title: Kalev Tallinn
text: # Kalev Tallinn
  
  Kalev Tallinn was a multi-sport organisation in Tallinn, Estonia. Current clubs are independent, some have been re-established.
  
  ## Association football
  
  Kalev's football team was formed as Jalgpalliselts Meteor (Football Union Meteor) in 1909 and changed to its present name in 1911, when it joined the all-Estonian sports organisation Estonian Sports Association Kalev.
  
  Kalev's football team was re-established in 2002 as JK Tallinna Kalev and now also has a women's team and several youth teams.
  
  ## Bandy
  
  During its first years, Kalev Tallinn also was a successful club in the sport of bandy. The club became Estonian champions of this sport in 1916, 1917 and 1918.
  
  ## Basketball
  
  * KK Kalev (1920–2005)
  * BC Tallinna Kalev (1998–)
  
  ## Ice hockey
  
  Kalev used to play in the ice hockey Meistriliiga, winning the title seven times in 1934, 1937, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1962.
  
  ## Rugby
  
  There is a non-associated rugby team under the name Tallinna Kalev RFC.
  
  