FK Ventspils
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FK Ventspils was a Latvian football club, based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils city and is one of the most popular football clubs in the country. The club played in the Latvian Virsliga since 1997. It was abolished in 2020 and officially liquidated in 2024,[1] A new phoenix club "JFK Ventspils" returned to Latvian football and competes in the Latvian First League as of 2023.
Full name | Futbola Klubs Ventspils | ||
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Nickname(s) | Yellow-Blues | ||
Founded | 1997; 27 years ago (1997) | ||
Dissolved | 2024; 0 years ago (2024) | ||
Ground | Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions | ||
Capacity | 3,200 | ||
Manager | Igor Kichigin | ||
League | Latvian First League | ||
2022 | 2nd | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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In total, FK Ventspils has won six league titles and seven Latvian Cups. They became Latvian Higher League champions in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013 and 2014.[2][failed verification] In 2009 FK Ventspils became the first Latvian club to participate in the group stages of a UEFA competition after beating BATE Borisov from Belarus.[citation needed]