Estonia national football team 2011 explained

Season:	2011
Manager:	Tarmo Rüütli
Captain:	Raio Piiroja
Home Stadium:	A. Le Coq Arena
Continentalcup1:	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
Prevseason:	2010
Nextseason:	2012

The 2011 season was the 20th full year of competitive football in the Baltic country as an independent nation.

Matches

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]

Players

Debutants

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

• Mikk Reintam (#220–222, JJK Jyväskylä) – started the match
• Joonas Tamm (#220–222, IFK Norrköping) – started the match
• Siim Tenno (#220–222, JK Tammeka Tartu) – started the match
• Joel Indermitte (#223–226, FC Viljandi) – 63rd-minute substitute
• Meelis Peitre (#223–226, FC Flora Tallinn) – 63rd-minute substitute
• Albert Prosa (#223–226, JK Tammeka Tartu) – 63rd-minute substitute
• Andrei Veis (#223–226, FC Viljandi) – 63rd-minute substitute
• Henri Anier (#227, FC Flora Tallinn) – 75th-minute substitute

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

Statistics

Goalkeepers

Player^[2]
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
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

External links

• All national team games

Notes and References

1. Web site: Disciplinary Committee bans six match officials for life and Lisle Austin for one year. https://web.archive.org/web/20111019045133/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/news/newsid=1490214/index.html. dead. October 19, 2011. FIFA. 10 February 2012. 10 August 2011.
2. Web site: Koondiseaasta numbrites 2011 (uuendatud). Soccernet.ee. 10 February 2012. Estonian. 14 January 2011.