FC Flora
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| Full name | MTÜ Jalgpalliklubi FC Flora |
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| Nickname(s) | Triibulised (Streakeds), Kaktused (Cactus) |
| Founded | 10 March 1990 |
| Ground | A. Le Coq Arena |
| Capacity | 10,340 |
| President | Pelle Pohlak |
| Manager | Arno Pijpers |
| League | Meistriliiga |
| 2016 | Meistriliiga, 4th |
| Website | Club home page |
FC Flora Tallinn, commonly known as Flora Tallinn, or simply as Flora, is a professional football club, based in Tallinn, Estonia, that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football.
Founded in 1990, the club 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. Flora has won 10 Meistriliiga, 7 Estonian Cup and 9 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.
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 Lõvid youth team. Flora didn't have a successful start in the Estonian SSR Football Championship, finishing last in the 1990 season 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.
After the first season, the league was reformed to run from autumn to spring, as most of the European top-level football leagues do. Flora finished the 1992–93 season as runners-up with 34 points behind Norma, who claimed their second league title with 42 points.
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