FC Levadia Tallinn 830473 226099866 2008-07-16T20:41:14Z 77.233.75.55 {{Football club infobox | clubname = FC Levadia | image = [[Image:Levadia.png|125px|Logo]] | fullname = Mittetulundusühing Spordiklubi <br>Football Club Levadia Tallinn | nickname = | founded = [[October 22]], [[1998]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fclevadia.ee/dyna/site/fclevadia.html | title=FC Levadia Tallinn |work=fclevadia.ee | accessdaymonth=June 17 | accessyear=2008}}</ref> | ground = [[Kadrioru Stadium]]<br> [[Tallinn]] | capacity = 4,750<ref name="capacity">{{cite web | url=http://www.fclevadia.ee/dyna/site/66est.html | title=Kadrioru staadion |work=fclevadia.ee | accessdaymonth=June 16 | accessyear=2008}}</ref> | owner = {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Viktor Levada]] | chairman = {{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Juri Tšurilkin]] | manager = {{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Igor Prins]] | league = [[Meistriliiga]] | season = [[Meistriliiga 2007|2007]] | position = Meistriliiga, 1st | shirtsupplier = [[Adidas]] | shirtsponsors = [[Estonian Oil Service|EOS]] | pattern_la1=_whiteshoulders|pattern_b1=_levadia_home1|pattern_ra1=_whiteshoulders| leftarm1=00a650|body1=00a650|rightarm1=00a650|shorts1=00a650|socks1=FFFFFF| pattern_la2=_shouldersonwhite|pattern_b2=_levadia_away0|pattern_ra2=_shouldersonwhite| leftarm2=00a650|body2=00a650|rightarm2=00a650|shorts2=00a650|socks2=00a650| website= http://www.fclevadia.ee/dyna/site/cgi/news }} '''MTÜ SK FC Levadia Tallinn''' is an [[Estonia]]n [[football (soccer)|football]] club based in [[Tallinn]]. The club was founded in [[1998]], under the name FC Levadia Maardu. FC Levadia currently play in the [[Meistriliiga]], the highest level of Estonian football. Levadia's home is the 4,750-person capacity [[Kadrioru Stadium]] multi-use stadium in [[Kadriorg]], [[Kesklinn]], [[Tallinn]], where they have played since [[2000]].<ref name="capacity"/> FC Levadia have won five [[Meistriliiga|league titles]], five [[Estonian Cup]]s, three [[Estonian SuperCup]]s, and have reached [[UEFA Cup]] [[UEFA_Cup_2006-07#First_round|first round]] in [[UEFA Cup 2006-07|2006]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sloleht.ee/index.aspx?id=206814&q=Levadia | title=Martins kukutas Levadia | work=SL Õhtuleht| accessdaymonth=June 16 | accessyear=2008 }}</ref> ==History== SK FC Levadia was founded in 1998, when metal manufacturer [[OÜ Levadia]] accepted to support [[Estonia]]n [[Esiliiga]] club, FK Olümp Maardu. For the honor of new sponsor, FK Olümp Maardu changed his name to FC Levadia. Succesful cooperation immediately brought the victory of [[Esiliiga]] and for the next season [[Maardu]]'s football club will play in [[Meistriliiga]]. In preparing for the next season in [[Meistriliiga]], the team needed replenishments. At the same time, [[Tallinna Sadam]] was ending his work as a football club and both teams chairmans [[Viktor Levada]] (Levadia) and [[Vladimir Volohhonski]] (Tallinna Sadam) decided to merger. FC Levadia's debut season was very succesful, the team won League Cup, [[Meistriliiga]], [[Estonian Cup]] and [[Estonian SuperCup]]. In [[Meistriliiga 2000|2000]] Levadia won again [[Meistriliiga]], [[Estonian Cup]] and [[Estonian SuperCup]]. During the whole season, Levadia didn't lose any of his games, except his both [[UEFA Champions League]] second qualifying round games against [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[Shakhtar Donetsk]]. After two loss