FK Rīga was a

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club based in

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. They played in the

Virslīga Latvian Higher League or Virslīga, also known as TonyBet Virslīga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Latvia and the highest level of the Latvian football league system. Organised by the Latvian Football F ...

, the top division in Latvian football. They played their home games at Latvijas Universitātes Stadions. In 1999, its first year of existence, the club won the

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, beating Skonto at the final. The club also played in the

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. In 2007, FK Rīga achieved its best result in Virslīga so far by finishing 3rd as the highest placed club from Riga. FK Rīga played in the 2008 Intertoto Cup. Their first round opponents were

Fylkir Íþróttafélagið Fylkir (, ) is a multi-sport club in Árbær, in the eastern part of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. It features departments in football, handball, volleyball, gymnastics and karate. Kit The Fylkir official home kit is ...

from suburban Árbær in the eastern part of

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. In the second round. they played Irish club

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and, as against Fylkir, the home leg was played in the city of

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, approximately 217 kilometres from Riga. At the end of the 2007–08 season the club went bankrupt due to its financial problems and the football school, that was in the club's system, joined FK Olimps/ASK (later known as RFS/Olimps).

Honours

: (1) :1999

League results

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European performances

*1Q = First Qualifying Round *1R = First Round

Managers

* Jānis Gilis (1999) * Georgijs Gusarenko (2000–2001) *

Viktors Ņesterenko Viktors Ņesterenko (born 3 May 1954) is a Latvian football coach and former player. Career Playing career Ņesterenko was born in Ukraine and played football there with the reserves of FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. In 1971 Ņesterenko was invited ...

(2001–2002) * Aleksandrs Dorofejevs (2002) * Georgijs Gusarenko (2002) * Viktors Ņesterenko (2002–2003) * Paul Ashworth (2004) *

Ēriks Grigjans Ēriks Grigjans (born 25 December 1964) is a retired Latvian football goalkeeper. References

1964 births Living people Soviet men's footballers Latvian men's footballers FK Liepājas Metalurgs players Valmiera FC players FK Rīga playe ...

(2005–2006) *

Sergejs Semjonovs Sergejs Semjonovs (born 15 March 1959) is a Latvian football manager and a former footballer. He played as a defender. Playing career Sergejs Semjonovs was one of the most reliable defenders in Daugava Rīga coached by Jānis Skredelis in mid ...

(2006–2007) * Genādijs Morozovs (2008) * Anatolijs Šeļests (2008)

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:FK Riga

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