Tallinna JK Legion

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TJK Legion
Logo of Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi Legion.png
Full nameTallinna Jalgpalli Klubi Legion
Founded5 May 1921;103 years ago (1921-05-05) as Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi
4 January 2008 as TJK Legion
Ground Sportland Arena
Capacity1,198
ManagerDenis Belov
League Esiliiga B
2024 Esiliiga B, 3rd of 10
Website http://www.legion.ee/

Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi Legion, or simply TJK Legion, is an Estonian football club based in Tallinn. On 4 January 2008, Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi and Tallinna SK Legion merged into this club. The club competes in Esiliiga B, the third-highest division in the Estonian football.

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TJK Legion's predecessor is the two-time Estonian champion Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi.

History

Predecessor Tallinna JK

Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi, or TJK in short, was founded on 5 May 1921 and were one of the founding members of the Estonian Football Championship in 1921. In many ways, TJK were the pioneers in Estonian football. They became the first football club in Estonia to appoint a foreign coach and constructed the first modern football stadium in Estonia, the TJK Stadium.

The club became Estonian champions twice, winning the championship in 1926 and 1928, also later winning the Estonian Cup in 1939. TJK was the home club for a number of Estonian internationals, with Eduard Ellmann-Eelma, Richard Kuremaa and Arnold Pihlak being the most well-known.

Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi was disbanded in 1941 due to World War II and re-established in 1992, after which the club was renowned for its successful youth system and was the starting point for famous Estonian internationals Konstantin Vassiljev, Tarmo Kink and Dmitri Kruglov.

Merger into Tallinna JK Legion

In 2008, Tallinna JK and SK Legion merged and the club was named Tallinna JK Legion. Legion continued to focus on youth football. In 2017, TJK Legion set their sights on improving their senior football team's situation, which at the time played in II Liiga, the fourth tier of Estonian football. In consecutive years, TJK Legion won II Liiga, Esiliiga B and Esiliiga and were promoted to Meistriliiga for the 2020 season.

In their first season in Meistriliiga, the club finished 7th. In the following 2021 season, Legion finished in 5th place and accumulated 40 points in 32 matches. However, due to serious problems in the licensing process, the Estonian FA announced that Legion will start the 2022 season with −4 points and imposed a restriction on signing and registering new players. [1] Despite the 4 point deduction and unexperienced young squad, Legion finished the season in 9th place and avoided direct relegation. However, on 23 December 2022 it was announced that TJK Legion will not continue in the Premium Liiga due to financial difficulties and will play the following season in the second division Esiliiga. [2]

Players

Current squad

As of 25 September 2023. [3] 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 Sergei Bolgov
2 MF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Martin Eensalu(on loan from Levadia Tallinn)
4 DF Flag of Lithuania.svg  LTU Daniel Gasinski(on loan from Levadia Tallinn)
11 MF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Kirill Belenikin
12 DF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Nikita Salamatov
13 MF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Arseni Terletski
14 FW Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Andre Balta
15 DF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Danil Pankov
17 MF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Vladyslav Panov
21 MF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Daniel Fedotov
25 MF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Leonid Arhipov
27 FW Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Dmytro Ivanov
30 DF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Aleksandr Volodin
31 FW Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Ivan Timofejev
No.Pos.NationPlayer
33 MF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Dmytro Samborskyi
34 DF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Mark Havier
35 GK Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Martin Zukov
38 DF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Lev Visman
39 FW Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Vladimir Ištšenko
47 MF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Kirill Vinogradov
51 FW Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Denis Ruus
59 MF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Andrei Borissov
66 FW Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Vsevolod Pochekutov
75 DF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Steven Mäearu
77 MF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Andrei Bestpomostsnov
88 FW Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Nikolai Kulikov
92 DF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Mihhail Tosjatov

Out on loan

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
— MF Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Nikita Ivanov(at Nõmme Kalju)
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— FW Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Nikita Kondratski(at Levadia U21)

Personnel

Honours

League

Youth (International)

Statistics

League and Cup

SeasonDivisionPosPldWDLGFGAGDPtsTop Goalscorer Estonian Cup
2008 II Liiga E/N 22620426824+4464 Flag of Estonia.svg Sergei Dõmov (10) –
2009 Esiliiga 636135186376−1344 Flag of Estonia.svg Maksim Kisseljov (17) –
2010 636116195781−2439 Flag of Estonia.svg Maksim Kisseljov (14) First round
2011 936762344104−6027 Flag of Estonia.svg Maksim Kisseljov
Flag of Estonia.svg Roman Sirotkin (10)		 Second round
2012 II Liiga E/N 42614756338+2549 Flag of Estonia.svg Maksim Gussev (15) Second round
2013 Esiliiga B 736135185577−2244 Flag of Estonia.svg Rauf-Roman Mikailov (8) First round
2014 1036762353111−5827 Flag of Estonia.svg Rauf-Roman Mikailov (10) Third round
2015 II Liiga E/N 143652194084−4817 Flag of Estonia.svg Maksim Kisseljov (6) –
2016 836111145561-634 Flag of Estonia.svg Stefan Tšendei (14) Second round
2017 136193411939+8060 Flag of Estonia.svg Rejal Alijev (33) Second round
2018 Esiliiga B 136322212531+9498 Flag of Estonia.svg Rejal Alijev (20) Fourth round
2019 Esiliiga 136285312735+9289 Flag of Estonia.svg Rejal Alijev (38) Second round
2020 Meistriliiga 73087152644-1831 Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Andreev (10) Second round
2021 532117144948+140 Flag of Estonia.svg Aleksandr Šapovalov (11) Fourth round
2022 93668223482-4822 Flag of Estonia.svg Nikita Ivanov (11) Quarter-finals
2023 Esiliiga 93656253797-6021 Flag of Estonia.svg Denis Ruus (10) Third round

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References

  1. ↑ Ilves, Kris (2022-02-26). "Legion alustab Premium liiga hooaega nelja miinuspunktiga (+ uute mängijate registreerimise piirang!)". Soccernet.ee - Jalgpall luubi all!. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  2. ↑ "Legion esitas avalduse Esiliigas osalemiseks". jalgpall.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  3. ↑ "TJK Legion (2022)". jalgpall.ee. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
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