Sillamäe Kalev
Full nameJalgpalliklubi Sillamäe Kalev
Founded1957 (1957)
GroundSillamäe Kalev Stadium
Capacity800[1]
ChairmanAleksandr Starodubtsev
ManagerVadym Dobizha
LeagueII liiga (north/east)
2022II liiga, 10th
WebsiteClub website

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

Honours

Domestic

Runners-up (2): 2009, 2014
Third place (1): 2013
Third place (1): 2007
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 Estonia EST Mihhail Starodubtsev (captain)
3 DF Estonia EST Dmitri Kovtunovitš
4 DF Estonia EST Aleksandr Ivanjušin
5 DF Russia RUS Aleksei Yepifanov
7 MF Estonia EST Denis Vnukov
9 FW Russia RUS Aleksandr Savin
10 MF Estonia EST Aleksandr Volkov
13 MF Russia RUS Irakli Torinava
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Russia RUS Mikhail Slashchev
16 GK Estonia EST Eduard Orehov
21 FW Russia RUS Roman Grigorevski
23 DF Estonia EST Pavel Aleksejev
26 DF Estonia EST Vladislav Tšurilkin
33 DF Estonia EST Artjom Davõdov
77 DF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Sukharov
95 FW Estonia EST Erik Anohhin

Reserves and academy

Personnel

Managerial history

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

Statistics

League and Cup

Europe

References

  1. ↑ "Spordikompleks "Kalev" staadion" (in Estonian). Eesti Spordiregister. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Kohus kuulutas välja Sillamäe Kalevi pankroti" (in Estonian). ERR Sport. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Sillamäe pankrot uut hooaega ei mõjuta: jalgpallikool Sillamäe Kalev mängib planeeritult teist liigat" (in Estonian). Soccernet. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Flora võitis karikafinaalis Sillamäed lisaajal 3:0" (in Estonian). FC Flora. 21 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "JK Sillamäe Kalev". Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
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