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FCI Levadia Tallinn
Football Club Infonet Levadia Tallinn, commonly known as FCI Levadia, or simply as Levadia, is a professional Association football , football club based in Tallinn that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football league system, Estonian football. The club's home ground is Lilleküla Stadium. Founded in 1998 in Maardu, the club moved to Tallinn in 2000 and officially affiliated themselves with the capital city in 2004. In 2017, Levadia's first team merged with FCI Tallinn, and became FCI Levadia. Levadia has played in the Meistriliiga since the 1999 Meistriliiga, 1999 season and have never been relegated from the Estonian top division. Levadia are the second most successful club in Estonian football with 31 domestic titles; including 11 Meistriliiga titles, a record 11 Estonian Cups and 9 Estonian Supercups. History Early history Levadia was founded on 22 October 1998, when Viktor Levada's Levadia Group OÜ became the official sponsor of Maardu based Esilii ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilleküla Stadium
The Lilleküla Stadium, known as A. Le Coq Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a association football, football stadium in Tallinn, Estonia. It is the home ground of football clubs FC Flora, Flora and FCI Levadia Tallinn, Levadia, and the Estonia national football team. With a capacity of 14,336, it is the largest stadium in Estonia. Opened in 2001 and expanded in 2018, Lilleküla Stadium has hosted the 2018 UEFA Super Cup and the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2012 UEFA European U-19 Championship. History Construction and opening The matter of building a national football stadium rose to Estonia's agenda in the second half of the 1990s, when it became evident that Kadriorg Stadium was not able to continue complying with international football standards. The stadium project was led by FC Flora and in July 1998, the club submitted a planning application to Tallinn City Council, requesting permission to build a new stadium on wasteland between railway lines in Kitsekül ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadriorg Stadium
Kadriorg Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Tallinn, Estonia. Opened in 1926, it is one of the oldest stadiums in Estonia. It is currently used mostly for track and field competitions, but also serves as a home ground for JK Tallinna Kalev. The stadium holds 5,000. Grandstand capacity is 3,524 seats and second stand has 1,476 seats. Kadriorg Stadium is located about 2 km east of the city centre in the subdistrict of Kadriorg near Kadriorg Palace. The address of the stadium is Roheline aas 24, 10150 Tallinn. Kadriorg has been the national athletics stadium of the nation throughout its entire history and was the home ground of the Estonia national football team from its opening in 1926 until the Soviet occupation of Estonia in 1940, and again after the country's re-independence from 1992 until 2000, after which the team moved to A. Le Coq Arena. Throughout its history, Kadriorg Stadium has at some point been the home ground for nearly all of the top-flight football teams of Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Levadia II Tallinn
FCI Levadia U21 Tallinn, commonly known as FCI Levadia U21, is an Estonian football club based in Tallinn. Founded as Levadia Tallinn, it was the reserve team of Levadia Maardu from 2000–2004. In 2004, Levadia Maardu moved to Tallinn and became the new Levadia Tallinn, while the reserve team became Levadia II. Reserve teams in Estonia play in the same league system as the senior team, rather than in a reserve team league. They must play at least one level below their main side, however, so Levadia U21 is ineligible for promotion to the Meistriliiga but can play in the Estonian Cup. As Levadia Tallinn, the club has won 1 Estonian Cup trophy. In 2017, Tallinna FC Levadia and FCI Tallinn joined, which resulted in their reserves also joining and becoming Tallinna FCI Levadia U21 Honours * Esiliiga : Winners (6): 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *Intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The 2003 Meistriliiga was the 13th season of the Meistriliiga, the top Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. Flora won their 7th Meistriliiga title. League table Relegation play-off ''Valga won 5–2 on aggregate and retained their Meistriliiga spot for the 2004 season.'' Results Each team played every opponent four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 games. First half of season Second half of season Top scorers See also * 2002–03 Estonian Cup * 2003–04 Estonian Cup * 2003 Esiliiga References External links * {{2003–04 in European football (UEFA) Meistriliiga seasons 1 Estonia Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarmo Rüütli
Tarmo Rüütli (born 11 August 1954) is an Estonian football manager Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a government bodies through business administration, nonprofit management, or the political science sub-field of public administra ... and former football player. As player, Rüütli won the 1985 Estonian SSR Football Championship, 1985 Estonian Championship with Pärnu Kalakombinaat/MEK. As manager, he led FC Levadia Tallinn, Levadia to three Meistriliiga titles and three Estonian Cups, and FC Flora, Flora to one Estonian Cup and one Estonian Supercup. Rüütli has served as the manager of the Estonia national football team, Estonia national team twice, from 1999 to 2000 and from 2008 to 2013. He led the team to their highest ever FIFA World Rankings, FIFA ranking of 47th in 2012, and came close to qualifying for a major tournament for the first time in Estonia's history, reaching the UEFA Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Pancheri
