2020_Esiliiga_B

2020 Esiliiga B

Estonian football league season for third division

The 2020 Esiliiga B was the eighth season of the Esiliiga B, the third tier of Estonian football. The season began on 8 March 2020 and concluded on 22 November 2020.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

Esiliiga B
Season	2020
Dates	8 March 2020 – 22 November 2020
Champions	Paide Linnameeskond U21
Promoted	Paide Linnameeskond U21 Welco
Relegated	Helios Keila Tarvas
Top goalscorer	Eduard Desjatski Ander Ott Valge (24 goals)
← 2019 2021 →

Teams

Of the 10 participating teams 6 remained following the 2019 Esiliiga B. The 2019 champions Nõmme United, runners-up Vändra and 3rd placed Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi were promoted to the Esiliiga, while 10th placed Volta were relegated to the II liiga. The four new sides in this year's campaign are Welco, Tarvas, Läänemaa and Tallinna Kalev U21.

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2020 Esiliiga B teams

More information Team, Location ...

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Helios	Võru	Võru Sports Centre Stadium	434
Keila	Keila	Keila Stadium
Läänemaa	Haapsalu	Haapsalu linnastaadion
Nõmme Kalju U21	Tallinn	Hiiu Stadium	300^[1]
Paide Linnameeskond U21	Paide	Paide linnastaadion	500^[2]
Tabasalu	Tabasalu	Tabasalu Arena
Tallinna Kalev U21	Tallinn	Kalev Keskstaadion
Tarvas	Rakvere	Rakvere linnastaadion	1,100^[3]
Viimsi	Viimsi	Viimsi Stadium
Welco	Tartu	Tartu Tamme Stadium	1,500^[4]

League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Paide Linnameeskond U21 (C, P)	30	23	2	5	112	40	+72	71	Promotion to Esiliiga
2	Welco (P)	30	20	2	8	81	50	+31	62	Promotion to Esiliiga
3	Tallinna Kalev U21	30	19	1	10	81	59	+22	58
4	Tabasalu	30	16	3	11	58	46	+12	51	Qualification for promotion play-offs

5	Viimsi	28	12	5	11	60	44	+16	41
6	Läänemaa	28	11	3	14	55	64	−9	36

7	Nõmme Kalju U21	30	11	2	17	49	78	−29	35
8	Helios (R)	30	10	5	15	55	68	−13	35	Qualification for relegation play-offs
9	Keila (R)	30	8	6	16	61	93	−32	30	Relegation to II liiga
10	Tarvas (R)	30	3	1	26	26	96	−70	10	Relegation to II liiga

Source: Soccerway
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) Fairplay ranking.^[5]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Matches 1–18

More information Home \ Away, HEL ...

Home \ Away	HEL	KEI	LÄÄ	NÕM	PLM	TAB	KAL	TAR	VII	WEL
Helios		2–3	3–3	2–5	5–1	1–4	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–4
Keila	1–2		2–1	0–3	4–4	2–2	0–4	4–1	1–2	1–3
Läänemaa	4–1	7–1		3–1	2–3	1–4	1–3	3–0	2–1	1–3
Nõmme Kalju U21	1–0	3–5	2–4		0–3	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–5
Paide Linnameeskond U21	3–0	5–3	4–0	4–3		2–0	1–2	8–1	3–1	0–1
Tabasalu	1–2	0–3	3–0	5–0	2–1		3–2	2–0	1–2	1–2
Tallinna Kalev U21	1–1	13–1	4–2	4–1	1–5	4–3		3–1	2–3	2–1
Tarvas	5–2	2–4	0–1	0–4	0–3	0–3	0–2		1–3	0–4
Viimsi	1–1	2–2	0–1	6–0	2–0	0–1	4–0	5–0		1–1
Welco	2–0	6–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	0–1	2–3	3–0	5–3

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

Matches 19–30

More information Home \ Away, HEL ...

