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Nõmme Kalju FC (Estonian pronunciation: [nɤmˈme ˈkɑlju]), commonly known as Nõmme Kalju, or simply as Kalju (Estonian: "rock" or "cliff"), is an Estonian professional football club, based in Nõmme, Tallinn, that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Hiiu Stadium.

Nõmme Kalju

Full name	Nõmme Kalju FC
Nickname(s)	Roosad Pantrid (Pink Panthers) Roosad rotid (Pink Rats)
Founded	1923; 99 years ago (1923) Re-established in 1997; 25 years ago (1997)
Ground	Hiiu Stadium
Capacity	650[1]
President	Kuno Tehva
Manager	Kaido Koppel
League	Meistriliiga
2022	Meistriliiga, 4th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Founded in 1923 and re-established in 1997, the club has played in the Meistriliiga since the 2008 season and have never been relegated from the Estonian top division. Nõmme Kalju have won two Meistriliiga titles, one Estonian Cup and one Estonian Supercup.

History

Founding and re-establishment (1923–2007)

Nõmme Kalju football club was founded in 1923 as a division of the Kalju Sports Club by two professional wrestlers, Aleksander Šneider and Mart Liiv. The club's home ground was Hiiu Stadium in Nõmme and the club remained active until World War II.

The club was re-established in 1997 by the former Estonia national team manager Uno Piir, Anton Siht and Värner Lootsmann. Nõmme Kalju joined the Estonian football league system and began competing in the Northern division of the III liiga. The club finished their first season in second place, while Joel Lindpere was the top goalscorer with 13 goals. Nõmme Kalju played in the III liiga for eight consecutive seasons.

In 2002, Kuno Tehva acquired the club with a goal of establishing a professional football club. Nõmme Kalju were promoted to the third tier II liiga in 2004 and to the second tier Esiliiga in 2005. Nõmme Kalju finished their first season in the Esiliiga in fifth place. In 2007, Getúlio Fredo was appointed as manager. Nõmme Kalju finished the 2007 season in sixth place and faced Kuressaare in the promotion play-offs. The club lost their first match home 0–1 but won the second leg away 2–1 and advanced to the Meistriliiga on away goals.[2]

First league title (2008–2012)

In preparation for their Meistriliiga debut, Nõmme Kalju rebuilt the team by signing 16 new players. Nõmme Kalju finished their first season in the Meistriliiga in fourth place, only a point away from the third place, while Ingemar Teever won the top goalscorer's title with 23 goals. In 2009, the club also made its debut in Europe by playing in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, where they were defeated by Dinaburg 1–2 on aggregate in the first qualifying round. Nõmme Kalju finished the 2009 season in fifth place. In 2010, Igor Prins took over as manager and Nõmme Kalju finished the 2010 season in fourth place. The club strengthened their first-team squad significantly during the 2010–11 winter transfer window by signing Estonian internationals Alo Bärengrub, Tarmo Neemelo, Eino Puri and Kristen Viikmäe. Nõmme Kalju finished the 2011 season as runners-up, seven points behind champions Flora, while Tarmo Neemelo scored 22 goals. In the 2012 season, Nõmme Kalju won their first league title, amassing 92 points.[2]

Recent history (2013–present)

By winning the Meistriliiga, Nõmme Kalju also qualified to the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase. Nõmme Kalju defeated HJK in the second qualifying round 2–1 on aggregate, but subsequently lost to Viktoria Plzeň 2–10 on aggregate in the third qualifying round. The team failed to defend their Meistriliiga title in the 2013 season, finishing as runners-up, despite Vladimir Voskoboinikov winning the goalscoring title with 23 goals. Nõmme Kalju finished the 2014 season with a disappointing fourth place, following which Igor Prins was sacked and replaced by former player Sergei Terehhov. Under Terehhov, the team had a successful start, winning first nine league games and winning their first Estonian Cup trophy, defeating Paide Linnameeskond 2–0 in the finals.[2] In September 2015, Terehhov resigned after poor results in the Meistriliiga, with Getúlio Fredo taking over as caretaker manager. Nõmme Kalju finished the 2015 season in third place. In November 2015, it was confirmed that Sergei Frantsev would be hired as manager after the season.[3] Under Frantsev, the team finished third in 2016 and 2017, before winning the Meistriliiga for the second time in 2018 without losing a single match.[4] On 25 April 2019, Frantsev was sacked after a poor start to the 2019 season, with Roman Kozhukhovskyi taking over as caretaker manager, before being hired permanently on 14 June. In December 2019, Marko Kristal was appointed as manager.

