2024 FK RFS season

FK RFS

2024 season
Chairman	Artjoms Milovs
Manager	Viktors Morozs
Stadium	LNK Sporta Parks
Latvian Higher League	1st (champions)
Latvian Cup	Winners
Latvian Supercup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	League phase
Top goalscorer	League: Jānis Ikaunieks (16) All: Jānis Ikaunieks (26)
Home colours Away colours
←  2023

The 2024 season is the 8th season in the history of FK RFS, all of which have come in the Latvian Higher League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is competing in the Latvian Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League.

On 29 August, RFS became the first Baltic club to reach the main stage of the UEFA Europa League. ^[1]

Players

As of 15 August 2024 ^[2]

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 Pāvels Šteinbors 2 DF   LVA Daniels Balodis 3 FW   NGA Victor Osuagwu 6 MF   GAM Alfusainey Jatta 7 FW   CIV Ismaël Diomandé 8 FW   GEO Lasha Odisharia 9 MF   LVA Jānis Ikaunieks 10 FW   BRA Emerson Deocleciano 11 DF   LVA Roberts Savaļnieks 13 GK   LVA Jevgēņijs Ņerugals 15 FW   CMR Rostand Ndjiki 16 GK   LVA Sergejs Vilkovs 17 FW   CIV Cedric Kouadio 18 MF   LVA Dmitrijs Zelenkovs 21 DF   LVA Elvis Stuglis 22 FW   SRB Darko Lemajič 23 DF   ALB Herdi Prenga

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 FW   JPN Mikaze Nagasawa 25 DF   CZE Petr Mareš 26 MF   SRB Stefan Panić 27 MF   FIN Adam Markhiyev 28 MF   LVA Dāvis Sedols 30 MF   GAM Rasid Njie 33 DF   LVA Dāvis Cucurs 40 GK   CMR Fabrice Ondoa 43 DF   SVN Žiga Lipušček (captain) 49 MF   LVA Mārtiņš Ķigurs 52 DF   LVA Mārcis Ošs 70 FW   SRB Dragoljub Savić 77 FW   GEO Luka Silagadze 97 MF   LVA Jevgeņijs Miņins 99 MF   LVA Gļebs Žaleiko — MF   LVA Efraims Valutadatils — MF   LVA Dāvis Sedols

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Latvian Higher League	8 March 2024	9 November 2024	Matchday 1		36	29	3	4	103	25	+78	080.56
Latvian Football Cup	13 July 2024	30 October 2024	Round of 16	Winner	4	4	0	0	12	7	+5	100.00
Latvian Super Cup	2 March 2024		Final	Runners-up	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
UEFA Champions League	10 July 2024	31 July 2024	First Qualifying Round	Second Qualifying Round	4	2	0	2	8	7	+1	050.00
UEFA Europa League	27 September 2024	TBD	Third Qualifying Round		12	4	2	6	18	16	+2	033.33
Total					57	39	6	12	142	56	+86	068.42

Last updated: 30 October 2024
Source: Competitions

Latvian Higher League

Main article: 2024 Latvian Higher League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	RFS (C)	36	29	3	4	103	25	+78	90	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Riga	36	27	6	3	99	23	+76	87	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round [a]
3	Auda	36	18	6	12	63	34	+29	60	Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
4	Valmiera (R, X)	36	19	7	10	75	39	+36	55 [b]	Relegation to the Latvian Second League [c]
5	Daugavpils	36	11	9	16	43	60	−17	42	Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round

Source: LFF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play ranking; 7) Play-off. ^[6]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated; (X) Banned from Latvian Higher League license and relegated to 2025 Latvian Second League
Notes:

1. The 2024 Latvian Football Cup winners qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round. Since the cup winners (RFS) qualified based on league position, the Conference League spot was passed to the second-placed team, and the second Conference League first qualifying round spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.
2. On 19 April, Valmiera were deducted three points, with an additional six points and a suspended 25 points deduction being issued on 11 October due to licensing regulation breaches. ^{[3] [4]}
3. Valmiera were relegated at the end of the season after being refused both Latvian Higher League and Latvian First League licenses; Jelgava were reprieved from relegation. ^[5]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
36	29	3	4	103	25	+78	90	14	1	3	61	14	+47	15	2	1	42	11	+31

Last updated: 10 November 2024.
Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2024. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Auda v RFS

