Marten Kukkonen

Esiliiga
Season	2026
Dates	5 March – 8 November 2026
Champions	Welco
Promoted	Welco
Relegated	Nõmme Kalju U21; Maardu Linnameeskond (withdrawn)
Matches	105
Goals	201 (1.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kenlou Laasner (26 goals)
Biggest home win	Flora U21 5–0 Tallinn; Flora U21 5–0 Maardu
Biggest away win	Maardu 1–8 Welco
Highest scoring	Tallinn 6–3 Nõmme Kalju U21; Maardu 1–8 Welco
Longest winning run	6 games; Welco; Flora U21
Longest unbeaten run	9 games; Welco
Longest winless run	9 games; Nõmme United U21
Longest losing run	5 games; FCI Levadia U21
	← 2025 2027 → All statistics correct as of 3 August 2026.

The 2026 Esiliiga was the 36th season of the Esiliiga. The season began on 5 March 2026 and concluded on 8 November 2026.

Teams

The league consisted of ten teams; seven teams remaining from the previous season, two teams promoted from the Esiliiga B, and one team relegated from the Meistriliiga.

The promoted teams were the 2025 Esiliiga B champions Maardu Linnameeskond and runners-up Nõmme United U21. They replaced the 2025 Esiliiga bottom two teams Tallinna Kalev U21 and Tammeka U21.

The relegated team was the 2025 Meistriliiga bottom-placed team Tallinna Kalev. They replaced the 2025 Esiliiga champions Nõmme United.

Stadiums and locations

Tallinn

Tallinn teams:
FCI Levadia U21
Flora U21
Nõmme Kalju U21
Nõmme United U21
Tallinn
Tallinna Kalev

Locations of the 2026 Esiliiga teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Elva	Otepää	Tehvandi Stadium	3,144
FCI Levadia U21	Tallinn	Maarjamäe Stadium	30
Flora U21	Tallinn	Lilleküla Training Ground I	150
Maardu Linnameeskond	Maardu	Maardu Linnastaadion	500
Nõmme Kalju U21	Tallinn	Hiiu Stadium	570
Nõmme United U21		Männiku Stadium	500
Tallinn		Lasnamäe Sports Complex Stadium	200
Tallinna Kalev		Sportland Arena	1,172
Viimsi	Haabneeme	Viimsi Stadium	1,006
Welco	Tartu	Holm Park	580

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Elva	Kaido Koppel	Jasper Reilson	Nike	Unibet, Sportland
FCI Levadia U21	Sergei Mošnikov	Pavel Dõmov	Macron	Viimsi Keevitus
Flora U21	Ats Sillaste	Joosep Palts	Nike
Maardu Linnameeskond	Deniss Kovtun	Aleksandr Kulinitš	Givova	None
Nõmme Kalju U21	Bogdan Lukashenko	Johannes Lillemets	Adidas	None
Nõmme United U21	Eero Maling	Romet Leppik	Adidas	TonyBet
Tallinn	Andrei Kalimullin	Vladimir Avilov	Adidas	None
Tallinna Kalev	Randin Rande	Vadim Mihhailov	Macron	None
Viimsi	Andres Oper Arli Salm	Karl Erich Kaljuvere	Joma	Assa Abloy, Penosil
Welco	Alo Bärengrub	Taijo Teniste	Adidas	Holm Bank

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Welco	Jaanus Reitel	Mutual consent	9 November 2025	Pre-season	Alo Bärengrub	22 December 2025
FCI Levadia U21	Santi García	End of contract	4 December 2025		Dmitri Kruglov	11 December 2025
Viimsi	Ivo Lehtmets	Resigned	5 December 2025		Andres Oper Arli Salm	8 December 2025
Flora U21	Taavi Viik	Signed by Vaprus	19 December 2025		Ats Sillaste	2 January 2026
Tallinna Kalev	Alo Bärengrub	Signed by Welco	22 December 2025		Ivan Stojković	22 December 2025
Nõmme United U21	Risto Sarapik	Resigned	14 January 2026		Eero Maling	16 January 2026
Tallinna Kalev	Ivan Stojković	Resigned	26 April 2026	6th	Randin Rande	26 April 2026
FCI Levadia U21	Dmitri Kruglov	Contract terminated	2 June 2026	10th	Sergei Mošnikov	2 June 2026
Nõmme Kalju U21	Erik Šteinberg	Appointed first team assistant	10 August 2026	10th	Bogdan Lukashenko	10 August 2026