Crest and colours

The original club crest was most likely created in 1922, when the Kalju Sports Club was founded, although the author of crest remains unknown. The crest was remade by artist Martin Lazarev, who preserved all the historical elements, but gave the crest a finished shape and form.

Nõmme Kalju's uniforms have traditionally been black and white. In the 2000s, Nõmme Kalju also adopted the colour of pink, leading to the nickname Pink Panthers.[5]

• 
  Early history
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  2014–2015
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  2016–present

Stadium

Hiiu Stadium

Hiiu Stadium has been the historic home ground of Nõmme Kalju since 1923. It is a multi-purpose stadium currently owned by the Nõmme district and are operated by Nõmme Sports Centre.[6][7] The stadium was completely renovated and re-opened in 2002, having an artificial turf. The stadium is located at Pidu 11, in Nõmme, Tallinn.[1]

Kadriorg Stadium

From 2012 to 2014, and for home European matches, Nõmme Kalju played at the larger Kadriorg Stadium. Located in Kadriorg, the stadium was built from 1922 to 1926 and is one of the oldest football stadiums in Estonia. With a capacity of over 5,000, Kadriorg could seat 10 times as many spectators as the Hiiu Stadium.[8][9]

Players

First-team squad

As of 24 August 2022.[10][11]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  EST Marko Meerits 2 DF  EST Artur Šarnin 4 DF  EST Vladimir Avilov 5 DF  FRA Yohan Mannone 6 MF  EST German Šlein 8 MF  TRI Andre Fortune II 9 FW  LBR William Jebor 12 GK  EST Sergei Lepmets 14 MF  EST Nikita Komissarov 15 MF  EST Igor Subbotin 17 MF  EST Kaspar Paur 20 FW  EST Aleksandr Volkov

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  EST Maksim Gussev 22 DF  EST Trevor Elhi 24 FW  EST Alex Tamm 29 DF  EST Kristjan Rattasepp 37 DF  GRE Giannis Tsivelekidis (captain) 44 MF  BLR Mikhail Babichev 45 DF  EST Henri Järvelaid 77 MF  EST Stanislav Tsombaljuk 79 MF  EST Pavel Marin 96 GK  EST Henri Perk 97 MF  AUT Daniel Sudar 99 FW  EST Emir Dikajev

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  RUS Daniil Shevyakov (at Tallinna Kalev)

No. Pos. Nation Player

Reserves and academy

Club officials

Honours

League

• Meistriliiga
  • Winners (2): 2012, 2018

Cups

• Estonian Cup
  • Winners (1): 2014–15
• Estonian Supercup
  • Winners (1): 2019

