FK Liepājas Metalurgs 827910 226168789 2008-07-17T03:31:29Z 96.248.65.228 {{Football club infobox | clubname = FK Liepājas Metalurgs | image = [[Image:FHKLiepajasMetalurgs.jpg|100px|Logo]] | fullname = FK Liepājas Metalurgs | nickname = | founded = [[1997]] | ground = [[Daugava Stadium (Liepāja)|Daugava Stadium]] <br /> [[Liepāja]], [[Latvia]] | capacity = 5,100 | chairman = {{flagicon|LAT}} [[Sergejs Zaharins]] | manager = {{flagicon|LAT}} [[Vladimirs Osipovs]] | league = [[Virsliga]] | season = [[2007 Virsliga|2007]] | position = Virsliga, 2nd | pattern_la1=_red_stripes|pattern_b1=_redstripes|pattern_ra1=_red_stripes| leftarm1=FFFFFF|body1=FFFFFF|rightarm1=FFFFFF|shorts1=FF0000|socks1=FFFFFF| pattern_la2=_whiteshoulders|pattern_b2=_thinwhitestripes|pattern_ra2=_whiteshoulders| leftarm2=1C39BB|body2=1C39BB|rightarm2=1C39BB|shorts2=1C39BB|socks2=1C39BB| }} *''For the ice hockey club see [[HK Liepajas Metalurgs]]'' '''FK Liepājas Metalurgs''' ({{lang-lv|Futbola klubs "Liepājas metalurgs"}}) is a [[Latvia|Latvian]] [[Association football|football]] club, based in the city of [[Liepāja]] and playing in the [[Virslīga]]. They play at the [[Daugava Stadium (Liepāja)|Daugava Stadium]] (capacity 5,008). In 2005 Liepajas Metalurgs became the first team other than [[Skonto FC]] of [[Riga]] to win the [[Virslīga]] since the league restarted in 1991. ==History== Based in [[Liepāja]], FK Liepājas Metalurgs, get their name from the city's [[metallurgy|metallurgical]] factory, founded in 1882, the only one of its kind in the [[Baltic States]]. The history of the club can be traced back to 1945 when two football clubs were founded in Liepāja - Daugava Liepāja and Dinamo Liepāja. ===Daugava Liepāja and Dinamo Liepāja: 1945-1947=== In its debut season Daugava Liepāja were runners-up in the Latvian league behind the champions [[FK Dinamo Rīga]]. In 1946 Daugava were coached by former [[Olimpija Liepāja]] defender [[Kārlis Tīls]] and with one of the best former Olimpija players [[Ernests Ziņģis]] in attack won its first Latvian title. Both [[Valdis Pultraks]] and [[Voldemārs Sudmalis]] were in the squad. The 1947 Daugava again won the title in 1947 and the squad included [[Miervaldis Drāznieks]] who went on to score 160 goals in the Latvian league. Daugava Liepāja also won the [[Latvian Football Cup|Latvian Cup]] in 1946 and 1947. Dinamo Liepāja did not play in the Latvian top league. However in 1948 Dinamo won the [[Latvian Cup]] with future Liepāja player [[Žanis Zviedris]] in the team. ===Sarkanais Metalurgs: 1949-1961=== In 1949 Daugava Liepāja and Dinamo Liepāja merged to form Sarkanais Metalurgs which, for the next decade was the strongest club in the Latvian league. In 1949 Sarkanais Metalurgs won both the league and the Latvian Cup. More titles followed in 1951, 1953, 1954, 1956-1958. They also won the Latvian Cup three times in a row from 1953 to 1955. In 1954 after beating [[Daugava Rīga]] in a match for the chance to play in the Soviet League a united Daugava-Metalurgs club was formed which included six Metalurgs players. In 1954 they competed in the "USSR Class B 1954, 2nd zone" of the [[Soviet First League]] the second tier in Soviet football.