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Football Club Infonet Levadia Tallinn, commonly known as FCI Levadia, or simply as Levadia, is a professional football club based in Tallinn, Estonia, that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Lilleküla Stadium.

This article is about men's football club which was known as FC Levadia Maardu between 1998 and 2004. For its current feeder club, which was known as FC Levadia Tallinn between 2000 and 2004, see FCI Levadia U21. For the Levadia women's football club, see FC Levadia Tallinn (women).

FCI Levadia
Full nameFCI Levadia
Founded22 October 1998; 24 years ago (1998-10-22)
GroundLilleküla Stadium
Capacity14,336[1]
PresidentViktor Levada
ChairmanSergei Hohlov-Simson
ManagerNikita Andreev
LeagueMeistriliiga
2022Meistriliiga, 2nd
WebsiteClub website
Home colours
Away colours

Founded as Levadia in Maardu in 1998, the club moved to Tallinn in 2004. The club has played in the Meistriliiga since the 1999 season and have never been relegated from the Estonian top division. Levadia have won 10 Meistriliiga titles, a record 9 Estonian Cups and 7 Estonian Supercups. In 2017, Levadia's first team merged with FCI Tallinn, and became FCI Levadia.


History



Early history


Levadia was founded on 22 October 1998, when Viktor Levada's Levadia Group OÜ became the official sponsor of Maardu based Esiliiga club Olümp, which subsequently changed its name to Levadia. The club won the 1998 Esiliiga and were promoted to the Meistriliiga. In January 1999, Sergei Ratnikov was appointed as manager. In 1999, Levadia became the first team to win the Meistriliiga, the Estonian Cup and the Estonian Supercup in the same year. Levadia managed to repeat their success by winning another treble in the following year. In the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League, Levadia defeated Total Network Solutions 2–6 on aggregate in the first qualifying round, but lost to Shakhtar Donetsk 2–9 on aggregate in the second qualifying round. Following the loss to Shakhtar Donetsk, Ratnikov was sacked.[2]

In 2001, Valeri Bondarenko was appointed as a manager. Levadia failed to defend their title, finishing the 2001 season in third place and in November 2001, Bondarenko was replaced by Pasi Rautiainen. Under Rautiainen, Levadia finished the 2002 Meistriliiga as runners-up, only two points behind champions Flora. After the season, Rautiainen resigned and was replaced by Franco Pancheri in January 2003. Pancheri coached Levadia for just 9 Meistriliiga matches, before he was sacked in June 2003. He was replaced by Tarmo Rüütli and Levadia finished the 2003 season in third place.[2]


Relocation to Tallinn


In 2004, Levadia moved to Tallinn, while the club's previously Tallinn-based reserve team changed its name to Levadia II. Under Rüütli, Levadia won the league in the 2004 season, but failed to defend the title in 2005, finishing as runners-up. In the 2006–07 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds, Levadia defeated Haka and Twente, but lost to Newcastle United 1–3 on aggregate in the first round.[2] Still it was the first team an Estonian club managed to reach the first round proper of a European club competition. Levadia won two more Meistriliiga titles in 2006 and 2007. In March 2008, Rüütli was hired by the Estonian Football Association to coach the Estonia national team and his assistant Igor Prins took over as manager. Under Prins, Levadia won two consecutive Meistriliiga titles in 2008 and 2009 and an Estonian Cup in 2010. In August 2010, Prins was sacked due to disagreements with the board and replaced by Levadia II manager Aleksandr Puštov. Levadia finished the 2010 season as runners-up. In July 2011, Puštov was sacked after disappointing results in the Meistriliiga and the Champions League and replaced by Sergei Hohlov-Simson. Levadia finished the 2011 season in fourth place, their lowest ever league placing since the club was promoted to the Meistriliiga.

In December 2011, Marko Kristal was appointed as manager. The club won the 2011–12 Estonian Cup and finished the 2012 season as runners-up. Levadia won the Meistriliiga title in the 2013 season. The team defended their title in 2014, but finished the 2015 season as runners-up. In November 2015, it was announced that Sergei Ratnikov will return to Levadia after 15 years and replace Kristal as manager. Ratnikov's second tenure as Levadia's manager lasted until July 2016, when he was sacked following a 0–1 loss to Pärnu Linnameeskond. He was replaced by another returning manager, Igor Prins. Levadia finished the 2016 season as runners-up. Following another second-place finish in the 2017 season, Levadia and FCI Tallinn merged their first teams, becoming FCI Levadia, with FCI Tallinn's Aleksandar Rogić taking over as manager. On 15 September 2019, Rogić was sacked after disappointing results, with assistant coach Vladimir Vassiljev taking over as caretaker manager. In November 2019, former Estonia head coach and record cap holder Martin Reim was appointed as manager.


