Riga FC

Not to be confused with FK Rīga.
Riga FC
Full nameRiga Football Club
Riga FC, SIA
Founded30 April 2014 (2014-04-30)
GroundSkonto Stadium
Capacity8,087
ChairmanAleksandrs Proņins
ManagerAdrián Guľa
LeagueVirslīga
2025Virslīga, Champions of 10
Websiterigafc.lv

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.[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 it 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.

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 Stojanović
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 Semi-Finals 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
2024 1st 2/(10) 36 27 6 3 99 23 87 Semi-Finals Reginaldo Ramires – 25 Simo Valakari
Mareks Zuntners

European

Fully up to date as of 27 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 26 13 3 10 38 33 +5
Total 41 17 8 16 50 49 +1
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 N/a 0−2 N/a
UEFA Europa League 2QR Tre Fiori 1−0 N/a N/a
3QR Celtic 0−1 N/a N/a
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 1−3 4−3
PO Sparta Prague 1−0 0−2 1−2
2026–27 UEFA Champions League 1QR
Notes
  • 1QR: First qualifying round
  • 2QR: Second qualifying round
  • 3QR: Third qualifying round
  • PO: Play-off round

Honours

Kits

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

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

Players

Current squad

As of 22 February, 2026[8]

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
4 MF  CRC Orlando Galo
5 DF  CMR Karl Wassom
7 MF  TUN Raki Aouani
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
14 MF  LVA Renārs Varslavāns
17 DF  COL Andrés Salazar
18 MF  NED Salah-Eddine Oulad M'Hand
19 FW  GAM Mohamed Badamosi
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF  GHA Baba Musah
22 MF  SEN Meissa Diop
23 DF  LVA Maksims Toņiševs
27 DF  LVA Emīls Birka
28 DF  LVA Jegors Blaževičs
33 DF  BRA Paulo Eduardo
34 DF  LVA Antonijs Černomordijs (captain)
40 MF  GHA Ahmed Ankrah
44 GK  LVA Mārcis Kazainis
70 FW  BRA Juan Christian
91 GK  LVA Frenks Orols
99 MF  BRA Caio
— DF  BRA Abner

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 Ogre United)
16 GK  LVA Nils Toms Puriņš (at Auda)
19 FW  NGA Abdulrahman Taiwo (at Spartak Trnava)

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 [9][10]

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 [11]

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.[12] This was denied by the board of the club.[13]

Notable players

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 432 – – - –

Player records

Most appearances

As of 8 November 2025
# Name Years League Cup Europe Other Total
1 Antonijs Černomordijs 2016 – 2017
2018 – present		 206 18 28 2 254
2 Armands Pētersons 2016 – 2023 134 11 22 0 167
3 Raivis Jurkovskis 2022 – present 120 8 19 2 149
4 Roberts Ozols 2015 – 2022 105 13 15 0 133
5 Marko Regža 2023 – present 99 8 13 2 122
6 El Bachir Ngom 2022 – present 94 10 15 1 120
7 Antons Kurakins 2017 – 2022 100 16 2 0 118
8 Oļegs Laizāns 2016 – 2021 96 13 8 0 117
9 Baba Musah 2022 - present 83 8 12 2 105
10 Felipe Brisola 2018 – 2021 80 3 18 0 101
  • Other – National Super Cup

Bold signifies a current Riga FC player


Top goalscorers

As of 8 November 2025
# Name Years League Cup Europe Other Total
1 Marko Regža 2023 – present 53 7 1 1 62
2 Anthony Contreras 2023 – present 23 11 2 0 36
3 Reginaldo Ramires 2023 – present 28 5 2 0 35
4 Darko Lemajić 2017 – 2019 23 3 0 0 26
5 Brian Peña 2023 – present 19 1 0 0 20
6 Mikael Soisalo 2021 – 2023 16 0 3 0 19
7 Antonijs Černomordijs 2016 – 2017
2018 – present		 16 0 2 0 18
8 Felipe Brisola 2018 – 2021 15 2 1 0 18
9 Douglas Aurélio 2022 – 2023 13 1 3 0 17
10 Gabriel Ramos 2021 – 2022 12 0 3 0 15
  • 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.

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  7. ^ Latvijas Superkauss 2026
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