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Line 6: \| image = File:Noformējums bez nosaukuma-removebg-preview.png \| image_size = 250px \| fullname = FKFutbola klubs RFS RFS \| nickname = \| founded = {{start date and age\|2016}} \| ground = [[LNK Sporta Parks]] \| capacity = 2,300 \| chairman = [[Artjoms Milovs]] \| manager = [[Viktors Morozs]] \| league = [[Latvian Higher League\|Virsliga]] \| season = [[~~2024~~2023 Latvian Higher League\|~~2024~~2023]] \| position = [[Latvian Higher League\|Virsliga]], 1st of 10 \| current = 2024 FK RFS season \| website = https://fkrfs.lv▼ ~~<!-- First Kit -->~~\| pattern_la1 = _nikevapor4gr \| pattern_b1 = _nikevapor4gr \| pattern_ra1 = _nikevapor4gr \| pattern_sh1 = _nikevapor4gr \| pattern_so1 = \| leftarm1 = ~~0000ff~~0000FF \| body1 = ~~0000ff~~0000FF \| rightarm1 = ~~0000ff~~0000FF \| shorts1 = ~~0000ff~~0000FF \| socks1 = ~~0000ff~~0000FF ~~<!-- Second Kit -->~~\| pattern_la2 = _nikevapor4w \| pattern_b2 = _nikevapor4w \| pattern_ra2 = _nikevapor4w Line 47: \| shorts3 = \| socks3 = ▲\| website = https://fkrfs.lv }} '''FK RFS''' is a professional ~~Latvian~~[[Latvia]]n [[association football\|football]] club based in [[Riga]]. The club competes in [[Latvian Higher League\|Virsliga]], the top tier of the [[Latvian football league system]]. Founded in 2016, the club has worn a blue home kit and a white away kit since its inception. Since the start of playing in the Latvian higher league ~~in 2016~~, RFS played their home matches in [[Jānis Skredelis' ~~stadium~~Stadium]] for almost 6 years, before moving to [[LNK Sporta Parks]] in the summer of 2022. The club has been crowned as Latvian champions twice in [[2021 Latvian Higher League\|2021]] and [[2023 Latvian Higher League\|2023]], and has also won the [[Latvian Football Cup\|Latvian cup]] on two occasions – in [[2019 Latvian Football Cup\|2019]] and [[2021 Latvian Football Cup\|2021]]. RFS were named as the Best Sports Club in Riga of the year 2022. In 2022, RFS became only the 2nd Latvian club to qualify for European group stages since [[FK Ventspils]] in the [[2009–10 UEFA Europa League\|2009/10]] season, after beating [[Linfield F.C.\|Linfield]] in a play-off tie. Line 57 ⟶ 58: == History == === The settling in (2016–2017) === The new club had new management as its general sponsor became the ~~Latvian company~~ [[LNK Group]], ~~which is~~ run by the Latvian businessman [[Artjoms Milovs]]. He became the club's president. Learning that they’re going to play in the higher league less than a month before the kickoff of the new season, the club had to act fast by bringing in experienced players, mostly from the [[Skonto FC]] themselves. The most notable arrivals were the center-back [[Ritus Krjauklis]] from FK Ventspils and the forward [[Aleksejs Višņakovs]]. ~~from Skonto.~~With completely new management and identity, RFS started their first official season in the Virsliga with a finish in 6th place, just 5 points ahead of the relegation play-off spot. Over the course of the season, RFS won 9, drew 8, and lost 11 games, scoring only 22 goals, which was the 2nd lowest result in the league. RFS also secured their place in the [[2016–17 Latvian Football Cup\|2016–17 Latvian Cup]] quarterfinal after a trashing 7–0 victory over [[FK Ogre]]. During the season, RFS changed their manager twice, but at the end decided to go with [[Jurijs Ševļakovs]]. [[File:RFS_1.jpg\|left\|thumb\|268x268px\|RFS' director of football (Aleksandrs Usovs), general director (Maksims Krivuņecs), head coach (Jurijs Popkovs), and captain (Aleksandrs Višņakovs) back in 2016.]] In the [[2017 Latvian Higher League\|2017 season]], [[Andrejs Kaļiņins]] took over as manager as RFS brought in more new faces, including former [[Watford F.C.