FK Liepājas Metalurgs
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FK Liepājas Metalurgs (
History
Based in Liepāja, FK Liepājas Metalurgs, got their name from the city's metallurgical factory, founded in 1882, the only one of its kind in the Baltic states.
The history of the club can be traced back to 1945 when two football clubs were founded in Liepāja – Daugava Liepāja and Dinamo Liepāja.
Daugava Liepāja and Dinamo Liepāja: 1945–1947
In its debut season Daugava Liepāja were runners-up in the Latvian league behind the champions
Dinamo Liepāja did not play in the Latvian top league. However, in 1948 Dinamo won the
Sarkanais Metalurgs: 1949–1961
In 1949 Daugava Liepāja and Dinamo Liepāja merged to form Sarkanais Metalurgs which, for the next decade, was the strongest club in the Latvian league. In 1949, Sarkanais Metalurgs won both the league and the Latvian Cup. More titles followed in 1951, 1953, 1954, and from 1956 to 1958. They also won the Latvian Cup three times in a row from 1953 to 1955. In 1954 after beating
Zvejnieks Liepāja: 1962–1989
In 1962, the club changed owners and was renamed Zvejnieks Liepāja. It was considered to be the second team for
In the 1980s Vladimirs Žuks coached Zvejnieks and several bright players emerged with the club including Jānis Intenbergs, Ilmārs Verpakovskis, Alekseja Šarando, Vladimirs Babičevs and Ainārs Linards. A number of Daugava Rīga players also played for Zvejnieks including Raimonds Laizāns and Dainis Deglis.
Olimpija Liepāja: 1990–1993
In 1990, the club was renamed and given the name of a former Latvian club that played in the 1920s–1930s –
FK Liepāja: 1994
In 1994, the club was renamed FK Liepāja but played only one season with that name.
DAG Liepāja: 1995–1996
In 1995 FK Liepāja was merged with
Baltika Liepāja: 1996–1997
In 1996, the club changed owners again and became Baltika Liepāja. In 1996 Māris Verpakovskis, the son of Ilmārs Verpakovskis and future Latvia national football team international made his debut for the club. For some time the club was on the brink of bankruptcy and struggled to stop the best players from leaving the club. However, the club got new funding from the local Metallurgy factory and for the 1997 season at last had a stable budget and ambitious plans again.
FK Liepājas Metalurgs: 1997–2013
In 1998 Metalurgs with Jurijs Popkovs as their head coach finished second behind Skonto in the Latvian Virslīga and each season up to 2004 Metalurgs finished second in the championship. In the Latvian Cup they also lost three cup finals. In 2005 Metalurgs finally became Virslīga champions and won the first title for Liepāja in an independent Latvia since the 1930s. In 2006 Metalurgs also finally won the Latvian Cup. The next league title came in 2009.
2013
After the 2013 league season the club was dissolved due to the bankruptcy of its sole sponsor metallurgical plant Liepājas Metalurgs. There were talks held with potential investors about salvation of the club, but due to lack of suitable options a decision was made to end its existence. The club was replaced by FK Liepāja, founded in 2014.