<ref name="KLISF001"> {{cite web | title = USSR Class B 1954, 2nd zone | publisher = KLISF | url = http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=tournn&lang=en&id=014600058899413 | accessdate = 2008-02-03}}</ref> In the Latvian league the Metalurgs team was made up of mostly the reserves squad. In 1956 Daugava did not include the Metalurgs name in the Soviet League. In 1960 Sarkanais Metalurgs was given a place in the Soviet league and continued playing in the league under various names until 1990.<ref name="KLISF002"> {{cite web | title = USSR Class B 1960, Republics, 2nd zone | publisher = KLISF | url = http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=tournn&lang=en&id=014120060999392 | accessdate = 2008-02-03}}</ref> In 1961 the club played as [[LMR Liepāja]]. ===Zvejnieks Liepāja: 1962-1989=== In 1962 the club changed owners and was renamed Zvejnieks Liepāja. It was considered as a second team for [[Daugava Rīga]] and the clubs better players usually had to leave for Daugava. Also if Daugava players needed match practice they were sent to Liepāja. In the Soviet league Zvejnieks never was usually a mid-table club. With the club now playing in a Soviet and not the local league players from other [[Republics of the Soviet Union]] came to play for Zvejnieks. In the 1960s, defender [[Mārtiņš Lube]] was the clubs captain.[[Jurijs Romaņenkovs]] who went on to become the clubs coach in 1989-90 played for Zvejnieks in the 1970s. In the 1980s [[Vladimirs Žuks]] coached Zvejnieks and several bright players emerged with the club including [[Jānis Intenbergs]], [[Ilmārs Verpakovskis]], [[Vladimirs Babičevs]] and [[Ainārs Linards]]. A number of Daugava Rīga players also played for Zvejnieks including [[Raimonds Laizāns]] and [[Dainis Deglis]]. ===Olimpija Liepāja: 1990-1993=== In 1990 the club was renamed and given the name of a former Latvian club that plated in the 1920s-1930s - [[Olimpija Liepāja]]. As Olimpija the club played in the Soviet league in 1990, but in 1991 it played only in the Latvian league and finished in third place. The Olimpija period saw the emergence of [[Viktors Dobrecovs]] at the club. After the break up of the [[Soviet Union]] the first seasons in the newly independent Latvia were difficult for Olimpija as they grew financially weaker from year to year. ===FK Liepāja: 1994=== In 1994 the was renamed as FK Liepāja but played only the one season. ===DAG Liepāja: 1995-1996=== In 1995 FK Liepāja was merged with [[FC Dag Rīga]] to form DAG Liepāja. The club reached the 1995 [[Latvian Cup]] final where they lost 3-0 to [[Skonto FC]]. [[Ainārs Linards]] returned to the club in 1995. In the Latvian league the club finished 8th out of ten clubs and in 1996. ===Baltika Liepāja: 1996-1997=== In 1996 the club changed owners again and became Baltika Liepāja. In 1996 [[Māris Verpakovskis]], the son of [[Ilmārs Verpakovskis]] and future [[Latvia national football team]] international made his debut for the club. For some time the club was on the brink of bankruptcy and struggled to keep stop the best players from leaving the club. However, the club got new funding from the local [[Metallurgy]] factory and for the 1997 season at last had a strong budget and ambitious plans again. ===FK Liepājas Metalurgs: 1997 to present=== In 1998 Metalurgs with [[Jurijs Popkovs]] as head coach finished second behind Skonto in the Virslīga and eacj season up to 2004 Metalurgs finished second in the Virslīga every year. In the Latvian Cup