Riga FC

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. Since 2016 the club has been playing in the Virslīga.

Not to be confused with FK Rīga.
Riga FC
Full nameRiga Football Club
Founded30 April 2014 (2014-04-30)
GroundSkonto Stadium
Capacity8,087
ManagerMihails Koņevs
LeagueVirslīga
2020Virsliga, 1st of 10 (champions)
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was officially registered in April 2014.[1] The team was established in 2015 after a merger of two Riga based teams – FC Caramba Riga and Dinamo Rīga. In the 2015 season the team played in the Latvian First League under the name of FC Caramba/Dinamo. After winning the First League and promotion to the Higher League, the club changed its name to Riga FC.[2]

Ukrainian manager Viktor Skrypnyk has won the first ever Virslīga title in the club's history.

Honours

Latvian Higher League

Latvian Cup

Latvian First League

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 Verners Apiņš – 31 Mihails Koņevs
2016 1st 5/(8) 28 8 12 8 28 24 36 Runner-up Roberts Savaļnieks
Yōsuke Saitō – 5		 Kiril Kurbatov
Dmitri Khomukha
Vladimir Volchek
2017 1st 3/(7) 24 10 7 7 28 20 37 Runner-up Bogdan Vaštšuk – 8 Vladimir Volchek
Mihails Koņevs
Yevgeny Perevertaylo
Slaviša Stojanovič
2018 1st 1/(8) 28 20 4 4 45 16 64 Winner Darko Lemajić – 15 Goce Sedloski
Mihails Koņevs
Viktor Skrypnyk
2019 1st 1/(9) 32 20 6 6 59 21 66 Semi-Finals Roman Debelko – 7 Luís Berkemeier Pimenta
Oleg Kubarev
Mihails Koņevs
2020 1st 1/(10) 27 23 0 4 60 21 69 Quarter-finals Kule Mbombo – 12 Oleg Kononov
Mihails Koņevs

European record

Overview
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Champions League 302102–2
UEFA Europa League 104241112–1
Total 13 4 4 5 11 14 −3

Matches
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Agg.
2018–19 UEFA Europa League 1QR CSKA Sofia 1−0 0−1 1−1[lower-alpha 1]
2019–20 UEFA Champions League 1QR Dundalk 0−0 0−0 0−0[lower-alpha 2]
UEFA Europa League 2QR Piast Gliwice 2−1 2−3 4−4 (a)
3QR HJK 1−1 2−2 3−3 (a)
PO Copenhagen 1−0 1−3 2−3
2020–21 UEFA Champions League 1QR Maccabi Tel Aviv N/A 0−2 N/A
UEFA Europa League 2QR Tre Fiori 1−0 N/A N/A
3QR Celtic 0−1 N/A N/A
2021–22 UEFA Champions League 1QR
Notes
  • 1QR: First qualifying round
  • 2QR: Second qualifying round
  • 3QR: Third qualifying round
  • PO: Play-off round

Kits

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2015 Adidas —
2016 Jako —
2017 Marine Service Group
2018
2019
2020

Sponsors

Marine Service Group
LF Group
Alpha
Fix Price Latvija
Global Fitness
Zemgus Poligrāfijas Serviss
VENDEN
EHR
BAKER NUTRITION
Komanda.lv
Wood Religion Cosmetics
Duvel's

Players

First-team squad
As of 23 January 2021

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 Ilja Isajevs
3 DF  LVA Antons Kurakins
5 MF  LVA Oļegs Laizāns
7 MF  BRA Felipe Brisola
8 DF  LVA Ritvars Rugins
9 DF  LVA Armands Pētersons
12 GK  LVA Roberts Ozols
16 GK  LVA Nils Purins
17 MF  LVA Vladislavs Fjodorovs
22 FW  COD Kule Mbombo
28 MF  SRB Marko Đurišić
No. Pos. Nation Player
32 MF  BRA Wesley Natã
33 MF  LVA Vladimirs Kamešs
34 DF  LVA Antonijs Černomordijs
99 FW  MNE Stefan Milošević (on loan from Waasland-Beveren)
— MF  BIH Adnan Šećerović
— MF  BRA Gabriel Ramos
— MF  FIN Mikael Soisalo
— MF  LVA Raivis Ķiršs
— MF  SRB Nedeljko Piščević
— DF  SRB Miloš Vranjanin

