Welco II

Tartu Kalev

Helios

Tarvas

Viimsi II

Joker

Saue

Raplamaa

Paide III

Keila

Tulevik U21

Vaprus II

Kuressaare II

Kose

Rummu

Hiiumaa

Locations of the 2021 II liiga teams

Group A (North & East)
In comparison to the previous season, only four teams got promoted or relegated: while Tallinn and Tallinna Legion U21 got promoted to Esiliiga B for the first time, Tartu Tammeka III and Jõgeva Wolves returned to the lower divisions after respectively three and two years in II liiga. These teams are replaced by Võru Helios, Rakvere Tarvas (both relegated from Esiliiga B), 2020 III liiga's champion Tartu Kalev and III liiga South's best team Elva II. In addition Kohtla-Järve Järve II changed its name to Ida-Virumaa Alliance[4]

Group B (South & West)
The II liiga S/W will consist of 14 teams of which eleven remain the same as last season. The only team that got promoted was second-placed Harju Laagri, who will be replaced by another Harju County club Keila. Whereas 2020 season's last and third to last team - Pärnu Poseidon and Põhja-Sakala - got relegated, the 13th placed Kose got readmitted for the second year in a row. The spots that those teams left vacant, were filled by III liiga West's top two. Hiiu County will have a team (Hiiumaa) in the fourth division for the first time since 2013 and Rummu Dünamo returns to the league after spending four years in III liiga.[4]

Group A (North & East) Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Elva II 0 0 2 FCI Tallinn 0 0 3 Ida-Virumaa Alliance U21^a 0 0 4 Jõgeva Noorus-96 0 0 5 Lasnamäe Ajax 0 0 6 Maardu Linnameeskond II 0 0 7 Narva Trans U21 0 0 8 Põhja-Tallinna Volta 0 0 9 Rakvere Tarvas 0 0 10 Sillamäe Kalev 0 0 11 Tartu Helios 0 0 12 Tartu Kalev 0 0 13 Tartu Welco II 0 0 14 Võru Helios 0 0 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: EJL

Group B (South & West) Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Hiiumaa 0 0 2 Keila 0 0 3 Kose 0 0 4 Kuressaare II 0 0 5 Paide Linnameeskond III^a 0 0 6 Pärnu Vaprus II 0 0 7 Raasiku Joker 0 0 8 Raplamaa 0 0 9 Rummu Dünamo 0 0 10 Saue 0 0 11 Tallinna Flora U19 0 0 12 Tallinna Piraaja 0 0 13 Viimsi II^a 0 0 14 Viljandi Tulevik U21 0 0 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: EJL

Champion's match:

Final

v

Relegation play-off:

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
(III N 2nd)		(III E 2nd)
(play-off winner)		(II N/E 12th)

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
(III W 2nd)		(III S 2nd)
(play-off winner)		(II S/W 12th)

III liiga

The fifth division's format remains the same as on previous years: each group's champion gets promoted to II liiga, second-placed clubs enter the promotion play-offs, 10th placed clubs enter the relegation play-offs and the bottom two will be relegated. The season starts on the 11th of April and ends on the 10th of October. For the first time in 15 years, there are no teams from islands.

Aliens

Loo

Järve III

Anija

Järva-Jaani

Phoenix

Ganvix

Tarvas II

Aruküla

Keila II

Rummu II

Märjamaa

PÄRNU

Tabasalu II

Harju II

Haapsalu

Raplamaa II

Vastseliina

Wolves

TARTU

Põhja-Sakala

Lootos

Otepää

Warrior

Imavere

Paide IV

Tulevik III

Saku

TALLINN

Kernu / Zenit

Locations of the 2021 III liiga teams

Group A (North)
2021 III liiga North consists of 12 teams, ten teams from Tallinn and two from Harju County. In comparison to the last season, there are only two changes: the two teams that finished last in 2020 (Tallinna Rumori Calcio and Tallinna Toompea) got relegated and therefore replace by two clubs, who debuted in the Estonian league system in 2020. While Tallinna Pocarr narrowly missed out on promotion in III liiga W, then Tallinna ReUnited became IV liiga's champion after winning every match in the A-tier.[5]

Group B (South)
The South group's line-up changed a lot in comparison to the previous year: in total six new teams joined the league. Three of them – Põhja-Sakala, Tartu Tammeka III and Jõgeva Wolves – got relegated from II liiga after respectively two, three and two seasons. One team (Viljandi Tulevik III) got promoted from IV liiga, one (Paide Linnameeskond IV) changes groups and one (Tartu Team Helm), who reached Rahvaliiga's (people's league) final, debutes in the Estonian league system. These clubs replace Elva II (promoted), Tartu Tammeka IV, Tarvastu & Tõrva ÜM, Tartu Helios II, Tartu TRT77 (all disbanded) and Äksi Wolves (relegated).[5]

