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Estonia national football team
Nickname(s) Sinisärgid (Blue shirts)
Association Estonian Football Association
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Tarmo Rüütli
Captain Raio Piiroja
Most caps Martin Reim (157)
Top scorer Andres Oper (36)
Home stadium A. Le Coq Arena
FIFA code EST
FIFA ranking 99
Highest FIFA ranking 60 (December 2002)
Lowest FIFA ranking 137 (October 2008)
Elo ranking 98
Highest Elo ranking 51 (August 1927)
The Estonian national football team is the national football team of the Republic of Estonia. Controlled by the Estonian Football Association, they played their first match in 1920. In 1940, Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union and did not regain independence (and the possibility of a national football team) until 1991.
As a newly independent nation, they played their first match against Lithuania in the Baltic Cup on 15 November 1991, and their first FIFA-recognized match against Slovenia on 3 June 1992, a 1–1 draw in the Estonian capital city of Tallinn. Home matches are played at the A. Le Coq Arena in Tallinn.
Currently ranked 100th in the world, their highest FIFA World Ranking was 60th in December 2002, while their lowest ranking was 137th in October 2008.
After Estonia regained independence, the national team was initially the weakest of the three Baltic teams, suffering defeats such as a 7–1 loss to Croatia in the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifiers. In the 1998 World Cup qualifiers, Estonia achieved notoriety when a home game against Scotland would be called off in bizarre circumstances.[1] The replay in Monaco finished 0–0; goalkeeper Mart Poom earned a move to Derby County soon afterwards, with a move to Arsenal later on. The team's best FIFA World Ranking is that of 60th in December 2002. This allowed Estonia's players to be granted a work visa by the British Home Office to play in the Premier League.[2]
Estonia's fortunes have improved since. In the Euro 2004 qualifiers, Estonia proved remarkably obdurate with 8 points from as many games, only 4 goals scored and 6 conceded. The 2006 World Cup qualifiers saw further improvement with 5 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats, almost sending them to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. During the 2006 qualifiers Estonia played 1–1 against Russia in Tallinn, and this result is considered one of the greatest in Estonian football history. Also, the 0–0 draw against Turkey in the latest 2010 World Cup qualifiers is worth mentioning. Estonia have a number of players who have amassed an astonishing number of caps, including Mart Poom, Andres Oper, Marko Kristal and Martin Reim. They also achieved a notable 2–0 win over nearby Finland in May 2010. That was Estonias´s first win in 73 years against Finland. And five days later Estonia made a 0–0 draw with Croatia.
STADIUM
The main stadium for home matches is A. Le Coq Arena, the stadium named after a beer made in Estonia. The stadium was opened in 2001 and the first match was against the Netherlands, which Estonia lost 4–2. It is planned to add two more stories and complete the roof in the future.
The Estonian team also plays some of their matches at Kuressaare Linnastaadion. In the near future, Linnastaadion will be replaced by a new stadium to host the games of FC Kuressaare and to be the back-up stadium for the Estonian team. When the stadium is complete, Estonia hopes to host the 2011 and 2013 European Championships for different age class youth national teams.
SUPPORTERS
One of the biggest group of Estonian fans are collectively known as the Jalgpallihaigla, meaning "Football hospital" in translation. When joined, each member is given a "diagnosis" for staying in the "hospital". Each member can also buy a members card which allows to get fan goods cheaper from the shop.
Estonia fans are known as relatively calm but loud. They are probably best known for their good singing abilities and using old Estonian songs. Jalgpallihaigla is usually seated at the south tribune of A. Le Coq Arena while the visitors fans are seated at the north tribune. There isn't much history of violence, for example, when Estonia won against Russia 2–1 in a friendly game in 2001, Russian fans started rioting but Jalgpallihaigla stayed calm. The incident lead to the creation of riot police in Estonia. Another incident took place on 4 June, after a friendly game against Faroe Islands which Estonia won 4–3. Before the game, the national anthem of Estonia was sung by Ewert Sundja, an Estonian singer. After the anthem, many Estonians felt that the Estonian pop-star had ruined it. After the game, two Estonian fans beat up the singer,[3] and it is known the fans were members of Jalgpallihaigla.
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And now something about the story. I did some editing. Firstly created Eesti Meistriliiga (Premier Division), Eesti Esiliiga (First Division) and Eesti Karikas (Estonian Cup). I made some big changes.
