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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| Full name | Maardu Linnameeskond | ||
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| Founded | 1997 | ||
| Ground | Maardu Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 1.000 | ||
| Chairman | Aleksandr Matvejev | ||
| Manager | Algimantas Briaunys | ||
| League | II liiga | ||
| 2022 | II liiga, 4th | ||
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Honours edit
Domestic edit
- Winners (1): 2015
- Winners (1): 2013
- Third place (1): 2006
Players edit
Current squad edit
- 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.
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Personnel edit
Current technical staff edit
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Managerial history edit
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Statistics edit
League and Cup edit
| Season | Division | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Top goalscorer | Cup | Notes |
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| 2006 | IV liiga E | 3 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 108 | 36 | +72 | 46 |  Vjatšeslav Gušinets (29) |
as Maardu Esteve | |
| 2007 | III liiga E | 3 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 123 | 37 | +86 | 54 | Tõnis Starkopf (43) |
Second round | |
| 2008 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 65 | 37 | +28 | 43 | Tõnis Starkopf (23) |
Fourth round | ||
| 2009 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 99 | 39 | +60 | 51 | Maksim Krivošein (34) |
Third round | ||
| 2010 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 90 | 37 | +53 | 46 | Maksim Krivošein (29) |
Second round | as FC Maardu | |
| 2011 | 1 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 78 | 18 | +60 | 59 | Maksim Krivošein (19) |
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| 2012 | II liiga N/E | 8 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 62 | 61 | +1 | 31 | Vadim Šalabai (12) |
Fourth round | |
| 2013 | 1 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 80 | 29 | +51 | 59 |  Klimentiy Boldyrev (26) |
Third round | as Maardu FC Starbunker | |
| 2014 | Esiliiga B | 5 | 36 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 70 | 85 | −15 | 50 | Klimentiy Boldyrev (14) |
Second round | |
| 2015 | 1 | 36 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 92 | 38 | +54 | 81 | Klimentiy Boldyrev (25) |
Fourth round | ||
| 2016 | Esiliiga | 4 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 83 | 75 | +8 | 54 | Vitali Gussev (31) |
Second round | as Maardu Linnameeskond |
| 2017 | 1[3] | 36 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 92 | 44 | +48 | 77 | Vitali Gussev (38) |
Second round | ||
| 2018 | 1 | 36 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 126 | 38 | +88 | 88 | Vitali Gussev (46) |
First round | ||
| 2019 | Meistriliiga | 10 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 30 | 118 | –88 | 17 |  Jasper Uwaegbulam (10) |
Quarter-final | |
| 2020 | Esiliiga | 2 | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 68 | 45 | +23 | 64 | Ilja Zelentsov (22) |
Third round | |
| 2021 | 1 | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 99 | 30 | +69 | 73 | Vitali Gussev (21) |
Quarter-final |
References edit
- ^ "Eesti jalgpalli tugevuselt neljandas liigas muutusid koosseisud". Delfi. 17 February 2022.
- ^ "Maardu Linnameeskond (2021)". Eesti Jalgpalli Liit. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Maardu loobus Premium liigast, asemele tõuseb Kuressaare" (in Estonian). soccernet.ee. 18 December 2017.