Estonia women's national football team

The Estonia women's national football team (Estonian: Eesti naiste jalgpallikoondis) represents Estonia in international women's football matches and are controlled by the Estonian Football Association, the governing body for football in Estonia.

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Estonia national football team.

Estonia

Nickname(s)	Sinisärgid (Blueshirts)
Association	Eesti Jalgpalli Liit (EJL)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Jarmo Matikainen
Captain	Katrin Loo
Most caps	Katrin Loo (110)
Top scorer	Anastassia Morkovkina (40)
Home stadium	A. Le Coq Arena
FIFA code	EST
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	95 1 (26 June 2020)[1]
Highest	71 (December 2013)
Lowest	99 (March 2019)
First international
Lithuania 3–0 Estonia  (Kaunas, Lithuania; 19 August 1994)
Biggest win
Latvia 1–7 Estonia  (Šiauliai, Lithuania; 15 May 2010)  Estonia 6–0 Latvia  (Tartu, Estonia; 10 June 2012)  Estonia 8–2 Latvia  (Tallinn, Estonia; 1 March 2014)
Biggest defeat
Iceland 12–0 Estonia  (Reykjavík, Iceland; 17 September 2009)  France 12–0 Estonia  (Le Havre, France; 28 October 2009)

Estonia played its first international match on 19 August 1994 against Lithuania. The team's home ground is the A. Le Coq Arena in Tallinn, and the current manager is Jarmo Matikainen. Estonia has never qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup or the UEFA Women's Championship. They have won the annual Women's Baltic Cup 10 times.

Coaching staff

[2]

Position	Name
Head coach	Jarmo Matikainen
Assistant coach	Kaidi Jekimova
Goalkeeping coach	Martin Kaalma
Physiotherapist	Daria Narõškina
	Liisa Veerla
Fitness coach	Andrei Veis
Doctor	Liis Ott
Video analyst	Egon-Eret Rinaldo
Manager	Raili Ellermaa

Players

For all past and present players who have appeared for the national team, see List of Estonia women's international footballers.

Current squad

The following players were called up for friendly matches against Wales and Faroe Islands on 6 and 9 March 2020 respectively.[3]

Caps and goals are correct as of 9 March 2020, after the match against Faroe Islands.[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Getriin Strigin	(1996-07-07) 7 July 1996	25	0	Flora
12	1GK	Karina Kork	(1995-02-23) 23 February 1995	8	0	HJK
2	2DF	Ariina Mürkhain	(1999-06-22) 22 June 1999	11	0	Flora
3	2DF	Rahel Repkin	(1998-06-17) 17 June 1998	0	0	Tammeka
4	2DF	Pille Raadik	(1987-02-12) 12 February 1987	80	0	Åland United
5	2DF	Siret Räämet	(1999-12-31) 31 December 1999	17	0	Flora
10	2DF	Berle Brant	(1989-09-26) 26 September 1989	22	0	Pärnu
15	2DF	Inna Zlidnis	(1990-04-18) 18 April 1990	83	0	Ferencváros
16	2DF	Kristiina Tullus	(1998-09-12) 12 September 1998	4	0	Flora
20	2DF	Ketlin Saar	(1997-05-02) 2 May 1997	34	1	Pärnu
7	3MF	Katrin Loo (captain)	(1991-01-02) 2 January 1991	110	20	Flora
8	3MF	Kaire Palmaru	(1984-08-11) 11 August 1984	107	10	Saku Sporting
18	3MF	Kethy Õunpuu	(1987-12-04) 4 December 1987	105	3	Flora
21	3MF	Tuuli Tasa	(2002-11-12) 12 November 2002	4	0	Tammeka
23	3MF	Evelyn Šilina	(2001-04-05) 5 April 2001	2	0	Pärnu
6	4FW	Renate-Ly Mehevets	(1999-03-02) 2 March 1999	4	0	Tammeka
9	4FW	Signy Aarna	(1990-10-04) 4 October 1990	89	26	Åland United
11	4FW	Maarja Saulep	(1991-05-09) 9 May 1991	7	1	Flora
13	4FW	Kristina Bannikova	(1991-06-15) 15 June 1991	69	5	Pärnu
14	4FW	Lisette Tammik	(1998-10-14) 14 October 1998	38	2	Napoli
17	4FW	Mari Liis Lillemäe	(2000-09-01) 1 September 2000	20	0	Flora
22	4FW	Liisa Merisalu	(2002-01-15) 15 January 2002	6	1	NuPS

