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FK Metta (also called FK Metta/Latvijas Universitāte from 2007 till the end of 2018 season) is a professional Latvian football club in Riga. As of 2012 they play in the Latvian Higher League. Metta play their home games at Daugava Stadium. Until June 2018, their home venue was the Riga Hanza Secondary School Stadium.[1]

FK Metta
Full nameFutbola Klubs METTA
(Football Club METTA)
Founded2 May 2006
GroundDaugava Stadium, Riga
Capacity10,461
ChairmanĢirts Mihelsons
ManagerAndris Riherts
LeagueVirsliga
20217th
WebsiteClub website
Home colours
Away colours
Current season

History


FS Metta was officially founded on May 2, 2006, though the club had been active in youth tournaments since 2000. In 2007 FS Metta and University of Latvia (Latvijas Universitāte) merged as a senior professional team and participated in the Latvian Championship first division (Traffic 1. līga). They finished the season in the fourth position. The club remained at the same level for the next four seasons. Though a professional club, Metta retained the prefix FS (Futbola Skola), since their policy was to invest in youth players. In 2011 Metta won the Latvian First League championship and were automatically promoted to the Latvian Higher League – the top tier of Latvian football.[2]

The affiliation with the university provides the club with a greater financial backing and the players with the opportunity, if wanted, to study at the most prestigious Latvian University. The club was created with the aim to gather the greatest youth talents from across the country and surrounding areas to build and shape them into expensive players for sale to bigger clubs.[3]

In 2020 FK Metta were the youngest top-tier team in Europe.[4] At the end of the season, the team's average age was 19,5.[5]

In September 2020, FK Metta forward Raimonds Krollis made his debut for the Latvia national football team.[6] He became the first-ever player that has gone through the whole FK Metta academy and played for the Senior national team.


Patron of the University of Latvia


Football school "Metta" is a silver patron of the University of Latvia Foundation. They have supported the University of Latvia since 2016, donating to the football system and scholarships.[7]


Participation in Latvian Championships


Season Division (Name) Pos./Teams Pl. W D L GS GA P Latvian Football Cup
2007 2nd (1.līga) 4/(16) 30 18 7 5 67 23 61 1/8 finals
2008 2nd (1.līga) 5/(15) 28 13 9 6 43 27 48 1/8 finals
2009 2nd (1.līga) 6/(14) 26 13 6 7 47 19 45 Not Held
2010 2nd (1.līga) 5/(12) 22 10 6 6 42 25 36 1/8 finals
2011 2nd (1.līga) 1/(13) 24 17 5 2 61 14 56 1/8 finals
2012 1st (Virslīga) 8(10) 36 7 8 21 39 82 29 1/8 finals
2013 1st (Virslīga) 9(10) 27 4 7 16 15 47 19 1/16 finals
2014 1st (Virslīga) 9(10) 36 3 7 26 26 69 16 1/16 finals
2015 1st (Virslīga) 7(8) 24 3 3 18 19 56 12 1/4 finals
2016 1st (Virslīga) 7(8) 28 8 6 14 32 47 30 1/4 finals
2017 1st (Virslīga) 7(8) 24 3 6 15 21 46 15 1/4 finals
2018 1st (Virslīga) 7(8) 28 5 4 19 24 52 19 1/2 finals
2019 1st (Virslīga) 9(9) 32 6 8 18 35 60 26 1/8 finals
2020 1st (Virslīga) 9(10) 27 4 4 19 22 55 16 1/8 finals

Honours



Managers



Current players



First-team squad


As of 10 March 2022 [8] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  LVA Jānis Beks
2 DF  LVA Gabriels Kirkils
3 DF  LVA Normunds Uldriķis
5 DF  LVA Daniels Fedorovičs
6 MF  LVA Oskars Vientiess
8 MF  LTU Kristupas Kersys
11 FW  LVA Jānis Grīnbergs
12 GK  LVA Alvis Sorokins
14 MF  LVA Noa Meroža
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF  LVA Niklāvs Treimanis
16 DF  LVA Kārlis Vilnis
17 FW  LVA Artjoms Puzirevskis
18 DF  LVA Mikus Vasilevskis
20 FW  LVA Ingars Pūlis
21 DF  LVA Rūdolfs Zeņģis
22 MF  LVA Tomass Zants
23 MF  LVA Gļebs Kļuškins
25 MF  CMR Jean Mbassi Zambgala
29 MF  LVA Kristofers Rēķis
33 FW  LVA Bruno Melnis

Player of the year


Season Player
2006 Jānis Kauss
2007 Vladimirs Cīmanis
2008 Ivars Gailis
2009 Marsels Vapne
2010 Juris Skābardis
2011 Rūdolfs Puķītis
2012 Mārtiņš Milašēvičs
2013 Gatis Kalniņš
2014 Edgars Vardanjans
2015 Eduards Emsis
2016 Roberts Uldriķis
2017 Dāvis Indrāns
2019 Dāvis Ošs
2019 Kgotso Masangane
2020 Raimonds Krollis

Club officials



Board of Directors



Coaching staff



Medical staff



Staff



Shirt sponsors and manufacturers


Period Kit manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
2007 Nike Deac
2008 Elko
2009 Deac
2010
2011
2012 SMScredit.lv
2013
2014 none
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021

References





На других языках


[de] FK Metta

Der FK Metta ist ein 2006 gegründeter lettischer Fußballverein aus der Stadt Riga.
- [en] FK Metta

[es] FK Metta

El Futbola klubs Metta, 2007-2018 Futbola Skola Metta/Latvijas Universitāte, mejor conocido por la abreviatura Metta/LU, es un club de fútbol con sede en Riga, Letonia. Fue fundado en 2006 como una escuela de fútbol y cuenta con la participación de la Universidad de Letonia.[1] Actualmente juega en la Virslīga, máxima categoría nacional.[2]

[ru] Метта (футбольный клуб)

«Ме́тта» (латыш. Futbola klubs „Metta”) — латвийский футбольный клуб из города Рига, основанный в начале 2007 года, при участии футбольной школы «Метта» и Латвийского университета.



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