8 March 20241	Auda	1 - 2	RFS	Riga
18:00 EET	W.Paugain  16' Abiodun Ogunniyi  50'60' Saveļjevs  78' Isajevs  82' Lucas Ramos  87' Meleye Diagne  87'	Report	Lemajić 44' 90+5' Panić  57' Lipušček  90'90+1' Diomandé  90+3'	Stadium: Mežaparks Sports Village Attendance: 315 Referee: Jevgenijs Keziks

RFS v Valmiera

15 March 20242	RFS	0 - 1	Valmiera	Riga
18:00 EET	Lemajić  29' Panić  31'	Report	Meissa Diop 25' 56' Léo Gaúcho  47' Guèye  77'	Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Attendance: 510 Referee: Aleksandrs Anufrijevs

Liepāja v RFS

30 March 20243	Liepāja	0 - 3	RFS	Liepāja
14:00 EET	Vazha Patsatsia  41' Dodô  45' Fraj Kayramani  55'	Report	Prenga 31' Mareš  43' Ikaunieks  54' Savaļnieks 56' Lemajić 71'	Stadium: Daugava Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs

RFS v FS Jelgava

3 April 20244	RFS	5 - 1	FS Jelgava	Riga
19:00 EET	Savić 4' Emerson Deocleciano 14' Valters Purs 28' (o.g.) Savaļnieks 30' Lemajić 68'	Report	Ralfs Sitjakovs 87'	Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Attendance: 316 Referee: Vasilijs Mordatenko

BFC Daugavpils v RFS

7 April 20245	BFC Daugavpils	1 - 1	RFS	Daugavpils
15:00 EET	Ņikita Barkovskis  30' Abdoul Kader Traore 50'	Report	Emerson Deocleciano 20' Markhiyev  62'	Stadium: Celtnieks Stadium Attendance: 630 Referee: Artis Ķēniņš

RFS v Tukums

12 April 20246	RFS	5 - 0	Tukums	Riga
19:00 EET	Mikaze Nagasawa 9' Stuglis 20' Cedric Kouadio 39' Diomandé 48' Mohamed Koné  81' Ķigurs 84'	Report	Maksims Sidorovs  39' Kristaps Krievins  77'	Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Attendance: 341 Referee: Aleksejs Griščenko

RFS v Metta

17 April 20247	RFS	2 - 0	Metta	Riga
19:30 EET	Diomandé 56' Mareš 65' Lipušček  89'	Report	Jegors Novikovs  71' Ulimbaševs  86' Hugo Jesse  90+3'	Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Attendance: 391 Referee: Sergejs Vasjkovs

Grobiņas SC v RFS

23 April 20248	Grobiņas SC	0 - 4	RFS	Liepāja
13:00 EET		Report	Stuglis 11' Savić 26' Diomandé 59' Panić 73'	Stadium: Stadions Daugava mākslīgas laukums Attendance: 263 Referee: Vasilijs Mordatenko

Riga v RFS

27 April 20249	Riga	1 - 2	RFS	Riga
19:00 EET	Dašķevičs  18' Gauthier Mankenda 56' 89' Gonzalo Muscia  66' Baba Musah  90+2'	Report	Mareš 13' Diomandé  67' Lemajić 80' Ņerugals  87' Lipušček  89'	Stadium: Skonto Stadium Attendance: 5,314 Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs

RFS v Auda

1 May 202410	RFS	2 - 1	Auda	Riga
16:00 EET	Emerson Deocleciano  16' Mareš 20' Savaļnieks  35' Markhiyev 85' 90+2'	Report	Matheus Clemente 10' 59' Dennis Meļņiks  27' Isajevs  63' Lucas Ramos  68' Reginaldo Ramires  89'	Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Attendance: 644 Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs

Valmiera v RFS

5 May 202411	Valmiera	2 - 0	RFS	Valmiera
14:00 EET	Porsan-Clémenté 54' Alioune Ndoye 78' (pen.)	Report	Stuglis  32' Mareš  45'	Stadium: Jānis Daliņš Stadium Attendance: 573 Referee: Sergejs Vasjkovs

RFS v Liepāja

10 May 202412	RFS	4 - 1	Liepāja	Riga
18:00 EET	Lemajić 17'31' 75' Mikaze Nagasawa 51' Lasha Odisharia 90+3'	Report	Mouhamadou Diaw 37' Cheikh Faye  59'	Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Attendance: 306 Referee: Kristaps Ratnieks

