FC Nõmme United
Association football club in Estonia
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FC Nõmme United is an Estonian professional football club based in Nõmme, a district in Tallinn. The club was founded in 2000 and competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football, following promotion from the 2025 Esiliiga as league champions. The club's home ground is Männiku Stadium.
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| Full name | Jalgpalliklubi FC Nõmme United | ||
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| Founded | 2000 | ||
| Ground | Männiku Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 500 | ||
| President | Mart Poom | ||
| Manager | Eric Wynalda | ||
| League | Meistriliiga | ||
| 2025 | Esiliiga, 1st of 10 (promoted) | ||
| Website | http://www.fcnommu.ee/ | ||
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Led by Mart Poom, Nõmme United is renowned for its strong youth system.[1] The club debuted in Meistriliiga in 2024 and will compete in the top flight again from 2026.
History
Early history (2000–2018)
The club was founded in 2000 by Enn Loog and was initially named FC Elion, before the name was changed to FC Nõmme United in 2006. From early years on, Mart Poom, who at the time was playing in the Premier League, contributed to the growth of the club.[2] After Poom's retirement, Mart Poomi Jalgpallikool (English: Mart Poom's Football School) was founded which started to act as an academy to Nõmme United.[2] The club quickly established itself as one of the leading youth academies in the country, whilst the first team spent 13 consecutive seasons in the fourth tier from 2005 to 2017. In 2018, goalkeeper Karl Jakob Hein joined the academy of Arsenal F.C. and made his first team debut on 9 November 2022, becoming the second Estonian to feature for the Gunners after club's president Poom.
Rise to top flight football (2019–present)
After finishing first in the Estonian third-tier Esiliiga B in 2019, the club was promoted to Esiliiga. After the 2022 season, Vladimir Vassiljev became the manager of the club and Nõmme United set their sights on gaining promotion to Premium Liiga within the next three seasons.[3] They did it in one, as the club finished the 2023 Esiliiga season in first place with 90 points. After the end of the season, Vassiljev left for abroad and Nõmme United appointed Jani Sarajärvi as head coach for their debut in the Estonian top flight, but the Finnishman was dismissed just four games into the season.[4] The team was first led by assistant coaches and then by Martin Klasen for the remainder of the year. Although Nõmme United had the joint-fourth highest budget in the league,[5] the club finished their inaugural Premium Liiga season in last place with 15 points, and were relegated.
Nõmme United won promotion back to top flight at their first attempt as the 2025 Esiliiga champions with league record 92 points.
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Stadium
Nõmme United's home ground is Männiku Stadium which is part of their home base Männiku Football Centre, located at Võidu 16, Nõmme, Tallinn. In addition to the natural grass ground, the complex also has an artificial turf football pitch (90 × 60m), upon which an air dome is installed during the winter months.[7]
At winter and early spring months, Nõmme United play their home matches at Sportland Arena.
Rivalries
Nõmme Derby
Nõmme United has a local rivalry with Nõmme Kalju FC, as both clubs are based in the Nõmme district of Tallinn. Their home grounds Männiku Stadium and Hiiu Stadium are located approximately 3 km apart. For the first decades, the rivalry only existed in youth football, until Nõmme United’s promotion to the Estonian top division saw the clubs face each other for the first time on 17 March 2024.[8] The second-ever Nõmme Derby saw the second-fastest goal in Meistriliiga history, as Promise David opened the score for Nõmme Kalju after just 7 seconds.[9]
Players
First-team squad
- As of 21 August 2026.[10]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Under-21s and Academy
Personnel
Current technical staff
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Managerial history
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Honours
League
- Esiliiga
- Esiliiga B
- Winners (1): 2019
Statistics
League and Cup
| Season | Division | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Top goalscorer | Cup | Notes |
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| 2000 | V liiga E | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 54 | 16 | +36 | 48 |  Ivar Sova (12) |
as Eesti Telefoni SK | |
| 2001 | IV liiga E | 1 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 103 | 16 | +87 | 47 | Jaanus Juhalu (28) | ||
| 2002 | III liiga N | 5 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 26 | Ivar Sova (10) | ||
| 2003 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 55 | 28 | +27 | 37 | Ivar Sova Jaanus Juhalu (9) | |||
| 2004 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 14 | +40 | 39 | Jaanus Juhalu (13) |
as FC Elion | ||
| 2005 | II liiga S/W | 3 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 67 | 51 | +16 | 52 | Ivar Sova (13) | ||
| 2006 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 68 | 44 | +22 | 51 | Ivar Sova (22) |
as FC Nõmme United | ||
| 2007 | 9 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 72 | 84 | −12 | 31 | Ivar Sova (21) |
Third round | ||
| 2008 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 72 | 36 | +36 | 55 | Ivar Sova (25) |
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| 2009 | 1 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 100 | 31 | +69 | 58 | Ivar Sova (39) |
Second round | ||
| 2010 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 67 | 52 | +15 | 47 | Sander Lepik (20) |
Fourth round | ||
| 2011 | 7 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 41 | Alex Jelagin Raido Reinsalu (17) |
Fourth round | ||
| 2012 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 25 | 113 | −88 | 11 | Henri Rüütli Roland Mäe (5) |
First round | ||
| 2013 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 90 | 60 | +30 | 46 | Sander Lepik (25) |
Second round | ||
| 2014 | 9 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 69 | 75 | −6 | 28 | Sander Lepik (21) |
Third round | ||
| 2015 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 88 | 41 | +47 | 47 | Ander Ott Valge (26) |
Second round | ||
| 2016 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 131 | 38 | +93 | 60 | Kevin Mätas (49) |
Fourth round | ||
| 2017 | 1 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 158 | 18 | +140 | 71 | Mark Kolosov (52) |
Second round | ||
| 2018 | Esiliiga B | 5 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 100 | 57 | +43 | 60 | Pavel Fedorenko (20) |
First round | |
| 2019 | 1 | 36 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 118 | 38 | +80 | 85 | Oliver Jürgens (28) |
Second round | ||
| 2020 | Esiliiga | 3 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 76 | 43 | +33 | 55 | Kevin Mätas (22) |
Second round | |
| 2021 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 79 | 67 | +12 | 41 | Robi Saarma (28) |
First round | ||
| 2022 | 6 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 79 | 56 | +23 | 60 | Egert Õunapuu (36) |
Third round | ||
| 2023 | 1 | 36 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 114 | 29 | +85 | 90 | Egert Õunapuu (32) | Third round | ||
| 2024 | Meistriliiga | 10 | 36 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 22 | 79 | –57 | 15 |  Oleksandr Musolitin Egert Õunapuu (3) | Fourth round | |
| 2025 | Esiliiga | 1 | 36 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 125 | 27 | +98 | 92 | Egert Õunapuu (23) | Third round |
