Team History

Team history

Automoblists JelgavaThe car factory club Automoblists played in the lower Latvian leagues in the early 1970s, but in the mid 1970s were renamed Metlists. Metlists JelgavaThe club first appeared in 1977 and in their debut season in the Latvian league finished 7th out of 13 teams. After three less than stellar seasons the club changed owners - it was attached again to the bus factory and renamed to Automoblists Jelgava. Automoblists JelgavaAs Automoblists the Jelgava squad also had it hard - at best it finished seasons in the middle of the table, and between 1983 and 1987 it played in the 1st league. In 1987 Automoblists lost to Zemgale Ilkste for a place in Virslga but as the league was expanded under the name of RAF, Jelgava once again had a club in the top Latvian league. RAF JelgavaIn 1988 and 1989 there were two teams of RAF Jelgava which in 1990 merged into one. One of those played in the lower Soviet leagues, the other - in the Latvian league. In 1988 and 1989 under the management of Viktors esterenko the "local" RAF won the Latvian league, in 1988 as a golden double it also won the Latvian Cup. Meanwhile, the "international" RAF were not doing that well - although they had in its squad several talented young players including Vladimirs Babievs, Dzintars Sprois, Igors Troickis and Aleksandrs Stradi, its results were very disappointing. In 1989 esterenko took over the unified RAF team in the Soviet league and in the Baltic league. In 1990 and 1991 the team played better, but then the Soviet Union collapsed and RAF joined the Latvian Virslga. In the early 1990s RAF was one of the strongest teams in Virslga, three times finishing second and once third (in 1992 they finished runners up to Skonto Rga in an additional game after finishing the season on equal points). However, when the plant ran into financial difficulties, the team received new sponsorship from the University of Latvia in 1996 and, as a result, changed their name and relocated to Riga, and played in the Latvian University Stadium. RAF RgaAs RAF Rga the club only played one season, finishing 5th in the Latvian league, however it won the 1996 Latvian Cup. But after the season the club changed its name again - this time to Universitte Rga. Universitte RgaThe only season under the name of Universitte did not bring much success to the club - 6th place in the league with the club being disbanded after the season. RAF Jelgava (again)A team under the name RAF Jelgava appeared again in 2001 in the 1. lga. After the 2003 season the club merged with another Jelgava club - FK Viola Jelgava forming FK Jelgava.

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Fictional team history

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