FC Jūrmala 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 ...

n football club that is based in

Jūrmala Jūrmala (; "seaside") is a state city in Latvia, about west of Riga. Jūrmala is a resort town stretching and sandwiched between the Gulf of Riga and the Lielupe River. It has a stretch of white-sand beach, and a population of 49,325 in 2 ...

. They play in the Latvian First League. Club plays its home matches at the Slokas Stadium in

with capacity of 5,000 people. Until 2015 FC Jūrmala was one of two teams representing the city in the top tier and using this stadium. After the

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season the club got relegated. The last manager of the team was Andrei Kanchelskis and the position is currently vacant.

History

The club was founded in 2008 as a participant of the second tier of Latvian football. Having spent the first three seasons there, years 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively, the club managed to achieve its best result in 2010. Following the 13th position in 2008 and the 4th position in 2009, the following year Jūrmala finished the championship in the second position. They were automatically promoted to the top tier of Latvian football. The following season in the

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was unexpectedly successful, as they took up the 5th position in the league table. In 2012 and 2013 Jūrmala found itself in the middle of the table, taking the 6th position. In 2014 the club finished the league in the 10th position, followed by economic problems and sanctions from the

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due to long-term debts and unpaid wages. They got relegated to the Latvian First League.

League and Cup history

Managers

* Andrejs Karpovs (2008–10) * Andrejs Kolidzejs ''(caretaker)'' (2010–11) *

Soferbi Yeshugov Soferbi Bachmizovich Yeshugov (russian: Софербий Бачмизович Ешугов, Circassian: Ешыгуау Бацумыжъ и къуэ Софербый; born 8 February 1956) is a Russian professional football Football is a ...

(April 1, 2011 – Aug 25, 2011) * Igors V. Stepanovs (2011–12) * Vladimir Pachko (2012–13) * Mihails Koņevs (2013 – May 2014) * Gosho Iordanov Petkov (May 2014 – August 2014) * Andrei Kanchelskis (August 2014 – November 2014)

Players and staff

Current squad

''As of 9 February 2015'' ''For recent transfers see:

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and

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Foreign players

Non-EU Nationals EU Nationals * Tauno Mõttus

Staff

References

External links

*
Latvian Football Federation website
Jurmala

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