Estonia national football team 2012

The 2012 season is the 21st full year of competitive football in the Baltic country as an independent nation.

Estonia national football team 2012
Season2012
ManagerTarmo Rüütli
CaptainRagnar Klavan
Home stadiumA. Le Coq Arena
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Matches

All times are Estonian (UTC+2/UTC+3).

1 March 2012 Friendly[n 1]El Salvador 0 – 2 EstoniaLos Angeles, United States
06:30[n 2] Report  71' Ragnar Klavan
 85' Gert Kams[1]		 Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)
25 May 2012 FriendlyCroatia 3 – 1 EstoniaPula
21:30 Vedran Ćorluka  16'
Nikola Kalinić  20'
Ognjen Vukojević  81'		 Report  83' Konstantin Vassiljev Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Mihaly Fabian (Hungary)
28 May 2012 Friendly[n 1]Ukraine 4 – 0 EstoniaKufstein, Austria
21:00 Andriy Yarmolenko  9'
Oleh Husyev  34' (pen.)
Andriy Voronin  41'
Artem Milevskiy  50'		 Report Stadium: Kufstein Arena
Attendance: 500
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
1 June 2012 2012 Baltic Cup[n 3]Estonia 1 – 2 FinlandTartu
20:30 Andres Oper  33' Report  10', 22' Njazi Kuqi Stadium: Tamme Stadium
Attendance: 2,470
Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (Latvia)
3 June 2012 2012 Baltic Cup[n 3]Estonia 1 – 0 LithuaniaTartu
16:30 Vladimir Voskoboinikov  18' Report Stadium: Tamme staadion
Attendance: 1,094
Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)
5 June 2012 FriendlyFrance 4 – 0 EstoniaLe Mans
22:00 Franck Ribéry  24'
Karim Benzema  37', 47'
Jérémy Ménez  90'		 Report Stadium: MMArena
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)
15 August 2012 FriendlyEstonia 1 – 0 PolandTallinn
21:45 Konstantin Vassiljev  90' Report Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 5,312
Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen (Norway)
7 September 2012 2014 WC qualificationEstonia 0 – 2 RomaniaTallinn
21:00 Report Gabriel Torje  55'
Ciprian Marica  75'		 Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 7,936
Referee: Milorad Mazic (Serbia)
11 September 2012 2014 WC qualificationTurkey 3 – 0 EstoniaIstanbul
21:00  44' Emre Belözoglu
 60' Umut Bulut
 75' Selcuk Inan		 Report Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 44,168
Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)
12 October 2012 2014 WC qualificationEstonia 0 – 1 HungaryTallinn
21:30 Report  46' Tamás Hajnal Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 5,661
Referee: Liran Liani (Israel)
16 October 2012 2014 WC qualificationAndorra 0 – 1 EstoniaAndorra la Vella
21:00 Report  57' Andres Oper Stadium: Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella
Referee: Dimitar Meckarovski (Macedonia)
8 November 2012 FriendlyOman 1 – 2 EstoniaMuscat
13:30 Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali  17' Report  85' Henri Anier
 88' Gert Kams		 Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
Referee: Ali Hammed (United Arab Emirates)
14 November 2012 FriendlyUnited Arab Emirates 2 – 1 EstoniaAbu Dhabi
17:30 Hamdan Al Kamali  30' (pen.)
Ali Ahmed Mabkhout  70'		 Report Jarmo Ahjupera  45' Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium
Referee: Sami Mazyad Al Nemari (Saudi Arabia)

Players

Debutants

National team appearance number and club at the time of debut in brackets.

Notes
  1. Played in a neutral venue.
  2. The original kick-off time was 06:00 UTC+2, but was delayed twice for 15 minutes. Firstly, to let the crowd enter the stadium and, secondly, the Estonian team bus broke down on the way to the stadium.
  3. Estonia hosted the tournament.

References
  1. "El Salvador cae ante Estonia (2-0)" (in Spanish). FIFA. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  2. Siim Pulst (26 May 2012). "Debütandid? Ei ole põhjust nuriseda" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  3. "Eesti koondis alistas tänu lõpuspurdile Omaani" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
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