# 2023 Esiliiga

The 2023 Esiliiga was the 33rd season of the Esiliiga, the second tier of Estonian football. The season started on 4 March 2023 and concluded on 12 November 2023.

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Alliance | Kiviõli | Kiviõli Arena | N/A |
| Elva | Elva | Elva linnastaadion | 30 |
| FCI Levadia U21 | Tallinn | Maarjamäe Stadium | 30 |
| Flora U21 | Tallinn | Sportland Arena | 1,161 |
| Legion | Tallinn | Sportland Arena | 1,161 |
| Nõmme United | Tallinn | Männiku Stadium | 50 |
| Paide Linnameeskond U21 | Paide | Paide linnastaadion | 500 |
| Tabasalu | Tabasalu | Tabasalu Arena | 1,630 |
| Tallinn | Tallinn | Lasnamäe Sports Complex Stadium | 88 |
| Viimsi | Haabneeme | Viimsi Stadium | 800 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Alliance | Erik Šteinberg | | Adidas | Viru Keemia Grupp |
| Elva | Joonas Horn | Martin Thomson | Nike | Sportland |
| FCI Levadia U21 | Santi García | Igor Sokolov | Macron | Admirals, Viimsi Keevitus |
| Flora U21 | Taavi Viik | | Nike | |
| Legion | Denis Belov | Aleksandr Volodin | Uhlsport | |
| Nõmme United | Vladimir Vassiljev | Henri Leoke | Adidas | Apollo |
| Paide Linnameeskond U21 | Kalmer Klettenberg | | Nike | Exmet, Verston |
| Tabasalu | Risto Sarapik | | Uhlsport | Eventtents, Rademar |
| Tallinn | Andrei Kalimullin | Albert Taar | Adidas | |
| Viimsi | Ivo Lehtmets | | Joma | Assa Abloy |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in the table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| FCI Levadia U21 | Nikita Andreev | Mutual consent | 24 November 2022 | Pre-season | Santi García | 24 November 2022 |
| Nõmme United | Martin Klasen | Mutual consent | 4 December 2022 | Pre-season | Vladimir Vassiljev | 4 December 2022 |
| Paide Linnameeskond U21 | Meelis Rooba | Mutual consent | 9 December 2022 | Pre-season | Kalmer Klettenberg | 9 December 2022 |
| Elva | Veiko Haan | Mutual consent | 9 April 2023 | 10th | Joonas Horn | 9 April 2023 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Nõmme United (C, P) | 36 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 114 | 29 | +85 | 90 | Promotion to Meistriliiga |
| 2 | Viimsi | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 67 | 35 | +32 | 71 | Qualification for Meistriliiga play-off |
| 3 | Flora U21 | 36 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 86 | 53 | +33 | 69 | |
| 4 | FCI Levadia U21 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 57 | |
| 5 | Tabasalu | 36 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 81 | 70 | +11 | 55 | |
| 6 | Tallinn | 36 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 72 | 65 | +7 | 52 | |
| 7 | Paide Linnameeskond U21 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 66 | 82 | −16 | 41 | |
| 8 | Elva (O) | 36 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 45 | 75 | −30 | 40 | Qualification for Esiliiga play-off |
| 9 | Legion (R) | 36 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 37 | 97 | −60 | 21 | Relegation to Esiliiga B |
| 10 | Alliance (R) | 36 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 50 | 123 | −73 | 20 | Relegation to Esiliiga B |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALL | ELV | LEV | FLO | LEG | NÕM | PLM | TAB | TAL | VII | ALL | ELV | LEV | FLO | LEG | NÕM | PLM | TAB | TAL | VII |
| Alliance | | 1–2 | 2–6 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 1–7 | 2–5 | 2–3 | 2–6 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 1–3 |
| Elva | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–7 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 |
| FCI Levadia U21 | 4–0 | 5–1 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 |
| Flora U21 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 5–2 | 3–6 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 7–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Legion | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–6 | | 0–6 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–4 | | 0–5 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| Nõmme United | 4–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 |
| Paide Linnameeskond U21 | 2–3 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | | 0–5 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 1–8 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Tabasalu | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 6–4 | | 1–5 | 1–2 | 7–4 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | | 2–3 | 0–4 |
| Tallinn | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–4 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 7–1 | 1–2 | | 0–1 |
| Viimsi | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |

## Esiliiga play-off

The eighth-placed club (Elva) faced the fourth-placed club from the 2023 Esiliiga B (Tartu Kalev) for the final place in the following season's Esiliiga.

### Second leg
## Awards
### Monthly awards

| Month | Manager of the Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month |
| Month | Manager | Club | Player | Club |
| March | Santi García | FCI Levadia U21 | Gregor Lehtmets | Viimsi |
| April | Vladimir Vassiljev | Nõmme United | Jevgeni Demidov | Nõmme United |
| May | Taavi Viik | Flora U21 | Henri Leoke | Nõmme United |
| June/July | Vladimir Vassiljev | Nõmme United | Maksimilian Skvortsov | FCI Levadia U21 |