2011 Estonia national football team

2011 Estonia national football team
Season	2011
Manager	Tarmo Rüütli
Captain	Raio Piiroja
Home stadium	A. Le Coq Arena
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Last updated November 15, 2024

The 2011 season was the 20th full year of competitive football in the Baltic country as an independent nation.

Matches

25 March 2011 Friendly	Estonia	2 – 0	Uruguay	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
19:00 UTC+2	Konstantin Vassiljev 61' Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko 65'	Report		Attendance: 6,817 Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)

29 March 2011 Euro 2012 qualifying	Estonia	1 – 1	Serbia	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
21:30 UTC+3	Konstantin Vassiljev 84'	Report	38' Marko Pantelić	Attendance: 5,185 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

3 June 2011 Euro 2012 qualifying	Italy	3 – 0	Estonia	Stadio Alberto Braglia, Modena
21:50 UTC+3	Giuseppe Rossi 21' Antonio Cassano 39' Giampaolo Pazzini 68'	Report		Attendance: 19,434 Referee: Alexandru Dan Tudor (Romania)

7 June 2011 Euro 2012 qualifying	Faroe Islands	2 – 0	Estonia	Svangaskarð, Toftir
21:30 UTC+3	Frodi Benjaminsen 43' (pen.) Arnbjørn Hansen 47'	Report		Attendance: 1,715 Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)

20 June 2011 Friendly	Chile	4 – 0	Estonia	Estadio Monumental, Santiago
02:00 UTC+3	Matías Fernández 21' Waldo Ponce 41' Humberto Suazo 45+1' (pen.) Alexis Sánchez 50'	Report		Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Martin Vazquez (Uruguay)

24 June 2011 Friendly	Uruguay	3 – 0	Estonia	Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
01:30 UTC+3	Martín Cáceres 12' Mikk Reintam 54' (o.g.) Nicolás Lodeiro 71'	Report		Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Saul Lavarni (Argentina)

10 August 2011 Friendly	Turkey	3 – 0	Estonia	Türk Telekom Arena, Istanbul
21:30 UTC+3	Emre Belözoğlu 8' (pen.) Colin Kazim-Richards 28', 35'	Report		Referee: Lee Probert (England)

2 September 2011 Euro 2012 qualifying	Slovenia	1 – 2	Estonia	Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
21:45 UTC+3	Tim Matavž 78'	Report	29' (pen.) Konstantin Vassiljev 81' Ats Purje	Attendance: 15,480 Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)

6 September 2011 Euro 2012 qualifying	Estonia	4 – 1	Northern Ireland	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
21:30 UTC+3	Martin Vunk 28' Tarmo Kink 32' Sergei Zenjov 59' Kaimar Saag 90+3'	Report	40' (o.g.) Raio Piiroja	Attendance: 8,660 Referee: Daniel Stalhammar (Sweden)

7 October 2011 Euro 2012 qualifying	Northern Ireland	1 – 2	Estonia	Windsor Park, Belfast
21:45 UTC+3	Steven Davis 22'	Report	77' (pen.), 84' Konstantin Vassiljev	Attendance: 12,604 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

11 October 2011 Friendly	Estonia	0 – 2	Ukraine	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
20:00 UTC+3		Report	45+1' Oleh Husyev 68' Oleksandr Aliyev	Attendance: 4,501 Referee: Robert Malek (Poland)

11 November 2011 Euro 2012 qual. play-offs	Estonia	0 – 4	Republic of Ireland	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
21:45 UTC+2		Report	13' Keith Andrews 67' Jonathan Walters 71', 88' (pen.) Robbie Keane	Attendance: 9,692 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

15 November 2011 Euro 2012 qual. play-offs	Republic of Ireland	1 – 1	Estonia	Aviva Stadium, Dublin
21:45 UTC+2	Stephen Ward 32'	Report	57' Konstantin Vassiljev	Attendance: 51,151 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Unofficial matches

Originally, the match against Bulgaria was recognised as a full international match by FIFA, but was later dismissed as the organizers were found guilty of match fixing. Referees Krisztián Selmeczi, János Csák and Kolos Lengyel were banned for life.^[1]

