FC Tallinn

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{{short description|Estonian football club}}

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| fullname = Football Club Tallinn

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| short name = FCT

| founded = {{Start date and age|2017}}

| ground = Lasnamäe Spordikompleksi kunstmurustaadion

| capacity = 264

| chrtitle = President

| chairman = Sergei Gritsenko

| manager = Andrei Kalimullin

| league = Esiliiga

| season = 2024

| position = Esiliiga, 5th of 10

| website = https://fctallinn.ee/et/

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FC Tallinn is a professional football club based in Tallinn, Estonia. Founded in 2017, the club competes in Esiliiga, the second-highest division of Estonian football.

History

FC Tallinn was founded on 17 November 2017{{Cite web |title=MTÜ Jalgpallikool FC Tallinn - ESR |url=https://www.spordiregister.ee/et/organisatsioon/6265/mtu_jalgpallikool_fc_tallinn |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=www.spordiregister.ee}} and started operating in Lasnamäe, the most populous district in Tallinn of which majority is Russian-speaking. The club was created after FC Infonet's merger with Levadia left Lasnamäe's football future in uncertainty.{{Cite web |title=Altosar: mõte oma jalgpallikool avada tekkis pärast Levadia ja FCI ühinemist |url=https://sport.delfi.ee/a/80355582 |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=Delfi Sport |language=et}} The club entered the Estonian league system in 2018 and quickly rose to Esiliiga B, which they won in the 2022 season after narrowly beating JK Tabasalu in the last second of the final matchday.{{Cite web |last=Kangur |first=Kristjan Jaak |date=2022-11-13 |title=Kalju duubel pudenes II liigasse, Esiliiga B võitis dramaatiliselt FC Tallinn (video!) |url=https://soccernet.ee/artikkel/kalju-duubel-pudenes-ii-liigasse-esiliiga-b-voitis-dramaatiliselt-fc-tallinn |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=Soccernet.ee - Jalgpall luubi all!}}

Players

=Current squad=

As of 1 March 2025{{cite web |url=https://jalgpall.ee/voistlused/1/team/4643|title=FC Tallinn (2020)|work=EJL | access-date=2 March 2024}}

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{{Fs player|pos=DF|no= 3|nat=EST|name=Matvei Jekimov}}

{{Fs player|pos=MF|no= 4|nat=EST|name=Igor Mohhov}}

{{Fs player|pos=MF|no= 5|nat=EST|name=Vadim Aksjonov}}

{{Fs player|pos=FW|no= 7|nat=EST|name=Eduard Golovljov}}

{{Fs player|pos=MF|no= 8|nat=RUS|name=Vladimir Malinin}}

{{Fs player|pos=FW|no= 9|nat=EST|name=Marat Sesterikov}}

{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=11|nat=RUS|name=Nikita Shevchuk}}

{{Fs player|pos=GK|no=16|nat=EST|name=Nikita Bolgov}}

{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=18|nat=EST|name=Viktor Plotnikov}}

{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=20|nat=EST|name=Leonid Arhipov|other={{small|on loan from Legion}}}}

{{Fs player|pos=DF|no=21|nat=UKR|name=Mykyta Tinyakov}}

{{Fs player|pos=DF|no=22|nat=EST|name=Nikita Salamatov|other={{small|on loan from FCI Tallinn}}}}

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{{Fs player|pos=GK|no=25|nat=EST|name=Mark Usachev}}

{{Fs player|pos=DF|no=27|nat=EST|name=Igor Ussatsov}}

{{Fs player|pos=MF|no=29|nat=EST|name=Artjom Toropov}}

{{Fs player|pos=DF|no=30|nat=EST|name=Vladislav Tsurilkin}}

{{Fs player|pos=MF|no=37|nat=EST|name=David Datov}}

{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=38|nat=EST|name=Peeter Klein}}

{{Fs player|pos=MF|no=39|nat=EST|name=Vladimir Istsenko}}

{{Fs player|pos=MF|no=44|nat=RUS|name=Kirill Nesterov}}

{{Fs player|pos=DF|no=72|nat=EST|name=Mikhail Džemesjuk}}

{{Fs player|pos=FW|no=74|nat=LVA|name=Dinārs Ekharts}}

{{Fs player|pos=MF|no=90|nat=EST|name=Stefan Tšendei}}

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=Out on loan=

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Personnel

=Current technical staff=

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Position

!Name

Owner

|{{flagicon|EST}} Sergei Gritsenko

Sporting director

|{{flagicon|EST}} Andrei Stepanov{{cite web|title=Andrei Stepanov asub tööle FC Tallinna juures|language=et|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Soccernet.ee|url=https://soccernet.ee/artikkel/andrei-stepanov-asub-toole-fc-tallinna-juures}}

Director of football

|{{flagicon|EST}} Alex Aalen

Head coach

|{{flagicon|EST}} Andrei Kalimullin

Assistant coach

|{{flagicon|EST}} Deniss Malov

Goalkeeper coach

|{{flagicon|EST}} Ilja Kassjantšuk

Statistics

=League and cup=

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!Season

!width=70px|Division

!width=30px|{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}

!width=30px|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}

!width=30px|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!width=30px|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

!width=30px|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!width=30px|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width=30px|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!width=30px|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width=30px|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

!width=200px|Top goalscorer

!width=90px|Cup

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|2018

|IV liiga N/Estyle="background:#DDFFDD;"|22113447531+4443align=left|{{flagicon|LTU}} Vitas Mališauskas (28)First round
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|2019

|III liiga Estyle="background:#DDFFDD;"|122191211125+8658align=left|{{flagicon|EST}} Andrei Kalimullin (19)
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|2020

|II liiga N/Estyle="background:#DDFFDD;"|22619348229+5360align=left|{{flagicon|EST}} Artjom Badjuk (25)Fourth round
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|2021

rowspan="2"|Esiliiga B432162146866+250align="left" |{{flagicon|EST}} Viktor Plotnikov (18)Third round
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|2022

style="background:#DDFFDD;" |136249311738+7981align="left" |{{flagicon|EST}} Maksim Kalimullin (33)ongoing

References

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