FS Jelgava v RFS

15 May 202413	FS Jelgava	1 - 2	RFS	Jelgava
18:30 EET	Ikuto Gomi  21' Ede Oloko 30' Pētersons  75' Dylan Maes  87'	Report	Markhiyev  30' Dmitrijs Zelenkovs 58' Stuglis  73' Lipušček 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Zemgale Olympic Center Attendance: 141 Referee: Aleksejs Griščenko

RFS v BFC Daugavpils

20 May 202414	RFS	5 - 0	BFC Daugavpils	Riga
19:00 EET	Panić 17' 24' Diomandé  49' Lemajić 60' Ķigurs 63' Savaļnieks 73' Markhiyev  86' Mareš 87' (Pen.)	Report	Lawrance Shimave Ugen  26' Ņikita Barkovskis  36' 43' Glebs Mihalcovs  43' Wally Fofana  49'	Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Attendance: 462 Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs

Tukums v RFS

25 May 202415	Tukums	0 - 1	RFS	Tukums
18:00 EET	Maksims Sidorovs  82' Mihoubi  89'	Report	Lemajić 24' Rasid Njie  80' Panić  90+3'	Stadium: Tukuma Pilsētas Stadions Attendance: 308 Referee: Deniss Ignatjevs

Metta v RFS

29 May 202416	Metta	0 - 6	RFS	Riga
18:00 EET	Jegors Novikovs  17' Ralfs Pakulis  75'	Report	Rasid Njie 3' Lipušček 18' (pen.) 53' Markhiyev  26' Emerson Deocleciano 30' Diomandé 41' Mareš 49' Rostand Ndjiki 61' Lasha Odisharia  80'	Stadium: Rīgas Hanzas vidusskolas stadions Attendance: 176 Referee: Edgars Maļcevs

RFS v Grobiņas SC

2 June 202417	RFS	5 - 0	Grobiņas SC	Riga
18:00 EET	Prenga 8' Diomandé 58' Emerson Deocleciano 65' (Pen.)82' Jānis Krautmanis 72' (o.g.) Rasid Njie  80'	Report	Dāvids Družiņins  17'	Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Attendance: 267 Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs

RFS v Riga

16 June 202418	RFS	2 - 2	Riga	Riga
20:00 EET	Lipušček 10' 74' Diomandé 53' Ikaunieks  71'	Report	Ousseynou Niang 60' Baba Musah 71' Černomordijs  75' Orosco  81'	Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Attendance: 1,519 Referee: Edgars Maļcevs

Auda v RFS

21 June 202419	Auda	1 - 3	RFS	Riga
20:00 EET	Ibrahim Kone  41' Reginaldo Ramires  45+2'76' Oskars Rubenis  90'	Report	Savaļnieks 5' Mareš  41' Diomandé 48' Ikaunieks 61'	Stadium: Skonto Stadium Attendance: 450 Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs

RFS v Valmiera

26 June 202420	RFS	4 - 1	Valmiera	Riga
20:00 EET	Ikaunieks 2'45+2' (Pen.) Rasid Njie  18' Ķigurs  67' Cedric Kouadio 84'90+2' Mareš  88'	Report	Bahamboula 37' Alioune Ndoye  44' Toņiševs  79'	Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Attendance: 524 Referee: Andris Treimanis

Liepāja v RFS

1 July 202421	Liepāja	1 - 3	RFS	Liepāja
19:00 EET	Cheikh Diouf  13' Roberts Melkis 33' Luka Silagadze  52' Arcadio Baidoo  74'	Report	Emerson Deocleciano 13'79' Diomandé 56' Rasid Njie  90+1'	Stadium: Daugava Stadium Attendance: 536 Referee: Andrejs Gluhovs

RFS v FS Jelgava

5 July 202422	RFS	7 - 0	FS Jelgava	Riga
20:00 EET	Panić 5' Diomandé 8' Ikaunieks 26'47' Lasha Odisharia 40' Lemajić 79'88'	Report		Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Attendance: 283 Referee: Artis Ķēniņš

Tukums v RFS

27 July 202424	Tukums	1 - 4	RFS	Tukums
16:00 EET	Bogdans Samoilovs 14' 66' Vladimirs Stepanovs  37' Rudolfs Reingolcs  45+2' Mihoubi  49' Maksims Sidorovs  73'	Report	Ikaunieks 25' Ķigurs 60' Panić 66' Mareš 80'	Stadium: Tukuma Pilsētas Stadions Attendance: 217 Referee: Aleksejs Griščenko

