Pärnu JK Vaprus is a

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club based in Pärnu, Estonia, that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is

Pärnu Rannastaadion Pärnu Rannastaadion ( en, Pärnu Beach Stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium in Pärnu, Estonia. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home ground of Pärnu JK Vaprus and Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi, PJK. The sta ...

History

Vaprus was formed in May 1922, as Sporting Society Vaprus. Among other sports Vaprus competed in the local Pärnu football championships, winning in 1927 and 1934. In 1937, Vaprus merged with several other local sporting clubs to form Pärnu Kalev. The club was re-established in 1999 as an amateur team playing in the lower leagues. In 2003, several local clubs merged with Vaprus, including former top league club Pärnu Levadia, forming a working football club. Vaprus won the

2005 Esiliiga The 2005 Esiliiga is the 15th season of the Esiliiga, second-highest Estonian league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. JK Pärnu Vaprus gained automatic promotion to the Meistriliiga. FC Ajax Lasnamäe also went up ...

season and was, for the first time in the club's history, promoted to Estonia's top-flight football league Meistriliiga. The club finished their first Meistriliiga season in 7th place. Vaprus finished the

2008 Meistriliiga The 2008 season of Meistriliiga, the first level in the Estonian football system, was the 18th season in the league's history. It began on 8 March 2008 and ended on 15 November 2008. The defending champions were Levadia. Promotion and relegatio ...

season in 10th place, but managed to avoid direct relegation due to disbandment of TVMK. However, the club was still relegated after losing the relegation play-offs against Paide Linnameeskond. In 2010, Vaprus formed a united team

Pärnu Linnameeskond Pärnu Linnameeskond or simply Pärnu, was a football club, based in Pärnu, Estonia. Founded in 2010 as the union of Vaprus, Pärnu JK and Pärnu Kalev. Pärnu Linnameeskond finished 2014 Esiliiga season in third place and was promoted to Meist ...

with

Pärnu JK Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi, commonly known as PJK, or simply as Pärnu, was a women's football team based in Pärnu, Estonia. Having won a record 13 Naiste Meistriliiga titles, 6 Estonian Women's Cups and 7 Estonian Women's Supercups, the team step ...

and Pärnu Kalev. Vaprus itself continued to only operate in youth football until 2014, when they entered their senior team to Estonian lower leagues. Pärnu Linnameeskond reached Estonian top flight in

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, but broke up after two seasons with Pärnu Vaprus inheriting their league spot for

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. After an eight year absence, Vaprus returned to top-flight football and moved to the newly renovated 1,501 seater Pärnu Rannastaadion. The club finished the season in last place, but managed to avoid relegation due to

Sillamäe Kalev Sillamäe (Estonian for 'Bridge Hill'; also known by the Germanised names of ''Sillamäggi'' or ''Sillamägi'') is a town in Ida-Viru County in the northern part of Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland. It has a population of 1 ...

's bankruptcy. Pärnu Vaprus was relegated in the following 2018 season. Vaprus won Esiliiga in

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, and returned to Meistriliiga, where they again finished last in the 2021 season. However, the club again avoided relegation due to Viljandi Tulevik leaving top-flight football for financial reasons. Pärnu Vaprus finished the 2022 season in 10th place, but once again, avoided relegation due to

TJK Legion Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi Legion or simply TJK Legion is an Estonian football club, based in Tallinn. On 4 January 2007, Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi and Tallinna SK Legion merged into this club. Legion also has a reserve team. Its name is Tallinna ...

leaving top-flight football for financial difficulties.

Honours

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 ...

: Winners (1):

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* II Liiga : Winners (1): 2004 * III Liiga : Winners (1): 2000

Players

First-team squad

''For season transfers, see transfers winter 2021–22 and transfers summer 2022.''

Reserves and academy

Personnel

Current technical staff

Managerial history

Seasons and statistics

References

External links

Official website
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