FK Liepāja

FK Liepāja

Full name	Futbola klubs Liepāja
Founded	2014
Ground	Daugava Stadium Liepāja, Latvia
Capacity	5,100
Chairman	Māris Verpakovskis
Manager	Viktors Dobrecovs
League	Virslīga
2015	1st
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

FK Liepāja is a Latvian 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

FK Liepāja was founded in March 2014 as 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 current manager of the team is 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]

League and Cup history

Latvia

Season	Division (Name)	Pos./Teams	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Latvian Football Cup	Top Scorer (League)	Head Coach
2014	1st (Virsliga)	4/(10)	36	21	3	12	72	45	66	1/2 finals	Jānis Ikaunieks – 23	Viktors Dobrecovs
2015	1st (Virsliga)	1/(8)	24	15	7	2	48	23	52	TBA	Dāvis Ikaunieks – 15	Viktors Dobrecovs

Europe

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2016–17	UEFA Champions League	2Q	TBA	–	–	–

Sponsors

Sponsors Liepājas Dome Firma UPTK Ambero Liepājas SSS Liepājas Olimpiskais Centrs Radio SWH Radio SWH+ NPK Expert Liepājas Enerģija Liepājas Papīrs

Kit manufacturer Adidas

Squad

As of 4 March 2016 ^[4]

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

No. Position Player 3 DF Oskars Kļava 4 DF Krists Gulbis 5 MF Leonel Strumia 7 MF Dmitrijs Hmizs 8 DF Ņikita Bērenfelds 9 MF Dāvis Ikaunieks 10 FW Edgars Gauračs (on loan from Spartaks) 11 FW Marks Kurtišs 12 GK Pāvels Doroševs 13 MF Raivis Andris Jurkovskis 14 DF Endijs Šlampe 15 DF Antons Tumanovs 16 GK Artūrs Vaičulis

No. Position Player 17 FW Toms Gucs 18 MF Krišs Kārkliņš 19 MF Valerijs Afanasjevs 20 MF Cristián Torres 22 MF Andris Krušatins 23 FW Kristaps Grebis 24 DF Pāvels Mihadjuks 26 DF Deniss Ivanovs 27 MF Romāns Mickevičs 32 GK Gļebs Sopots 33 MF Vladimirs Kamešs 91 FW Dēvids Dobrecovs

For recent squad changes see: List of Latvian football transfers winter 2014-15 and List of Latvian football transfers summer 2015

International players

Reinis Flaksis (U-21) Iļja Šadčins (U-21)

Dāvis Ikaunieks (U-21) Endijs Šlampe (U-21)

Krišs Kārkliņš (U-21) Jānis Jēkabsons (U-21)

Antons Tumanovs (U-19) Dēvids Dobrecovs (U-19)

Foreign players

Non-EU Nationals

Cristián Damian Torres Leonel Strumia

Staff

Position	Name
President	Māris Verpakovskis
Director	Jurģis Ozoliņš
Manager	Viktors Dobrecovs
Goalkeeping coach	Viktors Spole
Doctor	Andris Kramēns
Masseur	Dainis Sergejevs
Press secretary	Dāvids Jansons

Managers

Name	Period
Viktors Dobrecovs	March 2014–present

References

1. "Virslīgā spēlēs FK "Liepāja"". liepajniekiem.lv. 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
2. "Papildināts – FK Liepāja šīs sezonas Virslīgas tabulā finišē 4. vietā". liepajniekiem.lv. 2014-11-08. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
3. "Jānis Ikaunieks – labākais virslīgā". liepajniekiem.lv. 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
4. "Komanda – FK Liepāja". FK Liepāja. Retrieved 19 March 2015.

External links

• Official website (Latvian)