FK Liepāja


FK Liepāja/Mogo is a Latvian football club, founded in 2014. The club is based at the Daugava Stadium in Liepāja. FK Liepāja plays in the Latvian Higher League. In their first season they finished 4th in the 2014 Latvian Higher League.

History

FK Liepāja/Mogo was founded in March 2014 as an indirect legatee of FK Liepājas Metalurgs, which was dissolved following the 2013 Latvian Higher League season due to the bankruptcy of its owner company and the sole sponsor metallurgical plant A/S Liepājas Metalurgs. FK Liepāja incorporated all the players, including youth teams, as well as the participation place in the 2014 Latvian Higher League, which had been at the disposal of Liepājas Metalurgs prior to its bankruptcy. The club is mainly sponsored by the Liepāja City Council and led by the former Latvian international footballer Māris Verpakovskis. The first manager of the team was Viktors Dobrecovs.
In its debut season FK Liepāja finished the championship in the top four. Jānis Ikaunieks, FK Liepāja midfielder, was voted as the best player of the 2014 season.
On 15 November 2016, Tamaz Pertia was appointed as the new manager of FK Liepāja.
On 14 September 2018, Gordon Young was appointed as the new manager of FK Liepāja.

League

Europe

1R: First round, 2Q: Second qualifying round, 3Q: Third qualifying round, PO: Play-off round
SeasonCompetitionRoundOpponentHomeAwayAggregate
2016–17UEFA Champions League2Q Red Bull Salzburg0–20–10–3
2017–18UEFA Europa League1Q Crusaders2–01–33–3
2017–18UEFA Europa League2Q Sūduva Marijampolė0–21–01–2
2018–19UEFA Europa League1Q BK Häcken0–32–12–4
2019–20UEFA Europa League1Q Dinamo Minsk1–12–13–2
2019–20UEFA Europa League2Q IFK Norrköping0–10–20–3

Honours

Players

Current squad

Staff

Managers

NameNat.FromToPWDLGSGA%WHonoursNotes
Viktors Dobrecovs1 March 20145 November 2016
Latvian Higher League-------
Tamaz Pertia15 November 201630 July 2018
Latvian Cup-------
Mareks Zuntners30 July 201814 September 2018
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Gordon Young14 September 2018
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