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Spartaks Rīga
Spartaks Rīga is a defunct Soviet Union, Soviet Latvian football (soccer), football Football clubs in Latvia, club. It was founded in 1945 and its manager was the popular Juris Rēdlihs (Raiskums). Team history The team played in the Soviet Latvian league from 1946 to 1954. The first seasons were difficult when the team was placed 6th (among 8 teams), and 7th (among 7). Only in 1948 did it manage to finish in the upper part of the league table - 5th among 12 teams. In 1949 - 4th, but 1950 was a massive drawback - only 13th place among 17 teams. Spartaks missed the 1951 season to return as 3rd in 1952. Under the name Spartaks-Elektro the club had its best result in the league - they were runners-up in 1953. However the 1954 season proved to be the last for Spartaks Rīga - after a disappointing 9th place out of 10 teams the club was disbanded. In 1948 Spartaks participated in the championship for Spartak (sports society), Spartak teams from the entire USSR and got 6th place. In 1 ... [...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] |
FC Daugava Riga
FC Daugava Riga (FK Daugava Rīga) is a former Soviet and Latvian football club from Riga. It participated in the Soviet championships. Through the years, the club represented various Riga factories like the VEF, RVR and the Riga Electrical Machine Building Works (). Name * 1946–47 Daugava * 1948–49 Daugava- VEF () * 1950–58 Daugava * 1959–62 Daugava- RVR (Даугава-РВЗ, ''Daugava-RVZ'') * 1963–69 Daugava-(Даугава-РЭЗ, ''Daugava-REZ'') * 1970–90 Daugava History The club was founded in 1944 after the return of the Soviet occupation of Latvia. It made its debut in the Latvian SSR championship in 1946 by finishing 5th among 8 teams. In 1948 Daugava joined FC Dinamo Rīga (''Rīgas "Dinamo"'', existed 1940-1960) as the second team from Latvia to play in the Soviet First League. For the 1949 season, thanks to changes in the tournament system, Daugava was promoted to the Soviet Top League where it managed to remain for 4 seasons until being relegated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football Clubs Established In 1945
Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary association, a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose, usually as volunteers * Non profit association, a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose without any profit interest *Collaboration, the act of working together Association in various fields of study *Association (archaeology), the close relationship between objects or contexts. * Association (astronomy), combined or co-added group of astronomical exposures *Association (chemistry) *Association (ecology), a type of ecological community *Genetic association, when one or more genotypes within a population co-occur *Association (object-oriented programming), defines a relationship between classes of objects *Association (psychology), a connection between two or more concep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 Disestablishments In Latvia
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1945 Establishments In Latvia
1945 marked the end of World War II, the fall of Nazi Germany, and the Empire of Japan. It is also the year Nazi concentration camps, concentration camps were liberated and the only year in which atomic weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events World War II will be abbreviated as “WWII” January * January 1 – WWII: ** Nazi Germany, Germany begins Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt by the ''Luftwaffe'' to cripple Allies of World War II, Allied air forces in the Low Countries. ** Chenogne massacre: German prisoners are allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne, Belgium. * January 6 – WWII: A German offensive recaptures Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Hungary from the Soviets. * January 9 – WWII: American and Australian troops land at Lingayen Gulf on western coast of the largest Philippine island of Luzon, occupied by Japan since 1942. * January 12 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Football Clubs In Latvia
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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] |
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] |
Arvīds Strikers
Arvīds is a Latvian masculine given name and may refer to: *Arvīds Bārda (1901–1940), Latvian footballer *Arvīds Brastiņš (1893–1984), Latvian sculptor, writer and neopagan leader *Arvīds Brēdermanis (1900–1970), Latvian official and founder of the Latvian Scouting movement *Arvīds Immermanis (1912–1947), Latvian cyclist and Olympic competitor *Arvīds Jansons (1914–1984,) Latvian conductor *Arvīds Jurgens (1905–1955), Latvian footballer, ice hockey, basketball and bandy player *Arvīds Ķibilds (1895–1980), Latvian track and field athlete *Arvīds Ozols-Bernē (1888–19??), Latvian track and field athlete *Arvīds Pelše (1899–1983), Latvian Soviet politician, functionary, and historian *Arvīds Reķis (born 1979), Latvian ice hockey defenceman *Arvīds Tālavs Arvīds Tālavs (before the change surname was Arvīds Taube; 3 January 1906 – 17 April 1992) was a Latvian chess player. Biography Arvīds Tālavs (Taube) was born in the Lazdon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the southeast, and shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia covers an area of , with a population of 1.9million. The country has a Temperate climate, temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city is Riga. Latvians, who are the titular nation and comprise 65.5% of the country's population, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of the Balts and speak Latvian language, Latvian. Russians in Latvia, Russians are the most prominent minority in the country, at almost a quarter of the population; 37.7% of the population speak Russian language, Russian as their native tongue. After centuries of State of the Teutonic Order, Teutonic, Swedish Livonia, Swedish, Inflanty Voi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goalkeeper (association Football)
The goalkeeper (sometimes written as goal-keeper, abbreviated as GK, keeper, keeps, or goalie) is a association football positions, position in association football. It is the most specialised position in the sport. The goalkeeper's main role is to stop the opposing football team, team from Scoring in association football, scoring a 'Football pitch#Goals, goal' (i.e. putting the football (ball), ball over the Goal_(sports)#Association_football, goal Goal line (association football), line). This is accomplished by having the goalkeeper move into the trajectory of the ball to either catch it or direct it further from the vicinity of the goal line. Within the penalty area, goalkeepers are allowed to use their hands, giving them (outside throw-ins) the sole rights on the field to handle the ball. The goalkeeper is indicated by wearing a different coloured kit (association football), kit from their teammates and opposition. The back-pass rule is a rule that disallows handling passes b ... [...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] |
