FC Levadia Tallinn

Levadia Tallinn
Basic data
Surname	FC Levadia Tallinn
Seat	Tallinn , Estonia
founding	October 22, 1998
Colours	green white
president	Viktor Levada
Website	fclevadia.ee
First soccer team
Head coach	Aleksandr Rogic
Venue	Kadrioru stadium
Places	5,000
league	Meistriliiga
2019	2nd place
home Away

The FC Levadia Tallinn is an Estonian football club . Originally from Maardu , the club now plays in Tallinn .

history

In 1999 the first division team Tallinna Sadam and the old FC Levadia Maardu , which had previously competed as Olümpia Maardu and was renamed in 1998 after the takeover by Ukrainian Viktor Levada , decided to merge. While the newly founded team competed under the name FC Levadia Maardu in the Meistriliiga , the second team played as FC Maardu in the second division.

Already in the first year Levadia achieved the first championship title, which could be defended in 2000. When the second team made promotion in 2001, it was named Levadia Tallinn, while the first team continued to take on as Levadia Maardu. In 2002 Viktor Levada even put three teams in the Meistriliiga when FC Levadia Pärnu played first-class for one season.

In 2002 the club achieved its first cup victory in club history. Ironically, Levadia Tallinn and Levadia Maardu faced each other in the final, the game ended 2-0 for Tallinn. In the Supercup final in the same year, however, Flora Tallinn was beaten on penalties .

Before the 2004 season, Levadia Maardu was renamed Levadia Tallinn. At the same time, the original FC Levadia Tallinn returned its license, which was given to JK Merkuur Tartu . At the end of the season, the club's third championship title was recorded. It even managed to double after FC TVMK Tallinn was clearly defeated 3-0 in the cup final. The Supercup could not be won again, Flora Tallinn was stronger again and won 2: 1.

In the following year they were again in the final of the cup and with a late goal from Vitali Leitan the runner-up achieved a 1-0 victory. However, TVMK Tallinn was stronger in the final of the Supercup and you could not win this title again.

2006 achieved the fourth championship title in the club's history. 30 wins and 114 goals scored meant 11 points ahead of runner-up JK Trans Narva . In the same year, the club became the first Estonian club to qualify for the first round of the UEFA Cup when Twente Enschede were beaten 1-1 in the Netherlands and a 1-0 home win. There Newcastle United proved to be too strong and could decide both games for themselves.

Current roster 2018

As of September 16, 2018

No. position Surname 2 FROM Marko Lipp 3 FROM Roman Nesterovski 4th FROM Igor Morozov 5 MF Yuri Tkachuk 6th MF Rasmus Peetson 10 MF Marcelin Gando 11 MF Kirill Nesterow 12 TW Sergei Lepmets 14th FROM Dmitri Kruglov 15th MF Igor Shurachowsky 16 FROM Markus Juergenson 17th ST Roman Debelko 19th ST Markus Vaherna

No. position Surname 21st ST Nikita Andreyev 22nd FROM Martin Käos 23 FROM Igor Dudarev 24 ST Georg-Eric Kurus 25th FROM Maksim Podholjuzin 27 FROM Mark Edur 28 MF Muamer Svraka 33 MF Mark Oliver Roosnupp 35 TW Sergei Pareiko 80 MF Cem Felek 99 ST Karl Rudolf Õigus - MF Cristofer Kuusma

successes

• Estonian Championship (9): 1999 ¹ , 2000 ¹ , 2004 ¹ , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2013 , 2014
• Estonian Cup (9): 1999 ¹ , 2000 ¹ , 2004 ¹ , 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018
• Estonian Supercup (7): 1999 ¹ , 2000 ¹ , 2001 ¹ , 2010, 2013, 2015, 2018
• 1 × participation in the UEFA Cup (1st main round): 2006

¹ (as Levadia Maardu)

player

Urmas Hepner (1979-1982, 1993-1994, 1995) Sergei Pareiko (1999–2000, 2015) Vladimir Voskoboinikov (2001-2004, 2006, 2010) Aleksandr Dmitrijev (2001-2008, 2013-2014) Alessandro Rottoli (2003) Dmitri Kruglov (2003-2005, 2013-2015)

Konstantin Vassiljev (2003-2007) Argo worker (2004) Indrek Zelinski (2005-2009) Marek Lemsalu (2006-2008) Tarmo Kink (2006-2008, 2015)

Trainer

Sergei Ratnikov (1998-2000) Ants Kommussaar (2000) Eduard Võrk (2000) Valeri Bondarenko (2001) Pasi Rautiainen (2002) Franco Pancheri (2003)

Tarmo Rüütli (2003-2008) Igor Prins (2008-2010) Aleksandr Puštov (2010-2011) Sergei Hohlov-Simson (2011) Marko Kristal (2012-2015)

