FK Auda

Futbola klubs Auda is a Latvian football club, playing in the highest division of Latvian football (Latvian Higher League). They are based in Ķekava, near the capital, Riga. Auda won their first ever major trophy in 2022, beating RFS 1–0 in the final of the Latvian Cup.

FK Auda
Club logo
Full nameFutbola klubs Auda
Founded1969 (1969)
GroundAudas stadions,
Ķekava, Latvia
Capacity520
ChairmanJuris Gorkšs
ManagerSimo Valakari
LeagueLatvian Higher League
20225th
WebsiteClub website

History

The history of Auda started in 1969 when the football team of the kolhoz 9. maijs first appeared in the lower divisions of the Latvian championships. This team played its matches in Vecmīlgrāvis in Alberts Šeibelis Stadium, named after the former Latvia national football team captain Alberts Šeibelis. The club played in the lower divisions of Latvian football, its only seasons in the top league came in 19861987 but those also didn't bring good results.

In the late 1980s the name of the kolhoz and the football team was changed to Auda. In 1991, under the management of Valerijs Leitāns and Juris Docenko, Auda made its debut in the top division of the Latvian championships, the Virslīga. In a competition among 20 teams, Auda finished 15th. The following season, the team RFK was reformed on the basis of the Auda squad. Under this name the team, including many young players, participated in 1. līga (the second division of Latvian football). But results which would correspond to the name of RFK didn't come so in 1995 the team reverted to its former name of Auda. The following three years it played in the third division, the 2. līga.

In 1996 Auda was a completely new team which played in the 2nd division. In 1997 the young Auda players won their third division zone, but in the finals in two games lost to the FK Valmiera reserve team. After several years in this league Auda finished first in 2001 and were promoted to the Virslīga. After playing three seasons, in 2004 Auda was relegated back to the 1st division.

On 15 October 2005 Auda played its first game in its new stadium in Ķekava. In 2007 FK Auda and FK Alberts united as FK Auda/Alberts, although the merger was gradually been reduced with both teams mostly parting ways later. FK Auda/Alberts, the former FK Auda-2 (farmclub), plays in the 2. līga. The latter club has joined with FK Alberts and uses FK Auda second squad players and FK Alberts players.

After a long stint in the First League, Auda achieved promotion once again and returned to the Virslīga in 2022.[1] On 19 October 2022, Auda won their first ever major trophy, beating RFS 1–0 in the final of the Latvian Cup, thanks to a goal from Daniils Ulimbaševs. This also secured them European football for the first time in their history, where they are competing in the following season's Europa Conference League.

European

As of match played 3 August 2023
Competition GP W D L GF GA +/-
UEFA Europa Conference League201125–3
Total201125–3
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Agg.
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League 2QR Slovakia Spartak Trnava 1–1 1–4 2−5
Notes
  • QR: Qualifying round

Honours

Players

First-team squad

As of 4 September 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF France FRA Wilguens Paugain
4 DF Ivory Coast CIV Bakary Diawara (on loan from Riga)
5 DF Latvia LVA Ivo Minkevičs
6 DF Croatia CRO Božo Mikulić
7 MF South Sudan SSD Manyumow Achol
8 MF Brazil BRA Resende
9 FW Senegal SEN Meleye Diagne (on loan from Riga)
10 FW Brazil BRA Reginaldo Ramires (on loan from Riga)
11 FW Nigeria NGA Abiodun Ogunniyi
12 GK Latvia LVA Roberts Ozols
14 MF Latvia LVA Aleksejs Saveļjevs
16 GK Latvia LVA Niks Aleksandrovs
17 MF Senegal SEN El Hadji Mané
19 FW Argentina ARG Mateo Piteo
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Ghana GHA Jonah Attuquaye
22 MF Mali MLI Sekou Sanogo
23 MF Latvia LVA Iļja Korotkovs
26 DF Latvia LVA Vjačeslavs Isajevs
27 DF Germany GER Niko Bretschneider
28 MF Latvia LVA Daniils Ulimbaševs
29 DF Latvia LVA Armands Pētersons
33 DF Latvia LVA Jegors Novikovs
38 MF Brazil BRA Matheus Clemente
71 FW Latvia LVA Oskars Rubenis
73 FW Ivory Coast CIV Abdoul Kader Traoré
88 MF Latvia LVA Vladimirs Stepanovs
FW Ivory Coast CIV Brahima Ouattara

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
MF Ivory Coast CIV Aboubakar Karamoko (at Riga)

References

  1. "FK Auda". Optibet Virslīga / Futbola Virslīga (in Latvian). Retrieved 2023-07-28.
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