FS METTA/Latvijas Universitāte

FS METTA
Full name Futbola Skola METTA
(Football School METTA)
Founded 2 May 2006
Ground Rīgas Hanzas vidusskolas futbola laukums
Ground Capacity 250
Manager Andris Riherts
League Virsliga
2016 7th
Website Club home page

FS Metta is a Latvian football club located in Riga, Ķekava. As of 2012 they play in the Latvian Higher League. The club is formed from Futbola Skola "METTA" (Football School Metta) and Latvijas Universitāte (University of Latvia). Metta play their home games in Stadions Arkādija, Riga.

History

Football school "METTA" was officially founded on May 2, 2006. The school was existing already from year 2000. In previous years the football school took part only in youth tournaments. In 2007 football school "METTA" and University of Latvia (Latvijas Universitāte) made a senior team FS METTA/Latvijas Universitāte and participated in Latvian Championship 1st division (Traffic 1. līga) and finished the season in the 4th position. Next 4 seasons were spent in the same level league. In 2011 Metta made their greatest achievement, winning the Latvian First League championship and automatically being promoted to the Latvian Higher League – the top tier of Latvian football.[1]

The base of the team is made from the best football playing students of Latvian University and talented high-school students, who continue their studies at LU. The team was created with an aim to give youngsters from all around Latvia a chance to study and develop their footballing skills.[2]

Participation in Latvian Championships

Season Division (Name) Pos./Teams Pl. W D L GS GA P Latvian Football Cup
2007 2nd (1.līga) 4/(16) 30 18 7 5 67 23 61 1/8 finals
2008 2nd (1.līga) 5/(15) 28 13 9 6 43 27 48 1/8 finals
2009 2nd (1.līga) 6/(14) 26 13 6 7 47 19 45 Not Held
2010 2nd (1.līga) 5/(12) 22 10 6 6 42 25 36 1/8 finals
2011 2nd (1.līga) 1/(13) 24 17 5 2 61 14 56 1/8 finals
2012 1st (Virslīga) 8(10) 36 7 8 21 39 82 29 1/8 finals
2013 1st (Virslīga) 9(10) 27 4 7 16 15 47 19 1/16 finals
2014 1st (Virslīga) 9(10) 36 3 7 26 26 69 16 1/16 finals
2015 1st (Virslīga) 7(8) 24 3 3 18 19 56 18 TBA

Honours

Managers

Current players

First-team squad

As of 01 September 2016. [3]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Latvia GK Dmitrijs Grigorjevs
3 Latvia MF Davids Bagdasarjans
4 Latvia DF Kirils Ševeļovs
5 Latvia MF Dāvis Indrāns
6 Latvia MF Eduards Emsis
7 Latvia MF Edgars Vardanjans
8 Japan MF Takato Yamasaki
10 Latvia MF Roberts Uldriķis
11 Latvia FW Konstantīns Fjodorovs
14 Nigeria FW Adamu Abdullahi
15 Latvia DF Rendijs Šibass
No. Position Player
16 Latvia MF Sergejs Vasiļjevs
17 Latvia MF Artūrs Švalbe
18 Japan MF Takumi Miyazaki
19 Latvia FW Gatis Kalniņš ©
20 Nigeria MF Usman Abbas
21 Nigeria DF Hassan Awe Bala
23 Latvia MF Artūrs Biders
24 Latvia GK Dāvis Ošs
25 Ghana DF Abraham Anane Ashrifie
26 Latvia DF Roberts Gudēns
45 Latvia DF Dāvis Strods
88 Latvia MF Ingars Stuglis

For recent squad changes see: List of Latvian football transfers summer 2014 and List of Latvian football transfers winter 2014-15

International players

  • Latvia Roberts Uldriķis (U19)
  • Latvia Dāvis Ošs (U21)
  • Latvia Ingars Sarmis Stuglis (U21)
  • Latvia Eduards Emsis (U21)
  • Latvia Edgars Vardanjans (U23)

Player of the year

Season Player
2006 Latvia Jānis Kauss
2007 Latvia Vladimirs Cīmanis
2008 Latvia Ivars Gailis
2009 Latvia Marsels Vapne
2010 Latvia Juris Skābardis
2011 Latvia Rūdolfs Puķītis
2012 Latvia Mārtiņš Milašēvičs
2013 Latvia Gatis Kalniņš
2014 Latvia Edgars Vardanjans
2015 Latvia Eduards Emsis

Club officials

Board of directors

Coaching staff

Medical staff

School staff

Sponsorship

Other Sponsors

  • Latvijas Universitāte
  • Sportland
  • DEAC
  • Ķekavas Novada Padome
  • Zemgus
  • Polap
  • Tallink
  • Olimpiskais Sporta Centrs
  • LuLu PIZZA
  • Kīno Citadele
  • Tallink Hotels
  • IT House
  • Ascetic
  • Cers & Jurkāns
  • McDonald's

Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
2007 United States Nike Latvia Deac
2008 Latvia Elko
2009 Latvia Deac
2010
2011
2012 Latvia SMSCREDIT.LV
2013

References

  1. ↑ "Metta/LU" uzvar 1. līgā un nākamgad spēlēs Virslīgā (Latvian)
  2. ↑ Komanda (Latvian)
  3. ↑ "Players".

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/24/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.