they also lost three cup finals. In 2005 Metalurgs finally became Virslīga champions and won the first title for Liepāja in an independent Latvia since the 1930s. In 2006 Metalurgs also finally won the Latvian Cup. == Players == === Current squad === ''As of [[1 July]], [[2008]]'' {{Fs start}} {{Fs player | no= 1 | nat=Latvia | pos=GK | name= [[Aleksejs Krucs]]}} {{Fs player | no= 2 | nat=Latvia | pos=DF | name= [[Andrejs Žuravļovs]]}} {{Fs player | no= 3 | nat=Latvia | pos=DF | name= [[Oskars Kļava]]}} {{Fs player | no= 4 | nat=Latvia | pos=DF | name= [[Dzintars Zirnis]]}} {{Fs player | no= 5 | nat=Brazil | pos=DF | name= [[Antonio Ferreira de Oliveira Junior|Antonino]]}} {{Fs player | no= 6 | nat=Latvia | pos=DF | name= [[Deniss Ivanovs]]}} {{Fs player | no= 7 | nat=Latvia | pos=MF | name= [[Ruslans Mihaļčuks]]}} {{Fs player | no= 8 | nat=Latvia | pos=MF | name= [[Imants Bleidelis]]}} {{Fs player | no= 9 | nat=Lithuania | pos=MF | name= [[Tomas Tamošauskas]]}} {{Fs player | no=11 | nat=Latvia | pos=MF | name= [[Andrejs Rubins]]|other=on loan from [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player | no=12 | nat=Poland | pos=MF | name= [[Arkadiušz Klimek]]}} {{Fs player | no=13 | nat=Latvia | pos=MF | name= [[Pāvels Surņins]]}} {{Fs player | no=14 | nat=Latvia | pos=MF | name= [[Jevgēņijs Golovins]]}} {{Fs player | no=15 | nat=Latvia | pos=DF | name= [[Dmitrijs Mihailovs]]}} {{Fs player | no=10 | nat=Latvia | pos=MF | name= [[Genādijs Soloņicins]]}} {{Fs player | no=16 | nat=Lithuania | pos=MF | name= [[Darius Miceika]]}} {{Fs player | no=20 | nat=Lithuania | pos=FW | name= [[Ričardas Beniušis]]}} {{Fs player | no=22 | nat=Latvia | pos=MF | name= [[Vladimirs Kamešs]]}} {{Fs player | no=23 | nat=Latvia | pos=MF | name= [[Kristaps Grebis]]}} {{Fs player | no=24 | nat=Latvia | pos=MF | name= [[Dmitrijs Mihailovs]]}} {{Fs player | no=28 | nat=Latvia | pos=DF | name= [[Antons Jemeļins]]}} {{Fs player | no=31 | nat=Latvia | pos=GK | name= [[Viktors Spole]]}} {{Fs player | no=77 | nat=Lithuania | pos=FW | name= [[Arturas Rimkevičius]]}} {{Fs end}} ==== Out on loan ==== {{football squad start}} {{Fs player | no=12 | nat=Latvia | pos=GK | name= [[Aleksandrs Vlasovs]]| other=to [[FK Vindava]]}} {{Fs player | no=18 | nat=Argentina | pos=MF | name= [[Cristián Torres]]| other=to [[FK Jūrmala]]}} {{football squad end}} === Reserve squad === {{Fs start}} {{Fs player | no= | nat=Latvia | pos=MF | name= [[Igors Aleksejevs]]}} {{Fs player | no= | nat=Latvia | pos=GK | name= [[Maksims Vitkovskis]]}} {{Fs player | no= | nat=Latvia | pos=DF | name= [[Romans Gladiļins]]}} {{Fs player | no= | nat=Latvia | pos=DF | name= [[Jevgēņijs Koršakovs]]}} {{Fs player | no= | nat=Latvia | pos=DF | name= [[Ingus Šlampe]]}} {{Fs player | no= | nat=Latvia | pos=DF | name= [[Toms Mežs]]}} {{Fs player | no= | nat=Latvia | pos=MF | name= [[Roberts Pirktiņš]]}} {{Fs player | no= | nat=Latvia | pos=MF | name= [[Vladimirs Korbuts]]}} {{Fs player | no= | nat=Latvia | pos=MF | name= [[Nils Sitenkovs]]}} {{Fs player | no= | nat=Latvia | pos=MF | name= [[Ģirts Džeriņš]]}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player | no= | nat=Latvia | pos= | name= [[Golovens Julians]]}} {{Fs player | no= | nat=Latvia | pos= | name= [[Artūrs Karatajevs]]}} {{Fs player | no= | nat=Latvia | pos= | name= [[Krišjānis Dinsbergs]]}} {{Fs