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| Full name | Jalgpalliklubi Tabasalu [1] | ||
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| Founded | 23 November 2012 | ||
| Ground | Tabasalu Arena, Tabasalu | ||
| Capacity | 1,630 | ||
| Manager | Alan Arruda | ||
| League | Esiliiga | ||
| 2023 | Esiliiga, 5th of 10 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
Jalgpalliklubi Tabasalu, commonly known as Tabasalu, is an Estonian football club based in Tabasalu, Harku Parish. [2] The club competes in Esiliiga, the second tier of Estonian football. Tabasalu's home ground is Tabasalu Arena.
The football club was founded on 23 November 2012 and its first seasons in the Estonian league system were quite successful: they finished second in their debut seasons in IV liiga and III liiga. In 2018, Tabasalu hired former FCI Levadia coach Marko Kristal [3] as manager and quickly became II liiga's title contenders. During the 2018 season, while playing in the fourth division, Tabasalu had an average attendance of 321 people, which was Estonia's fourth largest home average at the time. The year ended with them finishing third, but due to Paide Linnameeskond III not wanting to get promoted, they were given the opportunity to take part in promotion play-offs. They got through to the final thanks to FCI Tallinn using an unavailable player. [4] In the final round they played against Lasnamäe Ajax, who they managed to beat 3–0 and 4–1 and were therefore promoted to the top three leagues. [5]
In their debut season in Esiliiga B, they were last-placed after 17 rounds, but managed to start gaining points and rose to seventh by the end of the year with nine points ahead of relegation places. Throughout the year, Tabasalu's youth players had trials in Bologna, [6] Chievo Verona [7] and Padova. [8] After the season, Marko Kristal joined Nõmme Kalju. [9] The club reached the Estonian Cup quarter-finals in the following year and finished fourth in the 2020 Esiliiga B season. They were again given the option to play in the promotion play-offs, but this time lost 2–8 on aggregate to Pärnu JK. Tabasalu finished the 2022 Esiliiga B season in 2nd place, narrowly losing the title in the last second of the final matchday against FC Tallinn. [10]
On 19 October 2022, whilst competing in the Estonian third tier, Tabasalu notably knocked out top flight club Nõmme Kalju FC from the Estonian Cup by winning 1–0. [11] The club reached the 2022–23 Estonian Cup semi-finals, where they lost to the eventual winners Narva Trans 0–1 at home. [12]
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| Season | Division | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Top Goalscorer | Estonian Cup | Notes |
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| 2013 | IV liiga N | 2 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 78 | 27 | +51 | 48 |  Kersten Lõppe (19) | as Tallinna JK Charma Mööbel | |
| 2014 | III liiga N | 2 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 64 | 29 | +35 | 48 | Tanel Tammemägi (13) | as Tallinna JK Charma | |
| 2015 | II liiga N/E | 6 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 67 | −10 | 37 | Martin Tšegodajev (7) | Third round | as Tabasalu JK Charma |
| 2016 | 5 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 43 | Edwin Stüf (9) | First round | ||
| 2017 | II liiga S/W | 3 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 77 | 52 | +25 | 48 | Andrus Mitt (17) | – | as JK Tabasalu |
| 2018 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 54 | Edwin Stüf (19) | – | ||
| 2019 | Esiliiga B | 7 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 77 | 79 | –2 | 43 | Kersten Lõppe (13) | Quarter-finals | |
| 2020 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 51 | Sten Jakob Viidas (14) | Fourth round | ||
| 2021 | 6 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 60 | 64 | –4 | 41 | Tristan Pajo (16) | – | ||
| 2022 | 2 | 36 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 120 | 50 | +70 | 79 | Tristan Pajo (30) | Quarter-finals | ||
| 2023 | Esiliiga | 5 | 36 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 81 | 70 | +11 | 55 | Peeter Klein (16) | Semi-finals |
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The 2016 Meistriliiga was the 26th season of the Meistriliiga, the highest division of Estonian football system. The season began on 4 March 2016 and concluded on 5 November 2016.
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The 2017 Meistriliiga was the 27th season of the Meistriliiga, the top Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 3 March 2017 and concluded on 4 November 2017. FCI Tallinn began the season as defending champions of the 2016 season.
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The 2018 Meistriliiga was the 28th season of the Meistriliiga, the highest division of Estonian football system. The season was scheduled to begin on 25 February 2018, but was postponed due to a cold wave. On 3 March, the season began with four out of five second round matches held in indoor arena. This marked the first time Estonian league football was played indoor. The season concluded on 10 November 2018. Flora were the defending champions. Nõmme Kalju won their 2nd Meistriliiga title completing an entire season undefeated.
This page summarizes 2018 in Estonian football.
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This page summarizes 2019 in Estonian football.
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The 2021–22 Estonian Cup was the 32nd season of the Estonian main domestic football knockout tournament. Paide Linnameeskond won their first title and qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.
This page summarizes everything related to Estonian football in the year 2022. It contains information about different league systems, national teams, futsal, beach football and most important transfers.
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