FK Nikars

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FK Nikars
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Full nameFK Nikars Rīga
Founded2002
Ground Olympic Sports Centre,
Riga, Latvia
Capacity2,000
ChairmanRaimonds Valts
ManagerOrlando Francisco Alves Duarte
League Latvian Higher Futsal League
2018-2019Premier League, 1st

FK Nikars Riga is a futsal club based in Riga, Latvia. It has been one of the dominant teams in the Latvian Futsal Higher League, winning 11 championship titles in a row from 2008 to 2019.

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In June 2019, the club announced that it will disband its main team and withdraw from national and European tournaments. However, there had been reports of financial issues in the previous seasons, with the LFF stating that after the 2018–19 season the club was likely to be relegated due to long-time financial irregularities. [1]

Honours

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Latvia.svg  LVA Antons Astrahancevs
2 DF Flag of Latvia.svg  LVA Jānis Pastars
3 FW Flag of Latvia.svg  LVA Andrejs Aleksejevs
5 DF Flag of Latvia.svg  LVA Igors Dacko
6 DF Flag of Latvia.svg  LVA Konstantins Zabarovskis
7 FW Flag of Latvia.svg  LVA Maksims Seņs
9 FW Flag of Latvia.svg  LVA Artūrs Jerofejevs
9 FW Flag of Latvia.svg  LVA Artjoms Koļesņikovs
10 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Ewerton
11 FW Flag of Latvia.svg  LVA Igors Avanesovs
No.Pos.NationPlayer
12 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Wanderson
14 DF Flag of Latvia.svg  LVA Germans Matjušenko
16 GK Flag of Latvia.svg  LVA Kaspars Nerets
17 DF Flag of Latvia.svg  LVA Dmitrijs Zabarovskis
18 FW Flag of Latvia.svg  LVA Andrejs Baklanovs
19 DF Flag of Latvia.svg  LVA Romans Rožkovskis
20 GK Flag of Latvia.svg  LVA Renārs Šķesters-Kambals
21 FW Flag of Latvia.svg  LVA Jurijs Arhipovs-Prokofjevs

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References

  1. ↑ Sports, DELFI (2019-07-02). "LFF: telpu futbola flagmani 'Nikaru' par pārkāpumiem pērn varēja pazemināt uz pirmo līgu" [LFF: the futsal heavyweight Nikars could've been relegated due to violations]. delfi.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2020-03-10.


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