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 Estonian Sports Association Kalev ( et, Eesti Spordiselts Kalev) is a sports association in Estonia, founded in 1901. History The association was founded in 1901 in Tallinn as the Kalev Amateur Cyclist Society (). In 1908, a tennis club was es ...

. The club has teams in various sports.

Association football

The men's football team is called

JK Tallinna Kalev JK Tallinna Kalev, also known as Tallinna Kalev or simply Kalev, is a football club based in Tallinn, Estonia, that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is the Kalevi Keskstaadion. Formed as ...

and for the women's football team, see

JK Tallinna Kalev (women) Jalgpalliklubi Tallinna Kalev ladies' team is an Estonian women's association football club from Tallinn. The club currently plays in Naiste Meistriliiga The Naiste Meistriliiga (English: Women's Champions League) is the highest league of wom ...

Bandy

During its first years, Kalev Tallinn also was a successful club in the sport of

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

. The club became Estonian champions of this sport in 1916, 1917 and 1918.

Basketball

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 hock ...

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 ...

, 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 Tallinna Kalev RFC is an Estonian rugby Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) ** ...

References

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