Football Club Tartu Santos is an Estonian football club based in Tartu. Their home ground is Holm Park.
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| Full name | Football Club Tartu Santos | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2006[1] | ||
| Dissolved | 2019 | ||
| Ground | Tartu Annelinna kunstmurustaadion[2] | ||
| Chairman | Meelis Eelmäe | ||
| Manager | Janar Sagim | ||
| 2019 | II liiga E/N, 14th | ||
History
In 2014 Santos, while competing in the third tier of Estonian football, reached the 2013–14 Estonian Cup final. Their opponent in the final was the reigning Estonian champion FC Levadia, already qualified for the Champions League, therefore Santos qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League as cup runner-up.[3] Santos went out on aggregate 1–13 to Tromsø of Norway but scored their first ever goal in a European competition.
Because of their appearance in the 2013–14 Estonian Cup final, Santos also qualified for the Estonian Supercup at the start of the 2015 season. They faced 2014 Meistriliiga champions FC Levadia Tallinn. The match took place on 3 March 2015 and finished in a 5–0 defeat for Santos.
After the 2018 Esiliiga season, the club decided to continue as a full-amateur team and drop 2 leagues lower to II liiga.[4]
Players
Current squad
- As of 11 April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | MF |  EST | Markus Soomets |
| 19 | FW | EST | Robert Pluum |
| 21 | FW | EST | Ander Vool |
| 22 | DF | EST | Siim Roops |
| 23 | MF | EST | Joonas Kartsep (captain) |
| 25 | MF | EST | Karl Markus Koivastik |
| 27 | DF | EST | Kevin Märtmaa |
| 31 | DF | EST | Marten Zovo |
| 92 | DF | EST | Oskar Meus |
| 99 | FW | EST | Karl-Erik Vidaja |
Honours
Domestic
- Runners-up (1): 2014
- Winner (3): 2006, 2008, 2013
- Winner (1): 2005
- Winner (1): 2004
- V Liiga
- Winner (1): 2003
- Runners-up (1): 2014
UEFA club competition results
- European record
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Europa League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
- Matches
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  Tromsø | 0–7 | 1–6 | 1–13 |
- Notes
- 1Q: First qualifying round
Statistics
League and Cup
| Season | League | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Top Goalscorer(s) | Cup | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | V Liiga | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 16 | +73 | 48 | as Tartu Välk 494 | ||
| 2004 | IV Liiga | 1 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 71 | 22 | +49 | 49 | |||
| 2005 | III Liiga | 1 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 89 | 25 | +64 | 58 | Iivo Müürsepp Roomer Tarajev (11) | ||
| 2006 | II Liiga | 1 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 94 | 37 | +57 | 59 | Martin Maks (17) | ||
| 2007 | Esiliiga | 9 | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 49 | 93 | −44 | 29 | 1/8 | ||
| FC Santos and Tartu Välk 494 merged to FC Santos | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | II Liiga | 1 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 74 | 44 | +30 | 58 | Taavi Vellemaa (15) | 1/32 | as FC Santos |
| 2009–2012 | Did not participate | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | II Liiga | 1 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 138 | 16 | +122 | 73 | Alar Alve (25) | F | as FC Santos Tartu |
| 2014 | Esiliiga B | 2 | 36 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 161 | 27 | +134 | 96 |  Yuriy Vereshchak (43) | 1/64 | |
| 2015 | Esiliiga | 8 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 56 | 83 | −27 | 42 | Alar Alve Taavi Vellemaa (11) | 1/4 | |
| 2016 | 6 | 36 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 63 | 70 | −7 | 49 | Alex Meinhard (14) | 1/64 | ||
| 2017 | 8 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 75 | 74 | +1 | 43 | Alex Meinhard (22) | 1/32 | ||
| 2018 | 7 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 47 | 68 | -21 | 41 | Kristofer Reinberg (11) | 1/16 | ||
Coaches
| Name | Career |
|---|---|
| Mikk Laas | 1 January 2014 – 21 April 2014 |
 Algimantas Liubinskas | 21 April 2014 – 31 December 2014 |