Latvian Football Cup
Founded | 1937 |
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Region | Latvia |
Number of teams | 50 |
Qualifier for | UEFA Europa League |
Current champions | FK RFS (1st title) |
Most successful club(s) | Skonto FC (8 titles) |
Website | Latvijas Kauss |
2020 Latvian Football Cup |
The Latvian Football Cup (Latvian: Latvijas kauss) is the main knockout cup competition in Latvian football. Since 2019, its full name is Viensviens Latvian Football Cup (Viensviens Latvijas kauss futbolā) due to the sponsorship by sports betting company Viensviens (11.lv).[1] The tournament was launched in 1937, replacing the previous knockout tournament – the Riga Football Cup.
The competition is a knockout (single elimination) tournament.
During the Soviet occupation (1940–1941, 1944–1991) it served as a qualification tournament for the Soviet Cup.
List of finals
The results of the finals are:[2]
Total titles won
The following 34 clubs have won the Latvian Football Cup.
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning Years |
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Skonto Rīga | 8 | 7 | 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2012 |
Ventspils | 7 | 3 | 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2017 |
Elektrons Rīga | 7 | 2 | 1969, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983 |
ASK Rīga | 7 | 1 | 1943, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1959, 1960, 1966 |
Sarkanais Metalurgs Liepāja | 4 | 4 | 1949, 1953, 1954, 1955 |
Jelgava | 4 | — | 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
VEF Rīga | 3 | 8 | 1956, 1971, 1987 |
Celtnieks Rīga | 3 | — | 1984, 1985, 1986 |
RAF Jelgava | 3 | — | 1988, 1993, 1996 |
Starts Brocēni | 2 | 1 | 1961, 1968 |
Ķīmiķis Daugavpils | 2 | 1 | 1976, 1979 |
RFK Rīga | 2 | — | 1937, 1939 |
Daugava Liepāja | 2 | — | 1946, 1947 |
LMR Liepāja | 2 | — | 1962, 1963 |
Jūrnieks Rīga | 2 | — | 1970, 1972 |
Liepājas Metalurgs | 1 | 7 | 2006 |
Jūras Osta Ventspils | 1 | 2 | 1967 |
Enerģija Rīga | 1 | 2 | 1982 |
Torpedo Rīga | 1 | 2 | 1989 |
Riga FC | 1 | 2 | 2018 |
Dinamo Rīga | 1 | 1 | 1957 |
Baltika Liepāja | 1 | 1 | 1965 |
Pilots Rīga | 1 | 1 | 1973 |
Lielupe Jūrmala | 1 | 1 | 1975 |
Celtnieks Daugavpils | 1 | 1 | 1991 |
Olimpija Rīga | 1 | 1 | 1994 |
Rīgas Vilki | 1 | — | 1938 |
Dinamo Liepāja | 1 | — | 1948 |
RER Rīga | 1 | — | 1958 |
Vulkāns Kuldīga | 1 | — | 1964 |
Daugava Rīga | 1 | — | 1990 |
Rīga | 1 | — | 1999 |
Daugava Daugavpils | 1 | — | 2008 |
Liepāja | 1 | — | 2017 |
FK RFS | 1 | — | 2019 |
- Bold clubs play in top flight.
- Italic clubs dissolved or merged.
References
- ^ Megnis, Ints (2019-05-08). "Latvijas kauss iegūst ģenerālsponsoru, fināls notiks Jelgavā (The Latvian Cup gets a general sponsor, the final will be held in Jelgava)". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). Retrieved 2019-05-23.
- ^ "Latvia – List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
External links
- Official website
- Cup at uefa.com
- Cup at soccerway.com
- League321.com - National cup results. (in English)