FK Spartaks Jūrmala

Spartaks Jūrmala
Full nameFutbola klubs Spartaks
Nickname(s)Sarkanbaltie (Red-whites)
Founded2007 (2007)
GroundSloka Stadium
Capacity2,500
ChairmanSpartaks Melkumjans
ManagerOskars Kļava
LeagueVirslīga
20228th
Websitewww.fkspartaks.lv

FK Spartaks is an inactive Latvian football club that was based in Sloka, Jūrmala. In 2012, they finished 3rd in the Latvian First League championship and after winning the play-offs against JFK Olimps were promoted to the Latvian Higher League. The club played its home matches at the Sloka Stadium with capacity of 2,500 people.[1]

History

FK Spartaks Jūrmala were founded at the start of 2007 as participants of the third tier of Latvian football, the 2. līga. They won the Latvian Second League championship in the first year of their existence, and the next 4 seasons were spent in the Latvian First League.

In 2011, the club made its greatest leap since its foundation, managing to finish the season in the third position right behind Metta/Latvijas Universitāte and Liepājas Metalurgs-2. As reserve teams were not eligible to participate in the top tier championship, Spartaks were promoted via play-offs against JFK Olimps, which they won 4–1 on aggregate. Since 2012 Spartaks Jūrmala have been playing in the Latvian Higher League.[2] Spartaks finished their first season in the Latvian top-tier football in the fifth position of the league table, remaining in a middle-table position in the following two seasons as well, placing 7th in 2013 and 6th in 2014, respectively.

FK Spartaks had an engagement with the Jūrmala Swimming and Football School, the name of which was occasionally included in the name of the club (Jūrmalas Peldēšanas un Futbola skola, JPFS) since 2012.[3]

From 2012 to 2014 Spartaks Jūrmala was one of two clubs representing the city in the Latvian Higher League and using the Sloka Stadium as their home-ground. After the relegation of FC Jūrmala in 2014, Spartaks was the sole representative of the coastal city in Latvian top-tier football.

In the 2022 Latvian Higher League season, Spartaks Jūrmala finished 8th, remaining in the Virslīga. However, on 30 January 2023 the club withdrew their application for the 2023 Latvian Higher League LFF A licence.[4][5] Spartaks Jūrmala applied for the LFF B licence for participation in the 2023 Optibet Nākotnes līga, but were refused due to not meeting financial requirements.[6] Due to mounting financial difficulties, many players had already left the team previously, and it was reported that a last-ditch attempt to sell the club to ensure its survival had failed.[7]

After this, the team folded and Spartaks Jūrmala received a transfer ban in May 2023.[8] Currently the club is inactive, but is still registered as a legal entity.[9]

Honours

Managers

Name Period
Sergejs Golubevs 2007–09
Pjotrs Trebuhovs 2010
Artūrs Šketovs 2011
Oļegs Blagonadeždins 2012
Arminas Narbekovas 23 July 2012 – 31 December 2012
Oleg Kubarev 8 February 2013 – 28 July 2013
Aleksandrs Stradiņš Jul 2013 – Sept 2013 (caretaker)
Jurijs Popkovs Sept 2013 – Dec 2013
Fabio Micarelli Dec 2013 – May 2014
Oļegs Blagonadeždins Jun 2014 (caretaker)
Roman Pylypchuk Jun 2014 – Jan 2016
Oleg Kubarev Jan 2016 – Nov 2016
Marek Zub Feb 2017–July 2017
Jozef Vukušič July 2017
Valdas Urbonas 2017
Samvel Babayan 2018
Dmitrijs Kalašņikovs 2018
Aleksandr Grishin April 2018–August 2018
Tomas Ražanauskas August 2018–December 2018
Nunzio Zavettieri January 2019
Aleksei Yeryomenko[10] February 2020–January 2021
Marek Zub January 2021–June 2021[11]
Przemyslaw Lagozny June 2021–May 2022[12][13]
Fabiano Flora[14] May 2022–July 2022
Víctor Basadre[15] July 2022–October 2022
Oskars Kļava[16] October 2022–2023

