Riga FC


Riga Football Club, commonly referred to as Riga FC, is a Latvian football club, founded in 2014. The club is based at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Since 2016, the club has been playing in the Virslīga, the highest tier of the Latvian football league system.
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History

The club was officially registered in April 2014. The team was established before the 2015 season after a merger of two Riga based teams – FC Caramba and Dinamo Rīga.
In the 2015 season, under the name FC Caramba/Dinamo, the team played in the Latvian First League by using the licence received by FC Caramba, an unrelated team founded by future FK RFS co-founder Maksims Krivuņecs, which had won promotion to the 1. līga after winning the Latvian Second League in 2014. After winning the 2015 First League and earning promotion to the Higher League, the club changed its name to Riga FC. However, for most of 2015, the legal name of the team was 'Riga Dinamo Football Club'. A club named Dinamo Riga played in 1940 and 1945–1960.
In 2017, Riga FC acquired the Šitiks Football Academy, founded in 1999 by Genādijs Šitiks, and operates it as one of its youth academies, Riga FC Academy.
In 2018, the Ukrainian Viktor Skrypnyk was appointed as coach. He managed to lead the club to two Latvian Higher Leagues in 2018, 2019 and the Latvian Football Cup in 2018.

European

Fully up to date as of 27 August 2025
CompetitionPldWDLGFGAGD
UEFA Champions League503214–3
UEFA Europa League104241112–1
UEFA Europa Conference League26133103833+5
Total41178165049+1

;Notes1QR: First qualifying round2QR: Second qualifying round 3QR: Third qualifying roundPO: Play-off round

Honours

Current staff

As of 1 March 2025
PositionName
Head coach

Current board

As of 13 March 2021
PositionName
Director-General

Controversies

In 2020, it was reported that Russian businessman Sergey Lomakin, the owner of Riga FC, was included in Latvia's persona non grata list. This was denied by the board of the club.

Notable players

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Player records

Most appearances

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Top goalscorers

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1sort|053|53sort|007|7sort|001|1sort|001|1sort|62|62