FK Spartaks is an inactive Latvian football club that was based inSloka,Jūrmala. In 2012, they finished 3rd in theLatvian First League championship and after winning the play-offs againstJFK Olimps were promoted to theLatvian Higher League. The club played its home matches at theSloka Stadium with capacity of 2,500 people.[1]
FK Spartaks Jūrmala were founded at the start of 2007 as participants of the third tier of Latvian football, the2. līga. They won the Latvian Second League championship in the first year of their existence, and the next 4 seasons were spent in theLatvian First League.
In 2011, the club made its greatest leap since its foundation, managing to finish the season in the third position right behindMetta/Latvijas Universitāte andLiepājas Metalurgs-2. As reserve teams were not eligible to participate in the top tier championship, Spartaks were promoted via play-offs againstJFK Olimps, which they won 4–1 on aggregate. Since 2012 Spartaks Jūrmala have been playing in theLatvian Higher League.[2] Spartaks finished their first season in the Latvian top-tier football in the fifth position of the league table, remaining in a middle-table position in the following two seasons as well, placing 7th in 2013 and 6th in 2014, respectively.
FK Spartaks had an engagement with the Jūrmala Swimming and Football School, the name of which was occasionally included in the name of the club (Jūrmalas Peldēšanas un Futbola skola, JPFS) since 2012.[3]
From 2012 to 2014 Spartaks Jūrmala was one of two clubs representing the city in the Latvian Higher League and using the Sloka Stadium as their home-ground. After the relegation ofFC Jūrmala in 2014, Spartaks was the sole representative of the coastal city in Latvian top-tier football.
In the2022 Latvian Higher League season, Spartaks Jūrmala finished 8th, remaining in the Virslīga. However, on 30 January 2023 the club withdrew their application for the2023 Latvian Higher LeagueLFF A licence.[4][5] Spartaks Jūrmala applied for the LFF B licence for participation in the2023 Optibet Nākotnes līga, but were refused due to not meeting financial requirements.[6] Due to mounting financial difficulties, many players had already left the team, and it was reported that a last-ditch attempt to sell the club to ensure its survival had failed.[7]
After this, the team folded and Spartaks Jūrmala received a transfer ban in May 2023.[8] Currently the club is inactive, but is still registered as a legal entity.[9]
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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