Football Club Tartu Santos is an Estonian football club based in Tartu. Their home ground is Holm Park.
History In 2014 Santos, while competing in the third tier of Estonian football, reached the 2013–14 Estonian Cup final. Their opponent in the final was the reigning Estonian champion FC Levadia, already qualified for the Champions League, therefore Santos qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League as cup runner-up. Santos went out on aggregate 1–13 to Tromsø of Norway but scored their first ever goal in a European competition.
Because of their appearance in the 2013–14 Estonian Cup final, Santos also qualified for the Estonian Supercup at the start of the 2015 season. They faced 2014 Meistriliiga champions FC Levadia Tallinn. The match took place on 3 March 2015 and finished in a 5–0 defeat for Santos.
After the 2018 Esiliiga season, the club decided to continue as a full-amateur team and drop 2 leagues lower to II liiga.
Players Current squad
As of 11 April 2017.
Honours Domestic Esiliiga B Runners-up (1): 2014 II Liiga Winner (3): 2006, 2008, 2013 III Liiga Winner (1): 2005 IV Liiga Winner (1): 2004 V Liiga Winner (1): 2003 Estonian Cup Runners-up (1): 2014
UEFA club competition results European record Competition P W D L GF GA UEFA Europa League 2 0 0 2 1 13
Matches Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate 2014–15 UEFA Europa League 1Q Tromsø 0–7 1–6 1–13
Notes 1Q: First qualifying round
Statistics League and Cup SeasonLeaguePosPldWDLGFGAGDPtsTop Goalscorer(s)CupNotes2003 V Liiga 1 16 16 0 0 89 16 +73 48 as Tartu Välk 4942004 IV Liiga 1 18 16 1 1 71 22 +49 49 2005 III Liiga 1 22 19 1 2 89 25 +64 58 Iivo Müürsepp Roomer Tarajev (11)2006 II Liiga 1 28 18 5 5 94 37 +57 59 Martin Maks (17) 2007 Esiliiga 9 36 7 8 21 49 93 −44 29 1/8 FC Santos and Tartu Välk 494 merged to FC Santos2008 II Liiga 1 26 18 4 4 74 44 +30 58 Taavi Vellemaa (15) 1/32 as FC Santos 2009–2012 Did not participate 2013 II Liiga 1 26 24 1 1 138 16 +122 73 Alar Alve (25)Fas FC Santos Tartu 2014 Esiliiga B 2 36 32 0 4 161 27 +134 96 Yuriy Vereshchak (43) 1/64 2015 Esiliiga 8 36 12 6 18 56 83 −27 42 Alar Alve Taavi Vellemaa (11) 1/4 2016 6 36 16 1 19 63 70 −7 49 Alex Meinhard (14) 1/64 2017 8 36 13 4 19 75 74 +1 43 Alex Meinhard (22) 1/32 2018 7 36 11 8 17 47 68 -21 41 Kristofer Reinberg (11) 1/16
Coaches Name Career Mikk Laas1 January 2014 – 21 April 2014 Algimantas Liubinskas21 April 2014 – 31 December 2014
References
External links Official Website