1921 Estonian Football Championship

Estonian Championship
Season	1921
Champions	VS Sport Tallinn (1st title)
Matches played	4
Goals scored	20 (5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Heinrich Paal (3)
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The 1921 Estonian Football Championship was the first football league season in Estonia. It was played as a knock-out tournament between September 25 and October 13. Four teams took part in the competition – three from Tallinn and one from Narva. All the games were played at Tiigiveski Stadium in Tallinn and refereed by Alexander McKibbin. Top scorer was Heinrich Paal with 3 goals, followed by Vladimir Tell and Oskar Üpraus with two. VS Sport Tallinn won 5–3 against Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi and thus became the first ever champions of Estonia.^[1]

Semi-finals

25 September 1921	Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi	6 – 1	KS Võitleja Narva	Tallinn
				Stadium: Tiigiveski stadium Referee: Alexander McKibbin

2 October 1921	VS Sport Tallinn	1 – 1 ^‡	ESS Kalev Tallinn	Tallinn
	Arnold Kuulman 32' (pen.)		68' Artur Prunn	Stadium: Tiigiveski stadium Referee: Alexander McKibbin

^‡ After normal time, the match was to be played until the first goal, but after 130 minutes and no goals it was abandoned due darkness.

Replay

9 October 1921	VS Sport Tallinn	3 – 0	ESS Kalev Tallinn	Tallinn
	Oskar Ürpaus 71' Vladimir Tell 77' Heinrich Paal ??'			Stadium: Tiigiveski stadium Referee: Alexander McKibbin

Final

13 October 1921	VS Sport Tallinn	5 – 3	Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi	Tallinn
	Heinrich Paal 10', 70' Vladimir Tell 63' Oskar Ürpaus ??' ?? ??'		16' Eduard Jõepere 53' Raimond Põder 72' Otto Silber	Stadium: Tiigiveski stadium Referee: Alexander McKibbin

References

↑ Luik, Margus, Estonian Football 100 years, ML Agency, p. 463, ISBN 978-9949-18-257-2

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