FC Elva

{{short description|Estonian football club}}

{{Infobox football club

| clubname = Elva

| image = FC Elva.png

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| fullname = Jalgpalliklubi FC Elva

| nickname =

| founded = {{Start date and age|df=y|2000|8|8}}

| ground = Elva linnastaadion

| capacity = 600{{cite web|url=http://jalgpall.ee/ejl/staadionid/140|title=Elva Linnastaadion|language=et|publisher=Estonian Football Association}}

| chairman = Are Altraja

| manager = Veiko Haan

| league = Esiliiga

| season = 2024

| position = Esiliiga, 8th of 10

| website = http://www.fcelva.ee

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FC Elva is a football club, based in Elva, Estonia, that competes in the Esiliiga, the second level of Estonian football.

History

Elva came close to rising to the top-division Meistriliiga for the first time following successful 2022 season, but they lost in the promotion play-offs to TJK Legion.{{Cite web|url=https://soccernet.ee/artikkel/vaata-jarele-elva-voitis-mangu-aga-legion-korgliigakoha|title=VAATA JÄRELE: Elva võitis mängu, aga Legion kõrgliigakoha|date=November 27, 2022|website=Soccernet.ee - Jalgpall luubi all!}} A month later Legion had to renounce their league spot due to financial trouble. According to the rules Legion's place was given to Pärnu Vaprus, who finished the season last behind Legion.{{Cite web|url=https://sport.err.ee/1608829750/legion-otsustas-premium-liigast-loobuda-korgeimal-tasemel-jatkab-parnu|title=Legion otsustas Premium liigast loobuda, kõrgeimal tasemel jätkab Pärnu|date=December 23, 2022|website=ERR}}

Players

{{See also|Category:FC Elva players}}

=First-team squad=

{{updated|1 August 2024}}{{cite web|url=http://jalgpall.ee/voistlused/team/217|title=FC Elva|publisher=Estonian Football Association|access-date=21 May 2023}}

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|pos=GK|no= 1|nat=EST|name=Karl Kruus}}

{{Fs player|pos=DF|no= 2|nat=EST|name=Henri Härm}}

{{Fs player|pos=DF|no= 4|nat=EST|name=Artur Laks}}

{{Fs player|pos=DF|no= 5|nat=EST|name=Georg Lani|other=on loan from Tartu Tammeka}}

{{Fs player|pos=DF|no= 6|nat=EST|name=Veiko Kütt}}

{{Fs player|pos=MF|no= 7|nat=EST|name=Andre Paju}}

{{Fs player|pos=MF|no= 8|nat=EST|name=Kaarel Tinn}}

{{Fs player|pos=MF|no= 9|nat=EST|name=Jasper Kanter}}

{{Fs player|pos=MF|no=10|nat=EST|name=Jasper Reilson}}

{{Fs player|pos=MF|no=11|nat=EST|name=Karl Tammeorg}}

{{Fs player|pos=GK|no=12|nat=EST|name=Mikk Markus Jänes}}

{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=13|nat=EST|name=Mauris Villems}}

{{Fs player|pos=DF|no=14|nat=EST|name=Rokko Vokksepp}}

{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=15|nat=EST|name=Ruuben Jaagant}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|pos=DF|no=16|nat=EST|name=Martin Thomson}}

{{Fs player|pos=DF|no=17|nat=EST|name=Jürgen Kuresoo|other=captain}}

{{Fs player|pos=DF|no=18|nat=EST|name=Kristo Põldsaar}}

{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=19|nat=EST|name=Ekke Lobu}}

{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=20|nat=EST|name=Artur Uljanov}}

{{Fs player|pos=DF|no=21|nat=EST|name=Anti Ivaste}}

{{Fs player|pos=DF|no=22|nat=EST|name=Peeter Alev}}

{{Fs player|pos=MF|no=24|nat=EST|name=Mario Punder}}

{{Fs player|pos=MF|no=25|nat=EST|name=Nikita Karasjov}}

{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=26|nat=EST|name=Karl-Ernst Saal}}

{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=30|nat=EST|name=Karl Vaht}}

{{Fs player|pos=MF|no=36|nat=EST|name=Erik Ilves}}

{{Fs player|pos=MF|no=|nat=FIN|name=Joona Kuismala}}

{{Fs end}}

Personnel

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=Current technical staff=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
Position{{Cite web|url=http://www.fcelva.ee/mehed/fc-elva-esindusvoistkond|title=Koosseis|website=FC Elva|access-date=21 February 2023}}

!Name

Manager

|{{flagicon|EST}} Veiko Haan

Assistant manager

|{{flagicon|EST}} Kris Vares

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=Managerial history=

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!Dates

!Name

2004{{flagicon|EST}} Marko Lelov
2005–2008{{flagicon|EST}} Aivar Lillevere
2009–2013{{flagicon|EST}} Marek Naaris
2014–2016{{flagicon|EST}} Kaido Koppel
2017–{{flagicon|EST}} Veiko Haan

{{col-end}}

Statistics

=League and Cup=

class="wikitable"

!width=60px|Season

!width=80px|Division

!width=30px|Pos

!width=30px|Teams

!width=30px|Pld

!width=30px|W

!width=30px|D

!width=30px|L

!width=30px|GF

!width=30px|GA

!width=30px|GD

!width=30px|Pts

!width=20px|Avg.Att.