9 February 2011 Friendly	Bulgaria	2 – 2	Estonia	Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey
21:00 UTC+2	Popov 40' (pen.), 83' (pen.)	Report	20' (pen.), 80' (pen.) Vassiljev	Attendance: 200 Referee: Krisztián Selmeczi (Hungary)

25 May 2011 Friendly	Estonia	1 – 2	Basque Country	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
UTC+3	Tarmo Kink 58'	Report	51', 63' Aritz Aduriz	Attendance: 3,224 Referee: Anders Hermansen (Denmark)

Players

Debutants

Eight new players appeared for the men's national team, all in a friendly match against Chile on 20 June 2011:

Mikk Reintam (#220–222, JJK Jyväskylä) – started the match
Joonas Tamm (#220–222, IFK Norrköping) – started the match
Siim Tenno (#220–222, JK Tammeka Tartu) – started the match
Joel Indermitte (#223–226, FC Viljandi) – 63rd-minute substitute
Meelis Peitre (#223–226, FC Flora Tallinn) – 63rd-minute substitute
Albert Prosa (#223–226, JK Tammeka Tartu) – 63rd-minute substitute
Andrei Veis (#223–226, FC Viljandi) – 63rd-minute substitute
Henri Anier (#227, FC Flora Tallinn) – 75th-minute substitute

National team appearance number and club at the time of debut in brackets.

Statistics

Goalkeepers

Player^[2]	Pld	S	Min	GC	GC90	CS	YC	PS
Sergei Pareiko	10	10	868	17	1,76	1	2	1 (3)
Pavel Londak	2	2	180	4	2,00	0	0	0
Marko Meerits	1	1	90	4	4,00	0	0	0 (1)
Artur Kotenko	1	0	33	1	2,34	0	0	0

Outfield players

Player^[2]	Pld	S	Min	G	PG	A	YC	RC	OG
Dmitri Kruglov	13	12	956	0	0	1	0	0	0
Enar Jääger	11	11	900	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sander Puri	11	8	670	0	0	0	2	1	0
Jarmo Ahjupera	10	8	497	0	0	0	1	0	0
Konstantin Vassiljev	10	7	734	6	2 (3)	3	1	0	0
Tarmo Kink	10	7	604	1	0	1	1	0	0
Ragnar Klavan	9	9	810	0	0	0	1	0	0
Martin Vunk	9	9	780	1	0	0	2	0	0
Raio Piiroja	9	9	778	0	0	1	3	1	1
Ats Purje	9	1	295	1	0	0	1	0	0
Kaimar Saag	8	5	446	1	0	0	0	0	0
Taavi Rähn	7	7	630	0	0	0	3	0	0
Aleksandr Dmitrijev	6	6	528	0	0	1	1	0	0
Sergei Zenjov	6	3	317	1	0	1	2	0	0
Taijo Teniste	5	4	300	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrei Stepanov	4	3	231	0	0	0	2	1	0
Tihhon Šišov	4	2	259	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gert Kams	4	2	186	0	0	0	0	0	0
Karl Palatu	3	3	270	0	0	0	1	0	0
Sergei Mošnikov	3	1	112	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mikk Reintam	2	2	151	0	0	0	0	0	1
Joonas Tamm	2	2	141	0	0	0	0	0	0
Siim Luts	2	2	125	0	0	0	0	0	0
Siim Tenno	2	2	123	0	0	0	1	0	0
Vladimir Voskoboinikov	2	1	108	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joel Lindpere	2	1	83	0	0	0	0	0	0
Henri Anier	2	1	79	0	0	0	0	0	0
Meelis Peitre	2	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	0
Albert Prosa	2	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andres Oper	2	0	48	0	0	0	0	0	0
Igor Morozov	2	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joel Indermitte	2	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrei Veis	2	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alo Bärengrub	1	1	90	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrei Sidorenkov	1	1	90	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0

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References

↑ "Disciplinary Committee bans six match officials for life and Lisle Austin for one year". FIFA. 10 August 2011. Archived from the original on October 19, 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
1 2 "Koondiseaasta numbrites 2011 (uuendatud)" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2012.

External links

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[1] "Disciplinary Committee bans six match officials for life and Lisle Austin for one year". FIFA. 10 August 2011. Archived from the original on October 19, 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2012.

[kanr2011-2] 1 2 "Koondiseaasta numbrites 2011 (uuendatud)" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2012.

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