player | no= | nat=Latvia | pos= | name= [[Jevgēņijs Haitovs]]}} {{Fs end}} ==Notable former players== * [[Miervaldis Drāznieks]] * [[Voldemārs Sudmalis]] * [[Ernests Ziņģis]] * [[Žanis Zviedris]] * [[Jānis Intenbergs]] * [[Ilmārs Verpakovskis]] * [[Ainārs Linards]] * [[Vladimirs Babičevs]] * [[Māris Verpakovskis]] ==Managers== ''Figures correct as of [[November 13]] [[2007]]''. * 1945-1948 {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Kārlis Tīls]] (Daugava Liepāja coach) * 1949-1951 {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Arturs Bušs]] * 1953-1954 {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Ernests Ziņģis]] * 1954-1961 {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Afanasijs Ptičkins]] * 1961 {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Harijs Feldmanis]] * 1962-1967 {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Lev Korchebokov]] * 1967-1968 {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Boriss Graps]] * 1968-1970 {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Raimonds Dambis]] * 1971 {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Zigfrīds Driķis]] * 1971-1978? {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Afanasijs Ptičkins]] * 1978-1980 {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Boris Reinhold]] * 1982 {{flagicon|Latvia}} Valentins Obravins * 1983-1984 {{flagicon|Latvia}} Eduards Vlasovs * 1985-1988 {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Vladimirs Žuks]] * 1989-1990 {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Jānis Mežeckis]] * 1991 {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Aivars Sveilis]] * 1991 {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Jānis Zuntners]] * 1992­ {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Aleksandrs Jurenko]] * 1993-1994 {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Jānis Zuntners]] * 1994 {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Eduards Safjanovs]] * 1994 {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Ilmārs Verpakovskis]] * 1995 {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Viktors Ņesterenko]] * 1996 {{flagicon|Latvia}}­ [[Vladimirs Žuks]] * 1996 {{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Šendelas Geršovičius]] * 1997 {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Jānis Gilis]] * 1998-2000 {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Jurijs Popkovs]] * 2000-2001 {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Anatoly Shelest]] * 2002 {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Vladimir Muhanov]] * 2002-2003 {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Viktors Lukins]] * 2004-2007 {{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Benjaminas Zelkevičius]] * 2007-2008 {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Jurijs Andrejevs]] * 2008- {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Vladimirs Osipovs]] ==Honours== * '''[[Virsliga]] winners''' ** 2005 * '''[[Virsliga]] runners-up''' ** 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 * '''[[Latvian Cup]] winners''' ** 1946, 1947, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1963, 1964, 2006 * '''[[Baltic League]] winners''' ** [[Baltic League 2007|2007]] * Latvian Soviet league winners ** 1946, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, ==Champions