Riga Football Club, commonly referred to as Riga FC, 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 ...

football 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 the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

club, founded in 2014. The club is based at the

Skonto Stadium Skonto Stadium ( lv, Skonto stadions) is a football stadium in Riga, Latvia. The stadium was built in 2000 and currently has 8,087 seats in total (open for spectators & VIP guests on matchdays). It is the 2nd-largest stadium in Latvia, behind Daug ...

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 ...

. Since

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the club has been playing 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 ...

History

The club was officially registered in April 2014. The team was established before the 2015 season after a merger of two Riga based teams – ''FC Caramba'' and ''Dinamo Rīga''. In the

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season the team 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 ...

under the name of FC Caramba/Dinamo, since Caramba had won promotion to the 1. līga after winning 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 ...

in 2014. After winning the First League and promotion to the Higher League, the club changed its name to Riga FC. In 2018 was appointed as coach the Ukrainian

Viktor Skrypnyk Viktor Anatoliyovych Skrypnyk ( uk, Віктор Анатолійович Скрипник; born 19 November 1969) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer and current manager of Vorskla Poltava. As a player, he helped Werder Bremen to the ...

, where he managed to lead to win two

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 ...

s in

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and the

Latvian Football 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 ...

Domestic

European

;Notes * 1QR: First qualifying round * 2QR: Second qualifying round * 3QR: Third qualifying round * PO: Play-off round

Honours

*Champions:

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*Runners-up:

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Latvian Cup The Latvian Football Cup () is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in Latvian Football (soccer), football. Since 2021, its full name is Responsible Game Latvian Football Cup (''Atbildīgas spēles Latvijas kauss'') due ...

*Winners:

*Runners-up: 2016–17,

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*Champions:

Kits

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Captains

Current staff

''As of 7 June 2022''

Current board

''As of 13 March 2021''

Notable players

;Latvia *

Kristaps Blanks Kristaps Blanks (born 30 January 1986) is a Latvian football coach and former player who played as striker. He is a first-team coach at Riga FC Riga Football Club, commonly referred to as Riga FC, is a Latvian football club, founded in 201 ...

* Boriss Bogdaškins * Antonijs Černomordijs *

Vladislavs Fjodorovs Vladislavs Fjodorovs (born 27 September 1996) is a Latvian international association football, footballer who plays for FS METTA/Latvijas Universitāte, FS Metta/Latvijas Universitāte, as a Midfielder#Winger, left winger. Club career Born in Dau ...

* Vladislavs Gabovs *

Kaspars Gorkšs Kaspars Gorkšs (born 6 November 1981) is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Gorkšs was also the captain of the Latvian national team. From 2018 to 2019 Gorkšs served as president of the Latvian Football Feder ...

* Vadims Gospodars * Vladimirs Kamešs *

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 ...

Andrejs Kovaļovs Andrejs Kovaļovs (born 23 March 1989 in Daugavpils) is a Latvian footballer who most recently played for BFC Daugavpils and also represents the Latvia national football team. Club career Kovaļovs started playing football in 1997, at the age ...

Sergejs Kožans Sergejs Kožans (born 16 February 1986) is a Latvian former football defender, who played as a defender. He is currently first-team coach at Riga. Club career As a youth player Kožans played for JFC Skonto, making his professional debut in ...

* Antons Kurakins *

Oļegs Laizāns Oļegs Laizāns (born 28 March 1987) is a Latvian football midfielder currently playing for Super Nova and the Latvia national football team. Club career Early career, Skonto and loans As a young player Oļegs Laizāns played for JFC Skonto, ...

Ivans Lukjanovs Ivans Lukjanovs (born 24 January 1987) is a retired Latvian footballer, who played as a winger. Club career Lukjanovs was born in Daugavpils, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union. As a youth player he played for JFC Skonto, making his first first-team ap ...

Germans Māliņš Germans Māliņš (born 12 October 1987) is a Latvian professional footballer, currently playing for JDFS Alberts. Club career Skonto Riga Born in Riga, as a youth player Māliņš played for his local club FK Auda, before moving to JFC Sko ...

Roberts Ozols Roberts Ozols (8 November 1905 – 27 May 2002) was a Latvian cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, comp ...

Andrejs Perepļotkins Andrejs Perepļotkins ( uk, Андрій Ігорович Перепльоткін, ''Andriy Igorovych Pereplyotkin''; born 27 December 1984) is a Ukrainian born Latvian footballer, who plays primarily as a right winger for SK Super Nova. Alth ...

Armands Pētersons Armands Pētersons (born 5 December 1990) is a Latvian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Auda and the Latvia national team. Career Pētersons made his international debut for Latvia on 6 September 2019 in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matc ...

* Ēriks Punculs * Deniss Rakels *

Deniss Romanovs Deniss Romanovs (born 2 September 1978) is a retired Latvian football goalkeeper. Club career His early career was spent with Latvian sides Skonto-Metāls, Valmiera, Ventspils and Ditton. During the 2008/09 season he joined Slavia Praha. I ...

* Ritvars Rugins * Roberts Savaļnieks * Vitālijs Smirnovs * Elvis Stuglis *

Valērijs Šabala Valērijs Šabala (born 12 October 1994) is a Latvian footballer, who plays for B36 Tórshavn of the Faroe Islands Premier League. Club career Early career As a youth player Šabala was a member of Daugava Rīga academy. With the club win ...

* Oļegs Timofejevs * Daniils Turkovs *

Maksims Uvarenko Maksims Uvarenko (born 17 January 1987 in Ventspils) is a Latvian football goalkeeper. Career Uvarenko signed a contract with Slovan Liberec in January 2006. He made his debut the following year. Being a bright talent in Latvia, he played f ...

Aleksejs Višņakovs Aleksejs Višņakovs (born 3 February 1984 in Riga) is a Latvian football midfielder, who currently plays for SK Super Nova in Latvian First League. He is also a member of Latvia national football team. Club career Latvia As a youth player ...

* Artūrs Zjuzins ;Europe *

Herdi Prenga Herdi Besnik Prenga (born 31 August 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for RFS in Latvian Optibet Virslīga. Born in Croatia, he represents Albania internationally. Early life and youth career Herdi Prenga was born ...

Edgar Babayan Edgar Babayan ( hy, Էդգար Բաբայան; born 28 October 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Danish Superliga club Randers FC and the Armenia national team. Club career Randers FC Babayan born in Berlin, Germany, ...

Adnan Šećerović Adnan Šećerović (born 1 December 1991) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. Club career Šećerović had previously played in the Netherlands with Roda JC Kerkrade, NEC, Fortuna Sittard and MVV Maastricht ...

* Ivan Brkić * Ivan Paurević *

Tomislav Šarić Tomislav Šarić (born 24 June 1990) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Inker Zaprešić. Club career Inter Zapresic Šarić is a product of the Inter Zaprešić youth academy, debuting for their first team in 2008, aged ...

Jakub Hora Jakub Hora (born 23 February 1991) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dukla Prague. On 6 February 2024, Hora signed a contract with Dukla Prague Dukla Prague ( cz, Dukla Praha) was a Czechoslovakia, Czech assoc ...

Bogdan Vaštšuk Bogdan Vaštšuk (born 4 October 1995) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Irish club Sligo Rovers and the Estonia national team. Club career Reading In early January 2016, Vaštšuk returned to Readin ...

* Mikael Soisalo * Davit Skhirtladze * Giorgos Valerianos *

Thanos Petsos Thanos Petsos ( el, Θάνος Πέτσος; born 5 June 1991) is a Greek professional Association football, footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. Club career Early career Petsos started his football career at the age of eight for D� ...

Kévin Bérigaud Kévin Bérigaud (born 9 May 1988) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker. Career Born in Thonon-les-Bains, Bérigaud began his career playing in the academy of Swiss club Servette Servette is a district of the city of ...

Joël Bopesu Joël Bopesu (born 25 January 1995) is a Congolese professional footballer who currently plays for Vilniaus Žalgiris as a defender. He formerly played for Arles-Avignon, where he made one appearance in Ligue 2, coming on as a substitute for ...

* Jean-Baptiste Léo *

Axel Óskar Andrésson Axel Óskar Andrésson (born 27 January 1998) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Superettan club Örebro. Club career Axel started his career in the youth team of local side Ungmennafélagið Afturelding bef ...

* Stefan Ljubicic *

Besar Halimi Besar Halimi (born 12 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for club Hallescher FC. Born in Germany, he plays for the Kosovo national team. Club career Early career Halimi first played for a local clu ...

Egzon Belica Egzon Belica (born 3 September 1990) is a Macedonian-Albanian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Rabotnički. Career Partizani Tirana In the first days of January 2018, Belica joined Albanian club Partizani Tirana on a 10-d ...

* Stefan Milošević *

Milan Vušurović Milan Vušurović (born 18 April 1995) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FK Dečić. Career On 7 July 2022, Vušurović joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Orobah. Honours Lovćen * Montenegrin Cup: 2013–14 Bu ...

Abdisalam Ibrahim Abdisalam Abdulkadir Ibrahim (born 1 May 1991) is a Norwegian-Somali footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ullensaker/Kisa in the OBOS-ligaen. Club career Early career Born in Somalia, Ibrahim moved to Norway in 1998. He began his footbal ...

* Kamil Biliński * Pedrinho *

Talocha João Carlos Araújo Fonseca Silva (born 30 August 1989), known as Talocha, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for S.C. Farense as a left-back. Club career Born in Antas, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Talocha developed at F.C. Famalic ...

* Khyzyr Appayev *

Vitaliy Fedotov Vitaliy Fedotov ( uk, Віталій Андрійович Федотов, born 16 July 1991) is a Ukrainian football midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defe ...

