FS "METTA" was officially founded on May 2, 2006. The club was existing already from year 2000. In previous years the football club took part only in youth tournaments. In 2007 FS "METTA" and University of Latvia (Latvijas Universitāte) made a senior team FS METTA/Latvijas Universitāte and participated in Latvian Championship 1st division (Traffic 1. līga) and finished the season in the 4th position. Next 4 seasons were spent in the same level league. In 2011 Metta made their greatest achievement, winning the Latvian First League championship and automatically being promoted to the Latvian Higher League – the top tier of Latvian football.[1]
The affiliation with the university provides players with the opportunity to study at Latvian University. The team was created with an aim to give youngsters from all around Latvia a chance to develop their footballing skills and then be sold for large amounts of money.[2]
As of 5 March, 2017.[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.