JK Nõmme Kalju
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JK Nõmme Kalju is an Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

n football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club based in Nõmme
Nõmme
Nõmme is one of the 8 administrative districts of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 38,168 and covers an area of , population density is...

, Tallinn
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

. The club was originally established in 1923 and then re-established in 1997. Nõmme Kalju currently play in the Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded in 1991 and the current, 2011 is the league's 21st season...

, the highest level of Estonian football after many adventures in lower divisions. Hiiu Staadion is their home stadium.

History

Nõmme Sports Club Kalju was founded on December 20, 1922. A year later Nõmme Kalju football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club was founded, where local footballers played for many years successfully in Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

n top division, Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded in 1991 and the current, 2011 is the league's 21st season...

.

In 1997 the team was re-established from Tallinna Jalgpallikool and Õhtulehe Noorte Jalgpalliklubi's youth players. The team played eight years in a row in Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

n Third League
Third League
Third League is the fourth-top league arranged by the Estonian Football Association. It starts from April and lasts until October.-III League East 2011:* JK Baltika Keskerakond* JK Visadus* Raasiku FC Joker 1993* Rakvere JK Tarvas II...

. They played twice in promotion/relegation play-offs and the second time was successful for the team, thus they got promoted to the Second League
Second League
-Teams 2011:* Ajax Lasnamäe * Alko* Dünamo Tallinn* Kaitseliit* Kalev Tallinn * Kalju * Legion Tallinn * M.C.* Olympic* Orbiit* Rakvere JK Tarvas* Sillamäe Kalev * Tabasalu* Infonet -Teams 2011:* Dünamo Rummu* Emmaste* Ganvix...

 in 2004. Then they started a row of successive promotions. In 2005, Nõmme Kalju won his promotion to Esiliiga
Esiliiga
Esiliiga is the second-top league arranged by the Estonian Football Association. The league format was changed along with the Meistriliiga's, and therefore from the year 2005 consists of ten teams. Esiliiga starts from April and lasts until around the start of November...

 by winning Second League
Second League
-Teams 2011:* Ajax Lasnamäe * Alko* Dünamo Tallinn* Kaitseliit* Kalev Tallinn * Kalju * Legion Tallinn * M.C.* Olympic* Orbiit* Rakvere JK Tarvas* Sillamäe Kalev * Tabasalu* Infonet -Teams 2011:* Dünamo Rummu* Emmaste* Ganvix...

. In 2006, the team was unsuccessful in the fight for promotion to the Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded in 1991 and the current, 2011 is the league's 21st season...

, eventually finishing behind FC Kuressaare
FC Kuressaare
FC Kuressaare is an Estonian football club based in Kuressaare. The club was founded in 1990, and plays at the Kuressaare linnastaadion. Due to their numerous promotions and relegations, they are considered as a yo-yo club...

 and JK Tallinna Kalev
JK Tallinna Kalev
JK Tallinna Kalev is an Estonian football club based in Tallinn. The club was originally established in 1911 and then re-established in 2002. Tallinna Kalev currently play in the Esiliiga, the second highest level of Estonian football...

. In the middle of season 2007, Nõmme Kalju hired Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian Fredo Getulio, who has worked with the group of coaches who led Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian U-17 national team to World Cup. Nõmme Kalju also bought four Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian footballers
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

. They finished 6th in season 2007 and beat FC Kuressaare
FC Kuressaare
FC Kuressaare is an Estonian football club based in Kuressaare. The club was founded in 1990, and plays at the Kuressaare linnastaadion. Due to their numerous promotions and relegations, they are considered as a yo-yo club...

 in promotion/relegation play-offs, thus qualifying for next year's Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded in 1991 and the current, 2011 is the league's 21st season...

. In preparing for the next season in Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded in 1991 and the current, 2011 is the league's 21st season...

, the team needed replenishment. Nõmme Kalju bought 16 new players, three of them were expatriate footballers and four were ex-international players.

