2005 Esiliiga

Esiliiga

Season	2005
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JK Pärnu Vaprus gained automatic promotion to the Meistriliiga. FC Ajax Lasnamäe also went up after winning the promotion/relegation play-off against FC Kuressaare.

The league's top-scorer was FC Ajax Lasnamäe youngster Nikita Andreev with 29 goals.

Final table of Esiliiga season 2005

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Comments
1	Vaprus Pärnu (C) (P)	36	26	6	4	94	39	84	Promoted
2	Levadia II Tallinn	36	26	4	6	104	31	82	Ineligible for Promotion
3	Ajax Lasnamäe (P)	36	23	8	5	111	30	77	Promotion/Relegation Playoff
4	Kalev Tallinn	36	18	9	9	85	71	63
5	Tervis Pärnu	36	14	8	14	73	53	50
6	TVMK II Tallinn	36	12	5	19	51	80	41
7	FC Elva	36	10	6	20	42	71	36
8	Lelle SK (R)	36	11	1	24	49	100	34	Promotion/Relegation Playoff
9	Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi (R)	36	9	4	23	38	100	30	Relegated
10	Merkuur-Juunior Tartu (R)	36	3	5	28	27	97	14	Relegated

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points
C = Champions; P = Promoted; R = Relegated
Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/est05.html

Promotion/Relegation playoff

Lasnamäe Ajax v Kuressaare

13 November 2005

Lasnamäe Ajax	1 – 0	Kuressaare
Rõtškov  49'

Kuressaare v Lasnamäe Ajax

19 November 2005

Kuressaare	2 – 1	Lasnamäe Ajax
Kluge  11' Pukk  90+1'		Andreev  46'

FC Ajax Lasnamäe beat FC Kuressaare 2–2 on away goals rule. Ajax Lasnamäe promoted to Meistriliiga, Kuressaare relegated to Esiliiga.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 1 December 2005.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nikita Andreev	Lasnamäe Ajax	29
2	Verner Uibo	Pärnu Vaprus	19
3	Indrek Joost	Pärnu Vaprus	18
4	Andrei Afanasov	Tallinna Kalev	15
	Yaroslav Dmitriev	Lasnamäe Ajax	15
	Tiit Tikenberg	Tallinna Kalev	15
7	Aleksandr Rulkov	Levadia II	14
8	Aleksei Titov	Lasnamäe Ajax	13
9	Dmitri Kirilov	Tallinna Kalev	12
	Kaupo Margusonov	Pärnu Tervis	12

See also

• 2005 Meistriliiga