# 2018 II liiga

The 2018 II liiga was the 24th season of the II liiga, fourth-highest league for association football clubs in Estonia.

## II Liiga North/East
### 2018 season

2018 II N/E Liiga consists of 14 different teams. Nine of them remain the same, two were promoted from III Liiga North, one from III Liiga South and two were relegated from higher divisions. Promoted teams were Põhja-Tallinna JK Volta, Tartu JK Welco II and Tartu JK Tammeka III and relegated teams were JK Sillamäe Kalev and Raasiku FC Joker. These teams replaced Tartu FC Merkuur (dissolved), Tallinna JK Legion, Võru FC Helios and Lasnamäe FC Ajax (promoted) and Tallinna JK Legion II (transferred to II S/W Liiga). There were two name changes as well: Narva United FC is now JK Narva Trans II and Tartu JK Tammeka U19's new name is Tartu JK Tammeka III. Tallinna FC Levadia III is now named FCI Tallinn because of the merging of these two teams.

#### Clubs

The following clubs are competing in II liiga North/East during the 2018 season.
| Club | 2017 | Location | Titles | Last best finish |
| Ararat | 13th | Tallinn | 0 | 3rd (2008) |
| FCI Tallinn | 2nd | Tallinn | 0 | 2nd (2017) |
| Joker | 8th in Esiliiga B | Raasiku | 0 | 2nd (2014) |
| Järve II $^{a,b,c}$ | 14th | Jõhvi | 0 | 14th (2017) |
| Maardu LM II $^{a,b}$ | 10th | Maardu | 0 | 10th (2017) |
| Maardu United $^{a,b}$ | 12th | Maardu | 0 | 12th (2017) |
| Noorus $^{a,b}$ | 7th | Jõgeva | 0 | 5th (2013) |
| Piraaja $^b$ | 9th | Tallinn | 0 | 8th (2015) |
| Santos II $^{a,b}$ | 11th | Tartu | 0 | 11th (2017) |
| Sillamäe | 10th in Meistriliiga | Sillamäe | 2 | 1st (2000) |
| Tammeka III $^{a,b,c}$ | 5th in III Liiga South | Tartu | 0 | – |
| Trans II $^{a,b}$ | 8th | Narva | 0 | 4th (2016) |
| Volta $^{a,b}$ | 1st in III Liiga North | Tallinn | 0 | – |
| Welco II $^{a,b}$ | 1st in III Liiga South | Tartu | 0 | – |
$^a$ – never been relegated from II liiga $^b$ – never played in Esiliiga B/Esiliiga $^c$ – ineligible for promotion to Esiliiga B

### Results
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Põhja-Tallinna Volta (C, P) | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 63 | 22 | +41 | 57 | Promotion to Esiliiga B |
| 2 | FCI Tallinn (Q) | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 71 | 29 | +42 | 57 | Qualification to Promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Sillamäe Kalev | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 56 | |
| 4 | Jõgeva Noorus-96 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 62 | 49 | +13 | 44 | |
| 5 | Raasiku Joker | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 44 | |
| 6 | Narva Trans II | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 39 | |
| 7 | Tallinna Ararat | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 38 | |
| 8 | Kohtla-Järve Järve II | 26 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 34 | |
| 9 | Tartu Welco II | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 32 | |
| 10 | Maardu Linnameeskond II | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 38 | 62 | −24 | 30 | |
| 11 | Tallinna Piraaja | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 46 | 60 | −14 | 29 | |
| 12 | Tartu Tammeka III (Q) | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 31 | 60 | −29 | 28 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 13 | Tartu Santos II (R) | 26 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 37 | 76 | −39 | 23 | Relegation to III Liiga |
| 14 | Maardu United (D) | 26 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 35 | −18 | 11 | Disqualified |

