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| Founded | 1996 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dissolved | 2009 | ||
| Ground | Daugava Stadium Daugavpils,Latvia | ||
| Capacity | 3,480 | ||
| League | Latvian First League | ||
| 2009 | 9th (relegated) | ||
Dinaburg FC was aLatvianfootball club, playing in the city ofDaugavpils. In 2009 it merged withFK Daugava. The club played at the Daugava Stadium (capacity 4,070). On October 5, 2009, Dinaburg was expelled from theVirsliga and both the president and trainer were banned for life on suspicion of betting and match-fixing.[1]
Following there-occupation of Baltic states after theWorld War II, a team was created in Daugavpils in 1944 under the name ofFK Daugava. During the Soviet period it was mostly known under name ofCeltnieks orStroitel (Строитель inRussian, 'builder') and for a while asĶīmiķis (Khimik,Химик, 'Chemist') after its sponsor - the Daugavpils Synthetic Fibre Mill (Latvian:Daugavpils ķīmiskās šķiedras rūpnīca).
After thedissolution of the Soviet Union, the club became bankrupt and participated in competitions fielding its football academy,BJSS Daugavpils. In 1992-1994 the team briefly played asAuseklis Daugavpils before folding. A team under the name ofVilan-D was its successor throughout 1995.
In 1996, FC Dinaburg was founded as a successor to Auseklis and Vilan-D.
They qualified to play withHibernian, ofScotland, in the second round of the2006 Intertoto Cup after beatingHavnar Bóltfelag, from theFaroe Islands, 2–1 on aggregate in the first round. They lost 8–0 on aggregate, losing 5–0 inEdinburgh and 3–0 in Daugavpils.
FC Dinaburg Daugavpils were eliminated from theBaltic League 2007 due to violation ofFair Play rules, but they once again qualified for theIntertoto Cup, where they started againstIrish League teamCliftonville, but they lost 2–1 on aggregate, losing at home 1–0 after a 1–1 draw in Belfast.
They qualified to playJK Nõmme Kalju fromEstonian Meistriliiga,Estonia, in the first round of theUEFA Europa League. They won 2–1 in Daugavpils, and drew 0–0 in Tallinn. In the second round they playedBnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.In Israel they lost 4–0 and 1–0 inDaugavpils. Later that season, they were relegated from both leagues they participated in (Virsliga and The Baltic Football League) because of suspicions of match fixing and illegal betting.
FK Daugava Daugavpils took their place in Virsliga 2010, with all the players who had previously played for Dinaburg in their squad, except the ones who had joined new clubs during the transfer season.
All results (home and away) list Dinaburg's goal tally first.
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–97 | UEFA Cup | Preliminary round |  Barry Town | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| 1997–98 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | Qualifying round |  Kapaz | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| First round |  AEK Athens | 2–4 | 0–5 | 2–9 | ||
| 1998–99 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | First round |  Trenčin | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–5 |
| 2000–01 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | First round | Trenčin | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Second round |  AaB | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | ||
| 2001–02 | UEFA Cup | Qualifying round |  Osijek | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 (a) |
| 2002–03 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | First round |  Zagłębie Lubin | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Second round |  Krylia Sovetov | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | ||
| 2003–04 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | First round |  Wil | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| 2004–05 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | First round | Aberystwyth Town | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Second round |  OFK Beograd | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 | ||
| 2005–06 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | First round | Bangor City | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Second round |  Žalgiris | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | ||
| 2006–07 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | First round |  Havnar Bóltfelag | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Second round |  Hibernian | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–8 | ||
| 2007–08 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | First round |  Cliftonville | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| 2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round |  Nõmme Kalju | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Second qualifying round |  Bnei Yehuda | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–5 |
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