FK RFS in European football
| Club | FK RFS |
|---|---|
| Seasons played | 5 |
| First entry | 2019-20 UEFA Europa League |
| Latest entry | 2024–25 UEFA Europa League |
These are the matches FK RFS have played in European football competitions. Having only been founded in 2016, the club's first entry into European competitions was in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, qualifying for the first qualifying round after a third place finish in their 2018 league campaign.
Following a first place finish in the 2021 season, FK RFS qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round. After a defeat to Finnish champions HJK Helsinki, RFS dropped down into the third qualifying round of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League. Being put against Hibernians of Malta, they won away and then drew in the home leg, putting the through into a play-off round fixture against Northern Irish club Linfield. After a penalty shoot-out victory, RFS qualified for the group stages of a European competition. In the group stage, RFS were drawn against Fiorentina, who went on to reach the final; İstanbul Başakşehir, who topped the group; and Heart of Midlothian, who lost in the group stage as well. Against these teams, RFS found no success, losing 4 and drawing 2 games, and only scoring 2 goals in their entire campaign.
In 2024, RFS qualified for their first ever Europa League League Phase. In their 1st Game, they played Romanian Liga I champions FCSB. Away from home, they lost 4–1, the only goal coming from club captain and centre-back Žiga Lipušček. In the following match, RFS played against Turkish Super Lig champions Galatasaray. Before the match, they were considered underdogs,[1] with very few people backing them to get a result. Affirming this, Galatasaray went 2–0 up in the first 40 minutes. Despite the odds, goals from striker Janis Ikaunieks, and young winger Lasha Odisharia put them level at 2–2 by the 55th minute. The score stayed, and RFS made a brilliant comeback to draw the game against the heavy favourites. After losses to Eintracht Frankfurt, PAOK, and Maccabi Tel Aviv, and a draw versus RSC Anderlecht, RFS found themselves mathematically eliminated in 34th in the league phase.[2] Despite being eliminated the previous game, Adam Markhiyev scored a late goal vs Dutch side Ajax to secure a historic 1–0 victory.[3] However, a loss to Dynamo Kiev caused them to finish the league phase on 5 points, eliminated in 32nd.
Due to being crowned champions in the 2024 Virsliga campaign, RFS automatically qualify for the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round.
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Matches
The following is a complete list of matches played by FK RFS in UEFA tournaments. It includes the season, tournament, the stage, the opponent club and the scores in home and away, with FK RFS's score noted first. It is up to date as of 17 July 2024.
| Season | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | Europa League | Q1 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–4 | [4] |
| 2020–21 | Europa League | Q1 | Partizan | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | [5] |
| 2021–22 | Europa Conference League | Q1 | KÍ Klaksvík | 2–3 | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | 6–5 | [6] |
| Q2 | Puskás Akadémia | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | |||
| Q3 | Gent | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | |||
| 2022–23 | Champions League | Q1 | HJK Helsinki | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | 0–1 | 2–2 (4–5 p) | [7] |
| Europa Conference League | Q3 | Hibernians | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | [8] | |
| PO | Linfield | 2–2 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | 3–3 (4–2 p) | [9] | ||
| Group | Fiorentina | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4th | [10] | ||
| Heart of Midlothian | 0–2 | 1–2 | |||||
| Istanbul Başakşehir | 0–0 | 0–3 | |||||
| 2023–24 | Europa Conference League | Q1 | Makedonija GP | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | [11] |
| Q2 | Sabah | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | |||
| 2024–25 | Champions League | Q1 | Larne | 3–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 | [12] |
| Q2 | Bodø/Glimt | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–7 | |||
| Europa League | Q3 | UE Santa Coloma | 7–0 | 2–0 | 9–0 | [13] | |
| PO | APOEL | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 (4–2 p) | |||
| League | FCSB | – | 1–4 | 32nd | |||
| Galatasaray | 2–2 | – | |||||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | – | 0–1 | |||||
| Anderlecht | 1–1 | – | |||||
| PAOK | 0–2 | – | |||||
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | – | 1–2 | |||||
| Ajax Amsterdam | 1–0 | – | |||||
| Dynamo Kyiv | – | 0–1 | |||||
| 2025-26 | Champions League | Q1 | Levadia Tallinn | 15 Jul | 8 Jul | TBD | [14] |
European Record
By Competition
The following is a list of the all-time statistics from RFS's games in the 3 UEFA tournaments it has participated in. The list contains the tournament, the number of matches played (Pld), won (W), drawn (D) and lost (L). The number of goals for (GF), goals against (GA), goal difference (GD) and the percentage of matches won (Win%). The statistics include qualification matches and is up to date as of the 2024–25 season. The statistics also include goals scored during extra time where applicable; in these games, the result given is the result at the end of extra time.
