Harju JK Laagri is a soccer team of

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

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club Harju Jalgpallikool, based in

Laagri Laagri is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Harju County, northern Estonia. It is located in Saue Parish Saue Parish ( Estonian: ''Saue vald'') is a rural municipality in Harju County, north-western Estonia. The administrative centre of Saue ...

Harjumaa Harju County ( et, Harju maakond or ''Harjumaa''), is one of the fifteen counties of Estonia. It is situated in Northern Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Järva County to the sout ...

. Founded in 2009, they last played in the

Esiliiga The Esiliiga is the second division in the Estonian football league system. The Esiliiga is ranked below the Meistriliiga and above the Esiliiga B. As in most countries with low temperatures in winter time, the season starts in March and ends i ...

, the second level of Estonian football.

History

Harju Jalgpallikool was founded on 27 August 2009 with the aim of focusing on youth football and developing players for Estonian national teams and foreign academies. Harju JK entered senior football in 2015, when their first team entered IV Liiga, the lowest level of football in Estonia. In 2019, Harju JK appointed Portuguese Victor da Silva as their manager and in the following seasons gained promotion four years in a row. During the period, Harju's team consisted mostly of their youth system players, which resulted in youth prospects Karel Mustmaa signing a three-year professional contract with Benfica and Imre Kartau moving to

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. Harju JK won Esiliiga in the 2022 season and were promoted to Estonian top flight league Premium Liiga for the first time in its history.

Players

: ''As of 9 March 2022 ''For season transfers, see transfers winter 2022–23.''

Personnel

Current technical staff

Managerial history

Statistics

League and Cup

References

{{Football in Estonia Football clubs in Estonia Association football clubs established in 2009 2009 establishments in Estonia