FC Daugava

FC Daugava is a Latvian football club, based at the Daugava Stadium, in the city of Daugavpils. They play in the Latvian Second League in 2015 and are one of two clubs representing the city. They are also one of two clubs with the name Daugava and should not be confused with FK Daugava Rīga.

This article is about football club from Daugavpils. For other clubs, see Daugava (disambiguation).

FC Daugava Daugavpils
Full nameFootball Club Daugava Daugavpils
  • FK Ditton (2001–2006)
Founded1944
GroundDaugavas stadions
Daugavpils, Latvia
Capacity4,100
ChairmanEdgars Limans
ManagerIvan Tabanov
LeagueSecond League
20145th (Higher League)
WebsiteClub website

In 2008, they won the Latvian Cup and in 2012 won the Latvian Higher League championship for the first time in the club's history.[1] The current manager of the team is Ivan Tabanov.

History

The club was founded in 1944.

They started the 1992 season with a young team, but later some experienced players were added to the squad and Ditton managed to regain a place in the higher league. In 2006 Ditton were taken over by new investors. Ukrainian manager Sergei Yuran was invited to join the team staff, but he was soon replaced by Sergei Kiriakov. That season the club achieved their highest position to that point, finishing 5th in the championship.

At the end of 2006, Russian businessman Igor Malishkov became the main shareholder in the club. It was his decision to change the club's name to FC Daugava. Meanwhile, he also created a plan to develop the infrastructure of the club and build a new stadium.[2] Malishkov invited Sergei Petrenko, who was then famous for his success with Torpedo Moscow, to become the manager of the team. Petrenko left in May 2007 for family reasons. In June 2007 Igor Gamula was appointed, but he only started managing the team in August 2008. Till then the incumbent manager was Mihails Zemļinskis.[3]

On 19 July 2008 the Daugava Stadium was officially opened.[4] That year the club won the Latvian Cup for the first time in its history. On 8 February 2009, due to financial problems, FC Daugava merged with Dinaburg and formed one team under the name of Dinaburg for the 2009 season.[5] That season Dinaburg were relegated from the Latvian Higher League due to suspicions of participation in match fixing.[6] Daugava then decided to create a team that would play in the Latvian First League the following season, meanwhile Dinaburg ended its existence, stating that the club's image was spoiled. As Daugavpils is one of the biggest cities in Latvia, the LFF came up with a proposal to offer Daugava a place in the Latvian Higher League. The offer was accepted and Daugava were given a chance to represent Daugavpils in the higher league in the 2010 season.[7]

In 2011, the club achieved its best result until then, finishing third in the championship.[8] In 2012 Daugava became the champions of the Latvian Higher League for the first time in the club's history.[1]

Match-fixing scandal

In July 2013 Federbet organization expressed its concerns in regards to possible match fixing attempts concerning Daugava's UEFA Champions League game against IF Elfsborg, which the club lost 7–1, with 7 goals being scored in the second half.[9] Prior to the 2014 Latvian Higher League season Daugava was initially denied the participation license due to non-existing youth academy but it was later obtained in exchange of promises to develop one in the near future.[10] In October 2014, during a spot-check at the club, several of its members were interrogated, with the club's former president Oleg Gavrilov being arrested for money laundering, legalization of illegal earnings and other crimes, including ignorance of the previously imposed disqualification upon him from any activates affiliated with Latvian football. Four other people, including the club's technical director, manager and two players were disqualified for an indeterminate period of time till the end of the investigation.[11] The investigation is currently still in progress and is lead in cooperation of the Latvian Football Federation, UEFA and the State Police of Latvia.

FC Daugava are currently using a logo based on the design of the legendary Latvian football club FK Daugava Rīga that was founded in 1944 and played in the Soviet Top League.[2]

