Valmieras FK
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| Full name | Futbola klubs Valmiera |
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| Founded | 1996 |
| Ground | Jānis Daliņš stadium Valmiera, Latvia |
| Chairman | Ivo Bergmanis |
| Manager | Gatis Ērglis |
| League | Latvian First League |
| 2016 | 4th |
Futbola klubs Valmiera is a Latvian football club, playing in First League – the second-highest division of Latvian football. They are from the city of Valmiera.
The club was founded in 1996. It participated in the first Latvian league (the second-highest division of Latvian football). The team finished second in the league which gave Valmiera the possibility to battle with the second from bottom team of the Higher League – Skonto-Metāls for a place in the top division of Latvian football. In the first game in Riga Skonto-Metāls won 1:0, but at home Valmiera overcame the one goal deficit and won 2:0 (I.Maļukovs, Dz. Savaļnieks), thus earning a place in the Virslīga.
In its debut season in Higher League Valmiera managed to finish 7th from 9 teams with a comfortable margin over the two weakest teams. The following season was even more successful as the team finished 5th in Virslīga, the same result was repeated in 1999. The new millennium brought hard financial times for FK Valmiera. After the 2003 season the team had to leave Virslīga begause of financial difficulties and since then has been playing the 1st league paying more attention to developing young talents.
Several of former Valmiera players have played in the Latvia national football team. Those include Vits Rimkus, Viktors Morozs, Gatis Kalniņš, Deniss Romanovs and Māris Smirnovs.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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