FK Jūrmala-VV

Not to be confused with FC Jūrmala.

FK Jūrmala-VV

Full name	Futbola Klubs Jūrmala-VV
Founded	2003
Ground	Slokas Stadium Jūrmala, Latvia (Capacity: 5,000)
Chairman	Aleksandrs Bašarins
Manager	Jurijs Popkovs
League	Virsliga
2011	8th
Home colours Away colours
Current season

FK Jūrmala-VV is a Latvian football club, playing in the top division of Latvian football. They are from the city of Jūrmala.

History

FK Jūrmala was founded in 2003 and its goals included creating a club infrastructure, building a modern stadium in Sloka 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 second highest division of Latvian football where it won the first place and qualified for Virslīga for the next year. In the first season in Virslīga Jūrmala finished fifth. However, despite serious ambitions from the team management and signing several former Latvia national football team players in the following seasons FK Jūrmala couldn't step up to the next level and in 2007 the team suffered a financial crisis when some of its top players left the team in mid season.

Players

Current squad

As of July 25, 2011 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 DF Vitālijs Jagodinskis 3 DF Sergejs Golubevs 4 DF Oleksandr Krutskevich 5 DF Ingus Šlampe 6 DF Igors Stepanovs 7 MF Volodymir Melnyik 8 MF Romāns Bezzubovs (C)

No. Position Player 9 MF Igors Semjonovs 12 MF Dennis Ostrovskis 13 DF Vitālijs Jagodinskis 16 GK Igors Serkovs 18 DF Alberts Bārbalis 22 MF Vladimirs Babicevs 24 FW Leonardo Duarte Da Silva

For recent squad changes see: List of Latvian football transfers summer 2011 and List of Latvian football transfers winter 2011-2012.

Notable Players

• Cristian Torres
• Imants Bleidelis
• Raivis Hščanovičs
• Gatis Kalniņš
• Jurģis Kalns
• Igors Korabļovs
• Marians Pahars
• Igors Stepanovs
• Vladimirs Žavoronkovs

Managers

Figures correct as of July 19, 2007.

• Jurijs Popkovs (2003-06)
• Vladimirs Babičevs (2006)
• Oleg Strogov (January 2007-July 07)
• Gatis Ērglis (July 2007-March 08)
• Vladimirs Babičevs (2008 March -September 2011)
• Jurijs Popkovs (2011 September -)

External links

• FK Jurmala (Latvian) (Russian)