Honours
- Virslīga
- Champions (2): 2005, 2009
- Virslīga
- Runners-up (8): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011
- Latvian Cup
- Champions (9): 1946, 1947, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1963, 1964, 2006
- Baltic League
- Champions (1): 2007
- Champions (1):
- Latvian–Soviet League
- Champions (9): 1946, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958
League and Cup history
Latvian SSR / Soviet Union
- Sarkanais Metalurgs
Season | Division (Name) | Pos./Teams | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Latvian Football Cup |
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1989 | 1st (Virslīga) | 7/(17) | 31 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 46 | 40 | 34 |
Soviet Union
- Zvejnieks Liepaja
Season | Division (Name) | Pos./Teams | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Soviet Cup |
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1989 | 3rd (Soviet Second League) | 19/(22) | 42 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 28 | 59 | 26 | did not participate |
- Olimpija Liepāja
Season | Division (Name) | Pos./Teams | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Soviet Cup |
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1990 | 4th (Soviet Second League B) | 7/(17) | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 37 | 37 | did not participate |
Baltic
- Liepājas Metalurgs
Season | Division (Name) | Pos./Teams | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Soviet Cup |
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1990 | Baltic | 16/(17) | 32 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 97 | 13 | did not participate |
Latvian SSR / Soviet Union
- Olimpija Liepāja
Season | Division (Name) | Pos./Teams | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Latvian Football Cup |
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1991 | 1st (Virslīga) | 3/(20) | 36 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 95 | 34 | 58 |
Latvia
- Olimpija Liepāja
Season | Division (Name) | Pos./Teams | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Latvian Football Cup |
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1992 | 1st (Virslīga) | 6/(12) | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 25 | |
1993 | 1st (Virslīga) | 7/(12) | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 46 | 12 |
Season | Division (Name) | Pos./Teams | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Latvian Football Cup |
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1994 | 1st (Virslīga) | 11/(12) | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 46 | 9 | Runner-up |
- DAG Liepāja
Season | Division (Name) | Pos./Teams | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Latvian Football Cup |
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1995 | 1st (Virslīga) | 8/(10) | 24 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 57 | 28 | Runner-up |
- FK Baltika
Season | Division (Name) | Pos./Teams | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Latvian Football Cup |
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1996 | 1st (Virslīga) | 5/(10) | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 38 | 1/4 finals |
- FK Liepājas Metalurgs
Season Division (Name) Pos./Teams Pl. W D L GS GA P Latvian Football Cup 1997 1st (Virslīga) 5/(9) 24 9 4 11 27 32 31 did not participate 1998 1st (Virslīga) 2/(8) 28 17 6 5 62 25 57 Runner-up 1999 1st (Virslīga) 2/(8) 28 19 3 6 75 25 60 semi-finals 2000 1st (Virslīga) 3/(8) 28 16 7 5 51 25 55 Runner-up 2001 1st (Virslīga) 3/(8) 28 20 4 4 60 24 64 semi-finals 2002 1st (Virslīga) 3/(8) 28 15 6 7 56 31 51 Runner-up 2003 1st (Virslīga) 2/(8) 28 22 2 4 100 29 68 1/4 finals 2004 1st (Virslīga) 2/(8) 28 21 3 4 85 27 66 semi-finals 2005 1st (Virslīga) 1/(8) 28 22 5 1 85 19 71 Runner-up 2006 1st (Virslīga) 2/(8) 28 18 6 4 66 20 62 Winner 2007 1st (Virslīga) 2/(8) 28 18 4 6 42 21 58 1/4 finals 2008 1st (Virslīga) 2/(10) 28 14 11 3 48 25 53 1/4 finals 2009 1st (Virslīga) 1/(9) 32 25 4 3 96 23 79 1/4 finals 2010 1st (Virslīga) 3/(10) 27 19 4 4 70 20 61 1/4 finals 2011 1st (Virslīga) 2/(9) 32 22 4 6 74 26 70 Runner-up 2012 1st (Virslīga) 4/(10) 36 21 7 8 60 33 70 Runner-up 2013 1st (Virslīga) 5/(10) 27 11 7 9 54 35 40 semi-finals
Participation in the Baltic League
Year | Position |
2007/08 | Winner |
2008/09 | Quarter-finals |
2009/10 | Semi-finals |
2010/11 | Semi-finals |
Europe record
Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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1998/99
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UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 1R | Keflavík | 4–2 | 0–1 | 4–3 | |
2R | Braga
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0–0 | 0–4 | 0–4 | |||
1999/00 | UEFA Cup
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QR | Lech Poznań | 3–2 | 1–3 | 4–5 | |
2000/01 | UEFA Cup
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QR | Brann | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