They finished their first season in Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded in 1991 and the current, 2011 is the league's 21st season...

 at a surprisingly high fifth place, but after FC TVMK
FC TVMK Tallinn
FC TVMK is a defunct Estonian football club. TVMK won the Estonian Meistriliiga in 2005. They are also multiple winners of the Estonian Cup.-Name History:*TVMK Tallinn *TVMV Tallinn *Tevalte-Marlekor...

 were disbanded they got the fourth place. The season started very well, Kalju was fighting over the positions 1–5, but they had a little ebb in the middle of the season. After signing ex-international Maksim Smirnov
Maksim Smirnov
Maksim Smirnov is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga, for JK Narva Trans...

 from FK Ventspils
FK Ventspils
FK Ventspils is a Latvian football club, based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils city and is one of the most popular football clubs in the country. FK Ventspils plays in the Latvian Virsliga. They are the current champions of the tournament....

, the team started to do very well again, they lost the bronze position by only one point. In the 2009–10 season the team participated for the first time in their history in the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round, but were eliminated by FC Dinaburg.

Kalju made headlines before the 2011 Meistriliiga
2011 Meistriliiga
The 2011 season of the Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system, is the 21st season in the league's history. It starts on 5 March 2011 and ends in November 2011...

 season as they acquired four Estonian internationals – Tarmo Neemelo
Tarmo Neemelo
Tarmo Neemelo is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga, for JK Nõmme Kalju. He plays the position of striker and is also a member of the Estonia national football team.-Club career:...

, Alo Bärengrub
Alo Bärengrub
Alo Bärengrub is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays for JK Nõmme Kalju in Meistriliiga. He plays the position of defender and is 1.82 m tall. He is a regular with the Estonian national team.-Club career:...

, Kristen Viikmäe
Kristen Viikmäe
Kristen Viikmäe is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga, for JK Nõmme Kalju. He plays the position of striker.-Club career:...

 and Eino Puri
Eino Puri
Eino Puri is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays for JK Nõmme Kalju in Estonian Meistriliiga. He is 1.74 m tall, weighs 64 kg and plays the position of midfielder and winger.-Statistics:As of ....

 – alongside with couple of players from abroad. This made them one of the favourites to win the league. They also offered contract to Andrei Stepanov, who refused as he sought a contract abroad.

Stadium

JK Nõmme Kalju's home stadium
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...

 has been Hiiu Stadium
Hiiu Stadium
Hiiu staadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Tallinn, Estonia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Nõmme Kalju. The stadium holds 500 and was built in 1923. The address of the stadium is Pidu tänav 11, Tallinn....

 since it was built in 1923. The stadium holds a capacity of only 500, but Hiiu Stadium's capacity record is 1611 against FC Narva Trans on 23 May 2009. It is a multi-use stadium, but the pitch is made from Artificial turf
Artificial turf
Artificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...

. The owner of the stadium is City of Tallinn
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

.

On 27 November 2010 Nõmme Kalju signed a contract with Tallinn University of Technology
Tallinn University of Technology
Tallinn University of Technology is the only university of technology in Estonia, and one of the three most important institutions of higher education in Estonia generally. It is located in the capital city of Tallinn, Estonia...

 and the City of Tallinn
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

 to reconstruct the old Tallinn University of Technology stadium in Mustamäe
Mustamäe
Mustamäe is one of the 8 administrative districts of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The smallest by area , it is at the same time the second largest district by population with 64,450 inhabitants ....

 (Raja tänav 4a) and it will become the new home stadium for Kalju.

Nõmme Kalju in Estonian Football


Season League Pos Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Top Goalscorer Avg.Att. Cup
Estonian Cup
The Estonian Cup is the main "knockout" cup competition in Estonian football.The competition is a knockout tournament.The winner will compete in UEFA Europa League qualification round.-Finals:* As Levadia Maardu...

1997–98 4N 2 8 5 0 3 48 12 36 15 R1
1998 4N 2 10 7 2 1 40 15 25 23
1999 4N 3 20 12 2 6 53 24 29 38 Lauri Kiviloo (21)
2000 4N 4 20 8 2 10 38 37 1 26
2001 4N 5 18 7 3 8 36 56 −20 24
2002 4N 7 18 6 4 8 39 43 −4 22
2003 4N 4 18 10 3 5 37 20 17 33
2004 4N 2 18 11 5 2 68 32 36 38 Lauri Kiviloo (15)
2005 3E/N 1 28 18 5 5 88 36 52 59 Andrus Mitt
Andrus Mitt
Andrus Mitt is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in the Estonian Esiliiga for JK Tallinna Kalev. He plays the position of striker and is 1.79 m tall.-Club career:...

