2017 Esiliiga B

Estonian football league season for third division

Football league season

Esiliiga B
Season	2017
Champions	Kalju U21
Promoted	Kalju U21 Kalev U21 Keila
Relegated	Sillamäe U21
Matches played	180
Goals scored	618 (3.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Karl Anton Sõerde (29 goals)
Biggest home win	Vändra Vaprus 8–2 Joker (29 October 2017)
Biggest away win	Sillamäe U21 0–8 Keila (27 August 2017)
Highest scoring	Vändra Vaprus 8–2 Joker (29 October 2017)
Longest winning run	7 matches Kalev U21
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches Vändra Vaprus
Longest winless run	8 matches Järve
Longest losing run	6 matches Sillamäe U21 Tammeka U21
← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Esiliiga B was the 5th season of the Esiliiga B, third-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2013. The season began on 1 March 2017.

Teams

Of the 10 participating teams 5 remain following the 2016 Esiliiga B. The 2016 champions Kuressaare and runners-up Elva were promoted to Esiliiga, while 9th place Flora U19 and 10th place Tulevik II were relegated.^[1] For this season those five teams will be replaced by the Esiliiga relegated Vändra Vaprus, Kohtla-Järve JK Järve and Nõmme Kalju U21 and II Liiga promoted Keila and Paide Linnameeskond U21. The 3rd placed Welco managed to earn a promotion, winning the promotion play-off, while 8th placed Viimsi remained in the league by winning the relegation play-off.^[2]^[3]

Stadia

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Locations of the 2016 Esiliiga B teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Järve	Kohtla-Järve	Kohtla-Järve SPK Stadium	780^[4]
Joker	Raasiku	Raasiku Stadium	200^[5]
Keila	Keila	Keila Stadium	500^[6]
Nõmme Kalju U21	Tallinn	Hiiu Stadium	650^[7]
Paide Linnameeskond U21	Paide	Paide linnastaadion	268^[8]
Sillamäe Kalev U21	Sillamäe	Sillamäe Kalev artificial turf	300^[9]
Tallinna Kalev U21	Tallinn	Kalev Keskstaadion artificial turf	270^[10]
Tammeka U21	Tartu	Sepa Stadium	508^[11]
Vaprus	Vändra	Vändra Stadium	273^[12]
Viimsi	Haabneeme	Viimsi KK Stadium	800^[13]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Järve	Aleksandr Pushtov		Adidas	Euronics
Joker	Andre Ilves	Rene Lill	Joma	Unibox
Keila	Tiit Tikenberg	Kaspar Kaldoja	Adidas	Hole In One
Nõmme Kalju U21	Erko Saviauk		Adidas	help.ee
Paide Linnameeskond U21	Paul Kask	Rico Reinoja	Nike	Enemat
Sillamäe Kalev U21	Vadym Dobizha		Uhlsport	Alexela
Tallinna Kalev U21	Daniel Meijel		Nike
Tammeka U21	Marti Pähn		Nike	Goldtime
Vaprus	Ranet Lepik	Toomas Eier	Macron
Viimsi	Ivo Lehtmets		Joma

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Järve	Aleksei Tikhomirov	Mutual consent	6 November 2016	Pre-season	Roman Kozhukhovskyi	21 November 2016
Nõmme Kalju U21	Zaur Tšilingarašvili		25 November 2016^[14]		Erko Saviauk	25 November 2016^[14]
Tammeka U21	Timo Teniste		7 December 2016^[15]		Marti Pähn	7 December 2016^[15]
Paide Linnameeskond U21	Rauno Kald		16 December 2016		Paul Kask	16 December 2016
Viimsi	Urmas Kirs	Signed by Tarvas	31 December 2016		Ivo Lehtmets	1 January 2017
Järve	Roman Kozhukhovskyi	Mutual consent	23 July 2017^[16]	4th	Andrei Škaleta	23 July 2016^[16]
Järve	Andrei Škaleta	End of caretaker spell	11 August 2017	5th	Aleksandr Pushtov	11 August 2017^[17]

Results

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Kalju U21 (C, P)	36	20	8	8	72	43	+29	68	Promotion to the Esiliiga
2	Kalev U21^[a] (P)	36	19	7	10	71	40	+31	64	Promotion to the Esiliiga
3	Vändra	36	19	5	12	75	67	+8	62	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Keila (P)	36	18	6	12	75	55	+20	60	Got promoted, because other teams didn't want to get promoted.
5	Järve	36	15	6	15	55	48	+7	51
6	Tammeka U21	36	14	7	15	69	73	−4	49
7	Viimsi (R)	36	14	6	16	55	63	−8	48	Decided to play in II Liiga the following year.
8	Joker (R)	36	13	7	16	58	72	−14	46	Decided to play in II Liiga the following year.
9	Paide U21	36	9	7	20	50	79	−29	34	Stayed in Esiliiga B, because other teams were relegated.
10	Sillamäe Kalev U21 (R)	36	8	3	25	38	85	−47	27	Dissolved