Stadiums


Lilleküla Stadium
Lilleküla Stadium
Kadriorg Stadium
Kadriorg Stadium

Lilleküla Stadium


Main article: Lilleküla Stadium

The club's home ground is the 14,336-seat Lilleküla Stadium. Opened in 2001 and expanded from 2016 to 2018, it is the largest football stadium in Estonia. The Lilleküla Football Complex also includes two grass surface pitches, two artificial turf pitches and an indoor hall. Lilleküla Stadium is located at Jalgpalli 21, Kesklinn, Tallinn.[1]

Levadia use Sportland Arena and Maarjamäe Stadium artificial turfs for training and home matches during winter and early spring months.


Kadriorg Stadium


Main article: Kadriorg Stadium

From 2004 to 2018, Levadia played at Kadriorg Stadium. Built from 1922 to 1926 and renovated from 2000 to 2001, it is one of the oldest football stadiums in Estonia and used to be the home ground of the Estonia national team until the completion of Lilleküla Stadium in 2001.[1][3]


Players



First-team squad


As of 2 August 2022.[4][5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF  SRB Milan Mitrović
4 DF  ITA Maximiliano Uggè
6 MF  EST Rasmus Peetson
9 MF  EST Mark Oliver Roosnupp
10 MF  EST Brent Lepistu (captain)
11 FW  BRA Liliu
14 MF  GHA Ernest Agyiri
15 MF  SVN Til Mavretič
16 DF  EST Markus Jürgenson
17 FW  EST Robert Kirss
22 DF  EST Artur Pikk
23 MF  AZE Murad Velijev
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 DF  EST Maksim Podholjuzin
36 DF  MLI Bourama Fomba
38 MF  EST Artjom Komlov
49 FW  GEO Zakaria Beglarishvili
50 MF  EST Patrik Kristal
55 FW  EST Karl Rudolf Õigus
67 MF  EST Ilja Antonov
81 GK  EST Artur Kotenko
84 FW  TJK Rustam Soirov
99 GK  EST Karl Andre Vallner
— FW  AUS Aamir Yunis Abdallah

For season transfers, see transfers winter 2021–22 and transfers summer 2022.


Out on loan


Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  CMR Yvan Dibango (at Kryvbas until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  RUS Daniil Timofejev (at Tallinna Kalev)

Reserves and academy


Further information: FCI Levadia U21 and FCI Tallinn

Club officials



Honours



League



Cups



Seasons and statistics



Seasons



Europe



References


  1. "A. Le Coq Arena" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  2. "Klubi ajalugu" [Club history] (in Estonian). FC Levadia. Archived from the original on 27 April 2009.
  3. "Ajalugu" [History]. Kadrioru staadion. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  4. "Tallinna FCI Levadia" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  5. "Esindusmeeskond - FCI Levadia Tallinn" (in Estonian). fcilevadia.ee. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  6. "First team". FCI Levadia. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  7. "Inimesed - FCI Levadia Tallinn". FCI Levadia. Retrieved 2 July 2022.


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На других языках

[de] FC Levadia Tallinn

Der FC Levadia Tallinn ist ein estnischer Fußballverein. Ursprünglich aus Maardu spielt der Verein heute in Tallinn.
- [en] FCI Levadia Tallinn

[es] FCI Levadia Tallinn

El Mittetulundusühing Spordiklubi Football Club Levadia Tallinn (en español, Organización Sin Fines de Lucro Club de Deportes Levadia de Tallin Fútbol Club) es un club de fútbol ubicado en Tallin, Estonia. Juega en la Meistriliiga, máxima categoría nacional.

[ru] ФКИ Левадия

«ФКИ Лева́дия» (эст. MTÜ SK FCI Levadia, «Спортивный клуб ФКИ Левадия») — эстонский футбольный клуб из города Таллина, выступающий в Премиум лиге. Десятикратный чемпион Эстонии и девятикратный обладатель кубка Эстонии.


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