Seasons and statistics

Seasons

Season	Division	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Top goalscorer	Cup	Supercup
1997–98	III liiga (N)	2	8	5	0	3	48	12	+36	15	Joel Lindpere (13)
1998		2	10	7	2	1	40	15	+25	23	Karl Lepist (14)
1999		3	20	12	2	6	53	24	+29	38	Lauri Kiviloo (21)
2000		4	20	8	2	10	38	37	+1	26	Lauri Kiviloo (11)
2001		5	18	7	3	8	36	56	−20	24	Lauri Kiviloo (15)
2002		7	18	6	4	8	39	43	−4	22	Andreas Aniko (7)
2003		4	18	10	3	5	37	20	+17	33	Toomas Krõm (7)
2004		2	18	11	5	2	68	32	+36	38	Lauri Kiviloo (15)
2005	II liiga (N/E)	1	28	18	5	5	88	36	+52	59	Andrus Mitt (28)
2006	Esiliiga	5	36	18	5	13	76	80	−4	59	Andrus Mitt (35)	First round
2007		6	36	13	9	14	69	69	0	48	Andrus Mitt (24)	Third round
2008	Meistriliiga	4	36	16	7	13	65	64	+1	55	Ingemar Teever (23)	Third round
2009		5	36	15	9	12	65	47	+18	54	Felipe Nunes (20)	Runners-up
2010		4	36	18	8	10	59	42	+17	62	Jüri Jevdokimov (21)	Quarter-finals
2011		2	36	24	7	5	82	23	+59	79	Tarmo Neemelo (22)	Third round
2012		1	36	29	5	2	106	17	+89	92	Tarmo Neemelo (22)	Second round
2013		2	36	26	6	4	78	23	+55	84	Vladimir Voskoboinikov (23)	Runners-up	Runners-up
2014		4	36	24	6	6	85	19	+66	78	Hidetoshi Wakui (21)	Third round
2015		3	36	22	5	9	69	36	+33	71	Ats Purje (16)	Winners
2016		3	36	22	9	5	70	28	+42	75	Ats Purje (14)	Quarter-finals	Runners-up
2017		3	36	24	6	6	101	32	+69	78	Liliu (16)	Quarter-finals
2018		1	36	25	11	0	114	32	+82	86	Liliu (31)	Quarter-finals
2019		3	36	22	11	3	79	34	+45	77	Max Mata Liliu Igor Subbotin (9)	Runners-up	Winners
2020		4	30	14	7	9	52	31	+21	49	Vladyslav Khomutov Aleksandr Volkov (9)	Quarter-finals
2021		4	32	13	6	13	57	44	+13	45	Pavel Marin (9)	Quarter-finals
2022												Runners-up

Europe

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Dinaburg	0–0	1–2	1–2
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Honka	0–2	0–0	0–2
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Khazar Lankaran	0–2	2–2	2–4
2013–14	UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round	HJK	2–1	0–0	2–1
		Third qualifying round	Viktoria Plzeň	0–4	2–6	2–10
	UEFA Europa League	Play-off round	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1–3	0–2	1–5
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Fram	2–2	1–0	3–2
		Second qualifying round	Lech Poznań	1–0	0–3	1–3
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Aktobe	0–0	1–0	1–0
		Second qualifying round	Vaduz	0–2	1–3	1–5
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Trakai	4–1	1–2	5–3
		Second qualifying round	Maccabi Haifa	1–1 (a.e.t.)	1–1	2–2 (5–3 p)
		Third qualifying round	Osmanlıspor	0–2	0–1	0–3
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	B36 Tórshavn	2–1	2–1	4–2
		Second qualifying round	Videoton	0–3	1–1	1–4
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Stjarnan	1–0	0–3	1–3
2019–20	UEFA Champions League	First qualifying round	Shkëndija	0–1	2–1	2–2 (a)
		Second qualifying round	Celtic	0–2	0–5	0–7
	UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round	F91 Dudelange	0–1	1–3	1–4
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Mura	0–4	—	—

References

External links

• Official website (in English and Estonian)
• Nõmme Kalju at Estonian Football Association

На других языках

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[de] FC Nõmme Kalju

Der FC Nõmme Kalju ist ein estnischer Fußballverein aus dem Tallinner Stadtteil Nõmme. Bis zum Jahresende 2013 nahm der Verein als JK Nõmme Kalju am Spielbetrieb teil.

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- [en] Nõmme Kalju FC

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[ru] Нымме Калью

«Ны́мме Ка́лью» (эст. Nõmme Kalju FC) — эстонский футбольный клуб из города Таллин. Основан в 1923 году как спортивный клуб «Калью» и просуществовал до начала Второй мировой войны. В 1997 году футбольный клуб был возрождён под именем «Нымме Калью». Домашние матчи проводит на стадионе «Хийу» общей вместимостью до 3000 зрителей. Действующий участник чемпионата Эстонии по футболу.

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