Editing FC Flora (section)

===Early history (1990–2000)===
Flora was founded on 10 March 1990 by [[Aivar Pohlak]] as an effort to revive Estonian football during the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]]. The team was mainly based on players from Lõvid youth team. Flora finished their [[1990 Estonian SSR Football Championship|first season]] in last place and were relegated. The situation changed after the formation of the [[Meistriliiga]] in 1992. After 52 years of the Soviet occupation ([[Estonian SSR]]), Estonian clubs could once again play for the Estonian League Championship title. Flora finished the [[1992 Meistriliiga|inaugural season]] of the Meistriliiga in fourth place. After the first season, the league was reformed to run from Autumn to Spring. Flora finished the [[1992–93 Meistriliiga|1992–93 season]] as runners-up. In 1993, [[Roman Ubakivi]] was appointed as manager. One round before the end of the [[1993–94 Meistriliiga|1993–94 season]], [[FC Tevalte Tallinn|Tevalte]], who led the Meistriliiga table at the time, was controversially disqualified over allegations of match fixing. The season ended with Flora and [[FC Norma Tallinn|Norma]] both on equal 36 points. Flora won the championship play-off match 5–2 and was awarded their first league title. The club made their [[UEFA Cup|European]] debut in the [[1994–95 UEFA Cup]], losing to [[Odense Boldklub|Odense]] 0–6 on aggregate in the preliminary round. Flora managed to defend the league title in the [[1994–95 Meistriliiga|1994–95 season]] and won the [[1994–95 Estonian Cup]], defeating [[FC Lantana Tallinn|Lantana-Marlekor]] 2–0 in the final.<ref name="hist">{{cite web|title=Ajalugu|trans-title=History|language=Estonian|publisher=FC Flora men's team|url=https://fcflora.ee/klubi-ajalugu|access-date=10 December 2019|archive-date=10 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710144809/https://fcflora.ee/klubi-ajalugu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:FC Flora 1995.png|left|thumb|190x190px|[[Marek Lemsalu]] lifting Flora's first-ever [[Estonian Cup]] in 1995]]
In January 1996, [[Teitur Thordarson]] replaced Ubakivi as manager. Disappointing start in the [[1995–96 Meistriliiga|1995–96 season]] left the team in second place. Flora finished the [[1996–97 Meistriliiga|1996–97 season]] as runners-up once again. In the [[1997–98 Meistriliiga|1997–98 season]], the club won their first league title under Thordarson. Subsequently, the league format was changed and Flora managed to win [[1998 Meistriliiga|another title]] in the same calendar year. Flora made their debut in the [[UEFA Champions League]] for the first time in the [[1998–99 UEFA Champions League|1998–99 season]], narrowly losing to [[FC Steaua București|Steaua București]] 4–5 on aggregate in the first qualifying round. The club added another Estonian Cup trophy after defeating Lantana 3–2 in the finals. Since 1999, Meistriliiga adopted the current league format with the season running from Spring to Autumn within a single calendar year. The [[1999 Meistriliiga|1999 season]] was unsuccessful as Flora placed third. In 2000, [[Tarmo Rüütli]] was appointed as manager. Under Rüütli, Flora finished the [[2000 Meistriliiga|2000 season]] as runners-up behind [[FC Levadia Tallinn|Levadia]], who won the title without a single loss.<ref name="hist"/>