\|Watford]] and [[PFC CSKA Moscow\|CSKA Moscow]] midfielder [[Aleksandrs Cauņa]], [[FK Liepāja\|Liepaja's]] [[Roberts Savaļnieks]], and Georgian defender [[Lasha Shergelashvili]]. They also permanently signed the club's top scorer from last season – [[Igors Kozlovs]]. Experienced Ritus Krjauklis left after just one season alongside [[Raivis Jurkovskis]], whose loan deal at RFS had ended. But in their place came more promising players, as well as young Latvian stars like [[Roberts Uldriķis]] and [[Marko Regža]].▼ ▲In the [[2017 Latvian Higher League\|2017 season]], [[Andrejs Kaļiņins]] took over ~~as manager~~ as RFS brought in more new faces, including former [[Watford F.C.\|Watford]] and [[PFC CSKA Moscow\|CSKA Moscow]] midfielder [[Aleksandrs Cauņa]], [[FK Liepāja\|Liepaja's]] [[Roberts Savaļnieks]], and Georgian defender [[Lasha Shergelashvili]]. They also permanently signed the club's top scorer from last season – [[Igors Kozlovs]]. Experienced Ritus Krjauklis left after just one season alongside [[Raivis Jurkovskis]], whose loan deal at RFS had ended. But in their place came more promising players, as well as young Latvian stars like [[Roberts Uldriķis]] and [[Marko Regža]]. On the opening matchday, RFS defeated the title holders [[FK Spartaks Jūrmala\|Jūrmalas Spartaks]] 2–1 thanks to Roberts Uldriķis' debut brace. RFS proved to be the underdogs that year as they finished 5th in the league, just off the [[UEFA Europa League\|Europa League]] qualification spot, after not winning against [[FS Jelgava\|FK Jelgava]] on the final matchday, meaning that they finished behind Ventspils just because of goal difference.▼ ▲On the opening matchday, RFS defeated the title holders [[FK Spartaks Jūrmala\|Jūrmalas Spartaks]] 2–1 thanks to Roberts Uldriķis' debut brace. RFS proved to be the underdogs that year as they finished 5th in the league, just off the [[UEFA Europa League\|Europa League]] qualification spot, after not winning against [[FS Jelgava\|FK Jelgava]] on the final matchday~~, meaning that they finished behind Ventspils just because of goal difference~~. In the 2016–17 Latvian Cup, once again thanks to Roberts Uldriķis, RFS managed to beat [[FK Metta]] 1–0 to advance into the semi-final, but suffered a defeat in a two-legged tie (1–2) to FK Ventspils after Aleksejs Višņakovs did not convert the penalty in the dying minutes of the match in the 2nd leg.▼ ▲In the 2016–17 Latvian Cup, once again thanks to Roberts Uldriķis, RFS managed to beat [[FK Metta]] 1–0 to advance into the semi-final, but suffered a defeat in a two-legged tie (1–2) to [[FK Ventspils]] after Aleksejs Višņakovs did not convert the [[penalty kick]] in the dying minutes of the match in the 2nd leg. Just 2 months later, the [[2017 Latvian Football Cup\|2017 Latvian Cup]] kicked off, in which RFS managed to reach the semi-final, but this time fell 4–1 to FK Liepāja.▼ ▲Just 2 months later, the [[2017 Latvian Football Cup\|2017 Latvian Cup]] kicked off, in which RFS managed to reach the semi-final, but this time fell 4–1 to [[FK Liepāja]]. Overall, in just their second season in the highest tier, RFS had already proved that they could challenge the big guns and fight for a spot in Europe, and that was exactly what happened the next season. Line 149 ⟶ 152: However, back in the league, Riga finally dropped points following their 1–1 draw with SK Super Nova, and RFS took advantage of that by scoring 2 injury-time goals against [[FK Tukums 2000\|FK Tukums]] to win 5–4 in a 9-goal thriller and to clinch an important 3 points. Both teams won their next two matches as it all came down to the last matchday, with RFS still being 1 point behind. RFS faced Metta, while Riga FC faced the current title holders Valmiera FC away from home. The home advantage paid off as Valmiera managed to draw, leaving