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FK Liepāja

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Liepāja
Full nameFutbola klubs Liepāja
Founded2014; 10 years ago (2014)
GroundDaugava Stadium
Capacity5,100
ChairmanOļegs Hramovs
ManagerTamaz Pertia
LeagueVirslīga
2024Virslīga, 6th of 10
Websitehttp://www.fkliepaja.lv/

FK Liepāja is a Latvian professional football club founded in 2014. The club is based at the Daugava Stadium in Liepāja. FK Liepāja plays in the Latvian Higher League. In their first season they finished 4th in the 2014 Latvian Higher League.

History

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FK Liepāja/Mogo was founded in March 2014 as a phoenix club and an indirect legatee of FK Liepājas Metalurgs, which was dissolved following the 2013 Latvian Higher League season due to the bankruptcy of its owner company and the sole sponsor metallurgical plant A/S Liepājas Metalurgs. FK Liepāja incorporated all the players, including youth teams, as well as the participation place in the 2014 Latvian Higher League, which had been at the disposal of Liepājas Metalurgs prior to its bankruptcy.[1] The club is mainly sponsored by the Liepāja City Council and led by the former Latvian international footballer Māris Verpakovskis. The first manager of the team was Viktors Dobrecovs.

In its debut season FK Liepāja finished the championship in the top four.[2] Jānis Ikaunieks, FK Liepāja midfielder, was voted as the best player of the 2014 season.[3]

On 15 November 2016, Tamaz Pertia was appointed as the new manager of FK Liepāja.[4]

On 14 September 2018, Gordon Young was appointed as the new manager of FK Liepāja.[5]

League

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Season Division Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Latvian Football Cup Top Scorer (League) Manager
2014 1st 4th 36 21 3 12 72 45 66 Semifinal Latvia Jānis Ikaunieks – 23 Latvia Viktors Dobrecovs
2015 1st 1st 24 15 7 2 48 23 52 Quarterfinal Latvia Dāvis Ikaunieks – 15 Latvia Viktors Dobrecovs
2016 1st 4th 28 12 6 10 38 31 42 Quarterfinal Latvia Oskars Kļava – 6 Latvia Viktors Dobrecovs
2017 1st 2nd 24 11 4 9 32 25 37 Winners Latvia Artūrs Karašausks – 12 Georgia (country) Tamaz Pertia
2018 1st 4th 28 15 6 7 46 25 51 Quarterfinal Latvia Ģirts Karlsons – 10 Georgia (country) Tamaz Pertia
Argentina Dario Aurelio
Scotland Gordon Young
2019 1st 6th 32 11 6 15 41 43 39 Quarterfinal Latvia Jānis Ikaunieks – 7 Scotland Gordon Young
Latvia Aleksandrs Starkovs
2020 1st 5th 27 12 6 9 57 34 42 Winners Brazil Dodô – 18 Latvia Aleksandrs Starkovs
Belarus Dmitry Molosh
2021 1st 3rd 28 16 3 9 47 26 51 Runners Up Brazil Dodô – 7 Serbia Nebojša Vignjević
2022 1st 4th 36 21 7 8 72 42 70 Round of 16 Brazil Dodô – 13 Belarus Kirill Alshevsky
Georgia (country) Tamaz Pertia

Europe

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1R: First round, 2Q: Second qualifying round, 3Q: Third qualifying round, PO: Play-off round

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2016–17 UEFA Champions League 2Q Austria Red Bull Salzburg 0–2 0–1 0–3
2017–18 UEFA Europa League 1Q Northern Ireland Crusaders 2–0 1–3 3–3 (a)
2Q Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė 0–2 1–0 1–2
2018–19 UEFA Europa League 1Q Sweden BK Häcken 0–3 2–1 2–4
2019–20 UEFA Europa League 1Q Belarus Dinamo Minsk 1–1 2–1 3–2
2Q Sweden IFK Norrköping 0–1 0–2 0–3
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q North Macedonia Struga 1–1 4–1 5–2
2Q Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 0–0 (a.e.t.) 0–0 0–0 (1–3 p)
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Kosovo Gjilani 3–1 0–1 3−2
2Q Switzerland Young Boys 0–1 0–3 0–4
2024–25 UEFA Conference League 1Q Faroe Islands Víkingur 1–1 0–2 1−3

