FK RFS

FK RFS is a professional Latvian football club based in Riga, Latvia. It competes in the Virslīga, the top flight of Latvian football.[1]

This article is about the men's football club. For the women's football club, see Rīgas FS.

FK RFS
Full nameFutbola klubs Rīgas Futbola Skola
Founded2005
GroundLNK Sporta Parks
Capacity740
ManagerViktors Morozs
LeagueVirsliga
20223rd of 10
WebsiteClub website

The RFS abbreviation is also used by the unrelated Riga Football School (Rīgas Futbola skola), a youth academy operated by Riga City Council, since its foundation in 1962. Its main team currently plays in the Dali Dali Third League.[2][3]

History

Until 2003, the current club was a team of boys born in 1990 and 1991 under the auspices of JFK Skonto, the youth club of the Latvian powerhouse FK Skonto, led by Vladimirs Beļajevs. In 2003 Beļajevs quit JFK Skonto together with his students and founded the Daugava Football Sports School.

Two years later, on 19 May 2005, the semi-professional football club FSK Daugava 90 was established. The new club united students born from 1989 to 1999. In 2007 the club enrolled in the Latvian First League in 2007 and changed their name to FK Daugava before the 2008 season. The team won promotion to the Latvian Higher League in 2008, but was relegated the next year. In 2011, the club's name was changed to Rīgas Futbola Skola.

In 2015, Rīgas Futbola Skola ranked 3rd in the 1. līga, which was not enough to return to the Virslīga. However, in early 2016 the Latvian Football Federation revoked the league licence of Skonto FC and awarded it to the club, which re-branded itself to RFS and returned to the top flight once again.[4]

In 2018, RFS qualified for the UEFA Europa League qualifiers for the first time. In 2019, the club achieved its first-ever honour by winning the Latvian Cup, defeating FK Jelgava in the finals. In 2021, the club achieved a double by winning its first national Virslīga title and the Latvian Cup.[5]

It wasn't until 2021–22 that RFS won a European two-legged tie, beating Faroese club KÍ Klaksvík. They went on to beat Hungarian side Puskás Akadémia FC before losing to Belgian club Gent. After winning their first Virsliga, they competed in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds for the first time.

European
As of match played 2 August 2023
Competition GP W D L GF GA +/-
UEFA Champions League2101220
UEFA Europa League310235–2
UEFA Europa Conference League206682829–1
Total2586113336–3
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Agg.
2019–20 UEFA Europa League 1QR Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 0–2 3–2 3–4
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 1QR Serbia Partizan — 0–1 —
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR Faroe Islands KÍ 2–3 4–2 (a.e.t.) 6–5
2QR Hungary Puskás Akadémia 3–0 2−0 5−0
3QR Belgium Gent 0–1 2–2 2–3
2022–23 UEFA Champions League 1QR Finland HJK 2−1 (a.e.t.) 0–1 2–2 (4–5 p)
UEFA Europa Conference League 3QR Malta Hibernians 1–1 3–1 4–2
PO Northern Ireland Linfield 2–2 1–1 (a.e.t.) 3–3 (4–2 p)
GS Turkey Başakşehir 0–0 0–3 4th
Italy Fiorentina 0–3 1–1
Scotland Hearts 0–2 1–2
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR North Macedonia Makedonija GP 4–1 1–0 5–1
2QR Azerbaijan Sabah 0–2 1–2 1–4
Notes
  • QR: Qualifying round
  • GS: Group stage

Honours

Players

Current squad
As of 31 July 2023 [6]

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 Latvia LVA Pāvels Šteinbors
2 DF Latvia LVA Vladislavs Sorokins
3 MF Latvia LVA Artūrs Zjuzins
6 MF The Gambia GAM Alfusainey Jatta
7 FW Ivory Coast CIV Ismaël Diomandé
9 FW Latvia LVA Jānis Ikaunieks
10 MF Brazil BRA Emerson Deocleciano
11 DF Latvia LVA Roberts Savaļnieks
13 GK Latvia LVA Jevgēņijs Ņerugals
16 GK Latvia LVA Sergejs Vilkovs
17 FW Ivory Coast CIV Cedric Kouadio
18 MF Latvia LVA Dmitrijs Zelenkovs
22 FW Serbia SRB Darko Lemajić
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF Albania ALB Herdi Prenga
25 DF Czech Republic CZE Petr Mareš
26 MF Serbia SRB Stefan Panić
27 MF Finland FIN Adam Markhiyev
39 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Aleksej Golijanin
43 DF Slovenia SVN Žiga Lipušček
45 MF Nigeria NGA Adewale Oladoye
52 DF Latvia LVA Mārcis Ošs
70 MF Serbia SRB Dragoljub Savić
77 FW Gabon GAB Floriss Djave
92 DF Latvia LVA Vitālijs Jagodinskis
99 MF Latvia LVA Gļebs Žaleiko
— MF Latvia LVA Daniels Ontužāns

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 Latvia LVA Frenks Orols (at Tukums 2000 until 31 December 2023)
— MF Japan JPN Mikaze Nagasawa (at Tukums 2000 until 31 December 2023)
— MF Latvia LVA Rodrigo Gaucis (at Tukums 2000 until 31 December 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Brazil BRA Pedro Arthur (at Tukums 2000 until 31 December 2023)
— FW Latvia LVA Efraims Valutadatils (at BFC Daugavpils until 31 December 2023)

References
  1. "FK Rīgas Futbola Skola". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  2. SkolaRFS62. "Par skolu" [About the School]. Rīgas Futbola Skola (in Latvian). Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  3. "Rīgas Futbola skola - Latvijas Futbola federācija" [Rīgas Futbola skola - Latvian Football Federation]. lff.lv. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  4. Karel Stokkermans (14 April 2016). "Pirma Liga". Latvia 2015. RSSSF. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  5. "RFS". Optibet Virslīga / Futbola Virslīga. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  6. "Komanda – FK RFS". FK RFS. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
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