FK Jelgava

FK Jelgava is a Latvian football club that is based in Jelgava. The club plays its home-matches at the Zemgales Olimpiskais Sporta Centrs stadium with capacity of 1,560 people.^[1] In 2021, the club dissolved its professional team, which was absorbed by its phoenix club FS Jelgava.

FK Jelgava

Full name	Futbola klubs Jelgava (Football club Jelgava)
Founded	2004; 21 years ago (2004)
Ground	Zemgale Olympic Center
Capacity	1,560
Chairman	Māris Peilāns
Manager	Dāvis Caune
Website	www.fkjelgava.lv
Home colours Away colours

Early years

Until 2004 two Jelgava football clubs FK Viola and RAF Jelgava played in 1. līga. In 2004, it was made decision to merge both clubs into one forming FK Jelgava. FK Jelgava has played since their foundation in 2004 in the 1. līga,^[2] but in 2009 after winning the Latvian First League the team had the chance to play their first games in the Virslīga.

On 19 May 2010 FK Jelgava won the Latvian Cup final in Skonto Stadium, beating FK Jūrmala-VV 6:5 in a penalty shoot out after the game had finished 0:0.^[3]

On the way to the final, the club beat FK Liepājas Metalurgs in the quarter-finals and Skonto FC in the semi-finals. ^[4][5] Victory in the Latvian Cup final allowed FK Jelgava to debut in the UEFA Europa League tournament. In the second qualifying round FK Jelgava played Molde FK from Norway. With a score of 2:2 on aggregate, Molde won on away goals.^[6][7]

In the 2010 season Jelgava was the only Latvian football club which won a game in European football tournaments (2:1 against Molde).

On 2 September 2010 FK Jelgava played a friendly against Premier League club Blackpool. The match marked the opening of the Olympic Sports Center of Zemgale. The President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers and the British Ambassador in Latvia attended the game.^[8]

Due to financial problems, the club lost its professional license in February 2021 and was deprived of the opportunity to play in the top competition, reverting to the status of a youth academy. Its professional team was succeeded by the related FS Jelgava.

Honours

Latvia

• Latvian Higher League
  • Runners-up (1): 2016
• Latvian Cup
  • Winners (4): 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16

League and Cup history

Season	Division (Name)	Pos./Teams	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Latvian Football Cup
2004	2nd (1.līga)	11/(14)	26	7	5	14	43	69	26	1/16 finals
2005	2nd (1.līga)	11/(14)	26	8	2	16	43	59	26	1/8 finals
2006	2nd (1.līga)	9/(16)	26	12	6	12	53	49	42	1/8 finals
2007	2nd (1.līga)	5/(16)	30	16	6	8	70	43	54	2nd Round
2008	2nd (1.līga)	4/(15)	28	19	3	6	63	41	60	1/8 finals
2009	2nd (1.līga)	1/(14)	26	19	5	2	57	20	62	Not Held
2010	1st (Virsliga)	6/(10)	27	6	7	14	36	45	25	Winner
2011	1st (Virsliga)	6/(9)	32	13	4	15	47	54	43	1/4 finals
2012	1st (Virsliga)	7/(10)	36	7	10	19	32	56	31	1/2 finals
2013	1st (Virsliga)	8/(10)	27	5	8	14	26	46	23	1/8 finals
2014	1st (Virsliga)	3/(10)	36	20	10	6	57	27	70	Winner
2015	1st (Virsliga)	4/(8)	24	11	8	5	26	18	41	Winner
2016	1st (Virsliga)	2/(8)	28	16	3	9	37	24	51	Winner
2017	1st (Virsliga)	6/(8)	24	8	5	11	22	30	29	1/4 finals
2018	1st (Virsliga)	6/(8)	28	6	3	19	19	48	21	1/8 finals
2019	1st (Virsliga)	7/(9)	32	9	11	12	34	37	38	Runners-up

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Team	Home	Away	Aggregate
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Molde FK	2–1	0–1	2–2(a)
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Rosenborg	0–2	0–4	0–6
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Litex Lovech	1–1	2–2	3–3 (a)
		2Q	Rabotnički	1–0	0–2	1–2
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Breiðablik	2–2	3–2	5–4
		2Q	Slovan Bratislava	3–0	0–0	3–0
		3Q	Beitar Jerusalem	1–1	0–3	1–4
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Ferencváros	0–1	0–2	0–3

Players and staff

Out on loan

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

Staff

Name, surname	Position
Māris Peilāns	Chairman
Jānis Vuguls	Director
Dāvis Caune	Manager
Sergejs Diguļovs	Goalkeeper Coach
Oļegs Samoiļenko	Doctor
Jurijs Ksenzovs	Physio
Mārtiņš Krūmiņš	Technical Director
Daniels Ivanovs	Administrator

Managers

• Dainis Kazakevičs (2004 – 2012)
• Jānis Dreimanis (2013)
• Sergejs Golubevs (interim) (2013)
• Sergejs Golubevs (2013)
• Vladimirs Beškarevs (2014)
• Dāvis Caune (interim) (June 2014)
• Vitālijs Astafjevs (June 2014 – May 2016)
• Dāvis Caune (interim) (May 2016 - June 2016)
• Saulius Širmelis (June 2016 – December 2016)
• Alexandru Curteian^[9] (December 2016 – August 2017)
• Dāvis Caune (interim) (August 2017)
• Ravil Sabitov (August 2017  - May 2018)
• Marians Pahars (June 2018  - June 2019)
• Oleg Kubarev (June 2019  - August 2020)
• Dāvis Caune (interim) (August 2020 -)

Player of the season (since 2013)

Season	Name
2013	Vadims Žuļevs
2014	Kaspars Ikstens
2015	Mārcis Ošs
2016	Gļebs Kļuškins