FK Auda

FK Auda
Full nameFutbola klubs Auda
Founded1969; 55 years ago (1969)
GroundSkonto Stadium, Rīga, Latvia
Capacity7 000
ChairmanJuris Gorkšs
Head coachZoran Zeljković
LeagueVirslīga
2024Virslīga, 3rd of 10
Websitehttps://fkauda.lv/

Futbola klubs Auda is a Latvian professional football club, playing in the Latvian Higher League, the highest division of domestic football. They are based in Ķekava, near the capital Riga. Auda won their first ever major trophy in the final of the Latvian Cup.

History

The history of Auda started in 1969 when the football team of the kolhoz 9. maijs first appeared in the lower divisions of the Latvian championships. This team played its matches in Vecmīlgrāvis in Alberts Šeibelis Stadium, named after the former Latvia national football team captain Alberts Šeibelis. The club played in the lower divisions of Latvian football, its only seasons in the top league came in 19861987 but those also did not bring good results.

In the late 1980s, the name of the kolhoz and the football team was changed to Auda. In 1991, under the management of Valerijs Leitāns and Juris Docenko, Auda made its debut in the top division of the Latvian championships, the Virslīga. In a competition among 20 teams, Auda finished 15th. The following season, the team RFK was reformed on the basis of the Auda squad. Under this name the team, including many young players, participated in 1. līga (the second division of Latvian football). But results which would correspond to the name of RFK did not come so in 1995 the team reverted to its former name of Auda. The following three years it played in the third division, the 2. līga.

In 1996 Auda was a completely new team which played in the 2nd division. In 1997 the young Auda players won their third division zone, but in the finals in two games lost to the FK Valmiera reserve team. After several years in this league Auda finished first in 2001 and were promoted to the Virslīga. After playing three seasons, in 2004 Auda was relegated back to the 1st division.

On 15 October 2005 Auda played its first game in its new stadium in Ķekava. In 2007 FK Auda and FK Alberts united as FK Auda/Alberts, although the merger was gradually reduced with both teams mostly parting ways later. FK Auda/Alberts, the former FK Auda-2 (farmclub), plays in the 2. līga. The latter club has joined with FK Alberts and uses FK Auda second squad players and FK Alberts players.

After a long stint in the First League, Auda achieved promotion once again and returned to the Virslīga in 2022.[1] On 19 October 2022, Auda won their first ever major trophy, beating RFS 1–0 in the final of the Latvian Cup, thanks to a goal from Daniils Ulimbaševs. This also secured them European football for the first time in their history, where they are competing in the following season's Europa Conference League.

In the 2023 season under Simo Valakari, Auda finished 3rd place in the league and won the bronze medal, the club's first medal in the top-tier league. Auda also qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League qualifiers. After the season, Valakari departed for Riga FC, with former SC Corinthians Paulista assistant manager Filipe Almeida from Portugal becoming the new head coach.

European

As of match played 15 August 2024
Competition GP W D L GF GA +/-
UEFA Conference League 8 5 1 2 11 9 +2
Total 8 5 1 2 11 9 +2
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Agg.
2023–24 UEFA Conference League 2QR Slovakia Spartak Trnava 1–1 1–4 2−5
2024–25 UEFA Conference League 1QR Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 2–0 1–0 3−0
2QR Northern Ireland Cliftonville 2–0 2–1 4−1
3QR Kosovo Drita 1–0 1–3 (a.e.t.) 2–3
2025–26 UEFA Conference League 1QR
Notes
  • QR: Qualifying round

Honours

Players

First-team squad

As of 15 August 2024

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 Latvia LVA Raivo Sturins
2 DF Croatia CRO Tin Hrvoj
4 DF Ivory Coast CIV Bakary Diawara
6 DF Latvia LVA Kriss Karklins
7 MF Portugal POR Matheus Clemente
9 FW Senegal SEN Meleye Diagne
10 FW Ivory Coast CIV Abdoul Kader Traore
11 FW Nigeria NGA Abiodun Ogunniyi
12 GK Latvia LVA Krišjānis Zviedris
14 MF Latvia LVA Aleksejs Saveļjevs
15 DF Ivory Coast CIV Moussa Ouedraogo
16 MF Brazil BRA Lucas Ramos (on loan from Internacional)
17 MF Senegal SEN El Hadji Mané
20 MF Ghana GHA Jonah Attuquaye
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Latvia LVA Dennis Meļņiks
22 FW Nigeria NGA Alexander Ogunji
23 MF Latvia LVA Iļja Korotkovs
24 GK Latvia LVA Niks Aleksandrovs
25 FW Nigeria NGA Abdulrahman Taiwo (on loan from Riga)
26 DF Latvia LVA Vjačeslavs Isajevs
37 DF Croatia CRO Petar Bosančić
49 DF Portugal POR Bruno Tavares
70 DF Senegal SEN Mor Talla
71 FW Latvia LVA Oskars Rubenis
77 FW Burkina Faso BFA Ousmane Camara (on loan from Riga)
79 MF Ivory Coast CIV Ibrahim Kone
99 FW Haiti HAI Stevenson Jeudi

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Latvia LVA Jegors Novikovs (at FK Metta until 31 December 2024)
FW Latvia LVA Arturs Krancmanis (at FK Tukums 2000 until 31 December 2024)

References

  1. ^ "FK Auda". Optibet Virslīga / Futbola Virslīga (in Latvian). Retrieved 2023-07-28.