FC Levadia Tallinn

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FC Levadia
Full name	Mittetulundusühing Spordiklubi Football Club Levadia Tallinn
Founded	1998
Ground	Kadrioru Staadion, Tallinn (Capacity 4,750)
Chairman	Juri Tšurilkin
Manager	Igor Prins
League	Meistriliiga
2007	Meistriliiga, 1st
Home colours 　 Away colours

FC Levadia Tallinn is an Estonian football team, playing in Tallinn.

The club was founded in 1998 under the name FC Levadia Maardu. They have won the Estonian championship Meistriliiga in 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006 and 2007. Levadia's homeground is the Kadriorg stadium, with a capacity of 4750.

Contents 1 Achievements 2 FC Levadia in Estonian Football 3 FC Levadia in Europe 4 Players 4.1 Current squad 4.2 Players out on loan 4.3 Transfers winter 2008 4.4 Reserves 5 Notable Former Players 6 Coaches 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Achievements

• Meistriliiga: (5) (Includes titles as FC Levadia Maardu)

1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007

• Estonian Cup: (5)

1998-99, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2006-07

• Estonian SuperCup: (3)

1999, 2000, 2001

[edit] FC Levadia in Estonian Football

[edit] FC Levadia in Europe

• 1Q = 1st Qualifying Round
• 2Q = 2nd Qualifying Round
• 1R = 1st Round
• 2R = 2nd Round

Season	Cup	Round	Country	Club	Score
1999/00	UEFA Cup	1Q		Steaua Bucureşti	0-3, 1-4
2000/01	Champions League	1Q		The New Saints F.C.	2-2, 4-0
		2Q		Shakhtar Donetsk	1-4, 1-5
2001/02	Champions League	1Q		Bohemian F.C.	0-3, 0-0
2002	Intertoto Cup	1R		U.D. Leiria	3-0, 1-2
		2R		FC Zürich	0-1, 0-0
2003/04	UEFA Cup	1Q		NK Varteks	1-3, 2-3
2004/05	UEFA Cup	1Q		Bohemian F.C.	0-0, 3-1
		2Q		Bodø-Glimt	1-2, 2-1
2005/06	Champions League	1Q		Dinamo Tbilisi	1-0, 0-2
2006/07	UEFA Cup	1Q		FC Haka	2-0, 0-1
		2Q		FC Twente	1-1, 1-0
		1R		Newcastle United	0-1, 1-2
2007/08	Champions League	1Q		FK Pobeda	1-0, 0-0
		2Q		Red Star Belgrade	0-1, 2-1

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

As of April 20, 2008.^[1]

No. Position Player 1 GK Kert Kütt 2 DF Andrei Kalimullin 3 MF Aleksei Panin 4 DF Igor Morozov 5 MF Vitali Leitan 7 DF Tihhon Šišov 8 MF Konstantin Nahk 11 FW Indrek Zelinski 12 GK Sergei Lepmets 13 FW Kristian Marmor 14 MF Deniss Malov 15 FW Tarmo Kink

No. Position Player 16 MF Miroslav Rõškevitš 18 FW Nikita Andreev 20 DF Anton Aristov 21 DF Marek Lemsalu (captain) 22 MF Sander Puri 23 DF Vladislav Tšurilikin 24 FW Yaroslav Dmitriev 25 MF Eino Puri 26 FW Alexander Pavlikhin 27 DF Taijo Teniste 30 GK Martin Kaalma

[edit] Players out on loan

No. Position Player –– MF Aleksandr Dmitrijev (on loan to Hønefoss BK) –– MF Eduard Komarov (on loan to JK Maag Tammeka)

[edit] Transfers winter 2008

In

Out

No. Position Player 1 GK Kert Kütt (from JK Maag Tammeka) 3 MF Aleksei Panin (promoted from FC Levadia II) 13 FW Kristian Marmor (promoted from FC Levadia II) 20 DF Anton Aristov (returned from loan to JK Tallinna Kalev) 22 MF Sander Puri (returned from loan to JK Viljandi Tulevik) 23 DF Vladislav Tšurilikin (promoted from FC Levadia II) 24 FW Yaroslav Dmitriev (promoted from FC Levadia II) 25 MF Eino Puri (returned from loan to JK Viljandi Tulevik) 26 FW Alexander Pavlikhin (promoted from FC Levadia II)

No. Position Player –– GK Artur Kotenko (to Sandnes Ulf) –– DF Vitoldas Čepauskas (to FK Žalgiris) –– MF Konstantin Vassiljev (to NK Nafta) –– MF Marius Dovydėnas (to FK Žalgiris) –– MF Maksim Smirnov (to FK Ventspils) –– FW Andrei Šadrin (to JK Kalev Tallinn) –– FW Kaimar Saag (to Silkeborg IF) –– FW Ats Purje (to FC Inter Turku)

[edit] Reserves

[edit] Notable Former Players

• Andrei Krasnopjorov
• Dmitri Kruglov
• Artur Kotenko
• Sergei Pareiko
• Eduard Ratnikov
• Maksim Smirnov
• Mark Švets
• Konstantin Vassiljev
• Vladimir Voskoboinikov

See also: Cat:FC Levadia Tallinn players

• A complete list of all the Club's former players can be found here

[edit] Coaches

Season	Country	Name
1999-00		Sergei Ratnikov
2000		Ants Kommussaar
2000		Eduard Võrk
2001		Valeri Bondarenko
2002		Pasi Rautiainen
2003		Franco Pancheri
2003-2008		Tarmo Rüütli
2008-present		Igor Prins

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (English)(Estonian)(Russian) FC Levadia official website
• FC Levadia's page at uefa.com
• uefa.com: Levadia clear historic hurdle

Meistriliiga 2008 v • d • e
Flora Tallinn | Kalju Nõmme | Kalev Sillamäe | Kalev Tallinn | Levadia Tallinn | Maag Tammeka Tartu | TVMK Tallinn | Trans Narva | Tulevik Viljandi | Vaprus Pärnu
Baltic League 2008 v • d • e
Group Stage FK Ekranas • FC Flora • FBK Kaunas • FC Levadia • Liepājas Metalurgs • FK Rīga • Skonto FC • FK Sūduva • Narva Trans • FC TVMK • FK Ventspils • FK Žalgiris
UEFA Champions League 2007-08 v • d • e
Champions Manchester United Runner-up Chelsea Eliminated in semi-finals Barcelona • Liverpool Eliminated in quarter-finals Arsenal • Fenerbahçe • Roma • Schalke 04 Eliminated in first knockout round Celtic • Internazionale • Lyon • Milan • Olympiacos • Porto • Real Madrid • Sevilla Eliminated in group stage Benfica • Beşiktaş • CSKA Moscow • Dynamo Kyiv • Lazio • Marseille • PSV Eindhoven • Rangers • Rosenborg • Shakhtar Donetsk • Slavia Prague • Sporting CP • Steaua • VfB Stuttgart • Valencia • Werder Bremen
Football in Estonia v • d • e
League competitions Estonian FA Cup competitions Meistriliiga National team Estonian Cup Esiliiga U-21 team • Youth teams Estonian SuperCup II liiga Clubs • Stadia Estonian Small Cup III liiga Women's national team IV liiga Footballer of the Year National beach soccer team