# FK Liepāja

FK Liepāja is a Latvian professional 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 a phoenix club and 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

| Season | Division | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Latvian Football Cup | Top Scorer (League) | Manager |
| 2014 | 1st | 4th | 36 | 21 | 3 | 12 | 72 | 45 | 66 | Semifinal | Jānis Ikaunieks – 23 | Viktors Dobrecovs |
| 2015 | 1st | 1st | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 48 | 23 | 52 | Quarterfinal | Dāvis Ikaunieks – 15 | Viktors Dobrecovs |
| 2016 | 1st | 4th | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 31 | 42 | Quarterfinal | Oskars Kļava – 6 | Viktors Dobrecovs |
| 2017 | 1st | 2nd | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 25 | 37 | Winners | Artūrs Karašausks – 12 | Tamaz Pertia |
| 2018 | 1st | 4th | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 25 | 51 | Quarterfinal | Ģirts Karlsons – 10 | Tamaz Pertia Dario Aurelio Gordon Young |
| 2019 | 1st | 6th | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 43 | 39 | Quarterfinal | Jānis Ikaunieks – 7 | Gordon Young Aleksandrs Starkovs |
| 2020 | 1st | 5th | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 34 | 42 | Winners | Dodô – 18 | Aleksandrs Starkovs Dmitry Molosh |
| 2021 | 1st | 3rd | 28 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 47 | 26 | 51 | Runners Up | Dodô – 7 | Nebojša Vignjević |
| 2022 | 1st | 4th | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 72 | 42 | 70 | Round of 16 | Dodô – 13 | Kirill Alshevsky Tamaz Pertia |
| 2023 | 1st | 5th | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 54 | 51 | Semifinal | Dodô – 13 | Tamaz Pertia |
| 2024 | 1st | 6th | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 56 | 39 | Semifinal | Dodô – 9 | Tamaz Pertia |

### Europe

1R: First round, 2Q: Second qualifying round, 3Q: Third qualifying round, PO: Play-off round
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2016–17 | UEFA Champions League | 2Q | Red Bull Salzburg | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Crusaders | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 (a) |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | Sūduva Marijampolė | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| 2018–19 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | BK Häcken | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–4 |
| 2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Dinamo Minsk | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| 2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | IFK Norrköping | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1Q | Struga | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 2Q | CSKA Sofia | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | 0–0 | 0–0 (1–3 p) |
| 2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1Q | Gjilani | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3−2 |
| 2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 2Q | Young Boys | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | 1Q | Víkingur | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1−3 |

## Honours

* Virslīga
** Champions (1): 2015
* Latvian Football Cup
** Winners (2): 2017, 2020

## Sponsors

* Sponsors
* Mogo
* Liepājas Dome Firma UPTK Ambero Liepājas Olimpiskais Centrs Radio SWH Radio SWH+ NPK Expert Liepājas Enerģija Liepājas Papīrs
* Kit manufacturer
* Adidas

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 20 February 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | LVA | Iļja Isajevs |
| 2 | DF | LVA | Rūdolfs Ziemelis |
| 3 | DF | LVA | Kirils Iļjins |
| 6 | DF | LVA | Oskars Vientiess |
| 7 | FW | SEN | Pape Doudou |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Joseph Oloko Ede |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Dodô |
| 11 | FW | SEN | Mouhamadou Diaw |
| 12 | GK | MNE | Danijel Petković |
| 14 | FW | SEN | Djibril Guèye |
| 17 | FW | LVA | Bruno Melnis |
| 18 | DF | LVA | Rūdolfs Meļķis |
| 19 | FW | LVA | Roberts Meļķis |
| 21 | MF | LVA | Jānis Grīnbergs |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Stefan Purtić |
| 24 | GK | LVA | Dāvis Ošs |
| 26 | DF | LVA | Vjačeslavs Isajevs |
| 27 | DF | SEN | Cheikh Diouf |
| 28 | MF | UKR | Andriy Korobenko |
| 35 | DF | LVA | Vladislavs Sorokins |
| 44 | FW | NED | Kyvon Leidsman |
| 55 | DF | MNE | Marko Simić |
| 70 | MF | LVA | Danila Patijčuks |
| 72 | DF | MNE | Anto Babić |
| 86 | FW | CRO | Niko Domjanić (on loan from Varaždin) |
| 91 | MF | CRO | Marin Laušić |
| 99 | FW | SUI | Tresor Samba |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Chernozub (at Džiugas Telšiai until 30 November 2025) |
| — | DF | GEO | Nikoloz Chikovani (at DFK Dainava until 31 December 2025) |
| — | DF | LVA | Alans Kangars (at Metta until 31 December 2025) |
| — | DF | LVA | Aleksandrs Molotkovs (at Metta until 31 December 2025) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | MTN | Amar Haïdara (at Sūduva until 31 December 2025) |
| — | MF | LVA | Ivans Patrikejevs (at Nõmme Kalju until 31 December 2025) |
| — | FW | LVA | Marks Pačepko (at BFC Daugavpils until 31 December 2025) |

## Staff

| Position | Name |
| President | Oļegs Hramovs |
| Director | Dāvids Jansons |
| Manager | Tamaz Pertia |
| Assistant manager | Ivan Đurđević |
| Assistant manager | Maciej Stachowiak |
| Goalkeeping coach | Toms Vīksna |
| Doctor | Andrii Kolosov |
| Masseur | Viktar Bulat |
| Press secretary | Mihails Koroļovs |

## Managers

    As of match played 10 March 2019
| Name | Nat. | From | To | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | %W | Honours |
| Viktors Dobrecovs | Latvia | 1 March 2014 | 5 November 2016 | 96 | 52 | 16 | 28 | 175 | 108 | 054.17 | Latvian Higher League |
| Tamaz Pertia | Georgia | 15 November 2016 | 30 July 2018 | 50 | 27 | 8 | 15 | 85 | 57 | 054.00 | Latvian Cup |
| Mareks Zuntners | Latvia | 30 July 2018 | 14 September 2018 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 016.67 | |
| Gordon Young | Scotland | 14 September 2018 | | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 060.00 | |