Rakvere JK Tarvas, commonly known as Rakvere Tarvas, or simply as Tarvas, is a

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, based in

Rakvere Rakvere is a town in northern Estonia and the administrative centre of the Lääne-Viru ''maakond'' (county), 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. Rakvere is the 8th most populous urban area in Estonia. Rakvere has a tota ...

, Estonia. The club was founded in 2004 as Virumaa JK Rakvere. From 2008 until 2010, the club was named Rakvere FC Flora, and since 2011 Rakvere JK Tarvas.

History

The club was founded in 2004 as Virumaa Jalgpalliklubi Rakvere ( en, Virumaa Football Club Rakvere). From 2008, Rakvere became affiliated with

Flora Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms '' gut flora'' or '' skin flora''. E ...

and became Rakvere FC Flora. In 2011, the team name was changed to Tarvas ( en, Aurochs), which is the symbol of Rakvere and is derived from the historic name of the town, Tarvanpea (''Aurochs' head''). In 2012, Tarvas was promoted to 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 ...

and finished the 2012 season in third place. In promotion games against

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Tarvas lost 1–3 on aggregate. Tarvas finished the

2013 Esiliiga The 2013 season of the Esiliiga, the second level in the Estonian football system, is the twenty-third season in the league's history. The season officially began on 3 March 2013 and ended on 10 November 2013. However, on 3 March the Estonian Foot ...

season in 4th place but were beaten in the promotion play-offs by Tammeka 2–6 on aggregate. In July 2014,

Valeri Bondarenko Valeri Bondarenko (born 22 April 1953) is an Estonian football coach and a former player. Playing career 1971–1979 he played for FC Norma Tallinn. Coaching career 1993–1994 he was the assistant coach of the Estonia national football team. 1 ...

was hired as manager. Tarvas finished the 2015 Esiliiga season in 4th place and was promoted to the

Meistriliiga Meistriliiga (, known as the A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football (soccer), football championship. The league was founded in 1992, and was initially semi-p ...

for the first time in history. Tarvas earned just 1 point in first 14 Meistriliiga games. On 4 June 2016, Valeri Bondarenko was sacked and replaced as manager by

Urmas Kirs Urmas Kirs (born 5 November 1966) is an Estonian football manager and a retired footballer. He lastly coached the Estonian Meistriliiga club Tarvas. He played in the position of defender. Kirs spent the most of his career in Flora. Internati ...

, who coached the team in 2008. With new coach Tarvas earned another two draws and finished season at the bottom of the table.

Players

Current squad

''As of 10 March 2018.

Reserves and academy

Personnel

Current technical staff

Managerial history

Internationals

Statistics

League and Cup

References

External links

Official websiteTeam info
at Estonian Football Association {{DEFAULTSORT:Tarvas Rakvere Football clubs in Estonia Association football clubs established in 2004 2004 establishments in Estonia Meistriliiga clubs