1921 Estonian Football Championship
Season | 1921 |
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Champions | VS Sport Tallinn (1st title) |
Matches played | 4 |
Goals scored | 20 (5 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Heinrich Paal (3) |
1922 → |
The 1921 Estonian Football Championship was the first football league season in Estonia. It was played as a knock-out tournament between September 25 and October 13. Four teams took part in the competition – three from Tallinn and one from Narva. All the games were played at Tiigiveski Ground in Tallinn and refereed by Alexander McKibbin. Top scorer was Heinrich Paal with 3 goals, followed by Vladimir Tell and Oskar Üpraus with two. VS Sport Tallinn won 5–3 against Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi and thus became the first ever champions of Estonia.[1]
Semi-finals
[edit]25 September 1921 | Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi | 6 – 1 | KS Võitleja Narva | Tallinn |
Stadium: Tiigiveski stadium Referee: Alexander McKibbin |
2 October 1921 | VS Sport Tallinn | 1 – 1 ‡ | ESS Kalev Tallinn | Tallinn |
Arnold Kuulman ![]() | ![]() | Stadium: Tiigiveski stadium Referee: Alexander McKibbin |
‡ After normal time, the match was to be played until the first goal, but after 130 minutes and no goals it was abandoned due darkness.
Replay
[edit]9 October 1921 | VS Sport Tallinn | 3 – 0 | ESS Kalev Tallinn | Tallinn |
Oskar Ürpaus ![]() Vladimir Tell ![]() Heinrich Paal ![]() | Stadium: Tiigiveski stadium Referee: Alexander McKibbin |
Final
[edit]13 October 1921 | VS Sport Tallinn | 5 – 3 | Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi | Tallinn |
Heinrich Paal ![]() Vladimir Tell ![]() Oskar Ürpaus ![]() ?? ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Tiigiveski stadium Referee: Alexander McKibbin |
References
[edit]- ^ Luik, Margus, Estonian Football 100 years, ML Agency, p. 463, ISBN 978-9949-18-257-2