JK Sillamäe Kalev, commonly known as Sillamäe Kalev, or simply as Sillamäe, is an Estonian football club based in Sillamäe. Founded in 1957, Sillamäe Kalev was one of the founding members of the Meistriliiga.

The club competed in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football in 2017, but was declared bankrupt in March 2018. Its football academy continued and took over the name, continuing in the II liiga, 4th level in the Estonian football league system.

History Sillamäe Kalev was founded in 1957 and competed in the Estonian SSR Football Championship. In 1992, the club became one of the founding members of the Meistriliiga. Sillamäe Kalev was relegated after the 1993–94 season.

After a lengthy spell in lower divisions, the club returned to the Meistriliiga for the 2008 season. Sillamäe Kalev finished the 2009 season as runners-up with 76 points behind Levadia and qualified to the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League qualifiers. Sillamäe Kalev faced off Dinamo Minsk in the second qualifying round, losing 1–10 on aggregate. Sillamäe Kalev returned to top three in the 2013 season, when the club placed third. The club finished the 2014 season as runners-up, while Yevgeni Kabaev won the goal scoring title with 36 goals. Sillamäe Kalev reached the 2015–16 Estonian Cup final, but suffered an extra time loss to Flora.

Crest

Honours Domestic Meistriliiga Runners-up (2): 2009, 2014 Third place (1): 2013

Esiliiga Third place (1): 2007

Estonian Cup Runners-up (1): 2015–16

Players

First-team squad

Reserves and academy

Personnel Managerial history DatesName2006–2009 Vadym Dobizha2009 Anatoli Ushanov2010–2011 Vladimir Kazachyonok2011–2012 Valeri Bondarenko2012–2013 Algimantas Briaunys2013–2014 Sergei Ratnikov2014 Algimantas Briaunys Vadym Dobizha2014–2015 Sergei Frantsev2015–2016 Denis Ugarov2016–2017 Algimantas Briaunys2017– Vadym Dobizha

Statistics League and Cup SeasonDivisionTop goalscorerCup1992Meistriliiga56114410 −63Relegation11522188 061992–93Meistriliiga112241171765 −4891993–94Meistriliiga112211201197 −863Third round1994–95II liiga185121913 +616Promotion384131311 +2131995–96II liiga28431146 +811 Promotion2128133010 +20251996–97 Esiliiga 4 147 2 5 21 13 +8 23Promotion6 10 1 3 6 6 21 −15 61997–98 Esiliiga6 14 4 2 8 21 33 −12 14Third round Relegation 4 14 5 4 5 20 17 +3191998 Esiliiga 5 14 5 3 6 15 23 −8 181999 Esiliiga 8 28 5 2 21 26 62 −36 172000 II liiga 1 20 11 7 239 15 +2440 2001Esiliiga7 28 12 3 13 59 53 +6 39 Aleksandr Ivarinen (9) 2002 Esiliiga8 283 3 22 23 79 −56 12Second round 2003 II liiga 8 28 5 3 20 4598 −53 18 Second round 2004 III liiga 1 18 14 2 2 58 16 +42 44 Roman Treial (19) 2005 II liiga 6 2813 2 13 58 66 −8 41 Aleksandr Avdeev (21)2006 II liiga 2 28 17 6 5 106 50 +56 57 Aleksandr Avdeev (34)2007Esiliiga33620976740 +2769 Vitali Bolšakov (14)2008Meistriliiga536136174979 −3045 Irfan Ametov (13)Second round2009Meistriliiga23624488540 +4576 Aleksei Naumov (13)Semi-finalist2010Meistriliiga536185137952 +2759 Nikita Kolyaev Aleksandr Nikulin Nerijus Vasiliauskas (9)Quarter-finalist2011Meistriliiga536173167759 +1854 Aleksei Alekseev Aleksandr Nikulin (14)Semi-finalist2012Meistriliiga5361510115143 +855 Vladislav Ivanov (10)Fourth round2013Meistriliiga33623677522 +5375 Kassim Aidara (17)Quarter-finalist2014Meistriliiga236254710834 +7479 Yevgeni Kabaev (36)Second round2015Meistriliiga536178116343 +2059 Yaroslav Kvasov (19)Quarter-finalist2016Meistriliiga536149136555 +1051 Yevgeni Kabaev (25)Finalist2017Meistriliiga1036106205276 -2436 Aleksandr Volkov (18)Third round

Europe Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away2010–11UEFA Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round Dinamo Minsk0–51–51–102014–15UEFA Europa LeagueFirst qualifying round Honka2–12–3 (a.e.t.)4–4 (a)Second qualifying round Krasnodar0–40–50–92015–16UEFA Europa LeagueFirst qualifying round Hajduk Split1–12–63–7

References

External links

Team profile at Estonian Football Association official website