FK Metta

Metta

Full name	Futbola klubs METTA (Football Club METTA)
Founded	2006 (2006)
Ground	Futbola centrs Rūpnīca, Sarkandaugava, Riga
Capacity	10,461
Chairman	Ģirts Mihelsons
Manager	Andris Riherts
League	Virslīga
2025	Virslīga, 10th of 10 (Relegated)
Website	http://www.fsmetta.lv/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

FK Metta (also called FS Metta/Latvijas Universitāte from 2007 to 2018) is a professional Latvian football club based in Riga. As of 2012 they play in the Latvian Higher League. Metta plays its home games at Daugava Stadium. Until June 2018, their home venue was the Riga Hanza Secondary School Stadium.

FS Metta (Latvian: Futbola skola Metta, lit. 'Football School Metta') was officially founded on May 2, 2006, though the club had been active in youth tournaments since 2000. In 2007 FS Metta and University of Latvia (Latvijas Universitāte) merged as a senior professional team and participated in the Latvian Championship first division (Traffic 1. līga). They finished the season in the fourth position.

The club remained at the same level for the next four seasons. Though a professional club, Metta initially retained the prefix FS (Futbola Skola), since their policy was to invest in youth players. In 2011 Metta won the Latvian First League championship and was automatically promoted to the Latvian Higher League – the top tier of Latvian football.¹

The affiliation with the university provides the club with a greater financial backing and the players with the opportunity to study at the most prestigious Latvian university. The club was created with the aim to gather the greatest youth talents from across the country and surrounding areas to build and shape them into expensive players for sale to bigger clubs.²

In 2019, the partnership with the University of Latvia expired, and the club was renamed from FS Metta to FK Metta.

In 2020 FK Metta was the youngest top-tier team in Europe.³ At the end of the season, the team's average age was 19,5.⁴ In September 2020, FK Metta forward Raimonds Krollis made his debut for the Latvia national football team.⁵ He became the first-ever player that has gone through the whole FK Metta academy and played for the senior national team.

In the 2025 Latvian Higher League season, Metta placed last and was relegated to the Latvian First League. Prior to the start of the 2026 season, the club unveiled its new sports complex at Sāremas iela in Sarkandaugava, Riga - the Futbola centrs Rūpnīca ('Factory Football Center'). The center was built on the location of the former Energoautomātika Stadium (Latvian: "Energoautomātikas" stadions) which was demolished around 2024.⁶⁷

Football school "Metta" is a silver patron of the University of Latvia Foundation. They have supported the University of Latvia since 2016, donating to the football system and scholarships.⁸

• Andris Riherts (May 2006 – June 2021)
• Andrejs Gluščuks (June 2021 – present)

As of 6 April, 2026⁹ 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 1 GK  LVA Krists Pļaviņš 4 DF  LVA Kārlis Vilnis 5 DF  LVA Ivo Minkevičs 6 MF  NGA Waris Lawal 7 MF  LVA Rendijs Šibass 8 MF  NGA Abdulraheem Suleiman 9 FW  NGA Sadiq Saleh 10 MF  LVA Rūdolfs Kļavinskis 13 MF  LVA Daniels Petersons 14 DF  LVA Gundars Smilskalns

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  LVA Daņiils Čiņajevs 16 DF  LVA Oskars Likas 17 FW  LVA Olivers Dzenitis 18 MF  LVA Henrijs Gulbis 19 MF  LVA Ernests Ivanovskis-Pigits 20 FW  NGA Kehinde Abdulraheem 24 GK  LVA Toms Tolmanis 25 DF  GHA Yusif Yakubu 27 MF  LVA Kevins Cēsnieks

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 23 MF  GHA Mahamud Karimu (at Harju JK until 31 December 2025)

Season	Player
2006	Jānis Kauss
2007	Vladimirs Cīmanis
2008	Ivars Gailis
2009	Marsels Vapne
2010	Juris Skābardis
2011	Rūdolfs Puķītis
2012	Mārtiņš Milašēvičs
2013	Gatis Kalniņš
2014	Edgars Vardanjans
2015	Eduards Emsis
2016	Roberts Uldriķis
2017	Dāvis Indrāns
2019	Dāvis Ošs
2019	Kgotso Masangane
2020	Raimonds Krollis
2021	Lūkass Vapne
2022	Jānis Beks

• General secretary: Ģirts Mihelsons
• Executive Director: Maira Mihelsone

• Manager: Andris Riherts
• Fitness Coach: Jānis Skābardis

• Press Officer: Miks Vilkaplāters
• Technical manager: Harijs Toms

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2007	Nike	Deac
2008		Elko
2009		Deac
2010
2011
2012		SMScredit.lv
2013
2014		none
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026

• Latvian First League
  • Champions (1): 2011