FCI Tallinn

FCI Tallinn
Full name FC Infonet[1]
Founded 29 January 2002 (2002-01-29)
Ground Infonet Lasnamäe Stadium
Ground Capacity 500[2]
President Andrew Leshkin
Manager Aleksandar Rogić
League Meistriliiga
2016 Meistriliiga, 1st
Website Club website

FCI Tallinn (FC Infonet Tallinn) is a professional football club, based in Tallinn, Estonia, that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football.

Founded in 2002, the club has played in the Meistriliiga since the 2013 season and have never been relegated from the Estonian top division. The club won the league in the 2016 season.

History

The club was founded in 2002. Before the 2011 season, the club merged with Esiliiga club FC Atletik. They finished the 2011 season in second place, but were beaten in the promotion play-offs by Kuressaare 1–5 on aggregate. Infonet won the 2012 Esiliiga season and were promoted to the top tier Meistriliiga. Infonet finished its first season in the Estonian top division with 6th place.

On 13 July 2015, Infonet beat amateur side Virtsu 36–0 in a 2015–16 Estonian Cup match, equalling Arbroath's 130 year old record for the largest margin of victory.[3]

Infonet made their European debut in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, but were defeated by Scottish Heart of Midlothian 3–6 on aggregate in the first qualifying round.

Infonet won the 2016 Meistriliiga season, amassing 80 points.[4]

Stadium

FCI Tallinn play their fixtures at artificial turf Infonet Lasnamäe Stadium, also known as the Lasnamäe KJH Stadium, which was built in 2003 and resurfaced in 2016. The stadium has an overall capacity of 500.[2] However FCI has opted to play their UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League matches at A. Le Coq Arena.[5][6]

Honours

League

Cups

Players

First-team squad

As of 18 July 2017.[7]

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

No. Position Player
1 Estonia GK Matvei Igonen
2 DF Andrei Kalimullin (captain)
3 Estonia DF Roman Nesterovski
4 Estonia DF Vladimir Avilov (vice-captain)
5 Ghana DF Ofosu Appiah
7 DF Aleksandr Volodin
8 Estonia FW Vladimir Voskoboinikov
9 Russia MF Evgeny Kharin
10 Armenia MF Aleksandr Tumasyan
11 Russia MF Kirill Nesterov
No. Position Player
12 Estonia DF Aleksandr Kulinitš
15 Estonia MF Eduard Golovljov
16 Estonia GK Mihhail Lavrentjev
20 Estonia MF Pavel Dõmov
21 Russia MF Sergei Tumasyan
22 Estonia FW Artur Rättel
23 Estonia DF Dmitri Kruglov (vice-captain)
26 Estonia MF Timur Bulavkin
27 Estonia MF Aleksandr Dmitrijev
99 Estonia FW Albert Prosa

Reserves and academy

Personnel

Statistics

League and Cup

Season Division Pos Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Top goalscorer Cup Supercup
2011 Esiliiga (2) 2 36 19 11 6 10147 +54 68 Rõtškov (40)Third round
2012 1 36 26 5 5 9433 +61 83 Manucho (31) Third round
2013 Meistriliiga (1) 6 36 10 8 18 36 56 –20 38 Manucho (6)Fourth round
2014 5 36 19 9 8 80 44 +36 66 Manucho (30)Semifinalist
2015 436171185032 +1862 Kozlovs (12)Fourth round
201613624847433 +4180 Voskoboinikov (12) Third round
2017 WinnerWinner

Europe

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Agg.
2016–17 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Scotland Heart of Midlothian 2–4 1–2 3–6
2017–18 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round Malta Hibernians 0–2 0–1 0–3

Coordinates: 59°26′10.28″N 24°50′27.54″E / 59.4361889°N 24.8409833°E / 59.4361889; 24.8409833

References

  1. ↑ "Club". FCI Tallinn. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Infoneti Lasnamäe staadion". Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Estonian team thrash rivals 36-0 equalling Arbroath FC's 130 year old record for biggest win". Daily Mirror. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Eesti meister on Infonet". Soccernet.ee. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "UEFA switch Infonet’ Europa League first leg clash to Tynecastle". FC Infonet. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Match summary". UEFA. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "FCI Tallinn". Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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