Tallinna JK Legion

Predecessor Tallinna JK

Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi, or TJK in short, was founded on 5 May 1921 and were one of the founding members of the Estonian Football Championship in 1921. In many ways, TJK were the pioneers in Estonian football. They became the first football club in Estonia to appoint a foreign coach and constructed the first modern football stadium in Estonia, the TJK Stadium.

The club became Estonian champions twice, winning the championship in 1926 and 1928, also later winning the Estonian Cup in 1939. TJK was the home club for a number of Estonian internationals, with Eduard Ellmann-Eelma, Richard Kuremaa and Arnold Pihlak being the most well-known.

Tallinna Jalgpalli Klubi was disbanded in 1941 due to World War II and re-established in 1992, after which the club was renowned for its successful youth system and was the starting point for famous Estonian internationals Konstantin Vassiljev, Tarmo Kink and Dmitri Kruglov.

Merger into Tallinna JK Legion

In 2008, Tallinna JK and SK Legion merged and the club was named Tallinna JK Legion. Legion continued to focus on youth football. In 2017, TJK Legion set their sights on improving their senior football team's situation, which at the time played in II Liiga, the fourth tier of Estonian football. In consecutive years, TJK Legion won II Liiga, Esiliiga B and Esiliiga and were promoted to Meistriliiga for the 2020 season.

In their first season in Meistriliiga, the club finished 7th. In the following 2021 season, Legion finished in 5th place and accumulated 40 points in 32 matches. However, due to serious problems in the licensing process, the Estonian FA announced that Legion will start the 2022 season with −4 points and imposed a restriction on signing and registering new players.^[1] Despite the 4 point deduction and unexperienced young squad, Legion finished the season in 9th place and avoided direct relegation. However, on 23 December 2022 it was announced that TJK Legion will not continue in the Premium Liiga due to financial difficulties and will play the following season in the second division Esiliiga.^[2]

Current squad

As of 25 September 2023.^[3] 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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No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  EST Sergei Bolgov 2 MF  EST Martin Eensalu (on loan from Levadia Tallinn) 4 DF  LTU Daniel Gasinski (on loan from Levadia Tallinn) 11 MF  EST Kirill Belenikin 12 DF  EST Nikita Salamatov 13 MF  EST Arseni Terletski 14 FW  EST Andre Balta 15 DF  EST Danil Pankov 17 MF  UKR Vladyslav Panov 21 MF  EST Daniel Fedotov 25 MF  EST Leonid Arhipov 27 FW  UKR Dmytro Ivanov 30 DF  EST Aleksandr Volodin 31 FW  EST Ivan Timofejev

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 MF  UKR Dmytro Samborskyi 34 DF  UKR Mark Havier 35 GK  UKR Martin Zukov 38 DF  EST Lev Visman 39 FW  EST Vladimir Ištšenko 47 MF  EST Kirill Vinogradov 51 FW  EST Denis Ruus 59 MF  EST Andrei Borissov 66 FW  EST Vsevolod Pochekutov 75 DF  EST Steven Mäearu 77 MF  EST Andrei Bestpomostsnov 88 FW  EST Nikolai Kulikov 92 DF  EST Mihhail Tosjatov

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Out on loan

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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No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  EST Nikita Ivanov (at Nõmme Kalju)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  EST Nikita Kondratski (at Levadia U21)

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League

• Esiliiga
  • Winners (1): 2019
• Esiliiga B
  • Winners (1): 2018

Youth (International)

• Gothia Cup
  • Winners (1): 2014 (Boys 2003)

League and Cup

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Season	Division	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Top Goalscorer	Estonian Cup
2008	II Liiga E/N	2	26	20	4	2	68	24	+44	64	Sergei Dõmov (10)	–
2009	Esiliiga	6	36	13	5	18	63	76	−13	44	Maksim Kisseljov (17)	–
2010		6	36	11	6	19	57	81	−24	39	Maksim Kisseljov (14)	First round
2011		9	36	7	6	23	44	104	−60	27	Maksim Kisseljov Roman Sirotkin (10)	Second round
2012	II Liiga E/N	4	26	14	7	5	63	38	+25	49	Maksim Gussev (15)	Second round
2013	Esiliiga B	7	36	13	5	18	55	77	−22	44	Rauf-Roman Mikailov (8)	First round
2014		10	36	7	6	23	53	111	−58	27	Rauf-Roman Mikailov (10)	Third round
2015	II Liiga E/N	14	36	5	2	19	40	84	−48	17	Maksim Kisseljov (6)	–
2016		8	36	11	1	14	55	61	-6	34	Stefan Tšendei (14)	Second round
2017		1	36	19	3	4	119	39	+80	60	Rejal Alijev (33)	Second round
2018	Esiliiga B	1	36	32	2	2	125	31	+94	98	Rejal Alijev (20)	Fourth round
2019	Esiliiga	1	36	28	5	3	127	35	+92	89	Rejal Alijev (38)	Second round
2020	Meistriliiga	7	30	8	7	15	26	44	-18	31	Nikita Andreev (10)	Second round
2021		5	32	11	7	14	49	48	+1	40	Aleksandr Šapovalov (11)	Fourth round
2022		9	36	6	8	22	34	82	-48	22	Nikita Ivanov (11)	Quarter-finals
2023	Esiliiga	9	36	5	6	25	37	97	-60	21	Denis Ruus (10)	Third round

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