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Ķeizarmežs
Kaiserwald (also Ķeizarmežs) was a Latvian football club from Riga, founded in 1909. It was the third oldest club in Latvia after the Riga ''British Football Club'' and FC Union Riga, that were both founded in 1907. Same as ''Union'', a large part of its players consisted of Baltic Germans. It played at the Mežaparks Stadium (Kaiserwald Sports Society Stadium) in Riga, which is now the location of ''Mežaparks Sports Village'', a training facility mostly operated by Riga FC. History Already in 1907, the first ''Riga Football Club'' founded by British football official and the pioneer of Latvian football – – requested for it to become a section of the Kaiserwald Sports Society (''Kaiserwald Sportverein'', established 1903'')''. However, for uncertain reasons, the request was rejected. After the rejection, this club turned into the ''British Football Club'' (''Britannia FC''). However, a new football team representing the Kaiserwald society emerged in 1909, with Kārlis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voldemārs Plade
Voldemārs Plade (sometimes also called Valdis Plade; 24 December 1900 – 27 January 1961) was a Latvian football forward and manager, the most notable of the four Plade brothers who played for the Latvia national football team. He was born in Riga. Plade was one of five football playing brothers. In his youth he played with Union Riga and Āgenskalns sports club; but he became widely known in 1921 when playing for Ķeizarmežs. Alongside his brothers Kurts Plade, Teodors Plade and Alfrēds Plade, who all also played with Ķeizarmežs, Plade won Latvian league titles in 1922 and 1923. Unlike his brothers, Plade proved to be a long-lasting force in Latvian football and was a national team regular from 1923 to 1929, capping 16 international appearances and scoring 9 goals. In a match against Lithuania at the 1929 Baltic Cup, Plade scored three goals for Latvia from passes from the rising star Ēriks Pētersons. Plade represented Latvia at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RFK Riga
The Riga Football Club (''Rīgas futbola klubs'' or ''Rīgas Futbolklubs'', RFK or Rīgas FK) was a Latvian football club which was founded on December 14, 1923 in Riga. It was the strongest and most popular Latvian football club in the 1920s and 1930s, and the base team for the Latvia national football team in its early years. It disbanded after World War II. In the 1920s, the club also had a basketball section, which won the Latvian Basketball League in 1926 and 1927. History The idea for its creation came about in 1922 with the goal of uniting Latvian players in a team which could beat the mostly-German Ķeizarmežs. The founder and manager was Juris Rēdlihs, one of the most active football organizers in Latvia. In 1923, most of the best Latvian footballers from JKS moved to Riga FK. Those included Hermanis Saltups, Ašmanis, Eihmanis, Roga, Bone, Sokolovs, Zemīts and the brothers Edvīns, Rūdolfs and Arvīds Bārda. In its first season in the Riga Championship, Riga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mežaparks
Mežaparks () is a neighbourhood of Northern District in Riga, the capital of Latvia. It consists of a residential area to the South and a large urban park to the North of the same name – Mežaparks. The neighbourhood is located on the western shore of Lake Ķīšezers. The name is literally translated as "forest park". The neighbourhood and park were built in the early 20th century and the area was originally called . It was one of the world's first garden cities. It had large number of Art Nouveau and Eclectic villas for upper class inhabitants of Riga. During the Second World War, the Kaiserwald concentration camp was located in this park, and many Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and other opponents of Nazi rule were murdered in these woods. Today it is still one of the wealthier areas of Riga, the Mežaparks Great Bandstand hosts the Latvian Song and Dance Festival in early July every five years. Mežaparks is also host to the Riga Zoo and its lakeside locale allows f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Česlavs Stančiks
Česlavs Stančiks (26 September 1896 – 18 July 1980)Death certificate was a n . In 1939 he resettled in as part of resettlement of all . Club playing career Stančiks first football club was[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Riga
Union Riga was a football club established in Riga in 1907 and the second oldest club of the country after the Riga ''British Football Club''. It was the winner of the Riga football league in 1910. In the period of independence of Latvia between the world wars, Union played in the Latvian Higher League for several years. Being essentially a sports club of Baltic Germans, Union was disestablished in 1939 with the repatriation of Baltic Germans. A team named FK Union, that pays homage to the original club, was founded in 2022 and currently plays in the Latvian Second League. The home ground of the original club was Union Stadium (''"Union" stadions'') on Elizabetes iela in central Riga, where since 1974 the office building stands. History Historic team The Riga cycling club Union was founded in 1893. A football section of the club was opened in 1907 – shortly after British FC Riga, thus Union was the second football club to be formed on the territory of Latvia. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Clubs In Riga
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in Australia, Canada, South Africa, the United States, and sometimes in Ireland and New Zealand); Australian rules football; Gaelic football; gridiron football (specifically American football, arena football, or Canadian football); International rules football; rugby league, rugby league football; and rugby union, rugby union football. These various forms of football share, to varying degrees, common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
