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FK RFS in European football
ClubFK RFS
Seasons played5
First entry2019-20 UEFA Europa League
Latest entry2024–25 UEFA Europa League

These are the matches FK RFS have played in European football competitions. Having only been founded in 2016, the club's first entry into European competitions was in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, qualifying for the first qualifying round after a third place finish in their 2018 league campaign.

Following a first place finish in the 2021 season, FK RFS qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round. After a defeat to Finnish champions HJK Helsinki, RFS dropped down into the third qualifying round of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League. Being put against Hibernians of Malta, they won away and then drew in the home leg, putting the through into a play-off round fixture against Northern Irish club Linfield. After a penalty shoot-out victory, RFS qualified for the group stages of a European competition. In the group stage, RFS were drawn against Fiorentina, who went on to reach the final; İstanbul Başakşehir, who topped the group; and Heart of Midlothian, who lost in the group stage as well. Against these teams, RFS found no success, losing 4 and drawing 2 games, and only scoring 2 goals in their entire campaign.

In 2024, RFS qualified for their first ever Europa League League Phase. In their 1st Game, they played Romanian Liga I champions FCSB. Away from home, they lost 4–1, the only goal coming from club captain and centre-back Žiga Lipušček. In the following match, RFS played against Turkish Super Lig champions Galatasaray. Before the match, they were considered underdogs,[1] with very few people backing them to get a result. Affirming this, Galatasaray went 2–0 up in the first 40 minutes. Despite the odds, goals from striker Janis Ikaunieks, and young winger Lasha Odisharia put them level at 2–2 by the 55th minute. The score stayed, and RFS made a brilliant comeback to draw the game against the heavy favourites. After losses to Eintracht Frankfurt, PAOK, and Maccabi Tel Aviv, and a draw versus RSC Anderlecht, RFS find themselves in 34th in the league phase[2]

Due to being crowned champions in the 2024 Virsliga campaign, RFS automatically qualify for the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round.

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Matches

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The following is a complete list of matches played by FK RFS in UEFA tournaments. It includes the season, tournament, the stage, the opponent club and the scores in home and away, with FK RFS's score noted first. It is up to date as of 17 July 2024.

List of FK RFS matches in European football
Season Tournament Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate Ref.
2019–20 Europa League Q1 Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 0–2 3–2 3–4 [3]
2020–21 Europa League Q1 Serbia Partizan 0–1 — 0–1 [4]
2021–22 Europa Conference League Q1 Faroe Islands KÍ Klaksvík 2–3 4–2 (a.e.t.) 6–5 [5]
Q2 Hungary Puskás Akadémia 3–0 2–0 5–0
Q3 Belgium Gent 2–2 0–1 2–3
2022–23 Champions League Q1 Finland HJK Helsinki 2–1 (a.e.t.) 0–1 2–2 (4–5 p) [6]
Europa Conference League Q3 Malta Hibernians 1–1 3–1 4–2 [7]
PO Northern Ireland Linfield 2–2 1–1 (a.e.t.) 3–3 (4–2 p) [8]
Group Italy Fiorentina 0–3 1–1 4th [9]
Scotland Heart of Midlothian 0–2 1–2
Turkey Istanbul Başakşehir 0–0 0–3
2023–24 Europa Conference League Q1 North Macedonia Makedonija GP 4–1 1–0 5–1 [10]
Q2 Azerbaijan Sabah 0–2 1–2 1–4
2024–25 Champions League Q1 Northern Ireland Larne 3–0 4–0 7–0 [11]
Q2 Norway Bodø/Glimt 1–3 0–4 1–7
Europa League Q3 Andorra UE Santa Coloma 7–0 2–0 9–0 [12]
PO Cyprus APOEL 2–1 1–2 3–3 (4–2 p)
League Romania FCSB – 1–4 TBD
Turkey Galatasaray 2–2 –
Germany Eintracht Frankfurt – 0–1
Belgium Anderlecht 1–1 –
Greece PAOK 0–2 –
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv – 1–2
Netherlands Ajax Amsterdam 23 Jan –
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv – 30 Jan

European Record

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By Competition

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The following is a list of the all-time statistics from RFS's games in the 3 UEFA tournaments it has participated in. The list contains the tournament, the number of matches played (Pld), won (W), drawn (D) and lost (L). The number of goals for (GF), goals against (GA), goal difference (GD) and the percentage of matches won (Win%). The statistics include qualification matches and is up to date as of the 2024–25 season. The statistics also include goals scored during extra time where applicable; in these games, the result given is the result at the end of extra time.

As of match played 7 November 2024
Tournament Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
UEFA Champions League 6 3 0 3 10 9 +1 050.00
UEFA Europa League 13 3 2 8 17 15 +2 023.08
UEFA Conference League 20 6 6 8 28 30 −2 030.00

By Club

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The following list details FK RFS's all-time record against clubs they have met one or more times in European competition. The club and its country are given, as well as the number of games played (Pld), won by RFS (W), drawn (D) and lost by RFS (L), goals for RFS (GF), goals against RFS (GA), RFS's goal difference (GD), and their win percentages. Statistics are correct as of the 2024–25 season and include goals scored during extra time where applicable; in these games, the result given is the result at the end of extra time.

Accurate as of 16 December 2024.

