{"id":43911,"date":"2025-12-11T17:05:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T15:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fcilevadia.ee\/?p=43911"},"modified":"2025-12-11T17:11:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T15:11:23","slug":"dmitri-kruglov-appointed-as-fci-levadia-u21-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fcilevadia.ee\/en\/dmitri-kruglov-appointed-as-fci-levadia-u21-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Dmitri Kruglov appointed as FCI Levadia U21 head coach!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Dmitri Kruglov, who last season guided FCI Levadia U19 from the Second League to promotion to Esiliiga B, will continue next season as the head coach of FCI Levadia\u2019s U21 (reserve) team.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the leadership of Kruglov and Sergei Bragin, the U19 team had an excellent year in the Second League, earning promotion to Esiliiga B. In 30 matches, the team recorded 19 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses, collecting 62 points and finishing in a strong second place behind P\u00e4rnu Vaprus U21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The previous season was challenging for FCI Levadia\u2019s U21 team \u2014 several setbacks made the year difficult, but in the end, the team avoided relegation play-offs and finished 7th in Esiliiga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the new season, Dmitri Kruglov will take over the team previously coached by Santi Garcia Carrero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dmitri Kruglov:<\/strong><br><em>\u201cSanti and I worked together for a long time, and I am very grateful to him for the experience we shared. I wish him success in his further coaching career. Leading the U21 team is an exciting challenge for me. We aim to build a competitive squad and achieve better results than last season.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Changes in the coaching staff:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Assistant coach \u2013 Sergei Bragin<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Goalkeeper coach \u2013 Ain Tammus<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fitness coach \u2013 Trevor Elhi<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Physiotherapist \u2013 George Juhhnev<\/strong> (continues in his role)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>FCI Levadia U21 will begin preparations for the new season in early January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We wish the entire U21 team success for the 2026 season!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: FCI Levadia<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dmitri Kruglov, who last season guided FCI Levadia U19 from the Second League to promotion to Esiliiga B, will continue&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":990007,"featured_media":43909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fci-levadia-u21-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dmitri Kruglov appointed as FCI Levadia U21 head coach! 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