2016 Meistriliiga
| Season | 2016 |
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| Champions |
Infonet (1st title) |
| Relegated | Tarvas |
| Champions League | Infonet |
| Europa League |
Levadia Nõmme Kalju |
| Matches played | 180 |
| Goals scored | 582 (3.23 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Yevgeni Kabaev (25 goals) |
| Best goalkeeper | Sergei Lepmets (18 clean sheets) |
| Biggest home win |
Paide 7–0 Tarvas (23 August 2016) |
| Biggest away win |
Tarvas 0–6 Trans (1 October 2016) Pärnu 1–7 Trans (29 October 2016) |
| Highest scoring |
Levadia 7–1 Paide (24 July 2016) Pärnu 1–7 Trans (29 October 2016) |
| Longest winning run | 10 matches Infonet |
| Longest unbeaten run | 14 matches Infonet |
| Longest winless run | 36 matches Tarvas |
| Longest losing run | 16 matches Tarvas |
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The 2016 Meistriliiga (known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th season of the Meistriliiga, the highest division of Estonian football system. The season began on 4 March 2016 and concluded on 5 November 2016.
Infonet won the league on the last matchday of the season, finishing with 80 points. It was their first league title.
A total of 10 teams will contest the league. These include 9 teams from the 2015 season and one promoted team from the 2015 Esiliiga: Tarvas, making their debut in the top flight. Tarvas replaces Tulevik who were relegated from the Meistriliiga after a single season. In the relegation play-off Tammeka successfully defended their league spot by defeating challengers Tallinna Kalev.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
At season's end Pärnu, the ninth place club, participated in a two-legged play-off with Maardu Linnameeskond, the runners-up (of independent teams) of the 2016 Esiliiga, for the spot in 2017 Meistriliiga.
Each team plays every opponent four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 games.
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Yevgeni Kabaev was named Meistriliiga Player of the Year.
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