The first team of Maardu Linnameeskond has finally promoted to Esiliiga B, the third tier of Estonian football, after winning (once again) the Second League (fourth tier) in 2024, and they are now even looking up for back-to-back promotion to Esiliiga (the second tier of Estonian football), where they once belonged. Certainly, this perspective opened up the possibility for the re-establishment of the second team, Maardu Linnameeskond II, which was indeed created at the beginning of 2025, after a merger with FC Starmedia, a team that was enrolled in the 2024 Second League B (the fifth tier). The current team, properly named Maardu Linnamesskond II FC Starmedia, has inherited the staff and squad of FC Starmedia, but players from the first team also play sometimes, when they are not needed in the first team matches or for other reasons. Anyway, the main objective of the team is to form players who will be able to play in the upper Estonian leagues.
On Saturday, 3 May 2025, Maardu Linnameeskond FC Starmedia played at home, at Infoneti Lasnamäe Staadion, against lower-placed JK Kuusalu Kalev. The match kicked off at 5 pm local time, and, in front of a crowd of 56 people, Maardu Linnameeskond FC Starmedia won 4-0 (3-0). Goals were scored by Artur Dolinin (28' and 45'+3'), Sergei Mištšenko (44'), and Stepan Bondar (86').
Maardu Linnameeskond II FC Starmedia: Stiven Raider - Nadim Metwalli (Artemi Butajev 64'), Daniel Gasinski, Mihhail Tosjatov, Eric Laossaar (Stepan Bondar 46') - Dennis Jeremejev (Dmitri Dolmatov 81'), Sergei Paništšev - Artem Bolotin (Ivan Sorokin 81'), Nikolai Kulikov (Artjom Ostrovski 73'), Artur Dolinin - Sergei Mištšenko (Alexander Vtorushin 66'). Club representative: Daniil Kulagin.
Kuusalu Kalev: Renno Välk - Andreas Idavain, Ats Toomsalu, Aaron Allmägi, Leonard Artur Vatunen (Miikael Martti Vatunen 89') - Holger Tonn Lohmus (Revo Käärst 74'), Mikk Kirsimaa, Madis Järve (Eero Kelder 80') - Uku Aasrand, Jesse Lauter (Mattias Mänd 46'), Evert Kari. Manager: Sander Piibemann.
Referee: Juri Djomin.
Yellow cards: Ats Toomsalu 22', Miikael Martti Vatunen 90'+2'.
After seven rounds, Maardu Linnameeskond II FC Starmedia are currently in seventh place (out of 14 teams) in the Second League B South-East, with 3 wins, 1 draw, and 3 defeats, a total of 10 points, 12 goals scored and 8 received (a positive +4 goal difference). In the next round, on 10 May, they will play away at Jogeva SK Noorus-96, which are currently second in the table, with 19 points (6 wins and 1 draw).
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