Riga FC

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Riga FC
Riga Football Club.svg
Full nameRiga Football Club
Founded30 April 2014; 7 years ago (2014-04-30)
GroundSkonto Stadium
Capacity8,087
ChairmanAleksandrs Proņins
ManagerThorsten Fink
LeagueVirslīga
2021Virsliga, 4th of 10
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Riga Football Club, commonly referred to as Riga FC, is a Latvian football club, founded in 2014. The club is based at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Since 2016 the club has been playing in the Virslīga.

History[]

The club was officially registered in April 2014.[1] The team was established before the 2015 season after a merger of two Riga based teams – FC Caramba Riga and Dinamo Rīga. In the 2015 season the team played in the Latvian First League under the name of FC Caramba/Dinamo, since Caramba had won promotion to the 1. līga after winning the Latvian Second League in 2014. After winning the First League and promotion to the Higher League, the club changed its name to Riga FC.[2]

Ukrainian manager Viktor Skrypnyk has won the first ever Virslīga title in the club's history.

Domestic[]

Season Division (Name) Pos./Teams Pl. W D L GS GA P Latvian Football Cup Top Scorer (League) Manager
2015 2nd 1/(16) 30 27 3 0 142 14 84 Round of 16 Latvia Verners Apiņš – 31 Latvia Mihails Koņevs
2016 1st 5/(8) 28 8 12 8 28 24 36 Runner-up Latvia Roberts Savaļnieks
Japan Yōsuke Saitō – 5 		Russia Kiril Kurbatov
Turkmenistan Dmitri Khomukha
Russia Vladimir Volchek
2017 1st 3/(7) 24 10 7 7 28 20 37 Runner-up Estonia Bogdan Vaštšuk – 8 Russia Vladimir Volchek
Latvia Mihails Koņevs
Russia Yevgeny Perevertaylo
Slovenia Slaviša Stojanovič
2018 1st 1/(8) 28 20 4 4 45 16 64 Winner Serbia Darko Lemajić – 15 North Macedonia Goce Sedloski
Latvia Mihails Koņevs
Ukraine Viktor Skrypnyk
2019 1st 1/(9) 32 20 6 6 59 21 66 Semi-Finals Ukraine Roman Debelko – 7 Portugal Luís Berkemeier Pimenta
Belarus Oleg Kubarev
Latvia Mihails Koņevs
2020 1st 1/(10) 27 23 0 4 60 21 69 Quarter-finals Democratic Republic of the Congo Kule Mbombo – 12 Russia Oleg Kononov
Latvia Mihails Koņevs
2021 1st 4/(9) 28 14 8 6 54 26 50 Semifinals Montenegro Stefan Milošević – 13 RussiaSouth Korea Denis Laktionov
Latvia Kristaps Blanks
Latvia Andris Rihters
North Macedonia Sashko Poposki

European[]

Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Champions League 5 0 3 2 1 4 –3
UEFA Europa League 10 4 2 4 11 12 –1
UEFA Europa Conference League 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3
Total 21 7 6 8 21 22 –1
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Agg.
2018–19 UEFA Europa League 1QR Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 1−0 0−1 1−1[a] Symbol delete vote.svg
2019–20 UEFA Champions League 1QR Republic of Ireland Dundalk 0−0 0−0 0−0[b] Symbol delete vote.svg
UEFA Europa League 2QR Poland Piast Gliwice 2−1 2−3 4−4 (a) Symbol keep vote.svg
3QR Finland HJK 1−1 2−2 3−3 (a) Symbol keep vote.svg
PO Denmark Copenhagen 1−0 1−3 2−3 Symbol delete vote.svg
2020–21 UEFA Champions League 1QR Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv N/A 0−2 N/A Symbol delete vote.svg
UEFA Europa League 2QR San Marino Tre Fiori 1−0 N/A N/A Symbol keep vote.svg
3QR Scotland Celtic 0−1 N/A N/A Symbol delete vote.svg
2021–22 UEFA Champions League 1QR Sweden Malmö 1−1 0−1 1−2 Symbol delete vote.svg
UEFA Europa Conference League 2QR North Macedonia Shkëndija 2−0 1−0 3−0 Symbol keep vote.svg
3QR Malta Hibernians 0−1 4−1 (a.e.t.) 4−2 Symbol keep vote.svg
PO Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 1−1 1−3 (a.e.t.) 2−4 Symbol delete vote.svg
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR
Notes
  • 1QR: First qualifying round
  • 2QR: Second qualifying round
  • 3QR: Third qualifying round
  • PO: Play-off round