Honours

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Sponsors

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Sponsors

Latvia Mogo
Latvia Liepājas Dome
Latvia Firma UPTK
Latvia Ambero
Latvia Liepājas Olimpiskais Centrs
Latvia Radio SWH
Latvia Radio SWH+
Latvia NPK Expert
Latvia Liepājas Enerģija
Latvia Liepājas Papīrs

Kit manufacturer

Germany Adidas

Players

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Current squad

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As of 25 August 2024[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Latvia LVA Rūdolfs Ziemelis
5 DF Georgia (country) GEO Nikoloz Chikovani
6 DF Montenegro MNE Luka Uskoković
7 FW Senegal SEN Pape Doudou Diouf Ndiaye
8 DF Senegal SEN Pape Yare Fall
9 FW Armenia ARM Aram Baghdasaryan
10 MF Brazil BRA Dodô
11 FW Senegal SEN Mouhamadou Diaw
12 GK Montenegro MNE Danijel Petković
13 DF Senegal SEN Cheikh Faye
14 DF Latvia LVA Eduards Tīdenbergs
17 MF Croatia CRO Marin Laušić
18 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Almir Aganspahić
19 FW Latvia LVA Roberts Melkis
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Latvia LVA Jānis Grīnbergs
22 MF Serbia SRB Stefan Purtić
24 FW Ghana GHA Arcadio Baidoo
25 FW Latvia LVA Artūrs Karašausks
27 DF Senegal SEN Cheikh Diouf
28 DF Latvia LVA Alans Kangars
30 MF Georgia (country) GEO Andria Khorkheli
35 GK Latvia LVA Vladislavs Kurakins
44 FW Netherlands NED Kyvon Leidsman
55 DF Montenegro MNE Marko Simić
70 MF Latvia LVA Danila Patijcuks
72 DF Montenegro MNE Anto Babić
84 GK Latvia LVA Vladislavs Lazarevs

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Chernozub (at AFA Olaine until 30 November 2024)
— MF Mauritania MTN Amar Haïdara (at Jelgava until 31 December 2024)
— MF Latvia LVA Edgars Ivanovs (at Super Nova until 31 December 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Latvia LVA Ivans Patrikejevs (at Estonia Nõmme Kalju until 31 December 2024)
— FW Latvia LVA Armans Muradjans (at Super Nova until 31 December 2024)

Staff

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Position Name
President Lithuania Oļegs Hramovs
Director Latvia Dāvids Jansons
Manager Georgia (country) Tamaz Pertia
Assistant manager Serbia Ivan Đurđević
Assistant manager Poland Maciej Stachowiak
Goalkeeping coach Latvia Toms Vīksna
Doctor Ukraine Andrii Kolosov
Masseur Belarus Viktar Bulat
Press secretary Latvia Mihails Koroļovs

Managers

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As of match played 10 March 2019
Name Nat. From To P W D L GS GA %W Honours Notes
Viktors Dobrecovs  Latvia 1 March 2014 5 November 2016 96 52 16 28 175 108 054.17 Latvian Higher League
Tamaz Pertia  Georgia 15 November 2016[4] 30 July 2018 50 27 8 15 85 57 054.00 Latvian Cup
Mareks Zuntners  Latvia 30 July 2018 14 September 2018 6 1 1 4 4 6 016.67
Gordon Young  Scotland 14 September 2018[5] 10 6 1 3 9 4 060.00

References

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  1. ^ "Virslīgā spēlēs FK "Liepāja"". liepajniekiem.lv. 23 January 2014. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Papildināts – FK Liepāja šīs sezonas Virslīgas tabulā finišē 4. vietā". liepajniekiem.lv. 8 November 2014. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Jānis Ikaunieks – labākais virslīgā". liepajniekiem.lv. 8 December 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Oficiāli : FK Liepāja galvenais treneris Tamazs Pertija". fkliepaja.lv/ (in Latvian). FK Liepāja. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Oficiāli : Par FK Liepāja/Mogo galveno treneri kļūst Gordon Young". fkliepaja.lv/ (in Latvian). FK Liepāja. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Komanda – FK Liepāja". FK Liepāja. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
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