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, the highest tier of the Latvian football league system.
History The club was officially registered in April 2014. The team was established before the 2015 season after a merger of two Riga based teams – FC Caramba and Dinamo Rīga.
In the 2015 season, under the name FC Caramba/Dinamo, the team played in the Latvian First League by using the licence received by FC Caramba, an unrelated team founded by future FK RFS co-founder Maksims Krivuņecs, which had won promotion to the 1. līga after winning the Latvian Second League in 2014. After winning the 2015 First League and earning promotion to the Higher League, the club changed its name to Riga FC. However, for most of 2015, the legal name of the team was 'Riga Dinamo Football Club'. A club named Dinamo Riga played in 1940 and 1945–1960.
In 2017, Riga FC acquired the Šitiks Football Academy (Šitika FA), founded in 1999 by Genādijs Šitiks, and operates it as one of its youth academies, Riga FC Academy.
In 2018, the Ukrainian Viktor Skrypnyk was appointed as coach. He managed to lead the club to two Latvian Higher Leagues in 2018, 2019 and the Latvian Football Cup in 2018.
Domestic Season Division (Name) Pos./Teams Pl. W D L GS GA P Latvian Football Cup Top Scorer (League) Manager20152nd1/(16)3027301421484Round of 16 Verners Apiņš – 31 Mihails Koņevs20161st5/(8)288128282436Runner-up Roberts Savaļnieks Yōsuke Saitō – 5 Kiril Kurbatov Dmitri Khomukha Vladimir Volchek20171st3/(7)241077282037Runner-up Bogdan Vaštšuk – 8 Vladimir Volchek Mihails Koņevs Yevgeny Perevertaylo Slaviša Stojanović20181st1/(8)282044451664Winner Darko Lemajić – 15 Goce Sedloski Mihails Koņevs Viktor Skrypnyk20191st1/(9)322066592166Semi-Finals Roman Debelko – 7 Luís Berkemeier Pimenta Oleg Kubarev Mihails Koņevs20201st1/(10)272304602169Quarter-finals Kule Mbombo – 12 Oleg Kononov Mihails Koņevs20211st4/(9)281486542650Semi-Finals Stefan Milošević – 13 Denis Laktionov Kristaps Blanks Andris Rihters Sashko Poposki20221st2/(10)362637682381Round of 16 Marcelo Torres – 11 Thorsten Fink Kristaps Blanks Sandro Perković20231st2/(10)362772892188Winner Marko Regža – 19 Tomislav Stipić20241st2/(10)362763992387Semi-Finals Reginaldo Ramires – 25 Simo Valakari Mareks Zuntners
European Fully up to date as of 13 August 2026 Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD UEFA Champions League 7 1 3 3 4 8 –4 UEFA Europa League 10 4 2 4 11 12 –1 UEFA Europa Conference League 30 16 4 10 48 38 +10 Total 47 21 9 17 63 58 +5 Season Competition Round Club Home Away Agg. 2018–19 UEFA Europa League 1QR CSKA Sofia 1−0 0−1 1−1 2019–20 UEFA Champions League 1QR Dundalk 0−0 0−0 0−0 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 3QR Celtic 0−1 2021–22 UEFA Champions League 1QR Malmö 1−1 0−1 1−2 UEFA Europa Conference League 2QR Shkëndija 2−0 1−0 3−0 3QR Hibernians 0−1 4−1 4−2 PO Lincoln Red Imps 1−1 1−3 2−4 2022–23UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR Derry City 2−0 2−0 4−0 2QR Ružomberok 2−1 3−0 5−1 3QR Gil Vicente 1−1 0−4 1−5 2023–24UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR Víkingur Reykjavík 2−0 0−1 2−1 2QR Kecskemét 3−1 1−2 4−3 3QR Twente 0−3 0−2 0−5 2024–25 UEFA Conference League 2QR Śląsk Wrocław 1−0 1−3 2−3 2025–26UEFA Conference League 2QR Dila Gori 2−1 3−3 5−4 3QR Beitar Jerusalem 3−0 1−3 4−3 PO Sparta Prague 1−0 0−2 1−2 2026–27 UEFA Champions League 1QR Ararat-Armenia 0−2 3−2 3−4 UEFA Conference League 2QR Vardar 5−2 3−2 8−4 3QR ETO Győr 1−0 1−1 2−1 PO KÍ Klaksvík 2−1 0−0 2−1 UEFA Conference League LP Atalanta Pafos Borac Banja Luka Kairat Jablonec Kauno Žalgiris
Notes 1QR: First qualifying round 2QR: Second qualifying round 3QR: Third qualifying round PO: Play-off round
Honours Latvian Higher League Champions: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2025 Runners-up: 2022, 2023, 2024 Latvian Cup Winners: 2018, 2023 Runners-up: 2016–17, 2017, 2025 Latvian First League Champions: 2015 Latvian Supercup Winners: 2024, 2026Asā cīņā Superkausu iegūst "Riga FC"Latvijas Superkauss 2026 Runners-up: 2025
Kits Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors PeriodKit manufacturerShirt sponsor2015Adidas —2016Jako —2017 Marine Service Group20182019202020212022
Players Current squad
Out on loan
Captains SeasonCaptain2016MF Oļegs Laizāns2017DF Kaspars Gorkšs2018DF Volodymyr Bayenko2019MF Aleksejs Višņakovs2020MF Stefan Panić2021DF Antonijs Černomordijs20222023MF Miloš Jojić2024DF Antonijs Černomordijs
Current staff As of 1 March 2025 + Coaches Position Name Head coach Adrián Guľa Assistant coach Mareks Zuntners Coach Norbert Gula Coach Peter Argyusi Coach Kristaps Blanks Goalkeeper coach Oleksandr Nogin Fitness coach Martin Kojnok Physiotherapist Nikola Rodic
+ Medical department Position Name Doctor Viktors Simanovičs Doctor Rolands Brencāns
Current board As of 13 March 2021 + 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
Controversies In 2020, it was reported that Russian businessman Sergey Lomakin, the owner of Riga FC, was included in Latvia's persona non grata list. This was denied by the board of the club.
Notable players
Latvia Kristaps Blanks Boriss Bogdaškins Antonijs Černomordijs Vladislavs Fjodorovs Vladislavs Gabovs Kaspars Gorkšs Vadims Gospodars Vladimirs Kamešs Artūrs Karašausks Andrejs Kovaļovs Sergejs Kožans Antons Kurakins Oļegs Laizāns Ivans Lukjanovs Germans Māliņš Roberts Ozols Andrejs Perepļotkins Armands Pētersons Ēriks Punculs Deniss Rakels Deniss Romanovs Ritvars Rugins Roberts Savaļnieks Vitālijs Smirnovs Elvis Stuglis Valērijs Šabala Oļegs Timofejevs Daniils Turkovs Maksims Uvarenko Aleksejs Višņakovs Artūrs Zjuzins Europe Herdi Prenga Edgar Babayan Adnan Šećerović Ivan Brkić Ivan Paurević Tomislav Šarić Jakub Hora
Bogdan Vaštšuk Mikael Soisalo Davit Skhirtladze Thanos Petsos Giorgos Valerianos Kévin Bérigaud Joël Bopesu Jean-Baptiste Léo Axel Óskar Andrésson Stefan Ljubicic Besar Halimi Egzon Belica Stefan Milošević Milan Vušurović Abdisalam Ibrahim Kamil Biliński Pedrinho Talocha Khyzyr Appayev Vitaliy Fedotov Vladislav Khatazhyonkov Denis Kniga Ivan Knyazev Stanislav Krapukhin Ivan Sergeyev Sergei Shumeyko Danila Yanov Ivan Yenin Dušan Brković Marko Đurišić Miloš Jojić Darko Lemajić Mario Maslać Stefan Panić Nedeljko Piščević Miloš Vranjanin Rene Mihelič Doug Bergqvist Volodymyr Bayenko Roman Debelko
