Rakvere JK Tarvas

JK Tarvas

Full name	Rakvere Jalgpalliklubi Tarvas
Founded	2004, as Virumaa JK Rakvere
Ground	Rakvere Stadium
Capacity	1,785[1]
Chairman	Reijo Kuusik
Manager	Valeri Bondarenko
League	Meistriliiga
2015	4th, promoted
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Rakvere JK Tarvas, commonly known as Rakvere Tarvas, or simply as JK Tarvas, is a football club, based in Rakvere, Estonia.

Founded in 2004 as Virumaa JK Rakvere, the club has played in the Meistriliiga since 2016.

History

FC Flora Rakvere crest

The club was founded in 2004 as VJK Rakvere. From 2008 Rakvere were affiliated with FC Flora Tallinn and became Rakvere FC Flora. In 2011, the team name was changed to Rakvere JK Tarvas. In 2012, Tarvas was promoted to the Esiliiga and same year finished as the third. Tarvas finished the 2013 Esiliiga season in 4th place but were beaten in the promotion play-offs by Tammeka 2–6 on aggregate. In July 2014, Valeri Bondarenko was hired as manager.^[2] Tarvas finished the 2015 Esiliiga season in 4th place and was promoted to the Meistriliiga for the first time in history.

Players

Current squad

As of 6 March, 2016.^[3]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Mikhail Kolesnikov 2 MF Alari Aunapuu 3 DF Rain Ööpik 4 DF Kaarel Saar 5 DF Märten Kuusk 7 FW Rainer Võsaste 8 DF Taavi Münter 10 MF Silvio 11 MF Toomas Kiis 13 MF Erkki Kubber 14 MF Stanislav Goldberg 15 DF Siim Rannamäe 16 DF Jaanus Kaasik 17 MF Alari Tovstik (captain)

No. Position Player 18 DF Mihkel Saar 19 FW Tarmo Rebane 21 MF Mario Kuokkanen 22 MF Joonas Ljaš 23 MF Madis Reimal 26 DF Elar Tovstik 27 MF Taavi Trasberg 30 GK Sander Susi 32 FW Reijo Kuusik 45 DF Aleksei Larin 47 FW Juhan Jograf 50 DF Sten Tammik 69 DF Mihkel Gull 91 FW Henri Hang

Personnel

Managerial history

Manager	Career
Jaak Proosa	2004–2005
Ain Mets	2005–2007
Mati Pari	2008
Urmas Kirs	2008
Sergei Zamogilnõi	2009
Jan Važinski	2010
Reijo Kuusik	2011–2014
Valeri Bondarenko	2014–

Statistics

League and Cup

Season	Division	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Top goalscorer	Cup
2004	V liiga	1	14	13	0	1	81	12	+69	39	Alar Petrovits (29)
2005	III liiga	3	22	15	3	4	56	28	+28	48	Esko Brandt Reijo Kuusik (9)
2006	III liiga	2	22	15	2	5	57	34	+23	47	Alar Petrovits (25)
2007	II liiga	2	26	16	4	6	75	36	+39	52	Alar Petrovits (25)	Third round
2008	Esiliiga	8	36	10	7	19	53	82	−29	37	Alar Petrovits (17)	Second round
2009	Esiliiga	10	36	8	2	26	48	105	−57	20	Alar Petrovits (11)	Second round
2010	Esiliiga	9	36	10	3	23	45	95	−50	21	Alar Petrovits (11)	Second round
2011	II liiga	1	26	22	2	2	100	29	+71	68	Joonas Ljaš (27)	Third round
2012	Esiliiga	3	36	21	5	10	66	58	+8	68	Joonas Ljaš (14)	Fourth round
2013	Esiliiga	4	36	16	8	12	68	58	+10	56	Henri Hang (11)	Third round
2014	Esiliiga	8	36	12	10	14	61	65	−4	46	Sergei Akimov (21)	First round
2015	Esiliiga	4	36	12	11	13	52	53	−1	47	Sergei Akimov (16)	Third round
2016	Meistriliiga											Third round

References

1. "Rakvere staadion" (in Estonian). Eesti Spordiregister.
2. "Bondarenko maandus Tarvas" [Bondarenko lands in Tarvas] (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 3 July 2014.
3. "Eesti Jalgpalli Liit – RAKVERE JK TARVAS (2014)". jalgpall.ee. Retrieved 28 February 2014.

External links

• Official website