FK Liepāja

FK Liepāja is a Latvian professional football club established 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.

Liepāja

Full name	Futbola klubs Liepāja
Founded	2014; 11 years ago (2014)
Ground	Daugava Stadium
Capacity	5,100
Chairman	Oļegs Hramovs
Manager	Andreas Alm
League	Virslīga
2024	Virslīga, 6th of 10
Website	www.fkliepaja.lv
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

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

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	Jānis Ikaunieks – 23	Viktors Dobrecovs
2015	1st	1st	24	15	7	2	48	23	52	Quarterfinal	Dāvis Ikaunieks – 15	Viktors Dobrecovs
2016	1st	4th	28	12	6	10	38	31	42	Quarterfinal	Oskars Kļava – 6	Viktors Dobrecovs
2017	1st	2nd	24	11	4	9	32	25	37	Winners	Artūrs Karašausks – 12	Tamaz Pertia
2018	1st	4th	28	15	6	7	46	25	51	Quarterfinal	Ģirts Karlsons – 10	Tamaz Pertia Dario Aurelio Gordon Young
2019	1st	6th	32	11	6	15	41	43	39	Quarterfinal	Jānis Ikaunieks – 7	Gordon Young Aleksandrs Starkovs
2020	1st	5th	27	12	6	9	57	34	42	Winners	Dodô – 18	Aleksandrs Starkovs Dmitry Molosh
2021	1st	3rd	28	16	3	9	47	26	51	Runners Up	Dodô – 7	Nebojša Vignjević
2022	1st	4th	36	21	7	8	72	42	70	Round of 16	Dodô – 13	Kirill Alshevsky Tamaz Pertia
2023	1st	5th	36	14	9	13	52	54	51	Semifinal	Dodô – 13	Tamaz Pertia
2024	1st	6th	36	10	9	17	37	56	39	Semifinal	Dodô – 9	Tamaz Pertia

Europe

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	Red Bull Salzburg	0–2	0–1	0–3
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Crusaders	2–0	1–3	3–3 (a)
		2Q	Sūduva Marijampolė	0–2	1–0	1–2
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q	BK Häcken	0–3	2–1	2–4
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Dinamo Minsk	1–1	2–1	3–2
		2Q	IFK Norrköping	0–1	0–2	0–3
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Struga	1–1	4–1	5–2
		2Q	CSKA Sofia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	0–0	0–0 (1–3 p)
2022–23	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Gjilani	3–1	0–1	3−2
		2Q	Young Boys	0–1	0–3	0–4
2024–25	UEFA Conference League	1Q	Víkingur	1–1	0–2	1−3

Honours

• Virslīga
  • Champions (1): 2015
• Latvian Football Cup
  • Winners (2): 2017, 2020

Sponsors

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

Kit manufacturer Adidas

Players

Current squad

As of 8 July, 2025^[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 1 GK  LVA Iļja Isajevs 2 DF  LTU Edvinas Girdvainis 3 DF  LVA Kirils Iļjins 5 DF  POR Amílcar Silva 7 FW  NGA Abiodun Ogunniyi 8 FW  FRA Amadou Traoré 9 FW  NGA Ede Oloko 10 MF  BRA Dodô 11 FW  SEN Mouhamadou Diaw 12 GK  MNE Danijel Petković 14 FW  SEN Djibril Guèye 17 FW  LVA Bruno Melnis 18 DF  LVA Rūdolfs Meļķis

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  LVA Aleksejs Saveļjevs 21 MF  LVA Jānis Grīnbergs 22 MF  SRB Stefan Purtić 24 GK  LVA Dāvis Ošs 26 DF  LVA Vjačeslavs Isajevs 28 MF  UKR Andriy Korobenko 35 DF  LVA Vladislavs Sorokins 44 FW  NED Kyvon Leidsman 55 DF  MNE Marko Simić 70 MF  LVA Danila Patijčuks 72 DF  MNE Anto Babić 91 MF  CRO Marin Laušić 99 FW  SUI Tresor Samba

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 — DF  GEO Nikoloz Chikovani (at DFK Dainava until 31 December 2025) — DF  LVA Alans Kangars (at Metta until 31 December 2025) — DF  LVA Aleksandrs Molotkovs (at Metta until 31 December 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  MTN Amar Haïdara (at Sūduva until 31 December 2025) — MF  LVA Ivans Patrikejevs (at Nõmme Kalju until 31 December 2025) — FW  LVA Marks Pačepko (at BFC Daugavpils until 31 December 2025)

Staff

Position	Name
President	Oļegs Hramovs
Director	Dāvids Jansons
Manager	Andreas Alm
Assistant manager	Michel Huff Dos Santos
Assistant manager	Jānis Goba
Goalkeeping coach	Andrejs Piedels
Video analyst	Oleksandr Panchuk
Doctor	Andrii Kolosov
Masseur	Viktar Bulat
Press secretary	Mihails Koroļovs

Managers

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]	23 April 2019[7]	10	6	1	3	9	4	060.00
Aleksandrs Starkovs	Latvia	April 2019	September 2019
Andrejs Kaļiņins	Latvia	January 2020	June 2020
Dmitry Molosh	Belarus	June 2020	June 2021
Nebojša Vignjević	Serbia	July 2021	31 January 2022[8]								3rd place Latvian Higher League
Kirill Alshevsky	Belarus	February 2022	June 2022
Tamaz Pertia	Georgia	2022	2024
Dino Skender	Croatia	7 January 2025[9]	6 April 2025	5	2	1	2	11	10	40.00
Jānis Goba	Latvia	6 April 2025[10]	8 May 2025[11]	6	2	2	2	11	13	33.33
Andreas Alm	Sweden	8 May 2025[12]