Riga FC

Riga FC

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Full name	Riga Football Club
Founded	2014
Ground	Skonto Stadium, Riga
Ground Capacity	9,500
Manager	Dmitri Khomukha
League	Virsliga
2015	First League, 1st (promoted)

Riga Football Club, commonly referred to as Riga FC, is a Latvian football club based in Riga. From 2016 playing in the Latvian Higher League (Virsliga). The club officially registered in 2014. The team was established in 2015 after a merger of two Riga based teams – FC Caramba Riga and Dinamo Rīga. In season 2015 played in Latvian First League under the name of FC Caramba/Dinamo. After winning the First League and promotion to the Higher League changed its name to Riga FC.

Players

First-team squad

As of 14 March, 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Denis Kniga (on loan from Tosno) 72 GK Ihor Lytovka 4 DF Ivan Knyazev 5 DF Dmitrijs Daņilovs 6 DF Reinis Flaksis (on loan from Liepāja) 17 DF Dmitrijs Halvitovs 23 DF Vitālijs Barinovs 32 DF Oļegs Timofejevs 77 DF Aleksandrs Gubins 7 MF Alekss Regža 8 MF Armands Pētersons 13 MF Evgeni Sherenkov

No. Position Player 14 MF Oļegs Laizāns 21 MF Iļja Šadčins 33 MF John Kamara 70 MF Sergejs Vorobjovs MF Vadims Gospodars 10 FW Roberts Savaļnieks (on loan from Liepāja) 11 FW Verners Apiņš 20 FW Kristaps Blanks 22 FW Takeo Ogawa 34 FW Pavlo Fedosov 99 FW Yosuke Saito

External links

• Latvian Higher League website (Latvian)