League and Cup history

Season Division (Name) Pos./Teams Pl. W D L GS GA P Latvian Football Cup
2007 3rd (2. līga) 1/(11) 1/32 Round
2008 2nd (1.līga) 11/(15) 28 9 6 13 32 44 33 1/8 finals
2009 2nd (1.līga) 12/(14) 26 4 2 20 22 71 14 did not participate
2010 2nd (1.līga) 9/(12) 22 6 4 12 32 41 22 did not participate
2011 2nd (1.līga) 3/(13) 24 16 4 4 74 22 52 1/8 finals
2012 1st (Virslīga) 5/(10) 36 13 10 13 61 56 49 1/4 finals
2013 1st (Virslīga) 7/(10) 27 7 4 16 30 49 25 1/8 finals
2014 1st (Virslīga) 6/(10) 36 14 9 13 38 32 51 1/4 finals
2015 1st (Virslīga) 5/(8) 24 5 6 13 20 36 21 1/2 finals
2016 1st (Virslīga) 1/(8) 28 17 4 7 46 22 55 Final
2017 1st (Virslīga) 1/(7) 24 14 4 6 36 26 46 1/2 finals
2018 1st (Virslīga) 5/(8) 28 12 6 10 48 37 42 1/4 finals
2019 1st (Virslīga) 5/(9) 32 13 5 14 49 64 44 1/8 finals

European record

Matches

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 1Q Budućnost Podgorica 0–0 3–1 3–1
2Q Vojvodina 1–1 0–3 1–4
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1Q Dinamo Minsk 0–2 1–2 1–4
2017–18 UEFA Champions League 2Q Astana 0–1 1–1 1–2
2018–19 UEFA Champions League 1Q Red Star Belgrade 0−0 0−2 0–2
UEFA Europa League 2Q La Fiorita 6−0 3−0 9−0
3Q Sūduva Marijampolė 0−1 0–0 0–1
Notes
  • 1Q: First qualifying round
  • 2Q: Second qualifying round
  • 3Q: Third qualifying round

Sponsors

Sponsors

Jūrmalas Pilsētas Dome
Hanseatisches Fußball Kontor GmbH
Sportland

Kit manufacturer

Nike Inc.

Players and staff

As of 1 November 2022

Current squad

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 Dāvis Veisbuks
2 DF  LVA Klavs Kramens
3 DF  LVA Timurs Azarovs
4 MF  LVA Deniss Meļņiks
5 MF  LVA Danila Patijcuks
7 MF  GHA Kwadwo Asamoah
8 MF  LVA Vladislavs Soloveičiks
10 FW  LVA Daniils Hvoinickis
11 MF  RUS Valentin Zekhov
12 GK  LVA Konstantīns Maculevičs
13 MF  FIN Adam Markhiyev
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF  LVA Raivis Skrebels
16 DF  LVA Daniels Grauds
17 FW  LVA Artjoms Zamullo
18 MF  LVA Kristians Godiņš
20 MF  UKR Yaroslav Terekhov
21 GK  LVA Iļja Isajevs
22 MF  LVA Artūrs Ļotčikovs
23 DF  LVA Deņiss Rogovs
26 FW  LVA Artūrs Ostapenko
27 DF  LVA Aleksandrs Solovjovs

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  NGA Lucky Opara (on loan at Narva Trans)
— MF  NGA Aliyu Yau Adam (on loan at Hapoel Acre)
— MF  NGA Luiz Igbineweka (on loan at Mosta)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  NGA Sunday Akinbule (on loan at Mosta)
— FW  NCA Ariagner Smith (on loan at Panevėžys)

Staff

Name, surname Position
Seržiks Melkumjans President
Spartaks Melkumjans Chairman
Alexei Eremenko Sr. Manager
Saulius Cekanavičius Assistant manager
Aleksandrs Proskurņins Goalkeeper coach
Pāvels Fjodorovs Administrator
Stefan Botezatu Physiotherapist

References

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