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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. History FK Liepāja/Mogo was founded in March 2014 as a phoenix club and 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. 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 cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daugava Stadium (Liepāja)
Daugava Stadium ( lv, Daugavas stadions) is a multi-purpose stadium in Liepāja, Latvia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FK Liepāja, also it was the home stadium of FHK Liepājas Metalurgs FHK may refer to: * Feeding Hong Kong, food bank in Hong Kong * Fredericia HK, Danish handball club * " Free Hong Kong", slogan for Hong Kong democracy movement * Kempten University of Applied Sciences (formerly Fachhochschule Kempten) * Technic .... The stadium holds 4,022 people, and hosted the Baltic Cup 1992. The women's national side have also played at the stadium. From 1925 to 1934 the stadium was named "Strādnieku stadions" (''workers' stadium''), from 1934 to 1990 "Pilsētas stadions" (''town stadium''). References * http://loc.lv/lv/stadioni/daugavas/ Buildings and structures in Liepāja Football venues in Latvia Multi-purpose stadiums in Latvia {{Latvia-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 Latvian Football Cup
The 2015–16 Latvian Football Cup is the 21st season of the Latvian annual football knock-out competition. The winners will qualify for the first qualifying round First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1). First or 1st may also refer to: *World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement Arts and media Music * 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and rec ... of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. First round The matches of this round took place on 8-22 June 2015. , - !colspan="3" align="center", 8 June , - !colspan="3" align="center", 9 June , - !colspan="3" align="center", 10 June , - !colspan="3" align="center", 13 June , - !colspan="3" align="center", 14 June , - !colspan="3" align="center", 22 June Second round The matches of this round took place on 4-8 July 2015. , - !colspan="3" align="center", 4 July , - !colspan="3" align="center", 5 July , - !colspan="3" align="center", 7 July , - !c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandrs Starkovs
Aleksandrs Starkovs (born 26 July 1955) is a Latvian football coach and a former player. Most recently he coached FK Liepāja. Starkovs has managed clubs such as Spartak Moscow in Russia, FK Baku in Azerbaijan and Skonto FC in Latvia. He had three stints with the Latvia national team. Playing career Starkovs started playing football in Madona where he played for the local Olimpija Madona playing for which he was selected the best forward of the 1969 Latvia ''Leather ball'' tournament. In 1975 Starkovs joined FK Daugava Rīga. In 1978 Starkovs went to FC Dynamo Moscow but it was not the right team for him, so soon Starkovs was back in Riga. However his best years were still to come - in 1980s Starkovs was one of the best snipers of the Soviet first league, scoring over a hundred goals for Daugava. In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as the Golden Player of Latvia by the Latvian Football Federation as their most outstanding player of the past 50 ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Latvian Football Cup
The 2019 Latvian Football Cup was the 25th edition of the football tournament. The competition began on 22 May 2019 and ended on 26 October 2019. Riga FC were the defending champions, having won the previous year's final over Ventspils 5–4 in a penalty shoot–out. Format Forty–five clubs participated in this season's Latvian Football Cup. Each round was played over one leg with matches which were level at the end of regulation proceeding to extra time and afterwards to penalties, when needed, to determine the winning club. First round Eight first round matches were played 22–31 May 2019. Second round Fourteen second round matches were played 12–21 June 2019. Third round Seven third round matches were played 21–30 June 2019. Fourth round Eight fourth round matches were played 13–17 July 2019. Quarter–finals Four quarter–final matches were played from 4 August to 1 September 2019. Semi–finals Two semi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Latvian Higher League
The 2019 Latvian Higher League , known as the Optibet Virslīga for sponsorship reasons, was the 28th season of top-tier football in Latvia. The season began on 9 March 2019 and ended on 9 November 2019. Riga were the defending champions from the previous season. Teams All eight clubs from the previous season remained in the league with Daugavpils joining the league as champions of 1.Liga 2018. League table Results Each club played the other eight clubs home-and-away twice, for a total of 32 matches each. Relegation play-offs The ninth-placed team from the 2019 Higher League played the runners-up of the 2019 Latvian First League in a two-legged play-off on 13–16 November 2019. The winner, METTA/LU, will remain in the Latvian Higher League Latvian Higher League or Virslīga is a professional football league and the top tier of association football in Latvia. Organised by the Latvian Football Federation, the Higher League is contested by 10 clubs. The full na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ģirts Karlsons
Ģirts Karlsons (born 7 June 1981) is a Latvian football forward, who most recently played for the Latvian Higher League club FK Liepāja. Club career As a youth player Karlsons played for his local club FK Liepājas Metalurgs, being taken to the first team in 1998, at the age of 17. He spent the next six seasons with the club, becoming the second top scorer of the Latvian Higher League in 2003 with 26 goals, completing two hat-tricks during the season. All in all he played 96 matches for his local club, scoring 40 goals. After these bright appearances he had impressed clubs abroad, and in January 2004 Karlsons went on a month-long trial with the Russian Premier League club Shinnik Yaroslavl. Afterwards he signed a three-year contract with them. However, his spell there wasn't as successful as expected and was very short. After just one season, during which he played only 8 league matches without scoring goals, Karlsons returned to the Latvian Higher League, signing with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Latvian Football Cup
