Estonia national football team 2012

Estonia national football team 2012

Season	2012
Manager	Tarmo Rüütli
Captain	Ragnar Klavan
Home stadium	A. Le Coq Arena
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The 2012 season is the 21st full year of competitive football in the Baltic country as an independent nation.

Matches

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

El Salvador  v  Estonia

1 March 2012 Friendly[n 1]	El Salvador	0 – 2	Estonia	Los 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)

Croatia  v  Estonia

25 May 2012 Friendly	Croatia	3 – 1	Estonia	Pula
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)

Ukraine  v  Estonia

28 May 2012 Friendly[n 1]	Ukraine	4 – 0	Estonia	Kufstein, 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)

Estonia  v  Finland

1 June 2012 2012 Baltic Cup[n 3]	Estonia	1 – 2	Finland	Tartu
20:30	Andres Oper  33'	Report	10', 22' Njazi Kuqi	Stadium: Tamme Stadium Attendance: 2,470 Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (Latvia)

Estonia  v  Lithuania

3 June 2012 2012 Baltic Cup[n 3]	Estonia	1 – 0	Lithuania	Tartu
16:30	Vladimir Voskoboinikov  18'	Report		Stadium: Tamme staadion Attendance: 1,094 Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

France  v  Estonia

5 June 2012 Friendly	France	4 – 0	Estonia	Le Mans
22:00	Franck Ribéry  24' Karim Benzema  37', 47' Jérémy Ménez  90'	Report		Stadium: MMArena Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Estonia  v  Poland

15 August 2012 Friendly	Estonia	1 – 0	Poland	Tallinn
21:45	Konstantin Vassiljev  90'	Report		Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 5,312 Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen (Norway)

Estonia  v  Romania

7 September 2012 2014 WC qualification	Estonia	0 – 2	Romania	Tallinn
21:00		Report	Gabriel Torje  55' Ciprian Marica  75'	Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 7,936 Referee: Milorad Mazic (Serbia)

Turkey  v  Estonia

11 September 2012 2014 WC qualification	Turkey	3 – 0	Estonia	Istanbul
21:00	44' Emre Belözoglu  60' Umut Bulut  75' Selcuk Inan	Report		Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 44,168 Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)

Estonia  v  Hungary

12 October 2012 2014 WC qualification	Estonia	0 – 1	Hungary	Tallinn
21:30		Report	46' Tamás Hajnal	Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 5,661 Referee: Liran Liani (Israel)

Andorra  v  Estonia

16 October 2012 2014 WC qualification	Andorra	0 – 1	Estonia	Andorra la Vella
21:00		Report	57' Andres Oper	Stadium: Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella Referee: Dimitar Meckarovski (Macedonia)

Oman  v  Estonia

8 November 2012 Friendly	Oman	1 – 2	Estonia	Muscat
13:30	Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali  17'	Report	85' Henri Anier  88' Gert Kams	Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Referee: Ali Hammed (United Arab Emirates)

United Arab Emirates  v  Estonia

14 November 2012 Friendly	United Arab Emirates	v	Estonia	Abu Dhabi
17:30				Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium

Players

Debutants

• Kaarel Kiidron (#228–229, FK Viktoria Žižkov) – started the match against Croatia on 25 May 2012^[2]
• Henrik Ojamaa (#228–229, Motherwell F.C.) – started the match against Croatia on 25 May 2012^[2]
• Ilja Antonov (#230–232, FC Levadia Tallinn) – started the match against Oman on 8 November 2012^[3]
• Ken Kallaste (#230–232, JK Nõmme Kalju) – started the match against Oman on 8 November 2012^[3]
• Karl Mööl (#230–232, FC Flora Tallinn) – started the match against Oman on 8 November 2012^[3]
• Andre Frolov (#233, FC Flora Tallinn) – 74th-minute substitute in the match against Oman on 8 November 2012^[3]
• Stanislav Pedõk (#234, FC Flora Tallinn) – 76th-minute substitute in the match against Oman on 8 November 2012^[3]

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.

External links

• All national team games