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Full name | Sporta klubs "Babīte" |
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Founded | 2015 |
Ground | Skonto Stadium, Rīga, Latvia Piņķi Stadium, Piņķi, Mārupe Municipality, Latvia |
Capacity | 19,500 1,000 |
Manager | Mihails Miholaps |
League | Virslīga |
2016 | Latvian First League, 1st (promoted) |
Website | Club website |
SK Babīte is a Latvian football club. They are based in the Latvian town of Babīte near Rīga and competed in the highest division of Latvian football (the Virslīga) and the Latvian Football Cup. [1] Their home stadium is located in Piņķi, but due to incompatibility with Virslīga standards the team plays its home matches in Rīga's Skonto Stadium. On 22 June 2017, they were excluded from the Latvian Higher League as the Latvian Football Federation received a notice from UEFA's Betting Fraud Detection System for 6 separate games involving Babite. [2]
As of 1 September 2016.Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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