Enerģija Rīga

	Enerģija Rīga FK Apgaismes tehnika ('Lighting Equipment', also known as ESR Rīga and Enerģija Rīga) was a Soviet Latvian football club from Riga, a four-time winner of the Latvian league. It went bankrupt together with the factory that supported it in the early 1990s. History First appearing in the 1950s, ESR Rīga (named after the Riga Electric Lightbulb Factory, ) made its debut in the Latvian league in 1966 and already in the first season won it. One of the club's leaders Nikolajs Jermakovs after the season was signed by Soviet first league club Daugava Rīga. Still the club managed by E. Tantiba won the second league title in 1967. In 1968 the club was renamed as Enerģija Rīga ('Energy'). In the years that followed, Enerģija was always among the top teams in the Latvian league but the next title was won only in 1976. The Enerģija was coached by Boriss Reinholds who later with good success worked with Zvejnieks Liepāja. In 1977 Enerģija won its fourth and final title, as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Football Championship Of The Latvian SSR Championship of the Latvian SSR in football (also Higher Football League of the Latvian SSR, ) was a top competition of association football in the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Latvian SSR in 1945-91 soon after the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940, occupation of Latvia by the Soviet Union. The competition was originally established in 1941 in place of the Latvian Higher League, Virslīga, but was never finished due to invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. List of champions * 1941 Latvian SSR Higher League, 1941: ''Tournament cancelled due to WWII'' * 1942-1944: ''Tournament interrupted due to WWII'' * 1945 Latvian SSR Higher League, 1945: FK Dinamo Rīga * 1946 Latvian SSR Higher League, 1946: FHK Liepājas Metalurgs, Daugava Liepāja * 1947 Latvian SSR Higher League, 1947: FHK Liepājas Metalurgs, Daugava Liepāja * 1948 Latvian SSR Higher League, 1948: Žmiļova komanda (''Soviet Army Team of Zhmilyov'') * 1949 Latvian SSR Higher League, 1949: FHK Liepājas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1982 Latvian SSR Higher League Statistics of Latvian Higher League in the 1982 season. Overview It was contested by 16 teams, and Elektrons won the championship. League standings References RSSSF {{1982–83 in European football (UEFA) Latvian SSR Higher League Football Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Defunct Football Clubs In Latvia Defunct may refer to: * ''Defunct'' (video game), 2014 * Zombie process or defunct process, in Unix-like operating systems See also * * :Former entities * End-of-life product * Obsolescence Obsolescence is the process of becoming antiquated, out of date, old-fashioned, no longer in general use, or no longer useful, or the condition of being in such a state. When used in a biological sense, it means imperfect or rudimentary when comp ... {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Latvian Cup The Latvian Football Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Latvian football. Since 2021, its full name is Responsible Gaming Latvian Football Cup (''Atbildīgas spēles Latvijas kauss'') due to the sponsorship by sports betting company William Hill. The tournament was launched in 1937, replacing the previous knockout tournament – the Riga Football Cup. The competition is a knockout (single elimination) tournament. From 1937 to 2008 and again since 2017, all of the games of the tournament are played within the calendar year. During the Soviet occupation ( 1940–1941, 1944–1991) it served as a qualification tournament for the Soviet Cup. The competition was also fully played once during the German occupation of the Baltic states, in 1943. List of finals The results of the finals are: Total titles won The following 36 clubs have won the Latvian Football Cup. * Bold clubs play in top flight. * ''Italic'' clubs dissolved or merged. References External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Latvian First League The Latvian First League () is the second tier of football in Latvia and is organised by the Latvian Football Federation. Since 2021, its full name is Nākotnes Līga (''Future League''). History The league was founded together with other Latvian football competitions in 1992. From 2007 to 2008, the tournament was known as the Traffic 1. līga, due to its first sponsorship deal concluded with the "Traffic auto advert" advertising company. From 2015 its name was Komanda.lv First League (''Komanda.lv 1. līga'') for sponsorship reasons, after thKomanda.lvsporting goods store became the league's main sponsor in 2015. Between 2021 and 2024, the league's general sponsor was the gambling company Optibet, so the league was called "Optibet Future League". Format There are 14 clubs in the First League. During the course of the season each club plays every other club twice, once at home and once away, with a total of 26 games. At the end of the season, the highest placed club is automati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1991 Latvian SSR Higher League Statistics of Latvian Higher League in the 1991 season. Overview It was contested by 20 teams, and Forums Skonto won the championship. League standings ReferencesRSSSF {{1991 in Soviet football Latvian SSR Higher League 1991 in Latvian