FC Daugava

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FC Daugava Daugavpils
FK Daugava Daugavpils.svg
Full nameFutbola klubs "Daugava"
Football Club Daugava Daugavpils
Founded1944;81 years ago (1944)
Dissolved2015;10 years ago (2015) [1]
Ground Daugava Stadium
Capacity4,100

FC Daugava was a Latvian football club, based at the Daugava Stadium, in the city of Daugavpils. It was founded as FC Ditton in 2001. They lastly played in the Latvian Second League in 2015. They were one of two simultaneous clubs with the name Daugava and should not be confused with the historic FK Daugava Rīga.

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In 2008, they won the Latvian Cup. In 2012, they won their first ever Latvian Higher League championship. [2]

History

In 2001, the team was founded with the support of Daugavpils' businessman Vladislavs Drīksne, who was the owner of the eponymous Ditton company. After first entering the city league, in a few years Ditton managed to grow and ultimately win promotion to the Virslīga in 2003, although was instantly relegated in 2004. In the following 2005 Latvian First League season Ditton won promotion once again.

In 2006, before entering the 2006 Virslīga, Russian businessman Igor Malyshkov became the main shareholder in the club. It was his decision to change the club's name to FC Daugava, taking inspiration from the historic club from Daugavpils and including the date of its founding in the club crest. Ukrainian manager Sergei Yuran was invited to join the team staff, but he was soon replaced by Sergei Kiriakov. That season the club achieved their highest position to that point, finishing 5th in the championship. Meanwhile, he also created a plan to develop the infrastructure of the club and build a new stadium - the Daugava Stadium near Daugavpils Fortress. [3] Malishkov invited Sergei Petrenko, who was then famous for his success with Torpedo Moscow, to become the manager of the team. Petrenko left in May 2007 for family reasons. In June 2007 Igor Gamula was appointed, but he only started managing the team in August 2008. Till then the incumbent manager was Mihails Zemļinskis. [4]

On 19 July 2008 the Daugava Stadium was officially opened. [5] That year the club won the Latvian Cup for the first time in its history. On 8 February 2009, due to financial problems, FC Daugava merged with Dinaburg FC and formed a united team under the name of FCDinaburg for the 2009 season. [6] That season Dinaburg were relegated from the Latvian Higher League due to suspicions of participation in match fixing. [7] Daugava then decided to create a team that would play in the Latvian First League the following season, meanwhile Dinaburg ended its existence, stating that the club's image was spoiled. As Daugavpils is one of the biggest cities in Latvia, the LFF came up with a proposal to offer Daugava a place in the Latvian Higher League. The offer was accepted and Daugava were given a chance to represent Daugavpils in the higher league in the 2010 season. [8]

In 2011, the club achieved its best result until then, finishing third in the championship. [9] In 2012 Daugava became the champions of the Latvian Higher League for the first time in the club's history. [2]

Match-fixing scandal

In July 2013 the Federbet organization expressed its concerns in regards to possible match fixing attempts concerning Daugava's UEFA Champions League game against IF Elfsborg, which the club lost 7–1, with 7 goals being scored in the second half. [10] Prior to the 2014 Latvian Higher League season Daugava was initially denied the participation license due to non-existing youth academy but it was later obtained in exchange of promises to develop one in the near future. [11] In October 2014, during a spot-check at the club, several of its members were interrogated, with the club's former president Oleg Gavrilov being arrested for money laundering, legalization of illegal earnings and other crimes, including ignorance of the previously imposed disqualification upon him from any activates affiliated with Latvian football. Four other people, including the club's technical director, manager and two players were disqualified for an indeterminate period of time until the end of the investigation. [12] The investigation was lead in cooperation of the Latvian Football Federation, UEFA and the State Police of Latvia.

The scandal dealt a lethal blow to the club. It was not issued the necessary licence for entering the 2015 Virslīga and thus entered the third-tier Latvian Second League Latgale Zone. In December 2015 the club was excluded from the Latvian Football Federation and folded soon after.

