Futbola klubs Alberts is a

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

club, that plays in the

Latvian Second League The Latvian Second League ( or ''Otrā līga''), currently known for sponsorship reasons as Altero.lv LIIGA, is the third tier of football in Latvia and is organised by the Latvian Football Federation. Competition format Regional stage There ar ...

(2. līga), the third-highest league of Latvian football. The club was founded in 2001 and named after

Alberts Šeibelis Alberts Šeibelis (26 December 1906 – 12 April 1972) was a Latvian footballer, one of the most popular Latvian footballers in the era before World War II. In 54 matches for Latvia he scored 14 goals Biography Šeibelis was born in the provinci ...

Latvia national football team The Latvia national football team () represents Latvia in men's international Association football, football, and is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Latvia. They have never qualified for the FIF ...

captain before World War II. Originally it was from the city of

Riga Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planni ...

. From 2008 to 2014 the team played its home matches at

Carnikava Carnikava ( Livonian: ''Sarnikau'', , ''Zarnikau''), previously Sānkaule, is a village and the center of the Carnikava Parish of Ādaži Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It's located 25 km north from Riga at the mouth of the ...

, but from the 2016 season they play at

Salaspils Salaspils (; ; ) (literally: "island castle") is a town in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is the administrative centre of Salaspils Municipality. The town is situated on the northern bank of the Daugava river, 18 kilometers to the south-east ...

. At the end of 2006 FK Alberts created a joint team with

FK Auda Futbola klubs Auda is a Latvian professional association football, football club, playing in the Latvian Higher League, the highest division of domestic football. They are based in Ķekava, near the capital Riga. Auda won their first ever major t ...

, but also retained a team in the Second League Vidzeme zone under the name of "Vecais Alberts". In 2008 a new club

JDFS Alberts Jura Docenko Futbola Skola Alberts, commonly referred to as JDFS Alberts, is a Latvian Association football, football club based in Riga, that plays in Latvian First League (1. līga), the second-highest division of Latvian football. The club was ...

was created on the basis of club's youth system. In 2009 the club returned to the name of FK Alberts continuing to play as an amateur team.

League and Cup history

References

External links

Official Facebook page
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