Honours[]

Latvian Higher League

Latvian Cup

Latvian First League

Kits[]

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors[]

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2015 Adidas —
2016 Jako —
2017 Marine Service Group
2018
2019
2020
2021

Sponsors[]

Latvia Marine Service Group
United Arab Emirates LF Group
Latvia Alpha
Latvia Fix Price Latvija
Latvia Global Fitness
Latvia Zemgus Poligrāfijas Serviss
Latvia VENDEN
Latvia EHR
Latvia BAKER NUTRITION
Latvia Komanda.lv
Latvia Wood Religion Cosmetics
Latvia Duvel's

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of January 2022[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Latvia LVA Antons Kurakins
4 DF Serbia SRB Miloš Vranjanin
6 DF Iceland ISL Axel Óskar Andrésson
8 DF Latvia LVA Ritvars Rugins
9 DF Latvia LVA Armands Pētersons
10 MF Kosovo KVX Besar Halimi
11 MF Finland FIN Mikael Soisalo
12 GK Latvia LVA Roberts Ozols
14 MF Serbia SRB Nedeljko Piščević
15 MF Latvia LVA Raivis Kiršs
16 GK Latvia LVA Nils Purins
18 FW Ghana GHA Joselpho Barnes
19 DF Croatia CRO Ivan Paurević
20 MF Morocco MAR Karim Loukili
23 MF Ukraine UKR Yuriy Vakulko
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF Latvia LVA Aleksejs Saveļjevs
25 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Ngonda Muzinga
27 FW Russia RUS Stanislav Krapukhin
29 FW France FRA Jean-Baptiste Léo
32 MF Brazil BRA Wesley Natã
33 MF Latvia LVA Vladimirs Kamešs
34 DF Latvia LVA Antonijs Černomordijs (captain)
— MF Belarus BLR Yury Kendysh
— MF Ukraine UKR Vladlen Yurchenko
— DF Austria AUT Christoph Martschinko
— MF Greece GRE Thanos Petsos
— MF Serbia SRB Viktor Živojinović
— DF Ghana GHA Baba Musah
— MF Serbia SRB Marko Đurišić
— DF Latvia LVA Raivis Jurkovskis

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Latvia LVA (at Auda until 31 December 2021)
— MF Montenegro MNE (at Daugavpils until 31 December 2021)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Brazil BRA Lipe Veloso (at Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino until 31 December 2021)
— MF Russia RUS Danila Yanov (at Forte Taganrog until 30 June 2022)

Captains[]

Season Pos. Captain
2016 MF Latvia Oļegs Laizāns
2017 DF Latvia Kaspars Gorkšs
2018 DF Ukraine Volodymyr Bayenko
2019 MF Latvia Aleksejs Višņakovs
2020 MF Serbia Stefan Panić
2021 DF Latvia Antonijs Černomordijs

Current staff[]

As of 18 July 2021 [4][5]

Coaches
Position Name
Head coach Germany Thorsten Fink
Coach Latvia Kristaps Blanks
Goalkeeper coach Latvia Deniss Romanovs
Physical fitness coach North Macedonia Sashko Poposki
Physical fitness coach Ukraine Pavilo Sirenko
Coach / analyst Latvia Ivans Visockis
Coach / analyst Latvia Edgars Vērdiņš
Medical department
Position Name
Doctor Latvia Viktors Simanovičs
Doctor Latvia Rolands Brencāns

Current board[]

As of 13 March 2021 [6]