 (28)
2006 2 5 36 18 5 13 76 80 −4 59 Andrus Mitt
Andrus Mitt
Andrus Mitt is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in the Estonian Esiliiga for JK Tallinna Kalev. He plays the position of striker and is 1.79 m tall.-Club career:...

 (35)
1/16
2007 2 6 36 13 9 14 69 69 0 48 Andrus Mitt
Andrus Mitt
Andrus Mitt is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in the Estonian Esiliiga for JK Tallinna Kalev. He plays the position of striker and is 1.79 m tall.-Club career:...

 (24)
1/8
2008 1 4 36 16 7 13 65 64 1 55 Ingemar Teever
Ingemar Teever
Ingemar Teever is an Estonian professional footballer, playing for SC Pfullendorf in Germany. He plays the position of striker and is 1.87 m tall and weighs 82 kg.-Club career:...

 (23)
334 1/16
2009 1 5 36 15 9 12 65 47 18 54 Felipe Nunes (20) 367 F
2010
2010 Meistriliiga
The 2010 season of the Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system, is the 20th season in the league's history. It starts in March and ends in November...

1 4 36 18 8 10 59 42 17 62 Juri Jevdokimov (21) 194 QF
2009–10 Estonian Cup
2009–10 Estonian Cup was the twentieth season of the Estonian football knockout tournament organized by Estonian Football Association. Winners of the cup qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League...

2011
2011 Meistriliiga
The 2011 season of the Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system, is the 21st season in the league's history. It starts on 5 March 2011 and ends in November 2011...

1 36 24 7 5 82 23 59 79 Tarmo Neemelo
Tarmo Neemelo
Tarmo Neemelo is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga, for JK Nõmme Kalju. He plays the position of striker and is also a member of the Estonia national football team.-Club career:...

 (22)
515 R3
2010–11 Estonian Cup
2010–11 Estonian Cup is the twenty-first season of the Estonian football knockout tournament organized by the Estonian Football Association. On 10 May 2011, FC Flora Tallinn defeated JK Narva Trans in the final to win the cup and qualify for the second qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa...


EN − Eastern/Northern Zone; N − Northern Zone

UEFA club competition results

Season Cup Rnd Opponent Score
2009–10 Europa League 1Q   Dinaburg
Dinaburg FC
Dinaburg FC was a Latvian football club, playing in the city of Daugavpils. In 2009 it merged with FK Daugava. The club plays at the Daugava Stadium . In October 2009 the club was eliminated from Virsliga and also from The Baltic League, because of suspicion about totalizator playing at the club...

1–2 0–0
2011–12
2011–12 UEFA Europa League
The 2011–12 UEFA Europa League is the third season of the competition since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup. It began on 30 June 2011 with the first legs of the first qualifying round, and will end on 9 May 2012 with the final to be held at Stadionul Național in Bucharest, Romania...

Europa League 1Q   FC Honka
FC Honka
FC Honka is a Finnish football club, based in Tapiola, Espoo. It was promoted into the Finnish premier division , for the first time in its history, at the end of the 2005 season. The club's manager is Mika Lehkosuo, and it plays its home matches at Tapiolan urheilupuisto...

0–0 0–2
2012–13
2012–13 UEFA Europa League
The 2012–13 UEFA Europa League will be the fourth season of the competition since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup. The final will be played at the Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam, the Netherlands....

Europa League 1Q TBD
1Q – 1st Qualifying Round; home games are underlined

Current squad

As of 2 November 2011.

Players out on loan

Reserve team

As of 2 November 2011.

Notable former players


Estonia Martin Hurt
Martin Hurt
Martin Hurt is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in Hungarian club Nyíregyháza Spartacus. He plays the position of defender or midfielder and is 1.82 m tall and weighs 75 kg.-Club: FC Flora Tallinn...

 Rene Kaas Risto Kallaste
Risto Kallaste
Risto Kallaste is a former Estonian professional footballer. He was playing the position of defender and midfielder. He won a total of 36 international caps for the Estonia national football team. Kallaste earned his first official cap on 3 June 1992, when Estonia played Slovenia in a friendly...