Franco Pancheri (born 25 January 1958, in Travagliato) is an Italian professional football coach and former player. Honours * Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ... champion: 1979–80 References 1958 births Living people Italian men's footballers Serie A players Serie B players Inter Milan players Como 1907 players Udinese Calcio players US Cremonese players AC Cesena players Italian football managers FCI Levadia Tallinn managers Expatriate football managers in Estonia Men's association football defenders ASD Real Agro Aversa players Italian expatriate football managers Italian expatriate sportspeople in Estonia 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-footy-defender-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Flora
FC Flora, commonly known as Flora Tallinn, or simply as Flora, is an Estonian professional football club based in Tallinn that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Lilleküla Stadium. Formed in 1990, Flora were founding members of the Meistriliiga, and is one of two clubs which have never been relegated from the Estonian top division, along with Narva Trans. Flora is the first and only Estonian football club to have played in the group stage of a UEFA club competition, having achieved this in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League season. Flora have won more trophies than any other club in Estonian football, with 35 titles; a record 15 Meistriliiga titles, eight Estonian Cups and a record 12 Estonian Supercups. Flora is known for playing exclusively with Estonian players as the club's transfer policy is to sign players that are native Estonians or who hold Estonian citizenship. The policy is related to Estonian natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Meistriliiga
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The 2002 Meistriliiga was the 12th season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Flora won their sixth title. League table Relegation play-off ''Kuressaare won 2–1 on aggregate and were promoted for the 2003 Meistriliiga. Lootus were relegated to the 2003 Esiliiga.'' Results Each team played every opponent four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 games. First half of season Second half of season Top scorers See also * 2001–02 Estonian Cup * 2002–03 Estonian Cup * 2002 Esiliiga References External links * Meistriliiga seasons 1 Estonia Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasi Rautiainen
Pasi Pentti Rautiainen (born 18 July 1961) is a Finnish football manager and former player. He made 29 appearances for Finland national football team, scoring one goal. Rautiainen was named in the Finnish Football Hall of Fame in 2021. Playing career Rautiainen was very talented as a young player, and he joined Bayern Munich at the age of just 18 in 1980. He only made one appearance for the club, but was still named German champion with Bayern in the 1980–81 season. Rautiainen later made 115 appearances in the Bundesliga for Werder Bremen (1981–82) and Arminia Bielefeld (1982–1985), scoring 14 goals. He also played in the 2. Bundesliga for Bielefeld and SG Wattenscheid 09. In Finland Rautiainen played for HJK Helsinki, winning the Finnish championship in 1978 and 1990. He also earned 25 caps for the Finland national football team, scoring once. 1982 the sports journalists of his home country elected him Finnish Footballer of the Year. Managerial career Rautiainen started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Meistriliiga
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The 2001 Meistriliiga was the 11th season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Flora won their fifth title. League table Relegation play-off ''2–2 on aggregate. Lootus won on away goals and retained their Meistriliiga spot for the 2002 season.'' Results Each team played every opponent four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 games. First half of season Second half of season Top scorers References Meistriliiga seasons 1 Estonia Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeri Bondarenko
Valeri Bondarenko (born 22 April 1953) is an Estonian football coach and a former player. A midfielder, he played for Norma Tallinn from 1971 to 1979. From 1993 to 1994, he was the assistant coach of the Estonia national team. From 1998 to 1999, he was an assistant and head coach of the Estonian U18 team. In 1997–1998, 1999–2000, 2004–2008, 2010, 2013–2014 and he was the coach of Narva Trans, from 2000 to 2003 FC Levadia's coach, and from 2008 to 2009 Rovaniemi PS's coach. He briefly managed the Russian Second Division club Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod during 2004. He was the head coach of the Swedish football club Syrianska FC from 26 January 2011 until the end of the 2011 season. From 2019 he has been the academy manager of Narva Trans and multiple times the caretaker manager of their main team. Honours Individual * Meistriliiga Meistriliiga (), officially known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons, and commonly known as the Premium Liiga, is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk () is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club that was based in the city of Donetsk until 2014 when, due to the War in Donbas (2014–2022), War in Donbas, the club was forced to move to Lviv, and played matches in Lviv (2014–2016) and in Kharkiv (2017–2020) whilst having its office headquarters and training facilities in Kyiv. In May 2020, Shakhtar started to play home matches at Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, NSC Olimpiyskyi in Kyiv. For the 2023–24 season, Shakhtar will now play home matches once again at Arena Lviv. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and is often a participant in the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first club in independent Ukraine to win the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup in 2008–09 UEFA Cup, 2009, the last year before the competition was revamped as the Europa League. FC Shakhtar Donetsk is one of two Ukrainian clubs, the other being FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
