Skonto FC

Skonto FC
	Club logo
Full name	Skonto Football Club
Founded	1991, as Forums-Skonto
Ground	Skonto Stadions, Riga
Capacity	8,300
Chairman	Guntis Indriksons
Manager	Paul Ashworth
League	Virsliga
2006	Virsliga, 3rd
Home colours	Away colours

Skonto FC is a Latvian soccer club, founded in 1991. It is a Virsliga team that plays at Skonto Stadions football ground in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 13 seasons of the league's existence, and provides the core of the Latvia national football team. In the 2005 season they finished in second place, below FHK Liepājas Metalurgs.

Honours

Virslīga champions (13)
- 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

Latvian Soviet Republic champions (1)
- 1991

Latvian football Cup winners (7)
- 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002

Latvian football Cup finalists (6)
- 1991, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006

Players

First-team squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	LVA	Germans Māliņš‎
5	DF	LVA	Vladimirs Žavoronkovs
6	MF	SVK	Marian Sluka
7	MF	RUS	Andrei Pereplyotkin
8	MF	LVA	Aleksejs Višņakovs
9	FW	LVA	Kristaps Blanks
10	FW	LVA	Aleksandrs Cauņa
11	FW	LVA	Mihails Miholaps
12	DF	LVA	Sergejs Kožans
14	MF	LVA	Oļegs Laizāns
15	MF	LVA	Igors Semjonovs
16	GK	LVA	Andrejs Piedels


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	LVA	Deniss Petrenko
19	FW	LVA	Gatis Kalniņš
20	DF	GEO	Zaali Eliava
21	MF	LVA	Vitālijs Astafjevs
22	MF	LVA	Viktors Morozs
23	DF	RUS	Maksims Usanovs
24	FW	LVA	Ivans Lukjanovs
25	FW	GEO	David Chaladze
30	GK	LVA	Pāvels Doroševs
—	DF	LVA	Raivis Hščanovičs
—	DF	GEO	David Gamezardashvili
—	FW	SVK	Marian Dirnbah

Squad changes in January, 2007

In

—	FW	SVK	Marian Dirnbah
—	DF	GEO	David Gamezardashvili (from FC Torpedo Kutaisi, Georgia)

Out

4	DF	SVK	Jozefs Pjačeks (loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Germany)
2	DF	LVA	Artūrs Zakreševskis (to FK Rīga)
3	DF	LVA	Aleksandrs Isakovs (to Dinaburg FC)
17	MF	LVA	Andrejs Štolcers (to JFK Olimps Rīga)

Squad changes in July-August, 2006

In

10	FW	LVA	Aleksandrs Cauņa (from JFK Olimps Rīga)
24	MF	LVA	Ivans Lukjanovs (from JFK Olimps Rīga)

Famous players

Reserves

Main article: Skonto-2

Participation in Champions League

2005
- Qualifying Phase 1
  - Jul 13 Rabotnicki Skopje (Macedonia) 0:6
  - Jul 20 Rabotnicki Skopje 1:0
2004
- Qualifying Phase 1
  - Jul 14 Rhyl (Wales) 4:0
  - Jul 21 Rhyl 3:1
- Qualifying Phase 2
  - Jul 28 Trabzonspor (Turkey) 1:1
  - Aug 04 Trabzonspor 0:3
2003
- Qualifying Phase 1
  - Jul 16 Sliema Wanderers (Malta) 0:2
  - Jul 23 Sliema Wanderers 3:1
2002
- Qualifying Phase 1
  - Jul 17 Barry Town (Wales) 5:0
  - Jul 24 Barry Town 1:0
- Qualifying Phase 2
  - Jul 31 Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) 0:0
  - Aug 07 Levski Sofia 0:2
2001
- Qualifying Phase 1
  - Jul 11 F'91 Dudelange (Luxembourg) 6:1
  - Jul 18 F'91 Dudelange 0:1
- Qualifying Phase 2
  - Jul 25 Wisla Kraków (Poland) 1:2
  - Aug 01 Wisla Kraków 0:1
2000
- Qualifying Phase 1
  - Jul 11 FK Shamkir (Azerbaijan) 2:1
  - Jul 18 FK Shamkir 1:4
1999
- Qualifying Phase 1
  - Jul 14 Jeunesse d'Esch (Luxembourg) 2:0
  - Jul 21 Jeunesse d'Esch 8:0
- Qualifying Phase 2
  - Jul 28 Rapid Bucureşti (Romania) 3:3
  - Aug 04 Rapid Bucureşti 2:1
- Qualifying Phase 3
  - Aug 11 Chelsea (England) 0:3
  - Aug 25 Chelsea 0:0

Participation in UEFA cups

2006
- First Qualifying Phase
  - Jul 13 Jeunesse d'Esch (Luxembourg) 2:0
  - Jul 27 Jeunesse d'Esch 3:0
- Second Qualifying Phase
  - Aug 10 Molde FK (Norway) 0:0
  - Aug 24 Molde FK 1:2
1999
- First Round
  - Sep 16 Widzew Lódz (Poland) 1:0
  - Sep 30 Widzew Lódz 0:2

Participation in Latvian Championships

2006 - 3rd
2005 - 2nd
2004 - champions
2003 - champions
2002 - champions
2001 - champions
2000 - champions
1999 - champions
1998 - champions
1997 - champions
1996 - champions
1995 - champions
1994 - champions
1993 - champions
1992 - champions
1991 - champions

External links

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