About FC Santos Tartu

FC Santos Tartu is an Estonian football club based in the city of Tartu. It was founded in 2006 and initially developed from a youth-focused project before becoming a competitive senior team. The club plays its home matches at the Tamme Stadium and has mainly competed in the lower tiers of Estonian football, operating as a semi-professional or amateur side for most of its existence.

Despite its modest status, the club achieved one of the most unusual feats in Estonian football when it reached the final of the 2013–14 Estonian Cup while still playing in a lower division. Because the cup winner had already qualified for European competition, Santos Tartu earned a place in the UEFA Europa League qualifiers. This made them one of the rare clubs to represent Estonia in Europe without ever playing in the top domestic league.

In the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League, the club faced Norwegian side Tromsø and was eliminated in the first qualifying round after a heavy aggregate defeat. In later years, Santos Tartu continued to operate in the lower leagues but eventually stepped away from professional-level competition, focusing more on amateur and youth football development.