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A. Le Coq Premium Liiga

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2026

Location

Estonia

Abbreviation

EST1

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Summary

The Meistriliiga (EST1) (aka A. Le Coq Premium Liga), is the top football league in the Estonian football system. The EST1 is unique because it is comprised of both professional and semi-professional teams. At the end of the 2026 season, the EST1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2027 - 2028 UEFA Champions League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 1st place 2026 EST1 team
2027 - 2028 UEFA Europa Conference League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 2nd and 3rd place 2026 EST1 teams

The winner of the 2026 Eesti Karikas (Estonian Cup), typically an EST1 team, also receives a berth in the 1st Qualifying Round of the 2027 - 2028 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Leagues Pyramid - Estonia

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
EST1	A. Le Coq Premium Liiga (Meistriliiga)	10
EST2	Esiliiga	10
EST3	Esiliiga B	10
EST4	II Liiga	28
EST5	III Liiga	48

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
Regular 6 Mar 2026 - 7 Nov 2026			10: EST1 (8 minimum), EST2 (2 maximum)

Season Format

During the 2026 EST1 Regular season, each EST1 team plays Home-Away matches with the other 9 EST1 teams twice for a total of 36 league matches per team. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) least matches awarded against, (2) head-to-head points, (3) head-to-head goal difference, (4) matches won, (5) goal difference, (6) goals scored, (7) away goals scored, (8) Fair-play ranking, then (9) a drawing.

Playoffs

Not applicable.

Relegation

At the end of the 2026 EST1 Regular season, the last place EST1 team is relegated to the EST2, and the 9th place EST1 team will enter into a Home/Away, highest aggregate goals wins Promtion/Relegation Playoff with the 2nd place EST2 team.

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Regular Season

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	FC Levadia Tallinn	24	18 -5-1	59	-	64	20	44	11	7 -3-1	24	32	7	25	13	11 -2-0	35	32	13	19
2	Nõmme Kalju FC	25	13 -5-7	44	-	45	22	23	13	6 -3-4	21	29	15	14	12	7 -2-3	23	16	7	9
3	FC Flora	24	14 -0-10	42	-	46	30	16	12	6 -0-6	18	25	14	11	12	8 -0-4	24	21	16	5
4	Paide Linnameeskond	24	12 -6-6	42	-	40	31	9	11	7 -1-3	22	17	10	7	13	5 -5-3	20	23	21	2
5	JK Tammeka Tartu	23	12 -2-9	38	-	29	32	-3	12	7 -1-4	22	16	12	4	11	5 -1-5	16	13	20	-7
6	Harju JK Laagri	25	10 -1-14	31	-	36	41	-5	13	6 -1-6	19	23	19	4	12	4 -0-8	12	13	22	-9
7	Pärnu JK Vaprus	24	8 -4-12	28	-	33	46	-13	12	5 -2-5	17	20	20	0	12	3 -2-7	11	13	26	-13
8	FC Kuressaare	25	7 -4-14	25	-	27	41	-14	12	4 -3-5	15	14	18	-4	13	3 -1-9	10	13	23	-10
9	Nõmme United	25	8 -1-16	25	-	42	60	-18	13	4 -0-9	12	26	27	-1	12	4 -1-7	13	16	33	-17
10	JK Narva Trans	25	5 -2-18	17	-	18	57	-39	13	4 -1-8	13	14	22	-8	12	1 -1-10	4	4	35	-31
2027-2028 UEFACL 2027-2028 UEFAECL Relegation Playoff Relegation to EST2