Group C (East)

Group D (West)

Group A (North) Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Lilleküla Retro 0 0 2 Nõmme Kalju III 0 0 3 Saku Sporting 0 0 4 Tallinna Ararat 0 0 5 Tallinna Dünamo 0 0 6 Tallinna Eston Villa 0 0 7 Tallinna Hell Hunt 0 0 8 Tallinna Pocarr 0 0 9 Tallinna ReUnited 0 0 10 Tallinna Štrommi 0 0 11 Tallinna Zapoos 0 0 12 Tallinna Zenit 0 0 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:

Group B (South) Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Imavere 0 0 2 Jõgeva Wolves 0 0 3 Otepää 0 0 4 Paide Linnameeskond IV^a 0 0 5 Põhja-Sakala 0 0 6 Põlva Lootos 0 0 7 Tartu Tammeka III 0 0 8 Tartu Team Helm 0 0 9 Tartu Welco X^a 0 0 10 Valga Warrior 0 0 11 Vastseliina 0 0 12 Viljandi Tulevik III^a 0 0 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:

Group C (East) Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Anija 0 0 2 Aruküla 0 0 3 Jõhvi Phoenix 0 0 4 Järva-Jaani 0 0 5 Kohtla-Järve Järve III^a 0 0 6 Lasnamäe Ajax II^a 0 0 7 Loo 0 0 8 Maardu Aliens 0 0 9 Nõmme United U21 0 0 10 Rakvere Tarvas II^a 0 0 11 Tallinn II 0 0 12 Türi Ganvix 0 0 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:

Group D (West) Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Harju Laagri II 0 0 2 Keila II^a 0 0 3 Kernu Kadakas 0 0 4 Läänemaa Haapsalu 0 0 5 Märjamaa Kompanii 0 0 6 Põhja-Tallinn 0 0 7 Pärnu II 0 0 8 Pärnu Poseidon 0 0 9 Raplamaa II^a 0 0 10 Rummu Dünamo II^a 0 0 11 Tabasalu II 0 0 12 Tallinna Legion III 0 0 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:

League champion:

	Semifinals					Final

Relegation play-off:

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
(IV B 1st)		(III N 10th)

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
(IV B 2nd)		(III E 10th)

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
(IV B 3rd)		(III W 10th)

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
(IV B 4th)		(III S 10th)

Naiste Meistriliiga

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation 1 Põlva Lootos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Champions 2 Pärnu Vaprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Saku Sporting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Tallinna Ajax & Paide LN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Tallinna Flora 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Tallinna Kalev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Tartu Tammeka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the relegation play-offs 8 Viljandi Tulevik & Suure-Jaani United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to the Esiliiga Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less matches awarded against; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Drawing lots; 10) Fairplay ranking.[6]

Flora Kalev Ajax & Paide Vaprus Tammeka Sporting Tulevik & SJ Lootos Locations of the 2021 Meistriliiga teams

Relegation play-off:

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
(Esiliiga 2nd)		(Meistriliiga 7th)

Naiste Esiliiga

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation 1 Elva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to 2021 Naiste Meistriliiga 2 Jõhvi Phoenix 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Promotion play-offs 3 Kuressaare 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Narva Trans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Nõmme Kalju 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Rakvere Tarvas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Saku Sporting II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Tabasalu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Tallinna Flora II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Tallinna Kalev II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less matches awarded against; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Drawing lots; 10) Fairplay ranking.[6]

Kuressaare Elva Sporting II Kalju Tabasalu Phoenix Trans Tarvas Flora II Kalev II Locations of the 2021 Esiliiga teams

Futsal

On the 11th of December, the FA decided that all indoor football leagues would be suspended due to the spread of COVID-19. The Coolbet Saaliliiga resumed on the 8th of January 2021, while the lower leagues resumed in February.[7]

Coolbet Saaliliiga

The 2020/21 season began on the 30th of October 2020 with eight clubs. Seven teams remained the same as the previous year, the only change coming from Esiliiga's second-placed Rummu Dünamo getting promoted and replacing Sillamäe Alexela, who did not enter the league system. Therefore Npm Sillamäe Silmet, who were last in 2019/20, were readmitted.[8]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation 1 Viimsi Smsraha 8 8 0 0 51 16 +35 24 Championship play-off semifinal 2 Narva United 7 5 1 1 38 21 +17 16 3 Tallinna Cosmos 8 4 1 3 45 30 +15 13 Championship play-off quarterfinal 4 Sillamäe Npm Silmet 8 4 0 4 49 53 −4 12 5 Kohila 9 3 0 6 37 42 −5 9 6 Tartu Maksimum Welco 9 2 1 6 41 63 −22 7 7 Rummu Dünamo 9 2 1 6 34 58 −24 7 Relegation play-offs 8 Ravens Futsal Ares Security 6 2 0 4 18 29 −11 6 Relegation Updated to match(es) played on 30 January. Source: Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less matches awarded against; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw.[9]

