2011, they won the national championship, securing their fourth league title. In 2013 FK Ventspils won the league for the fifth time and lifted the Latvian Cup for the sixth time in the club's history. In the middle of 2013 the club participated in the UEFA Europa League qualification stages, reaching the third qualification stage. They knocked out the Welsh champions Airbus UK Broughton and Luxembourg National Division club Jeunesse Esch, but lost to the Israeli club Maccabi Haifa. Disqualification On 9 June 2021, UEFA banned FK Ventspils from participating in UEFA club competitions for the next seven years (i.e. up to and including the 2027–28 season) for violating UEFA regulations related to "fraud, bribery and/or corruption" and for "violation of the integrity of matches and competitions". Club officials Nikolajs Djakins and Adlan Shishkanov were banned from football for 4 years and for life, respectively. The charges were related to July 2018 Europa League qualifier against Bordeaux, Russian referee Sergey Lapochkin who was refereeing that game was banned from football activity for 10 years. Team honours Virslīga: 6 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014 Latvian Cup: 7 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2016–17 Baltic League: 1 2009–10 Livonia Cup Winners (1): 2008 Individual honours Participation in Latvian Championships Participation in Baltic League European record Sponsors Notable former players Past (and present) players who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles can be found here. Managers References External links Official website Latvian Football Federation website Ventspils FK at the UEFA official website Ventspils FK at the World Football.net Ventspils Sport in Ventspils Ventspils 1997 establishments in Latvia