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FK Daugava (2003)

Summary

FK Daugava Rīga was a Latvian football club, based at the Daugava Stadium in Riga. They played in the Latvian Higher League. The last manager of the team was Armands Zeiberliņš.

FK Daugava Rīga
Full nameFutbola klubs "Daugava" Rīga
  • FK Jūrmala (2003–08)
  • FK Jūrmala-VV (2008–12)
Founded2003
Dissolved2015
GroundDaugava Stadium
Riga, Latvia
Capacity5,000
ChairmanIgors Kostins
ManagerArmands Zeiberliņš
LeagueVirsliga
20147th
WebsiteClub website
Current season

From the club's foundation in 2003 till 2009 the club was known as FK Jūrmala and based in the city of Jūrmala. In 2010, they changed their name to FK Jūrmala-VV, but in March 2012 the club moved to Riga, changing its name to FK Daugava Rīga.[1]

History edit

The club was founded in 2003 as FK Jūrmala and its goals included creating a club infrastructure, building a modern stadium in the Sloka neighbourhood of Jūrmala and popularization of sports among children and youth of Jūrmala all of which they succeeded in doing.

In its first season FK Jūrmala played in the Latvian First League, winning the championship and being promoted to the Latvian Higher League. In its first season Jūrmala finished 5th in the top tier. However, despite the club's board having high ambitions, signing several former Latvian international players, in the following seasons FK Jūrmala could not manage to achieve the top 3 spots in the league table. Even more, in 2007 the team suffered a financial crisis, when some of its top players left the team in mid season.[2]

In the next few seasons, the club's financial resources were limited and the club was on the verge of bankruptcy in 2010. The team was saved and changed its name to FK Jūrmala-VV, adding the letters VV from the name of their sponsors "Vienos Vārtos".[1]

Even though the 2010 season was successful for Jūrmala-VV, financial problems hit yet again in 2011. Results suffered and the team barely managed to avoid relegation. After the end of the season there were discussions on whether the club should continue its existence or not, because Jūrmala city would have three clubs in the top league.[3] Jūrmala City Council did not support this option, so Jūrmala-VV were forced to look for other options.[4] The club also faced the problem of where to base their home-stadium, because of the overload of the Slokas Stadium having to provide a base for three teams – FC Jūrmala, FK Jūrmala-VV itself, and the newly promoted FK Spartaks Jūrmala.

In March 2012, a decision was made to move to Riga and use the Daugava Stadium. Because of changing the location, the club had to change its name too. It was changed to FK Daugava Rīga.[5] The Latvian Football Federation backed this, allowing the club to take the place of Jūrmala-VV in the Latvian Higher League.[6] Daugava finished 9th in the 2012 season, and had to participate in the promotion/relegation play-offs against the Latvian First League runners-up BFC Daugava. Winning 1–0 at home and 3–1 away (4–1 on aggregate) the club managed to secure themselves a place in the next season's championship.[7] In 2013 Daugava Rīga achieved the best result in the history of the club finishing the domestic championship in the top four and qualifying for the UEFA Europa League. In their UEFA Europa League debut Daugava Rīga were beaten in the first qualifying round by the Scottish club Aberdeen.[8] The 2014 season saw Daugava finish 7th.

The club folded in 2015.

Crests edit

  •  
    Crest of FK Jūrmala
  •  
    Crest of Daugava Riga

Honours edit

Winners: 2003
Runners-up: 2010

League and Cup history edit

Season League Position Pl W D L Goals P Cup
2003 1. līga 1 27 25 2 0 132‒7 77 1/4 finals
2004 Virslīga 5 28 8 10 10 30‒33 34 1/4 finals
2005 Virslīga 6 28 9 5 14 37‒38 32 1/4 finals
2006 Virslīga 6 28 11 4 13 36‒36 37 1/4 finals
2007 Virslīga 6 28 7 5 16 28‒51 26 1/4 finals
2008 Virslīga 7 30 10 10 10 35‒34 40 Semi-finals
2009 Virslīga 4 32 12 4 16 42‒60 40 Change of format
2010 Virslīga 5 27 8 4 15 30‒45 28 Runners-up
2011 Virslīga 8 32 5 6 21 35‒76 21 Semi-finals
2012 Virslīga 9 36 5 12 19 42–79 27 1/4 finals
2013 Virslīga 4 27 14 6 7 44–21 48 Semi-finals
2014 Virslīga 7 36 13 4 19 48–64 43 1/4 finals

Participation in Baltic League edit

Year Position
2009–10 Round of 16
2010–11 Quarter-finals

European Record edit

Season Competition Round Club 1st Leg 2nd Leg Aggregate
2014–15 UEFA Europa League 1Q   Aberdeen 0–5 0–3 0–8  

Sponsors edit

Sponsors

  Sportland
  LDZ Cargo
  Ramirent
  Latvijas Sporta Aģentūra
  SIA Daba VS

Kit manufacturer

  Nike Inc.