The 2018 Latvian Football Cup was the 24th edition of the football tournament. This edition of the competition began on 26 May 2018 and ended on 24 October 2018. Liepāja were the defending champions, having won the final 2–0 over 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. History The club was officially registered .... Format This season, the Latvian Football Cup was a single elimination tournament between 49 teams. Matches which were level at the end of regulation proceeded to extra time and afterwards to penalties, when needed, to determine the winning club. First round Nine first round matches were played from 26 May to 2 June 2018. The draw for the first round was held 15 May 2018. Second round Sixteen second round matches were played on 15–18 June 2018. The draw for the second round was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Latvian Higher League
The 2018 Latvian Higher League was the 27th season of top-tier football in Latvia. Spartaks Jūrmala were the defending champions, having won their second title in the previous season. Teams At the end of the 2017 season, Babīte were excluded from the league due to match-fixing. This resulted in METTA/LU ending up as the bottom-placed team. They were sent to the relegation playoffs against FK Progress/AFA Olaine. METTA/LU won, keeping them in the Latvian Higher League Latvian Higher League or Virslīga is a professional football league and the top tier of association football in Latvia. Organised by the Latvian Football Federation, the Higher League is contested by 10 clubs. The full name of the league is O .... Babīte were replaced by the champions of the 2017 Latvian First League, Valmieras FK. SourceScoresway/small> Kits manufacturer and sponsors League table Results Each team played the other seven teams home-and-away twice, for a total of 28 games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artūrs Karašausks
Artūrs Karašausks (born 29 January 1992 in Riga) is a Latvian footballer, who plays for Ypsonas Krasava on Cyprus. Club career Early career As a youth player Karašausks was a member of the JFC Skonto academy. He was signed by the Latvian Higher League club JFK Olimps/RFS in January 2009, making his top flight debut at the age of 17. He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 league draw against SK Blāzma on 11 June 2009, being just 17 years, 4 months and 17 days old. In less than a month after Karašausks managed to score his first ever hat-trick in a 7–0 league victory over Rīgas Futbola skola. All in all he scored 10 goals in 18 league appearances and was named ''Young Player of the Year'', receiving the Ilmārs Liepiņš prize at the end of the season. Olimps/RFS finished fifth in the league table, which is, to date, the best result in the club's history. Skonto Riga In January 2010 Karašausks went on trial with Skonto Riga and became one of five Olimps/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Latvian Football Cup
The 2017 Latvian Football Cup was the 23rd version of the tournament. This version of the competition began on 28 May 2017 and ended on 18 October 2017. The winners of this season's cup earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 Europa League. In a change from recent seasons, the tournament was played in one calendar year instead of over two years. The tournament was played in its entirety in 2017 Ventspils were the defending champions. Format The Latvian Football Cup this season was a single elimination tournament between 52 teams. Matches which were level after regulation went to extra time and afterwards to penalties, when needed, to determine the winning club. First round Twelve first round matches were played from 28 May to 11 June 2017. The draw for the first round was held 24 May 2017. SK Super Nova withdrew from the tournament. , - !colspan="3" align="center", 28 May , - !colspan="3" align="center", 31 May , - !colspan="3" align="center", 2 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Latvian Higher League
The 2017 Latvian Higher League is the 26th season of top-tier football in Latvia. Spartaks Jūrmala are the defending champions, having won their first title in the previous season. Teams The bottom-placed team from the 2016 season, BFC Daugavpils, were directly relegated to the 2017 Latvian First League. They were replaced by Babīte, champions of the 2016 Latvian First League. The seventh-placed team from the 2016 season, FS METTA/LU, retained their top-flight spot for the 2017 season by defeating 2016 First League runners-up, AFA Olaine in the play-offs. Babīte was removed from the league on 22 June 2017 after the Latvian Football Federation received a notice from UEFA's Betting Fraud Detection System for 6 separate games involving Babīte. All the results for Babīte games were invalidated and do not count for the standings. SourceScoresway/small> Kits manufacturer and sponsors League table Results Each team will play the other seven teams home-and-away twic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskars Kļava
Oskars Kļava (born 8 August 1983) is a Latvian football coach and a former defender. He is the manager of Spartaks Jūrmala. Career Club Kļava was born in Liepāja. As a youth player he played for his local club Liepājas Metalurgs, making his first-team debut in 2002. That year he also made his Euro competitions' debut and was sent off against the Austrian club FC Kärnten in a 2002–03 UEFA Cup qualifying round match, which Kärnten won 2–0 on 15 August 2002. With the number of appearances growing each season, Kļava played in Liepāja for 9 seasons. He became a first eleven player in 2005. In January 2008 Kļava went on trial with Football League One side Leeds United in England. He left Metalurgs in 2010, having played 189 league matches, scoring 7 goals. In June 2010 Kļava went on trial with the Russian Premier League club Anzhi Makhachkala and signed a three-year contract with them in August the same year. He was given the nr. 83 jersey at the club and, despit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |