FK Spartaks is 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 ...

n football club that is based in Sloka,

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 ...

. In 2012, they finished 3rd 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 ...

championship and after winning the play-offs against

JFK Olimps JFK Olimps was a Latvian football club, playing in the top division of Latvian football. The club was from the city of Riga. According to a study from January 2011, the club was the youngest team in Europe, with an average age of 19.02 years. ...

were 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 Op ...

. The club plays its home matches at the Sloka Stadium with capacity of 2,500 people.

History

FK Spartaks Jūrmala were founded at the start of 2007 as participants of the third tier of Latvian football. They won the

Latvian Second League The Latvian Second League ( lv, 2. līga) is the third tier of football in Latvia and is organised by the Latvian Football Federation The Latvian Football Federation (LFF) ( lv, Latvijas Futbola federācija) is the governing body of football ...

championship in the first year of their existence. The next 4 seasons were spent in the

. In 2011, the club made its greatest leap since its foundation, managing to finish the season in the third position right behind Metta/Latvijas Universitāte and Liepājas Metalurgs-2. As reserve teams were not eligible to participate in the top tier championship, Spartaks were promoted via play-offs against

, which they won 4–1 on aggregate. Since 2012 Spartaks Jūrmala have been playing in the

. Spartaks finished their first season in the Latvian top-tier football in the fifth position of the league table, remaining in a middle-table position in the following two seasons as well, placing 7th in 2013 and 6th in 2014, respectively. FK Spartaks have an engagement with the ''Jūrmala Swimming and Football School'', the name of which is included in the official name of the club (Latvian: ''Jūrmalas Peldēšanas un Futbola skola''). From 2012 to 2014 Spartaks Jūrmala was one of two clubs representing the city in the Latvian Higher League and using the Sloka Stadium as their home-ground. After the relegation of

FC Jūrmala FC Jūrmala is a Latvian association football, football club that is based in Jūrmala. They play in the Latvian First League. Club plays its home matches at the Slokas Stadium in Jūrmala with capacity of 5,000 people. Until 2015 FC Jūrmala was ...

in 2014, as of 2018 Spartaks remains as the sole representative of the coastal city in Latvian top-tier football.

Honours

champions (2) ** 2016, 2017 *

champions (1) ** 2007 *

play-off winners (1) ** 2011 * Sports Club of the Year in Jūrmala (1) ** 2011

Managers

League and Cup history

European record

Matches

;Notes * 1Q: First qualifying round * 2Q: Second qualifying round * 3Q: Third qualifying round

Players and staff

''As of 1 November 2022''

Current squad

Out on loan

Staff

References

External links

* * of the Latvian Football Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:Spartaks Jurmala Sport in Jūrmala Football clubs in Latvia Association football clubs established in 2007 2007 establishments in Latvia