1995–96 Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga
Season 1995–96
Champions Lantana
(1st title)
Relegated PJK Kalev
UEFA Cup Lantana
Flora
Cup Winners' Cup Tallinna Sadam
Intertoto Cup Trans
Top goalscorer Lembit Rajala (16)

The 1995–96 Meistriliiga was the fifth season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Lantana won their first title.

Preliminary Round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Pts taken
1 Lantana 14 10 3 1 37 8 +29 33 Qualification for Championship Tournament 33 → 17
2 Trans 14 6 4 4 22 16 +6 22 22 → 11
3 Flora 14 6 4 4 37 19 +18 22 22 → 11
4 Tallinna Sadam 14 6 3 5 23 16 +7 21 21 → 11
5 Tevalte-Marlekor 14 6 2 6 20 19 +1 20 20 → 10
6 Tervis 14 5 2 7 13 17 4 17 17 → 9
7 Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 14 3 8 3 13 17 4 17 Qualification for Meistriliiga Transition Tournament
8 PJK Kalev 14 0 2 12 8 61 53 2

Championship Tournament

The points obtained during the preliminary round were carried over halved and rounded up.

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Lantana (C) 10 6 2 2 21 7 +14 37 1996–97 UEFA Cup Preliminary round
2 Flora 10 6 2 2 14 3 +11 31
3 Tevalte-Marlekor 10 7 0 3 13 10 +3 31
4 Tallinna Sadam 10 4 1 5 17 19 2 24 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round
5 Trans 10 2 2 6 11 16 5 19 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group stage
6 Tervis 10 1 1 8 7 28 21 13

Meistriliiga Transition Tournament

Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi and PJK Kalev, the teams finishing in the last two positions in the preliminary round, faced four best teams of the 1995-96 Esiliiga in the play-off for two places in the 1996-97 Meistriliiga.

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi 10 7 0 3 23 7 +16 21 1996-97 Meistriliiga
2 Vall (P) 10 7 0 3 18 9 +9 21
3 Norma 10 5 2 3 13 11 +2 17 1996-97 Esiliiga
4 PJK Kalev (R) 10 4 2 4 12 20 8 14
5 Dünamo 10 2 2 6 8 14 6 8
6 TJK 10 1 2 7 9 22 13 5

Topscorers

Pos  Name Team Goals
1Lembit RajalaFC Flora Tallinn16
2Maksim GruznovFC Lantana Tallinn12
3Ivan O'Konnel-BroninJK Tervis Pärnu / FC Flora Tallinn8
Andrei BorissovFC Lantana Tallinn8
Aleksandr OlerskiTevalte-Marlekor Tallinn8
Boriss NejolovFC Narva Trans8
Dmitri UstritskiSadam Tallinn8

See also

References

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