Rakvere JK Tarvas

Rakvere Tarvas

Full name	Rakvere Jalgpalliklubi Tarvas
Founded	2004;21 years ago (2004), as Virumaa JK Rakvere
Ground	Rakvere linnastaadion
Capacity	1,785 [1]
President	Aleksandr Holst
Manager	Tarmo Rebane
League	II liiga
2024	II liiga N/E, 3rd of 14
Website	http://www.jktarvas.ee
Home colours Away colours

Rakvere Jalgpalliklubi Tarvas, commonly known as Rakvere Tarvas, or simply as Tarvas, is an Estonian football club based in Rakvere that competes in II liiga, the fourth tier of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Rakvere linnastaadion.

The club was founded in 2004 as Virumaa JK Rakvere. From 2008 until 2010, the club was named Rakvere FC Flora, and since 2011 Rakvere JK Tarvas. The club has competed in the Estonian top division Meistriliiga once, in 2016.

History

FC Flora Rakvere crest (2008–2010)

The club was founded in 2004 as Virumaa Jalgpalliklubi Rakvere (English: Virumaa Football Club Rakvere). ^[2] From 2008, Rakvere became affiliated with Flora and became Rakvere FC Flora. In 2011, the team name was changed to Tarvas (English: Aurochs ), which is the symbol of Rakvere and is derived from the historic name of the town, Tarvanpea (Aurochs' head). In 2012, Tarvas was promoted to Esiliiga and finished the 2012 season in third place. The club faced JK Tallinna Kalev in the promotion play-offs, but lost 1–3 on aggregate. Tarvas finished the 2013 Esiliiga season in 4th place but were beaten in the promotion play-offs by Tartu Tammeka 2–6 on aggregate. In July 2014, Valeri Bondarenko was hired as manager. ^[3]

Rakvere Tarvas finished the 2015 Esiliiga season in 4th place and as the three higher placed teams were reserve teams and thus ineligible for promotion, Tarvas were promoted to the Meistriliiga for the first time in their history. In the process, they became the first club from Lääne-Viru County to play in the Estonian top division. Tarvas earned just 1 point in their first 14 Meistriliiga games and on 4 June 2016, Bondarenko was sacked and replaced as manager by Urmas Kirs. Tarvas earned another two draws and finished the season at the bottom of the table with three points. For the following three seasons, Rakvere Tarvas competed in Esiliiga, before being relegated to Esiliiga B for 2020 and eventually dropping down to the fourth tier in 2021.

Players

Current squad

As of 10 March 2018. ^[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 MF   EST Alari Aunapuu 3 DF   EST Rain Ööpik 4 DF   EST Kaarel Saar(vice-captain) 6 DF   EST Mehis Vahero 8 DF   EST Taavi Münter 9 FW   EST Sergei Akimov 10 MF   EST German-Guri Lvov 11 MF   EST Toomas Kiis 15 FW   EST Siim Rannamäe 17 MF   EST Alari Tovstik 18 DF   EST Mihkel Saar 21 MF   EST Mario Kuokkanen

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF   EST Joonas Ljaš 23 MF   EST Madis Reimal 26 DF   EST Elar Tovstik 27 MF   EST Taavi Trasberg(captain) 28 MF   EST Dmitrii Baikov 30 GK   EST Sander Susi(vice-captain) 34 DF   EST Chris Martin 35 GK   RUS Artem Levizi 45 DF   EST Aleksei Larin(on loan from Tallinna Kalev) 69 DF   EST Mihkel Gull 91 FW   EST Henri Hang

Reserves and academy

Further information: Ambla Vallameeskond

Personnel

Current technical staff Position Name Manager Tarmo Rebane Assistant manager Reijo Kuusik Physiotherapist Hannalore Taal Medic Piret Elm

Managerial history Dates Name 2004–2005 Jaak Proosa 2005–2007 Ain Mets 2008 Mati Pari 2008 Urmas Kirs 2009 Sergei Zamogilnõi 2010 Jan Važinski 2011–2014 Reijo Kuusik 2014–2016 Valeri Bondarenko 2016–2017 Urmas Kirs 2017– Tarmo Rebane

Internationals

Player	Caps while at club	Period at club	Caps overall
Marko Meerits	1	2016	5
Kristian Marmor	0	2013	1
Toomas Tohver	0	2008	24
Mati Pari	0	2008	22
Märten Kuusk	0	2016	32

Statistics

League and Cup

Season	Division	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Top goalscorer	Cup	Notes
2004	V liiga	1	14	13	0	1	81	12	+69	39	Alar Petrovits (29)		as Rakvere JK
2005	III liiga	3	22	15	3	4	56	28	+28	48	Esko Brandt Reijo Kuusik (9)		as Virumaa JK Rakvere
2006		2	22	15	2	5	57	34	+23	47	Alar Petrovits (25)
2007	II liiga	2	26	16	4	6	75	36	+39	52	Alar Petrovits (25)	Third round
2008	Esiliiga	8	36	10	7	19	53	82	−29	37	Alar Petrovits (17)	Second round	as Rakvere FC Flora
2009		10	36	8	2	26	48	105	−57	20	Alar Petrovits (11)	Second round
2010		9	36	10	3	23	45	95	−50	21	Alar Petrovits (11)	Second round
2011	II liiga	1	26	22	2	2	100	29	+71	68	Joonas Ljaš (27)	Third round	as Rakvere JK Tarvas
2012	Esiliiga	3	36	21	5	10	66	58	+8	68	Joonas Ljaš (14)	Fourth round
2013		4	36	16	8	12	68	58	+10	56	Henri Hang (11)	Third round
2014		8	36	12	10	14	61	65	−4	46	Sergei Akimov (21)	First round
2015		4	36	12	11	13	52	53	−1	47	Sergei Akimov (16)	Third round
2016	Meistriliiga	10	36	0	3	33	15	113	−98	3	Märten Kuusk Siim Rannamäe Juhan Jograf Siim (2)	Third round
2017	Esiliiga	3	36	21	4	11	66	57	+9	67	Joonas Ljaš (22)	Third round
2018		5	36	14	10	12	59	60	−1	52	Siim Rannamäe (12)	Fourth round
2019		8	36	8	4	24	35	98	−63	28	Siim Rannamäe (12)	Second round
2020	Esiliiga B	10	30	3	1	26	26	96	−70	10	Nevil Krimm (7)	First round
2021	II liiga N/E	9	23	7	6	10	38	42	−4	27	Roland Pakaste (8)	Second round
2022		2	26	18	4	4	60	20	+40	58	Roland Pakaste Mattias Roop (9)	Second round
2023		3	26	18	4	4	97	24	+73	58	Roland Pakaste Mattias Roop (19)	Fourth round
2024		3	26	17	4	5	79	28	+51	55	Kennert Liblik (20)

References

1. "Rakvere staadion" (in Estonian). Eesti Spordiregister. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
2. "Ajalugu - Rakvere JK Tarvas". jktarvas.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 10 April 2025.
3. "Bondarenko maandus Tarvas" [Bondarenko lands in Tarvas] (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 3 July 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
4. "RAKVERE JK TARVAS (2017)". Estonian Football Association. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Team info at Estonian Football Association