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Sillamäe Kalev

Full name	Jalgpalliklubi Sillamäe Kalev
Founded	1957; 67 years ago (1957)
Ground	Sillamäe Kalev Stadium
Capacity	800 [1]
Chairman	Aleksandr Starodubtsev
Manager	Vadym Dobizha
League	II liiga (north/east)
2022	II liiga, 10th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

JK Sillamäe Kalev, commonly known as Sillamäe Kalev, or simply as Sillamäe, is an Estonian football club based in Sillamäe. Founded in 1957, Sillamäe Kalev was one of the founding members of the Meistriliiga.

The club competed in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football in 2017, but was declared bankrupt in March 2018. ^[2] Its football academy continued and took over the name, continuing in the II liiga, 4th level in the Estonian football league system. ^[3]

History

Sillamäe Kalev was founded in 1957 and competed in the Estonian SSR Football Championship. In 1992, the club became one of the founding members of the Meistriliiga. Sillamäe Kalev was relegated after the 1993–94 season.

After a lengthy spell in lower divisions, the club returned to the Meistriliiga for the 2008 season. Sillamäe Kalev finished the 2009 season as runners-up with 76 points behind Levadia and qualified to the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League qualifiers. Sillamäe Kalev faced off Dinamo Minsk in the second qualifying round, losing 1–10 on aggregate. Sillamäe Kalev returned to top three in the 2013 season, when the club placed third. The club finished the 2014 season as runners-up, while Yevgeni Kabaev won the goal scoring title with 36 goals. Sillamäe Kalev reached the 2015–16 Estonian Cup final, but suffered an extra time loss to Flora. ^[4]

Crest

• 
  –2015
• 
  2015–present

Honours

Domestic

• Meistriliiga

Runners-up (2): 2009, 2014

Third place (1): 2013

• Esiliiga

Third place (1): 2007

• Estonian Cup

Runners-up (1): 2015–16

Players

First-team squad

As of 18 July 2017 ^[5]

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   EST Mihhail Starodubtsev ( captain) 3 DF   EST Dmitri Kovtunovitš 4 DF   EST Aleksandr Ivanjušin 5 DF   RUS Aleksei Yepifanov 7 MF   EST Denis Vnukov 9 FW   RUS Aleksandr Savin 10 MF   EST Aleksandr Volkov 13 MF   RUS Irakli Torinava

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF   RUS Mikhail Slashchev 16 GK   EST Eduard Orehov 21 FW   RUS Roman Grigorevski 23 DF   EST Pavel Aleksejev 26 DF   EST Vladislav Tšurilkin 33 DF   EST Artjom Davõdov 77 DF   UKR Oleksandr Sukharov 95 FW   EST Erik Anohhin

Reserves and academy

Personnel

Managerial history

Dates	Name
2006–2009	Vadym Dobizha
2009	Anatoli Ushanov
2010–2011	Vladimir Kazachyonok
2011–2012	Valeri Bondarenko
2012–2013	Algimantas Briaunys
2013–2014	Sergei Ratnikov
2014	Algimantas Briaunys Vadym Dobizha
2014–2015	Sergei Frantsev
2015–2016	Denis Ugarov
2016–2017	Algimantas Briaunys
2017–	Vadym Dobizha

Statistics

League and Cup

Season	Division	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Top goalscorer	Cup
1992	Meistriliiga	5	6	1	1	4	4	10	−6	3
	Relegation	11	5	2	2	1	8	8	0	6
1992–93	Meistriliiga	11	22	4	1	17	17	65	−48	9
1993–94	Meistriliiga	11	22	1	1	20	11	97	−86	3		Third round
1994–95	II liiga	1	8	5	1	2	19	13	+6	16
	Promotion	3	8	4	1	3	13	11	+2	13
1995–96	II liiga	2	8	4	3	1	14	6	+8	11
	Promotion	2	12	8	1	3	30	10	+20	25
1996–97	Esiliiga	4	14	7	2	5	21	13	+8	23
	Promotion	6	10	1	3	6	6	21	−15	6
1997–98	Esiliiga	6	14	4	2	8	21	33	−12	14		Third round
	Relegation	4	14	5	4	5	20	17	+3	19
1998	Esiliiga	5	14	5	3	6	15	23	−8	18
1999	Esiliiga	8	28	5	2	21	26	62	−36	17
2000	II liiga	1	20	11	7	2	39	15	+24	40
2001	Esiliiga	7	28	12	3	13	59	53	+6	39	Aleksandr Ivarinen (9)
2002	Esiliiga	8	28	3	3	22	23	79	−56	12		Second round
2003	II liiga	8	28	5	3	20	45	98	−53	18		Second round
2004	III liiga	1	18	14	2	2	58	16	+42	44	Roman Treial (19)
2005	II liiga	6	28	13	2	13	58	66	−8	41	Aleksandr Avdeev (21)
2006	II liiga	2	28	17	6	5	106	50	+56	57	Aleksandr Avdeev (34)
2007	Esiliiga	3	36	20	9	7	67	40	+27	69	Vitali Bolšakov (14)
2008	Meistriliiga	5	36	13	6	17	49	79	−30	45	Irfan Ametov (13)	Second round
2009	Meistriliiga	2	36	24	4	8	85	40	+45	76	Aleksei Naumov (13)	Semi-finalist
2010	Meistriliiga	5	36	18	5	13	79	52	+27	59	Nikita Kolyaev Aleksandr Nikulin Nerijus Vasiliauskas (9)	Quarter-finalist
2011	Meistriliiga	5	36	17	3	16	77	59	+18	54	Aleksei Alekseev Aleksandr Nikulin (14)	Semi-finalist
2012	Meistriliiga	5	36	15	10	11	51	43	+8	55	Vladislav Ivanov (10)	Fourth round
2013	Meistriliiga	3	36	23	6	7	75	22	+53	75	Kassim Aidara (17)	Quarter-finalist
2014	Meistriliiga	2	36	25	4	7	108	34	+74	79	Yevgeni Kabaev (36)	Second round
2015	Meistriliiga	5	36	17	8	11	63	43	+20	59	Yaroslav Kvasov (19)	Quarter-finalist
2016	Meistriliiga	5	36	14	9	13	65	55	+10	51	Yevgeni Kabaev (25)	Finalist
2017	Meistriliiga	10	36	10	6	20	52	76	-24	36	Aleksandr Volkov (18)	Third round

Europe

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	Dinamo Minsk	0–5	1–5	1–10
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Honka	2–1	2–3 ( a.e.t.)	4–4 ( a)
		Second qualifying round	Krasnodar	0–4	0–5	0–9
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Hajduk Split	1–1	2–6	3–7

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to JK Sillamäe Kalev.

• Official website
• Team profile at Estonian Football Association official website