FK Jelgava is a
Latvia
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football
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club that is based in
Jelgava. The club plays its home-matches at the
Zemgales Olimpiskais Sporta Centrs
The Zemgale Olympic Center ( Latvian: ) is a multi-sports complex located in Jelgava, Latvia. It contains many facilities including an athletics field and football stadium, which serves as the home of FK Jelgava
FK Jelgava is a Latvian footbal ...
stadium with capacity of 1,560 people.
Early years
Until 2004 two
Jelgava football clubs FK Viola and
RAF Jelgava
RAF Jelgava was a Latvian football (soccer), football club based in Jelgava.The foundation of the club is considered in 1988 and for the first two years there were two teams of RAF Jelgava which in 1990 merged into one. One of those played in the ...
played in
1. līga. In 2004, it was made decision to merge both clubs into one forming FK Jelgava. FK Jelgava has played since their foundation in 2004 in the
1. līga,
but in 2009 after winning the Latvian First League the team had the chance to play their first games in the
Virslīga
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 Op ...
.
On 19 May 2010 FK Jelgava won the
Latvian Cup final in
Skonto Stadium, beating
FK Jūrmala-VV 6:5 in a
penalty shoot out
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after the game had finished 0:0.
On the way to the final, the club beat
FK Liepājas Metalurgs in the quarter-finals and
Skonto FC in the semi-finals.
Victory in the Latvian Cup final allowed FK Jelgava to debut in the
UEFA Europa League tournament. In the second qualifying round FK Jelgava played
Molde FK from
Norway. With a score of 2:2 on aggregate, Molde won on away goals.
In the 2010 season Jelgava was the only Latvian football club which won a game in
European football tournaments (2:1 against Molde).
On 2 September 2010 FK Jelgava played a friendly against
Premier League club
Blackpool
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. The match marked the opening of the Olympic Sports Center of Zemgale. The President of Latvia
Valdis Zatlers and the British Ambassador in Latvia attended the game.
Honours
Latvia
*
Latvian Higher League
**Runners-Up (1):
2016
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*
Latvian Cup
**Winners (4):
2009–10,
2013–14,
2014–15,
2015–16
League and Cup history
European record
Players and staff
Current squad
''As of 16 June 2020''
Out on loan
Staff
Managers
* Dainis Kazakevičs (2004 – 2012)
*
Jānis Dreimanis
Jānis Dreimanis (born 13 October 1949, Riga) is a Latvian former football defender.
In his career, he played 115 matches for Daugava Rīga, scoring four goals.
Playing career
Dreimanis' first steps in football were made with Darba Rezerves ...
(2013)
* Sergejs Golubevs ''(interim)'' (2013)
* Sergejs Golubevs (2013)
* Vladimirs Beškarevs (2014)
* Dāvis Caune ''(interim)'' (June 2014)
*
Vitālijs Astafjevs
Vitālijs Astafjevs (born 3 April 1971) is a Latvian former professional football midfielder, and current assistant manager of Aris Limassol having previously held the role for the Latvia national team.
Astafjevs won nine Latvian championship ...
(June 2014 – May 2016)
* Dāvis Caune ''(interim)'' (May 2016 - June 2016)
*
Saulius Širmelis (June 2016 – December 2016)
*
Alexandru Curteian (December 2016 – August 2017)
* Dāvis Caune ''(interim)'' (August 2017)
*
Ravil Sabitov (August 2017 - May 2018)
*
Marians Pahars (June 2018 - June 2019)
*
Oleg Kubarev
Oleg Kubarev ( be, Алег Кубареў; russian: Олег Кубарев; born 8 February 1966) is a Belarusian football manager and former footballer (midfielder).
Career
From September 2013 to December 2014 he was head coach of Zimbru Chi ...
(June 2019 - August 2020)
* Dāvis Caune ''(interim)'' (August 2020 -)
Player of the season ''(since 2013)''
References
External links
*
FK Jelgava Official Site*
Official Latvian Football Federation website
{{Latvian Higher League
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