#### Results table

| Home \ Away | ARA | FCI | JOK | JÄR | MAA | MLM | NRS | PIR | SAN | SIL | TAM | TRA | VOL | WEL |
| Tallinna Ararat | — | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–3 |
| FCI Tallinn | 3–0 | — | 1–3 | 1–4 | — | 6–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 9–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Raasiku Joker | 3–2 | 0–1 | — | 5–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 4–4 |
| Kohtla-Järve Järve II | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Maardu United | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2–4 | — | 2–6 | 2–6 | 1–0 |
| Maardu Linnameeskond II | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | w/o | — | 0–3 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Jõgeva Noorus-96 | 3–1 | 2–4 | w/o | 1–4 | 8–1 | 2–0 | — | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Tallinna Piraaja | 2–2 | 1–6 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | — | 5–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | w/o | 1–2 | 2–4 |
| Tartu Santos II | 1–5 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | — | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Sillamäe Kalev | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| Tartu Tammeka III | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | w/o | 5–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–7 | 1–0 |
| Narva Trans II | 1–1 | w/o | 3–0 | 1–2 | — | 9–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–0 | — | 2–0 | w/o |
| Põhja-Tallinna Volta | 0–1 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | — | 4–0 |
| Tartu Welco II | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — |
* ↑ Match awarded to Maardu Linnameeskond II, because Maardu United forfeited the match.
* ↑ Match awarded to Jõgeva SK Noorus-96, because Raasiku FC Joker forfeited the match.
* ↑ Match awarded to Tallinna JK Piraaja, because Narva JK Trans II fielded a disqualified player.
* ↑ Match awarded to Tartu JK Tammeka III, because Maardu United forfeited the match. Furthermore, Maardu United was disqualified from the competition after they had forfeited two matches.
* ↑ Match awarded to Narva JK Trans II, because FCI Tallinn fielded an ineligible player.
* ↑ Match awarded to Tartu JK Welco II, because Narva JK Trans II fielded an ineligible player.

### Statistics

Attendances
| Teams | Top home attendance | Low. home attendance | Avg. home attendance | Avg. away attendance |
| Tallinna FC Ararat TTÜ | 39 | 2 | 21 | 40 |
| FCI Tallinn | 37 | 7 | 18 | 40 |
| Raasiku FC Joker | 116 | 37 | 50 | 38 |
| Kohtla-Järve JK Järve II | 43 | 11 | 26 | 33 |
| Maardu Linnameeskond II | 78 | 20 | 38 | 48 |
| Maardu United | 36 | 23 | 29 | 29 |
| Jõgeva SK Noorus-96 | 48 | 11 | 23 | 31 |
| Tallinna JK Piraaja | 21 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
| Tartu FC Santos II | 35 | 8 | 18 | 34 |
| JK Sillamäe Kalev | 120 | 22 | 68 | 30 |
| Tartu JK Tammeka III | 62 | 11 | 35 | 40 |
| Narva JK Trans II | 85 | 21 | 39 | 43 |
| Põhja-Tallinna JK Volta | 291 | 46 | 102 | 41 |
| Tartu JK Welco II | 44 | 11 | 23 | 36 |

## II Liiga South/West
### 2018 season

2018 II S/W Liiga consists of 14 different teams. Eight of them remain the same. Two were promoted from III Liiga West, one from III Liiga North and one from III Liiga East. They were Pärnu JK Poseidon, Läänemaa JK, JK Tallinna Kalev III and Paide Linnameeskond III. One team was transferred from II Liiga N/E. It was Tallinna JK Legion II. Remaining team was relegated from Esiliiga B, which was Viimsi JK. These teams replaced FC Nõmme United, Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi and FC Flora U19 (all promoted), Saue JK Laagri, SK Imavere and Viimsi JK II (all relegated). Also Tallinna JK Dünamo changed its name to Tallinna JK Legion II.

#### Clubs

The following clubs are competing in II liiga South/West during the 2018 season.
| Club | 2017 | Location | Titles | Last best finish |
| Poseidon $^{a,b}$ | 1st in III Liiga W | Pärnu | 0 | – |
| Ganvix $^{a,b}$ | 5th | Türi | 0 | 2nd (2015) |
| Legion II $^{a,b,c}$ | – | Tallinn | 0 | – |
| Kuressaare II $^a$ | 10th | Kuressaare | 1 | 1st (2003) |
| Kalev III $^{a,b}$ | 3rd in III Liiga N | Tallinn | 0 | – |
| Läänemaa $^{a,b}$ | 3rd in III Liiga W | Haapsalu | 0 | – |
| Otepää $^{a,b}$ | 9th | Otepää | 0 | 9th (2017) |
| Paide Linnameeskond III $^{a,b}$ | 1st in III Liiga E | Paide | 0 | – |
| Raplamaa $^{a,b}$ | 8th | Rapla | 0 | 8th (2017) |
| Tabasalu $^{a,b}$ | 3rd | Tallinn | 0 | 3rd (2017) |
| Tulevik U21 | 4th | Viljandi | 0 | 2nd (1994/95) |
| Tõrva $^{a,b}$ | 13th | Karksi-Nuia | 0 | 7th (2016) |
| Vaprus II $^{a,b}$ | 12th | Pärnu | 0 | 12th (2017) |
| Viimsi | 7th in Esiliiga B | Haabneeme | 1 | 1st (2012) |
$^a$ – never been relegated from II liiga
$^b$ – never played in Esiliiga B/Esiliiga
$^c$ – ineligible for promotion to Esiliiga B

