FK RFS

FK RFS is a professional Latvian football club based in Riga, Latvia. It competes in Virsliga,[2] the top flight of Latvian football.

This article is about the men's football club. For the women's football club, see Rīgas FS.
FK RFS
Full nameFutbola klubs RFS
Founded2011 (1962) [1]
GroundLNK Sporta Parks
Capacity1,000
ManagerViktors Morozs
LeagueVirsliga
2021Champions
WebsiteClub website

History

RFS were promoted to the Virsliga for 2016 when Skonto FC did not obtain a license.[3]

In 2018, RFS qualified for UEFA Europa League qualifiers for the first time. In RFS debut game RFS managed to win 3:2 away against Olimpija Ljubljana. However they lost at home 0:2, conceding in the very last minute. One year later, the club achieved its first-ever title, the Latvian Cup.

In 2020–21, RFS faced FK Partizan in their UEFA Europa League first qualifying round game. Latvians conceded penalty and lost only 0:1 against famous opponent.

European

As of match played 12 August 2021

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Agg.
2019–20 UEFA Europa League 1QR Olimpija Ljubljana 0–2 3–2 3–4
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 1QR Partizan N/A 0–1 N/A
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR KÍ 2–3 4–2 (a.e.t.) 6–5
2QR Puskás Akadémia 3–0 2−0 5−0
3QR Gent 0–1 2–2 2–3
2022–23 UEFA Champions League 1QR
Notes
  • QR: Qualifying round

Honours

Latvian Higher League

Latvian Cup

Players

Current squad
As of 18 March 2022 [4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  LTU Vytautas Černiauskas
2 DF  LVA Vladislavs Sorokins
3 MF  LVA Artūrs Zjuzins
4 DF  LVA Vitālijs Maksimenko
6 MF  GAM Alfusainey Jatta
7 FW  CIV Ismaël Diomandé
8 MF  LTU Karolis Uzėla
9 FW  BRA Emerson Deocleciano
10 MF  LVA Deniss Rakels
11 MF  RUS Vladislav Galkin (on loan from Dynamo Moscow)
13 GK  LVA Jevgēņijs Ņerugals
14 MF  LVA Renārs Varslavāns
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW  CIV Cedric Kouadio
19 FW  SRB Andrej Ilić
21 DF  LVA Elvis Stuglis
22 FW  BLR Aleksandr Shestyuk (on loan from Nizhny Novgorod)
23 MF  LVA Ņikita Pašņevs
24 MF  CRO Tomislav Šarić
25 DF  CZE Petr Mareš
27 DF  LVA Vladislavs Fjodorovs
30 FW  AUT Kevin Friesenbichler
33 DF  LVA Jānis Krautmanis
43 DF  SVN Žiga Lipušček
77 DF  LVA Kaspars Dubra
92 DF  LVA Vitālijs Jagodinskis
99 MF  LVA Gļebs Žaleiko

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  LVA Sergejs Vilkovs (on loan at Tukums 2000)
— DF  LVA Niks Sliede (on loan at Tukums 2000)
— FW  LVA Valerijs Lizunovs (on loan at Daugavpils)

References
  1. "Klubs – FK RFS". FK RFS.
  2. "FK Rīgas Futbola Skola". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  3. Karel Stokkermans (14 April 2016). "Pirma Liga". Latvia 2015. RSSSF. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  4. "Komanda – FK RFS". FK RFS. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
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