FC Flora (women)

FC Flora Tallinn, commonly known as Flora Tallinn, or simply as Flora, is a football club, based in Tallinn, Estonia, that competes in the Naiste Meistriliiga.

Flora
Full nameFC Flora
Founded1997 (1997)
GroundLilleküla harjutusväljak I
ManagerAleksandra Ševoldajeva
LeagueNaiste Meistriliiga
20221st (champions)
WebsiteClub website

Established in 1997 as the women's football division of Flora, the team has won 4 Naiste Meistriliiga, 8 Estonian Women's Cups and 6 Estonian Women's Supercups.

History

Founded in March 1997 as Flora ladies team, Flora Naiskond played their first league game in the following month against the defending champions Pärnu, losing 0–3. Despite this, the team went on to enjoy some early success as Flora finished third in the 1998 season. Flora managed to repeat this feat in the next two seasons in 1999 and 2000.[1]

The following seasons were more disappointing as Flora finished 4th in 2001 and 2002 and 5th in 2003. Problems deepened during the winter of 2003 and Flora had to start the 2004 season without a manager before Anders Süvari, who had coached the team before, returned in summer. Despite this the team managed to win their first 4 league games. Revitalized, Flora once again challenged the top 3 but missed out narrowly, losing 2–3 in the penultimate round and leaving the team just two points away from the bronze medals. Late in the season, Süvari was replaced by Allan Soomets who remained as coach until the 2012 season. Since December 2012 the team has been coached by Richard Barnwell.[1]

Flora finished the league third in the 2007 and 2008 season but eventually became champions for the first time in 2018. They have also been successful in the Estonian Women's Cup, winning the competition in 2013 by defeating league rivals Pärnu 2–0 in the finals.[2] On 1 December 2015, Aleksandra Ševoldajeva was appointed as manager.

Honours

Players

Current squad
As of 19 August 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Estonia EST Victoria Vihman
2 DF Estonia EST Jessika Uleksin
7 MF Estonia EST Valeria Liik
8 MF Estonia EST Helina Tarkmeel
11 FW Estonia EST Maarja Saulep
12 GK Estonia EST Ksenija Jerofejeva
13 FW Estonia EST Kristina Teern
14 MF Estonia EST Kethy Õunpuu
16 MF Estonia EST Jaanika Volkov
18 MF Estonia EST Marta Raidna
19 MF Estonia EST Anastassia Ivanova
20 DF Estonia EST Ariina Mürkhain
22 MF Estonia EST Hanna Karoliina Kalle
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 DF Estonia EST Siret Räämet
31 MF Estonia EST Maria Ivanova
33 MF Estonia EST Kelly Rosen
34 DF Estonia EST Maarija Mikiver
36 FW Estonia EST Karolin Ulmre
43 GK Estonia EST Getriin Strigin
47 DF Estonia EST Kärt Mere
59 FW Estonia EST Lisette Tammik
61 FW Estonia EST Getter Saar
72 MF Estonia EST Mari-Liis Lillemäe
77 MF Estonia EST Anastasia Dodeltseva
89 GK Estonia EST Getter Laar

Management

Current technical staff
Position Name
Head coach Estonia Aleksandra Ševoldajeva

References
  1. "Naiskond läbi aegade" [Women's team throughout the time] (in Estonian). FC Flora. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  2. "VIDEO: Naiste karikafinaalis triumfeeris Tallinna FC Flora!" [FC Flora Tallinn triumphed in Estonian Women's Cup final]. Estonian Football Association (in Estonian). Retrieved 31 October 2013.
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