JK Tallinna Kalev
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| Full name | Jalgpalliklubi Tallinna Kalev |
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| Founded | 1911 |
| Ground | Kalev Central Stadium, Tallinn |
| Capacity | 11,500 |
| Manager | Marko Pärnpuu |
| League | Esiliiga |
| 2016 | Esiliiga, 7th |
| Website | Club home page |
Jalgpalliklubi Tallinna Kalev (Football Club Kalev Tallinn) is an Estonian football club, based in Tallinn, that plays in the Esiliiga, the 2nd level in Estonian football league system. Founded as Jalgpalliselts Meteor in 1909, the club changed its name to Tallinna Kalev in 1911. They play their home matches at the 11,500 seater Kalev Central Stadium, Tallinn.
Jalgpalliselts Meteor (Football Union Meteor) was formed in 1909 by Tallinn students Julius Reinans and Bernhard Adams. The first coach of the team was an English flax merchant John Urchard, who also ordered first set of football shirts. The first official football game in Estonia was played between JS Meteor and Merkuur Tallinn on 6 June 1909, Meteor won the match 4-2. Two years later, in 1911 the team joined Estonian Sports Association Kalev and changed its name to JK Tallinna Kalev.
On the 1920s the biggest opposition of Estonian football was between JK Tallinna Kalev and Sport Tallinn. The first derby of Tallinn was played in a friendly match between the two teams on 9 May 1920. From this game on, the stadiums with capacity of 3,000 were almost always sold out for the matches between Kalev and Sport. In 1923, Kalev managed to win their first Estonian championship, when they defeated Sport Tallinn 1:0 in the decisive match. Most of the squad, with players like Eduard Ellman-Eelma, Arnold Pihlak and Johannes Brenner, formed core of the Estonia national football team, which competed in the football event of the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. In 1925, a misunderstanding and conflict between the key people of ESA Kalev and players culminated with disqualification of the club from Meistriliiga and disappointed players joined Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi.
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