Olimpija Rīga was a Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

n football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club that played in the Latvian Virslīga

Virsliga

-Past Virslīga winners:-Top scorers:-Riga football league winners:* 1910 Union Riga* 1911 British FC Riga* 1912 Union Riga* 1913 British FC Riga* 1914 British FC Riga* 1915 British FC Riga-Champions of Latvia before Virslīga:* 1922 Ķeizarmežs...

 from 1992 to 1995.

History

The club was founded in 1992 as Kompar-Daugava (using the name of formerly glorious FK Daugava in addition to the sponsors name of the new club). In its debut season in Virslīga it finished in the 5th place in the league. Jurijs Hudjakovs was the best goalscorer of the club, Dzintars Sproģis

Dzintars Sprogis

Dzintars Sproģis is a former Latvian football defender. Sproģis was recognized as the best defender in the first season of Virslīga.-Playing biography:...

 was selected the best defender in the Latvian league. Kompar-Daugava also reached the Latvian Cup final.

In 1993 the club was renamed to Olimpija Rīga - after the Riga Olimpija bank which financed it. The new government brought serious money to the club which now had one of the best squads in Latvia. In 1993 Olimpija won the silver medals of Virslīga behind Skonto FC

Skonto FC

Skonto FC is a Latvian football club, founded in 1991. The club plays at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's existence , and often provides the core of the Latvia national football team...

. Goalkeeper Ēriks Grigjans and midfield Andrejs Štolcers

Andrejs Štolcers

Andrejs Štolcers is a former Latvian professional football player, currently a football coach at Concept 4 Football based in Chessington, Surrey.- Club Career :...

 were nominated the best in the league in their respective positions.

For the 1994 season Olimpija acquired Latvia national football team

Latvia national football team

The Latvian national football team is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Latvia and represents the country in international football competitions, such as the World Cup and the European Championships. So far, they have never qualified for a FIFA World...

 goalkeeper Oļegs Karavajevs

Olegs Karavajevs

Oļegs Karavajevs is a former Latvian international football goalkeeper. Karavajevs was the goalkeeper with most appearances for Latvia in the 1990s.-Club playing career:...

. In the league it finished in the fourth place, but it won the Latvian Cup. In 1995 most of its best players left the club as the bank that sponsored the club was on its way to bankruptcy. In the league they finished 9th from ten teams and after the season the club became defunct.

In its management over the few seasons of the clubs existence worked several of the most noted football managers in Latvia including Jānis Skredelis, Aleksandrs Starkovs

Aleksandrs Starkovs

Aleksandrs Starkovs is a Latvian football coach and a former footballer. Starkovs is currently in his second spell as manager of the Latvian national team and is also the manager of FK Baku, having previously managed clubs such as Spartak Moscow in Russia and Skonto FC in Latvia.-Playing...

 and Vladimirs Žuks.

Notable past players

• Dzintars Sproģis
  Dzintars Sprogis
  Dzintars Sproģis is a former Latvian football defender. Sproģis was recognized as the best defender in the first season of Virslīga.-Playing biography:...
  
  
• Igors Korabļovs
  Igors Korablovs
  Igors Korabļovs is a Latvian football defender who currently plays for FB Gulbene-2005.He has also played for clubs like Daugava, FK Ventspils and FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. He played his first match for Latvia national football team in 1998 and participated at Euro 2004.-External links:* *...
  
  
• Andrejs Štolcers
  Andrejs Štolcers
  Andrejs Štolcers is a former Latvian professional football player, currently a football coach at Concept 4 Football based in Chessington, Surrey.- Club Career :...
  
  
• Oļegs Karavajevs
  Olegs Karavajevs
  Oļegs Karavajevs is a former Latvian international football goalkeeper. Karavajevs was the goalkeeper with most appearances for Latvia in the 1990s.-Club playing career:...
  
  
• Vladimirs Pačko