Riga FC

Not to be confused with FK Rīga.

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.

Riga FC

Full name	Riga Football Club Riga FC, SIA
Founded	30 April 2014; 11 years ago (2014-04-30)
Ground	Skonto Stadium
Capacity	8,087
Chairman	Aleksandrs Proņins
Manager	Adrián Guľa
League	Virslīga
2024	Virslīga, 2nd of 10
Website	rigafc.lv
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

History

The club was officially registered in April 2014.^[1] 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.^[2] After winning the 2015 First League and earning promotion to the Higher League, the club changed its name to Riga FC.^[3] However, for most of 2015, the legal name of the team was 'Riga Dinamo Football Club'.^[1] 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 as one of its youth academies, Riga FC Academy.^[4][5]

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.

Ukrainian manager Viktor Skrypnyk has won the first ever Virslīga title in the club's history.

Domestic

Season	Division (Name)	Pos./Teams	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Latvian Football Cup	Top Scorer (League)	Manager
2015	2nd	1/(16)	30	27	3	0	142	14	84	Round of 16	Verners Apiņš – 31	Mihails Koņevs
2016	1st	5/(8)	28	8	12	8	28	24	36	Runner-up	Roberts Savaļnieks Yōsuke Saitō – 5	Kiril Kurbatov Dmitri Khomukha Vladimir Volchek
2017	1st	3/(7)	24	10	7	7	28	20	37	Runner-up	Bogdan Vaštšuk – 8	Vladimir Volchek Mihails Koņevs Yevgeny Perevertaylo Slaviša Stojanovič
2018	1st	1/(8)	28	20	4	4	45	16	64	Winner	Darko Lemajić – 15	Goce Sedloski Mihails Koņevs Viktor Skrypnyk
2019	1st	1/(9)	32	20	6	6	59	21	66	Semi-Finals	Roman Debelko – 7	Luís Berkemeier Pimenta Oleg Kubarev Mihails Koņevs
2020	1st	1/(10)	27	23	0	4	60	21	69	Quarter-finals	Kule Mbombo – 12	Oleg Kononov Mihails Koņevs
2021	1st	4/(9)	28	14	8	6	54	26	50	Semifinals	Stefan Milošević – 13	Denis Laktionov Kristaps Blanks Andris Rihters Sashko Poposki
2022	1st	2/(10)	36	26	3	7	68	23	81	Round of 16	Marcelo Torres – 11	Thorsten Fink Kristaps Blanks Sandro Perković
2023	1st	2/(10)	36	27	7	2	89	21	88	Winner	Marko Regža – 19	Tomislav Stipić

European

Fully up to date as of 7 August 2025

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Champions League	5	0	3	2	1	4	–3
UEFA Europa League	10	4	2	4	11	12	–1
UEFA Europa Conference League	23	12	3	8	36	28	+8
Total	38	16	8	14	48	44	+4

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Agg.
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1QR	CSKA Sofia	1−0	0−1	1−1[a]
2019–20	UEFA Champions League	1QR	Dundalk	0−0	0−0	0−0[b]
	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 (a.e.t.)	4−2
		PO	Lincoln Red Imps	1−1	1−3 (a.e.t.)	2−4
2022–23	UEFA 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
2023–24	UEFA Europa Conference League	1QR	Víkingur Reykjavík	2−0	0−1	2−1
		2QR	Kecskemét	3−1 (a.e.t.)	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
2025–26	UEFA Conference League	2QR	Dila Gori	2−1	3−3	5−4
		3QR	Beitar Jerusalem	3−0

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
    • Runners-up: 2022, 2023, 2024
• Latvian Cup
  • Winners: 2018, 2023
    • Runners-up: 2016–17, 2017
• Latvian First League
  • Champions: 2015
• Latvian Supercup
  • Winners: 2024
    • Runners-up: 2025

Kits

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2015	Adidas	—
2016	Jako	—
2017		Marine Service Group
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

2016

2017–18

2019

2020–22

2016

2017

2018–19

2020–22

2021–22

Players

Current squad

As of 5 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 Krišjānis Zviedris 3 DF  SEN El Bachir Ngom 4 MF  CRC Orlando Galo 7 MF  LVA Eduards Dašķevičs 8 MF  BRA Iago Siqueira 9 FW  CRC Anthony Contreras 10 FW  BRA Reginaldo Ramires 11 MF  ESP Brian Peña 12 GK  LVA Kristaps Zommers 13 DF  LVA Raivis Jurkovskis 15 MF  NGA Hussaini Ibrahim 16 GK  LVA Nils Toms Puriņš 18 FW  LVA Marko Regža

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  NGA Abdulrahman Taiwo 20 MF  PER Joao Grimaldo (on loan from Partizan) 21 DF  GHA Baba Musah 22 MF  SEN Meissa Diop 23 DF  LVA Maksims Toņiševs 25 DF  COD Ngonda Muzinga 27 DF  LVA Emīls Birka 29 MF  UKR Nazar Prudchenko 34 DF  LVA Antonijs Černomordijs (captain) 40 MF  GHA Ahmed Ankrah 44 GK  LVA Mārcis Kazainis 77 MF  COD Gauthier Mankenda

