FK Daugava (2003)

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

Not to be confused with FC Daugava.
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

From the club's foundation in 2003 till 2009 the club was known as FK 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

The club was founded in 2003 as FK Jūrmala and its goals included creating a club infrastructure, building a modern stadium in Sloka 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 the top tier championship in the 5th position. However, despite the club's board having high ambitions, signing several former Latvian international players, in the following seasons FK Jūrmala couldn't 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 club's financial resources were limited and the club was on the verge of bankruptcy in 2010. The team was saved then and it changed its name to FK Jūrmala-VV, adding 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, whether the club should continue its existence or not, because the Jūrmala city would have three clubs in the top league then.[3] Jūrmala City Council didn't support this variant, so Jūrmala-VV were forced to look for other options.[4] The club also faced a 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 club had to change its name too. It was changed to the current FK Daugava Rīga.[5] Latvian Football Federation supported this variant, allowing the club to takeover the place of Jūrmala-VV in the Latvian Higher League.[6] Daugava finished the 2012 season in 9th place in the table, 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 the league in the 7th position.

The club was folded in 2015.

Logos
  • Logo of FK Jūrmala
  • Logo of Daugava Riga

Honours
Winners: 2003
  • Latvian Cup :(0)
Runners-up: 2010

League and Cup history
SeasonLeaguePositionPlWDLGoalsPCup
20031. līga1272520132‒7771/4 finals
2004Virslīga5288101030‒33341/4 finals
2005Virslīga628951437‒38321/4 finals
2006Virslīga6281141336‒36371/4 finals
2007Virslīga628751628‒51261/4 finals
2008Virslīga73010101035‒3440Semi-finals
2009Virslīga4321241642‒6040Change of format
2010Virslīga527841530‒4528Runners-up
2011Virslīga832562135‒7621Semi-finals
2012Virslīga9365121942–79271/4 finals
2013Virslīga427146744–2148Semi-finals
2014Virslīga7361341948–64431/4 finals

Participation in Baltic League
Year Position
2009–10 Round of 16
2010–11 Quarter-finals

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

Sponsors
Sponsors

Sportland
LDZ Cargo
Ramirent
Latvijas Sporta Aģentūra
SIA Daba VS

Kit manufacturer

Nike Inc.

Players and staff

Current squad

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

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
  • Emīls Knapšis (U-19)
  • Roberts Ozols (U-19)
  • Raivis Vītolnieks (U-19)
  • Nabil Abdelaziz (U-20)
  • Alekss Regža (U-21)

Foreign players

Non-EU Nationals

  • Keba Gassama
  • Emmanuel Mendy
  • Oleh Solovych

EU Nationals

Staff
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
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
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2013-04-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://sports.delfi.lv/news/football/news/futbols-pilseta-jurmalas-futbola-vesture.d?id=21051567
  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. http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/lmt_virsliga/18112012-rigas_daugava_saglaba_vietu_virsliga
  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.
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