Vladislav Khatazhyonkov Vladislav Viktorovich Khatazhyonkov (russian: Владислав Викторович Хатажёнков; born 2 May 1984) is a Russian former professional football player. Club career He played for the main squad of FC Lokomotiv Moscow in th ...

Denis Kniga Denis Mikhaylovich Kniga (russian: Денис Михайлович Книга; born 14 April 1992) is a Russian former professional football player. Career He made his Russian Football National League debut for Luch-Energiya Vladivostok on 27 ...

Ivan Knyazev Ivan Yevgenyevich Knyazev (russian: Иван Евгеньевич Князев; born 5 November 1992) is a Russian football defender. Career Knyazev made his debut in the Russian National Football League for Torpedo Moscow on 12 March 2013 in ...

* Stanislav Krapukhin *

Ivan Sergeyev Ivan Sergeyev (born 22 January 1988) is a retired professional Ukrainian tennis player Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). E ...

* Sergei Shumeyko * Danila Yanov * Ivan Yenin * Dušan Brković *

Marko Đurišić Marko Đurišić ( sr-cyr, Марко Ђуришић; born 17 July 1997) is a Serbian football midfielder who plays for FK Voždovac. Club career Vojvodina He made his Serbian SuperLiga debut for Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војвод ...

Darko Lemajić Darko Lemajić ( sr-cyr, Дарко Лемајић; born 20 August 1993) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian club Gent in the Belgian Pro League. Club career Inđija Born in Belgrade, Lemajić made his debu ...

* Mario Maslać * Stefan Panić *

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* Miloš Vranjanin *

Rene Mihelič Rene Mihelič (born 5 July 1988) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for SC Kalsdorf. Club career Mihelič came through NK Maribor's youth academy, before making his senior team debut in September 2005. In 2010 he ...

* Volodymyr Bayenko *

Roman Debelko Roman Mykolayovych Debelko ( uk, Роман Миколайович Дебелко; born 8 August 1993) is a Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. Career Debelko is a product of the FC Prykarpattya and FC Metalurh Donet ...

* Oleksandr Filippov *

Vladlen Yurchenko Vladlen Yuriyovych Yurchenko ( uk, Владлен Юрійович Юрченко, born 22 January 1994) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays for Vorskla Poltava. Club career Bayer 04 Leverkusen On 27 June 2014, Bayer 04 Leverkuse ...

Valeriy Fedorchuk Valerii Yuriyovych Fedorchuk ( ua, Валерій Юрійович Федорчук; born 5 October 1988) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Rukh Lviv. Career Fedorchuk was born in Netishyn, Khmelnytskyi Obl ...

* Bohdan Kovalenko *

Ihor Lytovka Ihor Lytovka ( uk, Ігор Юрійович Литовка; born 5 June 1988) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Andijon. Career Sevastopol In 2007 he moved to Sevastopol and he won the Ukrainian First Lea ...

Myroslav Slavov Myroslav Dmytrovych "Miro" Slavov ( uk, Мирослав Дмитрович Славов; born 8 September 1990) is a Ukrainian football forward. Career Slavov was born in Kyiv, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. After emigration from U ...

* Vyacheslav Sharpar * Yuriy Vakulko * Serhiy Zahynaylov * Pavlo Fedosov ;Africa *

Aristide Bancé Aristide Bancé (born 19 September 1984) is a Burkinabé former professional footballer who played as a striker. He started his European career at Lokeren, scoring 27 goals in 87 Jupiler Pro League games. After a season in Ukraine with Metal ...

* Gaël Etock *

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Ngonda Muzinga Glodi Ngonda Muzinga (born 31 December 1994) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Vīrsliga club Riga and the DR Congo national team. Club career Muzinga has played club football for AS Vita Club and Dijon. O ...

* Jordan Nkololo *

David Addy David Nii Addy (born 21 February 1990) is a Ghanaian footballer. Club career Randers In Summer 2008, Addy made his first international move to Europe, from a Ghanaian Club – International Allies FC being signed by Danish SAS Ligaen club Ran ...

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* George Davies * John Kamara ;Asia *

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;South America *

Federico Bravo Federico Bravo ( Jesús María, 5 October 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Sarmiento. Club career Boca Juniors He is a youth exponent from the club. He made his team debut during the 2012/13 season. He is a defensive ...

* Felipe Brisola * Dário * Stênio Júnior * Wesley Natã * Thiago Primão * Gabriel Ramos *

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* Brayan Angulo *

Juan Camilo Saiz Juan Camilo Saiz Ortegón (born 1 March 1992) is a Colombian professional footballer who currently plays as a centre-back. Club career Envigado were Saiz's first club, he spent time in the team's youth system prior to making his professional d ...

Former managers

Player records

Top goalscorers

Bold signifies a current Riga FC player

Most appearances

Bold signifies a current Riga FC player

References

Notes

External links

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Latvian Higher League website
{{Latvian Higher League Football clubs in Riga 2014 establishments in Latvia