 Toomas Kallaste
Toomas Kallaste
Toomas Kallaste is a former Estonian professional footballer. He was playing the position of defender and is 1.88 m tall and weighs 77 kg. He won a total of 42 international caps for the Estonia national football team. Kallaste earned his first official cap on 1992-06-03, when Estonia played...

 Andrei Krasnopjorov
Andrei Krasnopjorov
Andrei Krasnopjorov is a former Estonian footballer.Krasnopjorov won two Meistriliiga titles with Lantana Tallinn and had a loan spell at CSKA Moscow in 1999...

 Toomas Krõm
Toomas Krõm
Toomas Krõm is a former professional footballer from Estonia, playing as a forward. Born in Tallinn, he twice became topscorer of the Premier Estonian League, named Meistriliiga: in 1999 and 2000. Krõm obtained a total number of 11 caps for the Estonia national football team during his...

 Risto Kägo Liivo Leetma
Liivo Leetma
Liivo Leetma is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in Finnish Kakkonen, for Grankulla IFK. He plays the position of midfielder...

 Mati Lember
Mati Lember
Mati Lember is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga, for JK Tallinna Kalev. He plays the position of Defensive Midfielder. He is tall and weighs .-International career:...

 Joel Lindpere
Joel Lindpere
Joel Lindpere is an Estonian professional footballer who currently plays for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer. He plays as a midfielder.-Estonia:...

 Martin Maasing Andrus Mitt
Andrus Mitt
Andrus Mitt is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in the Estonian Esiliiga for JK Tallinna Kalev. He plays the position of striker and is 1.79 m tall.-Club career:...

 Jevgeni Novikov
Jevgeni Novikov
Jevgeni Novikov is an Estonian professional and International footballer, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga for FC Levadia Tallinn. He plays the position of central and defensive midfielder.-Club career:...

 Indro Olumets
Indro Olumets
Indro Olumets is an Estonian footballer, who plays for Nõmme Kalju in the Estonian Meistriliiga. He is an offensive-minded midfielder....

 Igor Prins
Igor Prins
Igor Prins is an Estonian football coach and former Estonian national team midfielder. Currently he is the head coach of JK Nõmme Kalju...

 Aleksander Saharov
Aleksander Saharov
Aleksander Saharov is a former Estonian professional footballer. He played the position of striker.-Beach soccer:In 2009, after ending his professional football career, he started to play beach soccer in Unibet/Nõmme Kalju...

 Maksim Smirnov
Maksim Smirnov
Maksim Smirnov is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga, for JK Narva Trans...

 Ingemar Teever
Ingemar Teever
Ingemar Teever is an Estonian professional footballer, playing for SC Pfullendorf in Germany. He plays the position of striker and is 1.87 m tall and weighs 82 kg.-Club career:...

 Janar Tükk

Belarus Vitali Shuhanau
Vitali Shuhanau
Vitali Shuhanau is a Belarusian professional footballer, who plays in Estonia, for Lootus Kohtla-Järve. He plays the position of striker and is 2.05 m tall. His former clubs include FK Sūduva, FC Dinamo Minsk and JK Nõmme Kalju....


Brazil Alan Arruda
Alan Arruda
Alan Monken Arruda is a Brazilian professional footballer, who currently plays for Atlantis FC.-Career:...

 Diego Douglas Balbinot Dona
Dona (footballer)
Jean-Pierre Niklas Lopes Marques , commonly known as Dona, is a Brazilian professional footballer, who plays for CS Adunaţii-Copăceni in Romanian Serie B. Dona usually plays as a Midfielder, although he can also play on the wing. Dona has previously played in Sweden and Estonia. He is known for his...

 Murilo Maccari
Murilo Maccari
Murilo Maccari is an Italian passport holding Brazilian professional footballer, who plays for Naxxar Lions F.C..- Career :...

 Marcío Pimentel
Marcio Pimentel
Marcío Cardoso Pimentel is an Brazilian professional footballer, who currently plays in the Finnish Ykkonen for PK-35.-Position:He plays the position of midfielder or defender.-External links:*...

 Felipe Nunes
England Richard Barnwell
Richard Barnwell
Richard Michael Barnwell is an English professional footballer, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga, for JK Nõmme Kalju. He plays the position of midfielder. His former clubs include FC Levadia Tallinn, JK Kalev Tallinn, FC Concordia Audentes Tallinn and Íþróttabandalag Akraness. Barnwell also...


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