Jõhvi FC Phoenix is an Estonian football club based in Jõhvi that competes in Esiliiga B, the third-highest division in the Estonian football. Founded in 2011 as Jõhvi FC Lokomotiv, the club was named Jõhvi FC Phoenix in 2018. The club has competed in the Estonian top flight Premium Liiga once, in 2014.

Jõhvi FC Phoenix
Full nameJõhvi Football Club Phoenix
Founded15 August 2011; 13 years ago (2011-08-15)[1]
GroundHeino Lipp Stadium
Capacity794
ManagerVladimir Aga
LeagueEsiliiga B
2024Esiliiga B, 7th of 10
Websitehttps://fcphoenix.ee/

History

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Jõhvi Phoenix (then named Jõhvi Lokomotiv) during the 2014 Premium Liiga season

The club was founded as Jõhvi FC Lokomotiv in 2011 on the basis of former football club Jõhvi JK Orbiit.[2] They finished the 2013 season as Esiliiga runners-up and were promoted to the Estonian top division for the 2014 season. They were relegated after a single season, being defeated in the relegation play-offs by Viljandi Tulevik. Due to financial problems, the club was initially relegated to the fourth level for 2015 and after two seasons on lower levels, their players joined Kohtla-Järve JK Järve in 2017.

In 2018, the club was renamed as Jõhvi FC Phoenix and at first continued operating only on youth level.[3] Jõhvi rejoined the senior league system in 2020 and started competing in III liiga.

Crest and colours

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After being founded as Jõhvi Lokomotiv in 2011, the club adopted the colours red and white. In February 2018, the club was rebranded as Jõhvi Phoenix and adopted the mythical creature phoenix as their symbol. Since then, the club has affiliated themselves with the colour orange.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jõhvi home colours 2012—2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jõhvi home colours 2014—2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jõhvi home colours 2018—present

Stadium

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The club's traditional home ground is the 500-seat Jõhvi linnastaadion, which served as their first team's home ground from 2011 until 2023. After gaining promotion to Esiliiga B in 2024, it was announced that the club will host their home matches at the 794-capacity Heino Lipp Stadium.[4]

Players

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Current squad

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As of 24 August 2016.[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 DF   EST Stanislav Andrejev (on loan from JK Sillamäe Kalev)
2 MF   EST Sergei Bazjukin
3 MF   RUS Maksim Bazyukin
4 DF   EST Oleg Bogdanov
5 FW   EST Aleksandr Hlobõtsin (on loan from Kohtla-Järve JK Järve)
6 MF   EST Maksiim Jerjomenko
7 DF   RUS Nikolay Khvalov
8 DF   EST Artur Korepanov
9 DF   EST Roman Lebedev (on loan from Kohtla-Järve JK Järve)
10 MF   EST Leonard Levdonen
11   EST Deniss Lukin
12 FW   EST Artur Makarov
13 GK   EST Maksim Mamutov
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 GK   EST Aleksei Olijevski
15 MF   EST Mark Orikov
16 MF   EST Sergei Paltsev
17 MF   EST Igor Poljakov
18 MF   EST Aleksei Prištšekov
19 FW   EST Maksim Ristimägi
20 DF   EST Dmitri Smirnov
21   RUS Roman Smolyar
22   EST Pavel Zakutailo
23 MF   EST Mihhail Tsarjov
24 MF   EST Deniss Vender
25 MF   EST Nikita Volkov

Seasons and statistics

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Season Division Pos Games W D L GF GA GD Points Top goalscorers Estonian Cup
Jõhvi JK Orbiit
1999 IV Liiga East 1 20 13 3 4 44 22 +22 42   Ruslan Berov (14)
2000 III Liiga East 2 16 9 3 4 39 25 +14 30   Jevgeni Gužovski (9)
2001 III Liiga East 8 18 4 5 9 32 44 −8 17 4 players (5)
2002 III Liiga East 2 18 10 6 2 59 24 +25 36   Sergei Kuzmitšov (23)
2003 III Liiga East 5 18 8 4 6 46 36 +10 26   Aleksandr Kulatšenko (13)
2004 III Liiga East 4 18 10 1 7 62 30 +32 31   Vadim Lavrenko (10)
2005 III Liiga East 1 22 15 6 0 69 22 +47 51   Aleksandr Marašov (14)
2006 II Liiga East/North 6 28 11 5 12 47 44 +3 38   Andrei Kulatšenko (11)
2007 II Liiga East/North 5 26 12 6 8 45 26 +19 42   Igor Rogov (11)
2008 II Liiga East/North 4 26 14 6 6 68 28 +40 48   Aleksandr Marašov (16) -
2009 II Liiga East/North 1 26 18 5 3 84 36 +48 59   Aleksandr Avdeev (23) Fourth round
2010 Esiliiga 10 36 6 4 26 35 82 −47 22   Aleksandr Marašov (8) Third round
2011 II Liiga East/North 5 26 11 8 7 48 37 +9 41   Jevgeni Gužovski (12) First round
as Jõhvi FC Lokomotiv
2012 II liiga E/N 1 26 20 6 0 79 16 +63 66   Vassili Kulik (18) Third round
2013 Esiliiga 2 36 20 9 7 80 39 +41 69   Andrei Jõgi (13) First round
2014 Meistriliiga 9 36 4 6 26 35 115 −80 18   Aleksandr Nikulin (6) Quarter-finals
2015 II liiga E/N 4 26 16 3 7 67 38 +29 51   Maksim Ristimägi,
  Georgi Arkania (12)
Quarter-finals
2016 2 26 15 7 4 67 33 +34 52   Artur Makarov (25)
as Jõhvi FC Phoenix
2020 III liiga E 7 18 7 1 10 39 46 –7 22   Deniss Komšin (9)
2021 2 20 17 1 2 65 20 +45 52   Artur Salmus,
  Nichita Gorea (12)
2022 II liiga E/N 9 26 9 1 16 36 58 –22 28   Nichita Gorea (16) Second round
2023 2 26 18 4 4 97 22 +75 58   Jelissei Zahharov (34) Quarter-finals

References

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  1. ^ "About FC Phoenix".
  2. ^ Конференция, посвященная развитию футбола (in Russian). Jõhvi FC Lokomotiiv. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Mõned aastad tagasi kõrgliigas mänginud klubi sai uue nime". soccernet.ee. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Heino Lipu staadionil hakkavad toimuma ka jalgpallimatšid". Põhjarannik (in Estonian). 2024-02-16. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  5. ^ "Jõhvi Lokomotiv (2016)". Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
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