Riga FC

Riga FC
Full name	Riga Football Club
Founded	30 April 2014; 10 years ago
Ground	Skonto Stadium
Capacity	8,087
Manager	Mihails Koņevs
League	Virslīga
2020	Virsliga, 1st of 10 (champions)
Website	http://www.rigafc.lv/
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Riga Football Club, commonly referred to as Riga FC, is a Latvian football club, founded in 2014. The club is based at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Since 2016 the club has been playing in the Virslīga.

History

The club was officially registered in April 2014.^[1] The team was established in 2015 after a merger of two Riga based teams – FC Caramba Riga and Dinamo Rīga. In the 2015 season the team played in the Latvian First League under the name of FC Caramba/Dinamo. After winning the First League and promotion to the Higher League, the club changed its name to Riga FC.^[2]

Honours

Latvian Higher League

Champions (3): 2018, 2019, 2020

Latvian Cup

Winners: 2018
Runners-up (2): 2016–17, 2017

Latvian First League

Champions: 2015

League and Cup history

Season	Division (Name)	Pos./Teams	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Latvian Football Cup	Top Scorer (League)	Manager
2015	2nd	1/(16)	30	27	3	0	142	14	84	Round of 16	Verners Apiņš – 31	Mihails Koņevs
2016	1st	5/(8)	28	8	12	8	28	24	36	Runner-up	Roberts Savaļnieks Yōsuke Saitō – 5	Kiril Kurbatov Dmitri Khomukha Vladimir Volchek
2017	1st	3/(7)	24	10	7	7	28	20	37	Runner-up	Bogdan Vaštšuk – 8	Vladimir Volchek Mihails Koņevs Yevgeny Perevertaylo Slaviša Stojanovič
2018	1st	1/(8)	28	20	4	4	45	16	64	Winner	Darko Lemajić – 15	Goce Sedloski Mihails Koņevs Viktor Skrypnyk
2019	1st	1/(9)	32	20	6	6	59	21	66	Semi-Finals	Roman Debelko – 7	Luís Berkemeier Pimenta Oleg Kubarev Mihails Koņevs
2020	1st	1/(10)	27	23	0	4	60	21	69	Quarter-finals	Kule Mbombo – 12	Oleg Kononov Mihails Koņevs

European record

Overview

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Champions League	3	0	2	1	0	2	–2
UEFA Europa League	10	4	2	4	11	12	–1
Total	13	4	4	5	11	14	−3

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Agg.
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1QR	CSKA Sofia	1−0	0−1	1−1^[a]
2019–20	UEFA Champions League	1QR	Dundalk	0−0	0−0	0−0^[b]
	UEFA Europa League	2QR	Piast Gliwice	2−1	2−3	4−4 (a)
		3QR	HJK	1−1	2−2	3−3 (a)
		PO	Copenhagen	1−0	1−3	2−3
2020–21	UEFA Champions League	1QR	Maccabi Tel Aviv	—	0−2	—
	UEFA Europa League	2QR	Tre Fiori	1−0	—	—
	UEFA Europa League	3QR	Celtic	0−1	—	—
2021–22	UEFA Champions League	1QR

Notes

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

Kits

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2015	Adidas	—
2016	Jako	—
2017		Marine Service Group
2018
2019
2020

2016

2017–18

2019

2020

2016

2017

2018–19

2020

Players

First-team squad

As of 23 January 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	LVA	Ilja Isajevs
3	DF	LVA	Antons Kurakins
5	MF	LVA	Oļegs Laizāns
7	MF	BRA	Felipe Brisola
8	DF	LVA	Ritvars Rugins
9	DF	LVA	Armands Pētersons
12	GK	LVA	Roberts Ozols
16	GK	LVA	Nils Purins
17	MF	LVA	Vladislavs Fjodorovs
22	FW	COD	Kule Mbombo
28	MF	SRB	Marko Đurišić


