SK Super Nova is a Latvian professional football club based in Riga. It was founded in 2000, and it has been involved in various levels of the Latvian football league system, including the top-tier Latvian Higher League and lower divisions. The team was based in Salaspils from 2022 till the end of 2023 season and returned to Riga in 2024.
History
On 2 August 2000,[1] on the basis of Riga Secondary School No. 62 from Ķengarags, SK Super Nova was created, which was represented only in the Latvian youth championships.
In 2002, Jānis Engelis was a graduate of Riga Secondary School No. 62, who continued his studies at the Latvian Academy of Sport Education and was invited to work as a volunteer coach at the Riga Secondary School No. 62 SK Super Nova.[2] On December 18, 2002, Jānis Engelis became the club's president[3] and it all grew to the status of an academy and a sports school.
On 19 July 2013, the Latvian youth football team SK Super Nova triumphed at the World Cup in Sweden, the Gothia Cup U-11 age group. With a final score of 6:4,[4] SK Super Nova celebrated the victory, becoming the first Latvian football team in the U-11 age group to win the prestigious Gothia Cup.[5]
In 2017, the club started playing in Latvian football league system from Latvian Second League in the Kurzeme and Zemgale zone. The first home field was Riga Wilhelm Ostwald Secondary School, which is located in Imanta, Riga. The season ended with 1st place in the Latvian Second League in the Kurzeme and Zemgale zone.[6]
In 2018, they were promoted to the country's Latvian First League. SK Super Nova played its home games at the Olaine City Stadium, as they were unable to find a suitable solution in Riga.[7] In the first two seasons they made it to the promotion rounds to Virslīga, where the team was defeated in both cases.
In 2022, they were promoted to the Virslīga.[8] SK Super Nova debuted in the Latvian Higher League and played its home games at Salaspils Stadium.[9]
In 2023, SK Super Nova gained the right to compete in the Virslīga, after FK Spartaks refused to play football in the Latvian Higher League.[10] At the end of the season, SK Super Nova took last 10th place and got relegated to the Latvian First League.
In 2024, SK Super Nova team can once again be called a Riga team after two years spent in Salaspils. Jānis Skredelis' Stadium became the yellow-blue home field.[11] At the end of the season, the club became the champion of the Optibet Future League, earning the right to return to the Virslīga next season after a one-year break.[12]
Grounds
Managers
History in domestic competitions
| Season
|
League
|
Placed
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
Cup
|
Top Scorer (League)
|
Manager
|
| 2017
|
2. līga Kurzeme-Zemgale
|
1st
|
9
|
8
|
0
|
1
|
43
|
12
|
+31
|
24
|
Not participated
|
Latvia Edgars Kārkliņš – 11
|
Latvia Sergejs Golubevs
|
| 2017
|
2. līga Final Round
|
3rd
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
3
|
+1
|
4
|
Not participated
|
Latvia Edgars Kārkliņš – 13 (11+2)
|
Latvia Sergejs Golubevs
|
| 2018
|
1. līga
|
2nd
|
25
|
19
|
2
|
4
|
90
|
27
|
+63
|
59
|
Round of 16
|
Georgia (country) Giorgi Gogolashvili – 30 (28+2)
|
Latvia Jurģis Kalns
|
| 2019
|
1. līga
|
2nd
|
27
|
19
|
1
|
7
|
95
|
27
|
+68
|
58
|
Round of 16
|
Latvia Oskars Rubenis – 14
|
Latvia Oļegs Blagonadeždins, Latvia Nikolajs Ļubļins, Latvia Viktors Ņesterenko
|
| 2020
|
1. līga
|
6th
|
13
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
20
|
20
|
0
|
16
|
Round of 32
|
Latvia Staņislavs Pihockis – 3, Azerbaijan Vugar Askerov – 3
|
Latvia Viktors Ņesterenko, Latvia Aleksandrs Stradiņš
|
| 2021
|
1. līga
|
3rd
|
13
|
7
|
2
|
4
|
26
|
24
|
+2
|
23
|
Round of 32
|
Latvia Artjoms Troickis – 6, Latvia Igors Kovaļkovs – 6
|
Latvia Andrejs Lapsa
|
| 2022
|
Virslīga
|
10th
|
36
|
4
|
8
|
24
|
24
|
81
|
-57
|
20
|
Round of 16
|
Latvia Marko Regža – 8
|
Latvia Andrejs Lapsa, Latvia Igors Korabļovs, Latvia Aleksandrs Koliņko
|
| 2023
|
Virslīga
|
10th
|
36
|
3
|
5
|
28
|
25
|
96
|
-71
|
14
|
Round of 16
|
Latvia Jevgenijs Miņins – 10
|
Latvia Igors Korabļovs, Latvia Aleksandrs Koliņko, Latvia Sergejs Golubevs
|
| 2024
|
1. līga
|
1st
|
26
|
21
|
2
|
3
|
65
|
11
|
+54
|
65
|
Round of 64
|
Ukraine Dmytro Sula – 11, Latvia Haralds Silagailis – 11
|
Latvia Ervīns Pērkons
|
Notes:
In 2020[13] and 2021,[14] the Latvian Football Federation board decided to declare a state of emergency and, due to the restrictions introduced to limit Covid-19 infection, decided to end the Latvian First League season early.
Honours
Squad
- As of 15 September 2024[15]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Club officials
- As of 02 December 2024[16]
References
External links
