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
ChairmanAleksandrs Proņins
ManagerThorsten Fink
LeagueVirslīga
2021Virsliga, 4th of 10
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was officially registered in April 2014.[1] The team was established before the 2015 season 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, since Caramba had won promotion to the 1. līga after winning the Latvian Second League in 2014. After winning the First League and promotion to the Higher League, the club changed its name to Riga FC.[2]In 2018 was appointed as coach the ukrainian Viktor Skrypnyk, where he managed to lead to win two Latvian Higher League in 2018, 2019 and the Latvian Football Cup in 2018.

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

Domestic
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
2021 1st 4/(9) 28 14 8 6 54 26 50 Semifinals Stefan Milošević – 13 Denis Laktionov
Kristaps Blanks
Andris Rihters
Sashko Poposki

European
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Champions League 503214–3
UEFA Europa League 104241112–1
UEFA Europa Conference League 631296+3
Total 21 7 6 8 21 22 –1
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 Malmö 1−1 0−1 1−2
UEFA Europa Conference League 2QR Shkëndija 2−0 1−0 3−0
3QR Hibernians 0−1 4−1 (a.e.t.) 4−2
PO Lincoln Red Imps 1−1 1−3 (a.e.t.) 2−4
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR
Notes
  • 1QR: First qualifying round
  • 2QR: Second qualifying round
  • 3QR: Third qualifying round
  • PO: Play-off round

Honours

Latvian Higher League

Latvian Cup

Latvian First League

Kits

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2015 Adidas —
2016 Jako —
2017 Marine Service Group
2018
2019
2020
2021

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

Current squad
As of 25 March 2022[3]

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
4 DF  SRB Miloš Vranjanin
5 MF  GRE Thanos Petsos
7 MF  UKR Yuriy Vakulko
8 DF  LVA Ritvars Rugins
9 DF  LVA Armands Pētersons
10 MF  BRA Gabriel Ramos
11 MF  FIN Mikael Soisalo
12 GK  LVA Roberts Ozols
13 DF  LVA Raivis Jurkovskis
15 MF  LVA Raivis Kiršs
16 GK  LVA Nils Purins
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  GHA Joselpho Barnes
20 MF  MAR Karim Loukili
21 DF  GHA Baba Musah
25 DF  COD Ngonda Muzinga
29 FW  FRA Jean-Baptiste Léo
32 MF  BRA Wesley Natã
33 MF  LVA Vladimirs Kamešs
34 DF  LVA Antonijs Černomordijs (captain)
77 MF  BLR Yury Kendysh
80 MF  UKR Vladlen Yurchenko
90 FW  UKR Oleksandr Filippov (on loan from Sint-Truiden)
91 FW  BUL Georgi Minchev
94 DF  AUT Christoph Martschinko

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  RUS Danila Yanov (at Forte Taganrog until 30 June 2022)

Captains
Season Pos. Captain
2016 MF Oļegs Laizāns
2017 DF Kaspars Gorkšs
2018 DF Volodymyr Bayenko
2019 MF Aleksejs Višņakovs
2020 MF Stefan Panić
2021 DF Antonijs Černomordijs

Current staff

As of 4 January 2022 [4][5]

Coaches
Position Name
Head coach Thorsten Fink
Assistant coach Sebastian Hahn
Coach Kristaps Blanks
Goalkeeper coach Dragoslav Jevrić
Fitness coach Nikola Vidović
Coach / analyst Edgars Vērdiņš
Medical department
Position Name
Doctor Viktors Simanovičs
Doctor Rolands Brencāns

Current board

As of 13 March 2021 [6]

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

Former managers
Coach Period Major
Titles		 Domestic
fromuntildays LČ LK 1L
Mihails Koņevs 1 March 201530 November 2015274 1 ––1
Kiril Kurbatov 1 January 201610 April 2016100 – –––
Dmitri Khomukha 11 April 20169 August 2016120 – –––
Vladimir Volchek 12 August 201619 April 2017250 – –––
Mihails Koņevs (caretaker) 20 April 201711 May 201721 – –––
Yevgeny Perevertaylo 12 May 201729 July 201778 – –––
Slaviša Stojanović 30 July 201731 December 2017154 – –––
Goce Sedloski 27 January 201825 May 2018118 – –––
Mihails Koņevs (caretaker) 26 May 20184 July 201839 – –––
Viktor Skrypnyk 5 July 201831 January 2019210 2 11–
Luís Berkemeier Pimenta 5 February 20192 March 201925 – –––
Mihails Koņevs (caretaker) 3 March 201927 March 201924 – –––
Oleg Kubarev 28 March 201926 April 201929 – –––
Mihails Koņevs 27 April 20195 February 2020284 1 1––
Oleg Kononov 5 February 202011 November 2020280 – –––
Mihails Koņevs (caretaker) 12 November 202031 December 202049 1 1––
Denis Laktionov 1 January 2021 25 May 2021 144 – – – –
Kristaps Blanks (caretaker) 27 May 20218 June 202112 – –––
Andris Rihters 9 June 202110 September 202193 – –––
Sashko Poposki (caretaker) 12 September 202130 November 202179 – –––
Thorsten Fink 4 January 2022109 – –––

Player records

Top goalscorers
As of 30 November 2021
# Name Years League Cup Europe Total
1 Darko Lemajić2017 – 2019233026
2 Felipe Brisola2018 – 2021152118
3 Stefan Milošević2020 – 2021150015
4 Kamil Biliński2018 – 201975214
Roman Debelko2019 – 2020110314

Bold signifies a current Riga FC player

Most appearances
As of 30 November 2021
# Name Years League Cup Europe Total
1 Armands Pētersons2016 – present1171117145
2 Antonijs Černomordijs2016 – 2017
2018 – present		96915120
3 Oļegs Laizāns2016 – 202196138117
4 Roberts Ozols2015 – present881215115
5 Antons Kurakins2017 – present86152103

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. "Komanda" [A Team] (in Latvian). Riga FC. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  4. "Coaches and staff - Riga Football Club". www.rigafc.lv. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  5. "Coaches and staff – Riga FC". Riga FC. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  6. "Management and administration – Riga FC". Riga FC. Retrieved 13 March 2021.

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