SK Super Nova

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Full nameSporta klubs Super Nova
NicknameYellow Stars
Founded2 August 2000; 25 years ago (2000-08-02)
Super Nova
Full nameSporta klubs Super Nova
NicknameYellow Stars
Founded2 August 2000; 25 years ago (2000-08-02)
GroundJānis Skredelis' Stadium
Capacity432
PresidentJānis Engelis
ManagerMaksims Rafaļskis
LeagueVirslīga
20241st in Latvian First League (promoted)
Websitehttp://www.supernova.lv/
colours

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.

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]

In 2025, SK Super Nova returned to the Virslīga after winning the Optibet Future League the previous season. The club competed in the Latvian Higher League and the Latvian Football Cup, playing its home matches at Jānis Skredelis' Stadium in Riga. SK Super Nova finished the league season in 8th place, securing its place in the Virslīga for the 2026 season, and recorded 14 draw matches, a club record in the Latvian Higher League.[13]

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 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
2025 Virslīga 8th 36 6 14 16 44 56 -12 32 Quarter-finals Ukraine Dmytro Sula – 5,

Japan Ryuga Nakamura  – 5

Latvia Ervīns Pērkons

Notes: In 2020[14] and 2021,[15] 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 March 2026[16]

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
2 DF  LVA Kristers Augusts
3 DF  JPN Rikuto Iida (on loan from Kyoto Sanga)
4 DF  LVA Lenards Berzins
5 DF  LVA Jegors Cīrulis
6 MF  LVA Eduards Emsis
7 FW  LVA Agris Glaudans
8 DF  LVA Kristaps Maksimovs
9 FW  SEN Amadou Samaté
10 FW  LVA Valerijs Lizunovs
13 GK  LVA Sergejs Vilkovs (on loan from RFS)
14 MF  ARG Facundo García (on loan from RFS)
15 DF  LVA Valters Purs
16 DF  LVA Kristaps Romanovs
17 FW  LVA Georgijs Bombāns
18 DF  LVA Mikus Vasiļevskis
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  SEN Ibrahima Diop
21 DF  LVA Milans Tihonovics
22 MF  LVA Kristers Skadmanis
23 MF  LVA Nikita Barkovskis
24 MF  LVA Ralfs Sitjakovs
25 DF  LVA Mārcis Ošs
27 FW  SEN Ndiaye Pathé
28 FW  SEN Sabaly Ndiaye
31 GK  LVA Toms Petrovics
90 GK  LVA Davis Veisbuks
98 FW  LVA Alens Grikovs
MF  JPN Sho Aogaki
MF  NGA Victor Promise
FW  ARM Aram Baghdasaryan

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