Meistriliiga is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded in 1991 and the current, 2012 is the league's 22nd season. As of 2009^[update] it is not fully professional; only six teams are professionals, and the other four teams are semi-professional.

As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts around March and ends in late November. The championship's top division consists of ten clubs, all teams play each other four times. After each season the bottom team is relegated, with the winner of Esiliiga being promoted (unless it is a reserve team for a Meistriliiga team, in which case the next team receives automatic promotion) and the 2nd last team from Meistriliiga and the 2nd team from Esiliiga play a two-legged playoff for a place in the Meistriliiga.

The following ten clubs are competing in the Meistriliiga during the 2012 season.

^a = Founding member of the Meistriliiga
^b = Played in every Meistriliiga season
^c = Never been relegated from Meistriliiga