FK Nikars Riga is a futsal club based in Riga, Latvia. It has been one of the dominant teams in the Latvian Futsal Higher League, winning 11 championship titles in a row from 2008 to 2019.

FK Nikars
Full nameFK Nikars Rīga
Founded2002
GroundOlympic Sports Centre,
Riga, Latvia
Capacity2,000
ChairmanRaimonds Valts
ManagerOrlando Francisco Alves Duarte
LeagueLatvian Higher Futsal League
2018-2019Premier League, 1st

In June 2019, the club announced that it will disband its main team and withdraw from national and European tournaments. However, there had been reports of financial issues in the previous seasons, with the LFF stating that after the 2018–19 season the club was likely to be relegated due to long-time financial irregularities.[1]

Honours edit

  • Latvian Futsal Premier League champions (11)
    • 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19

Current squad edit

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   LVA Antons Astrahancevs
2 DF   LVA Jānis Pastars
3 FW   LVA Andrejs Aleksejevs
5 DF   LVA Igors Dacko
6 DF   LVA Konstantins Zabarovskis
7 FW   LVA Maksims Seņs
9 FW   LVA Artūrs Jerofejevs
9 FW   LVA Artjoms Koļesņikovs
10 FW   BRA Ewerton
11 FW   LVA Igors Avanesovs
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 FW   BRA Wanderson
14 DF   LVA Germans Matjušenko
16 GK   LVA Kaspars Nerets
17 DF   LVA Dmitrijs Zabarovskis
18 FW   LVA Andrejs Baklanovs
19 DF   LVA Romans Rožkovskis
20 GK   LVA Renārs Šķesters-Kambals
21 FW   LVA Jurijs Arhipovs-Prokofjevs

References edit

  1. ^ Sports, DELFI (2019-07-02). "LFF: telpu futbola flagmani 'Nikaru' par pārkāpumiem pērn varēja pazemināt uz pirmo līgu" [LFF: the futsal heavyweight Nikars could've been relegated due to violations]. delfi.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2020-03-10.

External links edit