FC Flora

FC Flora Tallinn, commonly known as Flora Tallinn, or simply as Flora, is a professional football club, based in Tallinn, Estonia.

Founded in 1990, Flora was one of the founding members of the Meistriliiga, and is one of two clubs which have never been relegated from the Estonian top division, along with Narva Trans. Domestically, Flora has won 10 Meistriliiga, 6 Estonian Cup and 8 Estonian Supercup trophies. In international club football, Flora has won 1 Livonia Cup trophy.

Flora is often regarded to be the flagship of Estonian football due to the club policy of promoting young Estonian players through the ranks and several managers having coached both Flora and the Estonia national football team at the same time in the past.

History

Early history

Flora was founded on 10 March 1990 by the current president Aivar Pohlak as an effort to revive Estonian football during the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The team was mainly based on ethnic Estonian players from Tallinna Lõvid youth team. Flora didn't have a successful start in the Estonian SSR Football Championship, finishing last in 1990 and being relegated. The situation changed after the restoration of independence and formation of the Meistriliiga in 1992. After 52 years of foreign occupation, Estonian clubs could once again play for the Estonian League Championship title. Flora finished the first season in fourth place, while Norma won the first league title.

FC Flora U21

FC Flora U21 is an Estonian football club, the reserve team of Flora. They play in the Esiliiga, the second level of the Estonian football league pyramid. The team mainly consists of under-21 players at the club.

Players

Current squad

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

Reserve squad

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