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Estonia National Football Team

Head coach: Jelle Quirinus Goes
Captain: Mart Poom
Top scorer: Andres Oper
FIFA ranking: 121

Estonia national football team is controlled by the Estonian Football Association. They played their first match in 1920. In 1940 Estonia was annexed by the Soviet Union; it did not regain its independence (and the possibility of a national football team) until 1991. As a newly independent nation, they played their first match against Lithuania in the Baltic Cup on November 15, 1991, and their first FIFA-recognized match against Slovenia on June 3, 1992, a 1-1 draw at Tallinn.

After Estonia gained independence, the national team was initially the weakest of the three Baltic teams, suffering defeats such as a 7-1 loss to Croatia in the Euro 96 qualifiers. In the 1998 World Cup qualifiers, Estonia achieved notoriety when a home game against Scotland would be called off in bizarre circumstances. The replay in Monaco finished 0-0; goalkeeper Mart Poom earned a move to Derby County soon afterwards.

Estonia's fortunes have improved since. In the Euro 2004 qualifiers, Estonia proved remarkably obdurate with 8 points from as many games, only 4 goals scored and 6 conceded. The 2006 World Cup qualifiers saw further improvement with 5 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. Estonia have a number of players who have amassed an astonishing number of caps, including Mart Poom, Andres Oper, Marko Kristal and Martin Reim.

Estonia Team
No.	NAME	POS	Height	Weight	Age
1	Mart Poom	G	6-4	188	35
12	Artur Kotenko	G	-	-	-
3	Andrei Stepanov	D	6-2	168	28
4	Raio Piiroja	D	6-3	170	27
4	Ragnar Klavan	D	6-1	170	21
5	Dmitri Kruglov	D	5-8	150	23
13	Alo Barengrub	D	-	-	-
14	Urmas Rooba	D	5-10	150	28
6	Aleksandr Dmitrijev	M	-	-	-
8	Joel Lindpere	M	-	-	-
10	Konstantin Vassiljev	M	-	-	-
11	Sergei Terehhov	M	5-7	141	32
15	Liivo Leetma	M	-	-	30
-	Kristen Viikmae	S	-	-	28
2	Enar Jaager	S	5-10	161	24
7	Oliver Konsa	S	-	-	-
9	Vladimir Voskoboinikov	S	-	-	-
16	Gert Kams	S	-	-	-
17	Tarmo Kink	S	-	-	-
18	Tarmo Neemelo	S	-	-	-

Group E
	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	P
Croatia	7	5	2	0	16	4	12	17
Israel	8	5	2	1	17	7	10	17
Russia	7	4	3	0	11	1	10	15
England	7	4	2	1	12	2	10	14
Macedonia	7	2	1	4	6	7	-1	7
Estonia	7	0	0	7	0	14	-14	0
Andorra	7	0	0	7	1	28	-27	0