  Positive balance (more wins than losses)
  Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)
  Negative balance (more losses than wins)
Club Played Won Drew Lost GF GA GD Win%
Belgium Anderlecht 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
Cyprus APOEL 2 1 0 1 3 3 +0 050.00
Norway Bodø/Glimt 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6 000.00
Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Romania FCSB 1 0 0 1 1 4 −3 000.00
Italy Fiorentina 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 000.00
Turkey Galatasaray 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 000.00
Belgium Gent 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 000.00
Scotland Heart of Midlothian 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 000.00
Malta Hibernians 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 050.00
Finland HJK Helsinki 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir 2 0 1 1 0 3 −3 000.00
Faroe Islands KÍ Klaksvík 2 1 0 1 6 5 +1 050.00
Northern Ireland Larne 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 100.00
Northern Ireland Linfield 2 0 2 0 3 3 +0 000.00
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
North Macedonia Makedonija GP 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 100.00
Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 050.00
Greece PAOK 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
Serbia Partizan 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Hungary Puskás Akadémia 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 100.00
Azerbaijan Sabah 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 000.00
Andorra UE Santa Coloma 2 2 0 0 9 0 +9 100.00

UEFA Club Ranking

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As of 8 November 2024
Rank Team Points
156 Kosovo Drita 9.000
157 Croatia Osijek 9.000
158 Latvia FK RFS 9.000
159 Iceland Breiðablik 9.000
160 Armenia FC Pyunik 8.500

Player Statistics

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Goalscorers

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As of match played 15 December 2024
Name Pos. Years UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Conference League Total Ratio
1 Latvia Jānis Ikaunieks FW 2020 2023–Present 2 (4) 7 (11) 1 (4) 10 (19) 0.53
2 Serbia Darko Lemajić FW 2019–2021 2023–Present 1 (2) 1 (6) 5 (10) 7 (18) 0.39
3 Serbia Andrej Ilić FW 2021–2023 0 (2) - 6 (14) 6 (14) 0.43
4 Slovenia Žiga Lipušček DF 2020–Present 0 (6) 2 (10) 2 (20) 4 (36) 0.08
5 Serbia Stefan Panić MF 2022–Present 2 (4) 0 (10) 1 (8) 3 (22) 0.14
6 Brazil Emerson Deocleciano FW 2020–Present 1 (5) 0 (3) 2 (19) 3 (27) 0.11
7 Ivory Coast Cedric Kouadio MF 2019–Present 0 (4) 1 (13) 2 (12) 3 (29) 0.1
8 Austria Kevin Friesenbichler FW 2021–2023 0 (2) - 3 (15) 3 (17) 0.18
9 Latvia Mārtiņš Ķigurs MF 2024–Present 1 (4) 1 (5) - 2 (9) 0.22
10 Latvia Arturs Zjuzins MF 2018–2024 1 (2) - 1 (12) 2 (14) 0.14
11 Nigeria Victor Osuagwu MF 2024–Present - 2 (7) - 2 (7) 0.29
12 Czech Republic Petr Mareš DF 2021–Present 0 (5) 1 (4) 1 (17) 2 (26) 0.08
13 Latvia Daniels Balodis DF 2018 2024–Present 1 (3) 0 (8) - 1 (11) 0.09
14 Ivory Coast Ismaël Diomandé MF 2022–Present 1 (5) 0 (4) 0 (4) 1 (13) 0.08
15 Latvia Gļebs Kļuškins MF 2018–2020 - 1 (1) - 1 (1) 1
16 Croatia Tin Vukmanic MF 2019 - 1 (2) - 1 (2) 0.5
17 Georgia (country) Lasha Odisharia FW 2024– 0 (3) 1 (9) - 1 (12) 0.08
17 Croatia Tomislav Šarić MF 2020–2022 0 (2) 0 (1) 1 (13) 1 (16) 0.06
18 Austria Tomáš Šimkovič MF 2019–2022 2022–2023 - 0 (3) 1 (13) 1 (16) 0.06
19 Latvia Vitālijs Jagodinskis DF 2009 2019–2020 2020–2024 0 (2) 0 (3) 1 (15) 1 (20) 0.05
20 Latvia Roberts Savalnieks MF 2017–2022 2023–Present 0 (1) 1 (13) 0 (9) 1 (23) 0.04
21 Own goal - 2019–Present 0 (6) 1 (11) 1 (20) 1 (37) 0.02

References

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  1. ^ Nolan, Lewis. "Preview: Rigas Futbola Skola vs. Galatasaray - prediction, team news, lineups". sportsmole.co.uk. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Fixtures and Results: UEFA Europa League". uefa.com. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  3. ^ "RFS vs NK Olimpija Ljubljana live score, H2H and lineups". sofascore.com. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  4. ^ "FK Partizan vs RFS live score, H2H and lineups". sofascore.com. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Season 2021/22 Matches". uefa.com. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Season 2022/23 – UEFA Champions League 2022/23". uefa.com. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  7. ^ "history:Hibernians 1–3 RFS UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/23". uefa.com. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  8. ^ Sterling, Mark. "Linfield suffer shootout agony as European dream is crushed". bbc.com. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Season 2022/23 – UEFA Europa Conference League". uefa.com. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Season 2023/24 Matches". uefa.com. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Season 2024/25 Matches". uefa.com. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Fixtures & Results". uefa.com. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
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