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Welco (C, P)	36	25	5	6	101	45	+56	80	Promotion to the Meistriliiga
2	Viimsi (Q)	36	19	6	11	72	35	+37	63	Qualification for the Meistriliiga play-off
3	FCI Levadia U21	36	19	3	14	71	59	+12	60
4	Elva	36	16	9	11	52	52	0	57
5	Flora U21	36	16	7	13	78	62	+16	55
6	Tallinna Kalev	36	12	8	16	59	64	−5	44
7	Nõmme United U21	36	12	6	18	59	73	−14	42
8	Tallinn (Q)	36	11	8	17	45	78	−33	41	Qualification for the Esiliiga play-off
9	Nõmme Kalju U21 (R)	36	7	5	24	40	95	−55	26	Relegation to the Esiliiga B
10	Maardu Linnameeskond	36	12	5	19	45	59	−14	41	Club withdrawn

Source: Esiliiga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Less matches awarded against; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fair-play points; 10) Draw
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Ineligible for promotion as a league below senior team FCI Levadia
^ Ineligible for promotion as a league below senior team Flora
^ Ineligible for promotion as a league below senior team Nõmme United
^ Ineligible for promotion as a league below senior team Nõmme Kalju

Results

Home \ Away	ELV	FCI	FLO	MLM	NÕK	NÕM	TAL	TLK	VII	WEL
Elva		3–2	0–3	4–3	2–4	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–2
	3–3	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–1
FCI Levadia U21	1–3		1–3	1–2	2–0	0–1	4–0	3–2	1–2	1–3
2–2		6–2	null	1–0	4–2	2–1	3–2	2–0	0–0
Flora U21	3–2	0–4		5–0	3–1	2–2	5–0	3–1	0–4	1–6
1–2	0–2		1–3	3–0	3–2	1–2	5–0	2–1	1–2
Maardu Linnameeskond	0–3	3–2	3–2		2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1
null	4–2	null		null	2–1	1–0	null	1–2	1–8
Nõmme Kalju U21	2–2	1–0	0–5	3–2		4–1	1–3	0–4	0–0	1–5
0–0	0–2	1–5	1–4		2–3	1–2	0–3	1–1	2–4
Nõmme United U21	1–0	1–2	3–3	4–1	0–3		2–2	1–2	0–3	1–3
0–1	0–1	1–1	null	2–0		3–1	2–1	1–0	2–1
Tallinn	1–1	4–2	1–3	0–0	6–3	4–3		1–1	0–2	0–2
0–3	1–5	1–0	null	0–2	1–1		1–0	0–3	0–7
Tallinna Kalev	2–1	1–2	1–4	3–3	5–1	4–4	5–1		0–3	2–0
1–0	1–2	2–2	1–3	3–1	3–1	1–1		1–2	1–1
Viimsi	1–3	5–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	5–1	2–0		2–0
5–0	0–2	1–1	null	10–0	4–1	1–2	1–2		0–2
Welco	3–3	3–2	3–3	5–1	4–2	5–2	4–0	3–0	2–2
4–0	4–2	2–1	null	3–0	4–3	0–2	3–2	1–3

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

^ FCI Levadia U21 awarded win due to Maardu Linnameeskond withdrawing from league.
^ Elva awarded win due to Maardu Linnameeskond withdrawing from league.
^ Flora U21 awarded win due to Maardu Linnameeskond withdrawing from league.
^ Nõmme Kalju U21 awarded win due to Maardu Linnameeskond withdrawing from league.
^ Tallinna Kalev awarded win due to Maardu Linnameeskond withdrawing from league.
^ Nõmme United U21 awarded win due to Maardu Linnameeskond withdrawing from league.
^ Tallinn awarded win due to Maardu Linnameeskond withdrawing from league.
^ Viimsi awarded win due to Maardu Linnameeskond withdrawing from league.
^ Welco awarded win due to Maardu Linnameeskond withdrawing from league.

