JK Nõmme Kalju

Nõmme Kalju

Full name	MTÜ Nõmme Jalgpalliklubi Kalju[1]
Nickname(s)	Roosad Pantrid (Pink Panthers)
Founded	1923 1997 (re-established)
Ground	Hiiu Stadium, Tallinn (Capacity: 1,000[citation needed])
Chairman	Kuno Tehva
Manager	Igor Prins
League	Meistriliiga
2010	Meistriliiga, 4th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

JK Nõmme Kalju is an Estonian football club based in Nõmme, Tallinn. The club was originally established in 1923 and then re-established in 1997. Nõmme Kalju currently play in the Meistriliiga, the highest level of Estonian football after many adventures in lower divisions. Hiiu Staadion is their home stadium.

History

Nõmme Sports Club Kalju was founded on December 20, 1922. A year later Nõmme Kalju football club was founded, where local footballers played for many years successfully in Estonian top division, Meistriliiga.

In 1997 the team was re-established from Tallinna Jalgpallikool and Õhtulehe Noorte Jalgpalliklubi's youth players. The team played eight years in a row in Estonian Third League. They played twice in promotion/relegation play-offs and the second time was successful for the team, thus they got promoted to the Second League in 2004. Then they started a row of successive promotions. In 2005, Nõmme Kalju won his promotion to Esiliiga by winning Second League. In 2006, the team was unsuccessful in the fight for promotion to the Meistriliiga, eventually finishing behind FC Kuressaare and JK Tallinna Kalev. In the middle of season 2007, Nõmme Kalju hired Brazilian Fredo Getulio, who has worked with the group of coaches who led Brazilian U-17 national team to World Cup. Nõmme Kalju also bought four Brazilian footballers. They finished 6th in season 2007 and beat FC Kuressaare in promotion/relegation play-offs, thus qualifying for next year's Meistriliiga. In preparing for the next season in Meistriliiga, the team needed replenishment. Nõmme Kalju bought 16 new players, three of them were expatriate footballers and four were ex-international players.^[2][3]

They finished their first season in Meistriliiga at a surprisingly high fifth place, but after FC TVMK were disbanded they got the fourth place. The season started very well, Kalju was fighting over the positions 1–5, but they had a little ebb in the middle of the season. After signing ex-international Maksim Smirnov from FK Ventspils, the team started to do very well again, they lost the bronze position by only one point. In the 2009–10 season the team participated for the first time in their history in the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round, but were eliminated by FC Dinaburg.

Kalju made headlines before the 2011 Meistriliiga season as they acquired four Estonian internationals – Tarmo Neemelo^[4], Alo Bärengrub^[5], Kristen Viikmäe^[6] and Eino Puri^[7] – alongside with couple of players from abroad. This made them one of the favourites to win the league. They also offered contract to Andrei Stepanov, who refused as he sought a contract abroad.

Stadium

Hiiu Stadium on March/April 2008

JK Nõmme Kalju's home stadium has been Hiiu Stadium since it was built in 1923. The stadium holds a capacity of only 500^{[citation needed]}, but Hiiu Stadium's capacity record is 1611 against FC Narva Trans on 23 May 2009.^{[citation needed]} It is a multi-use stadium, but the pitch is made from Artificial turf. The owner of the stadium is City of Tallinn.

On 27 November 2010 Nõmme Kalju signed a contract with Tallinn University of Technology and the City of Tallinn to reconstruct the old Tallinn University of Technology stadium in Mustamäe (Raja tänav 4a) and it will become the new home stadium for Kalju.^[8][9]

Nõmme Kalju in Estonian Football

Nõmme Kalju alternative logo

Season	League	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Top Goalscorer	Avg.Att.	Cup
1997–98	4N	2	8	5	0	3	48	12	36	15			R1
1998	4N	2	10	7	2	1	40	15	25	23
1999	4N	3	20	12	2	6	53	24	29	38	Lauri Kiviloo (21)
2000	4N	4	20	8	2	10	38	37	1	26
2001	4N	5	18	7	3	8	36	56	−20	24
2002	4N	7	18	6	4	8	39	43	−4	22
2003	4N	4	18	10	3	5	37	20	17	33
2004	4N	2	18	11	5	2	68	32	36	38	Lauri Kiviloo (15)
2005	3E/N	1	28	18	5	5	88	36	52	59	Andrus Mitt (28)
2006	2	5	36	18	5	13	76	80	−4	59	Andrus Mitt (35)		1/16
2007	2	6	36	13	9	14	69	69	0	48	Andrus Mitt (24)		1/8
2008	1	4	36	16	7	13	65	64	1	55	Ingemar Teever (23)	334	1/16
2009	1	5	36	15	9	12	65	47	18	54	Felipe Nunes (20)	367	F
2010	1	4	36	18	8	10	59	42	17	62	Juri Jevdokimov (21)	194	QF
2011	1	2 !	36	24	7	5	82	23	59	79	Tarmo Neemelo (22)	515[10]	R3

EN − Eastern/Northern Zone; N − Northern Zone

UEFA club competition results

Season	Cup	Rnd	Opponent	Score
2009–10	Europa League	1Q	Dinaburg	1–2	0–0
2011–12	Europa League	1Q	FC Honka	0–0	0–2
2012–13	Europa League	1Q	TBD

1Q – 1st Qualifying Round; home games are underlined

Players

Current squad

As of 2 November 2011.^[11]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Daniil Savitski 2 DF Mikk Haavistu 3 DF Andres Koogas 4 DF Alain Garcia Gutierrez 5 DF Alo Bärengrub 6 MF Hiroyuki Mitsuyama 7 MF Eino Puri 8 MF Kaarlo Rantanen 10 FW Oliver Konsa 11 FW Kristen Viikmäe 12 DF Martin Tšegodajev