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Estonia squad within the last twelve months.[5][6][7][8][9]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Anastasija Zabello	(2001-02-01) 1 February 2001	1	0	Flora	v.  Wales, 6 March 2020 ^PRE
DF	Kreete Õun	(2001-05-25) 25 May 2001	0	0	Tammeka	v.  Belarus, 10 November 2019
DF	Marie Saar	(2001-04-25) 25 April 2001	0	0	Pärnu	v.  Belarus, 10 November 2019
DF	Elizaveta Rutkovskaja	(1997-12-09) 9 December 1997	9	0	Pärnu	v.  Kosovo, 8 October 2019
DF	Birjo Rasmussen	(1994-12-26) 26 December 1994	0	0	Tallinna Kalev	v.  Kosovo, 8 October 2019
DF	Liis Lepik	(1994-10-02) 2 October 1994	27	1	Flora	v.  Russia, 3 September 2019
DF	Maria Orav	(1996-04-07) 7 April 1996	5	0	Tallinna Kalev	v.  Russia, 3 September 2019
DF	Silja Goroško	(1994-07-15) 15 July 1994	3	0	Flora	v.  Russia, 3 September 2019
MF	Kelly Rosen	(1995-11-23) 23 November 1995	46	1	Flora	v.  Belarus, 10 November 2019
MF	Ave-Lii Laas	(1999-02-12) 12 February 1999	5	0	Lootos	v.  Belarus, 10 November 2019
MF	Eliisabet Pedak	(2000-04-24) 24 April 2000	0	0	Saku Sporting	v.  Kosovo, 8 October 2019
MF	Kristin Kukli	(1999-06-09) 9 June 1999	0	0	Lootos	v.  Russia, 3 September 2019
FW	Vlada Kubassova	(1995-08-23) 23 August 1995	42	5	Napoli	v.  Wales, 6 March 2020 ^PRE
FW	Ulrika Tülp	(1991-06-20) 20 June 1991	17	1	Pärnu	v.  Belarus, 10 November 2019
FW	Emma Treiberg	(2000-11-19) 19 November 2000	10	0	Tallinna Kalev	v.  Kosovo, 8 October 2019
FW	Getter Saar	(1999-11-09) 9 November 1999	5	0	Flora	v.  Kosovo, 8 October 2019

• ^PRE Preliminary squad.

Results and fixtures

Main article: Estonia women's national football team results

Recent results within the last 12 months and upcoming fixtures.

2019

Estonia  v  Netherlands

30 August 2019 UEFA Euro 2021 qualifying	Estonia	0–7	Netherlands	Tallinn, Estonia
19:00 (UTC+3)		Report	Miedema  27', 69' Roord  31' Spitse  40', 51' Bloodworth  81' E. Jansen  85'	Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 1,881 Referee: Olga Zadinová (Czech Republic)

Russia  v  Estonia

3 September 2019 UEFA Euro 2021 qualifying	Russia	4–0	Estonia	Moscow, Russia
19:00 (UTC+3)	Korovkina  10', 57' Fedorova  29' Myagkova  82'	Report		Stadium: Sapsan Arena Referee: Katalin Sipos (Hungary)

Turkey  v  Estonia

4 October 2019 UEFA Euro 2021 qualifying	Turkey	0–0	Estonia	Istanbul, Turkey
16:00 (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Sancaktepe Stadium Referee: Marta Frías (Spain)

Estonia  v  Kosovo

8 October 2019 UEFA Euro 2021 qualifying	Estonia	1–2	Kosovo	Tartu, Estonia
19:15 (UTC+3)	Loo  22' (pen.)	Report	Uka  41', 56'	Stadium: Tamme Stadium Attendance: 377 Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

