FC Kuressaare is a Estonian football club based in Kuressaare, Saaremaa island. The club was founded on 14 March 1997. It’s predecessor were the youth club BB Sport which had started promoting the football in that region under the leadership of Johannes Kaju. Kuressaare joined the Estonian football pyramid in 1997, when the club, uniting best football players from the island joined the lowest tier of Estonian football pyramid.

The first club president and manager was current Estonian Football Association president Aivar Pohlak, who also made appearances for the club in the first club’s season. The current club president is local Kuressaare native Priit Penu, who can be seen in the stands, attending every home game. He was approached by Aivar Pohlak in 1999 and was asked whether he would like to help in development of football in Saaremaa – to which he agreed.

Making their top tier debut in 2000, Kuressaare proved to be the ultimate yo-yo team right up to the 2009 season getting promoted and relegated for the eight consecutive seasons. After ending this streak and playing for five straight seasons in the top-flight, the club was relegated to the Esiliiga in 2013 and even to the Esiliiga B (3rd tier) after the 2015 season. 

The return to Premium liiga was quick via back to back promotions. They have now resided in the top flight for the last seven seasons. Kuressaare achieved a further developmental milestone when, in 2020, Marco Lukka became the first ever fully professional football player of the club thanks to the newly introduced solidarity mechanisms.

The team is currently managed by the former Estonian NT player Sander Post, who takes on his maiden season at the club after managing the Estonian U21s national team since November 2021.