FC Norma Tallinn
The FC Norma Tallinn was one of the most successful Estonian football clubs. The name of the association comes from the Tallinn factory Norma (founded in 1891), an Estonian automotive supplier. Home stadium was the Norma Staadion (today Maarjamäe Staadion ) with a capacity of 1000 visitors.
Club history
The association was founded in 1959. He participated in 32 championships of the Estonian SSR , which is a record in Estonian football history. FC Norma Tallinn has won the Estonian SSR five times (1964, 1967, 1970, 1979, 1988) and six times the Estonian SSR Cup winners (1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1988).
After Estonian independence was regained in 1991, FC Norma Tallinn played in the highest Estonian football class, the Meistriliiga . The club was the first two times Estonian champions (1992, 1992/93) and one time Estonian cup winners (1993/94). The club was particularly popular with Tallinn's Russian-speaking minority .
After the 1994/95 season, the club rose to the 2nd division ( Esiliiga ), a season later to the third division. Following the 1996/97 season, the club was officially dissolved.
Rankings after regaining Estonian independence
season | Division | Final placement | Goals +/- | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
92 | I. | 1 | +18 | 12 |
92/93 | I. | 1 | +86 | 42 |
93/94 | I. | 2 | +58 | 36 |
94/95 | I. | 6th | −42 | 10 |
95/96 | II | 3 | +2 | 17th |
96/97 | II | 8th | −22 | 7th |
97/98 | III | no participation | - | - |
European Cup balance sheet
season | competition | round | opponent | total | To | Back |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1992/93 | UEFA Champions League | Preliminary round | NK Olimpija Ljubljana | 0: 5 | 0: 3 (A) | 0: 2 (H) |
1993/94 | UEFA Champions League | Preliminary round | HJK Helsinki | 1: 2 | 1: 1 (A) | 0: 1 (H) |
1994/95 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | qualification | NK Maribor | 1:14 | 1: 4 (H) | 0:10 (H) |
Overall record: 6 games, 1 draw, 5 defeats, 2:21 goals (goal difference −19)
player
- Urmas Kaljend (1981-1984, 1990, 1994)
- Seppo Vilderson (1981–1990)
- Sergei Bragin (1985–1988, 1990–1993)
- Lembit Rajala (1989–1990)
- Martin Reim (1990-1991)
- Martin Kaalma (1993)
- Janek Meet (1994)