- Policijas FK
Policijas FK (later known as PFK Daugava) was a
Latvia n football club based inRiga that played inVirslīga from 1999 to 2002.History
The football club of the Latvian
police forces was founded in 1994. Until 1998 it played in the lower divisions of Latvian football as a completelyamateur team. In 1998 Policijas FK for the first year played in1. liga and won the tournament.In 1999 Policijas FK coached by
Georgijs Gusarenko debuted inVirslīga . The clubs main star was veteran goalkeeperRaimonds Laizāns . Over 28 matches in 1999 Policijas FK scored 25 goals and succeeded 93 (even more than absolute league outsidersFK Rēzekne ). This gave the club the 7th place in Virslīga of 8 teams. The club also suffered two dramatic losses againstSkonto FC - 0:9 and 0:12.For the 2000 season Policijas FK got several former
Skonto FC players including goalkeeperAndrejs Pavlovs and formerLatvia national football team playerVladimirs Babičevs . Another former Skonto (andDaugava Rīga ) starJurijs Ševļakovs took up the coaching position. Still Policijas FK couldn't make an impression in the league - another 7th place finish. After the club the club which was in financial trouble was merged with another strugglingRiga side - Daugava Rīga and was renamed to PFK Daugava. In the middle of the season Ševļakovs was replaced byVladimirs Žuks . After the seasonJurijs Popkovs took up the head coach position with the merged club.The 2001 season proved to be the most successful in the history of the police football club - it finished 5th in the Latvian league and even had a relatively good scored-succeed goal balance - 38 against 39.
Aleksands Sergejevs was the clubs best goalscorer with 9 goals, followed byEdijs Danilovs with 8 goals. GoalkeeperPāvels Doroševs who joined the club in the middle of the season was also a huge contributor to the clubs success.The 2002 season when the club ran into major financial difficulties proved to be the last one for the club. It finished in the 6th place in Virslīga but after the season the club went bankrupt.
Notable former players
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Raimonds Laizāns
*Vladimirs Babičevs
*Pāvels Doroševs
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