RFS v Metta

4 August 202425	RFS	5 - 1	Metta	Riga
20:00 EET	Victor Osuagwu 7' Balodis  40' Diomandé 44' Panić 63'85' Prenga 68'	Report	Markuss Ivulāns 38' Kristofers Rēķis  41'	Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Attendance: 402 Referee: Andrejs Gluhovs

RFS v Grobiņas SC

11 August 202426	RFS	3 - 0	Grobiņas SC	Riga
20:00 EET	Luka Silagadze  38' Lasha Odisharia  53' Ikaunieks 56'90' Diomandé 63'	Report	Dāvids Družiņins  79'	Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Attendance: 263 Referee: Kristaps Ratnieks

Riga v RFS

25 August 202427	Riga	0 - 0	RFS	Riga
20:00 EET	Černomordijs  60' Ahmed Ankrah  75'	Report	Dmitrijs Zelenkovs  61' Lipušček  70' Emerson Deocleciano  90+3' Ondoa  90+4'	Stadium: Skonto Stadium Attendance: 5,321 Referee: Andris Treimanis

Valmiera v RFS

13 September 202429	Valmiera	1 - 2	RFS	Valmiera
17:00 EET	Gustavo  8' Kristers Aļekseičiks  29' Niks Dusalijevs  35' Bahamboula 57' Vapne  68'	Report	Ikaunieks 13' (Pen.)44' (Pen.) Ķigurs  30' Balodis  33' Prenga  49' Lipušček  90+2' Rostand Ndjiki  90+4'	Stadium: Jānis Daliņš Stadium Attendance: 650 Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs

RFS v BFC Daugavpils

17 September 202423	RFS	4 - 1	BFC Daugavpils	Riga
20:00 EET	Ķigurs 15' Markhiyev 17' Stuglis 45' Ošs 79' 89'	Report	Arman Galajs  13'89' Rinalds Aizups  64'	Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Attendance: 215 Referee: Aleksejs Griščenko

RFS v Liepāja

20 September 202430	RFS	2 - 0	Liepāja	Riga
20:00 EET	Ikaunieks 8' (pen.) Panić 61'	Report	Mouhamadou Diaw  15' Anto Babić  44' Pape Yare Fall  90+1'	Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Attendance: 456 Referee: Andrejs Gluhovs

FS Jelgava v RFS

30 September 202431	FS Jelgava	0 - 2	RFS	Jelgava
16:00 EET	Markuss Ivanovs  74'	Report	Rostand Ndjiki  45' Balodis  49' Ikaunieks  69' Lipušček 71' Victor Osuagwu 76'	Stadium: Zemgale Olympic Center Attendance: 187 Referee: Kristaps Ratnieks

BFC Daugavpils v RFS

6 October 202432	BFC Daugavpils	0 - 3	RFS	Daugavpils
17:00 EET		Report	Ikaunieks 41'42' Mikaze Nagasawa 90+2'	Stadium: Stadionā Esplanāde Attendance: 400 Referee: Deniss Ignatjevs

RFS v Auda

17 October 202428	RFS	1 - 2	Auda	Riga
18:00 EET	Ikaunieks 6' Lipušček  21'	Report	Bosančić  22' Mor Talla  59' Hrvoj  67' Matheus Clemente  68' Abiodun Ogunniyi 75' Taiwo 89' Zviedris  90+3'	Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Attendance: 476 Referee: Andris Treimanis

RFS v Tukums

20 October 202433	RFS	4 - 1	Tukums	Riga
16:00 EET	Ikaunieks 31' (Pen.)48' Victor Osuagwu 41' Ķigurs 46' Markhiyev  48' Rasid Njie  74'  89'	Report	Kristians Kauselis  26' Kaspars Anmanis  26' Mihoubi  36' Dans Sirbu 57'	Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Attendance: 419 Referee: Andrejs Gluhovs

Metta v RFS

28 October 202434	Metta	1 - 2	RFS	Riga
18:30 EET	Jegors Novikovs  57' Kristofers Rēķis  61' Artjoms Puzirevskis  72' Bruno Melnis 90+4'	Report	Panić 13' Prenga 68'	Stadium: Daugava Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Aleksejs Griščenko

Grobiņas SC v RFS

3 November 202435	Grobiņas SC	0 - 2	RFS	Liepāja
13:00 EET		Report	Savaļnieks 20' 59' Cedric Kouadio 71'	Stadium: Grobiņa Stadium Attendance: 568 Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs

RFS v Riga

10 November 202436	RFS	1 - 2	Riga	Riga
13:00 EET	Luka Silagadze 34' Ceti Tchibinda  70' Ošs  76' Markiyev  90+4'	Report	Jurkovskis 12' Ahmed Ankrah  45+2' Gauthier Mankenda  71' Reginaldo Ramires 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Attendance: 1,063 Referee: Andrejs Gluhovs

Latvian Cup

Main article: 2024 Latvian Football Cup

RFS v BFC Daugavpils

13 July 2024Round of 16	RFS	2–1	BFC Daugavpils	Riga
20:00 EET	Rasid Njie  43' Panić  68' Lipušček  68' Lemajić  70' Ķigurs  71' Cedric Kouadio 75' Ikaunieks 81'	Report	Mareks Mikšto  2' Diedhiou 17' Wally Fofana  57' Nikita Sarakins  71' Rinalds Aizups  71' Glebs Mihalcovs  90+4'	Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Attendance: 203 Referee: Vasilijs Mordatenko

Valmiera v RFS

17 August 2024Quarter-Finals	Valmiera	3–4	RFS	Valmiera
14:00 EET	Birka  33' Toņiševs  37' Vapne 45+3' 52' Dāvis Ošs  45+6' Bahamboula 71' Kristers Penkevics  72' Guèye 76'	Report	Rasid Njie 34' Balodis 53' Rostand Ndjiki 59'70' 90+3'	Stadium: Jānis Daliņš Stadium Attendance: 750 Referee: Edgars Maļcevs

RFS v Riga

23 September 2024Semi-finals	RFS	2–1	Riga	Riga
19:00 EET	Rostand Ndjiki 66' 83' Rasid Nije 85' Šteinbors  88'	Report	Regža 33' Ahmed Ankrah  64' El Bachir Ngom  64' Černomordijs  72' Erquiaga  74' Orosco  79'	Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Attendance: 1,018 Referee: Edgars Maļcevs

RFS v Auda

30 October 2024Final	RFS	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Auda	Riga
19:45 EET	Mamadou Sylla  37' Ošs 45+2' 88' Stuglis  80' Balodis 84' Rostand Ndjiki 109' Rasid Njie  120+1' Panić 120+4'	Report	Bruno Tavares 8' 112' Mor Talla 18' 90' Hrvoj  108' Bosančić  116'	Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Attendance: 1,699 Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Champions League

First qualifying round

RFS v Larne

10 July 2024 (2024-07-10)First leg	RFS	3–0	Larne	LNK Sporta Parks, Riga
19:00 (20:00 EEST)	Ķigurs 30' Balodis 49' Panić 60'	Report [7]		Attendance: 1,700 [8] Referee: Ondřej Berka (Czech Republic)

Larne v RFS

17 July 2024 (2024-07-17)Second leg	Larne	0–4 (0–7 agg.)	RFS	Inver Park, Larne
21:00 (20:00 BST)		Report [9]	Emerson 38' Lemajić 44' Ikaunieks 45+3' Diomandé 56'	Attendance: 2,030 [10] Referee: Gustavo Correia (Portugal)

Second qualifying round

Bodø/Glimt v RFS

23 July 2024 (2024-07-23)First leg	Bodø/Glimt	4–0	RFS	Aspmyra Stadion, Bodø
17:00	Mikkelsen 2', 76' Saltnes 18' Kapskarmo 40'	Report [11]		Attendance: 5,427 [12] Referee: Don Robertson (Scotland)

RFS v Bodø/Glimt

31 July 2024 (2024-07-31)Second leg	RFS	1–3 (1–7 agg.)	Bodø/Glimt	LNK Sporta Parks, Riga
19:00 (20:00 EEST)	Ikaunieks 14'	Report [13]	Hauge 40' (pen.) Saltnes 82' Høgh 88'	Attendance: 1,678 [14] Referee: Jakob Sundberg (Denmark)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

UE Santa Coloma v RFS

8 August 2024 (2024-08-08)First leg	UE Santa Coloma	0–2	RFS	Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella
20:00		Report [15]	Ikaunieks 13' Osuagwu 37'	Attendance: 369 [16] Referee: Yigal Frid (Israel)

RFS v UE Santa Coloma

14 August 2024 (2024-08-14)Second leg	RFS	7–0 (9–0 agg.)	UE Santa Coloma	LNK Sporta Parks, Riga
18:00 (19:00 EEST)	Ikaunieks 2', 10', 22' Lipušček 17' Osuagwu 44' Ķigurs 67' Mareš 77' (pen.)	Report [17]		Attendance: 1,614 [18] Referee: Juxhin Xhaja (Albania)

