Riga FC

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Riga FC
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Basic data
Surname Riga Football Club
Seat Riga , Latvia
founding 2014
Colours blue White
Board Alexandrs Pronins
Website rigafc.lv
First soccer team
Head coach Mihails Konevs
Venue Discount stadium
Places 9,100
league Virslīga
2019 master
home
Away

The Riga FC is a 2014 founded Latvian football club from the city of Riga .

history

The club name was registered in 2014. In 2015, through the merger of FC Caramba Riga and Dinamo Riga, they played in the third division for one season under the name FC Caramba / Dinamo and officially renamed Riga FC after being promoted to the second division . In 2016, the promotion to the top division, the Virslīga , could be celebrated.

With 3rd place in the 2017 season, the club was able to qualify for the Europa League for the first time . In the 1st qualifying round 2018/19 they faced the Bulgarian record champions CSKA Sofia and were eliminated on penalties.

The most famous player is the captain and 44-time Latvian national player Oļegs Laizāns , who has played for the club since 2016.

In the 2018 season, the club, led by Viktor Skripnik, won its first title with the Latvian Cup with a 5-4 win on penalties against FK Ventspils and the championship title against the same opponent two game days before the end of the season. On February 5, 2019, the club announced the separation from coach Viktor Skripnik.

successes

statistics

Seasons Div. League space web
2015 2. Pirma league 1.
2016 1. Virslīga 5.
2017 1. Virslīga 3.
2018 1. Virslīga 1.
2019 1. Virslīga 1.
2020 1. Virslīga .

European Cup balance sheet

season competition round opponent total To Back
2018/19 UEFA Europa League 1st qualifying round BulgariaBulgaria CSKA Sofia 1: 1
(3: 5 on  behalf ) 		0: 1 (A) 1: 0 a.d. (H)
2019/20 UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying round IrelandIreland Dundalk FC 0: 0
(4: 5 on  behalf ) 		0: 0 (A) 0: 0 a.d. (H)
2019/20 UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round PolandPoland Piast Gliwice ( a ) 4: 4(a) 2: 3 (A) 2: 1 (H)
3rd qualifying round FinlandFinland HJK Helsinki 3: 3 1: 1 (H) 2: 2 (A)
Play-offs DenmarkDenmark FC Copenhagen 2: 3 1: 3 (A) 1: 0 (H)
2020/21 UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying round IsraelIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv 0: 2 0: 2 (A)
Legend: (H) - home game, (A) - away game, (N) - neutral place, (a) - away goal rule , (i. E.) - on penalties , (n. V.) - after extra time

Overall record: 11 games, 3 wins, 4 draws, 4 defeats, 10:13 goals (goal difference −3)

Squad (2018)

Since 2018

No. position Surname
1 LatviaLatvia TW Germans Māliņš
2 LatviaLatvia FROM Vitālijs Smirnovs
3 LatviaLatvia FROM Anton Kurakins
5 LatviaLatvia MF Krišs Kārkliņš
6th EstoniaEstonia ST Bogdan Vaštšuk
7th LatviaLatvia MF Artūrs Zjuzins
8th VenezuelaVenezuela MF Pedro Ramírez
9 LatviaLatvia MF Armands Pētersons
10 LatviaLatvia MF Boriss Bogdaškins
11 LatviaLatvia MF Romans Mickevičs
12 LatviaLatvia TW Roberts Ozols
13 LatviaLatvia FROM Vladislavs Gabovs
14th LatviaLatvia MF Oļegs Laizāns (C)
15th CroatiaCroatia MF Tomislav Šarić
No. position Surname
20th SerbiaSerbia MF Stefan Panic
21st Sierra LeoneSierra Leone MF George Davies (on loan from St. Pölten )
22nd SerbiaSerbia ST Darko Lemajic
23 LatviaLatvia MF Ivan Lukjanovs
29 UkraineUkraine FROM Volodymyr Bayenko
32 LatviaLatvia ST Aleksejs Davidenkovs
33 CameroonCameroon ST Gael Etock
34 LatviaLatvia FROM Antonijs Černomordijs
35 RussiaRussia MF Ivan Yenin
38 LatviaLatvia TW Nils Puriņš
92 LatviaLatvia ST Deniss Rake's
93 BrazilBrazil MF Thiago Primão
97 UkraineUkraine ST Bohdan Kovalenko

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Skripnik is out: FC Riga has a new coach . ( deichstube.de [accessed on February 24, 2019]).
  2. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/let2015.html
  3. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/let2016.html
  4. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/let2017.html
  5. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/let2018.html
  6. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/let2019.html
  7. ↑ Galvenā komanda. In: Riga FC. Retrieved July 31, 2017 (Latvian).