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 Stadium
Capacity9,692 [1]
ManagerAleksandra Ševoldajeva
LeagueNaiste Meistriliiga
20191st (Champions)
WebsiteClub website

Established in 1997 as the women's football division of Flora, the team has won 2 Naiste Meistriliiga, 6 Estonian Women's Cups and 5 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.[2]

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.[2]

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.[3] On 1 December 2015, Aleksandra Ševoldajeva was appointed as manager.

Honours

Winners (3): 2007, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2020

Winners (2): 2018, 2019

Winners (3): 2009, 2010, 2018, 2019, 2020

Players

Current squad
As of November 2018

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
43 GK  EST Getriin Strigin
37 GK  EST Tatjana Lebedeva
2 DF  EST Daniela Mona Lambin
5 DF  EST Liis Lepik
10 DF  EST Silja Goroško
28 DF  EST Kristina Tullus
30 DF  EST Siret Räämet
35 DF  EST Liis Karlson
38 DF  EST Nora Anete Müller
44 DF  EST Birgit Allmere
55 DF  EST Riin Emajõe
7 MF  EST Valeria Liik
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF  EST Marie Heleen Lisette Kikkas
9 MF  EST Maarja Saulep
14 MF  EST Kethy Õunpuu
33 MF  EST Kelly Rosen
20 MF  EST Ariina Mürkhain
26 MF  EST Grete Daut
72 MF  EST Mari Liis Lillemäe
6 FW  EST Katrin Loo
16 FW  EST Triin Väljataga
61 FW  EST Getter Saar

Management

Current technical staff
Position Name
Head coach Aleksandra Ševoldajeva

References
  1. "A. Le Coq Arena". fcflora.ee. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. "Naiskond läbi aegade" [Women's team throughout the time] (in Estonian). FC Flora. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  3. "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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