Belarus  v  Estonia

7 November 2019 Friendly	Belarus	2–0	Estonia	Minsk, Belarus
17:00 (UTC+3)	Shcherbachenia  12' Linnik  40' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Krytyj futbolnyj Manesh Attendance: 100 Referee: Olga Tereshko (Belarus)

Belarus  v  Estonia

10 November 2019 Friendly	Belarus	0–0	Estonia	Minsk, Belarus
15:00 (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Krytyj futbolnyj Manesh Attendance: 75 Referee: Vitaliy Onikhimovskiy (Belarus)

2020

Wales  v  Estonia

6 March 2020 Friendly	Wales	2–0	Estonia	Wrexham, Wales
19:00 (UTC±0)	Wynne  69' Lawrence  76'	Report		Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 2,015 Referee: Lorraine Watson (Scotland)

Faroe Islands  v  Estonia

9 March 2020 Friendly	Faroe Islands	1–1	Estonia	Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
17:00 (UTC±0)	Andreasen  88'	Report	Bannikova  61'	Stadium: Tórsvøllur

Statistics

Most capped players

As of 9 March 2020. Players in bold are still active.[4]

Katrin Loo is Estonia's most capped player with 110 caps.

Rank	Player	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Katrin Loo	2007–	110	20
2	Kaire Palmaru	2001–	107	10
3	Kethy Õunpuu	2005–	105	3
4	Signy Aarna	2007–	89	26
5	Inna Zlidnis	2007–	83	0
6	Pille Raadik	2007–	80	0
7	Anastassia Morkovkina	1997–2015	75	40
8	Kristina Bannikova	2013–	69	5
9	Kaidi Jekimova	2000–2014	68	9
10	Hannaliis Jaadla	2005–2015	66	2

Top goalscorers

As of 9 March 2020. Players in bold are still active.[4]

Anastassia Morkovkina is Estonia's top goalscorer with 40 goals.

Rank	Player	Career	Goals	Caps	Average
1	Anastassia Morkovkina	1997–2015	40	75	0.53
2	Signy Aarna	2007–	26	89	0.29
3	Katrin Loo	2007–	20	110	0.18
4	Ave Pajo	2000–2010	19	40	0.48
5	Kaire Palmaru	2001–	10	107	0.09
6	Reelika Vaher	1995–2006	9	47	0.19
	Kaidi Jekimova	2000–2014	9	68	0.13
8	Margarita Matjuhhova	2006–2013	5	33	0.15
	Vlada Kubassova	2013–	5	42	0.12
	Kristina Bannikova	2013–	5	69	0.07

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter
1995
1999	Did not qualify									6	1	0	5	6	31
2003										8	0	0	8	4	36
2007										6	1	1	4	6	18
2011										10	3	1	6	7	44
2015										10	2	1	7	8	33
2019										3	0	0	3	1	7
2023	To be determined									To be determined
Total		0/9	0	0	0	0	0	0		43	7	3	33	32	169

Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA European Championship

UEFA Women's Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1984	Did not enter
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997	Did not qualify									6	0	0	6	0	43
2001										8	0	0	8	6	38
2005										6	1	1	4	6	26
2009										3	0	0	3	2	13
2013										8	0	0	8	5	31
2017										8	0	0	8	0	33
2021	To be determined									0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		0/12	0	0	0	0	0	0		39	1	1	37	19	184

Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Baltic Cup

Main article: Women's Baltic Cup

Honours

Women's Baltic Cup

• Champions (10): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014

See also

• Estonia national football team

References

1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
2. "Koondise koosseis". jalgpall.ee. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
3. "Naiste koondise koosseisus toimus muudatus" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 2 March 2020.
4. "Koondise koosseis" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
5. "Selgus naiste koondise koosseis mängudeks Valgevenega" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 30 October 2019.
6. "Kosovo mänguks liituvad naiste koondisega Brant ja Rutkovskaja" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 3 October 2019.
7. "Selgus naiste koondise koosseis valikmängudeks Hollandi ja Venemaaga" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 23 August 2019.
8. "Naiste koondist ootab ees Balti turniir ja maavõistlus Valgevenega" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 10 June 2019.
9. "Selgus naiste koondise koosseis mängudeks Aserbaidžaaniga" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 27 March 2019.

External links

• Official website (in Estonian)
• FIFA profile