2001
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UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1 | Cork City
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1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
2 | Heerenveen | 3–2 | 1–6 | 4–8 | |||
2002/03 | UEFA Cup
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QR | Kärnten | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–6 | |
2003/04 | UEFA Cup
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QR | Dinamo București | 1–1 | 2–5 | 3–6 | |
2004/05 | UEFA Cup
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1QR | Tórshavn | 8–1 | 3–1 | 11–2 | |
2Q | Östers | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 (a) | |||
1 | Schalke 04 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 1–9 | |||
2005/06 | UEFA Cup
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1QR | Runavík | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | |
2QR | Genk | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–6 | |||
2006/07 | UEFA Champions League | 1QR | Aktobe | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
2QR | Dynamo Kyiv | 1–4 | 0–4 | 1–8 | |||
2007/08 | UEFA Cup
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1QR | Dinamo Brest
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1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
2QR | AIK | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–4 | |||
2008/09 | UEFA Cup
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1QR | Glentoran | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
2QR | Vaslui
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0–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 | |||
2009/10
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UEFA Europa League | 2QR | Dinamo Tbilisi | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 | |
2010/11 | UEFA Champions League | 2QR | Sparta Prague | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–5 | |
2011/12
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UEFA Europa League | 2QR | Red Bull Salzburg | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–4 | |
2012/13
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UEFA Europa League | 1QR | La Fiorita
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4–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | |
2QR | Legia Warsaw | 2–2 | 1–5 | 3–7 | |||
2013/14
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UEFA Europa League | 1QR | Prestatyn Town FC
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1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 (3–4 p) |
UEFA Team Ranking 2012/13
Rank | Country | Team | Points |
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282 | FC Honka Espoo |
3.701 | |
283 | NK Olimpija Ljubljana | 3.691 | |
284 | FC Differdange 03 | 3.675 | |
285 | Liepājas Metalurgs | 3.658 | |
286 | Örebro SK | 3.625 |
Sponsors
Role | Sponsors |
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General sponsors | Liepājas Metalurgs (bankruptcy in 2013) |
Kit manufacturer | Adidas |
Notable former players
FK Liepājas Metalurgs players who have either appeared for their respective national team at any time or received an individual award while at the club.
- Māris Verpakovskis
- Andrejs Rubins
- Jānis Ikaunieks (footballer)
- Dāvis Ikaunieks
- Deniss Rakels
- Oskars Kļava
- Deniss Ivanovs
- Viktors Dobrecovs
- Ģirts Karlsons
- Genādijs Soloņicins
- Vladimirs Kamešs
- Vladimirs Babičevs
- Ritus Krjauklis
- Valentīns Lobaņovs
- Ilmārs Verpakovskis
- Artūrs Zakreševskis
- Dzintars Zirnis
- Armands Zeiberliņš
- Pāvels Mihadjuks
- Andrejs Prohorenkovs
- Jurģis Pučinskis
- Maksims Rafaļskis
- Kristaps Grebis
- Dzintars Sproģis
- Pāvels Šteinbors
- Antonio Ferreira de Oliveira Junior
- Takafumi Akahoshi
- Valeri Shantalosau
- Radzislaw Arlowski
- Nerijus Valskis
- Mindaugas Kalonas
- Artūras Rimkevičius
- Darius Gvildys
- Giedrius Žutautas
- Tomas Tamošauskas
- Vladimir Tatarchuk
- Aleksei Bobrov
- Sergei Skoblyakov
- Aleksandr Katasonov
- Mikhail Nikolayevich Solovyov
- David Yurchenko
- Serhiy Seleznyov
- Yuriy Hrytsyna
- Andrei Cojocari
Managers
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Women's team
The women's team played in the Latvian highest league and won the championship in 2010 and 2012. It represented Latvia at the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League.[3] It was the first time a team from Latvia had entered the competition since its creation in 2001–02.
See also
References
- ^ "USSR Class B 1954, 2nd zone". KLISF. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
- ^ "USSR Class B 1960, Republics, 2nd zone". KLISF. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
- ^ stabak.no. "Stabæk Fotball > Women's Champions League" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
External links
- Latvian Football Federation website (in Latvian and English)
- Soccerway.com (in English)