# 1995–96 Meistriliiga

The 1995–96 Meistriliiga was the fifth season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Lantana won their first title.

## Preliminary round
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lantana | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 8 | +29 | 33 | Qualification for Championship Tournament |
| 2 | Narva Trans | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 22 | Qualification for Championship Tournament |
| 3 | Flora | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 22 | Qualification for Championship Tournament |
| 4 | Tallinna Sadam | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 21 | Qualification for Championship Tournament |
| 5 | Tevalte-Marlekor | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 20 | Qualification for Championship Tournament |
| 6 | Tervis | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 17 | Qualification for Championship Tournament |
| 7 | Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 17 | Qualification for Meistriliiga Transition Tournament |
| 8 | PJK Kalev | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 61 | −53 | 2 | Qualification for Meistriliiga Transition Tournament |

### Results

| Home \ Away | JEP | FLO | PJK | LAN | SAD | TER | MAR | TRS |
| Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Flora | 2–2 | | 5–0 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| PJK Kalev | 1–1 | 0–5 | | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 2–4 |
| Lantana | 4–1 | 1–1 | 10–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | -:+ | 1–0 |
| Tallinna Sadam | 0–0 | 2–2 | 7–1 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Tervis | 0–2 | 2–6 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Tevalte-Marlekor | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 4–2 |
| Narva Trans | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | |

## Championship Tournament

The points obtained during the preliminary round were carried over halved and rounded up.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lantana (C) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 17 | 37 | Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Flora | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 11 | 31 | Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round |
| 3 | Tevalte-Marlekor | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 10 | 31 | |
| 4 | Tallinna Sadam | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 11 | 24 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Narva Trans | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 11 | 19 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 6 | Tervis | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 28 | −21 | 9 | 13 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | FLO | LAN | SAD | TER | MAR | TRS |
| Flora | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Lantana | 0–1 | | 3–4 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 |
| Tallinna Sadam | 0–0 | 0–3 | | 2–5 | 1–3 | 3–2 |
| Tervis | 1–5 | 0–3 | 0–5 | | -:+ | 0–5 |
| Tevalte-Marlekor | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 |
| Narva Trans | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | |

## Meistriliiga Transition Tournament

Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi and PJK Kalev, the teams finishing in the last two positions in the preliminary round, faced four best teams of the 1995-96 Esiliiga in the play-off for two places in the 1996-97 Meistriliiga.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 7 | +16 | 21 | Promotion to Meistriliiga |
| 2 | Vall (P) | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 21 | Promotion to Meistriliiga |
| 3 | Norma | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 17 | Relegation to Esiliiga |
| 4 | PJK Kalev (R) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 14 | Relegation to Esiliiga |
| 5 | Dünamo | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 8 | Relegation to Esiliiga |
| 6 | TJK | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | −13 | 5 | Relegation to Esiliiga |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Lembit Rajala | Flora | 16 |
| 2 | Maksim Gruznov | Lantana | 12 |
| 3 | Andrei Borissov | Lantana | 8 |
| 3 | Boriss Nejolov | Narva Trans | 8 |
| 3 | Ivan O'Konnel-Bronin | Tervis Pärnu/Flora | 8 |
| 3 | Aleksandr Olerski | Tevalte/Marlekor | 8 |
| 3 | Dmitri Ustritski | Tallinna Sadam | 8 |