Editing FC Flora (section)

== Rivalries ==

=== The Tallinn Derby ===
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[[File:FC Flora fans 2024 (1).jpg|thumb|Flora fans during their match against Levadia in 2024|250x250px]]
Flora's deepest rivalry is with [[FCI Levadia Tallinn|FCI Levadia]] and the fixture between the two clubs is known as the Tallinn Derby ({{Langx|et|Tallinna derbi}}). Flora and Levadia are the two biggest and most successful clubs in Estonian football. The rivalry began in [[1999 Meistriliiga|1999]], when Levadia entered [[Meistriliiga]] and immediately challenged the reigning champions Flora for the title, winning the treble in their first year in top-flight football.<ref>{{Citation |title=Tallinna derbi värvikas ajalugu sai alguse juba 20 aastat tagasi |date=26 April 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKWZPX9Yqlg |access-date= |language=et |format=Video}}</ref> In the early 2000s, language and nationality was also one of the separating factors between the two clubs, as Levadia was seen as the club of choice for the Russian speaking population of the city and Flora for the Estonian speaking. However, that image of Levadia has since then faded away. From 2019, the two clubs also share their home ground [[Lilleküla Stadium|A. Le Coq Arena]]. The attendance record of 3,510 was set on 28 June 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 June 2023 |title=Publikurekord! Levadia ja Flora duell purustas 20 aastat püsinud tippmargi |url=https://soccernet.ee/artikkel/publikurekord-levadia-ja-flora-duell-purustas-20-aastat-pusinud-tippmargi |publisher=Soccernet}}</ref>

=== Flora–Kalju rivalry ===
The fixture between Flora and [[Nõmme Kalju FC]] is known as ''raudteederbi'' ({{Langx|en|The Railway Derby}}). The name derives from the fact that the stadiums of the two clubs are connected via a railway. The rivalry emerged in the early 2010s, when Kalju started challenging Flora in terms of on-field success, as well as in fan popularity. Throughout the years, the rivalry has also intensified due to an enmity between Flora's founder [[Aivar Pohlak]] and Kalju's president Kuno Tehva. Flora's signing of Kalju's homegrown players [[Henrik Pürg]] and [[Vlasiy Sinyavskiy]] in 2018 caused a further strife in the relationship of the two clubs<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 May 2018 |title=Suur jalgpallitüli! Kaks Eesti vutitalenti siirduvad Nõmme Kaljust FC Florasse |url=https://sport.postimees.ee/4494463/suur-jalgpallituli-kaks-eesti-vutitalenti-siirduvad-nomme-kaljust-fc-florasse |access-date= |website=Postimees |language=et}}</ref> and since then, no transfer deals have taken place between them. In an interview in 2023, Flora's academy graduate and current national team player [[Rauno Sappinen]] said he would rather retire than join Kalju, also calling the rival club 'appalling'.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 October 2023 |title=Rauno Sappinen: ma pigem lõpetan karjääri, kui liitun Kaljuga |url=https://sport.delfi.ee/artikkel/120241348/rauno-sappinen-ma-pigem-lopetan-karjaari-kui-liitun-kaljuga |access-date= |website=Delfi Sport |language=et}}</ref> The fixture's attendance record of 3,521 was set in the 2013 Estonian Cup final.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2013-05-18 |title=Eesti karikavõitjaks tuli Tallinna Flora |url=https://sport.err.ee/34358/eesti-karikavoitjaks-tuli-tallinna-flora |access-date= |website=ERR |language=et}}</ref>