2014 Esiliiga B

The 2014 Esiliiga was the 2nd season of the Esiliiga B. The season started on Friday 28 February 2014, and concluded on Sunday 9 November 2014.[1] Infonet II Tallinn won the Esiliiga B, finishing with 99 points.

Esiliiga B
Season2014
ChampionsInfonet II Tallinn
PromotedInfonet II Tallinn
Santos Tartu
RelegatedArarat TTÜ Tallinn
Flora III Tallinn
Legion Tallinn
Matches played180
Goals scored750 (4.17 per match)
Top goalscorerYuriy Vereshchak (43 goals)
Biggest home winSantos Tartu 13–1 HÜJK Emmaste
(18 September 2014)
Biggest away winElva 0–7 Santos Tartu
(1 June 2014)
Highest scoringSantos Tartu 13–1 HÜJK Emmaste
(18 September 2014)
Santos Tartu 12–2 Sillamäe Kalev II
(28 September 2014)
Longest winning runSantos Tartu (24 games)
Longest unbeaten runSantos Tartu (24 games)
Longest winless runJärve Kohtla-Järve
Ararat TTÜ Tallinn
Flora III Tallinn
Legion Tallinn (8 games)
Longest losing runJärve Kohtla-Järve (7 games)
← 2013
2015 →

Teams

Stadiums and locations
Location of the 2014 Esiliiga B teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Ararat TTÜ Tallinn Tallinn Sportland Arena 800
Elva Elva Elva Stadium 1,500
Flora III Tallinn Tallinn Sportland Arena 800
HÜJK Emmaste Tallinn Männiku Stadium 1,000
Infonet II Tallinn Tallinn Sportland Arena 800
Järve Kohtla-Järve Kohtla-Järve Kohtla-Järve SPK Stadium 780
Legion Tallinn Tallinn Sportland Arena 800
Santos Tartu Tartu Tamme Stadium 2000
Sillamäe Kalev II Sillamäe Sillamäe Kalev Stadium 500
Starbunker Maardu Maardu Maardu Stadium 1500

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Ararat TTÜ Tallinn Vaagn Arutjunjan Nikolai Pulkkinen Nike
Elva Kaido Koppel Nike Sportland
Flora III Tallinn Pelle Pohlak Nike
HÜJK Emmaste Marko Pärnpuu Vahur Vahtramäe Hummel
Infonet II Tallinn Sergei Bragin Joma Infonet
Järve Kohtla-Järve Andrei Škaleta
Legion Tallinn Viktor Passikuta
Santos Tartu Algimantas Liubinskas Taavi Vellemaa Uhlsport
Sillamäe Kalev II Algimantas Briaunys Uhlsport Alexela
Starbunker Maardu Andrei Borissov

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Flora III Tallinn Dmitri Ustritski Mutual agreement 7 January 2014 Pre-season Pelle Pohlak 8 January 2014
Elva Marek Naaris Mutual agreement 29 January 2014 Kaido Koppel 29 January 2014[2]
Santos Tartu Mikk Laas Mutual agreement 21 April 2014 2nd Algimantas Liubinskas 21 April 2014[3]

Results

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Infonet II Tallinn (C, P) 36 32 3 1 124 34 +90 99 Promotion to Esiliiga
2 Santos Tartu (P) 36 32 0 4 161 27 +134 96
3 HÜJK Emmaste (E) 36 18 5 13 71 81 −10 59 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4 Sillamäe Kalev II 36 17 3 16 74 64 +10 54
5 Starbunker Maardu 36 16 2 18 70 85 −15 50
6 Elva 36 12 5 19 45 79 −34 41
7 Järve Kohtla-Järve 36 11 4 21 53 77 −24 37
8 Ararat TTÜ Tallinn (R) 36 9 5 22 55 80 −25 32 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
9 Flora III Tallinn (R) 36 8 3 25 44 112 −68 27 Relegation to II liiga
10 Legion Tallinn (R) 36 7 6 23 53 111 −58 27
Source: Estonian Football Association (in Estonian)
Rules for classification: Points; Least withdrawals or annulled matches; Overall wins; Head-to-head points; Head-to-head goal difference; Goal difference; Goals scored. If two or more teams on the top have the same number of points by the end of the season, the aforementioned rules will not apply and additional game(s) will be played to determine the champions.
(C) Champion; (E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Promotion play-off

