# 2009 Esiliiga

The 2009 season of the Esiliiga (the second league of the Estonian football system).

## Overview

| Club | Location | Stadium | Current manager |
| Flora II | Tallinn | Sportland Arena | Erki Kesküla |
| Flora Rakvere | Rakvere | Linnastaadion | Urmas Kirs |
| Lasnamäe Ajax | Tallinn | FC Ajax Stadium | Aleksandr Puštov |
| Levadia II | Tallinn | Maarjamäe kunstmuru | Urmas Hepner |
| Lootus | Kohtla-Järve | SK Stadium | Andrei Škaleta |
| Tamme Auto | Kiviõli | Kiviõli Stadium | Erik Šteinberg |
| TJK Legion | Tallinn | Wismari Stadium | Viktor Passikuta |
| Tulevik II | Viljandi | Linnastaadion | Aivar Lillevere |
| Warrior | Valga | Sportland Arena | Zaur Tšilingarašvili |
| Vaprus | Pärnu | Kalevi Stadium | Ants Kommussaar |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Levadia II (C) | 36 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 96 | 21 | +75 | 86 | |
| 2 | Lootus (P) | 36 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 88 | 48 | +40 | 74 | Promotion to Meistriliiga |
| 3 | Warrior | 36 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 68 | 63 | +5 | 65 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Lasnamäe Ajax | 36 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 75 | 53 | +22 | 64 | |
| 5 | Tamme Auto | 36 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 77 | 77 | 0 | 50 | |
| 6 | TJK Legion | 36 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 63 | 76 | −13 | 44 | |
| 7 | Vaprus | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 64 | 77 | −13 | 39 | |
| 8 | Tulevik II | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 49 | 79 | −30 | 36 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 9 | Flora U21 (R) | 36 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 35 | 64 | −29 | 32 | Relegation to II Liiga |
| 10 | Rakvere (R) | 36 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 48 | 105 | −57 | 20 | Relegation to II Liiga |
* 1 2 Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.
* 1 2 Three points deducted from Kiviõli Tamme Auto and six from FC Flora Rakvere before season because of licensing problems.

### Relegation play-off
## Results

Each team will play every opponent four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 games.

### First half of season

| Home \ Away | FLO | RAK | AJX | LEV | LOT | TMA | TJK | TV2 | VPR | WAR |
| Flora U21 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Rakvere | 0–2 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 1–0 |
| Lasnamäe Ajax | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 0–4 | 1–2 | 7–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Levadia II | 4–0 | 5–0 | 7–0 | | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Lootus | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | | 2–4 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Tamme Auto | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 |
| TJK Legion | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 3–3 | | 3–1 | 5–1 | 6–2 |
| Tulevik II | 2–1 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 1–4 | 0–0 |
| Vaprus | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–2 |
| Warrior | 3–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–12 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | |

### Second half of season

| Home \ Away | FLO | RAK | AJX | LEV | LOT | TMA | TJK | TV2 | VPR | WAR |
| Flora U21 | | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 |
| Rakvere | 1–0 | | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 0–6 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Lasnamäe Ajax | 5–0 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 |
| Levadia II | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Lootus | 3–4 | 7–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 |
| Tamme Auto | 4–0 | 4–1 | | 0–2 | 1–6 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| TJK Legion | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 |
| Tulevik II | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 2–8 | 0–2 |
| Vaprus | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–3 | | |
| Warrior | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 7–2 | 2–5 | 1–1 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    Updated 11 November 2009.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Tõnis Starkopf | Kiviõli Tamme Auto | 32 |
| 2 | Anton Semjonov | Lootus | 19 |
| 3 | Sander Rõivassepp | Warrior | 18 |
| 4 | Vitali Bolšakov | Lootus | 17 |
| 4 | Yaroslav Dmitriev | Levadia II | 17 |
| 4 | Maksim Kisseljov | TJK Legion | 17 |
| 4 | Jaan Leimann | Warrior | 17 |
| 8 | Aleksandr Pavlikhin | TJK Legion | 16 |
| 9 | Šahrijar Abdullajev | Lasnamäe Ajax | 15 |
| 10 | Sergei Tasso | Lasnamäe Ajax | 12 |

## Monthly awards

| Month | Manager | Club | Player | Club |
| 03/09 | Zaur Tšilingarašvili | Warrior | Tõnis Starkopf | Tamme Auto |
| 04/09 | Aleksey Zhukov | Lootus | Yaroslav Dmitriev | Levadia II |
| 05/09 | Aleksandr Puštov | Levadia II | Sergei Popov | Lootus |
| 06/09 | Aleksandr Puštov | Levadia II | Konstantin Karin | Lootus |
| 07/09 | Andrei Borissov | Lasnamäe Ajax | Maksim Kisseljov | TJK Legion |
| 08/09 | Aleksandr Puštov | Levadia II | Sergei Tasso | Lasnamäe Ajax |
| 09/09 | Aleksey Zhukov | Lootus | Sander Rõivassepp | Warrior |