Esiliiga play-off

The eighth-placed team (Tallinn) will face the fifth-placed team of the 2026 Esiliiga B (Tulevik) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2027 Esiliiga (Esiliiga B spot passed down from third-placed team after champions Narva Trans U21 and runners-up FCI Levadia U19 ineligible for promotion).

First leg

22 November 2026	Tulevik	v	Tallinn	Viljandi
16:00 BST				Stadium: Viljandi linnastaadion

Second leg

28 November 2026	Tallinn	v	Tulevik	Tallinn
10:30 BST				Stadium: Lasnamäe Spordikompleksi kunstmurustaadion

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kenlou Laasner	Welco	35
2	Dinārs Ekharts	Tallinn	27
3	Marten Kukkonen	Flora U21	15
4	Raiko Ilves	Tallinna Kalev	14
4	Aleksandr Volkov	Maardu Linnameeskond	14
6	Moussa Sambe	FCI Levadia U21	13
7	Artjom Jakovenko	Flora U21	12
8	Manucho	Maardu Linnameeskond	10
	Gregor Lehtmets	FCI Levadia U21
	Karl-Tristan Lorenz	Flora U21
	John-Paul Mbuthia	Elva
	Mark William Mugra	Welco

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month		Manager of the Month
Month	Player	Club	Manager	Club
March	Kenlou Laasner	Welco	Alo Bärengrub	Welco
April	Marten Kukkonen	Flora U21	Ats Sillaste	Flora U21
May	Moussa Sambe	FCI Levadia U21	Andres Oper Arli Salm	Viimsi
June/July	Kenlou Laasner	Welco	Sergei Mošnikov	FCI Levadia U21
August	Dinārs Ekharts	Viimsi
September	Marcus Agarmaa	Welco	Kaido Koppel	Elva
October	Kenlou Laasner	Welco	Alo Bärengrub	Welco

References

[table_note_FCI0.87541361706118-26] Ineligible for promotion as a league below senior team FCI Levadia

[table_note_FLO0.87541361706118-27] Ineligible for promotion as a league below senior team Flora

[table_note_NÕM0.87541361706118-28] Ineligible for promotion as a league below senior team Nõmme United

[table_note_NÕK0.87541361706118-29] Ineligible for promotion as a league below senior team Nõmme Kalju

[table_note_2_FCI_MLM0.0831557675652-31] FCI Levadia U21 awarded win due to Maardu Linnameeskond withdrawing from league.

[table_note_2_MLM_ELV0.0831557675652-32] Elva awarded win due to Maardu Linnameeskond withdrawing from league.

[table_note_2_MLM_FLO0.0831557675652-33] Flora U21 awarded win due to Maardu Linnameeskond withdrawing from league.

[table_note_2_MLM_NÕK0.0831557675652-34] Nõmme Kalju U21 awarded win due to Maardu Linnameeskond withdrawing from league.

[table_note_2_MLM_TLK0.0831557675652-35] Tallinna Kalev awarded win due to Maardu Linnameeskond withdrawing from league.

[table_note_2_NÕM_MLM0.0831557675652-36] Nõmme United U21 awarded win due to Maardu Linnameeskond withdrawing from league.

[table_note_2_TAL_MLM0.0831557675652-37] Tallinn awarded win due to Maardu Linnameeskond withdrawing from league.

[table_note_2_VII_MLM0.0831557675652-38] Viimsi awarded win due to Maardu Linnameeskond withdrawing from league.

[table_note_2_WEL_MLM0.0831557675652-39] Welco awarded win due to Maardu Linnameeskond withdrawing from league.

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Flora

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Teams

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Esiliiga play-off

First leg

Second leg

Season statistics

Top scorers

Awards

Monthly awards

See also

References

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Thông tin chi tiết (Wikipedia)

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Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Esiliiga play-off

First leg

Second leg

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Top scorers

Awards

Monthly awards

See also

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