Management and administration
Position Name
Director-General Latvia Aleksandrs Proņins
Sport director Latvia Aleksandrs Romašins
Executive director Latvia Romāns Lajuks
Administrator Latvia Deniss Čerņikovs
Press officer Latvia Krišs Upenieks
Creative director Latvia Sergejs Sobolevs
Project manager Latvia Andrejs Kaješovs
Photographer Latvia Zigismunds Zālmanis
Video operator Latvia Andrejs Guļko

Notable players[]

Former managers[]

Coach Period Major
Titles 		Domestic
from until days LČ LK 1L
Latvia Mihails Koņevs 1 March 2015 30 November 2015 274 1 – – 1
Russia Kiril Kurbatov 1 January 2016 10 April 2016 100 – – – –
RussiaTurkmenistan Dmitri Khomukha 11 April 2016 9 August 2016 120 – – – –
Russia Vladimir Volchek 12 August 2016 19 April 2017 250 – – – –
Latvia Mihails Koņevs (caretaker) 20 April 2017 11 May 2017 21 – – – –
Russia Yevgeny Perevertaylo 12 May 2017 29 July 2017 78 – – – –
SloveniaSerbia Slaviša Stojanović 30 July 2017 31 December 2017 154 – – – –
North Macedonia Goce Sedloski 27 January 2018 25 May 2018 118 – – – –
Latvia Mihails Koņevs (caretaker) 26 May 2018 4 July 2018 39 – – – –
Ukraine Viktor Skrypnyk 5 July 2018 31 January 2019 210 2 1 1 –
Portugal Luís Berkemeier Pimenta 5 February 2019 2 March 2019 25 – – – –
Latvia Mihails Koņevs (caretaker) 3 March 2019 27 March 2019 24 – – – –
Belarus Oleg Kubarev 28 March 2019 26 April 2019 29 – – – –
Latvia Mihails Koņevs 27 April 2019 5 February 2020 284 1 1 – –
RussiaBelarus Oleg Kononov 5 February 2020 11 November 2020 280 – – – –
Latvia Mihails Koņevs (caretaker) 12 November 2020 31 December 2020 49 1 1 – –
RussiaSouth Korea Denis Laktionov 1 January 2021 25 May 2021 144 – – – –
Latvia Kristaps Blanks (caretaker) 27 May 2021 8 June 2021 12 – – – –
Latvia Andris Rihters 9 June 2021 10 September 2021 93 – – – –
North Macedonia Sashko Poposki (caretaker) 12 September 2021 30 November 2021 79 – – – –
Germany Thorsten Fink 4 January 2022 22 – – – –

Player records[]

Top goalscorers[]

As of 30 November 2021
# Name Years League Cup Europe Total
1 Serbia Darko Lemajić 2017 – 2019 23 3 0 26
2 Brazil Felipe Brisola 2018 – 2021 15 2 1 18
3 Montenegro Stefan Milošević 2020 – 2021 15 0 0 15
4 Poland Kamil Biliński 2018 – 2019 7 5 2 14
Ukraine Roman Debelko 2019 – 2020 11 0 3 14

Bold signifies a current Riga FC player

Most appearances[]

As of 30 November 2021
# Name Years League Cup Europe Total
1 Latvia Armands Pētersons 2016 – present 117 11 17 145
2 Latvia Antonijs Černomordijs 2016 – 2017
2018 – present		 96 9 15 120
3 Latvia Oļegs Laizāns 2016 – 2021 96 13 8 117
4 Latvia Roberts Ozols 2015 – present 88 12 15 115
5 Latvia Antons Kurakins 2017 – present 86 15 2 103

Bold signifies a current Riga FC player

References[]

  1. ^ LURSOFT (2019-04-01). "Riga Football Club , 40008223802 - company data". Lursoft. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  2. ^ ""Caramba/Dinamo" pārmaiņas: jauns treneris, cits nosaukums un stadions". sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 22 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Komanda" [A Team] (in Latvian). Riga FC. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Coaches and staff - Riga Football Club". www.rigafc.lv. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  5. ^ "Coaches and staff – Riga FC". Riga FC. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Management and administration – Riga FC". Riga FC. Retrieved 13 March 2021.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Lost 5−3 on Penalty shootout.
  2. ^ Lost 5−4 on Penalty shootout.

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