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Flora
Full name	FC Flora
Founded	1997; 28 years ago
Ground	Lilleküla harjutusväljak I
Manager	Aleksandra Ševoldajeva
League	Naiste Meistriliiga
2024	1st (champions)
Website	http://www.fcflora.ee/naiskond
Home colours	Away colours

FC Flora Tallinn, commonly known as Flora Tallinn, or simply as Flora, is a football club, based in Tallinn, Estonia, that competes in the Naiste Meistriliiga.

Established in 1997 as the women's football division of Flora, the team has won 4 Naiste Meistriliiga, 8 Estonian Women's Cups and 6 Estonian Women's Supercups.

History

Founded in March 1997 as Flora ladies team, Flora Naiskond played their first league game in the following month against the defending champions Pärnu, losing 0–3. Despite this, the team went on to enjoy some early success as Flora finished third in the 1998 season. Flora managed to repeat this feat in the next two seasons in 1999 and 2000.^[1]

The following seasons were more disappointing as Flora finished 4th in 2001 and 2002 and 5th in 2003. Problems deepened during the winter of 2003 and Flora had to start the 2004 season without a manager before Anders Süvari, who had coached the team before, returned in summer. Despite this the team managed to win their first 4 league games. Revitalized, Flora once again challenged the top 3 but missed out narrowly, losing 2–3 in the penultimate round and leaving the team just two points away from the bronze medals. Late in the season, Süvari was replaced by Allan Soomets who remained as coach until the 2012 season. Since December 2012 the team has been coached by Richard Barnwell.^[1]

Flora finished the league third in the 2007 and 2008 season but eventually became champions for the first time in 2018. They have also been successful in the Estonian Women's Cup, winning the competition in 2013 by defeating league rivals Pärnu 2–0 in the finals.^[2] On 1 December 2015, Aleksandra Ševoldajeva was appointed as manager.

Honours

Naiste Meistriliiga
- Winners (7): 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Estonian Women's Cup
- Winners (8): 2007, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Estonian Women's Supercup
- Winners (6): 2009, 2010, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022

Players

Current squad

As of 19 August 2021

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	EST	Victoria Vihman
2	DF	EST	Jessika Uleksin
7	MF	EST	Valeria Liik
8	MF	EST	Helina Tarkmeel
11	FW	EST	Maarja Saulep
12	GK	EST	Ksenija Jerofejeva
13	FW	EST	Kristina Teern
14	MF	EST	Kethy Õunpuu
16	MF	EST	Jaanika Volkov
18	MF	EST	Marta Raidna
19	MF	EST	Anastassia Ivanova
20	DF	EST	Ariina Mürkhain
22	MF	EST	Hanna Karoliina Kalle


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
30	DF	EST	Siret Räämet
31	MF	EST	Maria Ivanova
33	MF	EST	Kelly Rosen
34	DF	EST	Maarija Mikiver
36	FW	EST	Karolin Ulmre
43	GK	EST	Getriin Strigin
47	DF	EST	Kärt Mere
59	FW	EST	Lisette Tammik
61	FW	EST	Getter Saar
72	MF	EST	Mari-Liis Lillemäe
77	MF	EST	Anastasia Dodeltseva
89	GK	EST	Getter Laar

Management

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Aleksandra Ševoldajeva

References

^ ^a ^b "Naiskond läbi aegade" [Women's team throughout the time] (in Estonian). FC Flora. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
^ "VIDEO: Naiste karikafinaalis triumfeeris Tallinna FC Flora!" [FC Flora Tallinn triumphed in Estonian Women's Cup final]. Estonian Football Association (in Estonian). Retrieved 31 October 2013.