Rakvere JK Tarvas
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| Full name | Rakvere Jalgpalliklubi Tarvas | ||
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| Founded | 2004, as Virumaa JK Rakvere | ||
| Ground | Rakvere Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 1,785[1] | ||
| Chairman | Reijo Kuusik | ||
| Manager | Valeri Bondarenko | ||
| League | Meistriliiga | ||
| 2015 | 4th, promoted | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Rakvere JK Tarvas, commonly known as Rakvere Tarvas, or simply as JK Tarvas, is a football club, based in Rakvere, Estonia.
Founded in 2004 as Virumaa JK Rakvere, the club has played in the Meistriliiga since 2016.
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History
The club was founded in 2004 as VJK Rakvere. From 2008 Rakvere were affiliated with FC Flora Tallinn and became Rakvere FC Flora. In 2011, the team name was changed to Rakvere JK Tarvas. In 2012, Tarvas was promoted to the Esiliiga and same year finished as the third. Tarvas finished the 2013 Esiliiga season in 4th place but were beaten in the promotion play-offs by Tammeka 2–6 on aggregate. In July 2014, Valeri Bondarenko was hired as manager.[2] Tarvas finished the 2015 Esiliiga season in 4th place and was promoted to the Meistriliiga for the first time in history.
Players
Current squad
As of 28 February 2014.[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Personnel
Managerial history
| Manager | Career |
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 Jaak Proosa |
2004–2005 |
| Ain Mets |
2005–2007 |
| Mati Pari |
2008 |
| Urmas Kirs |
2008 |
| Sergei Zamogilnõi |
2009 |
| Jan Važinski |
2010 |
| Reijo Kuusik |
2011–2014 |
| Valeri Bondarenko |
2014– |
Statistics
League and Cup
| Season | Division | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Top goalscorer | Cup |
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| 2004 | V liiga | 1 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 12 | +69 | 39 | Alar Petrovits (29) |
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| 2005 | III liiga | 3 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 48 | Esko Brandt Reijo Kuusik (9) |
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| 2006 | III liiga | 2 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 57 | 34 | +23 | 47 | Alar Petrovits (25) |
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| 2007 | II liiga | 2 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 75 | 36 | +39 | 52 | Alar Petrovits (25) |
Third round |
| 2008 | Esiliiga | 8 | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 53 | 82 | −29 | 37 | Alar Petrovits (17) |
Second round |
| 2009 | Esiliiga | 10 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 48 | 105 | −57 | 20 | Alar Petrovits (11) |
Second round |
| 2010 | Esiliiga | 9 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 45 | 95 | −50 | 21 | Alar Petrovits (11) |
Second round |
| 2011 | II liiga | 1 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 100 | 29 | +71 | 68 | Joonas Ljaš (27) |
Third round |
| 2012 | Esiliiga | 3 | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 66 | 58 | +8 | 68 | Joonas Ljaš (14) |
Fourth round |
| 2013 | Esiliiga | 4 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 58 | +10 | 56 | Henri Hang (11) |
Third round |
| 2014 | Esiliiga | 8 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 61 | 65 | −4 | 46 | Sergei Akimov (21) |
First round |
| 2015 | Esiliiga | 4 | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 47 | Sergei Akimov (16) |
Third round |
| 2016 | Meistriliiga | Third round |