Players and staff edit

Current squad edit

Entry for the 2014 Latvian Higher League season, according to LFF.lv[9]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   LVA Roberts Ozols
2 MF   LVA Alekss Regža
3 DF   EGY Nabil Abdelaziz
4 DF   UKR Oleh Solovych
5 DF   LVA Dāvids Čudars
7 MF   LTU Mantas Savėnas (captain)
8 DF   LVA Deniss Kačanovs
9 FW   LVA Kristaps Blanks
10 MF   LTU Aurimas Kučys
11 FW   LVA Ruslans Keirāns
12 DF   LTU Giedrius Tomkevičius
13 FW   LVA Vitālijs Ziļs
15 FW   SEN Keba Gassama
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   LVA Raivis Vītolnieks
18 MF   LVA Artjoms Šatskihs
19 MF   LVA Gļebs Kļuškins
20 MF   LVA Aleksejs Koļesņikovs
21 DF   LVA Edijs Joksts
23 MF   LTU Tadas Markevičius
26 DF   SEN Emmanuel Mendy
27 FW   LVA Emīls Knapšis
67 GK   LVA Jānis Krūmiņš
77 DF   LVA Artis Novickis
97 DF   LVA Vitālijs Topčijevs
99 FW   BRA Vitor Flora

For recent squad changes see: List of Latvian football transfers summer 2014 and List of Latvian football transfers winter 2014-15

Reserves squad edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF   LVA Oskars Priedēns
— DF   LVA Raivis Šonmanis
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   LVA Rihards Tomingass
— FW   LVA Reinis Grabovskis

International players edit

Foreign players edit

Non-EU Nationals

  •   Keba Gassama
  •   Emmanuel Mendy
  •   Oleh Solovych

EU Nationals

Staff edit

Position Name
Owner   Dainis Deglis
Chairman   Igors Kostins
Head of the bureau   Ilmārs Blumbergs
Administrator   Ruslans Vasiļjevs
Manager   Armands Zeiberliņš
Assistant manager   Arvydas Skrupskis
Assistant manager   Deniss Kačanovs
Doctor   Elīna Ivbule
Physiotherapist   Raivis Bērziņš
Press secretary   Jurģis Marcinkevičs
Media   Kristaps Ozoliņš

Managers edit

Name Period
  Jurijs Popkovs 2003–06
  Vladimirs Babičevs 2007
  Oleg Stogov Jan 2007 – July 7
  Gatis Ērglis July 2007 – Dec 07
  Vladimirs Babičevs Jan 23, 2008 – Sept 11
  Jurijs Popkovs Sept 2011–12
  Virginijus Liubšys Dec 2012 – Dec 13
  Arvydas Skrupskis Mar 2014 – May 14
  Armands Zeiberliņš May 2014–present

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Latvijas futbola ilgdzīvotāji un viendienītes :: Futbola Laiks". Archived from the original on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
  2. ^ "'Futbols pilsētā': Jūrmalas futbola vēsture". 27 May 2008.
  3. ^ "Latvijas futbola virslīgā iekļūst Kauguru JPFS/"Spartaks"". kasjauns.lv. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Lapa īslaicīgi nav pieejama". sportacentrs.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Lapa īslaicīgi nav pieejama". sportacentrs.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  6. ^ www.born.lv, BORN. "Latvijas futbola federācija". www.lff.lv. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Lapa īslaicīgi nav pieejama".
  8. ^ UEFA.com. "UEL - Matches". UEFA.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  9. ^ www.born.lv, BORN. "Latvijas futbola federācija". www.lff.lv. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

External links edit

  • Official website (in Latvian)
  • Latvian Football Federation website (in Latvian and English)
  • Daugava Riga at World Football.net

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