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2017. Source: soccerway (in English), Esiliiga B (in Estonian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion); 3) Less matches awarded against; 4) Matches won; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Away goals scored; 10) Fairplay ranking.^[18]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

Results tables

First half of the season

Home \ Away	JOK	JÄR	KAL	KEI	NÕM	PAI	SIL	TAM	VAP	VII
Joker		1–2	4–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	6–1	1–2	2–0
Järve	1–0		0–0	3–0	3–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0
Tallinna Kalev U21	0–1	1–0		0–0	1–2	4–0	3–2	2–1	0–4	1–1
Keila	5–2	1–0	0–0		3–1	2–1	2–0	3–2	3–0	3–0
Nõmme Kalju U21	0–1	0–0	4–2	3–2		1–1	3–0	1–0	4–2	3–1
Paide U21	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–3	1–1		3–1	0–6	3–1	1–2
Sillamäe Kalev U21	2–3	0–3	0–1	0–4	0–5	0–5		4–1	2–1	4–0
Tammeka U21	6–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	4–2	4–0		2–3	0–1
Vaprus	4–2	3–2	5–3	2–4	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–1		2–1
Viimsi	2–3	3–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	4–1	3–0	0–1	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 4 September 2017. Source: Esiliiga B
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season

Home \ Away	JOK	JÄR	KAL	KEI	NÕM	PAI	SIL	TAM	VAP	VII
Joker		2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	0–4	3–0	0–2	2–5
Järve	5–0		0–2	1–3	2–0	4–1	1–2	1–4	3–3	4–0
Tallinna Kalev U21	5–1	3–0		4–0	3–0	1–2	3–0	4–2	0–0	3–1
Keila	2–2	4–1	0–2		0–1	4–1	3–1	1–3	1–3	2–3
Nõmme Kalju U21	2–1	4–2	2–1	4–0		4–1	2–1	5–1	4–1	2–0
Paide U21	1–1	3–1	0–3	1–2	4–0		2–3	1–1	1–2	2–3
Sillamäe Kalev U21	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–8	3–3	0–2		1–2	1–2	1–3
Tammeka U21	1–1	2–0	0–4	4–1	0–4	4–0	3–0		1–1	3–0
Vaprus	8–2	0–3	1–8	2–1	2–2	3–1	0–2	3–1		3–1
Viimsi	2–2	0–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	3–3	+ : -	3–3	4–0

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2017. Source: Esiliiga B
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 5 November 2017^[19]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Karl Anton Sõerde	Kalev U21	29
2	Markko Kudu	Raasiku FC Joker	20
2	Juhan Jograf Siim	Kalev U21/Tammeka U21	20
4	Henry Rohtla	Keila JK	17
4	Jevgeni Demidov	Kalju U21	17
6	Oliver Suur	Keila JK	16
7	Kaarel Saaremets	Vaprus	12
8	German Narnitski	Järve	11
8	Martin Pärn	Vaprus	11
10	Aleksei Tihhonov	Järve	10

Attendance

Club	Attendance home	Avg. attendance home	Attendance away	Avg. attendance away	Attendance overall	Avg. attendance overall
Keila	1692	94	1019	57	2711	75
Vaprus	1437	80	1045	58	2482	69
Joker	1443	80	968	54	2411	67
Järve	1180	66	1017	57	2197	61
Kalju U21	1010	56	1165	65	2175	60
Sillamäe U21	1006	56	1133	63	2139	59
Viimsi	971	54	1096	61	2067	57
Kalev U21	788	44	1243	69	2031	56
Tammeka U21	853	47	1109	62	1962	55
Paide U21	596	33	1181	66	1777	49

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club
March^[20]	Roman Kozhukhovskyi	Järve	Oliver Suur	Keila
April^[21]	Tiit Tikenberg	Keila	Markko Kudu	Joker
May^[22]	Ranet Lepik	Vaprus	Vladislav Zanfirov	Nõmme Kalju U21
June^[23]	Andre Ilves	Joker	Kaarel Saaremets	Vaprus
July^[24]	Daniel Meijel	Tallinna Kalev U21	Toomas Mangusson	Vaprus
August^[25]	Ranet Lepik	Vaprus	Jevgeni Demidov	Nõmme Kalju U21
September^[26]	Daniel Meijel	Tallinna Kalev U21	Karl Anton Sõerde	Tallinna Kalev U21
October^[27]	Marti Pähn	Tammeka U21	Mart Paul Preiman	Tammeka U21

Esiliiga B Player of the Year

Karl Anton Sõerde was named Esiliiga B Player of the Year.^[28]

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