Riga Football Club, commonly referred to as Riga FC, is a

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club, founded in 2014. The club is based at the

Skonto Stadium Skonto Stadium ( lv, Skonto stadions) is a football stadium in Riga, Latvia. The stadium was built in 2000 and currently has 8,087 seats in total (open for spectators & VIP guests on matchdays). It is the 2nd-largest stadium in Latvia, behind Daug ...

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. Since 2016 Latvian Higher League, 2016 the club has been playing in the Latvian Higher League, Virslīga.

History

The club was officially registered in April 2014. The team was established before the 2015 season after a merger of two Riga based teams – ''FC Caramba'' and ''Dinamo Rīga''. In the 2015 Latvian First League, 2015 season the team played in the Latvian First League under the name of FC Caramba/Dinamo, since Caramba had won promotion to the 1. līga after winning the Latvian Second League in 2014. After winning the First League and promotion to the Higher League, the club changed its name to Riga FC. In 2018 was appointed as coach the Ukrainian Viktor Skrypnyk, where he managed to lead to win two Latvian Higher Leagues in 2018 Latvian Higher League, 2018, 2019 Latvian Higher League, 2019 and the Latvian Football Cup in 2018 Latvian Football Cup, 2018. Viktor_Skripnik

Domestic

European

;Notes * 1QR: First qualifying round * 2QR: Second qualifying round * 3QR: Third qualifying round * PO: Play-off round

Honours

Latvian Higher League *Champions: 2018 Latvian Higher League, 2018, 2019 Latvian Higher League, 2019, 2020 Latvian Higher League, 2020 *Runners-up: 2011 Latvian Higher League, 2022 Latvian Football Cup, Latvian Cup *Winners: 2018 Latvian Football Cup, 2018 *Runners-up: 2016–17 Latvian Football Cup, 2016–17, 2017 Latvian Football Cup, 2017 Latvian First League *Champions: 2015 Latvian First League, 2015

Kits

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Captains

Current staff

''As of 7 June 2022''

Current board

''As of 13 March 2021''

Notable players

;Latvia * Kristaps Blanks * Boriss Bogdaškins * Antonijs Černomordijs * Vladislavs Fjodorovs * Vladislavs Gabovs * Kaspars Gorkšs * Vadims Gospodars * Vladimirs Kamešs * Artūrs Karašausks * Andrejs Kovaļovs * Sergejs Kožans * Antons Kurakins * Oļegs Laizāns * Ivans Lukjanovs * Germans Māliņš * Roberts Ozols (footballer), Roberts Ozols * Andrejs Perepļotkins * Armands Pētersons * Ēriks Punculs * Deniss Rakels * Deniss Romanovs * Ritvars Rugins * Roberts Savaļnieks * Vitālijs Smirnovs * Elvis Stuglis * Valērijs Šabala * Oļegs Timofejevs * Daniils Turkovs * Maksims Uvarenko * Aleksejs Višņakovs * Artūrs Zjuzins ;Europe * Herdi Prenga * Edgar Babayan * Adnan Šećerović * Ivan Brkić (footballer), Ivan Brkić * Ivan Paurević * Tomislav Šarić * Jakub Hora * Bogdan Vaštšuk * Mikael Soisalo * Davit Skhirtladze * Giorgos Valerianos * Thanos Petsos * Kévin Bérigaud * Joël Bopesu * Jean-Baptiste Léo * Axel Óskar Andrésson * Stefan Ljubicic * Besar Halimi * Egzon Belica * Stefan Milošević (footballer, born 1996), Stefan Milošević * Milan Vušurović * Abdisalam Ibrahim * Kamil Biliński * Pedrinho (footballer, born 1992), Pedrinho * Talocha * Khyzyr Appayev * Vitaliy Fedotov * Vladislav Khatazhyonkov * Denis Kniga * Ivan Knyazev * Stanislav Krapukhin * Ivan Sergeyev (footballer), Ivan Sergeyev * Sergei Shumeyko * Danila Yanov * Ivan Yenin * Dušan Brković * Marko Đurišić * Darko Lemajić * Mario Maslać * Stefan Panić * Nedeljko Piščević * Miloš Vranjanin * Rene Mihelič * Volodymyr Bayenko * Roman Debelko * Oleksandr Filippov * Vladlen Yurchenko * Valeriy Fedorchuk * Bohdan Kovalenko * Ihor Lytovka * Myroslav Slavov * Vyacheslav Sharpar * Yuriy Vakulko * Serhiy Zahynaylov * Pavlo Fedosov ;Africa * Aristide Bancé * Gaël Etock * Kule Mbombo * Ngonda Muzinga * Jordan Nkololo * David Addy * Karim Loukili * George Davies (footballer, born 1996), George Davies * John Kamara ;Asia * Yōsuke Saitō * Minori Sato ;South America * Federico Bravo * Felipe Brisola * Dário Frederico da Silva, Dário * Stênio Júnior * Wesley Natã * Thiago Primão * Gabriel Ramos da Penha, Gabriel Ramos * Roger (footballer, born 1996), Roger * Lipe Veloso * Brayan Edinson Angulo Mosquera, Brayan Angulo * Juan Camilo Saiz

Former managers

Player records

Top goalscorers

Bold signifies a current Riga FC player

Most appearances

Bold signifies a current Riga FC player

References

Notes

External links

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Latvian Higher League website
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