2025 Esiliiga B

Esiliiga B
Season2025
Dates28 February – 9 November 2025
ChampionsMaardu Linnameeskond (2nd title)
PromotedMaardu Linnameeskond
Nõmme United U21
RelegatedKuressaare U21
Läänemaa
Paide Linnameeskond U21
Matches174
Goals714 (4.1 per match)
Top goalscorerAleksandr Volkov (34 goals)
← 2024
2026 →

The 2025 Esiliiga B was the thirteenth season of the Esiliiga B, the third tier of Estonian football. The season started on 28 February and finished on 9 November 2025.[1]

Teams

The league consisted of ten teams; six teams remaining from the previous season, two teams promoted from the II liiga, and two teams relegated from the Esiliiga.[2]

The promoted teams were the 2024 II liiga North/East champions Maardu Linnameeskond and South/West champions Nõmme United U21 (replacing the 2024 Esiliiga B bottom two teams Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi and Tulevik).

The relegated teams were the 2024 Esiliiga bottom two teams Paide Linnameeskond U21 and Tabasalu (replacing the 2024 Esiliiga B champions Tammeka U21 and runners-up Nõmme Kalju U21).

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2025 Esiliiga B teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Kuressaare U21 Kuressaare Kuressaare linnastaadion 1,000[3]
Legion Tallinn Sportland Arena 1,198[4]
Läänemaa Haapsalu Haapsalu linnastaadion 1,080[5]
Maardu Linnameeskond Maardu Maardu Stadium 1,000
Narva Trans U21 Narva Narva Kalev-Fama Stadium 1,000[6]
Nõmme United U21 Tallinn Männiku Stadium 500
Paide Linnameeskond U21 Paide Paide linnastaadion 500
Phoenix Jõhvi Heino Lipp Stadium 794
Tabasalu Tabasalu Tabasalu Arena 1,630
Tartu Kalev Ülenurme Ülenurme Stadium 312[7]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Maardu Linnameeskond (C, P) 36 28 5 3 116 39 +77 89 Promotion to the 2026 Esiliiga
2 Nõmme United U21 (P) 36 23 3 10 93 53 +40 72
3 Phoenix 36 21 5 10 95 61 +34 68 Qualification for the Esiliiga play-off
4 Narva Trans U21 36 21 3 12 87 53 +34 66
5 Tartu Kalev 36 19 4 13 81 53 +28 61
6 Tabasalu 36 13 8 15 60 67 −7 47
7 Legion 36 13 6 17 69 94 −25 45
8 Paide Linnameeskond U21 (R) 36 11 8 17 65 71 −6 41 Qualification for the Esiliiga B play-off
9 Kuressaare U21 (R) 36 5 2 29 40 108 −68 17 Relegation to the 2026 II liiga
10 Läänemaa (R) 36 3 2 31 33 140 −107 11
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[8]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Teams face each other four times (twice at home and twice away).

Home \ Away KUR LEG LÄÄ MLM NAR NÕM PLM PHO TAB TAR KUR LEG LÄÄ MLM NAR NÕM PLM PHO TAB TAR
Kuressaare U21 3–4 2–4 0–3 1–4 1–4 0–2 1–4 3–2 0–3 1–6 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–4 0–3 2–3 0–5 0–4
Legion 2–0 2–2 3–5 0–4 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–3 5–4 1–3 0–4 1–3 3–2 2–3 0–3 0–1
Läänemaa 1–3 1–3 0–6 0–2 1–5 1–3 1–4 1–2 0–1 4–2 0–4 0–3 1–5 1–5 1–3 0–3 2–4 0–7
Maardu Linnameeskond 1–0 2–3 0–1 5–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–2 6–1 6–2 6–0 7–0 11–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–2
Narva Trans U21 2–0 2–0 6–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–4 1–0 0–1 4–1 5–1 5–0 1–2 0–2 1–2 4–2 2–1 6–1
Nõmme United U21 3–2 1–2 2–0 1–3 1–0 3–2 3–2 5–2 3–0 0–3 5–1 4–2 3–3 3–1 2–0 3–1 6–0 0–2
Paide Linnameeskond U21 4–0 2–4 3–0 1–4 3–4 0–6 2–3 3–2 2–3 1–1 7–2 6–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1
Phoenix 5–1 3–0 3–1 3–5 3–3 5–2 3–1 2–2 1–0 4–0 6–1 8–1 0–2 1–0 3–2 3–3 3–1 1–3
Tabasalu 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 0–2 1–4 4–0 3–3 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 3–9
Tartu Kalev 3–1 0–1 6–1 0–1 2–3 1–2 5–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 4–3 10–0 0–3 1–1 0–4 1–0 1–3 1–1
Source: Esiliiga B
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Esiliiga B play-off

The eighth-placed team (Paide Linnameeskond U21) faced the third-placed team of the 2025 II liiga A (Tulevik) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2026 Esiliiga B.

First leg

15 November 2025 Tulevik 5–1 Paide Linnameeskond U21 Viljandi
18:30 BST Vidder 11'
Saag 23'
Domberg 50'
Kiik 72' (o.g.)
Toimetaja 88'		 Lehtmaa 12' Stadium: Viljandi linnastaadion

Second leg

22 November 2025 Paide Linnameeskond U213–2
(4–7 agg.)		 Tulevik Paide
11:00 BST Lehtmaa 11', 66'
Tumasevski 72'		 Saag 86'
Metsmaa 90+5'		 Stadium: Paide linnastaadion

References

  1. ^ "2025 Esiliiga B Tabel & Statistik". footystats. 6 November 2025.
  2. ^ "2025 Esiliiga B". jalgpall. 6 November 2025.
  3. ^ "Kuressaare Linnastaadion". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Sportland Arena".
  5. ^ "Haapsalu Staadion". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Narva Kalev-Fama staadion" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Ülenurme Gümnaasiumi staadion". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  8. ^ "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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