Maardu Linnameeskond

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Maardu Linnameeskond
Logo of Maardu FC Starbunker.png
Full nameMaardu Linnameeskond
Founded1997;26 years ago (1997)
Ground Maardu Stadium
Capacity1.000
ChairmanAleksandr Matvejev
Manager Algimantas Briaunys
League II liiga
2022 II liiga, 4th

Maardu Linnameeskond is a football club based in Maardu, Estonia. The team compete in the II liiga, the fourth tier of the Estonian football league system. They adopted their current name in 2016, before being promoted to the Estonian top tier Meistriliiga for the first time in 2019. They were relegated the following season and played in Esiliiga for the next two seasons. After winning 2021 Esiliiga they should have been promoted to Meistriliiga, but due to financial reasons they waived the opportunity and were relegated to II liiga, taking their reserve squad's place. [1]

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Honours

Domestic

Winners (3): 2017, 2018, 2021
Winners (1): 2015
Winners (1): 2013
Winners (1): 2011
Third place (4): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Third place (1): 2006

Players

Current squad

As of 12 August 2021. [2]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Vitali Teleš
4 DF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Klymentiy Boldyrev
5 DF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Anton Aristov
6 FW Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Denis Maksimenko
7 MF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Vladislav Ogordnik
8 MF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Maksim Krivošein
9 FW Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Vitali Gussev
10 MF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Timur Bulavkin
11 MF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Ilja Zelentsov(captain)
No.Pos.NationPlayer
14 DF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Erik Grigorjev
16 MF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Vadim Aksjonov
17 MF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Roman Sobtšenko
18 MF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Vadim Mihhailov
22 DF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Dmitri Kruglov
23 DF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Aleksandr Shevchenko
24 MF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Kirill Vinogradov
69 GK Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Ilja Kassjantšuk

Personnel

Statistics

League and Cup

SeasonDivisionPosPldWDLGFGAGDPtsTop goalscorer Cup Notes
2006 IV liiga E 322151610836+7246 Flag of Estonia.svg Vjatšeslav Gušinets (29)as Maardu Esteve
2007 III liiga E 322180412337+8654 Flag of Estonia.svg Tõnis Starkopf (43) Second round
200832013436537+2843 Flag of Estonia.svg Tõnis Starkopf (23) Fourth round
200932217059939+6051 Flag of Estonia.svg Maksim Krivošein (34) Third round
201032214449037+5346 Flag of Estonia.svg Maksim Krivošein (29) Second round as FC Maardu
201112219217818+6059 Flag of Estonia.svg Maksim Krivošein (19)
2012 II liiga N/E 82694136261+131 Flag of Estonia.svg Vadim Šalabai (12) Fourth round
201312419238029+5159 Flag of Ukraine.svg Klimentiy Boldyrev (26) Third round as Maardu FC Starbunker
2014 Esiliiga B 536162187085−1550 Flag of Ukraine.svg Klimentiy Boldyrev (14) Second round
2015 13626379238+5481 Flag of Ukraine.svg Klimentiy Boldyrev (25) Fourth round
2016 Esiliiga 436166148375+854 Flag of Estonia.svg Vitali Gussev (31) Second round as Maardu Linnameeskond
2017 1 [3] 3624579244+4877 Flag of Estonia.svg Vitali Gussev (38) Second round
2018 136291612638+8888 Flag of Estonia.svg Vitali Gussev (46) First round
2019 Meistriliiga 1036452730118–8817 Flag of Nigeria.svg Jasper Uwaegbulam (10) Quarter-final
2020 Esiliiga 23220486845+2364 Flag of Estonia.svg Ilja Zelentsov (22) Third round
2021 13023439930+6973 Flag of Estonia.svg Vitali Gussev (21) Quarter-final

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