- As of match played 7 November 2024
| Tournament | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Champions League | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 50.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 21.43 |
| UEFA Conference League | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 30.00 |
By Club
The following list details FK RFS's all-time record against clubs they have met one or more times in European competition. The club and its country are given, as well as the number of games played (Pld), won by RFS (W), drawn (D) and lost by RFS (L), goals for RFS (GF), goals against RFS (GA), RFS's goal difference (GD), and their win percentages. Statistics are correct as of the 2024–25 season and include goals scored during extra time where applicable; in these games, the result given is the result at the end of extra time.
Accurate as of 16 December 2024.
| Club | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax Amsterdam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Anderlecht | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
| APOEL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 50.00 |
| Bodø/Glimt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0.00 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
| FCSB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0.00 |
| Fiorentina | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0.00 |
| Galatasaray | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Gent | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0.00 |
| Hibernians | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 50.00 |
| HJK Helsinki | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 50.00 |
| İstanbul Başakşehir | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0.00 |
| KÍ Klaksvík | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 50.00 |
| Larne | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 100.00 |
| Linfield | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Makedonija GP | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Olimpija Ljubljana | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 50.00 |
| PAOK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Partizan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Puskás Akadémia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 100.00 |
| Sabah | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0.00 |
| UE Santa Coloma | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 100.00 |
UEFA Club Ranking
- As of 8 November 2024
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 137 | Flora Tallinn | 11.500 |
| 138 | Elfsborg | 11.000 |
| 139 | FK RFS | 11.000 |
| 140 | KI Klaksvik | 11.000 |
| 141 | Trabzonspor | 11.000 |
Player Statistics
Goalscorers
- As of match played 15 December 2024
| Name | Pos. | Years | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Conference League | Total | Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jānis Ikaunieks | FW | 2020 2023–Present | 2 (4) | 7 (13) | 1 (4) | 10 (21) | 0.48 |
| 2 | Darko Lemajić | FW | 2019–2021 2023–Present | 1 (2) | 1 (8) | 5 (10) | 7 (20) | 0.35 |
| 3 | Andrej Ilić | FW | 2021–2023 | 0 (2) | - | 6 (14) | 6 (14) | 0.43 |
| 4 | Žiga Lipušček | DF | 2020–Present | 0 (6) | 2 (12) | 2 (20) | 4 (38) | 0.08 |
| 5 | Stefan Panić | MF | 2022–Present | 2 (4) | 0 (12) | 1 (8) | 3 (24) | 0.13 |
| 6 | Emerson Deocleciano | FW | 2020–Present | 1 (5) | 0 (3) | 2 (19) | 3 (27) | 0.11 |
| 7 | Cedric Kouadio | MF | 2019–Present | 0 (4) | 1 (15) | 2 (12) | 3 (31) | 0.1 |
| 8 | Kevin Friesenbichler | FW | 2021–2023 | 0 (2) | - | 3 (15) | 3 (17) | 0.18 |
| 9 | Mārtiņš Ķigurs | MF | 2024–Present | 1 (4) | 1 (5) | - | 2 (9) | 0.22 |
| 10 | Arturs Zjuzins | MF | 2018–2024 | 1 (2) | - | 1 (12) | 2 (14) | 0.14 |
| 11 | Victor Osuagwu | MF | 2024–Present | - | 2 (7) | - | 2 (7) | 0.29 |
| 12 | Petr Mareš | DF | 2021–Present | 0 (5) | 1 (5) | 1 (17) | 2 (27) | 0.07 |
| 13 | Daniels Balodis | DF | 2018 2024–Present | 1 (3) | 0 (8) | - | 1 (11) | 0.09 |
| 14 | Ismaël Diomandé | MF | 2022–Present | 1 (5) | 0 (4) | 0 (4) | 1 (13) | 0.08 |
| 15 | Gļebs Kļuškins | MF | 2018–2020 | - | 1 (1) | - | 1 (1) | 1 |
| 16 | Tin Vukmanic | MF | 2019 | - | 1 (2) | - | 1 (2) | 0.5 |
| 17 | Lasha Odisharia | FW | 2024–Present | 0 (3) | 1 (11) | - | 1 (14) | 0.07 |
| 17 | Tomislav Šarić | MF | 2020–2022 | 0 (2) | 0 (1) | 1 (13) | 1 (16) | 0.06 |
| 18 | Tomáš Šimkovič | MF | 2019–2022 2022–2023 | - | 0 (3) | 1 (13) | 1 (16) | 0.06 |
| 19 | Vitālijs Jagodinskis | DF | 2009 2019–2020 2020–2024 | 0 (2) | 0 (3) | 1 (15) | 1 (20) | 0.05 |
| 20 | Adam Markhiyev | MF | 2023– | 0 (4) | 1 (12) | 0 (4) | 1 (20) | 0.05 |
| 21 | Roberts Savalnieks | MF | 2017–2022 2023–Present | 0 (1) | 1 (15) | 0 (9) | 1 (25) | 0.04 |
| 22 | Own goal | - | 2019–Present | 0 (6) | 1 (13) | 1 (20) | 1 (39) | 0.03 |
References
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