JFK Olimps

JFK Olimps was a Latvian football club, playing in the top division of Latvian football. The club was from the city of Riga. According to a study from January 2011, the club was the youngest team in Europe, with an average age of 19.02 years.[1]

JFK Olimps
Full nameJauniešu futbola klubs "Olimps"
  • JFK Olimps/RFS (2009–11)
  • JFK Olimps/ASK (2008)
  • JFK Olimps (2005–07)
Founded2005
Dissolved2012
GroundDaugava Stadium
Riga, Latvia
Capacity6,000
Chairman –
Manager –
LeagueVirslīga
20119th

History
Club crest used from 2005 until 2009

Olimps was founded in 2005 because there were only seven teams in the top division of the Latvian football league. It was made up of young (U-21) players from Skonto-2, Liepājas Metalurgs-2 and Ventspils-2. In the 2005 season they dropped from Virslīga. In 2006 they won 1. līga and returned to Virslīga. Despite finishing last in the 2007 Virslīga season, Olimps retained their place for 2008 thanks to the expansion of the league.

In 2007 Olimps got to the Latvian Cup final thus earning a place in the UEFA cup qualifiers for the upcoming season.

At the end of the 2008 season, the youth academy of the dissolved FK Rīga joined the club. Before the season, Olimps received the ASK prefix (Armijas sporta klubs), as it was supported by the Ministry of Defence, similarily to the club that existed in the 1920s and 1930s.

However, by 2009, due to the impact of Latvian financial crisis, the ministry dropped its funding. The team was dissolved in 2012, although legally the club still exists.[2]

League and Cup history
JFK Olimps
Season Division (Name) Pos./Teams Pl. W D L GS GA P Latvian Football Cup
2005 1st (Virsliga) 7/(8) 28 5 4 19 24 68 19 1/2 finals
2006 2nd (1.līga) 1/(16) 30 26 2 2 111 15 80 1/8 finals
2007 1st (Virsliga) 8/(8) 28 2 2 24 15 63 8 Runner-up
JFK Olimps/ASK
Season Division (Name) Pos./Teams Pl. W D L GS GA P Latvian Football Cup
2008 1st (Virsliga) 10/(10) 18 1 6 11 12 30 9 1/8 finals
JFK Olimps/RFS
Season Division (Name) Pos./Teams Pl. W D L GS GA P Latvian Football Cup
2009 1st (Virsliga) 5/(9) 32 11 5 16 53 60 38 Not Held
2010 1st (Virsliga) 8/(10) 27 5 6 16 31 63 21 1/2 finals
2011 1st (Virsliga) 9/(9) 32 1 3 28 19 117 6 1/8 finals

Europe record
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2008/09 UEFA Cup 1QR JFK Olimps/ASK v St Patrick's Athletic Republic of Ireland 0–1 0–2 0–3

References
  1. "Studying European Clubs by Squad Makeup - the Offside". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  2. LURSOFT (2019-03-18). "OLIMPS, JUNIORU FUTBOLA KLUBS, 50008090131 - company data". Lursoft. Retrieved 2019-03-17.


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