FC Daugava are currently using a logo based on the design of the legendary Latvian football club FK Daugava Rīga that was founded in 1944 and played in the Soviet Top League. [3]

Honours

Participation in Latvian championships

SeasonPositionMatchesWinsDrawsLosesGoalsPointsManagerTop-scorer
200111440015—012 Flag of Latvia.svg Genādijs Pašins Flag of Latvia.svg Pjotrs Vnukovs – 7 goals
20022228197294—2265 Flag of Latvia.svg Genādijs Pašins Flag of Latvia.svg Kirils Kurbatovs, Flag of Latvia.svg Pjotrs Vnukovs – 15 goals
20033227162979—3250 Flag of Latvia.svg Ēriks Grigjans Flag of Latvia.svg Kirils Kurbatovs – 11 goals
2004728751620—6226 Flag of Latvia.svg Ēriks Grigjans Flag of Latvia.svg Kirils Kurbatovs – 6 goals
20055226145759—2847 Flag of Latvia.svg Sergejs Pogodins Flag of Latvia.svg Maksims Deņisevičs – 10 goals
20065281081033—4138 Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Yuran, Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Kiriakov, Flag of Russia.svg Igor Kichigin Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Sonin  – 7 goals
2007528961333—3833 Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Petrenko, Flag of Ukraine.svg Igor Gamula Flag of Belarus.svg Mikalay Ryndzyuk  – 11 goals
20085281071140—3537 Flag of Latvia.svg Mihails Zemļinskis, Flag of Ukraine.svg Igor Gamula Flag of Latvia.svg Artjoms Rudņevs, Flag of Belarus.svg Mikalay Ryndzyuk  – 7 goals
2009926971038—4334 Flag of Latvia.svg Kirils Kurbatovs Flag of Latvia.svg Ričards Raščevskis – 6 goals
2010427168335—1656 Flag of Georgia.svg Tamaz Pertia Flag of Georgia.svg Mamuka Ghonghadze – 6 goals
2011332196758—3063 Flag of Georgia.svg Tamaz Pertia, Flag of Russia.svg Leonid Nazarenko Flag of Georgia.svg Mamuka Ghonghadze – 21 goals
2012136239464—2578 Flag of Russia.svg Ravil Sabitov, Flag of Moldova.svg Ivan Tabanov Flag of Georgia.svg Mamuka Ghonghadze – 18 goals
2013327157544—1952 Flag of Moldova.svg Ivan Tabanov Flag of Latvia.svg Andrejs Kovaļovs  – 16 goals
2014536198953—3965 Flag of Russia.svg Viktor Demidov, Flag of Ukraine.svg Hennadiy Orbu, Flag of Moldova.svg Ivan Tabanov Flag of Latvia.svg Jevgēņijs Kosmačovs  – 12 goals
Notes

1 Season in the Latvian Second League

2 Season in the Latvian First League

European record

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2011–12 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Flag of Norway.svg Tromsø IL 0–51–21–7 Symbol delete vote.svg
2012–13 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Flag of Lithuania.svg FK Sūduva 2–31–03–3 (a) Symbol delete vote.svg
2013–14 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round Flag of Sweden.svg IF Elfsborg 0–41–71–11 Symbol delete vote.svg
2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Víkingur Gøta 1–11–22–3 Symbol delete vote.svg

Sponsors

RoleSponsors
Kit manufacturer Flag of Italy.svg Erreà
Sponsors Flag of the United States.svg Mueller Sports Medicine
Flag of Germany.svg Adidas
Flag of Latvia.svg Līgatne
Flag of Latvia.svg Radio Alise+
Flag of Latvia.svg Nasha.lv
Flag of Latvia.svg D-fakti.lv
Flag of Latvia.svg Latgales Laiks
Flag of Latvia.svg Seichas
Flag of Latvia.svg grani.lv
Flag of Latvia.svg 7sport.lv

Managers

References

  1. ↑ "FC Daugava Daugavpils – Soccer – Team Profile – Results, fixtures, squad, statistics – Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Lapa īslaicīgi nav pieejama". Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Projekts Daugava". sporto.lv. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Arhīvs / Diena". diena.lv. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  5. ↑ DELFI (19 July 2008). "Daugavpilī atklāts jaunais futbola komandas stadions". delfi.lv. Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Lapa īslaicīgi nav pieejama". Archived from the original on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  7. ↑ BNS. ""Dinaburg" par dalību totalizatoros izslēgta no futbola čempionāta". apollo.lv. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  8. ↑ http://www.efutbols.lv/news/item/54_Daugavpils_%5B%5D
  9. ↑ born.lv, BORN. "Latvijas futbola federācija". lff.lv. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  10. ↑ DELFI (21 July 2013). "Aizdomas par Daugavpils 'Daugava' – 'Elfsborg' spēles godīgumu". delfi.lv. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  11. ↑ ""Skonto" un Daugavpils "Daugava" saņem licences startam virslīgā". tvnet.lv. 21 March 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  12. ↑ DELFI (24 October 2014). "Futbola spēļu sarunāšanas lietā viens apcietināts; klasificēts kā sevišķi smags noziegums". delfi.lv. Archived from the original on 21 January 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
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