!width=290px|Top Goalscorer

!width=100px|Estonian Cup

align=center

|2001

|rowspan=2|Esiliiga

|5

|8

|28

|12

|6

|10

|64

|33

| +31

|42

|

|align=left|Argo Arbeiter and Janek Kalda (14)

|

align=center

|2002

|bgcolor="#FFDDDD"|7

|8

|28

|5

|5

|18

|40

|61

| −21

|18

|

|align=left|Janek Kalda (8)

|

align=center

|2003

|rowspan=2|II Liiga S/W

|4

|8

|28

|11

|5

|12

|62

|48

| +14

|38

|

|align=left|Reimo Oja (17)

|

align=center

|2004

|bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|2

|8

|28

|18

|4

|6

|90

|39

| +51

|58

|

|align=left|Vitali Ištšuk (20)

|

align=center

|2005

|rowspan=3|Esiliiga

|7

|10

|36

|10

|6

|20

|42

|71

| −29

|36

|

|align=left|Kaarel Kümnik and Rasmus Luhakooder (6)

|

align=center

|2006

|10

|10

|36

|4

|3

|29

|20

|100

| −80

|15

|

|align=left|Rauno Tutk and Kristjan Suurjärv (4)

|

align=center

|2007

|bgcolor="#FFDDDD"|10

|10

|36

|2

|2

|32

|17

|116

| −99

|11

|

|align=left|Priit Betlem (4)

|Fourth round

align=center

|2008

|II Liiga N/E

|14

|14

|26

|1

|1

|24

|11

|151

| −140

|4

|

|align=left|Tauno Laja and Tauri Tursk (2)

|Third round

align=center

|2009

|rowspan=2|II Liiga S/W

|7

|14

|26

|11

|6

|9

|54

|41

| +13

|39

|21

|align=left|Marten Mütt (6)

|Second round

align=center

|2010

|bgcolor="#FFDDDD"|14

|14

|26

|2

|2

|22

|13

|86

| −73

|8

|18

|align=left|Erkki Kubber and Tauno Laja (3)

|First round

align=center

|2011

|III Liiga S

|bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|1

|12

|22

|16

|5

|1

|81

|18

| +63

|53

|86

|align=left|Jürgen Kuresoo (20)

Third round
align=center

|2012

|II Liiga S/W

|bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|4

|14

|26

|15

|5

|6

|65

|29

| +36

|50

|128

|align=left|Jürgen Kuresoo (30)

Fourth round
align=center

|2013

|rowspan=4|Esiliiga B

|6

|10

|36

|13

|7

|16

|56

|64

| −8

|46

|151

|align=left|Jürgen Kuresoo (34)

Second round
align=center

|2014

|6

|10

|36

|12

|5

|19

|45

|79

| −34

|41

|161

|align=left|Jürgen Kuresoo (18)

Second round
align=center

|2015

|4

|10

|36

|16

|6

|14

|62

|45

| +17

|54

|138

|align=left|Jürgen Kuresoo (24)

First round
align=center

|2016

|bgcolor="#DDFFDD"|2

|10

|36

|21

|5

|10

|67

|39

| +28

|68

|210

|align=left|Jürgen Kuresoo (33)

Second round
align=center

|2017

| rowspan="6" |Esiliiga

|9

|10

|36

|9

|2

|25

|40

|90

| -50

|29

|194

|align=left|Ats Joandi (11)

Fourth round
align=center

|2018

|4

|10

|36

|15

|10

|11

|51

|64

| -13

|55

|239

|align=left|Jürgen Kuresoo (16)

Semi-final
align=center

|2019

51036182166763+456260align=left|Martin Thomson and Jürgen Kuresoo (13)|Semi-final
align=center

|2020

51032147115452+249271align="left" |Devid Lehter (17)

|First round

align=center

|2021

6102792164254|
1229107align="left" |Jasper Reilson (6)

|Fourth round

align=center

|2022

31036206107652+2466224align="left" |Andre Paju (15)

|Fourth round

References

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