Home \ Away	HEL	KEI	LÄÄ	NÕM	PLM	TAB	KAL	TAR	VII	WEL
Helios				3–0	1–6	3–4	0–5			0–2
Keila	1–3		3–4		3–6	0–1			0–0
Läänemaa	2–3							1–2	2–0	1–5
Nõmme Kalju U21		1–3	0–5				0–2	3–3
Paide Linnameeskond U21			7–0	3–1		6–0	7–1	7–0		4–1
Tabasalu			1–1	5–0	1–1		1–5	2–1	2–0	4–2
Tallinna Kalev U21		3–1	4–1		1–3	1–0			1–6	3–6
Tarvas	0–3	1–6					2–3			0–2
Viimsi	2–5			2–4	1–2			4–3
Welco		6–1		4–1	2–7	2–1	1–0		1–5

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

Relegation play-offs

More information Tallinn, 1–0 ...

Tallinn	1–0	Helios
Malov 33'	Report

28 November 2020

13:00 (UTC+2)

Lasnamäe Sports Complex, Tallinn

Attendance: 29

Referee: Teet Allas

More information Helios, 0–0 ...

Helios	0–0	Tallinn
	Report

5 December 2020

13:00 (UTC+2)

Barrus Arena Võru, Võru

Attendance: 65

Referee: Toomas Nõmmiste

Tallinn won 1–0 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Eduard Desjatski	Helios	24
1	Ander Ott Valge	Paide Linnameeskond U21	24
3	Kevor Palumets	Paide Linnameeskond U21	21
4	Ramol Sillamaa	Tallinna Kalev U21	18
5	Karmo Einmann	Läänemaa	16
	Kasper Karl Epner	Keila
	Jaagup Luts	Paide Linnameeskond U21
	Karl Anton Sõerde	Viimsi
	Mikk Valtna	Welco
10	Kenlou Laasner	Tallinna Kalev U21	14
	Gregor Lehtmets	Viimsi
	Rain Näkk	Welco
	Sten Jakob Viidas	Tabasalu

Awards

Monthly awards

More information Month, Manager of the Month ...

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club
May^[6]	Tarmo Neemelo	Nõmme Kalju U21	Henri Perk	Nõmme Kalju U21
June^[7]	Janar Sagim	Welco	Eduard Desjatski	Helios
July^[8]	Daniel Meijel	Tallinna Kalev U21	Märten Subka	Tabasalu
August^[9]	Theimo Tülp	Läänemaa	Kaarel Rumberg	Tabasalu
September^[10]	Erki Kesküla	Paide Linnameeskond U21	Artur Aus	Welco
October^[11]	Risto Sarapik	Tabasalu	Ander Ott Valge	Paide Linnameeskond U21

Esiliiga B Player of the Year

Kevor Palumets was named Esiliiga B Player of the Year.^[12]

References

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"Hiiu kunstmurustaadion". Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
[2]
"Paide linna staadion". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
[3]
"Rakvere staadion" (in Estonian). Eesti Spordiregister.
[4]
"Tartu Tamme staadion" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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"Esiliiga B" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
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"Esiliiga B kuu parimateks valiti Tarmo Neemelo ja Henri Perk" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
[7]
"Esiliiga B kuu parimad on Sagim ja Desjatski" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
[8]
"Esiliiga B kuu parimate auhinnad teenisid Tabasalu ja Kalev U21" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
[9]
"Esiliiga B kuu parimate auhinnad teenisid JK Tabasalu ja Läänemaa JK esindajad" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
[10]
"Esiliiga B kuu parimate auhinnad teenisid Tartu Welco ja Paide Linnameeskond U21" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
[11]
"Esiliiga B kuu parimate auhinnad teenisid Paide U21 ja Tabasalu" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
[12]
"Esiliiga B parim mängija on Kevor Palumets" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 15 January 2023.

External links

Official website

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