FK Liepāja

Liepāja
Full nameFutbola klubs Liepāja
Founded2014 (2014)
GroundDaugava Stadium
Capacity5,100
ChairmanOļegs Hramovs
ManagerAndreas Alm
LeagueVirslīga
2024Virslīga, 6th of 10
Websitewww.fkliepaja.lv

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.

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

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
6 DF  LVA Oskars Vientiess
7 FW  NGA Abiodun Ogunniyi
8 FW  FRA Amadou Traoré
9 FW  NGA Joseph Oloko Ede
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]

References

  1. ^ "Virslīgā spēlēs FK "Liepāja"". liepajniekiem.lv. 23 January 2014. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Papildināts – FK Liepāja šīs sezonas Virslīgas tabulā finišē 4. vietā". liepajniekiem.lv. 8 November 2014. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Jānis Ikaunieks – labākais virslīgā". liepajniekiem.lv. 8 December 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Oficiāli : FK Liepāja galvenais treneris Tamazs Pertija". fkliepaja.lv/ (in Latvian). FK Liepāja. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Oficiāli : Par FK Liepāja/Mogo galveno treneri kļūst Gordon Young". fkliepaja.lv/ (in Latvian). FK Liepāja. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Komanda – FK Liepāja". FK Liepāja. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Šķiras FK «Liepāja» un trenera Janga ceļi". www.lsm.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  8. ^ "FK 'Liepāja' kārtējo reizi maina treneri – klubu pamet Vigņevičs". www.delfi.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Dino Skenders – FK Liepāja galvenais treneris – FK Liepāja – Futbola klubs" (in Latvian). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Oficiāli: Jānis Goba – FK Liepāja galvenais treneris – FK Liepāja – Futbola klubs" (in Latvian). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Otrā treneru maiņa 11 spēlēs: Gobu uz Liepājas komandtiltiņa varētu nomainīt zviedrs". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 7 May 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Oficiāli: Alms – FK Liepāja galvenais treneris – FK Liepāja – Futbola klubs" (in Latvian). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
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