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| Full name | FC Flora | ||
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| Founded | 10 March 1990 | ||
| Ground | Lilleküla Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 14,336[1] | ||
| President | Pelle Pohlak | ||
| Head coach | Taavi Viik | ||
| League | Meistriliiga | ||
| 2023 | Meistriliiga, 1st of 10 (champions) | ||
| Website | http://www.fcflora.ee | ||
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FC Flora, commonly known as Flora Tallinn, or simply as Flora, is an Estonian professional football club based in Tallinn that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Lilleküla Stadium.
Formed in 1990, Flora were 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 is the first and only Estonian football club to have played in the group stage of a UEFA club competition, having achieved this in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League season. Flora have won more trophies than any other club in Estonian football, with 35 titles; a record 15 Meistriliiga titles, eight Estonian Cups and a record 12 Estonian Supercups.[2]
Flora is known for playing exclusively with Estonian players as the club's transfer policy is to sign players that are native Estonians or who hold Estonian citizenship.[3] The policy is related to Estonian nationalism and to the club's overall aim to develop Estonian football and its culture, which was also the basis upon which Flora was established in 1990.[3]
- ^ "A. Le Coq Arena" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ^ "Flora esindusmeeskonna saavutused" [Team achievements] (in Estonian). FC Flora. Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Pelle Pohlak: soovime lähitulevikus jõuda olukorrani, kus vähemalt poole esindusmeeskonnast moodustavad klubi enda kasvandikud". FC Flora. 31 December 2023.