Rakvere JK Tarvas

Full name	Rakvere Jalgpalliklubi Tarvas
Founded	2004; 20 years ago (2004), as Virumaa JK Rakvere
Ground	Rakvere Stadium
Capacity	1,785[1]
Chairman	Reijo Kuusik
Manager	Tarmo Rebane
League	II liiga
2022	II liiga N/E, 2nd
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Rakvere JK Tarvas, commonly known as Rakvere Tarvas, or simply as Tarvas, is an Estonian football club based in Rakvere.

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 (English: Virumaa Football Club Rakvere). From 2008, Rakvere became affiliated with Flora and became Rakvere FC Flora. In 2011, the team name was changed to Tarvas (English: 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 and finished the 2012 season in third place. In promotion games against JK Tallinna Kalev Tarvas lost 1–3 on aggregate. 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. 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, 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.^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 MF  EST Alari Aunapuu 3 DF  EST Rain Ööpik 4 DF  EST Kaarel Saar (vice-captain) 6 DF  EST Mehis Vahero 8 DF  EST Taavi Münter 9 FW  EST Sergei Akimov 10 MF  EST German-Guri Lvov 11 MF  EST Toomas Kiis 15 FW  EST Siim Rannamäe 17 MF  EST Alari Tovstik 18 DF  EST Mihkel Saar 21 MF  EST Mario Kuokkanen

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  EST Joonas Ljaš 23 MF  EST Madis Reimal 26 DF  EST Elar Tovstik 27 MF  EST Taavi Trasberg (captain) 28 MF  EST Dmitrii Baikov 30 GK  EST Sander Susi (vice-captain) 34 DF  EST Chris Martin 35 GK  RUS Artem Levizi 45 DF  EST Aleksei Larin (on loan from Tallinna Kalev) 69 DF  EST Mihkel Gull 91 FW  EST Henri Hang

Reserves and academy

Personnel

Current technical staff[edit] Position Name Manager Tarmo Rebane Assistant manager Reijo Kuusik Physiotherapist Hannalore Taal Medic Piret Elm

Managerial history[edit] Dates Name 2004–2005 Jaak Proosa 2005–2007 Ain Mets 2008 Mati Pari 2008 Urmas Kirs 2009 Sergei Zamogilnõi 2010 Jan Važinski 2011–2014 Reijo Kuusik 2014–2016 Valeri Bondarenko 2016–2017 Urmas Kirs 2017– Tarmo Rebane

Internationals

Player	Caps while at club	Period at club	Caps overall
Marko Meerits	1	2016	5
Kristian Marmor	0	2013	1
Toomas Tohver	0	2008	24
Mati Pari	0	2008	22

Statistics

League and Cup

Season	Division	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Avg. Att.	Top goalscorer	Cup	Notes
2004	V liiga	1	14	13	0	1	81	12	+69	39		Alar Petrovits (29)		as Rakvere JK
2005	III liiga	3	22	15	3	4	56	28	+28	48		Esko Brandt Reijo Kuusik (9)		as Virumaa JK Rakvere
2006		2	22	15	2	5	57	34	+23	47		Alar Petrovits (25)
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	as Rakvere FC Flora
2009		10	36	8	2	26	48	105	−57	20	66	Alar Petrovits (11)	Second round
2010		9	36	10	3	23	45	95	−50	21	26	Alar Petrovits (11)	Second round
2011	II liiga	1	26	22	2	2	100	29	+71	68	76	Joonas Ljaš (27)	Third round	as Rakvere JK Tarvas
2012	Esiliiga	3	36	21	5	10	66	58	+8	68	137	Joonas Ljaš (14)	Fourth round
2013		4	36	16	8	12	68	58	+10	56	132	Henri Hang (11)	Third round
2014		8	36	12	10	14	61	65	−4	46	106	Sergei Akimov (21)	First round
2015		4	36	12	11	13	52	53	−1	47	173	Sergei Akimov (16)	Third round
2016	Meistriliiga	10	36	0	3	33	15	113	−98	3	205	Märten Kuusk Siim Rannamäe Juhan Jograf Siim (2)	Third round
2017	Esiliiga	3	36	21	4	11	66	57	+9	67	112	Joonas Ljaš (22)	Third round
2018		5	36	14	10	12	59	60	−1	52	99	Siim Rannamäe (12)	Fourth round
2019		8	36	8	4	24	35	98	−63	28	84	Siim Rannamäe (12)	Second round
2020	Esiliiga B	10	30	3	1	26	26	96	−70	10	78	Nevil Krimm (7)	First round
2021	II liiga N/E	9	23	7	6	10	38	42	−4	27	35	Roland Pakaste (8)	Second round
2022		2	26	18	4	4	60	20	+40	58	61	Roland Pakaste Mattias Roop (9)	Second round