FB Gulbene

FB Gulbene

Full name	Futbola biedrība "Gulbene" (Football Society "Gulbene")
Founded	2005
Ground	Gulbenes Sporta Centrs, Gulbene
Capacity	1500
Chairman	Romāns Lajuks
Manager	Igors Korabļovs
League	Higher League
2017	3rd Latvian Second League, Northeastern Division
Home colours Away colours

FB Gulbene (formerly "FB Gulbene-2005") is a Latvian football club based in Gulbene. The club plays its home matches at the Gulbenes Sporta Centrs stadium with capacity of 1,500 people. They were promoted to the Latvian Higher League for the 2015 season. However, on 3 June 2015, they were expelled from the top league and their results expunged on suspicion of match-fixing.^[1]

History[edit]

FB Gulbene were founded on May 24, 2005 as "FB Gulbene-2005".^[2] The club started its participation in the Latvian Second League in 2007, finishing in the 4th place. In 2008 FB Gulbene-2005 played in the Latvian First League and finished in the 14th place at the end of the season. The 2009 season was yet again spent in the Second League that is the third tier of Latvian football. The club finished in the 4th place, being promoted to the First League. In 2010 ambitions got higher as Romāns Lajuks became the president of the team. Several players with Latvian Higher League experience were invited to join, and not surprisingly the team won the Latvian First League that year, being promoted to the Latvian Higher League.^[3]

In 2011, before the start of the season, the club's name was changed to its current version FB Gulbene. For the past few years FB Gulbene have actively co-worked with several Japanese football academies, giving their players a chance to play in Europe. Club's ex-president Romāns Lajuks was familiar with the Embassy of Japan Deputy Head of Mission Mr.Takeshi.^[4] In 2011 the club finished the Latvian Higher League championship in the 7th place. Finishing the 2012 season in the 10th place they were automatically relegated from the Latvian Higher League.^[5]

In 2016, the club applied to participate in the Northeastern Division of the Latvian Second League.

Honours[edit]

• Latvian First League champions (2)
  • 2010, 2014
• LFF Fair-play award (2)
  • 2010, 2011

Managers[edit]

Name	Period
Gatis Rikveilis	2005–2009
Mihails Koņevs	2010–2012
Igors Korabļovs	2013 – ...

League and Cup history[edit]

Sponsors[edit]

Role	Sponsors
General sponsors	Gulbenes Dome
Kit manufacturer	Erreà

Players and staff[edit]

Current squad[edit]

Entry for the 2015 Latvian First League season, according to LFF.lv^[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  LVA Alberts Nikoļskis 2 DF  LVA Sergejs Tjurikovs 3 DF  LVA Aleksandrs Solovjovs 4 DF  LVA Mihails Beršovs 5 DF  LVA Vladislavs Pavļučenko 6 MF  LVA Dmitrijs Telešs 7 DF  LVA Kirils Jeļkins 8 MF  LVA Jaroslavs Zoricovs 9 FW  LVA Ernests Pilats 10 FW  LVA Viktors Kurma 11 MF  LVA Vladimirs Volkovs 13 MF  LVA Ņikita Pačko — MF  ROU Alin Stoica

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  LVA Aleksandrs Ivanovs 15 MF  LVA Aleksandrs Klimovs 16 DF  LVA Gatis Štrauss 17 FW  LVA Jānis Lapss (captain) 18 DF  LVA Igors Korabļovs 19 DF  LVA Kristaps Soloveiko 20 MF  LVA Kirils Telegins 23 MF  LVA Konstantīns Budilovs 34 FW  LVA Ruslans Ķeirāns 71 GK  LVA Vladislavs Lazarevs 81 GK  LVA Marks Bogdanovs — FW  FIN Iidle Elmi

Staff[edit]

Name, surname	Position
Romāns Lajuks	Chairman
Igors Korabļovs	Manager
Aivars Blauvs	Coach
Liļa Medne	Doctor

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• (in Latvian, Russian, and English) Official website
• (in Latvian and English) Official Latvian Football Federation website