Dinaburg FC

Dinaburg FC
Founded 1996
Dissolved 2009
Ground Daugavas Stadions
Daugavpils, Latvia
Ground Capacity 3,480
League Latvian First League
2009 9th (relegated)

Dinaburg FC was a Latvian football club, playing in the city of Daugavpils. In 2009 it merged with FK Daugava. The club played at the Daugava Stadium (capacity 4,070). On October 5, 2009, Dinaburg was expelled from the Virsliga and both the president and trainer were banned for life on suspicion of betting and match-fixing.[1]

History

Historic names

Season 2006

Hibernian v Dinaburg

They qualified to play with Hibernian, of Scotland, in the second round of the 2006 Intertoto Cup after beating Havnar Bóltfelag, from the Faroe Islands, 2–1 on aggregate in the first round. They lost 8–0 on aggregate, losing 5–0 in Edinburgh and 3–0 in Daugavpils.

Season 2007

FC Dinaburg Daugavpils were eliminated from the Baltic League 2007 due to violation of Fair Play rules, but they once again qualified for the Intertoto Cup, where they started against Irish League team Cliftonville, but they lost 2–1 on aggregate, losing at home 1–0 after a 1–1 draw in Belfast.

Season 2009

They qualified to play JK Nõmme Kalju from Estonian Meistriliiga, Estonia, in the first round of the UEFA Europa League. They won 2–1 in Daugavpils, and drew 0–0 in Tallinn. In the second round they played Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.. In Israel they lost 4–0 and 1–0 in Daugavpils. Later that season they were relegated from both leagues they participated in – Virsliga and The Baltic Football League, because of suspicions about match-fixing and illegal betting.

FK Daugava Daugavpils took their place in Virsliga 2010, having all the players that previously played for Dinaburg in their squad, except those who joined new clubs during the transfer season.

Honours

Participation in Latvian Championships

European record

UEFA Cup 1996–97

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1997–98

UEFA Intertoto Cup 1998

UEFA Intertoto Cup 2000

UEFA Cup 2001–02

UEFA Intertoto Cup 2002

UEFA Intertoto Cup 2003

UEFA Intertoto Cup 2004

UEFA Intertoto Cup 2005

UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006

UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007

2009–10 UEFA Europa League

Baltic League

Baltic League 2009–10

References

  1. "Latvian side kicked out over betting, match-fixing". Reuters. October 5, 2009. Archived from the original on March 28, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2014.

External links

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