FK Liepāja is a Latvian professional football club established 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) 2Q Sūduva Marijampolė 0–2 1–0 1–22018–19UEFA 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 2Q IFK Norrköping 0–1 0–2 0–3 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Struga 1–1 4–1 5–2 2Q CSKA Sofia 0–0 0–0 0–0 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Gjilani 3–1 0–1 3−2 2Q Young Boys 0–1 0–3 0–4 2024–25 UEFA Conference League 1Q Víkingur 1–1 0–2 1−3 2026–27 UEFA Conference League 1Q Dečić 1–0 2–1 3–1 2Q Austria Wien 0–2 1–3 1–5
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 PapīrsKit manufacturer Adidas
Players
Current squad
Out on loan
Staff Position Name President Oļegs Hramovs Director Dāvids Jansons Manager Andreas Alm Assistant manager Michel Huff Dos Santos Assistant manager Jānis Goba Goalkeeping coach Andrejs PiedelsVideo analyst Oleksandr Panchuk Doctor Andrii Kolosov Masseur Viktar Bulat Press secretary Mihails Koroļovs
Managers
NameNat.FromToPWDLGSGA%WHonoursNotesViktors Dobrecovs1 March 20145 November 2016Latvian Higher LeagueTamaz Pertia15 November 201630 July 2018Latvian CupMareks Zuntners30 July 201814 September 2018Gordon Young14 September 201823 April 2019Aleksandrs StarkovsApril 2019September 2019Andrejs Kaļiņins January 2020June 2020Dmitry MoloshJune 2020June 2021Nebojša VignjevićJuly 202131 January 20223rd place Latvian Higher LeagueKirill Alshevsky February 2022June 2022Tamaz Pertia20222024Dino Skender7 January 20256 April 20255212111040.00Jānis Goba6 April 20258 May 20256222111333.33Andreas Alm8 May 2025
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