FC Santos Tartu

Tartu Santos

Full name	Football Club Tartu Santos
Founded	2006[1]
Ground	Tamme Stadium
Capacity	1,750
Chairman	Meelis Eelmäe
Manager	Algimantas Liubinskas
League	Esiliiga
2016	Esiliiga, 6th
Home colours Away colours

Football Club Tartu Santos is an Estonian football club based in Tartu. Their home ground is Tamme Stadium.

History

In 2014 Santos, while competing in the third tier of Estonian football, reached the 2013–14 Estonian Cup final. Their opponent in the final was the reigning Estonian champion FC Levadia, already qualified for the Champions League, therefore Santos qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League as cup runner-up. Santos went out on aggregate 13–1 to Tromso of Norway but scored their first ever goal in European competition leading to much dancing on the streets of Tartu.^[2]

Because of their appearance in the 2013–14 Estonian Cup final, Santos also qualified for the Estonian Supercup at the start of the 2015 season. They faced 2014 Meistriliiga champions FC Levadia Tallinn. The match took place on 3 March 2015 and finished in a 5–0 defeat for Santos.

Players

Current squad

As of 15 April 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 Rene Sütt 2 DF Aaviste Jarmo 3 MF Õigus Karl Rudolf 4 DF Vool Ander 6 DF Kutsarev Dmitri 9 FW Alar Alve 10 MF Taavi Vellemaa (captain) 11 MF Soomets Markus 12 DF Kenn Laas 13 MF Kallandi Kaarel

No. Position Player 16 GK Meus Oskar 17 FW Mikk Laas 19 FW Robert Pluum 20 FW Karl-Erik Vidaja 22 DF Siim Roops 23 MF Joonas Kartsep 24 MF Pelska Frederik 25 DF Eero Eessaar 26 MF Alex Meinhard 27 FW Edvin Johannes Piirsalu

Honours

Domestic

• Esiliiga B

Runners-up (1): 2014

• II Liiga

Winner (3): 2006, 2008, 2013

• III Liiga

Winner (1): 2005

• IV Liiga

Winner (1): 2004

• V Liiga

Winner (1): 2003

• Estonian Cup

Runners-up (1): 2014

UEFA club competition results

European record

Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Europa League	2	0	0	2	1	13

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Tromsø	0–7	1–6	1–13

Notes

• 1Q: First qualifying round

Santos in Estonian Football

Season	League	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Top Goalscorer(s)	Cup	Notes
2003	V Liiga	1	16	16	0	0	89	16	+73	48			as Tartu Välk 494
2004	IV Liiga	1	18	16	1	1	71	22	+49	49
2005	III Liiga	1	22	19	1	2	89	25	+64	58	Iivo Müürsepp Roomer Tarajev (11)
2006	II Liiga	1	28	18	5	5	94	37	+57	59	Martin Maks (17)
2007	Esiliiga	9	36	7	8	21	49	93	–44	29		1/8
FC Santos and Tartu Välk 494 merged to FC Santos
2008	II Liiga	1	26	18	4	4	74	44	+30	58	Taavi Vellemaa (15)	1/32	as FC Santos
2009−2012	Did not participate
2013	II Liiga	1	26	24	1	1	138	16	+122	73	Alar Alve (25)	-	as FC Santos Tartu
2014	Esiliiga B	2	36	32	0	4	161	27	+134	96	Yuriy Vereshchak (43)	F
2015	Esiliiga	8	36	12	6	18	56	83	-27	42	Alar Alve Taavi Vellemaa (11)	1/64

Coaches

Name	Career
Mikk Laas	1 January 2014 – 21 April 2014
Algimantas Liubinskas	21 April 2014 –

References

1. http://fcsantos.ee/index.php/et/klubist/iseloomustus
2. "Teisena pääses karikafinaali Santos". Estonian Football Association. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
3. "Meeskond". fcsantos.ee. Retrieved 15 April 2014.

External links

• Official Website