HÜJK Emmaste voluntarily declined joining Esiliiga and remained in Esiliiga B.[4]

HÜJK Emmaste v Tarvas Rakvere
Tarvas Rakvere v HÜJK Emmaste

Relegation play-offs

Ararat TTÜ Tallinn, who finished 8th, faced Joker 1993 Raasiku, the II liiga play-off winners, for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn a spot in the 2015 Esiliiga B. Joker 1993 Raasiku won 7–7 on aggregate.

16 November 2014 Joker 1993 Raasiku 3–1 Ararat TTÜ Tallinn Raasiku
13:00 (UTC+3) Võsar  31'
Lill  53'
Randjõe  66'		 Report Antonov  14' Stadium: Raasiku Stadium
Attendance: 135
Referee: Mart Martin
22 November 2014 Ararat TTÜ Tallinn 6–4 Joker 1993 Raasiku Tallinn
13:00 (UTC+3) Antonov  16', 45+1'
Novikov  24'
Parkala  35'
Belozjorov  73'
Arutjunjan  81'		 Report Võsar  29'
Lill  31', 34', 74'		 Stadium: Sportland Arena
Attendance: 62
Referee: Joonas Jaanovits

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
As of 9 November 2014.[5][6]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Yuriy VereshchakSantos Tartu43
2 Aleksandr VolkovSillamäe Kalev II30
3 Taavi VellemaaSantos Tartu25
4 Timo TenisteSantos Tartu20
5 Reimo OjaHÜJK Emmaste19
6 Eduard GolovljovInfonet II Tallinn17
Jürgen KuresooElva17
8 Klimentiy BoldyrevStarbunker Maardu14
9 Jevgeni GurtšioglujantsInfonet II Tallinn12
10 Rain AasmäeStarbunker Maardu10
Rauf-Roman MikailovLegion Tallinn10
Margo ParkalaArarat TTÜ Tallinn10
Juhan Jograf SiimFlora III Tallinn10

Awards
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month
Manager Club Player Club
March[7] Sergei Bragin Infonet II Tallinn Aleksandr Volkov Sillamäe Kalev II
April[8] Sergei Bragin Infonet II Tallinn Rauf-Roman Mikailov Legion Tallinn
May[9] Sergei Bragin Infonet II Tallinn Timo Teniste Santos Tartu
June[10] Andrei Borissov Starbunker Maardu Taavi Vellemaa Santos Tartu
July[11] Andrei Škaleta Järve Kohtla-Järve Ilja Zelentsov Starbunker Maardu
August[12] Marko Pärnpuu HÜJK Emmaste Eduard Golovljov Infonet II Tallinn
September[13] Sergei Bragin Infonet II Tallinn Yuriy Vereshchak Santos Tartu
October[14] Oleh Boychyshyn Santos Tallinn Viktor Gusev Järve Kohtla-Järve

See also

References
  1. "ELB MÄNGUDE KALENDER (2014)" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
  2. "Kaido Koppel sai FC Elva peatreeneriks". Soccernet.ee. 29 January 2014.
  3. "Santos sõlmis lepingu endise Leedu koondise peatreeneriga" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  4. "Emmaste loobus Esiliiga üleminekumängudest" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 12 November 2014.
  5. "ELB VÄRAVALÖÖJATE EDETABEL (2014)" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
  6. "MÄNGUDE AJALUGU" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association.
  7. "Premium liiga kuu parimad on Prosa ja Ratnikov" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  8. "Premium liiga kuu parimad on Prins ja Reintam" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  9. "Maikuu parimateks tunnistati Hurt ja Ratnikov" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 10 June 2014.
  10. "Premium liiga parimateks valiti Marko Kristal ja Lasha Omanidze" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 3 July 2014.
  11. "Juulikuu parimad olid Puštov ja Luigend" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  12. "Premium liiga kuu parimad tulevad Sillamäelt" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  13. "Premium liiga kuu parimad on Prins ja Smishko" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  14. "Premium liiga kuu parimad on Manucho ja Frantsev" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
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