Futbola klubs 1625 Liepāja, previously SFK Varavīksne (English: SFC Rainbow), was a football club based in Liepāja that last played in Latvian football's second tier, the First League.

FK 1625 Liepāja
Full nameFutbola klubs 1625 Liepāja
Founded1999 (1999)
Dissolved2016
GroundDaugava reserve stadium,
Liepāja, Latvia
Capacity5,083
ChairmanIvo Bergmanis
ManagerDmitrijs Kalašņikovs
LeagueFirst League
20144th
Websitehttp://www.1625.lv/

History

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The club was founded on December 14, 1999, as SFK Varavīksne and until 2010 played in the Second League. Informally, the football team had existed since 1997. In 2010, Varavīksne won the Second League and were promoted to the First League.

SFK Varavīksne was renamed FK 1625 Liepāja in February 2014.[1] In 1625, Liepāja was awarded town rights.

Due to financial difficulties and citing a lack of support from the municipality (which it disputed), the club was dissolved before the 2016 season.[2] As late as 2021, a team of the same name (albeit with a different crest) played in regional mini football tournaments.[3]

Honours

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League and Cup history

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Season Division (Name) Pos./Teams Latvian Football Cup
2008 Second League 2/(4) 1/16
2009 Second League 3 Not Held
2010 Second League 1/(7) 1/8
2011 First League 5/(13) 1/16
2012 First League 7/(14) 1/8
2013 First League 10/(16) 1/8
2014 First League 4/(16) 1/8
2015 First League

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 8 May 2015[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   LVA Pauls Volgemuts
2 MF   LVA Agris Otaņķis
5 DF   LVA Aleksandrs Gusevs
6 DF   LVA Ivans Gluško
7 MF   LVA Kristiāns Božis
8 MF   LVA Jans Bespjorstovs
9 FW   AZE Vugar Asgarov
10 FW   FRA Andrely Makela
11 DF   LVA Ivo Skripko (captain)
12 GK   LVA Toms Vīksna
13 MF   LVA Oļegs Tkačovs
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF   LVA Jans Bespjorstovs
15 MF   LVA Roberts Pirktiņš
16 MF   RUS Mikhail Zaitsev
21 DF   LVA Ņikita Aržeņinovs
25 MF   LVA Romāns Gladiļins
26 MF   LVA Daniels Vasiljevs
51 DF   LVA Jurijs Teretenko
52 MF   LVA Mārtiņš Kalinčenko
61 MF   LVA Juris Kučma
65 MF   LVA Arturs Liatukas
66 MF   UKR Yuriy Krasnovomets

Notes

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  1. ^ "Varavīksne maina nosaukumu uz FK 1625 Liepāja". Archived from the original on 2015-03-03. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
  2. ^ "Pirmā līga bez Liepājas futbola". liepajniekiem.lv (in Latvian). 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  3. ^ "FK "1625 Liepāja" izcīna otro vietu minifutbola turnīrā". liepajniekiem.lv (in Latvian). 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  4. ^ Pieteikums 2014.gada SYFORM Pirmās līgas čempionātam
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