European Cup balance sheet

season	competition	round	opponent	total	To	Back
1999/2000	Uefa cup	qualification	Steaua Bucharest	1: 7	0: 3 (A)	1: 4 (H)
2000/01	UEFA Champions League	1st qualifying round	The New Saints FC	6: 2	2: 2 (A)	4: 0 (H)
		2nd qualifying round	Shakhtar Donetsk	2: 9	1: 4 (A)	1: 5 (H)
2001/02	UEFA Champions League	1st qualifying round	Bohemians Dublin	0: 3	0: 3 (A)	0: 0 (H)
2002	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1 round	União Leiria	4: 2	3: 0 1 (A)	1: 2 (H)
		2nd round	FC Zurich	0: 1	0: 1 (A)	0: 0 (H)
2002/03	Uefa cup	qualification	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0: 4	0: 2 (H)	0: 2 (A)
2003/04	Uefa cup	qualification	NK Varaždin	3: 6	1: 3 (H)	2: 3 (A)
2004/05	Uefa cup	1st qualifying round	Bohemians Dublin	3: 1	0: 0 (H)	3: 1 (A)
		2nd qualifying round	FK Bodø / Glimt	3: 3 (7: 8 on  behalf )	1: 2 (A)	2: 1 (H)
2005/06	UEFA Champions League	1st qualifying round	Dinamo Tbilisi	1: 2	1: 0 (H)	0: 2 (A)
2006/07	Uefa cup	1st qualifying round	Haka Valkeakoski	2: 1	2: 0 (H)	0: 1 (A)
		2nd qualifying round	FC Twente Enschede	2: 1	1: 1 (A)	1: 0 (H)
		1 round	Newcastle United	1: 3	0: 1 (H)	1: 2 (A)
2007/08	UEFA Champions League	1st qualifying round	FK Pobeda Prilep	1-0	1: 0 (A)	0: 0 (H)
		2nd qualifying round	FK Red Star Belgrade	(a)2: 2 ( a )	0: 1 (A)	2: 1 (H)
2008/09	UEFA Champions League	1st qualifying round	Drogheda United	1: 3	1: 2 (A)	0: 1 (H)
2009/10	UEFA Champions League	2nd qualifying round	Wisła Krakow	2: 1	1: 1 (A)	1: 0 (H)
		3rd qualifying round	Debreceni Vasutas SC	0: 2	0: 1 (H)	0: 1 (A)
2009/10	UEFA Europa League	Play-offs	Galatasaray Istanbul	1: 6	0: 5 (A)	1: 1 (H)
2010/11	UEFA Champions League	2nd qualifying round	Debreceni Vasutas SC	3: 4	1: 1 (H)	2: 3 (A)
2011/12	UEFA Europa League	2nd qualifying round	FC Differdange 03	0: 1	0: 0 (A)	0: 1 (H)
2012/13	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	FK Šiauliai	( a ) 2: 2(a)	1: 0 (H)	1: 2 (A)
		2nd qualifying round	Anorthosis Famagusta	1: 6	1: 3 (H)	0: 3 (A)
2013/14	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	Bala Town	3: 2	0: 1 (A)	3: 1 (H)
		2nd qualifying round	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	0: 4	0: 0 (H)	0: 4 (A)
2014/15	UEFA Champions League	1st qualifying round	SP La Fiorita	8-0	1: 0 (A)	7: 0 (H)
		2nd qualifying round	Sparta Prague	1: 8	0: 7 (A)	1: 1 (H)
2015/16	UEFA Champions League	1st qualifying round	Crusaders FC	(a)1: 1 ( a )	0: 0 (A)	1: 1 (H)
2016/17	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	HB Tórshavn	3: 1	1: 1 (H)	2: 0 (A)
		2nd qualifying round	Slavia Prague	(a)3: 3 ( a )	3: 1 (H)	0: 2 (A)
2017/18	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	Cork City	2: 6	0: 2 (H)	2: 4 (A)
2018/19	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	Dundalk FC	1: 3	0: 1 (H)	1: 2 (A)
2019/20	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	UMF Stjarnan	(a)4: 4 ( a )	1: 2 (A)	3: 2 a.d. (H)

Legend: (H) - home game, (A) - away game, (N) - neutral place, (a) - away goal rule , (i. E.) - on penalties , (n. V.) - after extra time

Overall record: 68 games, 17 wins, 15 draws, 36 defeats, 57: 104 goals (goal difference −47)

¹The first leg ended 1-0 for União Leiria. The game was rated 0: 3 against Leiria, as União Leiria used an ineligible player.

Web links

• Official website
• Page about the club at uefa.com
• Article about reaching the first round of the UEFA Cup

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://fclevadia.ee/fc-levadia-uus-peatreener-on-aleksandar-rogic/
2. ↑ Peatreenerid läbi aegade ( Memento from November 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) FC Levadia Tallinn.ee