Cosmos / Smsraha Silmet Narva Utd Ravens Kohila / Rummu Maksimum Locations of the 2020-21 Coolbet Saaliliiga teams

Play-off:

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Final

Relegation play-off:

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
(Meistriliiga 7th)		(Esiliiga 2nd)

Saali Esiliiga

Esiliiga's teamlist remained almost the same as the previous year: the only changes being that Rummu Dünamo got promoted to Coolbet Saaliliiga and II liiga's top two Aruküla Radius and Rõuge Saunamaa got promoted to the league. Due to Sillamäe disbanding, Narva Ganza were readmitted to the second division. There were also a few name changes: Kadrina, Aruküla Unibox and Sillamäe Alexela II are now known as Kadrina Vitamin Well, Aruküla Radius and Sillamäe Kalev.[8]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation 1 Kadrina Vitamin Well 7 5 0 2 55 34 +21 15 Promotion 2 Sillamäe Kalev 6 4 0 2 38 25 +13 12 Promotion play-offs 3 Aruküla Radius 6 3 1 2 39 20 +19 10 4 Viimsi Smsraha U19[lower-alpha 1] 6 3 0 3 34 41 −7 9 5 Rõuge Saunamaa 5 3 0 2 25 27 −2 9 6 Narva United II[lower-alpha 1] 3 1 1 1 8 6 +2 4 7 Jõgeva Wolves 5 1 0 4 30 44 −14 3 Relegation play-offs 8 Narva Ganza 4 0 0 4 8 40 −32 0 Relegation Updated to match(es) played on 28 January. Source: Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less matches awarded against; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw.[9] Notes: Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

Smsraha U19 Kalev NARVA Vitamin Well Radius Wolves Saunamaa Locations of the 2020-21 Saali Esiliiga teams

Relegation play-off:

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
(Esiliiga 7th)		(II liiga 2nd)

Saali Teine liiga

The 2020/21 season's indoor football lowest league consisted of five clubs. Originally Narva Ganza, who was placed last in Esiliiga, was relegated into Teine liiga, but due to Sillamäe Dina not competing in the league system, they were readmitted to the second tier. Four of the five clubs remain the same, the only newcomer being Wolves III.[8]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation 1 Otepää Kanepi vald 6 3 1 2 32 15 +17 10 Promotion 2 Äksi Wolves 5 3 0 2 39 28 +11 9 Promotion play-offs 3 Rantipol Võru Helios 3 2 1 0 34 8 +26 7 4 Rummu Dünamo II 4 2 1 1 28 25 +3 7 5 Wolves III 6 0 1 5 17 74 −57 1 Updated to match(es) played on 28 January. Source: Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less matches awarded against; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw.[9]

Otepää Helios Rummu II Wolves III / Äksi Locations of the 2020-21 Saali Teine liiga teams

Notable transfers

Inside Meistriliiga

Listed are only players, who have played at least one game for the Estonian national team.

Name	Pos.	Age	From	To	Date	Notes
Zakaria Beglarishvili^1	MF	30	KTP	Tallinna Levadia	01.01[10]	Contract until 2023
Taijo Teniste	DF	33	Brann	Tartu Tammeka	01.01[11]	Contract until 2023
Andreas Raudsepp	DF	27	Nõmme Kalju	free agent	01.01[12]
Sander Puri	MF	32	Nõmme Kalju	free agent	01.01[12]
Sören Kaldma	DF	24	Kuressaare	free agent	01.01[13]	On a break from football
Hindrek Ojamaa	DF	25	KTP	Paide Linnameeskond	03.01[14]
Mihkel Aksalu	GK	36	free agent	Paide Linnameeskond	04.01[15]	Contract until 2022
Marek Kaljumäe	MF	29	Tallinna Kalev	Pärnu Vaprus	06.01[16]
Henrik Ojamaa	FW	29	Widzew Łódź	Tallinna Flora	07.01[17]	Contract until 2024
Pavel Dõmov	MF	27	Tallinna Flora	Tallinna Legion	13.01[18]
Dmitri Kruglov	DF	36	Tallinna Levadia	Maardu Linnameeskond	19.01[19]
Sergei Zenjov	FW	31	Shakhter Karagandy	Tallinna Flora	20.01[20]	Contract until 2023
Pavel Marin	FW	25	Viljandi Tulevik	Nõmme Kalju	01.02[21][22]	Contract until 2023
Frank Liivak	FW	24	Tallinna Flora	Tallinna Levadia	01.01[23][24]	Contract until 2023
Sergei Lepmets	GK	33	free agent	Nõmme Kalju	02.02[25]
Hannes Anier	FW	28	Tallinna Kalev	Tallinna Levadia	03.02[26]	Contract until 2022, possibility of an additional year
Ilja Antonov	MF	28	Ararat-Armenia	Tallinna Levadia	04.02[27]	Contract until 2023

¹ Zakaria Beglarishvili has represented Georgia.

