2024 Esiliiga B

Esiliiga B
Season	2024
Dates	2 March – 10 November 2024
Champions	Tammeka U21
Promoted	Nõmme Kalju U21; Tammeka U21
Relegated	Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi; Tulevik
	← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 Esiliiga B was the twelfth season of the Esiliiga B, the third tier of Estonian football. The season started on 2 March and finished on 10 November 2024.

Teams

The league consisted of ten teams; eight teams remaining from the previous season, one team promoted from the II liiga, and one team relegated from the Esiliiga.

Despite losing the 2023 Esiliiga B play-off, Phoenix were promoted from the 2023 II liiga after Alliance (bottom-placed team of the 2023 Esiliiga) folded. Legion were relegated from the 2023 Esiliiga, replacing Tallinna Kalev U21 and Welco (top two teams of the 2023 Esiliiga B).

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2024 Esiliiga B teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Kuressaare U21	Kuressaare	Kuressaare linnastaadion	1,000^[1]
Tallinna JK Legion	Tallinn	Sportland Arena	1,198^[2]
Läänemaa	Haapsalu	Haapsalu linnastaadion	1,080^[3]
Narva Trans U21	Narva	Narva Kalev-Fama Stadium	612^[4]
Nõmme Kalju U21	Tallinn	Hiiu Stadium	300^[5]
Jõhvi FC Phoenix	Jõhvi	Heino Lipp Stadium	794
Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi	Pärnu	Pärnu Rannastaadion	1,501^[6]
Tammeka U21	Tartu	Tartu Sepa Football Centre	754^[7]
Tartu Kalev	Ülenurme	Ülenurme Stadium	312^[8]
Tulevik	Viljandi	Viljandi linnastaadion	384^[9]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Tammeka U21 (C, P)	36	22	8	6	91	44	+47	74	Promotion to the Esiliiga
2	Nõmme Kalju U21 (P)	36	21	3	12	104	61	+43	66	Promotion to the Esiliiga
3	Legion	36	18	4	14	64	49	+15	58	Qualification for the Esiliiga play-off
4	Kuressaare U21	36	17	4	15	66	70	−4	55
5	Tartu Kalev	36	16	7	13	60	64	−4	55
6	Narva Trans U21	36	15	9	12	57	51	+6	54
7	Phoenix	36	12	9	15	78	81	−3	45
8	Läänemaa (O)	36	12	6	18	62	86	−24	42	Qualification for the Esiliiga B play-off
9	Tulevik (R)	36	9	5	22	49	77	−28	32	Relegation to the II liiga
10	Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi (R)	36	8	5	23	46	94	−48	29	Relegation to the II liiga

Source: Esiliiga B
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^[10]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Esiliiga B play-off

The two runners-up from the 2024 II liiga (Puuma Tallinn and Vaprus II) contested the semi-finals over two legs, with the winners facing the eighth-placed Esiliiga B team (Läänemaa) in another two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2025 Esiliiga B.

Semi-final

First leg

10 November 2024	Vaprus II	4–1	Puuma Tallinn	Pärnu
11:00 BST				Stadium: Pärnu Rannastaadion

Second leg

13 November 2024	Puuma Tallinn	3–2 (4–6 agg.)	Vaprus II	Tallinn
17:30 BST				Stadium: Nike Arena

Final

First leg

17 November 2024	Vaprus II	2–2	Läänemaa	Pärnu
10:30 BST	Dolgov 36' Kolvart 50'		Saarnak 53' Veski 65'	Stadium: Pärnu Rannastaadion

Second leg

24 November 2024	Läänemaa	4–2 (6–4 agg.)	Vaprus II	Haapsalu
10:30 BST				Stadium: Haapsalu linnastaadion

References

^ "Kuressaare Linnastaadion". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ "Sportland Arena".
^ "Haapsalu Staadion". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ "Narva Kalev-Fama staadion" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ "Hiiu kunstmurustaadion" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ "Pärnu Rannastaadion" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ "Tartu Sepa jalgpallikeskuse kunstmuruväljak" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ "Ülenurme Gümnaasiumi staadion". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ "Viljandi linnastaadion" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ "Eesti 2023. a jalgpalli meistrivõistluste Premium ja Esiliigade juhend" (PDF) (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. pp. 17–18. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

External links

Official website

[1] "Kuressaare Linnastaadion". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[2] "Sportland Arena".

[3] "Haapsalu Staadion". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[4] "Narva Kalev-Fama staadion" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[5] "Hiiu kunstmurustaadion" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[6] "Pärnu Rannastaadion" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[7] "Tartu Sepa jalgpallikeskuse kunstmuruväljak" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[8] "Ülenurme Gümnaasiumi staadion". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[9] "Viljandi linnastaadion" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[10] "Eesti 2023. a jalgpalli meistrivõistluste Premium ja Esiliigade juhend" (PDF) (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. pp. 17–18. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

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2024 Esiliiga B

Teams

Stadiums and locations

League table

Esiliiga B play-off

Semi-final

First leg

Second leg

Final

First leg

Second leg

References

External links

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