{{Short description|Estonian football league season for second division}} {{infobox football league season | competition = Esiliiga | season = 2005 | winners = | relegated = | league topscorer = | biggest home win = | biggest away win = | highest scoring = | matches = | total goals = | prevseason = 2004 | nextseason = 2006 }}
The '''2005 Esiliiga''' is the 15th season of the Esiliiga, second-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992.
JK Pärnu Vaprus gained automatic promotion to the Meistriliiga. FC Ajax Lasnamäe also went up after winning the promotion/relegation play-off against FC Kuressaare. The league's top-scorer was FC Ajax Lasnamäe youngster Nikita Andreev with 29 goals.
==Final table of Esiliiga season 2005== {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |res_col_header=PR
|team1=PÄR|name_PÄR=Vaprus Pärnu |team2=LEV|name_LEV=Levadia II Tallinn |team3=AJX|name_AJX=Ajax Lasnamäe |team4=KLV|name_KLV=Kalev Tallinn |team5=TER|name_TER=Tervis Pärnu |team6=TVMK|name_TVMK=TVMK II Tallinn |team7=ELV|name_ELV=FC Elva |team8=LEL|name_LEL=Lelle SK |team9=TJK|name_TJK=Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi |team10=MJT|name_MJT=Merkuur-Juunior Tartu |win_PÄR=26|draw_PÄR=6|loss_PÄR=4|gf_PÄR=92|ga_PÄR=39|status_PÄR=C,P |win_LEV=26|draw_LEV=4|loss_LEV=6|gf_LEV=104|ga_LEV=31 |win_AJX=23|draw_AJX=8|loss_AJX=5|gf_AJX=111|ga_AJX=30|status_AJX=P |win_KLV=18|draw_KLV=9|loss_KLV=9|gf_KLV=85|ga_KLV=71 |win_TER=14|draw_TER=8|loss_TER=14|gf_TER=73|ga_TER=53 |win_TVMK=12|draw_TVMK=5|loss_TVMK=19|gf_TVMK=51|ga_TVMK=80 |win_ELV=10|draw_ELV=6|loss_ELV=20|gf_ELV=42|ga_ELV=71 |win_LEL=11|draw_LEL=1|loss_LEL=24|gf_LEL=49|ga_LEL=100|status_LEL=R |win_TJK=9|draw_TJK=4|loss_TJK=23|gf_TJK=38|ga_TJK=100|status_TJK=R |win_MJT=3|draw_MJT=5|loss_MJT=28|gf_MJT=27|ga_MJT=97|status_MJT=R
|note_LEV=Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion. |note_TVMK=LEV
|col_P=green1|text_P=Promotion to Meistriliiga |result1=P |col_PP=green2|text_PP=Qualification for promotion play-offs |result3=PP |col_RP=red2|text_RP=Qualification for relegation play-offs |result8=RP |col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to II liiga |result9=R|result10=R |class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. |update=complete |source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/est05.html rsssf.com] }}
== Promotion/relegation playoff ==
{{football box |date = 13 November 2005 |team1 = Lasnamäe Ajax |team2 = Kuressaare |score = 1 – 0 |goals1 = Rõtškov {{goal|49}} |goals2 = |stadium = }}
{{football box |date = 19 November 2005 |team1 = Kuressaare |team2 = Lasnamäe Ajax |score = 2 – 1 |goals1 = Kluge {{goal|11}}<br>Pukk {{goal|90+1}} |goals2 = Andreev {{goal|46}} |stadium = }}
FC Ajax Lasnamäe beat FC Kuressaare 2–2 on away goals rule. Ajax Lasnamäe promoted to Meistriliiga, Kuressaare relegated to Esiliiga.
==Season statistics==
===Top goalscorers=== :''As of 1 December 2005.''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jalgpall.ee/top10.php?b=EL&year=2005|title=EL VÄRAVALÖÖJATE EDETABEL (2005) |language=Estonian |publisher=Estonian Football Association}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://jalgpall.ee/statistics.php?b=EL&year=2005|title=MÄNGUDE AJALUGU|language=Estonian |publisher=Estonian Football Association}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Rank ! width=165px| Player ! width=100px| Club ! Goals |- |rowspan=1 |1 |align="left"|{{flagicon|RUS}} Nikita Andreev||align="left"|Lasnamäe Ajax||29 |- |rowspan=1 |2 |align="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} Verner Uibo||align="left"|Pärnu Vaprus||19 |- |rowspan=1 |3 |align="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} Indrek Joost||align="left"|Pärnu Vaprus||18 |- |rowspan=3 |4 |align="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} Andrei Afanasov||align="left"|Tallinna Kalev||15 |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|RUS}} Yaroslav Dmitriev||align="left"|Lasnamäe Ajax||15 |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} Tiit Tikenberg||align="left"|Tallinna Kalev||15 |- |rowspan=1 |7 |align="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} Aleksandr Rulkov||align="left"|Levadia II||14 |- |rowspan=1 |8 |align="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} Aleksei Titov||align="left"|Lasnamäe Ajax||13 |- |rowspan=2 |9 |align="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} Dmitri Kirilov||align="left"|Tallinna Kalev||12 |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} Kaupo Margusonov||align="left"|Pärnu Tervis||12 |- |}
==See also== * 2005 Meistriliiga
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Estonian Esiliiga Seasons}}
Category:Esiliiga seasons 2 Estonia Estonia