Captains
Years Captain
2016 Oļegs Laizāns (MF)
2017 Kaspars Gorkšs (DF)
2018 Volodymyr Bayenko (DF)
2019 Aleksejs Višņakovs (MF)
2020 Stefan Panić (MF)

Current staff

As of 25 November 2020 [3]

Coaches
Position Name
Head coach Mihails Koņevs
Coach Kristaps Blanks
Goalkeeper coach Daniel Tudor
Physical fitness coach Saško Poposki
Physical fitness coach Pavilo Sirenko
Coach / analyst Ivans Visockis
Medical department
Position Name
Doctor Viktos Simanovičs
Doctor Rolands Brencāns

Current board

As of 19 August 2020 [4]

Management and administration
Position Name
Director-General Aleksandrs Proņins
Sport director Aleksandrs Romašins
Executive director Romāns Lajuks
Administrator Deniss Čerņikovs
Press officer Krišs Upenieks
Creative director Sergejs Sobolevs
Project manager Andrejs Kaješovs
Photographer Zigismunds Zālmanis
Video operator Andrejs Guļko

Notable players

Managers
No. Coach Period Major
Titles		 Domestic
fromuntildays LČ LK 1L
1 Mihails Koņevs 1 March 201530 November 2015274 1 ––1
2 Kiril Kurbatov 1 January 201610 April 2016100 – –––
3 Dmitri Khomukha 11 April 20169 August 2016120 – –––
4 Vladimir Volchek 12 August 201619 April 2017250 – –––
5 Mihails Koņevs 20 April 201711 May 201721 – –––
6 Yevgeny Perevertaylo 12 May 201729 July 201778 – –––
7 Slaviša Stojanović 30 July 201731 December 2017154 – –––
8 Goce Sedloski 27 January 201825 May 2018118 – –––
9 Mihails Koņevs 26 May 20184 July 201839 – –––
10 Viktor Skripnik 5 July 201831 January 2019210 2 11–
11 Luís Berkemeier Pimenta 5 February 20192 March 201925 – –––
12 Mihails Koņevs 3 March 201927 March 201924 – –––
13 Oleg Kubarev 28 March 201926 April 201929 – –––
14 Mihails Koņevs 27 April 20195 February 2020284 1 1––
15 Oleg Kononov 5 February 202011 November 2020280 – –––
16 Mihails Koņevs 11 November 202084 1 1––

Player records

Top goalscorers
As of 29 November 2020
# Name Years League Cup Europe Total
1 Darko Lemajić2017 – 2019233026
2 Kamil Biliński2018 – 201975214
Roman Debelko2019 – 2020110314
4 Kule Mbombo2020 – present120012
Bogdan Vaštšuk2016 – 2018111012
Felipe Brisola2018 – present101112

Bold signifies a current Riga FC player

Most appearances
As of 30 December 2020
# Name Years League Cup Europe Total
1 Armands Pētersons2016 – present98109117
2 Oļegs Laizāns2016 – present89117107
3 Antonijs Černomordijs2016 – 2017
2018 – present		748890
4 Antons Kurakins2017 – present7112285
5 Stefan Panić2018 – 20205881278

Bold signifies a current Riga FC player

References
  1. LURSOFT (2019-04-01). "Riga Football Club , 40008223802 - company data". Lursoft. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  2. ""Caramba/Dinamo" pārmaiņas: jauns treneris, cits nosaukums un stadions". sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 22 December 2015.
  3. "Coaches and staff – Riga FC". Riga FC. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  4. "Management and administration – Riga FC". Riga FC. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

Notes
  1. Lost 5−3 on Penalty shootout.
  2. Lost 5−4 on Penalty shootout.


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