to [[Shakhtar Donetsk]], Levadia fired manager [[Eduard Ratnikov]] and for [[Meistriliiga 2001|season 2001]] Levadia hired [[Russia]]n [[Valeri Bondarenko]]. The first season with new manager didn't went very well, because they changed gold to bronze and in [[Estonian Cup]] they only reached to semi-finals. They only won [[Estonian SuperCup]] in [[Meistriliiga 2001|2001]]. On November 20, 2001, Levadia hired well known [[Finland|Finnish]] manager, [[Pasi Rautiainen]]. The [[Meistriliiga 2002|season]] turned out to be very exciting, because the title was open until the last round. At [[Kadrioru Stadium]], their was againts two [[Estonia]]n team Levadia and [[FC Flora Tallinn|Flora]], the attendance was 3,200 and the game ended to 0-0 draw. [[FC Flora Tallinn|Flora]] kept his [[Meistriliiga]] title, with two points ahead. In [[UEFA Intertoto Cup|Intertoto Cup]], Levadia reached to second round. At the end of the season [[Pasi Rautiainen]] left the club and returned to [[Finland]] for personal reasons. New head coach was appointed [[Italia]]n [[Franco Pancheri]]. In the middle of the [[Meistriliiga 2003|season]] Levadia fired [[Franco Pancheri]], because he was unable to maintain the level, what achieved with [[Pasi Rautiainen]]. Levadia appointed a new manager, [[Tarmo Rüütli]], who was Levadia's second coach. Under the guidance of former [[Estonia national football team|Estonia national team]] coach, the team rose from crisis and finished in third place. In [[Meistriliiga 2004|2004]], the team moved from [[Maardu]] to [[Tallinn]], the [[capital]] and largest [[city]] in [[Estonia]]. Under the leadership of [[Tarmo Rüütli]], the team won [[Meistriliiga]] and [[Estonian Cup]]. In [[UEFA Cup]], Levadia reached to second qualifying round. In [[Meistriliiga 2005|2005]], Levadia won only [[Estonian Cup]]. In [[Meistriliiga 2006|2006]], Levadia won only [[Meistriliiga]]. In [[UEFA Cup]], their fisrt opponent was [[Finland|Finnish]] club [[FC Haka]]. They were equal opponents for each other and Levadia just narrowly scraped through to the next round where [[FC Twente]] was a much tougher nut to crack. Levadia caused a huge upset and beat the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] club 2-1 on aggregate and with that was the first Estonian club to advance to the third round of a European competition. After a 1-1 away draw, [[Konstantin Nahk]] scored a magnificent free-kick at the [[A. Le Coq Arena]] which Levadia used from then on in Europe to give the Estonian club a shock 1-0 victory. They were drawn against [[Newcastle United]] in the first round proper and the English club had real trouble breaking down a stubborn Levadia defence. After going down 0-1 at home through an [[Antoine Sibierski]] goal in [[Tallinn]], Levadia lost 1-2 at [[St. James' Park]] with ex-international [[Indrek Zelinski]] the goalscorer. In [[Meistriliiga 2007|season 2007]], Levadia won [[Meistriliiga]] and [[Estonian Cup]] and in [[UEFA Champions League]] they reached to second qualifying round, losing to [[Red Star Belgrade]] by away goals rule. The darkest point in the [[Meistriliiga 2007|season]] was Levadia's contract extensions. Levadia moved many of his first-team players to reserve teams, because they didn't sign the contract extension what Levadia was offering. In [[Meistriliiga 2008|2008]] Levadia appointed a new manager [[Igor Prins]], because [[Tarmo Rüütli]] left the club and started to manage the [[Estonia national football team|Estonia national