FC Infonet

Infonet

Full name	FC Infonet
Founded	29 January 2002
Ground	Infonet Lasnamäe Stadium
Capacity	400
President	Andrew Leshkin
Manager	Aleksandr Pushtov
League	Meistriliiga
2016	Meistriliiga, 1st
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

FC Infonet Tallinn, commonly known as Infonet Tallinn, or simply as Infonet, is a professional football club, based in Lasnamäe, Tallinn, Estonia.

Founded in 2002, the club has played in the Meistriliiga since 2013 and have never been relegated from the Estonian top division. Infonet won the 2016 Meistriliiga season.

History

The club was founded on 29 January 2002. Before the 2011 Esiliiga season, the club merged with FC Bercy and FC Atletik and Aleksandr Pushtov was hired as manager. Infonet finished the 2011 season in second place but were beaten in the promotion play-offs by Kuressaare 1–5 on aggregate. Infonet won the 2012 Esiliiga season and was promoted to the Meistriliiga. The club finished its first season in the Estonian top division in 6th place. On 13 July 2015, Infonet beat amateur side Virtsu 36–0 in a 2015–16 Estonian Cup match, equalling Arbroath's 130 year old record for the largest margin of victory.^[1] Infonet made its European debut in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, but was defeated by Heart of Midlothian 3–6 on aggregate in the first qualifying round. Infonet won the 2016 Meistriliiga season, amassing 80 points.^[2]

Crest

• 

  Until 2016

Honours

Domestic

• Meistriliiga

Winners (1): 2016

• Esiliiga

Winners (1): 2012

Runners-up (1): 2011

Players

First-team squad

As of 24 July 2016.^[3]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Matvei Igonen 2 DF Andrei Kalimullin (captain) 4 DF Vladimir Avilov (vice-captain) 5 DF Ofosu Appiah 6 MF Haminu Draman 7 DF Aleksandr Volodin 8 FW Vladimir Voskoboinikov 9 MF Yevgeni Kharin 10 MF Sergei Mošnikov 12 DF Aleksandr Kulinitš 14 MF Denis Vnukov

No. Position Player 15 FW Eduard Golovljov 16 GK Mihhail Lavrentjev 20 MF Pavel Dõmov 21 MF Sergei Tumasyan 22 FW Artur Rättel 23 DF Dmitri Kruglov 25 GK Maksim Zelentsov 27 MF Aleksandr Dmitrijev 30 MF Roman Sobtšenko (on loan from Flora) 33 MF Nikolai Mašitšev

Reserves and academy

Personnel

Current technical staff Position Name Manager Aleksandr Pushtov Assistant manager Sergei Bragin

Managerial history Manager Career Andrei Borissov 2011 Aleksandr Pushtov 2011–

Statistics

League and Cup

Season	Division	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Top goalscorer	Cup	Avg. Att.
2006	IV liiga	1	15	12	1	2	70	14	+56	37
2007	III liiga	5	22	11	4	7	68	46	+22	37	Vadim Talama (14)	First round
2008	III liiga	7	20	7	3	10	36	46	–10	24		First round
2009	III liiga	1	22	21	1	0	113	28	+85	64	Aleksandr Altosar (31)	Second round
2010	II liiga	2	24	18	1	5	78	32	+46	55	Nikolai Glebov (18)	Fourth round
2011	Esiliiga	2	36	19	11	6	101	47	+54	68	Maksim Rõtškov (40)	Third round	75
2012	Esiliiga	1	36	26	5	5	94	33	+61	83	Manucho (31)	Third round	87
2013	Meistriliiga	6	36	10	8	18	36	56	–20	38	Manucho (6)	Fourth round	168
2014	Meistriliiga	5	36	19	9	8	80	44	+36	66	Manucho (30)	Semifinalist	168
2015	Meistriliiga	4	36	17	11	8	50	32	+18	62	Vladislavs Kozlovs (12)	Fourth round	246
2016	Meistriliiga	1	36	24	8	4	74	33	+41	80	Vladimir Voskoboinikov (12)	Third round

Europe

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Heart of Midlothian	2–4	1–2	3–6

References

1. "Estonian team thrash rivals 36-0 equalling Arbroath FC's 130 year old record for biggest win". Daily Mirror. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
2. "Eesti meister on Infonet". Soccernet.ee. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
3. "FC Infonet". Jalgpall.ee. Retrieved 5 March 2016.

External links

• Official website