World Football Badges News: Estonia

Tuesday, 23 December 2014

Estonia - Esiliiga B 2014

Esiliiga B is the third division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded in 2013 and the current, 2014 Esiliiga B season is the league's 2nd season. As of 2014 it is not fully professional.

The 2014 Esiliiga was the 2nd season of the Esiliiga B. The season started on Friday 28 February 2014, and concluded on Sunday 9 November 2014. Infonet II Tallinn won the Esiliiga B, finishing with 99 points.

The league consists of 10 clubs, all teams play each other four times. Both the winning team and the runner-ups are promoted to Esiliiga directly, whereas the third place club will participate in a two-legged play-off with the 8th place club of the Esiliiga for the spot in next year's competition. Same way the 2 bottom placed teams are relegated to II Liiga. The third bottom team can avoid relegation by winning a two-leg play-off against the II Liiga play-off round winners.

The following clubs are competing in Esiliiga B during the 2014 season.
- Ararat TTÜ Tallinn
- FC Elva
- HÜJK Emmaste
- Flora III Tallinn
- Infonet II Tallinn
- Järve Kohtla-Järve
- Sillamäe Kalev II
- Legion Tallinn
- Santos Tartu
- Starbunker Maardu

Tallinna FC Infonet II and Tartu Santos promoted to 2015 Esiliiga
Tallina FC Flora III and Tallina JK Legion relegated to 2015 II Liiga

Promotion play-off

HÜJK Emmaste remained in Esiliiga B after failing to meet requirements for joining the Esiliiga.^[4]

	HÜJK Emmaste	v	Tarvas Rakvere

	Tarvas Rakvere	v	HÜJK Emmaste

Relegation play-offs

Ararat TTÜ Tallinn, who finished 8th, faced Joker 1993 Raasiku, the II liiga play-off winners, for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn a spot in the 2015 Esiliiga B. Joker 1993 Raasiku won 8–8 on aggregate.