Rakvere JK Tarvas, commonly known as Rakvere Tarvas, or simply as Tarvas, is an Estonian football club based in Rakvere.

Rakvere JK Tarvas
Full nameRakvere Jalgpalliklubi Tarvas
Founded2004; 20 years ago (2004), as Virumaa JK Rakvere
GroundRakvere Stadium
Capacity1,785[1]
ChairmanReijo Kuusik
ManagerTarmo Rebane
LeagueII liiga
2022II liiga N/E, 2nd
Websitehttp://www.jktarvas.ee

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.

History

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FC Flora Rakvere crest (2008–2010)

The club was founded in 2004 as Virumaa Jalgpalliklubi Rakvere (English: Virumaa Football Club Rakvere). 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 the Esiliiga and finished the 2012 season in third place. In promotion games against JK Tallinna Kalev Tarvas lost 1–3 on aggregate. Tarvas finished the 2013 Esiliiga season in 4th place but were beaten in the promotion play-offs by Tammeka 2–6 on aggregate. In July 2014, Valeri Bondarenko was hired as manager.[2] Tarvas finished the 2015 Esiliiga season in 4th place and was promoted to the Meistriliiga for the first time in history. Tarvas earned just 1 point in first 14 Meistriliiga games. On 4 June 2016, Valeri Bondarenko was sacked and replaced as manager by Urmas Kirs, who coached the team in 2008. With new coach Tarvas earned another two draws and finished season at the bottom of the table.

Players

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Current squad

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As of 10 March 2018.[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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

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Personnel

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Internationals

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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

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League and Cup

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Season Division Pos Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Avg. Att. 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 66   Alar Petrovits (11) Second round
2010 9 36 10 3 23 45 95 −50 21 26   Alar Petrovits (11) Second round
2011 II liiga 1 26 22 2 2 100 29 +71 68 76   Joonas Ljaš (27) Third round as Rakvere JK Tarvas
2012 Esiliiga 3 36 21 5 10 66 58 +8 68 137   Joonas Ljaš (14) Fourth round
2013 4 36 16 8 12 68 58 +10 56 132   Henri Hang (11) Third round
2014 8 36 12 10 14 61 65 −4 46 106   Sergei Akimov (21) First round
2015 4 36 12 11 13 52 53 −1 47 173   Sergei Akimov (16) Third round
2016 Meistriliiga 10 36 0 3 33 15 113 −98 3 205   Märten Kuusk
  Siim Rannamäe
  Juhan Jograf Siim (2)
Third round
2017 Esiliiga 3 36 21 4 11 66 57 +9 67 112   Joonas Ljaš (22) Third round
2018 5 36 14 10 12 59 60 −1 52 99   Siim Rannamäe (12) Fourth round
2019 8 36 8 4 24 35 98 −63 28 84   Siim Rannamäe (12) Second round
2020 Esiliiga B 10 30 3 1 26 26 96 −70 10 78   Nevil Krimm (7) First round
2021 II liiga N/E 9 23 7 6 10 38 42 −4 27 35   Roland Pakaste (8) Second round
2022 2 26 18 4 4 60 20 +40 58 61   Roland Pakaste
  Mattias Roop (9)
Second round

References

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  1. ^ "Rakvere staadion" (in Estonian). Eesti Spordiregister. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "RAKVERE JK TARVAS (2017)". Estonian Football Association. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
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