Riga FC

Riga FC
Full name Riga Football Club
Founded 2014
Ground Skonto Stadium
Capacity 9,100
Manager Viktor Skrypnyk
League Virslīga
2017 3rd
Website Club website

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. Riga FC plays in the Latvian Higher League. From 2016 the club is playing in the Virslīga.

History

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

Honours

League and Cup history

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
Russia Dmitri Khomukha
Russia Vladimir Volchek
2017 1st 3/(7) 24 10 7 7 28 20 37 Runner-up Estonia Bogdan Vaštšuk – 8 Slovenia Slaviša Stojanovič

Sponsors

Sponsors

Latvia Marine Service Group
Latvia Optibet
Latvia Ķekavas avots
Latvia Komanda.lv
Latvia People Fitness club
Latvia Fielmann
Latvia Park Inn by Radisson Riga Valdemāra Hotel
Latvia EHR

Kit manufacturer

Germany Jako

European record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Agg.
2018–19 UEFA Europa League 1QR Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 1-0 0−1 1-1*
Notes
  • 1QR: First qualifying round

Players

First-team squad

As of 21 July, 2018[2]

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

No. Position Player
1 Latvia GK Germans Māliņš
2 Latvia DF Vitālijs Smirnovs
3 Latvia DF Antons Kurakins
5 Latvia MF Krišs Kārkliņš
7 Latvia MF Arturs Zjuzins
8 Venezuela MF Pedro Ramírez
9 Latvia MF Armands Pētersons
10 Latvia MF Boriss Bogdaškins
11 Latvia MF Romāns Mickevičs
12 Latvia GK Roberts Ozols
13 Latvia DF Vladislavs Gabovs
14 Latvia MF Oļegs Laizāns (captain)
19 Brazil MF Felipe Brisola
No. Position Player
21 Sierra Leone MF George Davies (on loan from St. Pölten)
22 Serbia FW Darko Lemajić
23 Latvia MF Ivans Lukjanovs
25 Croatia MF Tomislav Šarić
26 Serbia MF Stefan Panic
29 Ukraine DF Volodymyr Bayenko
32 Latvia FW Aleksejs Davidenkovs
34 Latvia DF Antonijs Černomordijs
35 Russia MF Ivan Yenin
38 Latvia GK Nils Puriņš
92 Latvia FW Deniss Rakels (on loan from Pafos)
93 Brazil MF Thiago Primão
99 Poland FW Kamil Biliński

Staff

As of 31 July 2017 [3] [4]

Position Name
Generaldirector Latvia Aleksandrs Proņins
Sport director Latvia Aleksandrs Romašins
Executive director Latvia Romāns Lajuks
Head coach Ukraine Viktor Skrypnyk
Assistant coach Bulgaria Veselin Branimirov
Assistant coach Latvia Kristaps Blanks
Goalkeeping coach Latvia Andrejs Piedels
Fitness coach Republic of Macedonia Saško Poposki
Second team head coach Latvia Mihails Koņevs
Analyst Latvia Ivans Visockis
Physiotherapist Latvia Viktors Simanovičs
Physiotherapist Latvia Rolands Brencāns
Administrator Latvia Deniss Čerņikovs
Team manager Latvia Oļegs Koniševs
Photographer Latvia Zigismunds Zālmanis
Press secretary Latvia Krišs Upenieks
Office administrator Latvia Sanita Beinaroviča

Managers

Name Period
Latvia Mihails Koņevs March 2015 – November 2015
Russia Kiril Kurbatov 1 January 2016 – 10 April 2016
Turkmenistan Dmitri Khomukha 11 April 2016 – 9 August 2016
Russia Vladimir Volchek 12 August 2016 – 19 April 2017
Latvia Mihails Koņevs 20 April 2017 – 11 May 2017
Russia Yevgeny Perevertaylo 12 May 2017 – 29 July 2017
Slovenia Slaviša Stojanović 30 July 2017 – December 2017
Republic of Macedonia Goce Sedloski 27 January 2018 – 25 May 2018
Latvia Mihails Koņevs 26 May 2018 – 4 July 2018
Ukraine Viktor Skrypnyk 5 July 2018 – present

References

  1. ↑ ""Caramba/Dinamo" pārmaiņas: jauns treneris, cits nosaukums un stadions". sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 22 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Komanda – Riga FC". Riga FC. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Vadība un administrācija – Riga FC". Riga FC. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Treneris un personāls – Riga FC". Riga FC. Retrieved 31 July 2017.


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