Honours

Participation in Latvian Championships
Season Position Matches Wins Draws Loses Goals Points Manager Top-scorer
200111440015—012 Genādijs Pašins Pjotrs Vnukovs – 7 goals
20022228197294—2265 Genādijs Pašins Kirils Kurbatovs, Pjotrs Vnukovs – 15 goals
20033227162979—3250 Ēriks Grigjans Kirils Kurbatovs – 11 goals
2004728751620—6226 Ēriks Grigjans Kirils Kurbatovs – 6 goals
20055226145759—2847 Sergejs Pogodins Maksims Deņisevičs – 10 goals
20065281081033—4138 Sergei Yuran, Sergei Kiriakov, Igor Kichigin Aleksandr Sonin – 7 goals
2007528961333—3833 Sergei Petrenko, Igor Gamula Mikalay Ryndzyuk – 11 goals
20085281071140—3537 Mihails Zemļinskis, Igor Gamula Artjoms Rudņevs, Mikalay Ryndzyuk – 7 goals
2009926971038—4334 Kirils Kurbatovs Ričards Raščevskis – 6 goals
2010427168335—1656 Tamaz Pertia Mamuka Ghonghadze – 6 goals
2011332196758—3063 Tamaz Pertia, Leonid Nazarenko Mamuka Ghonghadze – 21 goals
2012136239464—2578 Ravil Sabitov, Ivan Tabanov Mamuka Ghonghadze – 18 goals
2013327157544—1952 Ivan Tabanov Andrejs Kovaļovs – 16 goals
2014536198953—3965 Viktor Demidov, Hennadiy Orbu, Ivan Tabanov Jevgēņijs Kosmačovs – 12 goals
Notes

1 Season in the Latvian Second League

2 Season in the Latvian First League

European Record
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2011–12 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Tromsø IL 0–5 1–2 1–7
2012–13 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round FK Sūduva 2–3 1–0 3–3 (a)
2013–14 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round IF Elfsborg 0–4 1–7 1–11
2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Víkingur Gøta 1–1 1–2 2–3

UEFA ranking 2014/15
RankCountryTeamPoints
366FK Mogren2.625
367FC Daugava2.600
368ÍBV2.600

Sponsors
Role Sponsors
Kit manufacturer Erreà
Sponsors Mueller Sports Medicine
Adidas
Līgatne
Radio Alise+
Nasha.lv
D-fakti.lv
Latgales Laiks
Seichas
grani.lv
7sport.lv

Players and staff

Current squad

Updated 30 November 2014

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 Aleksandrs Vlasovs (captain)
2 MF  LVA Jans Radevičs
3 DF  UKR Rizvan Ablitarov
4 DF  GEO Giorgi Chikhradze
5 MF  UKR Pavlo Hryschenko
6 MF  LVA Rojs Grauze
7 MF  UKR Valeriy Kutsenko
8 DF  LVA Aleksandrs Solovjovs
9 FW  LVA Ričards Grauze
10 MF  LVA Visvaldis Ignatāns
11 MF  LVA Edgars Vērdiņš
12 DF  UKR Dmytro Kushnirov
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF  GEO Bidzina Tsintsadze
15 MF  LVA Vladimirs Volkovs
16 FW  LVA Ēriks Kokins
17 DF  LVA Kirils Ševeļovs
19 MF  LVA Oļegs Žatkins
21 FW  LVA Žanis Zubovs
23 MF  LVA Jevgēņijs Kosmačovs
24 DF  LVA Pāvels Ostrovskis
26 MF  LVA Jurijs Morozs
29 DF  LVA Aleksejs Kuplovs-Oginskis
82 GK  LVA Jevgēņijs Ņerugals

For recent transfers see: List of Latvian football transfers winter 2013-14 and List of Latvian football transfers summer 2014

International players

Foreign players

Non-EU Nationals

  • Giorgi Chikhradze
  • Bidzina Tsintsadze

Staff
Position Name
President Jevģēnijs Klopovs
Director Edgars Limans
Technical secretary Renāte Leitāne
Manager Ivan Tabanov
Assistant manager Vladimirs Žavoronkovs
Physiotherapist Sergejs Ļesnovs
Doctor Valērijs Bulavskis

Managers
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References
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  2. "Projekts Daugava". sporto.lv. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  3. "Arhīvs / Diena". diena.lv. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
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  5. http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/lmt_virsliga/09022009-dinaburg_un_daugava_apvienojas
  6. BNS. ""Dinaburg" par dalību totalizatoros izslēgta no futbola čempionāta". apollo.lv. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  7. http://www.efutbols.lv/news/item/54_Daugavpils_%5B%5D
  8. www.born.lv, BORN. "Latvijas futbola federācija". lff.lv. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  9. DELFI (21 July 2013). "Aizdomas par Daugavpils 'Daugava' – 'Elfsborg' spēles godīgumu". delfi.lv. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  10. ""Skonto" un Daugavpils "Daugava" saņem licences startam virslīgā". tvnet.lv. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  11. DELFI (24 October 2014). "Futbola spēļu sarunāšanas lietā viens apcietināts; klasificēts kā sevišķi smags noziegums". delfi.lv. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
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