JK Sillamäe Kalev, commonly known as Sillamäe Kalev, or simply as Sillamäe, is an
Estonian
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* Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe
* Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent
* Estonian language
* Estonian cuisine
* Estonian culture
See also ...
football club
In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...
based in
Sillamäe
Sillamäe (Estonian for 'Bridge Hill'; also known by the Germanised names of ''Sillamäggi'' or ''Sillamägi'') is a town in Ida-Viru County in the northeastern part of Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland. It has a population o ...
. Founded in 1957, Sillamäe Kalev was one of the founding members of the
Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga (), officially known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons, and commonly known as the Premium Liiga, is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded i ...
.
The club competed in the
Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga (), officially known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons, and commonly known as the Premium Liiga, is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded i ...
, the top flight of
Estonian football in 2017, but was declared bankrupt in March 2018. Its football academy continued and took over the name, continuing in the
II liiga
II liiga is the fourth level of football league competition in Estonia arranged by the Estonian Football Association. It consists of 28 teams, divided geographically into two divisions with 14 teams each in group North/East and South/West. Until ...
, 4th level in the Estonian football league system.
History
Sillamäe Kalev was founded in 1957 and competed in the
Estonian SSR Football Championship. In
1992
1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General.
* January 6
** The Republ ...
, the club became one of the founding members of the
Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga (), officially known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons, and commonly known as the Premium Liiga, is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded i ...
. Sillamäe Kalev was relegated after the
1993–94 season.
After a lengthy spell in lower divisions, the club returned to the Meistriliiga for the
2008 season. Sillamäe Kalev finished the
2009 season as runners-up with 76 points behind
Levadia and qualified to the
2010–11 UEFA Europa League
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qualifiers. Sillamäe Kalev faced off
Dinamo Minsk in the second qualifying round, losing 1–10 on aggregate. Sillamäe Kalev returned to top three in the
2013 season, when the club placed third. The club finished the
2014 season as runners-up, while
Yevgeni Kabaev won the goal scoring title with 36 goals. Sillamäe Kalev reached the
2015–16 Estonian Cup final, but suffered an extra time loss to
Flora
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.
Crest
File:SillamäeKalev.jpg,
File:JKSillamäe2015.png,
Honours
Domestic
*
Meistriliiga
Meistriliiga (), officially known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons, and commonly known as the Premium Liiga, is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded i ...
: Runners-up (2):
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
,
2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
: Third place (1):
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
*
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 ...
: Third place (1):
2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
*
Estonian Cup
The Estonian Cup () is the national knockout competition in Estonian football. In 2012, the competition was unofficially rebranded as Evald Tipner's Cup. The winner will compete in UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifying round.
Finals
...
: Runners-up (1):
2015–16
Players
First-team squad
Reserves and academy
Personnel
Managerial history
Statistics
League and Cup
Europe
References
External links
*
Team profileat Estonian Football Association official website
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Football clubs in Estonia
Meistriliiga clubs
Association football clubs established in 1957
JK Sillamae Kalev