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based in

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that competes in

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, the third-highest division in the Estonian football. Founded in 2011 as Jõhvi FC Lokomotiv, the club was named Jõhvi FC Phoenix in 2018. The club has competed in the Estonian top flight Premium Liiga once, in

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History

The club was founded as Jõhvi FC Lokomotiv in 2011 on the basis of former football club Jõhvi JK Orbiit. They finished the 2013 season as Esiliiga runners-up and were promoted to the Estonian top division for the 2014 season. They were relegated after a single season, being defeated in the relegation play-offs by Viljandi Tulevik. Due to financial problems, the club was initially relegated to the fourth level for 2015 and after two seasons on lower levels, their players joined

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in 2017. In 2018, the club was renamed as Jõhvi FC Phoenix and at first continued operating only on youth level. Jõhvi rejoined the senior league system in 2020 and started competing in III liiga.

Crest and colours

After being founded as Jõhvi Lokomotiv in 2011, the club adopted the colours red and white. In February 2018, the club was rebranded as Jõhvi Phoenix and adopted the mythical creature phoenix as their symbol. Since then, the club has affiliated themselves with the colour orange. File:Jõhvi FC Phoenix logo.png, 2011–2017 File:Jõhvi FC Phoenix.png, 2018–present

Stadium

The club's traditional home ground is the 500-seat Jõhvi linnastaadion, which served as their first team's home ground from 2011 until 2023. After gaining promotion to Esiliiga B in 2024, it was announced that the club will host their home matches at the 794-capacity

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Players

Current squad

: ''As of 24 August 2016.

Seasons and statistics

References

External links

Former home page (Jõhvi Lokomotiv)Jõhvi FC Lokomotiv
at Estonian Football Association
Jõhvi FC Phoenix
at Estonian Football Association {{DEFAULTSORT:Phoenix Football clubs in Estonia Association football clubs established in 2011 Jõhvi Meistriliiga clubs