FK Spartaks Jūrmala

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.

Spartaks Jūrmala

Full name	Jūrmalas Futbola un Peldēšanas skola/Spartaks (Jūrmala Swimming and Football School/Spartaks)
Nickname(s)	Sarkanbaltie (Red-whites)
Founded	2007 (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

History

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. 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

• 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

Name	Period
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	February 2020–

League and Cup history

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

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
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

Sponsors Jūrmalas Pilsētas Dome Hanseatisches Fußball Kontor GmbH Sportland

Kit manufacturer Nike Inc.

Players and staff

As of 1 November 2022

Current squad

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	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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
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

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	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)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	NGA	Sunday Akinbule (on loan at Mosta)
—	FW	NCA	Ariagner Smith (on loan at Panevėžys)

Staff

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

External links

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