League record== * '''[[UEFA Champions League 2006-07]]''' ** [[UEFA Champions League 2006-07#First qualifying round|First qualifying round]] *** [[12 July]] [[FC Aktobe-Lento|FC Aktobe]] ([[Kazakhstan]]) 1:0 *** [[19 July]] FC Aktobe 1-1 ** [[UEFA Champions League 2006-07#First qualifying round|Second Qualifying round]] *** [[26 July]] [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] ([[Ukraine]]) 1-4 *** [[2 August]] Dynamo Kyiv 0-4 ==UEFA Cup record== * '''[[UEFA Cup 1999-00]] ** [[UEFA Cup 1999-00#Qualifying round|Qualifying round]] *** [[12 August]] [[Lech Poznań]] ([[Poland]]) 3-2 *** [[26 August]] Lech Poznań 1-3 * '''[[UEFA Cup 2000-01]]''' ** [[UEFA Cup 2000-01#Qualifying round|Qualifying round]] *** [[10 August]] [[SK Brann]] ([[Norway]]) 1-1 *** [[24 August]] SK Brann 0-1 * '''[[UEFA Cup 2002-03]]''' ** [[UEFA Cup 2002-03#Qualifying round|Qualifying round]] *** [[15 August]] [[FC Kärnten]] ([[Austria]]) 0-2 *** [[29 August]] FC Kärnten 2-4 * '''[[UEFA Cup 2003-04]]''' ** [[UEFA Cup 2003-04#Qualifying round|Qualifying round]] *** [[14 August]] [[F.C. Dinamo Bucureşti|Dinamo Bucureşti]] ([[Romania]]) 2-5 *** [[28 August]] Dinamo Bucureşti 1-1 * '''[[UEFA Cup 2004-05]]''' ** [[UEFA Cup 2004-05#First qualifying round|First qualifying round]] *** [[15 July]] [[B36 Tórshavn]] ([[Faroe Islands]]) 3-1 *** [[29 July]] B36 Tórshavn 8-1 ** [[UEFA Cup 2004-05#Seconf qualifying round|Second qualifying round]] *** [[12 August]] [[Östers IF]] ([[Sweden]]) 2-2 *** [[26 August]] Östers IF 1-1 ** [[UEFA Cup 2004-05#First round|First round]] *** [[16 September]] [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]] ([[Germany]]) 1-5 *** [[30 September]] Schalke 04 0-4 * '''[[UEFA Cup 2005-06]]''' ** [[UEFA Cup 2005-06#First qualifying round|First qualifying round]] *** [[14 July]] [[NSÍ Runavík]] ([[Faroe Islands]]) 3-0 *** [[28 July]] NSÍ Runavík 3-0 ** [[UEFA Cup 2005-06#Second qualifying round|Second qualifying round]] *** [[11 August]] [[K.R.C. Genk|Racing Genk]] ([[Belgium]]) 2-3 *** [[25 August]] Racing Genk IF 0-3 * '''[[UEFA Cup 2007-08]]''' ** [[UEFA Cup 2007-08#First qualifying round|First qualifying round]] *** [[14 July]] [[FC Dinamo Brest]] ([[Belarus]]) 1-1 *** [[28 July]] Dinamo Brest 2-1 ** [[UEFA Cup 2007-08#Second qualifying round|Second qualifying round]] *** [[11 August]] [[AIK Fotboll]] ([[Sweden]]) 3-2 *** [[25 August]] AIK 0-2 ==Virsliga record== * 1997 - 5th * 1998 - 2nd * 1999 - 2nd * 2000 - 3rd * 2001 - 3rd * 2002 - 3rd * 2003 - 2nd * 2004 - 2nd * 2005 - 1st * [[2006 Virsliga|2006]] - 2nd * [[2007 Virsliga|2007]] - 2nd == References == <references/> ==External links== *[http://sport.metalurgs.lv/eng/football/index.html Official website] {{en icon}} {{lv icon}} {{ru icon}} {{fb start}} {{Virsliga}} {{Baltic League 2008}} {{UEFA Cup 2007-08}} {{fb end}} [[Category:FHK Liepājas Metalurgs|*]] [[Category:Football (soccer) clubs established in 1997|Liepazjas Metalurgs]] [[Category:Latvian football clubs|Liepazjas Metalurgs]] [[de:Liepājas Metalurgs (Fußballverein)]] [[es:FK Liepājas Metalurgs]] [[fr:Metalurgs Liepaja]] [[it:Metalurgs Liepāja]] [[he:ליאפייס מטאלורגס]] [[lv:FK Liepājas Metalurgs]] [[lt:FHK Liepājas Metalurgs]] [[nl:FHK Liepājas Metalurgs]] [[pl:Metalurgs Lipawa]] [[ru:Металлург (футбольный клуб, Лиепая)]] [[sv:FHK Liepājas Metalurgs]]