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FK Ventspils was a Latvian professional football club based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils. It is one of the most popular football clubs in the country. The club played in the Latvian Virsliga since 1997. It was abolished in 2022 and officially liquidated on 19 January 2024. A new phoenix club, JFK Ventspils, returned to Latvian football and competes in the Latvian First League as of 2023. In total, FK Ventspils has won six league titles and seven Latvian Cups. They became Latvian Higher League champions in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013 and 2014. In 2009 FK Ventspils became the first Latvian club to participate in the group stages of a UEFA competition after beating BATE Borisov from Belarus.