team]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fclevadia.ee/dyna/site/64est.html | title=Klubi ajalugu |work=fclevadia.ee | accessdaymonth=July 10 | accessyear=2008}}</ref> ==Stadium== {{main|Kadrioru Stadium}} FC Levadia's home stadium have been [[Kadrioru Stadium]] since 2000. The stadium holds a capacity of 4,750 and is the oldest [[football (soccer)|football]] [[stadium]] in [[Estonia]]. The stadium was opened on June 13, 1926. Levadia is sharing his home ground with one of their biggest rivals [[FC TVMK]], their other rivals [[FC Flora]] have his own stadium [[A. Le Coq Arena]]. Before the [[A. Le Coq Arena]] was built, Kadrioru Stadium was the home ground for the [[Estonia national football team|Estonia national team]].<ref name="capacity"/> <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kadriorustaadion.ee/?id=1437 | title=Ajalugu |work=kadriorustaadion.ee | accessdaymonth=July 10 | accessyear=2008}}</ref> ==Achievements== *'''[[Meistriliiga]]''': (5) (Includes titles as FC Levadia Maardu) 1999, [[Meistriliiga 2000|2000]], [[Meistriliiga 2004|2004]], [[Meistriliiga 2006|2006]], [[Meistriliiga 2007|2007]] *'''[[Estonian Cup]]''': (5) 1998-99, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2006-07 *'''[[Estonian SuperCup]]''': (3) 1999, 2000, 2001 ==FC Levadia in Estonian Football== <timeline> ImageSize = width:600 height:60 PlotArea = left:10 right:10 bottom:30 top:10 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/07/1997 till:01/07/2008 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:1998 Colors = id:bl1 value:rgb(0.5,0.8,0.5) id:bl2 value:rgb(0.9,0.9,0.3) id:rs value:rgb(0.8,0.6,0.6) id:rn value:rgb(0.9,0.1,0.1) PlotData= bar:Position width:15 color:white align:center from:01/07/1997 till:01/07/1998 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/1998 till:01/07/1999 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/1999 till:01/07/2000 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/2000 till:01/07/2001 shift:(0,-4) text:3 from:01/07/2001 till:01/07/2002 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/2002 till:01/07/2003 shift:(0,-4) text:3 from:01/07/2003 till:01/07/2004 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/2004 till:01/07/2005 shift:(0,-4) text:2 from:01/07/2005 till:01/07/2006 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/2006 till:01/07/2007 shift:(0,-4) text:1 from:01/07/1997 till:01/07/1998 color:bl2 shift:(0,13) text: "[[Esiliiga]]" from:01/07/1998 till:01/07/2008 color:bl1 shift:(0,13) text: "[[Meistriliiga|M e i s t r i i i g a]]" </timeline> ==UEFA club competition results== :''As of July 14, 2008:'' {| class="wikitable" align="center" |- ! Competition ! Matches ! W ! D ! L ! GF ! GA |- | [[UEFA Champions League]] | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |- | [[UEFA Cup]] | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 13 |- | [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- | [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- | '''Total''' | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 17 |- |} * 1Q = 1st Qualifying Round * 2Q = 2nd Qualifying Round * 1R = 1st Round * 2R = 2nd Round {| class="wikitable" ! Season ! Cup ! Round ! Country ! Club ! Score |- |[[UEFA Cup 1999-00|1999/00]] |[[UEFA Cup]] |1Q |{{flagicon|Romania}} |[[Steaua Bucureşti]] |0-3, 1-4 |- |[[UEFA Champions League 2000-01|2000/01]] |[[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] | 1Q |{{flagicon|Wales}} |[[The New Saints F.C.]] |2-2, 4-0 |- | | |2Q |{{flagicon|Ukraine}} |[[Shakhtar