the former hockey team with the same name, which was founded in 1946 but ceased to exist in 1995. HK Riga – a junior hockey club, playing in the Minor Hockey League Football Riga FC – Riga Football Club, commonly referred to as Riga FC, were established in 2015 after a merger of two Riga based teams – FC Caramba Riga and Dinamo Rīga. In 2018 they became champions of the Virslīga Latvian Higher League for the first time. RFS – FK Rīgas Futbola Skola, known as RFS are based on the Riga Football School (RFS) academy, established in 1962. FS Metta-LU – founded in 2006. Metta play their home games at Daugava Stadium. JDFS Alberts – Jura Docenko Futbola Skola Alberts, commonly referred to as JDFS Alberts was founded as a football school in 2008 and subsequently became a professional Latvian football league team. Riga United FC FC New Project Dissolved Football Clubs Skonto FC – Skonto FC was a football club established in 1991. The club won fourteen successive Latvian Higher League titles. For a long time it provided the core of the Latvian national football team. Following financial problems, the club was demoted to the Latvian First League in 2016 and went bankrupt in December of that year and subsequently dissolved. JFK Olimps – JFK Olimps played in the top division of Latvian football. The club was founded in 2005 and dissolved in 2012. According to a study from January 2011, the club was the youngest team in Europe, with an average age of 19.02 years. Sports facilities Arena Riga – a multi-purpose arena built in 2006 as the main venue for the 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. It can hold up to 14,500 people and has hosted ice hockey, basketball and volleyball events, as well as Red Bull X-Fighters Skonto Stadium – a football stadium, built in 2000. It is the main stadium used for games of the Latvian national football team and the home stadium of Riga FC. The stadium was previously the home stadium of Skonto FC prior to the team's dissolution. Daugava Stadium – a stadium built in 1958, used for both football and athletics Latvijas Universitates Stadions Biķernieki Complex Sports Base – Latvia's leading motorsport complex Sports events EuroBasket 1937 1999 European Athletics Junior Championships EuroBasket Women 2009 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships Riga Marathon 2013 World Women's Curling Championship