Riga FC
The club
Riga Football Club, usually Riga FC, is a Latvian club from the capital, Riga. It is registered as Riga Football Club SIA, and the registration dates from April 2014 (30 April 2014 in the Wikipedia infobox). It was formed before the 2015 season by a merger of two Riga teams, FC Caramba and Dinamo Rīga, and played that year as FC Caramba/Dinamo in the Latvian First League using the licence of FC Caramba, an unrelated club. It won the First League in 2015, was promoted and renamed itself Riga FC. For most of 2015 its legal name was Riga Dinamo Football Club.
This is NOT FK Rīga, the earlier Riga club founded in 1999 that won the Latvian Cup in its first year, finished third in the top division in 2007 and was dissolved in 2008 after going bankrupt. Wikipedia carries a "not to be confused" note on both clubs' pages. It is also not FK RFS: the founder of FC Caramba, whose licence Riga FC borrowed, later co-founded FK RFS, which is a separate club and, as of November 2026, the Latvian champion ahead of Riga FC. A separate Dinamo Riga played in 1940 and 1945 to 1960, during the Soviet occupation, and is not this club either. Whether the names Rigas FS and Riga Mariners refer to other clubs was not established from the sources read here, but neither is Riga FC.
The ground is the Skonto Stadium in Riga, capacity 8,087. The club's playing colours were not confirmed from the sources read here. The head coach is the Slovak Adrián Guľa, in charge since 14 January 2025; the chairman and director-general is Aleksandrs Proņins (the board listing may be out of date). In 2017 the club took over a youth academy founded in 1999 and runs it as the Riga FC Academy.
Recent seasons
In the Latvian Higher League (Virslīga) Riga FC finished fourth of nine in 2021 with 50 points from 28 matches (14 wins, 8 draws, 6 defeats, 54 scored, 26 conceded). In 2022 they were second of ten with 81 points from 36 matches (26 wins, 3 draws, 7 defeats, 68 scored, 23 conceded). In 2023 they were second again with 88 points (27 wins, 7 draws, 2 defeats, 89 scored, 21 conceded), and in 2024 second once more with 87 points (27 wins, 6 draws, 3 defeats, 99 scored, 23 conceded). In 2025 they were champions; the detailed figures for that season were not established from the sources read here.
In 2026, as of 1 November with 35 matches played each, Riga FC were second with 83 points (25 wins, 8 draws, 2 defeats, 95 scored, 33 conceded), six points behind RFS, who had 89 and are champions. Auda were third with 70. The season was listed as running until 8 November 2026, and the page warned that parts of it may be machine-generated, so these numbers should be checked against the Latvian Football Federation.
Honours and landmarks
Latvian Higher League champions in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2025, and runners-up in 2022, 2023 and 2024. Latvian Cup winners in 2018 and 2023, and runners-up in 2016/17, 2017 and 2025. Latvian First League champions in 2015. Latvian Supercup winners in 2024 and 2026, and runners-up in 2025. The Ukrainian Viktor Skrypnyk was appointed in 2018 and won the club's first Virslīga title.
Notable scorelines
The page gives no formal list of records, so only results found in the European tables can be quoted. The largest aggregate wins listed are 4-0 against Derry City in the 2022/23 Conference League first qualifying round, 5-1 against Ružomberok and 8-4 against Vardar; the largest aggregate defeat listed is 0-5 against Twente in the 2023/24 Conference League third qualifying round. A 5-2 aggregate win over Vardar Skopje in the second qualifying round of the 2026/27 Conference League was also reported. Riga FC's all-time domestic record win and record defeat were not established from the sources read here.
European record
Wikipedia's totals are 47 matches played, 21 wins, 9 draws and 17 defeats, 63 goals for and 58 against. By competition: Champions League 7 played (1 win, 3 draws, 3 defeats, 4-8), Europa League 10 played (4 wins, 2 draws, 4 defeats, 11-12), Conference League 30 played (16 wins, 4 draws, 10 defeats, 48-38). Whether those totals include the 2026/27 league phase was not established.
Highlights: in 2018/19 they beat CSKA Sofia on penalties after 1-1 on aggregate in the Europa League first qualifying round. In 2019/20 they beat Dundalk on penalties after two 0-0 draws in the Champions League first qualifying round, then went through against Piast Gliwice on away goals after 4-4 in the Europa League second qualifying round. In 2021/22 they beat Shkëndija 3-0 on aggregate in the Conference League, and in 2022/23 beat Derry City 4-0. In 2023/24 they lost 5-0 on aggregate to Twente in the third qualifying round. In 2025/26 they beat Dila Gori 5-4 on aggregate in the Conference League second qualifying round.
In 2026/27 they entered the Champions League first qualifying round and lost 4-3 on aggregate to Ararat-Armenia. Dropping into the Conference League qualifying, they beat Vardar Skopje 5-2 on aggregate, beat Győr 2-1 on aggregate (1-0 at home, 1-1 away), and in the play-off drew 0-0 away to KÍ Klaksvík before winning 2-1 at home on 27 August 2026, goals credited to Ramires and Iago Siqueira Augusto according to a Sky Sports listing, which put them into the league phase.
Quotes
No directly quoted material was confirmed from the sources read here.
Right now (2026/27)
Adrián Guľa is the head coach. In the Conference League league phase the opponents are Kairat, Pafos, Atalanta, Borac Banja Luka, Jablonec and Kauno Žalgiris. As of 22 October 2026 they had drawn 1-1 at home to Kairat and 1-1 away to Pafos, giving 2 points and a provisional 20th place of 36. One search result listed a home match against Jablonec at the Skonto Stadium on 5 November 2026; this conflicts with other listings and was not confirmed from the sources read here. Results against Atalanta and Borac Banja Luka were not established.
Domestically Riga FC are second in the Virslīga behind RFS, and by that finish they qualify for the 2027/28 Conference League second qualifying round, though the 2026 Latvian Football Cup winner (Riga FC or Auda) takes that place if it differs. The 2026 Supercup was won by Riga FC, apparently against Auda, though the score and details were not established. The Cup final result and the club's summer transfer business were not established from the sources read here.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riga_FC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FK_R%C4%ABga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Latvian_Higher_League https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026%E2%80%9327_UEFA_Conference_League_league_phase https://www.skysports.com/football/riga-vs-dila/9124291736506604232 https://www.futbol24.com/de/wett-tipps/vorschau/27-08-2026-riga-fc-ki-klaksvik-wett-tipp/
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