FC Flora (women)

Flora
Full name MTÜ Jalgpalliklubi FC Flora[1]
Ground Lilleküla Stadium
Capacity 9,692 [2]
Manager Aleksandra Ševoldajeva
League Naiste Meistriliiga
2017 2nd
Website Club website

FC Flora Tallinn, commonly known as Flora Tallinn, or simply as Flora, is a football club, based in Tallinn, Estonia, that competes in the Naiste Meistriliiga.

Established in 1997 as the women's football division of Flora. The team has won 3 Estonian Women's Cups and 2 Estonian Women's Supercups.

History

Founded in March 1997 as Flora ladies team, Flora Naiskond played their first league game in the following month against the defending champions Pärnu, losing 0–3. Despite this, the team went on to enjoy some early success as Flora finished third in the 1998 season. Flora managed to repeat this feat in the next two seasons in 1999 and 2000.[3]

The following seasons were more disappointing as Flora finished 4th in 2001 and 2002 and 5th in 2003. Problems deepened during the winter of 2003 and Flora had to start the 2004 season without a manager before Anders Süvari, who had coached the team before, returened in summer. Despite this the team managed to win their first 4 league games. Revitalized, Flora once again challenged the top 3 but missed out narrowly, losing 2–3 in the penultimate round and leaving the team just two points away from the bronze medals. Late in the season, Süvari was replaced by Allan Soomets who remained as coach until the 2012 season. Since December 2012 the team has been coached by Richard Barnwell.[3]

Flora finished the league third in 2007 and the 2008 season and have been runners-up consecutively since 2008 but are yet to win the league. Flora has been more successful in the Estonian Women's Cup, winning the competition in 2013 by defeating league rivals Pärnu 2–0 in the finals.[4] On 1 December 2015, Aleksandra Ševoldajeva was appointed as manager.

Honours

Winners (3): 2007, 2008, 2013
Winners (2): 2009, 2010

Players

Current squad

As of 1 April 2017.[5]

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

No. Position Player
1 Estonia GK Mari-Ann Ploompuu
5 Estonia DF Liis Lepik
6 Estonia MF Katrin Loo (captain)
8 Estonia MF Marie Heleen Lisette Kikkas
10 Estonia DF Silja Goroško
13 Estonia MF Lisette Tammik
14 Estonia MF Kethy Õunpuu
15 Estonia DF Ragne Hindrimäe
16 Estonia FW Triin Väljataga
17 Estonia MF Eneli Vals
20 Estonia MF Ariina Mürkhain
23 Estonia FW Sandra Paulberg
No. Position Player
24 Estonia DF Carmen Kaidi Jõeleht
28 Estonia DF Kristiina Tullus
30 Estonia DF Siret Räämet
33 Estonia MF Kelly Rosen
35 Estonia DF Liis Karlson
37 Estonia GK Tatjana Lebedeva
38 Estonia DF Nora Anete Müller
40 Estonia MF Kerlin Rassadkin
44 Estonia DF Birgit Allmere
61 Estonia FW Getter Saar
72 Estonia MF Mari Liis Lillemäe

Management

Current technical staff

Position Name
Manager Estonia Aleksandra Ševoldajeva
Assistant manager Estonia Ats Kutter

References

  1. ↑ "FC Flora Tallinn". The-sports.org. Info Média Conseil. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "A. Le Coq Arena". fcflora.ee. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Naiskond läbi aegade" [Women's team throughout the time] (in Estonian). FC Flora. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "VIDEO: Naiste karikafinaalis triumfeeris Tallinna FC Flora!" [FC Flora Tallinn triumphed in Estonian Women's Cup final]. Estonian Football Association (in Estonian). Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "TALLINNA FC FLORA (N) (2017)". Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
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