# Rakvere JK Tarvas

Rakvere JK Tarvas, commonly known as Rakvere Tarvas, or simply as Tarvas, is an Estonian football club based in Rakvere.
The club was founded in 2004 as Virumaa JK Rakvere. From 2008 until 2010, the club was named Rakvere FC Flora, and since 2011 Rakvere JK Tarvas.

## History

The club was founded in 2004 as Virumaa Jalgpalliklubi Rakvere (English: Virumaa Football Club Rakvere). From 2008, Rakvere became affiliated with Flora and became Rakvere FC Flora. In 2011, the team name was changed to Tarvas (English: Aurochs), which is the symbol of Rakvere and is derived from the historic name of the town, Tarvanpea (Aurochs' head). In 2012, Tarvas was promoted to the Esiliiga and finished the 2012 season in third place. In promotion games against JK Tallinna Kalev Tarvas lost 1–3 on aggregate. Tarvas finished the 2013 Esiliiga season in 4th place but were beaten in the promotion play-offs by Tammeka 2–6 on aggregate. In July 2014, Valeri Bondarenko was hired as manager. Tarvas finished the 2015 Esiliiga season in 4th place and was promoted to the Meistriliiga for the first time in history. Tarvas earned just 1 point in first 14 Meistriliiga games. On 4 June 2016, Valeri Bondarenko was sacked and replaced as manager by Urmas Kirs, who coached the team in 2008. With new coach Tarvas earned another two draws and finished season at the bottom of the table.

## Players
### Current squad

As of 10 March 2018.
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 |
| 2 | MF | EST | Alari Aunapuu |
| 3 | DF | EST | Rain Ööpik |
| 4 | DF | EST | Kaarel Saar (vice-captain) |
| 6 | DF | EST | Mehis Vahero |
| 8 | DF | EST | Taavi Münter |
| 9 | FW | EST | Sergei Akimov |
| 10 | MF | EST | German-Guri Lvov |
| 11 | MF | EST | Toomas Kiis |
| 15 | FW | EST | Siim Rannamäe |
| 17 | MF | EST | Alari Tovstik |
| 18 | DF | EST | Mihkel Saar |
| 21 | MF | EST | Mario Kuokkanen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | EST | Joonas Ljaš |
| 23 | MF | EST | Madis Reimal |
| 26 | DF | EST | Elar Tovstik |
| 27 | MF | EST | Taavi Trasberg (captain) |
| 28 | MF | EST | Dmitrii Baikov |
| 30 | GK | EST | Sander Susi (vice-captain) |
| 34 | DF | EST | Chris Martin |
| 35 | GK | RUS | Artem Levizi |
| 45 | DF | EST | Aleksei Larin (on loan from Tallinna Kalev) |
| 69 | DF | EST | Mihkel Gull |
| 91 | FW | EST | Henri Hang |

### Reserves and academy
## Internationals

| Player | Caps while at club | Period at club | Caps overall |
| Marko Meerits | 1 | 2016 | 5 |
| Kristian Marmor | 0 | 2013 | 1 |
| Toomas Tohver | 0 | 2008 | 24 |
| Mati Pari | 0 | 2008 | 22 |
| Märten Kuusk | 0 | 2016 | 32 |

## Statistics
### League and Cup

| Season | Division | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Avg. Att. | Top goalscorer | Cup | Notes |
| 2004 | V liiga | 1 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 12 | +69 | 39 | | Alar Petrovits (29) | | as Rakvere JK |
| 2005 | III liiga | 3 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 48 | | Esko Brandt Reijo Kuusik (9) | | as Virumaa JK Rakvere |
| 2006 | III liiga | 2 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 57 | 34 | +23 | 47 | | Alar Petrovits (25) | | as Virumaa JK Rakvere |
| 2007 | II liiga | 2 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 75 | 36 | +39 | 52 | | Alar Petrovits (25) | Third round | as Virumaa JK Rakvere |
| 2008 | Esiliiga | 8 | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 53 | 82 | −29 | 37 | | Alar Petrovits (17) | Second round | as Rakvere FC Flora |
| 2009 | Esiliiga | 10 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 48 | 105 | −57 | 20 | 66 | Alar Petrovits (11) | Second round | as Rakvere FC Flora |
| 2010 | Esiliiga | 9 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 45 | 95 | −50 | 21 | 26 | Alar Petrovits (11) | Second round | as Rakvere FC Flora |
| 2011 | II liiga | 1 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 100 | 29 | +71 | 68 | 76 | Joonas Ljaš (27) | Third round | as Rakvere JK Tarvas |
| 2012 | Esiliiga | 3 | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 66 | 58 | +8 | 68 | 137 | Joonas Ljaš (14) | Fourth round | as Rakvere JK Tarvas |
| 2013 | Esiliiga | 4 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 58 | +10 | 56 | 132 | Henri Hang (11) | Third round | as Rakvere JK Tarvas |
| 2014 | Esiliiga | 8 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 61 | 65 | −4 | 46 | 106 | Sergei Akimov (21) | First round | as Rakvere JK Tarvas |
| 2015 | Esiliiga | 4 | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 47 | 173 | Sergei Akimov (16) | Third round | as Rakvere JK Tarvas |
| 2016 | Meistriliiga | 10 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 113 | −98 | 3 | 205 | Märten Kuusk Siim Rannamäe Juhan Jograf Siim (2) | Third round | as Rakvere JK Tarvas |
| 2017 | Esiliiga | 3 | 36 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 66 | 57 | +9 | 67 | 112 | Joonas Ljaš (22) | Third round | as Rakvere JK Tarvas |
| 2018 | Esiliiga | 5 | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 59 | 60 | −1 | 52 | 99 | Siim Rannamäe (12) | Fourth round | as Rakvere JK Tarvas |
| 2019 | Esiliiga | 8 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 35 | 98 | −63 | 28 | 84 | Siim Rannamäe (12) | Second round | as Rakvere JK Tarvas |
| 2020 | Esiliiga B | 10 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 26 | 96 | −70 | 10 | 78 | Nevil Krimm (7) | First round | as Rakvere JK Tarvas |
| 2021 | II liiga N/E | 9 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 27 | 35 | Roland Pakaste (8) | Second round | as Rakvere JK Tarvas |
| 2022 | II liiga N/E | 2 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 60 | 20 | +40 | 58 | 61 | Roland Pakaste Mattias Roop (9) | Second round | as Rakvere JK Tarvas |