2012 Estonia national football team

The 2012 season is the 21st full year of competitive football in the Baltic country as an independent nation.^[1]

Matches

All times are Estonian (UTC+2/UTC+3).

1 March 2012 Friendly^{[n 1]}	El Salvador	0 – 2	Estonia	Los Angeles, United States
06:30^{[n 2]}		Report	71' Ragnar Klavan 85' Gert Kams^[2]	Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)

25 May 2012 Friendly	Croatia	3 – 1	Estonia	Pula
21:30	Vedran Ćorluka 16' Nikola Kalinić 20' Ognjen Vukojević 81'	Report	83' Konstantin Vassiljev	Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Mihaly Fabian (Hungary)

28 May 2012 Friendly^{[n 1]}	Ukraine	4 – 0	Estonia	Kufstein, Austria
21:00	Andriy Yarmolenko 9' Oleh Husyev 34' (pen.) Andriy Voronin 41' Artem Milevskiy 50'	Report		Stadium: Kufstein Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

1 June 2012 2012 Baltic Cup^{[n 3]}	Estonia	1 – 2	Finland	Tartu
20:30	Andres Oper 33'	Report	10', 22' Njazi Kuqi	Stadium: Tamme Stadium Attendance: 2,470 Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (Latvia)

3 June 2012 2012 Baltic Cup^{[n 3]}	Estonia	1 – 0	Lithuania	Tartu
16:30	Vladimir Voskoboinikov 18'	Report		Stadium: Tamme staadion Attendance: 1,094 Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

5 June 2012 Friendly	France	4 – 0	Estonia	Le Mans
22:00	Franck Ribéry 24' Karim Benzema 37', 47' Jérémy Ménez 90'	Report		Stadium: MMArena Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

15 August 2012 Friendly	Estonia	1 – 0	Poland	Tallinn
21:45	Konstantin Vassiljev 90'	Report		Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 5,312 Referee: Ken Henry Johnsen (Norway)

7 September 2012 2014 WC qualification	Estonia	0 – 2	Romania	Tallinn
21:00		Report	Gabriel Torje 55' Ciprian Marica 75'	Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 7,936 Referee: Milorad Mazic (Serbia)

11 September 2012 2014 WC qualification	Turkey	3 – 0	Estonia	Istanbul
21:00	44' Emre Belözoglu 60' Umut Bulut 75' Selcuk Inan	Report		Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Attendance: 44,168 Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)

12 October 2012 2014 WC qualification	Estonia	0 – 1	Hungary	Tallinn
21:30		Report	46' Tamás Hajnal	Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 5,661 Referee: Liran Liani (Israel)

16 October 2012 2014 WC qualification	Andorra	0 – 1	Estonia	Andorra la Vella
21:00		Report	57' Andres Oper	Stadium: Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella Referee: Dimitar Meckarovski (Macedonia)

8 November 2012 Friendly	Oman	1 – 2	Estonia	Muscat
13:30	Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali 17'	Report	85' Henri Anier 88' Gert Kams	Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Referee: Ali Hammed (United Arab Emirates)

14 November 2012 Friendly	United Arab Emirates	2 – 1	Estonia	Abu Dhabi
17:30	Hamdan Al Kamali 30' (pen.) Ali Ahmed Mabkhout 70'	Report	Jarmo Ahjupera 45'	Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Sami Mazyad Al Nemari (Saudi Arabia)

Kaarel Kiidron (#228–229, FK Viktoria Žižkov) – started the match against Croatia on 25 May 2012^[3]
Henrik Ojamaa (#228–229, Motherwell F.C.) – started the match against Croatia on 25 May 2012^[3]
Ilja Antonov (#230–232, FC Levadia Tallinn) – started the match against Oman on 8 November 2012^[4]
Ken Kallaste (#230–232, JK Nõmme Kalju) – started the match against Oman on 8 November 2012^[4]
Karl Mööl (#230–232, FC Flora Tallinn) – started the match against Oman on 8 November 2012^[4]
Andre Frolov (#233, FC Flora Tallinn) – 74th-minute substitute in the match against Oman on 8 November 2012^[4]
Stanislav Pedõk (#234, FC Flora Tallinn) – 76th-minute substitute in the match against Oman on 8 November 2012^[4]

National team appearance number and club at the time of debut in brackets.

^ ^a ^b Played in a neutral venue.
^ The original kick-off time was 06:00 UTC+2, but was delayed twice for 15 minutes. Firstly, to let the crowd enter the stadium and, secondly, the Estonian team bus broke down on the way to the stadium.
^ ^a ^b Estonia hosted the tournament.

^ "Koondiseaasta numbrites 2012" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
^ "El Salvador cae ante Estonia (2-0)" (in Spanish). FIFA. 1 March 2012. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b Siim Pulst (26 May 2012). "Debütandid? Ei ole põhjust nuriseda" (in Estonian). Soccernet.ee. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Eesti koondis alistas tänu lõpuspurdile Omaani" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.

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