it in RFS’ hands to win the title. Back in Riga, RFS obtained a crucial penalty~~, which was~~ converted by Jānis Ikaunieks ~~as the full-time whistle was blown~~, granting ~~RFS~~them their second~~-ever~~ Latvian championship title. == Grounds == Line 158 ⟶ 161: However, after that period, RFS moved to their new ground called [[LNK Sporta Parks]], which was built by the RFS chairman's company – LNK Properties. The sports complex includes two natural grass grounds – one for matches, one for training sessions – and three artificial grounds. They also played selected European matches at [[Skonto Stadium]]. == Records and statistics == Line 205 ⟶ 208: \| [[UEFA Europa League]] \|\| 5 \|\| 3 \|\| 0 \|\| 2 \|\| 12 \|\| 5 \|\| +7 \|- \| [[UEFA ~~Europa~~ Conference League]] \|\| 20 \|\| 6 \|\| 6 \|\| 8 \|\| 28 \|\| 29 \|\| −1 \|- \|- class="unsortable" Line 236 ⟶ 239: \|- \| rowspan="3"\| [[2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League\|2021–22]] \| rowspan="3"\| [[UEFA ~~Europa~~ Conference League]] \| [[2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League#First qualifying round\|1QR]] \| {{flagicon\|FRO}} [[Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag\|KÍ]] Line 263 ⟶ 266: \| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#FFDDDD"\| '''2–2 {{pso\|4–5}}''' \|- \| rowspan="5"\| [[UEFA ~~Europa~~ Conference League]] \| [[2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League#Third qualifying round\|3QR]] \| {{flagicon\|MLT}} [[Hibernians F.C.\|Hibernians]] Line 291 ⟶ 294: \|- \| rowspan="2"\| [[2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League\|2023–24]] \| rowspan="2"\| [[UEFA ~~Europa~~ Conference League]] \| [[2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League#First qualifying round\|1QR]] \| {{flagicon\|MKD}} [[FK Makedonija G.P.\|Makedonija GP]] Line 304 ⟶ 307: \| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#FFDDDD"\| '''1–4''' \|- \| rowspan="412"\| [[Template:2024–25 in European football (UEFA)\|2024–25]] \| rowspan="2"\| [[UEFA Champions League]] \| [[2024–25 UEFA Champions League#First qualifying round\|1QR]] Line 318 ⟶ 321: \| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#FFDDDD"\| '''1–7''' \|- \| rowspan="210"\| [[UEFA Europa League]] \| [[2024–25 UEFA Europa League#Third qualifying round\|3QR]] \| {{flagicon\|AND}} [[UE Santa Coloma]] Line 330 ⟶ 333: \| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#FFDDDD"\| 1–2 {{aet}} \| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#DDFFDD"\| '''3–3 {{pso\|4–2}}''' \|- \| rowspan="8"\| [[2024–25 UEFA Europa League#League phase\|LP]] \| {{flagicon\|NED}} [[AFC Ajax\|Ajax]] \| \| align=center {{N/A}} \| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;\| \|- \| {{flagicon\|GER}} [[Eintracht Frankfurt]] \| align=center {{N/A}} \| \|- \| {{flagicon\|GRE}} [[PAOK FC\|PAOK]] \| \| align=center {{N/A}} \|- \| {{flagicon\|ISR}} [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.\|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] \| align=center {{N/A}} \| \|- \| {{flagicon\|TUR}} [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)\|Galatasaray]] \| \| align=center {{N/A}} \|- \| {{flagicon\|UKR}} [[FC Dynamo Kyiv\|Dynamo Kyiv]] \| align=center {{N/A}} \| \|- \| {{flagicon\|BEL}} [[R.S.C. Anderlecht\|Anderlecht]] \| \| align=center {{N/A}} \|- \| {{flagicon\|ROU}} [[FCSB]] \| align=center {{N/A}} \| \|- \|} ;Notes * '''QR''': Qualifying round * '''GS''': Group stage * '''LP''': League phase == Honours == Line 362 ⟶ 401: {{Fs player\|no=18\|nat=LAT\|pos=MF\|name=Dmitrijs Zelenkovs}} {{Fs player\|no=21\|nat=LAT\|pos=DF\|name=[[Elvis Stuglis]]}} {{Fs player\|no=22\|nat=SRB\|pos=FW\|name=[[Darko ~~Lemajič~~Lemajić]]}} {{Fs player\|no=23\|nat=ALB\|pos=DF\|name=[[Herdi Prenga]]}} {{Fs mid}}