FK Daugava Rīga was a

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n football club, based at the Daugava Stadium in

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. They played in the

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. The last manager of the team was Armands Zeiberliņš. From the club's foundation in 2003 till 2009 the club was known as ''FK Jūrmala'' and based in the city of

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. In 2010, they changed their name to ''FK Jūrmala-VV'', but in March 2012 the club moved to Riga, changing its name to ''FK Daugava Rīga''.

History

The club was founded in 2003 as ''FK Jūrmala'' and its goals included creating a club infrastructure, building a modern stadium in the Sloka neighbourhood of Jūrmala and popularization of sports among children and youth of Jūrmala all of which they succeeded in doing. In its first season FK Jūrmala played in the

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, winning the championship and being promoted to the

. In its first season Jūrmala finished 5th in the top tier. However, despite the club's board having high ambitions, signing several former Latvian international players, in the following seasons FK Jūrmala could not manage to achieve the top 3 spots in the league table. Even more, in 2007 the team suffered a financial crisis, when some of its top players left the team in mid season. In the next few seasons, the club's financial resources were limited and the club was on the verge of bankruptcy in 2010. The team was saved and changed its name to ''FK Jūrmala-VV'', adding the letters ''VV'' from the name of their sponsors "Vienos Vārtos". Even though the 2010 season was successful for Jūrmala-VV, financial problems hit yet again in 2011. Results suffered and the team barely managed to avoid relegation. After the end of the season there were discussions on whether the club should continue its existence or not, because

city would have three clubs in the top league. Jūrmala City Council did not support this option, so Jūrmala-VV were forced to look for other options. The club also faced the problem of where to base their home-stadium, because of the overload of the Slokas Stadium having to provide a base for three teams –

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, FK Jūrmala-VV itself, and the newly promoted FK Spartaks Jūrmala. In March 2012, a decision was made to move to

and use the Daugava Stadium. Because of changing the location, the club had to change its name too. It was changed to ''FK Daugava Rīga''. The Latvian Football Federation backed this, allowing the club to take the place of Jūrmala-VV in the

. Daugava finished 9th in the

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season, and had to participate in the promotion/relegation play-offs against the

runners-up BFC Daugava. Winning 1–0 at home and 3–1 away (4–1 on aggregate) the club managed to secure themselves a place in the next season's championship. In 2013 Daugava Rīga achieved the best result in the history of the club finishing the domestic championship in the top four and qualifying for the

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. In their UEFA Europa League debut Daugava Rīga were beaten in the first qualifying round by the Scottish club

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. The 2014 season saw Daugava finish 7th. The club folded in 2015.

Crests

File:FK Jūrmala.png, Crest of FK Jūrmala File:Daugava Riga FC.png, Crest of Daugava Riga

Honours

**Champions (1): 2003 *

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**Runners-up (1): 2010

League and Cup history

Participation in Baltic League

European Record

Managers

References

External links

*
Latvian Football Federation website

Daugava Riga
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