FK RFS
FK RFS is a professional Latvian football club based in Riga. The club competes in Virsliga, the top tier of Latvian football.
Full name | FK RFS | ||
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Founded | 2016 | ||
Ground | LNK Sporta Parks | ||
Capacity | 700 | ||
Chairman | Artjoms Milovs | ||
Manager | Viktors Morozs | ||
League | Virsliga | ||
2023 | Virsliga, 1st of 10 (champions) | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Founded in 2016, the club has worn a blue home kit and a white away kit since its inception. Since the start of playing in the Latvian higher league in 2016, RFS played their home matches in Jānis Skredelis' stadium for almost 6 years, before moving to LNK Sporta Parks in the summer of 2022.
The club has been crowned as Latvian champions twice in 2021 and 2023, and has also won the Latvian cup on two occasions – in 2019 and 2021. RFS were named as the Best Sports Club in Riga of the year 2022. In 2022, RFS became only the 2nd Latvian club to qualify for European group stages since FK Ventspils in the 2009/10 season, after beating Linfield in a dramatic play-off tie.
As of February 2024, RFS are ranked 171st in the UEFA club rankings.