FK Spartaks Jūrmala

FK Spartaks is a Latvian football club that is based in Sloka, Jūrmala. In 2012, they finished 3rd in the Latvian First League championship and after winning the play-offs against JFK Olimps were promoted to the Latvian Higher League. The club plays its home matches at the Sloka Stadium with capacity of 2,500 people.[1]

Spartaks Jūrmala
Full nameJūrmalas Futbola un Peldēšanas skola/Spartaks (Jūrmala Swimming and Football School/Spartaks)
Nickname(s)Sarkanbaltie (Red-whites)
Founded2007
GroundSloka Stadium
Capacity2,500
ChairmanSpartaks Melkumjans
ManagerOskars Kļava
LeagueVirslīga
20228th
WebsiteClub website

History

FK Spartaks Jūrmala were founded at the start of 2007 as participants of the third tier of Latvian football. They won the Latvian Second League championship in the first year of their existence. The next 4 seasons were spent in the Latvian First League. In 2011, the club made its greatest leap since its foundation, managing to finish the season in the third position right behind Metta/Latvijas Universitāte and Liepājas Metalurgs-2. As reserve teams were not eligible to participate in the top tier championship, Spartaks were promoted via play-offs against JFK Olimps, which they won 4–1 on aggregate. Since 2012 Spartaks Jūrmala have been playing in the Latvian Higher League.[2] Spartaks finished their first season in the Latvian top-tier football in the fifth position of the league table, remaining in a middle-table position in the following two seasons as well, placing 7th in 2013 and 6th in 2014, respectively.

FK Spartaks have an engagement with the Jūrmala Swimming and Football School, the name of which is included in the official name of the club (Latvian: Jūrmalas Peldēšanas un Futbola skola).

From 2012 to 2014 Spartaks Jūrmala was one of two clubs representing the city in the Latvian Higher League and using the Sloka Stadium as their home-ground. After the relegation of FC Jūrmala in 2014, as of 2018 Spartaks remains as the sole representative of the coastal city in Latvian top-tier football.

Honours

Managers
Name Period
Latvia Sergejs Golubevs 2007–09
Latvia Pjotrs Trebuhovs 2010
Latvia Artūrs Šketovs 2011
Latvia Oļegs Blagonadeždins 2012
Lithuania Arminas Narbekovas Jul 23, 2012 – Dec 31, 2012
Belarus Oleg Kubarev Feb 8, 2013 – Jul 28, 2013
Latvia Aleksandrs Stradiņš Jul 2013 – Sept 2013 (caretaker)
Latvia Jurijs Popkovs Sept 2013 – Dec 2013
Italy Fabio Micarelli Dec 2013 – May 2014
Latvia Oļegs Blagonadeždins Jun 2014 (caretaker)
Ukraine Roman Pylypchuk Jun 2014 – Jan 2016
Belarus Oleg Kubarev Jan 2016 – Nov 2016
Poland Marek Zub Feb 2017–July 2017
Slovakia Jozef Vukušič July 2017
Lithuania Valdas Urbonas 2017
Uzbekistan Samvel Babayan 2018
Latvia Dmitrijs Kalašņikovs 2018
Russia Aleksandr Grishin April 2018–August 2018
Lithuania Tomas Ražanauskas August 2018–December 2018
Italy Nunzio Zavettieri January 2019
Russia Finland Aleksei Yeryomenko[3] February 2020–

