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Estonian football club

Football club
JK Tabasalu
Full nameJalgpalliklubi Tabasalu
Founded23 November 2012
GroundTabasalu Arena, Tabasalu
Capacity1,630
ChairmanJevgeni Isajev
ManagerAlan Arruda
LeagueEsiliiga B
2024Esiliiga, 10th of 10 (relegated)
Websitehttps://tabasalujk.ee
Home colours Away colours

Jalgpalliklubi Tabasalu, commonly known as Tabasalu, is an Estonian football club based in Tabasalu, Harku Parish. The club competes in Esiliiga, the second tier of Estonian football. Tabasalu's home ground is Tabasalu Arena.

History

The football club was founded on 23 November 2012 and its first seasons in the Estonian league system were quite successful: they finished second in their debut seasons in IV liiga and III liiga. In 2018, Tabasalu hired former FCI Levadia coach Marko Kristal as manager and quickly became II liiga's title contenders. During the 2018 season, while playing in the fourth division, Tabasalu had an average attendance of 321 people, which was Estonia's fourth largest home average at the time. The year ended with them finishing third, but due to Paide Linnameeskond III not wanting to get promoted, they were given the opportunity to take part in promotion play-offs. They got through to the final thanks to FCI Tallinn using an unavailable player. In the final round they played against Lasnamäe Ajax, who they managed to beat 3–0 and 4–1 and were therefore promoted to the top three leagues.

In their debut season in Esiliiga B, they were last-placed after 17 rounds, but managed to start gaining points and rose to seventh by the end of the year with nine points ahead of relegation places. Throughout the year, Tabasalu's youth players had trials in Bologna, Chievo Verona and Padova. After the season, Marko Kristal joined Nõmme Kalju. The club reached the Estonian Cup quarter-finals in the following year and finished fourth in the 2020 Esiliiga B season. They were again given the option to play in the promotion play-offs, but this time lost 2–8 on aggregate to Pärnu JK. Tabasalu finished the 2022 Esiliiga B season in 2nd place, narrowly losing the title in the last second of the final matchday against FC Tallinn.

On 19 October 2022, whilst competing in the Estonian third tier, Tabasalu notably knocked out top flight club Nõmme Kalju FC from the Estonian Cup by winning 1–0. The club reached the 2022–23 Estonian Cup semi-finals, where they lost to the eventual winners Narva Trans 0–1 at home.

Players

Current squad

As of 28 August 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Estonia EST Rihard Kristjan Kristel
2 DF Estonia EST Valeri Makarov
3 DF Estonia EST Juss Ilisson
4 DF Estonia EST Joel Kokla
6 MF Estonia EST Tomi Linde
7 FW Estonia EST Kevin Pormeister
10 FW Estonia EST Raivo Saar
11 MF Estonia EST Thomas Matvejev
12 DF Estonia EST Sigvard Suppi
13 DF Estonia EST Märten Subka
14 FW Estonia EST Markus Vaherna
16 DF Estonia EST Kristjan Pelt
21 MF Estonia EST Mark Toompuu
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF Estonia EST Robin Korran
25 DF Estonia EST Henri Raaper
26 DF Estonia EST Hans Oliver Vuks
27 GK Estonia EST Kaupo Koort
30 DF Estonia EST Robin Rumberg
32 FW Estonia EST Art Anepaio
42 GK Estonia EST Kaarel Rumberg
44 DF Estonia EST Frank Annion
47 FW Estonia EST Karl-Erik Ennuste
55 FW Estonia EST Markus Poder
66 MF Estonia EST Sander Salei
80 MF Estonia EST Jaagup Taal
90 MF Estonia EST Ken-Tristan Joelaid

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position Name
Head coach Brazil Alan Arruda
Goalkeeping coach Brazil Bernardo Coelho
Physiotherapist Estonia Kätlin Laurson

Managerial history

Dates Name
2018–2019 Estonia Marko Kristal
2020–2023 Estonia Risto Sarapik
2024– Brazil Alan Arruda

League and Cup history

Season Division Pos Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Top Goalscorer Estonian Cup Notes
2013 IV liiga N 2 20 15 3 2 78 27 +51 48 Estonia Kersten Lõppe (19) as Tallinna JK Charma Mööbel
2014 III liiga N 2 22 15 3 4 64 29 +35 48 Estonia Tanel Tammemägi (13) as Tallinna JK Charma
2015 II liiga N/E 6 26 10 7 9 57 67 −10 37 Estonia Martin Tšegodajev (7) Third round as Tabasalu JK Charma
2016 5 26 12 7 7 56 48 +8 43 Estonia Edwin Stüf (9) First round
2017 II liiga S/W 3 26 15 3 8 77 52 +25 48 Estonia Andrus Mitt (17) as JK Tabasalu
2018 3 26 17 3 6 68 40 +28 54 Estonia Edwin Stüf (19)
2019 Esiliiga B 7 36 13 4 19 77 79 –2 43 Estonia Kersten Lõppe (13) Quarter-finals
2020 4 30 16 3 11 58 46 +12 51 Estonia Sten Jakob Viidas (14) Fourth round
2021 6 32 12 5 15 60 64 –4 41 Estonia Tristan Pajo (16)
2022 2 36 25 4 7 120 50 +70 79 Estonia Tristan Pajo (30) Quarter-finals
2023 Esiliiga 5 36 18 1 17 81 70 +11 55 Estonia Peeter Klein (16) Semi-finals

References

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