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Kalev Tallinn is a multi-sport club in
Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...
, Estonia. The club was formed as Jalgpalliselts Meteor (Football Union Meteor) in 1909 and changed to its present name in 1911, when it joined the all-Estonian sports organisation Estonian Sports Association Kalev. The club has teams in various sports.


Association football

The men's football team is called JK Tallinna Kalev and for the women's football team, see JK Tallinna Kalev (women).


Bandy

During its first years, Kalev Tallinn also was a successful club in the sport of bandy. The club became Estonian champions of this sport in 1916, 1917 and 1918.


Basketball

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KK Kalev Kalev (also known as Tallinn Kalev, Korvpalliklubi Kalev) was a professional basketball club from Tallinn, Estonia what was back then part of Soviet Union. The team played in the Estonian Basketball League (Korvpalli Meistriliiga) and in the So ...
(1920–2005) *
BC Tallinna Kalev Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ is a professional basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia. The team plays in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League and Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). Their home arena is the Audentes Sports Centre. History The team was fou ...
(1998–)


Ice Hockey

Kalev used to play in the
ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...
Meistriliiga Meistriliiga (, known as the A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded in 1992, and was initially semi-professional with ...
, winning the title seven times in 1934, 1937, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1962.


Rugby

The club is also playing rugby. The rugby team goes under the name Tallinna Kalev RFC.


References

{{Reflist Multi-sport clubs in Estonia Bandy clubs in Estonia Bandy clubs established in 1909