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
32	MF	BRA	Wesley Natã
33	MF	LVA	Vladimirs Kamešs
34	DF	LVA	Antonijs Černomordijs
99	FW	MNE	Stefan Milošević (on loan from Waasland-Beveren)
—	MF	BIH	Adnan Šećerović
—	MF	BRA	Gabriel Ramos
—	MF	FIN	Mikael Soisalo
—	MF	LVA	Raivis Ķiršs
—	MF	SRB	Nedeljko Piščević
—	DF	SRB	Miloš Vranjanin

Captains

Years	Captain
2016	Oļegs Laizāns (MF)
2017	Kaspars Gorkšs (DF)
2018	Volodymyr Bayenko (DF)
2019	Aleksejs Višņakovs (MF)
2020	Stefan Panić (MF)

Current staff

As of 25 November 2020 ^[3]

Coaches
Position	Name
Head coach	Mihails Koņevs
Coach	Kristaps Blanks
Goalkeeper coach	Daniel Tudor
Physical fitness coach	Saško Poposki
Physical fitness coach	Pavilo Sirenko
Coach / analyst	Ivans Visockis

Medical department
Position	Name
Doctor	Viktos Simanovičs
Doctor	Rolands Brencāns

Current board

As of 19 August 2020 ^[4]

Management and administration
Position	Name
Director-General	Aleksandrs Proņins
Sport director	Aleksandrs Romašins
Executive director	Romāns Lajuks
Administrator	Deniss Čerņikovs
Press officer	Krišs Upenieks
Creative director	Sergejs Sobolevs
Project manager	Andrejs Kaješovs
Photographer	Zigismunds Zālmanis
Video operator	Andrejs Guļko

Notable players

Latvia

Europe

Africa

Asia

South America

Managers

No.	Coach	Period			Major Titles	Domestic
No.	Coach	from	until	days	Major Titles	LČ	LK	1L
1	Mihails Koņevs	1 March 2015	30 November 2015	274	1	–	–	1
2	Kiril Kurbatov	1 January 2016	10 April 2016	100	–	–	–	–
3	Dmitri Khomukha	11 April 2016	9 August 2016	120	–	–	–	–
4	Vladimir Volchek	12 August 2016	19 April 2017	250	–	–	–	–
5	Mihails Koņevs	20 April 2017	11 May 2017	21	–	–	–	–
6	Yevgeny Perevertaylo	12 May 2017	29 July 2017	78	–	–	–	–
7	Slaviša Stojanović	30 July 2017	31 December 2017	154	–	–	–	–
8	Goce Sedloski	27 January 2018	25 May 2018	118	–	–	–	–
9	Mihails Koņevs	26 May 2018	4 July 2018	39	–	–	–	–
10	Viktor Skripnik	5 July 2018	31 January 2019	210	2	1	1	–
11	Luís Berkemeier Pimenta	5 February 2019	2 March 2019	25	–	–	–	–
12	Mihails Koņevs	3 March 2019	27 March 2019	24	–	–	–	–
13	Oleg Kubarev	28 March 2019	26 April 2019	29	–	–	–	–
14	Mihails Koņevs	27 April 2019	5 February 2020	284	1	1	–	–
15	Oleg Kononov	5 February 2020	11 November 2020	280	–	–	–	–
16	Mihails Koņevs	11 November 2020		1,453	1	1	–	–

Player records

Top goalscorers

As of 29 November 2020

#	Name	Years	League	Cup	Europe	Total
1	Darko Lemajić	2017 – 2019	23	3	0	26
2	Kamil Biliński	2018 – 2019	7	5	2	14
2	Roman Debelko	2019 – 2020	11	0	3	14
4	Kule Mbombo	2020 – present	12	0	0	12
	Bogdan Vaštšuk	2016 – 2018	11	1	0	12
	Felipe Brisola	2018 – present	10	1	1	12

Bold signifies a current Riga FC player

Most appearances

As of 30 December 2020

#	Name	Years	League	Cup	Europe	Total
1	Armands Pētersons	2016 – present	98	10	9	117
2	Oļegs Laizāns	2016 – present	89	11	7	107
3	Antonijs Černomordijs	2016 – 2017 2018 – present	74	8	8	90
4	Antons Kurakins	2017 – present	71	12	2	85
5	Stefan Panić	2018 – 2020	58	8	12	78