1992 Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga

Season	1992
Champions	Norma (1st title)
Relegated	Maardu
Champions League	Norma
Top goalscorer	Sergei Bragin (18)
← 1991 (nonofficial) 1992–1993 →

The 1992 Meistriliiga was the inaugural season of the Meistriliiga, the top division of the Estonian football. It was the first domestic competition since the Baltic nation had gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Fourteen teams competed in this edition, played in the spring to make the transition to autumn to spring season in the same year. Norma Tallinn won the title.

Preliminary round

Western Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norma	6	6	0	0	29	3	+26	12	Qualification for Championship Tournament
2	TVMV	6	4	1	1	21	6	+15	9
3	Vigri	6	4	0	2	16	14	+2	8
4	Pärnu	6	2	2	2	10	12	−2	6
5	Dünamo	6	2	1	3	7	12	−5	5	Qualification for Relegation Tournament
6	Viljandi	6	0	1	5	6	23	−17	1
7	Merkuur	6	0	1	5	5	24	−19	1

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	NOR	VMV	VIG	PJK	DÜN	TUL	MER
Norma		2–1	6–0	3–1	3–0	6–1	9–0
TVMV	1–2		2–1	4–0	3–0	4–3	4–3
Vigri	0–6	1–2		4–0	3–0	4–3	4–3
Pärnu	1–3	3–3	0–4		1–1	4–1	2–1
Dünamo	0–3	0–4	0–3	1–1		4–0	2–1
Viljandi	1–6	0–4	3–4	1–4	0–4		1–1
Merkuur	0–9	0–7	3–4	0–1	1–2	1–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Eastern Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flora	6	5	1	0	36	4	+32	11	Qualification for Championship Tournament
2	Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi	6	3	3	0	18	8	+10	9
3	Tartu Kalev	6	3	2	1	22	14	+8	8
4	Narva Trans	6	3	2	1	14	9	+5	8
5	Sillamäe Kalev	6	1	1	4	4	10	−6	3	Qualification for Relegation Tournament
6	Kohtla-Järve Keemik	6	1	1	4	5	13	−8	3
7	Maardu	6	0	0	6	3	44	−41	0

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	FLO	JEP	KAL	TRA	SIL	KEE	MAA
Flora		1–1	7–2	3–1	3–0	+:-	19–0
Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi	1–1		2–2	4–4	2–0	2–0	7–1
Tartu Kalev	2–7	2–2		2–2	2–1	4–1	10–1
Narva Trans	1–3	4–4	2–2		1–0	3–0	+:-
Sillamäe Kalev	0–3	0–2	1–2	0–1		1–1	2–1
Kohtla-Järve Keemik	-:+	0–2	1–4	0–3	1–1		+:-
Maardu	0–19	1–7	1–10	-:+	1–2	-:+

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Tournament

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norma (C)	7	5	2	0	22	4	+18	12	Qualification for Champions League preliminary round
2	Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi	7	3	4	0	23	14	+9	10
3	TVMV	7	3	2	2	23	13	+10	8
4	Flora	7	3	2	2	17	9	+8	8
5	Vigri	7	3	0	4	9	16	−7	6
6	Tartu Kalev	7	1	3	3	11	18	−7	5
7	Narva Trans	7	1	2	4	9	28	−19	4
8	Pärnu	7	1	1	5	10	22	−12	3

Source:
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	NOR	JEP	VMV	FLO	VIG	KAL	TRA	PJK
Norma		2–2		0–0		+:-	6–0
Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi	2–2		5–3		6–1			3–1
TVMV		3–5		3–1		1–1	10–0
Flora	0–0		1–3		1–2			4–0
Vigri		1–6		2–1		1–0	0–1
Tartu Kalev	-:+		1–1		0–1			4–2
Narva Trans	0–6		0–10		1–0			1–3
Pärnu		1–3		0–4		2–4	3–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Tournament

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
9	Dünamo	5	4	0	1	14	5	+9	8
10	Kohtla-Järve Keemik	5	3	2	0	10	4	+6	8
11	Sillamäe Kalev	5	2	2	1	8	8	0	6
12	Merkuur	5	1	2	2	8	7	+1	4	Qualification for relegation play-offs
13	Viljandi	5	1	2	2	11	11	0	4	Relegation to Esiliiga
14	Maardu (R)	5	0	0	5	4	20	−16	0

Source:
(R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	DÜN	KEE	MER	VIG	VIL	MAA
Dünamo		1–2	3–1			4–1
Kohtla-Järve Keemik	2–1			1–1	3–1
Sillamäe Kalev	1–3			3–2	1–1
Merkuur		1–1	2–3			3–0
Viljandi		1–3	1–1			8–2
Maardu	1–4			0–3	2–8

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff

Merkuur	1 – 1	Narva Kreenholm

Narva Kreenholm	3 – 3	Merkuur

4–4 on aggregate. Merkuur won on away goals and retained its Meistriliiga spot for the 1992-93 season.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sergei Bragin	Norma	18
2	Sergei Afanasyev	Eesti Põlevkivi	13
3	Valeri Možžuhhin	TVMV	12
4	Oleg Guzik	TVMV	11
	Urmas Kirs	Flora
6	Indro Olumets	Flora	7
	Martin Reim	Flora
	Aleksandr Žurkin	Norma

See also

• 1992 in Estonian football
• 1992–93 Esiliiga

References

• Estonia - List of final tables (RSSSF)