Outside Meistriliiga

Listed are all Estonian players, who have joined a foreign team.

Name	Pos.	Age	From	To	Date	Notes
Vladislav Kreida	MF	21	Tallinna Flora	Helsingborgs	17.01[28]	On loan until 2022

Foreign players

Listed are all foreign players that have joined or left Meistriliiga.

Name	Pos.	Age	From	To	Date	Notes
Mikhail Slashchev	DF	23	Tartu Tammeka	free agent	01.01[29]
Pedro Victor	DF	27	Nõmme Kalju	free agent	01.01[12]
Mikel Gurrutxaga	DF	24	Paide Linnameeskond	free agent	01.01[30]
Yuriy Kolomoyets	FW	30	Tallinna Levadia	free agent	01.01[31]
Ofosu Appiah	DF	31	Narva Trans	free agent	01.01[32]
Marco Budic	DF	20	Viljandi Tulevik	free agent	01.01^[?]
Jude Barrow	MF	20	Viljandi Tulevik	free agent	01.01^[?]
Jeremiah Dabrowski	DF	25	Viljandi Tulevik	free agent	01.01^[?]
Giorgi Gvinashvili	MF	23	Tallinna Legion	free agent	01.01[32]
Milijan Ilić	DF	27	Indija	Tallinna Levadia	08.01[33]	Contract until 2023
Ivan Lobay	MF	24	Nõmme Kalju	Lviv	10.01[34]
Anton Tolordava	DF	24	Telavi	Tallinna Levadia	12.01[35]	Contract until 2023
Abdul Yusif	DF	19	Densu Rovers	Paide Linnameeskond	12.01[36]	Contract until 2024
Muhammed Sanneh	DF	20	Paide Linnameeskond	Banik Ostrava	13.01[37]	On loan for 5 months
Sadio Tounkara	FW	28	Narva Trans	Kesla	13.01[38]
Nemanja Lakić-Pešić	DF	29	Tallinna Levadia	Bačka	14.01^[?]
Volodymyr Bayenko	DF	30	Vorskla Poltava	Tallinna Levadia	26.01[39]	Contract until 2023
Manucho	FW	30	Tallinna Levadia	Al-Kawkab	26.01[40]
Luka Lukovic	DF	19	Sinđelić Beograd	Tallinna Levadia	27.01[41]	Contract until 2024
Amar Abdallah	FW	21	Heidelberg United	Tallinna Levadia	28.01[42]	Contract until 2024
Ernest Agyiri	MF	22	free agent	Tallinna Levadia	31.01[43]	Contract until 2023
Marcelin Gando	FW	23	Tallinna Levadia	Enosis Neon Paralimni	01.02[44]
Sigitas Olberkis	DF	23	Sligo Rovers	Tallinna Legion	02.02[45]
Strahinja Krstevski	FW	23	Samtredia	Tallinna Levadia	02.02[46]	Contract until 2022, possibility of two additional years

Retired players

Listed are all players, whose last club was a foreign team or a club that plays in Meistriliiga.

Name	Pos.	Age	Last club	Date	Notes
Enar Jääger	DF	36	Tallinna Flora	01.01[47]
Elari Valmas	DF	32	Kuressaare	01.01[48]
Ander Paabut	FW	30	Pärnu Vaprus	01.01[49]	Coach at Pärnu Vaprus

Managerial changes

Listed are all managers, who started coaching the national teams or in the top three divisions (Meistriliiga, Esiliiga, Esiliiga B).

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Estonia	Karel Voolaid	End of contract	31 December 2020	Thomas Häberli	5 January 2021[50]
Viljandi Tulevik	Sander Post	Resigned	6 December 2020[51]	Jaanus Reitel	6 December 2020
Nõmme Kalju	Marko Kristal	Resigned	7 December 2020[12]	Sergei Frantsev	7 December 2020
Tallinna Kalev U21	Daniel Meijel	Sacked	15 December 2020[52]	Ats Purje	15 December 2020
Narva Trans	Oleg Kurotškin	End of contract	6 December 2020[53]	Igor Pyvin	3 January 2021
Nõmme Kalju U21	Tarmo Neemelo	Mutual consent	18 January 2021[54]	Marko Kristal	18 January 2021
Tartu Welco	Janar Sagim	Resigned	22 January 2021[55]	Meelis Eelmäe	25 January 2021
Estonia U21	Igor Prins	End of contract	31 December 2020	Roman Kozhukhovskyi	5 February 2021[56]

See also

• 2020 Meistriliiga
• 2020-21 Estonian Cup
• List of Estonian football transfers winter 2020-21

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