FK Rīga was a
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
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football
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club based in
Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...
. They played 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 ...
, the top division in Latvian football. They played their home games at
Latvijas Universitātes Stadions. In 1999, its first year of existence, the club won the
Latvian Cup, beating
Skonto at the final. The club also played in the
UEFA Cup. In 2007, FK Rīga achieved its best result in Virslīga so far by finishing 3rd as the highest placed club from Riga.
FK Rīga played in the
2008 Intertoto Cup
The 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup was the last UEFA Intertoto Cup football tournament, the 14th to be organised by UEFA and the third since the competition's format was given a major overhaul. Fifty teams were invited, with the eleven winners after the ...
. Their first round opponents were
Fylkir from suburban Árbær in the eastern part of
Reykjavík. In the second round. they played Irish club
Bohemian and, as against Fylkir, the home leg was played in the city of
Liepāja, approximately 217 kilometres from Riga.
At the end of the 2007–08 season the club went bankrupt due to its financial problems and the football school, that was in the club's system, joined FK Olimps/ASK (later known as
RFS/Olimps).
Honours
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Latvian Cup: (1)
:1999
League results
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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 ...
"
European performances
*1Q = First Qualifying Round
*1R = First Round
Managers
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Jānis Gilis
Jānis Gilis (27 April 1943 – 13 September 2000), was the first general manager of Latvia national football team after Latvia regained independence.
Playing career
His first senior team was ASK Riga. From 1965 to 1968 Gilis played in the ...
(1999)
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Georgijs Gusarenko
Georgijs Gusarenko (born 1937) is a Latvian football inspector and manager and former footballer.
Gusarenko made his first steps in football in the sports school Daugava in Riga. In 1959 he played in the reserves squad of FC Dynamo Moscow. Fro ...
(2000–2001)
*
Viktors Ņesterenko (2001–2002)
* Aleksandrs Dorofejevs (2002)
* Georgijs Gusarenko (2002)
* Viktors Ņesterenko (2002–2003)
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Paul Ashworth
Paul Anthony Ashworth (born 29 September 1969) is an English football manager and former player.
Ashworth had previously played at youth level for Norwich City before setting up PASS Soccer Schools, a national company. He later worked for Ca ...
(2004)
*
Ēriks Grigjans
Ēriks Grigjans (born 25 December 1964) is a retired Latvian football goalkeeper
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means th ...
(2005–2006)
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Sergejs Semjonovs (2006–2007)
* Genādijs Morozovs (2008)
* Anatolijs Šeļests (2008)
External links
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Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...
Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...
Association football clubs disestablished in 2008
1999 establishments in Latvia
2008 disestablishments in Latvia