Maardu Linnameeskond

Maardu Linnameeskond
Full nameMaardu Linnameeskond
Founded1997 (1997)
GroundMaardu Stadium
Capacity1.000
ChairmanAleksandr Matvejev
ManagerAlgimantas Briaunys
LeagueEsiliiga
2025Esiliiga B, 1st of 10 (champions; promoted)

Maardu Linnameeskond is a football club based in Maardu, Estonia. The team compete in the Esiliiga, the second tier of the Estonian football league system. They adopted their current name in 2016, before being promoted to the Estonian top tier Meistriliiga for the first time in 2019. They were relegated the following season and played in Esiliiga for the next two seasons. After winning 2021 Esiliiga they should have been promoted to Meistriliiga, but due to financial reasons they waived the opportunity and were relegated to II liiga, taking their reserve squad's place.[1]

Honours

Domestic

Winners (3): 2017, 2018, 2021
Winners (2): 2015, 2025
Winners (2): 2013, 2024
Winners (1): 2011
Third place (4): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Third place (1): 2006

Players

Current squad

As of 1 September 2025.[2]

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  EST Vitali Teleš
4 DF  UKR Klymentiy Boldyrev (captain)
5 MF  EST Anton Volossatov
7 MF  EST Roman Sobtšenko
8 MF  EST Albert Taar
9 FW  EST Erik Utgof
10 MF  EST Ilja Karunas
12 MF  EST Artjom Volkov
13 FW  RUS Danil Lebedev
14 MF  EST Martin Eensalu
15 DF  EST Andrei Grigorjev
17 MF  UKR Yaroslav Panchenko
18 MF  EST Vadim Salabai
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF  EST Aleksandr Kulinitš
20 MF  UKR Dmytro Skrynnyk
21 FW  RUS Nikita Naydis
23 DF  EST Maksim Tserezov
24 MF  EST Anton Kapustin
26 MF  EST Deniss Drabinko
27 MF  EST Deniss Tjapkin
33 FW  EST Aleksandr Volkov
35 GK  EST Dmitri Pjatajev (on loan from FCI Levadia U21)
71 FW  EST Arseni Kovaltsuk
77 MF  EST Stanislav Tsombaljuk (on loan from Nõmme Kalju U21)
98 GK  EST Artjom Jakovlev

Personnel

Statistics

League and Cup

Season Division Pos Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Top goalscorer Cup Notes
2006 IV liiga E 3 22 15 1 6 108 36 +72 46 Vjatšeslav Gušinets (29) as Maardu Esteve
2007 III liiga E 3 22 18 0 4 123 37 +86 54 Tõnis Starkopf (43) Second round
2008 3 20 13 4 3 65 37 +28 43 Tõnis Starkopf (23) Fourth round
2009 3 22 17 0 5 99 39 +60 51 Maksim Krivošein (34) Third round
2010 3 22 14 4 4 90 37 +53 46 Maksim Krivošein (29) Second round as FC Maardu
2011 1 22 19 2 1 78 18 +60 59 Maksim Krivošein (19)
2012 II liiga N/E 8 26 9 4 13 62 61 +1 31 Vadim Šalabai (12) Fourth round
2013 1 24 19 2 3 80 29 +51 59 Klimentiy Boldyrev (26) Third round as Maardu FC Starbunker
2014 Esiliiga B 5 36 16 2 18 70 85 −15 50 Klimentiy Boldyrev (14) Second round
2015 1 36 26 3 7 92 38 +54 81 Klimentiy Boldyrev (25) Fourth round
2016 Esiliiga 4 36 16 6 14 83 75 +8 54 Vitali Gussev (31) Second round as Maardu Linnameeskond
2017 1[3] 36 24 5 7 92 44 +48 77 Vitali Gussev (38) Second round
2018 1 36 29 1 6 126 38 +88 88 Vitali Gussev (46) First round
2019 Meistriliiga 10 36 4 5 27 30 118 –88 17 Jasper Uwaegbulam (10) Quarter-final
2020 Esiliiga 2 32 20 4 8 68 45 +23 64 Ilja Zelentsov (22) Third round
2021 1 30 23 4 3 99 30 +69 73 Vitali Gussev (21) Quarter-final

References

  1. ^ "Eesti jalgpalli tugevuselt neljandas liigas muutusid koosseisud". Delfi. 17 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Maardu Linnameeskond (2021)". Eesti Jalgpalli Liit. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Maardu loobus Premium liigast, asemele tõuseb Kuressaare" (in Estonian). soccernet.ee. 18 December 2017.