football, Football 1991 in Soviet football leagues, Latvia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1990 Latvian SSR Higher League Statistics of Latvian Higher League in the 1990 season. Overview It was contested by 14 teams, and Gauja won the championship. League standings See also * 1990 Baltic League ReferencesRSSSF {{1990 in Soviet football Latvian SSR Higher League Football Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Torpedo Rīga Torpedo Rīga was a football club that played in Riga. The club played in the Latvian league with good success from 1979 to 2000 when it merged with Policijas FK. History As Torpedo Rīga Torpedo Rīga was a football club which was supported by the union of Latvian taxicab drivers. As the Latvian league was amateur then (at least—partially), all Torpedo footballers in addition to playing football also had to perform duties as taxi drivers (but, of course, to a lesser extent than regular taxi drivers). As taxi driving was then considered a relatively easy job with rather good pay and the club also paid some bonuses, it attracted several former professionals with experience playing with Daugava Rīga and Zvejnieks Liepāja, for example, Grigorijs Kuzņecovs. For a couple of decades the club had been playing in lower Latvian football divisions (before Torpedo its name was FK RTP—Riga Taxi Park). In 1963 it even played in the Latvian Cup final, but a place in the top league it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Latvian Football Cup The Latvian Football Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Latvian football. Since 2021, its full name is Responsible Gaming Latvian Football Cup (''Atbildīgas spēles Latvijas kauss'') due to the sponsorship by sports betting company William Hill. The tournament was launched in 1937, replacing the previous knockout tournament – the Riga Football Cup. The competition is a knockout (single elimination) tournament. From 1937 to 2008 and again since 2017, all of the games of the tournament are played within the calendar year. During the Soviet occupation ( 1940–1941, 1944–1991) it served as a qualification tournament for the Soviet Cup. The competition was also fully played once during the German occupation of the Baltic states, in 1943. List of finals The results of the finals are: Total titles won The following 36 clubs have won the Latvian Football Cup. * Bold clubs play in top flight. * ''Italic'' clubs dissolved or merged. References External linksOf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ronalds Žagars Ronalds Žagars (born 1950 in Ventspils) is a former Latvian football goalkeeper who played for Zvejnieks Liepāja and FK Daugava Rīga. Playing biography Žagars was a tall and powerful goalkeeper. He first played in Liepāja but was offered to join Daugava Rīga in the first Soviet league. in 1969. Over the first two seasons with Daugava he played only 12 matches and had to return to Zvejnieks Liepāja. In 1974, he was invited to Daugava again for the best season of his career – he played almost half of the team's matches (23) and had nearly the same amount of time in goal as his more famous colleague Laimonis Laizāns. But in the next 3 seasons he never played more than 10 matches and had to sit on the bench behind Aleksandrs Kulakovs Aleksandrs Kulakovs (born 4 March 1956 in Dedinovo) is a former Latvian football goalkeeper who played for the biggest part of his career for Daugava Rīga. At the age of 15 Kulakovs was the first goalkeeper for Spartak Lukhovitsy. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet Union, it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country by area, extending across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and sharing Geography of the Soviet Union#Borders and neighbors, borders with twelve countries, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, third-most populous country. An overall successor to the Russian Empire, it was nominally organized as a federal union of Republics of the Soviet Union, national republics, the largest and most populous of which was the Russian SFSR. In practice, Government of the Soviet Union, its government and Economy of the Soviet Union, economy were Soviet-type economic planning, highly centralized. As a one-party state go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Anatoli Kondratenko Anatoli Kondratenko (born 1949) is a former Soviet football striker who played for Daugava Rīga from 1971 to 1976. He was sent to Latvia in the army. There he played in the Republic league for Pilots Rīga and after his military service was completed he was invited to play for FK Daugava Rīga. His strong sides on the football field were speed and ability to provoke opponents to foul thus often earning penalty kicks. In his first season in Daugava Kondratenko scored 7 goals in 36 matches (best result in the team) but Daugava finished only 19 in the first league and was relegated to the second league. Soon Kondratenko proved his goalscoring abilities in 1973 by scoring 27 goals (from Daugava total of 64) in 29 matches but Daugava failed to return to the first league. In 1974 Kondratneko scored 22 more goals but Daugava failed to impress in the second league playoffs and again didn't earn promotion. In 1975 when Daugava finally got promoted back to the first league Kondratenko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]