Riga FC

Riga FC
Full name Riga Football Club
Founded 2014
Ground Skonto Stadium, Riga
Ground Capacity 9,500
Manager Dmitri Khomukha
League Virsliga
2015 First League, 1st (promoted)

Riga Football Club, commonly referred to as Riga FC, is a Latvian football club based in Riga. From 2016 playing in the Latvian Higher League (Virsliga). The club officially registered in 2014. The team was established in 2015 after a merger of two Riga based teams – FC Caramba Riga and Dinamo Rīga. In season 2015 played in Latvian First League under the name of FC Caramba/Dinamo. After winning the First League and promotion to the Higher League changed its name to Riga FC.[1]

Players

First-team squad

As of 14 March, 2016

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

No. Position Player
1 Russia GK Denis Kniga (on loan from Tosno)
72 Ukraine GK Ihor Lytovka
4 Russia DF Ivan Knyazev
5 Latvia DF Dmitrijs Daņilovs
6 Latvia DF Reinis Flaksis (on loan from Liepāja)
17 Latvia DF Dmitrijs Halvitovs
23 Latvia DF Vitālijs Barinovs
32 Latvia DF Oļegs Timofejevs
77 Latvia DF Aleksandrs Gubins
7 Latvia MF Alekss Regža
8 Latvia MF Armands Pētersons
13 Russia MF Evgeni Sherenkov
No. Position Player
14 Latvia MF Oļegs Laizāns
21 Latvia MF Iļja Šadčins
33 Sierra Leone MF John Kamara
70 Latvia MF Sergejs Vorobjovs
Latvia MF Vadims Gospodars
10 Latvia FW Roberts Savaļnieks (on loan from Liepāja)
11 Latvia FW Verners Apiņš
20 Latvia FW Kristaps Blanks
22 Japan FW Takeo Ogawa
34 Ukraine FW Pavlo Fedosov
99 Japan FW Yosuke Saito

References

  1. ↑ ""Caramba/Dinamo" pārmaiņas: jauns treneris, cits nosaukums un stadions". sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 22 December 2015.

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