Rakvere JK Tarvas

Full name

Rakvere Jalgpalliklubi Tarvas

Founded

2004, as Virumaa JK Rakvere

Ground

Rakvere Stadium

Capacity

1,785^[1]

Chairman

Reijo Kuusik

Manager

Urmas Kirs

League

Esiliiga

2016

Meistriliiga, 10th (relegated)

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

Rakvere JK Tarvas, commonly known as Rakvere Tarvas, or simply as Tarvas, is a football club, based in Rakvere, Estonia.

The club was founded in 2004 as Virumaa JK Rakvere. From 2008 until 2010, the club was named Rakvere FC Flora, and since 2011 Rakvere JK Tarvas.

History

FC Flora Rakvere crest (2008-2010)

The club was founded in 2004 as Virumaa Jalgpalliklubi Rakvere (English: Virumaa Football Club Rakvere). From 2008, Rakvere became affiliated with Flora and became Rakvere FC Flora. In 2011, the team name was changed to Tarvas (English: Aurochs), which is the symbol of Rakvere and is derived from the historic name of the town, Tarvanpea (Aurochs' head). In 2012, Tarvas was promoted to the Esiliiga and finished the 2012 season in third place. In promotion games against JK Tallinna Kalev Tarvas lost 1-3 on aggregate. Tarvas finished the 2013 Esiliiga season in 4th place but were beaten in the promotion play-offs by Tammeka 2–6 on aggregate. In July 2014, Valeri Bondarenko was hired as manager.^[2] Tarvas finished the 2015 Esiliiga season in 4th place and was promoted to the Meistriliiga for the first time in history. Tarvas earned just 1 point in first 14 Meistriliiga games. On 4 June 2016, Valeri Bondarenko was sacked and replaced as manager by Urmas Kirs, who coached the team in 2008. With new coach Tarvas earned another two draws and finished season at the bottom of the table.

Players

Current squad

As of 18 March 2017.^[3]

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

No.	Position	Player
2	MF	Alari Aunapuu
3	DF	Rain Ööpik
4	DF	Kaarel Saar (vice-captain)
8	DF	Taavi Münter
11	MF	Toomas Kiis
14	MF	Esko Brandt
15	FW	Siim Rannamäe
16	DF	Jaanus Kaasik
18	DF	Mihkel Saar
21	MF	Mario Kuokkanen
22	MF	Joonas Ljaš

No.	Position	Player
23	MF	Madis Reimal
26	DF	Elar Tovstik
27	MF	Taavi Trasberg (captain)
30	GK	Sander Susi (vice-captain)
32	FW	Reijo Kuusik
35	GK	Artem Levizi
45	DF	Aleksei Larin (on loan from Tallinna Kalev)
50	FW	Sten Tammik
69	DF	Mihkel Gull
91	FW	Henri Hang

Reserves and academy

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Manager	Urmas Kirs
Assistant manager	Reijo Kuusik
Physiotherapist	Hannalore Taal
Medic	Piret Elm

Managerial history

Dates	Name
2004–2005	Jaak Proosa
2005–2007	Ain Mets
2008	Mati Pari
2008	Urmas Kirs
2009	Sergei Zamogilnõi
2010	Jan Važinski
2011–2014	Reijo Kuusik
2014–2016	Valeri Bondarenko
2016–	Urmas Kirs

Internationals

Player	Caps while at club	Period at club	Caps overall
Marko Meerits	1	2016	5
Kristian Marmor	0	2013	1
Toomas Tohver	0	2008	24
Mati Pari	0	2008	22

Statistics

League and Cup

Season	Division	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Top goalscorer	Cup
2004	V liiga	1	14	13	0	1	81	12	+69	39	Alar Petrovits (29)
2005	III liiga	3	22	15	3	4	56	28	+28	48	Esko Brandt Reijo Kuusik (9)
2006	III liiga	2	22	15	2	5	57	34	+23	47	Alar Petrovits (25)
2007	II liiga	2	26	16	4	6	75	36	+39	52	Alar Petrovits (25)	Third round
2008	Esiliiga	8	36	10	7	19	53	82	−29	37	Alar Petrovits (17)	Second round
2009	Esiliiga	10	36	8	2	26	48	105	−57	20	Alar Petrovits (11)	Second round
2010	Esiliiga	9	36	10	3	23	45	95	−50	21	Alar Petrovits (11)	Second round
2011	II liiga	1	26	22	2	2	100	29	+71	68	Joonas Ljaš (27)	Third round
2012	Esiliiga	3	36	21	5	10	66	58	+8	68	Joonas Ljaš (14)	Fourth round
2013	Esiliiga	4	36	16	8	12	68	58	+10	56	Henri Hang (11)	Third round
2014	Esiliiga	8	36	12	10	14	61	65	−4	46	Sergei Akimov (21)	First round
2015	Esiliiga	4	36	12	11	13	52	53	−1	47	Sergei Akimov (16)	Third round
2016	Meistriliiga	10	36	0	3	33	15	113	−98	3	Märten Kuusk Siim Rannamäe Juhan Jograf Siim (2)	Third round

References

↑ "Rakvere staadion" (in Estonian). Eesti Spordiregister.
↑ "Bondarenko maandus Tarvas" [Bondarenko lands in Tarvas] (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 3 July 2014.
↑ "RAKVERE JK TARVAS (2017)". Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

External links

Official website

Meistriliiga
2017 teams	FCI Tallinn Flora Nõmme Kalju Levadia Paide Linnameeskond Sillamäe Kalev Tammeka Narva Trans Tulevik Vaprus
Meistriliiga seasons	1992 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Former teams	DAG Dünamo Eesti Põlevkivi Keemik Kuressaare Lantana Lasnamäe Ajax Lelle SK Levadia II Lootus Merkuur FK Maardu Nikol Norma Pärnu JK Pärnu Levadia Lokomotiv Tallinna Kalev Tallinna Sadam Tarvas Tervis TVMK Vall Pärnu Linnameeskond Vigri Viljandi Warrior
Top division seasons before Meistriliiga	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

Football in Estonia

Estonian Football Association

National teams

Leagues

Men	Meistriliiga Esiliiga Esiliiga B II liiga III liiga IV liiga (League system)
Women	Naiste Meistriliiga
Beach soccer	Rannajalgpalli Meistriliiga
Futsal	Saalijalgpalli Meistriliiga

Domestic cups

Awards

Men	Footballer of the Year Young Footballer of the Year Meistriliiga Player of the Year Esiliiga Player of the Year Esiliiga B Player of the Year Silverball
Women	Footballer of the Year Young Footballer of the Year Naiste Meistriliiga Player of the Year

Lists

Tournaments

International players
- Men
- Women

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