Play-off round

RFS v APOEL

22 August 2024 (2024-08-22)First leg	RFS	2–1	APOEL	LNK Sporta Parks, Riga
19:00 (20:00 EEST)	Kouadio 31' Ikaunieks 45+1' (pen.)	Report [19]	El-Arabi 52'	Attendance: 1,678 [20] Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

APOEL v RFS

29 August 2024 (2024-08-29)Second leg	APOEL	2–1 (a.e.t.) (3–3 agg.) (2–4 p)	RFS	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
19:00 (20:00 EEST)	Sušić 75' Donis 90+5'	Report [21]	Ikaunieks 40'	Attendance: 12,988 [22] Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)
	Penalties
	El-Arabi Sarfo Quintillà Dvali		Ikaunieks Lipušček Prenga Panić

League phase

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Europa League league phase

The draw for the league phase was held on 30 August 2024. ^[23]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
30	Slavia Prague	8	1	2	5	7	11	−4	5
31	Malmö FF	8	1	2	5	10	17	−7	5
32	RFS	8	1	2	5	6	13	−7	5
33	Ludogorets Razgrad	8	0	4	4	4	11	−7	4
34	Dynamo Kyiv	8	1	1	6	5	18	−13	4

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	L
Position	33	29	31	31	34	34	30	32
Points	0	1	1	2	2	2	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2024. Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FCSB v RFS

26 September 2024 1	FCSB	4–1	RFS	Bucharest, Romania
22:00  UTC+3	Bîrligea 8' Ștefănescu 32' Olaru 58'69' Chiricheș  89'	Report	Lipušček 23'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 34,257 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

RFS v Galatasaray

3 October 2024 2	RFS	2–2	Galatasaray	Riga, Latvia
19:45  UTC+3	Panić  30' Ikaunieks 40' 83' Lasha Odisharia 54'	Report	Mertens 12' Akgün  18'38' Demirbay  85'	Stadium: Daugava Stadium Attendance: 8,502 Referee: Filip Glova
Note: RFS will play their home matches at Daugava Stadium, Riga, instead of their regular stadium, LNK Sporta Parks, Riga, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

Eintracht Frankfurt v RFS

24 October 2024 3	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	RFS	Frankfurt, Germany
18:45  UTC+2	Larsson 79' 86'	Report		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 56,600 Referee: Allard Lindhout

RFS v Anderlecht

7 November 2024 4	RFS	1–1	Anderlecht	Riga, Latvia
22:00  UTC+2	Ikaunieks  23' N'Diaye 90+6' (o.g.)	Report	Simić  67' Coosemans  72' Stroeykens 85'	Stadium: Daugava Stadium Attendance: 4,820 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev
Note: RFS will play their home matches at Daugava Stadium, Riga, instead of their regular stadium, LNK Sporta Parks, Riga, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

RFS v PAOK

28 November 2024 5	RFS	0–2	PAOK	Riga, Latvia
19:45  UTC+2		Report	Despodov 2' Mady Camara  47' Chalov 59'	Stadium: Daugava Stadium Attendance: 5,346 Referee: Julian Weinberger
Note: RFS will play their home matches at Daugava Stadium, Riga, instead of their regular stadium, LNK Sporta Parks, Riga, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

Maccabi Tel Aviv v RFS

12 December 2024 6	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–1	RFS	Belgrade
21:00	Nachmias 16' Stojić 69' Weslley Patati  84' Turgeman  90+2'	Report	Savaļnieks 52' Lasha Odisharia  68' Markhiyev  83'	Stadium: Partizan Stadium Attendance: 253 Referee: Tamás Bognár
Note: Due to the Gaza war, Israeli teams are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.

RFS v Ajax

23 January 2025 7	RFS	1–0	Ajax	Riga, Latvia
22:00  UTC+2	Markhiyev 78'	Report		Stadium: Daugava Stadium Attendance: 10461 Referee: Marian Barbu
Note: RFS will play their home matches at Daugava Stadium, Riga, instead of their regular stadium, LNK Sporta Parks, Riga, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

Dynamo Kyiv v RFS

30 January 2025 8	Dynamo Kyiv	1–0	RFS	Hamburg, Germany
21:00  UTC+1	Pikhalyonok 76'	Report		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 3698 Referee: Orel Grinfeeld
Note: Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian teams are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice. Therefore, Dynamo Kyiv will play their home matches at Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany, instead of their regular stadium, Olympic Stadium, Kyiv.

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