League and Cup history
Season Division (Name) Pos./Teams Pl. W D L GS GA P Latvian Football Cup
2007 3rd (2. līga) 1/(11) 1/32 Round
2008 2nd (1.līga) 11/(15) 28 9 6 13 32 44 33 1/8 finals
2009 2nd (1.līga) 12/(14) 26 4 2 20 22 71 14 did not participate
2010 2nd (1.līga) 9/(12) 22 6 4 12 32 41 22 did not participate
2011 2nd (1.līga) 3/(13) 24 16 4 4 74 22 52 1/8 finals
2012 1st (Virslīga) 5/(10) 36 13 10 13 61 56 49 1/4 finals
2013 1st (Virslīga) 7/(10) 27 7 4 16 30 49 25 1/8 finals
2014 1st (Virslīga) 6/(10) 36 14 9 13 38 32 51 1/4 finals
2015 1st (Virslīga) 5/(8) 24 5 6 13 20 36 21 1/2 finals
2016 1st (Virslīga) 1/(8) 28 17 4 7 46 22 55 Final
2017 1st (Virslīga) 1/(7) 24 14 4 6 36 26 46 1/2 finals
2018 1st (Virslīga) 5/(8) 28 12 6 10 48 37 42 1/4 finals
2019 1st (Virslīga) 5/(9) 32 13 5 14 49 64 44 1/8 finals

European record

Matches
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 1Q Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica 0–0 3–1 3–1
2Q Serbia Vojvodina 1–1 0–3 1–4
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1Q Belarus Dinamo Minsk 0–2 1–2 1–4
2017–18 UEFA Champions League 2Q Kazakhstan Astana 0–1 1–1 1–2
2018–19 UEFA Champions League 1Q Serbia Red Star Belgrade 0−0 0−2 0–2
UEFA Europa League 2Q San Marino La Fiorita 6−0 3−0 9−0
3Q Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė 0−1 0–0 0–1
Notes
  • 1Q: First qualifying round
  • 2Q: Second qualifying round
  • 3Q: Third qualifying round

Sponsors
Sponsors

Latvia Jūrmalas Pilsētas Dome
Germany Hanseatisches Fußball Kontor GmbH
Latvia Sportland

Kit manufacturer

United States Nike Inc.

Players and staff

As of 1 November 2022

Current squad

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 Dāvis Veisbuks
2 DF Latvia LVA Klavs Kramens
3 DF Latvia LVA Timurs Azarovs
4 MF Latvia LVA Deniss Meļņiks
5 MF Latvia LVA Danila Patijcuks
7 MF Ghana GHA Kwadwo Asamoah
8 MF Latvia LVA Vladislavs Soloveičiks
10 FW Latvia LVA Daniils Hvoinickis
11 MF Russia RUS Valentin Zekhov
12 GK Latvia LVA Konstantīns Maculevičs
13 MF Finland FIN Adam Markhiyev
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Latvia LVA Raivis Skrebels
16 DF Latvia LVA Daniels Grauds
17 FW Latvia LVA Artjoms Zamullo
18 MF Latvia LVA Kristians Godiņš
20 MF Ukraine UKR Yaroslav Terekhov
21 GK Latvia LVA Iļja Isajevs
22 MF Latvia LVA Artūrs Ļotčikovs
23 DF Latvia LVA Deņiss Rogovs
26 FW Latvia LVA Artūrs Ostapenko
27 DF Latvia LVA Aleksandrs Solovjovs

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
— DF Nigeria NGA Lucky Opara (on loan at Narva Trans)
— MF Nigeria NGA Aliyu Yau Adam (on loan at Hapoel Acre)
— MF Nigeria NGA Luiz Igbineweka (on loan at Mosta)
— FW Nigeria NGA Sunday Akinbule (on loan at Mosta)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Nicaragua NCA Ariagner Smith (on loan at Panevėžys)
— FW Canada CAN Richie Ennin (on loan at Honvéd)

Staff
Name, surnamePosition
Latvia Seržiks Melkumjans President
Latvia Spartaks Melkumjans Chairman
Russia Alexei Eremenko Sr. Manager
Lithuania Saulius Cekanavičius Assistant manager
Latvia Aleksandrs Proskurņins Goalkeeper coach
Latvia Pāvels Fjodorovs Administrator
Moldova Stefan Botezatu Physiotherapist

References
  1. "Stadions". FK Spartaks Jūrmala. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  2. "Latvijas futbola virslīgā iekļūst Kauguru JPFS/"Spartaks"". Kasjauns.lv. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
  3. @fkspartaks (11 February 2020). "We are glad to announce that our new..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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