FK Liepāja

FK Liepāja/Mogo is a Latvian football club, founded in 2014. The club is based at the Daugava Stadium in Liepāja. FK Liepāja plays in the Latvian Higher League. In their first season they finished 4th in the 2014 Latvian Higher League.

FK Liepāja/Mogo
Full nameFutbola klubs Liepāja
Founded2014 (2014)
GroundDaugava Stadium
Capacity5,100
ChairmanMāris Verpakovskis
ManagerDmitry Molosh
LeagueVirslīga
20196th
WebsiteClub website

History

FK Liepāja/Mogo was founded in March 2014 as an indirect legatee of FK Liepājas Metalurgs, which was dissolved following the 2013 Latvian Higher League season due to the bankruptcy of its owner company and the sole sponsor metallurgical plant A/S Liepājas Metalurgs. FK Liepāja incorporated all the players, including youth teams, as well as the participation place in the 2014 Latvian Higher League, which had been at the disposal of Liepājas Metalurgs prior to its bankruptcy.[1] The club is mainly sponsored by the Liepāja City Council and led by the former Latvian international footballer Māris Verpakovskis. The first manager of the team was Viktors Dobrecovs.

In its debut season FK Liepāja finished the championship in the top four.[2] Jānis Ikaunieks, FK Liepāja midfielder, was voted as the best player of the 2014 season.[3]


On 15 November 2016, Tamaz Pertia was appointed as the new manager of FK Liepāja.[4]


On 14 September 2018, Gordon Young was appointed as the new manager of FK Liepāja.[5]

League
Season Division Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Latvian Football Cup Top Scorer (League) Manager
2014 1st 4th 36 21 3 12 72 45 66 Semifinal Jānis Ikaunieks – 23 Viktors Dobrecovs
2015 1st 1st 24 15 7 2 48 23 52 Quarterfinal Dāvis Ikaunieks – 15 Viktors Dobrecovs
2016 1st 4th 28 12 6 10 38 31 42 Quarterfinal Oskars Kļava – 6 Viktors Dobrecovs
2017 1st 2nd 24 11 4 9 32 25 37 Winners Artūrs Karašausks – 12 Tamaz Pertia
2018 1st 4th 28 15 6 7 46 25 51 Quarterfinal Ģirts Karlsons – 10 Tamaz Pertia
Dario Aurelio
Gordon Young
2019 1st 6th 32 11 6 15 41 43 39 Quarterfinal Jānis Ikaunieks – 7 Gordon Young
Aleksandrs Starkovs

Europe

1R: First round, 2Q: Second qualifying round, 3Q: Third qualifying round, PO: Play-off round

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2016–17 UEFA Champions League 2Q Red Bull Salzburg 0–2 0–1 0–3
2017–18 UEFA Europa League 1Q Crusaders 2–0 1–3 3–3 (a)
2Q Sūduva Marijampolė 0–2 1–0 1–2
2018–19 UEFA Europa League 1Q BK Häcken 0–3 2–1 2–4
2019–20 UEFA Europa League 1Q Dinamo Minsk 1–1 2–1 3–2
2Q IFK Norrköping 0–1 0–2 0–3

Honours

Sponsors
Sponsors

Mogo
Liepājas Dome
Firma UPTK
Ambero
Liepājas Olimpiskais Centrs
Radio SWH
Radio SWH+
NPK Expert
Liepājas Enerģija
Liepājas Papīrs

Kit manufacturer

Adidas

Players

Current squad
As of 16 June, 2020[6]

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

No. Position Player
2 DF Vadims Zulevs
6 MF Seidu Yahaya
7 MF Edgars Vardanjans
8 DF Vladislavs Gabovs
9 FW Dodô
10 MF Filip Ivanow
11 FW Arturs Karasausks
12 GK Krišjānis Zviedris
13 DF Raivis Jurkovskis
17 MF Israel Ola
18 DF Rami Bedoui
19 MF Kristers Cudars
No. Position Player
20 MF Kristians Torress
22 MF Ukpa Effiong
23 DF Marko Simic
26 DF Deniss Ivanovs (captain)
28 DF Antons Jemeļins
31 GK Valentīns Raļkevičs
32 GK Emīls Emulovs
33 DF Seydina Keita
49 MF Mārtiņš Ķigurs
77 FW Richard Friday
88 MF Amâncio Fortes
98 MF Dmytro Semeniv

For recent squad changes see: List of Latvian football transfers winter 2018-19

Staff
Position Name
President Māris Verpakovskis
Director Jurģis Ozoliņš
Manager Dmitry Molosh
Assistant manager Jurijs Sevlakovs
Assistant manager Mareks Zuntners
Goalkeeping coach Viktors Spole
Doctor Andris Kramēns
Masseur Dainis Sergejevs
Press secretary Dāvids Jansons

Managers
As of match played 10 March 2019
Name Nat. From To P W D L GS GA %W Honours Notes
Viktors Dobrecovs  Latvia 1 March 2014 5 November 2016 96 52 16 28 175 108 054.17 Latvian Higher League
Tamaz Pertia  Georgia 15 November 2016[4] 30 July 2018 50 27 8 15 85 57 054.00 Latvian Cup
Mareks Zuntners  Latvia 30 July 2018 14 September 2018 6 1 1 4 4 6 016.67
Gordon Young  Scotland 14 September 2018[5] 10 6 1 3 9 4 060.00

References
  1. "Virslīgā spēlēs FK "Liepāja"". liepajniekiem.lv. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  2. "Papildināts – FK Liepāja šīs sezonas Virslīgas tabulā finišē 4. vietā". liepajniekiem.lv. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  3. "Jānis Ikaunieks – labākais virslīgā". liepajniekiem.lv. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  4. "Oficiāli : FK Liepāja galvenais treneris Tamazs Pertija". fkliepaja.lv/ (in Latvian). FK Liepāja. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  5. "Oficiāli : Par FK Liepāja/Mogo galveno treneri kļūst Gordon Young". fkliepaja.lv/ (in Latvian). FK Liepāja. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  6. "Komanda – FK Liepāja". FK Liepāja. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
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