FK RFS (acronym of Rīgas Futbola Skola) is a professional Latvian football club based in Riga, Latvia. It competes in Virsliga,[2] the top flight of Latvian football.

FK RFS

Full name	Futbola klubs RFS
Founded	1962[1]
Ground	LNK Sporta Parks
Capacity	2,500
Manager	Viktors Morozs
League	Virsliga
2021	Champions
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

History

RFS were promoted to the Virsliga for 2016 when Skonto FC failed to obtain a license.[3]

In 2018, RFS qualified for the UEFA Europa League qualifiers for the first time. In 2019, the club achieved its first-ever honour, the Latvian Cup.^{[citation needed]}

It wasn't until 2021–22 that RFS won a European two-legged tie, beating Faroese club KÍ Klaksvík. They went on to beat Hungarian side Puskás Akadémia FC before losing to Belgian club Gent. Later that year, RFS won their first Virsliga and would thus compete in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds. They lost to HJK Helsinki in the first qualifying round but were given a bye to the third qualifying round of 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League. There, they progressed against Maltese champions Hibernians, and in the playoff round, beat Northern Ireland's Linfield on penalties to become only the second Latvian club to reach the group stages of a European competition, after FK Ventspils which qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage.

European

As of match played 3 November 2022

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Agg.
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Olimpija Ljubljana	0–2	3–2	3–4
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Partizan	—	0–1	—
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	1QR	KÍ	2–3	4–2 (a.e.t.)	6–5
		2QR	Puskás Akadémia	3–0	2−0	5−0
		3QR	Gent	0–1	2–2	2–3
2022–23	UEFA Champions League	1QR	HJK	2−1 (a.e.t.)	0–1	2–2 (4–5 p)
	UEFA Europa Conference League	3QR	Hibernians	1–1	3–1	4–2
		PO	Linfield	2–2	1–1	3–3 (4–2 p)
		GS	Başakşehir	0–0	0–3	4th
			Fiorentina	0–3	1–1
			Hearts	0–2	1–2
2023–24	UEFA Europa Conference League	1QR

Notes

• QR: Qualifying round
• GS: Group stage

Honours

Latvian Higher League

• Champions: 2021

Latvian Cup

• Winners: 2019, 2021

Players

Current squad

As of 3 September 2022 [4]

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  LTU Vytautas Černiauskas 2 DF  LVA Vladislavs Sorokins 3 MF  LVA Artūrs Zjuzins 4 DF  LVA Vitālijs Maksimenko 6 MF  GAM Alfusainey Jatta 7 FW  CIV Ismaël Diomandé 8 MF  LTU Karolis Uzėla 9 MF  BRA Emerson Deocleciano 10 FW  LVA Deniss Rakels 12 GK  LVA Pāvels Šteinbors 13 GK  LVA Jevgēņijs Ņerugals 14 MF  LVA Renārs Varslavāns 17 FW  CIV Cedric Kouadio

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  LVA Dmitrijs Zelenkovs 19 FW  SRB Andrej Ilić 21 DF  LVA Elvis Stuglis 24 MF  CRO Tomislav Šarić 25 DF  CZE Petr Mareš 27 DF  LVA Vladislavs Fjodorovs 28 MF  SRB Stefan Panić 29 FW  BRA Bill (on loan from SC Dnipro-1) 30 FW  AUT Kevin Friesenbichler 43 DF  SVN Žiga Lipušček 66 DF  SRB Jovan Vlalukin 77 DF  LVA Kaspars Dubra 81 MF  AUT Tomáš Šimkovič 92 DF  LVA Vitālijs Jagodinskis 99 MF  LVA Gļebs Žaleiko

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  LVA Sergejs Vilkovs (on loan at Tukums 2000) — DF  LVA Niks Sliede (on loan at Tukums 2000) — FW  LVA Mareks Fišers (on loan at BFC Bauska)

References

External links

• (in Latvian) Official website

На других языках

[de] FK RFS

[es] FK RFS

[ru] РФШ (футбольный клуб)