2011 Estonia national football team

2011 Estonia national football team
Season2011
ManagerTarmo Rüütli
CaptainRaio Piiroja
Home stadiumA. Le Coq Arena
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The 2011 season was the 20th full year of competitive football in the Baltic country as an independent nation.

Matches

25 March 2011 Friendly Estonia  2 – 0  Uruguay A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
19:00 UTC+2 Konstantin Vassiljev 61'
Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko 65'		 Report Attendance: 6,817
Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)
29 March 2011 Euro 2012 qualifying Estonia  1 – 1  Serbia A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
21:30 UTC+3 Konstantin Vassiljev 84' Report 38' Marko Pantelić Attendance: 5,185
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)
3 June 2011 Euro 2012 qualifying Italy  3 – 0  Estonia Stadio Alberto Braglia, Modena
21:50 UTC+3 Giuseppe Rossi 21'
Antonio Cassano 39'
Giampaolo Pazzini 68'		 Report Attendance: 19,434
Referee: Alexandru Dan Tudor (Romania)
7 June 2011 Euro 2012 qualifying Faroe Islands  2 – 0  Estonia Svangaskarð, Toftir
21:30 UTC+3 Frodi Benjaminsen 43' (pen.)
Arnbjørn Hansen 47'		 Report Attendance: 1,715
Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)
20 June 2011 Friendly Chile  4 – 0  Estonia Estadio Monumental, Santiago
02:00 UTC+3 Matías Fernández 21'
Waldo Ponce 41'
Humberto Suazo 45+1' (pen.)
Alexis Sánchez 50'		 Report Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Martin Vazquez (Uruguay)
24 June 2011 Friendly Uruguay  3 – 0  Estonia Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera, Rivera
01:30 UTC+3 Martín Cáceres 12'
Mikk Reintam 54' (o.g.)
Nicolás Lodeiro 71'		 Report Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Saul Lavarni (Argentina)
10 August 2011 Friendly Turkey  3 – 0  Estonia Türk Telekom Arena, Istanbul
21:30 UTC+3 Emre Belözoğlu 8' (pen.)
Colin Kazim-Richards 28', 35'		 Report Referee: Lee Probert (England)
2 September 2011 Euro 2012 qualifying Slovenia  1 – 2  Estonia Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
21:45 UTC+3 Tim Matavž 78' Report 29' (pen.) Konstantin Vassiljev
81' Ats Purje		 Attendance: 15,480
Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)
6 September 2011 Euro 2012 qualifying Estonia  4 – 1  Northern Ireland A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
21:30 UTC+3 Martin Vunk 28'
Tarmo Kink 32'
Sergei Zenjov 59'
Kaimar Saag 90+3'		 Report 40' (o.g.) Raio Piiroja Attendance: 8,660
Referee: Daniel Stalhammar (Sweden)
7 October 2011 Euro 2012 qualifying Northern Ireland  1 – 2  Estonia Windsor Park, Belfast
21:45 UTC+3 Steven Davis 22' Report 77' (pen.), 84' Konstantin Vassiljev Attendance: 12,604
Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)
11 October 2011 Friendly Estonia  0 – 2  Ukraine A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
20:00 UTC+3 Report 45+1' Oleh Husyev
68' Oleksandr Aliyev		 Attendance: 4,501
Referee: Robert Malek (Poland)
11 November 2011 Euro 2012 qual. play-offs Estonia  0 – 4  Republic of Ireland A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
21:45 UTC+2 Report 13' Keith Andrews
67' Jonathan Walters
71', 88' (pen.) Robbie Keane		 Attendance: 9,692
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
15 November 2011 Euro 2012 qual. play-offs Republic of Ireland  1 – 1  Estonia Aviva Stadium, Dublin
21:45 UTC+2 Stephen Ward 32' Report 57' Konstantin Vassiljev Attendance: 51,151
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Unofficial matches

Originally, the match against Bulgaria was recognised as a full international match by FIFA, but was later dismissed as the organizers were found guilty of match fixing. Referees Krisztián Selmeczi, János Csák and Kolos Lengyel were banned for life.[1]

9 February 2011 Friendly Bulgaria  2 – 2  Estonia Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey
21:00 UTC+2 Popov 40' (pen.), 83' (pen.) Report 20' (pen.), 80' (pen.) Vassiljev Attendance: 200
Referee: Krisztián Selmeczi (Hungary)
25 May 2011 Friendly Estonia  1 – 2  Basque Country A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
UTC+3 Tarmo Kink 58' Report 51', 63' Aritz Aduriz Attendance: 3,224
Referee: Anders Hermansen (Denmark)

Players

Debutants

Eight new players appeared for the men's national team, all in a friendly match against Chile on 20 June 2011:

National team appearance number and club at the time of debut in brackets.

Statistics

Goalkeepers

Player[2] Pld S Min GC GC90 CS YC RC PS
Sergei Pareiko 10 10 868 17 1,76 1 2 0 1 (3)
Pavel Londak 2 2 180 4 2,00 0 0 0 0
Marko Meerits 1 1 90 4 4,00 0 0 0 0 (1)
Artur Kotenko 1 0 33 1 2,34 0 0 0 0

Outfield players

Player[2] Pld S Min G PG A YC RC OG
Dmitri Kruglov 13 12 956 0 0 1 0 0 0
Enar Jääger 11 11 900 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sander Puri 11 8 670 0 0 0 2 1 0
Jarmo Ahjupera 10 8 497 0 0 0 1 0 0
Konstantin Vassiljev 10 7 734 6 2 (3) 3 1 0 0
Tarmo Kink 10 7 604 1 0 1 1 0 0
Ragnar Klavan 9 9 810 0 0 0 1 0 0
Martin Vunk 9 9 780 1 0 0 2 0 0
Raio Piiroja 9 9 778 0 0 1 3 1 1
Ats Purje 9 1 295 1 0 0 1 0 0
Kaimar Saag 8 5 446 1 0 0 0 0 0
Taavi Rähn 7 7 630 0 0 0 3 0 0
Aleksandr Dmitrijev 6 6 528 0 0 1 1 0 0
Sergei Zenjov 6 3 317 1 0 1 2 0 0
Taijo Teniste 5 4 300 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrei Stepanov 4 3 231 0 0 0 2 1 0
Tihhon Šišov 4 2 259 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gert Kams 4 2 186 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karl Palatu 3 3 270 0 0 0 1 0 0
Sergei Mošnikov 3 1 112 0 0 0 1 0 0
Mikk Reintam 2 2 151 0 0 0 0 0 1
Joonas Tamm 2 2 141 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siim Luts 2 2 125 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siim Tenno 2 2 123 0 0 0 1 0 0
Vladimir Voskoboinikov 2 1 108 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joel Lindpere 2 1 83 0 0 0 0 0 0
Henri Anier 2 1 79 0 0 0 0 0 0
Meelis Peitre 2 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0
Albert Prosa 2 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andres Oper 2 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igor Morozov 2 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joel Indermitte 2 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrei Veis 2 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alo Bärengrub 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrei Sidorenkov 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko 1 0 34 1 0 0 0 0 0

References

  1. ^ "Disciplinary Committee bans six match officials for life and Lisle Austin for one year". FIFA. 10 August 2011. Archived from the original on October 19, 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Koondiseaasta numbrites 2011 (uuendatud)" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2012.