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 6 MF  LVA Tomašs Mickēvičs (at Grobiņa until 30 November 2025) - MF  CMR Karl Gameni Wassom (at Auda until 30 November 2025) - FW  BFA Ousmane Camara (at Auda until 30 November 2025)

Captains

Season	Pos.	Captain
2016	MF	Oļegs Laizāns
2017	DF	Kaspars Gorkšs
2018	DF	Volodymyr Bayenko
2019	MF	Aleksejs Višņakovs
2020	MF	Stefan Panić
2021	DF	Antonijs Černomordijs
2022
2023	MF	Miloš Jojić
2024	DF	Antonijs Černomordijs

Current staff

As of 1 March 2025 ^[7][8]

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 ^[9]

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.^[10] This was denied by the board of the club.^[11]

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

Coach	Period			Major Titles	Domestic
	from	until	days		LČ	LK	1L
Mihails Koņevs	1 March 2015	30 November 2015	274	1	–	–	1
Kiril Kurbatov	1 January 2016	10 April 2016	100	–	–	–	–
Dmitri Khomukha	11 April 2016	9 August 2016	120	–	–	–	–
Vladimir Volchek	12 August 2016	19 April 2017	250	–	–	–	–
Mihails Koņevs (caretaker)	20 April 2017	11 May 2017	21	–	–	–	–
Yevgeny Perevertaylo	12 May 2017	29 July 2017	78	–	–	–	–
Slaviša Stojanović	30 July 2017	31 December 2017	154	–	–	–	–
Goce Sedloski	27 January 2018	25 May 2018	118	–	–	–	–
Mihails Koņevs (caretaker)	26 May 2018	4 July 2018	39	–	–	–	–
Viktor Skrypnyk	5 July 2018	31 January 2019	210	2	1	1	–
Luís Berkemeier Pimenta	5 February 2019	2 March 2019	25	–	–	–	–
Mihails Koņevs (caretaker)	3 March 2019	27 March 2019	24	–	–	–	–
Oleg Kubarev	28 March 2019	26 April 2019	29	–	–	–	–
Mihails Koņevs	27 April 2019	5 February 2020	284	1	1	–	–
Oleg Kononov	5 February 2020	11 November 2020	280	–	–	–	–
Mihails Koņevs (caretaker)	12 November 2020	31 December 2020	49	1	1	–	–
Denis Laktionov	1 January 2021	25 May 2021	144	–	–	–	–
Kristaps Blanks (caretaker)	27 May 2021	8 June 2021	12	–	–	–	–
Andris Rihters	9 June 2021	10 September 2021	93	–	–	–	–
Sashko Poposki (caretaker)	12 September 2021	30 November 2021	79	–	–	–	–
Thorsten Fink	4 January 2022	16 May 2022	132	–	–	–	–
Kristaps Blanks (caretaker)	16 May 2022	7 June 2022	22	–	–	–	–
Sandro Perković	7 June 2022	7 January 2023	214	–	–	–	–
Tomislav Stipić	7 January 2023	13 December 2023	340	1	–	1	–
Simo Valakari	14 December 2023	1 October 2024	292	–	–	-	–
Adrián Guľa	14 January 2025		205	–	–	-	–

Player records

Top goalscorers

As of 1 March 2025

#	Name	Years	League	Cup	Europe	Other	Total
1	Marko Regža	2023 – present	37	3	1	1	42
2	Darko Lemajić	2017 – 2019	23	3	0	0	26
3	Anthony Contreras	2023 – present	14	6	1	0	21
4	Mikael Soisalo	2021 – 2023	16	0	3	0	19
5	Felipe Brisola	2018 – 2021	15	2	1	0	18
6	Douglas Aurélio	2022 – 2023	13	1	3	0	17
7	Reginaldo Ramires	2023 – present	14	1	0	0	15
8	Gabriel Ramos	2021 – 2022	12	0	3	0	15
9	Stefan Milošević	2020 – 2021	15	0	0	0	15
10	Kemelho Nguena	2023 – 2024	14	0	0	0	14

• Other – National Super Cup

Bold signifies a current Riga FC player

Most appearances

As of 1 March 2025

#	Name	Years	League	Cup	Europe	Other	Total
1	Antonijs Černomordijs	2016 – 2017 2018 – present	179	15	24	2	220
2	Armands Pētersons	2016 – 2023	134	11	22	0	167
3	Roberts Ozols	2015 – 2022	105	13	15	0	133
4	Antons Kurakins	2017 – 2022	100	16	2	0	118
5	Oļegs Laizāns	2016 – 2021	96	13	8	0	117
6	Raivis Jurkovskis	2022 – present	87	5	13	2	107
7	Felipe Brisola	2018 – 2021	80	3	18	0	101
8	Nils Toms Puriņš	2018 – present	80	1	12	1	94
9	Hrvoje Babec	2022 – present	74	5	12	1	92
10	Mikael Soisalo	2021 – 2023	69	3	19	0	91

• Other – National Super Cup

Bold signifies a current Riga FC player

Notes

1. Lost 5−3 on Penalty shootout.
2. Lost 5−4 on Penalty shootout.