FC Santos Tartu

Football Club Tartu Santos is an Estonian football club based in Tartu. Their home ground is Holm Park.

Tartu Santos

Full name	Football Club Tartu Santos
Founded	2006[1]
Dissolved	2019
Ground	Tartu Annelinna kunstmurustaadion[2]
Chairman	Meelis Eelmäe
Manager	Janar Sagim
2019	II liiga E/N, 14th
Home colours Away colours

Former logo

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.^[3] Santos went out on aggregate 1–13 to Tromsø of Norway but scored their first ever goal in a European competition.

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.

After the 2018 Esiliiga season, the club decided to continue as a full-amateur team and drop 2 leagues lower to II liiga.^[4]

Players

Current squad

As of 11 April 2017.^[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  EST Ermo Ojaste 2 DF  EST Frederik Pelska 5 MF  EST Karl Õigus 6 DF  EST Kaarel Kallandi 7 FW  EST Jarmo Aaviste 8 MF  EST Mark-Sandor Kolts 12 DF  EST Kenn Laas 14 FW  EST Rene Prans 15 MF  EST Alex Meinhard 16 MF  EST Joonas Luts

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  EST Markus Soomets 19 FW  EST Robert Pluum 21 FW  EST Ander Vool 22 DF  EST Siim Roops 23 MF  EST Joonas Kartsep (captain) 25 MF  EST Karl Markus Koivastik 27 DF  EST Kevin Märtmaa 31 DF  EST Marten Zovo 92 DF  EST Oskar Meus 99 FW  EST Karl-Erik Vidaja

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

Statistics

League and Cup

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)	F	as FC Santos Tartu
2014	Esiliiga B	2	36	32	0	4	161	27	+134	96	Yuriy Vereshchak (43)	1/64
2015	Esiliiga	8	36	12	6	18	56	83	−27	42	Alar Alve Taavi Vellemaa (11)	1/4
2016		6	36	16	1	19	63	70	−7	49	Alex Meinhard (14)	1/64
2017		8	36	13	4	19	75	74	+1	43	Alex Meinhard (22)	1/32
2018		7	36	11	8	17	47	68	-21	41	Kristofer Reinberg (11)	1/16

Coaches

Name	Career
Mikk Laas	1 January 2014 – 21 April 2014
Algimantas Liubinskas	21 April 2014 – 31 December 2014

References

1. "FC Santos Tartu » Iseloomustus". Archived from the original on 2013-04-12. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
2. "Võistkond". jalgpall.ee.
3. "Teisena pääses karikafinaali Santos". Estonian Football Association. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
4. Elissaar, Kasper (12 November 2018). "Taas ärakukkumine tippjalgpallis: Santos jätkab madalamates liigades". Soccernet.ee.
5. "Meeskond". fcsantos.ee. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.

External links

• Official Website