### Results
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Paide Linnameeskond III (C) | 26 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 89 | 19 | +70 | 71 | |
| 2 | Viimsi (P) | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 97 | 19 | +78 | 65 | Promotion to Esiliiga B |
| 3 | Tabasalu (Q) | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 54 | Qualification to Promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Pärnu Vaprus II | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 74 | 53 | +21 | 41 | |
| 5 | Läänemaa | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 65 | 57 | +8 | 41 | |
| 6 | Tallinna Legion II | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 37 | |
| 7 | Pärnu Poseidon | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 45 | 62 | −17 | 33 | |
| 8 | Viljandi Tulevik U21 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 61 | 72 | −11 | 30 | |
| 9 | Kuressaare II | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 51 | 78 | −27 | 30 | |
| 10 | Türi Ganvix | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 40 | 72 | −32 | 30 | |
| 11 | Otepää | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 46 | 63 | −17 | 27 | |
| 12 | Tõrva (Q) | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 50 | 81 | −31 | 26 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 13 | Tallinna Kalev III (R) | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 45 | 74 | −29 | 25 | Relegation to III Liiga |
| 14 | Raplamaa (R) | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 40 | 80 | −40 | 16 | Relegation to III Liiga |
* 1 2 Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

#### Results table

| Home \ Away | GVX | KAL | KUR | LÄÄ | OTE | PAI | POS | RAP | TAB | TJK | TUL | TÕR | VII | VAP |
| Türi Ganvix | — | 3–0 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 0–6 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–8 |
| Tallinna Kalev III | 6–1 | — | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Kuressaare II | 0–0 | 4–1 | — | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–6 | 1–3 | 5–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–11 | 3–0 |
| Läänemaa | 6–1 | 6–4 | 6–0 | — | 4–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 5–0 |
| Otepää | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–4 | — | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 4–3 |
| Paide Linnameeskond III | 4–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | — | 3–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 |
| Pärnu Poseidon | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | — | 1–0 | 4–6 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 |
| Raplamaa | 1–2 | 3–5 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 |
| Tabasalu | 1–0 | 8–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | — | w/o | 5–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Tallinna Legion II | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 7–1 | 4–2 | — | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–4 |
| Viljandi Tulevik U21 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 1–1 | 0–4 | — | 6–1 | 1–6 | 4–4 |
| Tõrva | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 7–2 | 5–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–6 | — | 1–3 | 3–2 |
| Viimsi | 4–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | w/o | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 8–0 | — | 5–1 |
| Pärnu Vaprus II | 1–2 | 7–1 | 7–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–3 | — |
* ↑ Match awarded to Tallinna JK Legion II, because Tabasalu JK fielded a disqualified player.
* ↑ Match awarded to Läänemaa JK, because Viimsi JK fielded an ineligible player.

### Statistics

Attendances
| Teams | Top home attendance | Low. home attendance | Avg. home attendance | Avg. away attendance |
| Ganvix | 42 | 17 | 31 | 50 |
| Kalev III | 23 | 4 | 15 | 56 |
| Kuressaare II | 63 | 7 | 27 | 63 |
| Legion II | 78 | 10 | 38 | 47 |
| Läänemaa | 103 | 38 | 71 | 57 |
| Otepää | 42 | 10 | 21 | 27 |
| Paide Linnameeskond III | 69 | 7 | 25 | 58 |
| Poseidon | 68 | 11 | 35 | 67 |
| Raplamaa | 57 | 14 | 32 | 63 |
| Tabasalu | 468 | 191 | 321 | 40 |
| Tulevik II | 49 | 12 | 33 | 52 |
| Tõrva | 57 | 2 | 27 | 43 |
| Vaprus II | 120 | 13 | 33 | 47 |
| Viimsi | 72 | 11 | 39 | 55 |