VK Rivaal Rakvere (Rakvere FruitXpress due to sponsorship reasons) was a professional volleyball team based in

Rakvere Rakvere is the administrative center, or county seat, of Lääne-Viru County in northern Estonia, about 100 km southeast of Tallinn and 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea. Rakvere boasts a distinctive architectural feature: th ...

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 ...

. They play in the Estonian Volleyball League and the Schenker League.

History

VK Rivaal Rakvere was founded in 1990. In the mid-nineties the club completed

three-peat In sports (especially in North America), a three-peat is winning three consecutive championships or tournaments. The term, a portmanteau of the words ''three'' and ''repeat'', originated with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Ass ...

, winning three national championships in a row – 1995, 1996 and 1997. In 2001 an Estonian

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supplier Aeroc became the head sponsor for the team. 8 year tenure as a name sponsor ended in 2009 when local businessman Oleg Gross agreed to support the financial part of the team. In the last seasons Rakvere GT has not enjoyed the success they went through in the 1990s. Mati Merirand, who has been the head coach for over 20 years already has won multiple Estonian Championships and Estonian Cups during franchise history. *1990–01 VK Rivaal Rakvere *2001–09 VK Aeroc Rakvere *2009–12 Rakvere Grossi Toidukaubad *2012– Rakvere FruitXpress

Seasons

Honours

Estonian League * Winners: 1995, 1996, 1997 * Runners-up: 1993 Estonian Cup * Winners: 1996, 1997

Players

Current squad

Coach:

Urmas Tali Urmas Tali (born 5 March 1970) is an Estonian volleyball player and coach. He was born in Võru. 1978–1993 he practised volleyball, coached by Taivo Rohtmaa, Aksel Saal, Andres Skuin and Marianne Karnesk. Started working as a volleyball coach ...

Meeskond 2014/15
Accessed 2 May 2015.

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vk Rivaal Rakvere Volleyball clubs in Estonia Sport in Rakvere 1990 establishments in Estonia 2013 disestablishments in Estonia