# 2018 Esiliiga B

The 2018 Esiliiga B was the 6th season of the Esiliiga B, third-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2013.

## Teams

Of the 10 participating teams 4 remained following the 2017 Esiliiga B. The 2017 champions Kalju U21, runners-up Kalev U21 and 4th placed Keila JK were promoted to Esiliiga, while 10th place Sillamäe Kalev U21 was relegated and Viimsi JK and Raasiku Joker decided not to participate in 2018 Esiliiga B. For this season those six teams will be replaced by 6 II Liiga teams. They are: Lasnamäe Ajax, Nõmme United, Pärnu JK, Tallinna Legion, Flora U19 and Võru Helios. Only Tallinna Legion and Flora U19 have played in Esiliiga B before.

### Stadia

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| FC Flora U19 | Tallinn | Sportland Arena | 540 |
| Kohtla-Järve JK Järve | Kohtla-Järve | Kohtla-Järve SPK Stadium | 780 |
| Lasnamäe FC Ajax | Tallinn | Ajaxi staadion | |
| Nõmme United | Tallinn | Männiku staadion | |
| Paide Linnameeskond U21 | Paide | Paide linnastaadion | 268 |
| Pärnu JK | Pärnu | Pärnu Raeküla staadion | 500 |
| Tallinna JK Legion | Tallinn | Wismari staadion | |
| Tartu Tammeka U21 | Tartu | Sepa Stadium | 508 |
| Vändra JK Vaprus | Vändra | Vändra Stadium | 273 |
| Võru FC Helios | Võru | Võru Spordikeskuse staadion | |

### Managerial changes
## Results
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Tallinna Legion (C, P) | 36 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 125 | 31 | +94 | 98 | Promotion to the Esiliiga |
| 2 | Tammeka U21 (P) | 36 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 108 | 40 | +68 | 72 | Promotion to the Esiliiga |
| 3 | Kohtla-Järve Järve (P) | 36 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 80 | 39 | +41 | 69 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Pärnu JK | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 80 | 51 | +29 | 61 | |
| 5 | Nõmme United | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 100 | 57 | +43 | 60 | |
| 6 | Võru Helios | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 81 | 66 | +15 | 54 | |
| 7 | Vändra Vaprus | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 61 | 96 | −35 | 38 | |
| 8 | Paide U21 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 45 | 94 | −49 | 28 | |
| 9 | Lasnamäe Ajax (R) | 36 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 35 | 135 | −100 | 16 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Flora U19 (R) | 36 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 33 | 138 | −105 | 16 | Relegation to II Liiga |
* ↑ Paide escaped relegation due to vacant league spot after Tartu Santos from 2018 Esiliiga were relegated down two league levels.
* ↑ Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

### Positions by round

* Leader and promotion to 2019 Esiliiga
* Qualification to promotion play-offs
* Qualification to relegation play-offs
* Relegation to 2019 II liiga
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| TJK Legion | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tammeka U21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Kohtla-Järve Järve | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Pärnu JK | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Nõmme United | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Võru Helios | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Vändra Vaprus | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Flora U19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Paide U21 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Lasnamäe Ajax | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

Updated on 20 July.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Rejal Alijev | Legion | 40 |
| 2 | Kein Makovei | Pärnu JK | 27 |
| 3 | Marek Šatov | Legion | 24 |
| 4 | Denis Vnukov | Legion | 20 |
| 4 | Pavel Fedorenko | Nõmme United | 20 |

## 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 | Denis Belov | Legion | Sten Reinkort | Tammeka U21 |
| April | Denis Belov | Legion | Aleksandr Ivanyushin | Järve |
| May | Denis Belov | Legion | Rejal Alijev | Legion |
| June/July | Igor Prins | Pärnu | Denis Vnukov | Legion |
| August | Aleksandr Puštov | Järve | Geovane | Järve |
| September | Martin Klasen | Nõmme United | Sander Taan | Helios |
| October | Marti Pähn | Tammeka U21 | Kein Makovei | Pärnu |

### Esiliiga B Player of the Year

Rejal Alijev was named Esiliiga B Player of the Year.