FK Spartaks Jūrmala

Association football club in Latvia

Football club

Spartaks Jūrmala

Full name| Jūrmalas Futbola un Peldēšanas skola/Spartaks (Jūrmala Swimming and Football School/Spartaks)
Nickname(s)| Sarkanbaltie (Red-whites)
Founded| 2007; 17 years ago (2007)
Ground| Sloka Stadium
Capacity| 2,500
Chairman| Spartaks Melkumjans
Manager| Oskars Kļava
League| Virslīga
2022| 8th
Website| https://www.fkspartaks.lv/

Home colours

Away colours

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Current season

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]

## History

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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

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* Latvian Higher League champions (2)
* 2016, 2017
* Latvian Second League champions (1)
* 2007
* Latvian First League play-off winners (1)
* 2011
* Sports Club of the Year in Jūrmala (1)
* 2011

## Managers

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Name  | Period

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

## League and Cup history

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Season  | Division (Name)  | Pos./Teams  | Pl.  | W  | D  | L  | GS  | GA  | P  | Latvian Football Cup

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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

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### Matches

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Season  | Competition  | Round  | Club  | Home  | Away  | Aggregate

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2015–16  | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  Budućnost Podgorica | 0–0  | 3–1  | 3–1
2Q |  Vojvodina | 1–1  | 0–3  | 1–4
2016–17  | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  Dinamo Minsk | 0–2  | 1–2  | 1–4
2017–18  | UEFA Champions League | 2Q |  Astana | 0–1  | 1–1  | 1–2
2018–19  | UEFA Champions League | 1Q |  Red Star Belgrade | 0−0  | 0−2  | 0–2
UEFA Europa League | 2Q |  La Fiorita | 6−0  | 3−0  | 9−0
3Q |  Sūduva Marijampolė | 0−1  | 0–0  | 0–1

Notes

* 1Q: First qualifying round
* 2Q: Second qualifying round
* 3Q: Third qualifying round

## Sponsors

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Sponsors

Jūrmalas Pilsētas Dome
Hanseatisches Fußball Kontor GmbH
Sportland

Kit manufacturer

Nike Inc.

## Players and staff

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As of 1 November 2022

### Current squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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1  | GK |  LVA | Dāvis Veisbuks
2  | DF |  LVA | Klavs Kramens
3  | DF |  LVA | Timurs Azarovs
4  | MF |  LVA | Deniss Meļņiks
5  | MF |  LVA | Danila Patijcuks
7  | MF |  GHA | Kwadwo Asamoah
8  | MF |  LVA | Vladislavs Soloveičiks
10  | FW |  LVA | Daniils Hvoinickis
11  | MF |  RUS | Valentin Zekhov
12  | GK |  LVA | Konstantīns Maculevičs
13  | MF |  FIN | Adam Markhiyev
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15  | MF |  LVA | Raivis Skrebels
16  | DF |  LVA | Daniels Grauds
17  | FW |  LVA | Artjoms Zamullo
18  | MF |  LVA | Kristians Godiņš
20  | MF |  UKR | Yaroslav Terekhov
21  | GK |  LVA | Iļja Isajevs
22  | MF |  LVA | Artūrs Ļotčikovs
23  | DF |  LVA | Deņiss Rogovs
26  | FW |  LVA | Artūrs Ostapenko
27  | DF |  LVA | Aleksandrs Solovjovs

### Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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-- | DF |  NGA | Lucky Opara (on loan at Narva Trans)
-- | MF |  NGA | Aliyu Yau Adam (on loan at Hapoel Acre)
-- | MF |  NGA | Luiz Igbineweka (on loan at Mosta)
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-- | FW |  NGA | Sunday Akinbule (on loan at Mosta)
-- | FW |  NCA | Ariagner Smith (on loan at Panevėžys)

### Staff

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Name, surname | Position

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Seržiks Melkumjans  | President
Spartaks Melkumjans  | Chairman
Alexei Eremenko Sr. | Manager
Saulius Cekanavičius  | Assistant manager
Aleksandrs Proskurņins  | Goalkeeper coach
Pāvels Fjodorovs  | Administrator
Stefan Botezatu  | Physiotherapist

## References

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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. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
3. ^ @fkspartaks (11 February 2020). "We are glad to announce that our new..." (Tweet) - via Twitter.

## External links

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* Official website (in Latvian and Russian)
* Official website of the Latvian Football Federation (in Latvian and English)

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* 6 Ahli
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* 8 Kovaļovs
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* 10 Gauračs
* 11 Žigajevs
* 12 Minajevs
* 13 Stuglis
* 16 Adzhiyev
* 17 Svārups
* 18 Moncada
* 19 Korzāns
* 20 Smith
* 21 Simić
* 22 Mello
* 23 Šlampe
* 25 Ošs
* 27 Mihadjuks
* 81 Ņerugals
* Abdullahi
* Kerbache
* Mikuckis
* Opara
* Coach: Kļava

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