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Meistriliiga (, known as the A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded in 1992, and is semi-professional with amateur clubs allowed to compete. In 2013 six of the ten teams were professional.
As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts around March and ends in late November. Meistriliiga consists of ten clubs, all teams play each other four times. After each season the bottom team is relegated and the second last team plays a two-legged playoff for a place in the Meistriliiga.
In February 2013, A. Le Coq, a brewery, signed a five-year cooperation agreement with the Estonian Football Association, which included Meistriliiga naming rights.
Meistriliiga may refer to the following sports leagues:
- Meistriliiga, Estonian men's top division football league
- Naiste Meistriliiga, Estonian women's top division football league
- Meistriliiga (ice hockey), Estonian top division ice hockey league
- Korvpalli Meistriliiga, Estonian top division basketball league
- Rannajalgpalli Meistriliiga, Estonian top division beach soccer league
- Saalijalgpalli Meistriliiga, Estonian top division futsal league
- Naiste Meistriliiga (volleyball), Estonian women's top division volleyball league
The Meistriliiga is an Estonian ice hockey league, and the highest division of the Estonian ice hockey system. The league currently consists of 4 teams.