Eesti (Estonia)
League standard from 5th lvl to 19th (England have 18th lvl)
Economic Factor to maximum lvl 20
Years to gain nationality 1
State of development "Developed State"
Game importance from important to very important
Eesti Meistriliiga (Estonian Master League)
Season update day 20th June
Season start date 10.08.2009
Season end date 10.03.2010
Transfer window does not exist (you can buy players whenever you want)
Reputation of this league lvl 20
Television revenue per season 16 Million £
10 Teams in EML (Eesti Meistriliiga) 2 rounds, so only 18 games per season
substitution rules 3 from 7
Fixture rules Maximum of foreign players in first 11 is 3
Minimum of U-21 players in match squad is 3
Squad rules Maximum of foreign players in squad is 7
Prize Money
1st place 20 Million £
2nd place 17,5 Million £
3rd place 15 Million £
4th place 10 Million £
5th place 7,5 Million £
6th place 4 Million £
7th place 2,5 Million £
8th place 1 Million £
9th place 0,5 Million £
League sorting rules
goals difference
goals for
games won
All clubs reputations 5000
financial balance 8 Million £
transfer budget 5 Million £
every team have U-20 team
Average attendance 2500
minimum attendance 2000
Training and Youth Facilities all maximium lvl 20
New Awards
Eesti Meistriliiga Kuu Mängija (EML player of the month)
Eesti Meistriliiga Kuu Noormängija (EML Young player of the month)
Eesti Meistriliiga Kuu Treener (EML couch of the month)
Eesti Meistriliiga Aasta Mängija (EML player of the year)
Eesti Meistriliiga Aasta Noormängija (EML Young player of the year)
Eesti Meistriliiga Aasta Treener (EML coach of the year)
Eesti Meistriliiga Aasta Meeskond (EML Team of the year)
Eesti Meistriliiga Parim Väravalööja (EML Best scorer)
New media source Nõmme Sõnumid
Eesti Esiliiga (Estonian First League)
Season update day 20th June
Season start date 10.08.2009
Season end date 10.03.2010
Transfer window does not exist (you can buy players whenever you want)
Reputation of this league lvl 16
Television revenue per season 4,5 Million £
10 Teams in EFL (Eesti Esiliiga) 2 rounds, so only 18 games per season
substitution rules 3 from 7
Fixture rules Maximum of foreign players in first 11 is 6
Minimum of U-21 players in match squad is 6
Squad rules Maximum of foreign players in squad is 14
Prize Money
1st place 5 Million £
2nd place 4 Million £
3rd place 3 Million £
4th place 2,5 Million £
5th place 2 Million £
6th place 1,5 Million £
7th place 1 Million £
8th place 0,5 Million £
9th place 0,2 Million £
League sorting rules
goals difference
goals for
games won
All clubs reputations 4000
financial balance 4 Million £
transfer budget 2,5 Million £
every team have U-20 team
Average attendance 2500
minimum attendance 2000
Training and Youth Facilities all maximium lvl 20
New Awards
Eesti Esiliiga Kuu Mängija (EFL player of the month)
Eesti Esiliiga Kuu Noormängija (EFL Young player of the month)
Eesti Esiliiga Kuu Treener (EFL couch of the month)
Eesti Esiliiga Aasta Mängija (EFL player of the year)
Eesti Esiliiga Aasta Noormängija (EFL Young player of the year)
Eesti Esiliiga Aasta Treener (EFL coach of the year)
Eesti Esiliiga Aasta Meeskond (EFL Team of the year)
Eesti Esiliiga Parim Väravalööja (EFL Best scorer)
Eesti Karikas (Estonian Cup)
Reputation of this Cup is lvl 14
20 Teams in EK (Eesti Karikas) 2 rounds, then Quarter Final, Semi Final, and Final
substitution rules 5 from 7
Extra time plus penalties no repley matches
Fixture rules Minimum of U-21 players in match squad more than 5
Winner gets 2,5 Million £
And thats it here are all the changes what i made in database. Thought that should renew stadiums, but its interesting to see how clubs will manage to expand them anyway
Fixture and Squad rules are made because i want to see rising Estonian players from the youth ranks, do not wish to see how clubs waste money and only bring players in ! Main target is to win World Cup with Estonia ! 20 perfect youth facilities and training grounds are waiting for talented Estonian youngsters. Season is very very short only 18 games, so every game has huge importance. 1 tie could change everything in the table. I am taking charge of my favorite club in EML. All the clubs are in the same financial position. FC Flora and Tallinna Levadia have better players in their squad thats the only difference. Narva Trans and Sillamäe Kalev have also decent players. But I am going to be Nõmme Kalju manager !
Challenge to get Estonia to European Championship in 2012 will be first task. I want to come from lowest point unknown manager to Estonian National team manager one day and win World Cup.
EESTI
Tough work to decide who out of new 7 fantastic signings get the chance to play each game. 23.000 £ per month.
. At least 4th place gives us opportunatie to play in Europe next season !!!
