2014 Meistriliiga

Kuressaare were relegated to the 2014 Esiliiga after finishing in the bottom of the table at the end of the 2013 season, ending their five-year tenure in the top flight. They were replaced by Lokomotiv, Esiliiga runners-up and first among promotion-eligible teams. Lokomotiv will make their first appearance in the top division.^[3]

One spot in the league was decided in a two-legged play-off between Esiliiga's 4th Tarvas and Meistriliiga's 9th-placed team Tammeka. Tammeka won 6–2 on aggregate and therefore retained its place in Meistriliiga.^[4]

Tammeka hit financial trouble in the second half of 2013 season,^[5] but refused the reorganization plan set by Estonian Football Association.^[6] In February Tammeka were stripped of their Meistriliiga license.^[7] Tammeka entry was later granted for 2014 season to Football School Tammeka, financially independent part of the club run by former employees of football club Tammeka.^[8]

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Paide

Sillamäe
Kalev

Flora
Levadia
Kalju
Tallinna Kalev
Infonet

Lokomotiv

Tammeka

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Location of the 2014 Meistriliiga teams

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Flora	Norbert Hurt	Sander Post	Nike	Tele2[17]
Infonet	Aleksandr Puštov	Vladimir Avilov	Joma	Infonet
Levadia	Marko Kristal	Roman Smishko	Adidas	Viimsi Keevitus
Lokomotiv	Aleksei Tikhomirov	Valeri Smelkov	Adidas	Spacecom[18]
Narva Trans	Aleksei Yagudin	Roman Nesterovski	Nike	Fama[19]
Nõmme Kalju	Igor Prins	Vitali Teleš	Adidas	Optibet[20]
Paide Linnameeskond	Meelis Rooba	Liivo Leetma	Nike	Verston
Sillamäe Kalev	Sergei Frantsev	Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko	Uhlsport	Alexela
Tallinna Kalev	Sergei Zamogilnõi	Daniil Savitski	Jako	Viking Line
Tammeka	Indrek Koser	Jürgen Lorenz	Nike	Goldtime

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Tallinna Kalev	Frank Bernhardt	Mutual agreement	13 December 2013	Pre-season	Tarmo Rüütli	13 December 2013[21]
Tammeka	Uwe Erkenbrecher	End of contract	31 December 2013		Indrek Koser	14 February 2014[22]
Tallinna Kalev	Tarmo Rüütli	Signed by Irtysh Pavlodar	6 March 2014[23]	9th	Sergei Zamogilnõi	10 March 2014[24]
Lokomotiv	Viktors Ņesterenko	Sacked	22 April 2014[25]	10th	Aleksei Tikhomirov	23 April 2014[26]
Sillamäe Kalev	Sergei Ratnikov	Mutual agreement	26 April 2014[27]	1st	Vadym Dobizha (caretaker)	26 April 2014 [27]
Lokomotiv	Aleksei Tikhomirov	Mutual agreement	3 June 2014[28]	10th	Andrei Škaleta	6 June 2014[29]
Narva Trans	Valeri Bondarenko	Sacked	14 June 2014[30]	7th	Aleksei Yagudin	14 June 2014
Sillamäe Kalev	Vadym Dobizha	Caretaker spell over	13 July 2014	4th	Sergei Frantsev	13 July 2014[31]
Lokomotiv	Andrei Škaleta	Mutual agreement	6 August 2014[32]	10th	Aleksei Tikhomirov	6 August 2014[32]

• Transfers made during the 2013–14 winter transfer window (3 January – 28 February 2014)^[33]

• Transfers made during the 2014 summer transfer window (20 June – 20 July 2014)^[33]

At season's end Lokomotiv, the ninth place club in the Meistriliiga, participated in a two-legged play-off with Tulevik, the runners-up (of the independent teams) of the 2014 Esiliiga, for the spot in next year's competition.^[35]

Lokomotiv v Tulevik

22 November 2014	Lokomotiv	1–1	Tulevik	Kohtla-Järve
13:00 EET (GMT+2)	Yablokov 53'	Report	Ilves 71'	Stadium: Ahtme Gümnaasiumi kunstmuru Attendance: 96 Referee: Eiko Saar

1–1 on aggregate. Tulevik won on away goals and secured promotion to 2015 Meistriliiga

Each team plays every opponent four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 games.