FK Daugava Rīga was a
Latvian football club, based at the
Daugava Stadium in
Riga. They played 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 ...
. The last manager of the team was
Armands Zeiberliņš.
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''.
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
The Latvian First League ( lv, Latvijas Pirmā līga, 1. līga) is the second tier of football in Latvia and is organised by the Latvian Football Federation.
History
The league was founded together with other Latvian football competitions in 19 ...
, winning the championship and being promoted to 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 ...
. In its first season Jūrmala finished 5th in the top tier. However, despite the club's board having high ambitions, signing several former
Latvian international players, in the following seasons FK Jūrmala could not 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.
In the next few seasons, the club's financial resources were limited and the club was on the verge of bankruptcy in 2010. The team was saved and changed its name to ''FK Jūrmala-VV'', adding the letters ''VV'' from the name of their sponsors "Vienos Vārtos".
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 on whether the club should continue its existence or not, because
Jūrmala
Jūrmala (; "seaside") is a state city in Latvia, about west of Riga. Jūrmala is a resort town stretching and sandwiched between the Gulf of Riga and the Lielupe River. It has a stretch of white-sand beach, and a population of 49,325 in 2019 ...
city would have three clubs in the top league. Jūrmala City Council did not support this option, so Jūrmala-VV were forced to look for other options. The club also faced the 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
FK Spartaks is a Latvian football club that is based in Sloka, Jūrmala. In 2012, they finished 3rd in the Latvian First League championship and after winning the play-offs against JFK Olimps were promoted to the Latvian Higher League. The clu ...
.
In March 2012, a decision was made to move to
Riga and use the
Daugava Stadium. Because of changing the location, the club had to change its name too. It was changed to ''FK Daugava Rīga''. The
Latvian Football Federation
The Latvian Football Federation (LFF) ( lv, Latvijas Futbola federācija) is the governing body of football in Latvia with its headquarters located in the capital Rimi Sports Centre in Riga. Its activities include the organizing of the Latvian ...
backed this, allowing the club to take the place of Jūrmala-VV 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 ...
. Daugava finished 9th in the
2012
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season, and had to participate in the promotion/relegation play-offs against the
Latvian First League
The Latvian First League ( lv, Latvijas Pirmā līga, 1. līga) is the second tier of football in Latvia and is organised by the Latvian Football Federation.
History
The league was founded together with other Latvian football competitions in 19 ...
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. 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
The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. ...
. In their UEFA Europa League debut Daugava Rīga were beaten in the first qualifying round by the Scottish club
Aberdeen
Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...
. The 2014 season saw Daugava finish 7th.
The club folded in 2015.
Logos
File:FK Jūrmala.png, Logo of FK Jūrmala
File:Daugava Riga FC.png, Logo of Daugava Riga
Honours
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Latvian First League
The Latvian First League ( lv, Latvijas Pirmā līga, 1. līga) is the second tier of football in Latvia and is organised by the Latvian Football Federation.
History
The league was founded together with other Latvian football competitions in 19 ...
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:: ''Winners:'' 2003
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Latvian Cup
The Latvian Football Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Latvian football. Since 2021, its full name is Responsible Game Latvian Football Cup (''Atbildīgas spēles Latvijas kauss'') due to the sponsorship by sports betting company Wil ...
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:: ''Runners-up:'' 2010
League and Cup history
Participation in Baltic League
European Record
Sponsors
Players and staff
Current squad
''Entry for the 2014 Latvian Higher League season, according to LFF.lv''
''For recent squad changes see:
List of Latvian football transfers summer 2014 and
List of Latvian football transfers winter 2014-15''
Reserves squad
International players
Foreign players
Non-EU Nationals
EU Nationals
Staff
Managers
References
External links
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Latvian Football Federation website
Daugava Rigaat World Football.net
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Football clubs in Riga
Association football clubs established in 2003
2003 establishments in Latvia
Association football clubs disestablished in 2015
2015 disestablishments in Latvia
Defunct football clubs in Latvia