No. Position Player 14 DF Ken Kallaste 15 FW Juri Jevdokimov 18 MF Sergei Terehhov 19 FW Kouakou Fabrice Elysee Kouadio 23 MF Jorge Manuel Ferreira Rodrigues 25 MF Denis Vnukov 26 DF Dmitri Kovtunovitš 28 DF Marco Bianchi 69 GK Kert Kütt (captain) 75 MF Hidetoshi Wakui 99 FW Tarmo Neemelo

Players out on loan

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

No. Position Player 22 MF Christian Kõrtsmik (loaned to Paide LM)

Reserve team

As of 2 November 2011.^[12]

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

No. Position Player 29 FW Tanel Tammemägi 31 GK Silver Saluste –– GK Andrei Lvov –– DF Karl-Gunnar Arulaid –– DF Azeez Adewuyi Ibisomi –– DF Greeg Jakobson –– DF Martin Keba –– DF Armand Naris –– DF Randy Pius –– DF Marek Poom –– DF Rauno Raid –– DF Roland Samberk –– DF Julius Stokas

No. Position Player –– DF Rasmus Varvik –– MF Silvestr Belozjorov –– MF Getulio Aurelio Fredo –– MF Ranner Pak –– MF Ilja Popov –– MF Robert Veskimäe –– FW Timo Erkki Huttunen –– FW Anti Kõlu –– FW Lauri Lendsalu –– FW Marek Mäekala –– FW Rauno Nõmmiko –– Boriss Bõhhovets

Notable former players

Estonia Martin Hurt Rene Kaas Risto Kallaste Toomas Kallaste Andrei Krasnopjorov Toomas Krõm Risto Kägo Liivo Leetma Mati Lember Joel Lindpere Martin Maasing Andrus Mitt Jevgeni Novikov Indro Olumets Igor Prins Aleksander Saharov Maksim Smirnov Ingemar Teever Janar Tükk

Belarus Vitali Shuhanau Brazil Alan Arruda Diego Douglas Balbinot Dona Murilo Maccari Marcío Pimentel Felipe Nunes England Richard Barnwell

See also: Category:JK Nõmme Kalju players

References

1. ^ "JK Nõmme Kalju — KONTAKT". jkkalju.ee. http://www.jkkalju.ee/?mid=11. Retrieved 18 May 2010. 
2. ^ "Nõmme Kalju ajaloolised saavutused!". jkkalju.ee. http://www.jkkalju.ee/?page=49. Retrieved July 25 2008. 
3. ^ "Tänapäev". jkkalju.ee. http://www.jkkalju.ee/?page=44. Retrieved July 25 2008. 
4. ^ "AMETLIK: Tarmo Neemelo liitus Nõmme Kaljuga [OFFICIAL: Tarmo Neemelo joins Nõmme Kalju]" (in Estonian). jkkalju.ee. 7 February 2011. http://www.jkkalju.ee/AMETLIK-Tarmo-Neemelo-liitus-Nmme-Kaljuga/. Retrieved 17 June 2011. 
5. ^ "AMETLIK! Eesti koondise keskkaitsja Alo Bärengrub liitus Nõmme Kaljuga [OFFICIAL! Estonian national team central defender Alo Bärengrub joins Nõmme Kalju]" (in Estonian). jkkalju.ee. 4 March 2011. http://www.jkkalju.ee/AMETLIK-Eesti-koondise-keskkaitsja-Alo-Brengrub-liitus-Nmme-Kaljuga/. Retrieved 17 June 2011. 
6. ^ "Kristen Viikmäe sõlmis lepingu Nõmme Kaljuga [Kristen Viikmäe sõlmis lepingu Nõmme Kaljuga]" (in Estonian). jkkalju.ee. 27 January 2011. http://www.jkkalju.ee/Kristen-Viikme-slmis-lepingu-Nmme-Kaljuga/. Retrieved 17 June 2011. 
7. ^ "Eino Puri liitus Nõmme Kaljuga [Eino Puri joins Nõmme Kalju]" (in Estonian). jkkalju.ee. 18 February 2011. http://www.jkkalju.ee/Eino-Puri-liitus-Nmme-Kaljuga/. Retrieved 17 June 2011. 
8. ^ "Staadion" (in Estonian). Nõmme Kalju. http://www.jkkalju.ee/info/staadion. Retrieved 26 May 2011. 
9. ^ "Nõmme Kalju astus olulise sammu uue staadioni rajamiseks" (in Estonian). Delfi. 2010-11-27. http://sport.delfi.ee/news/jalgpall/eesti/nomme-kalju-astus-olulise-sammu-uue-staadioni-rajamiseks.d?id=35672185. Retrieved 26 May 2011. 
10. ^ "Meistriliiga külastatavus 2011 [Meistriliiga attendance 2011]" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. http://jalgpall.ee/attendance.php?b=ML&year=2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011. 
11. ^ "Eesti Jalgpalli Liit — NõMME JK KALJU (2011)". jalgpall.ee. http://www.jalgpall.ee/team.php?team=84&b=ML&year=2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011. 
12. ^ "Eesti Jalgpalli Liit — NõMME JK KALJU II (2011)". jalgpall.ee. http://jalgpall.ee/team.php?team=594&year=2011&b=II.E/N. Retrieved 2 November 2011. 

External links

• Official website