Donetsk]] |1-4, 1-5 |- |[[UEFA Champions League 2001-02|2001/02]] |[[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] |1Q |{{flagicon|Ireland}} |[[Bohemian F.C.]] |0-3, 0-0 |- |[[UEFA Intertoto Cup 2002|2002]] |[[Intertoto Cup]] | 1R |{{flagicon|Portugal}} |[[U.D. Leiria]] |3-0, 1-2 |- | | |2R |{{flagicon|Switzerland}} |[[FC Zürich]] |0-1, 0-0 |- |[[UEFA Cup 2003-04|2003/04]] |[[UEFA Cup]] |1Q |{{flagicon|Croatia}} |[[NK Varteks]] |1-3, 2-3 |- |[[UEFA Cup 2004-05|2004/05]] |[[UEFA Cup]] |1Q |{{flagicon|Ireland}} |[[Bohemian F.C.]] |0-0, 3-1 |- | | |2Q |{{flagicon|Norway}} |[[Bodø-Glimt]] |1-2, 2-1 |- |[[UEFA Champions League 2005-06|2005/06]] |[[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] |1Q |{{flagicon|Georgia}} |[[Dinamo Tbilisi]] |1-0, 0-2 |- |[[UEFA Cup 2006-07|2006/07]] |[[UEFA Cup]] |1Q |{{flagicon|Finland}} |[[FC Haka]] |2-0, 0-1 |- | | |2Q |{{flagicon|Netherlands}} |[[FC Twente]] |1-1, 1-0 |- | | |1R |{{flagicon|England}} |[[Newcastle United]] |0-1, 1-2 |- |[[UEFA Champions League 2007-08|2007/08]] |[[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] |1Q |{{flagicon|Macedonia}} |[[FK Pobeda]] |1-0, 0-0 |- | | |2Q |{{flagicon|Serbia}} |[[Red Star Belgrade]] |0-1, 2-1 |- |[[UEFA Champions League 2008-09|2008/09]] |[[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] |1Q |{{flagicon|Ireland}} |[[Drogheda United F.C.|Drogheda United]] |1-2 |} ==Players== ===Current squad=== ''As of [[July 15]], [[2008]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fclevadia.ee/dyna/site/60est.html | title=FC Levadia Squad 2008 | work=Levadia.ee | accessdate=2008-02-02 }}</ref> {{Fs start}} {{Fs player | no=1 | nat=Estonia | pos=GK | name= [[Kert Kütt]]}} {{Fs player | no=2 | nat=Estonia | pos=DF | name= [[Andrei Kalimullin]]}} {{Fs player | no=4 | nat=Estonia | pos=DF | name= [[Igor Morozov]]}} {{Fs player | no=5 | nat=Estonia | pos=MF | name= [[Vitali Leitan]]}} {{Fs player | no=7 | nat=Estonia | pos=DF | name= [[Tihhon Šišov]]}} {{Fs player | no=8 | nat=Estonia | pos=MF | name= [[Konstantin Nahk]]}} {{Fs player | no=11 | nat=Estonia | pos=FW | name= [[Indrek Zelinski]]}} {{Fs player | no=12 | nat=Estonia | pos=GK | name= [[Sergei Lepmets]]}} {{Fs player | no=13 | nat=Estonia | pos=FW | name= [[Kristian Marmor]]}} {{Fs player | no=14 | nat=Estonia | pos=MF | name= [[Deniss Malov]]}} {{Fs player | no=15 | nat=Estonia | pos=FW | name= [[Tarmo Kink]]}} {{Fs player | no=16 | nat=Estonia | pos=MF | name= [[Miroslav Rõškevitš]]}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player | no=17 | nat=Lithuania | pos=MF | name= [[Vadimas Petrenko]] |other=on loan from [[FBK Kaunas]]}} {{Fs player | no=18 | nat=Russia | pos=FW | name= [[Nikita Andreev]]}} {{Fs player | no=20 | nat=Estonia | pos=DF | name= [[Anton Aristov]]}} {{Fs player | no=21 | nat=Estonia | pos=DF | name= [[Marek Lemsalu]]|other=[[captain (football)|captain]]}} {{Fs player | no=22 | nat=Estonia | pos=MF | name= [[Sander Puri]]}} {{Fs player | no=23 | nat=Estonia | pos=DF | name= [[Vladislav Tšurilikin]]}} {{Fs player | no=24 | nat=Russia | pos=FW | name= [[Yaroslav Dmitriev]]}} {{Fs player | no=25 | nat=Estonia | pos=MF | name= [[Eino Puri]]}} {{Fs player | no=26 | nat=Russia | pos=FW | name= [[Alexander Pavlikhin]]}} {{Fs player | no=27 | nat=Estonia | pos=DF | name= [[Taijo Teniste]]}} {{Fs player | no=30 | nat=Estonia | pos=GK | name= [[Martin Kaalma]]}} {{Fs end}} ===Players out on loan=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player | no=3 | nat=Estonia | pos=MF | name=[[Aleksei Panin]] | other=on loan to [[Kulttuuri ja Urheilu Yhdistys Spartak|KUY Spartak]]}} {{Fs player | no=9 | nat=Estonia | pos=MF | name=[[Aleksandr Dmitrijev]] | other=on loan to [[Hønefoss BK]]}} {{Fs player | no=–– | nat=Estonia | pos=MF | name=[[Eduard Komarov]] | other=on loan to [[JK Maag Tammeka]]}} {{Fs blank column}} {{Fs end}} ===Transfers summer 2008=== {| border="0" align="left" width="100%" |valign="top" width="50%"| ;In: |valign="top" width="50%"| ;Out: |} {{-}} {{Fs start}} {{Fs player | no=17 | nat=Lithuania | pos=MF | name=[[Vadimas Petrenko]] | other=on loan from [[FBK Kaunas]]}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs end}} ===Reserves=== {{dablink|See [[FC Levadia II Tallinn]].}} ==Notable former players== * {{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Andrei Krasnopjorov]] * {{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Dmitri Kruglov]] * {{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Artur Kotenko]] * {{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Sergei Pareiko]] * {{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Ats Purje]] * {{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Eduard Ratnikov]] * {{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Darius Regelskis]] * {{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Kaimar Saag]] * {{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Maksim Smirnov]] * {{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Modestas Stonys]] * {{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Mark Švets]] * {{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Konstantin Vassiljev]] * {{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Vladimir Voskoboinikov]] ''See also: {{cl|FC Levadia Tallinn players}}'' * A complete list of all the Club's former players can be found [http://www.fclevadia.ee/dyna/site/501est.html here] ==Coaches== {| class="wikitable" ! Season ! Country ! Name |- |1999-00 |{{flagicon|Estonia}} |[[Sergei Ratnikov]] |- |2000 |{{flagicon|Estonia}} |[[Ants Kommussaar]] |- |2000 |{{flagicon|Estonia}} |[[Eduard Võrk]] |- |2001 |{{flagicon|Russia}} |[[Valeri Bondarenko]] |- |2002 |{{flagicon|Finland}} |[[Pasi Rautiainen]] |- |2003 |{{flagicon|Italy}} |[[Franco Pancheri]] |- |2003-2008 |{{flagicon|Estonia}} |[[Tarmo Rüütli]] |- |2008-present |{{flagicon|Estonia}} |[[Igor Prins]] |} ''See also: {{cl|FC Levadia Tallinn managers}}'' ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{en icon}} {{et icon}} {{ru icon}} [http://www.fclevadia.ee/ FC Levadia official website] * [http://www.uefa.com/footballEurope/Club=77482/domestic.html FC Levadia's page at uefa.com] * [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEFACup/news/Kind=1/newsId=448982.html uefa.com: Levadia clear historic hurdle] {{fb start}} {{Estonian Meistriliiga teamlist}} {{Baltic League 2008}} {{Champions League 2007-08}} {{Football in Estonia}} {{fb end}} [[Category:Estonian football clubs|Levadia Tallinn]] [[Category:Meistriliiga clubs|Levadia Tallinn]] [[Category:FC Levadia Tallinn|Levadia Tallinn]] [[Category:Football (soccer) clubs established in 1999]] [[Category:Tallinn]] [[cs:FC Levadia Tallinn]] [[de:Levadia Tallinn]] [[et:FC Levadia Tallinn]] [[es:FC Levadia Tallinn]] [[fr:FC Levadia Tallinn]] [[id:FC Levadia Tallinn]] [[it:Levadia Tallinn]] [[ko:FC 레바디아 탈린]] [[lt:FC Levadia Tallinn]] [[nl:FC Levadia Tallinn]] [[pl:Levadia Tallinn]] [[ru:Левадия (футбольный клуб)]] [[fi:FC Levadia Tallinn]] [[zh:塔林利瓦迪亚足球俱乐部]]