Valeriy Fedorchuk Pavlo Fedosov Oleksandr Filippov Bohdan Kovalenko Ihor Lytovka Myroslav Slavov Vyacheslav Sharpar Yuriy Vakulko Vladlen Yurchenko Serhiy Zahynaylov Africa Aristide Bancé Gaël Etock Kule Mbombo Ngonda Muzinga Jordan Nkololo David Addy Joselpho Barnes Karim Loukili Ousseynou Niang George Davies John Kamara Asia Yōsuke Saitō Minori Sato South America Federico Bravo Marcelo Torres Douglas Aurélio Felipe Brisola Dário Stênio Júnior Wesley Natã Thiago Primão Gabriel Ramos Roger Lipe Veloso Brayan Angulo Juan Camilo Saiz Luis Iberico
Former managers
CoachPeriodMajorTitlesDomestic fromuntildays Mihails Koņevs 1 March 201530 November 2015 1––1 Kiril Kurbatov 1 January 201610 April 2016 –––– Dmitri Khomukha 11 April 20169 August 2016 –––– Vladimir Volchek 12 August 201619 April 2017 –––– Mihails Koņevs (caretaker) 20 April 201711 May 2017 –––– Yevgeny Perevertaylo 12 May 201729 July 2017 –––– Slaviša Stojanović 30 July 201731 December 2017 –––– Goce Sedloski 27 January 201825 May 2018 –––– Mihails Koņevs (caretaker) 26 May 20184 July 2018 –––– Viktor Skrypnyk 5 July 201831 January 2019 211– Luís Berkemeier Pimenta5 February 20192 March 2019 –––– Mihails Koņevs (caretaker)3 March 201927 March 2019 –––– Oleg Kubarev28 March 201926 April 2019 –––– Mihails Koņevs 27 April 20195 February 2020 11–– Oleg Kononov5 February 202011 November 2020 –––– Mihails Koņevs (caretaker)12 November 202031 December 2020 11–– Denis Laktionov1 January 202125 May 2021–––– Kristaps Blanks (caretaker)27 May 20218 June 2021 –––– Andris Rihters 9 June 202110 September 2021 –––– Sashko Poposki (caretaker)12 September 202130 November 2021 –––– Thorsten Fink 4 January 202216 May 2022 –––– Kristaps Blanks (caretaker)16 May 20227 June 2022 –––– Sandro Perković7 June 20227 January 2023 –––– Tomislav Stipić7 January 202313 December 2023 1–1– Simo Valakari14 December 20231 October 2024 ––-– Adrián Guľa14 January 2025 ––-–
Player records Most appearances
#NameYearsLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal1 Antonijs Černomordijs2016 – 2017 2018 – present 2 Armands Pētersons2016 – 20233 Raivis Jurkovskis2022 – present4 Roberts Ozols2015 – 20225 Marko Regža2023 – present6 El Bachir Ngom2022 – present7 Antons Kurakins2017 – 20228 Oļegs Laizāns2016 – 20219 Baba Musah2022 - present10 Felipe Brisola2018 – 2021
Other – National Super Cup Bold signifies a current Riga FC player
Top goalscorers
#NameYearsLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal1 Marko Regža2023 – present2 Anthony Contreras2023 – present3 Reginaldo Ramires2023 – present4 Darko Lemajić2017 – 20195 Brian Peña2023 – present6 Mikael Soisalo2021 – 20237 Antonijs Černomordijs2016 – 2017 2018 – present8 Felipe Brisola2018 – 20219 Douglas Aurélio2022 – 202310 Gabriel Ramos2021 – 2022
Other – National Super Cup Bold signifies a current Riga FC player
Notes
References
External links
Official Latvia Higher Football League website