FK Tukums 2000 is

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n professional

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club located in

Tukums Tukums (; ; ) is a town in Latvia and serves as the administrative center of Tukums Municipality. It is located in the eastern part of the historical region of Courland, and with more than 16,000 inhabitants Tukums is the 13th largest settlem ...

. Since its foundation, the club has been training young boys and girls. In 2007 the club formed a men's team that could play in the second-highest division of Latvian football (the

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History

FK Tukums was founded on May 20, 2000, as "FK Tukums-2000. The club started its participation in the

Latvian Second League The Latvian Second League ( or ''Otrā līga''), currently known for sponsorship reasons as Altero.lv LIIGA, is the third tier of football in Latvia and is organised by the Latvian Football Federation. Competition format Regional stage There ar ...

in 2004, finishing in 4th place. In 2005, FK Tukums-2000 played in the

and finished in 13th place at the end of the season. The 2008 season was yet again spent in the Second League, the third tier of Latvian football. The club finished in 3rd place. Several players with

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experience were invited to join, and not surprisingly the team won the Latvian First League that year, being promoted to the Latvian Higher League. At the end of the 2014 season they were relegated to the Latvian First League.

Players

References

External links

SoccerwayOfficial website

Official club account at "TikTok"
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