title: List of Latvian football transfers winter 2017–18
text: # List of Latvian football transfers winter 2017–18
  
  This is a list of Latvian football transfers in the 2017–18 winter transfer window by club. Only transfers of the Virslīga are included.
  
      All transfers mentioned are shown in the references at the bottom of the page. If you wish to insert a transfer that isn't mentioned there, please add a reference.
  
  ## Latvian Higher League
  
  ### Spartaks
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | GK | LVA | Andrejs Pavlovs (from Ventspils) |
  | — | DF | LVA | Gints Freimanis (from Jelgava) |
  | — | DF | LVA | Mārcis Ošs (from Jelgava) |
  | — | DF | BRA | Gabriel Mello Reichert (on loan from São Bernardo FC) |
  | — | MF | FIN | Sergei Eremenko (from FC Basel) |
  | — | MF | LVA | Jurijs Žigajevs (from Ventspils) |
  | — | MF | LVA | Aleksejs Višņakovs (from RFS) |
  | — | MF | LVA | Andrejs Kovaļovs (from Riga) |
  | — | MF | NCA | Jonathan Moncada (from Real Estelí) |
  | — | MF | RUS | Gadzhi Adzhiyev (from Anzhi Makhachkala) |
  | — | MF | RUS | Artemi Maleyev (from Baltika Kaliningrad) |
  | — | MF | RUS | Oleg Dmitriyev (from Baltika Kaliningrad) |
  | — | MF | SRB | Nikola Kovačević (from Radnički Niš) |
  | — | FW | LVA | Kaspars Svārups (from Sortland IL) |
  | — | FW | NCA | Ariagner Smith (from Real Estelí) |
  | — | FW | GHA | Kojo Obeng Junior (from Wamanafo Nea Salamina) |
  | — | FW | SRB | Marko Simić (from Novi Pazar) |
  | — | FW | LVA | Rolands Vagančuks (from Liepāja-2) |
  | — | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Kobzar (from Levadia Tallinn) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 1 | GK | LVA | Vitālijs Meļņičenko (to Ventspils) |
  | 2 | DF | CRO | Luka Šimunović (to Shakhtyor Soligorsk) |
  | 3 | DF | LVA | Elvis Stuglis (to Riga FC) |
  | 4 | DF | LVA | Ņikita Bērenfelds (loan return to Liepāja) |
  | 8 | MF | LVA | Jevgēņijs Kazačoks (to RFS) |
  | 9 | MF | BLR | Sergey Pushnyakov (to FC Gorodeya) |
  | 11 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Kozlov (to Shakhtyor Soligorsk) |
  | 14 | MF | UZB | Aziz Ibragimov (to FK Buxoro) |
  | 18 | MF | LVA | Pāvels Pilāts (to FK Tukums 2000) |
  | 19 | DF | LVA | Klāvs Bāliņš (to RTU FC/Skonto Academy) |
  | 20 | MF | CRO | Kruno Ivančić (to NK Aluminij) |
  | 21 | FW | LVA | Vladislavs Kozlovs (to Jelgava) |
  | 22 | MF | UKR | Artem Habelok (released) |
  | 23 | FW | BLR | Dzmitry Platonaw (to RFS) |
  | 35 | GK | RUS | Alexey Kozlov (to Utenis Utena) |
  | - | MF | FIN | Sergei Eremenko (on loan to Spartak Moscow) |
  
  ### Liepāja
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | DF | LVA | Ņikita Bērenfelds (loan return from Spartaks) |
  | — | DF | LVA | Endijs Šlampe (from Jelgava) |
  | — | DF | LVA | Antons Jemeļins (from Ventspils) |
  | — | DF | ARG | Alexis Zárate (from Club Atlético Independiente) |
  | — | DF | ARG | Gonzalo Negro (from Juventud Unida Rio Cuarto) |
  | — | MF | LVA | Toms Gucs (loan return from Grobiņas SC) |
  | — | MF | LVA | Igors Kozlovs (from RFS) |
  | — | MF | LVA | Jānis Ikaunieks (on loan from FC Metz) |
  | — | FW | LVA | Dēvids Dobrecovs (loan return from Grobiņas SC) |
  | — | FW | LVA | Verners Apiņš (from Jelgava) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 2 | DF | MNE | Mihailo Tomkovic (released) |
  | 3 | DF | LVA | Oskars Kļava (retired) |
  | 4 | DF | SEN | Sady Gueye (to Jelgava) |
  | 5 | MF | MTN | Abdoulaye Gaye (to FC Nouadhibou) |
  | 8 | DF | RUS | Stanislav Lebamba (to BFC Daugavpils) |
  | 9 | FW | LVA | Marks Kurtišs (to Jelgava) |
  | 15 | DF | LVA | Antons Tumanovs (to Grobiņas SC) |
  | 17 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Shevchuk (to Ahrobiznes Volochysk) |
  | 18 | MF | LVA | Krišs Kārkliņš (to Riga FC) |
  | 19 | MF | LVA | Valērijs Afanasjevs (to BFC Daugavpils) |
  | 22 | MF | LVA | Andris Krušatins (to Jelgava) |
  | 77 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Eristavi (to FC Samtredia) |
  | 86 | DF | CRO | Dario Tomić (to Mladost Podgorica) |
  | 87 | MF | GEO | Luka Zviadadze (to FC Rustavi) |
  | 88 | MF | MTN | Alassane Diop (to FC Nouadhibou) |
  | - | MF | LVA | Romāns Mickevičs (to Riga FC, previously on loan) |
  
  ### Riga FC
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | GK | LVA | Germans Māliņš (from RFS) |
  | — | GK | LVA | Nils Puriņš (from Jelgava) |
  | — | DF | LVA | Antonijs Černomordijs (loan return from Pafos FC) |
  | — | DF | LVA | Elvis Stuglis (from Spartaks) |
  | — | DF | SRB | Mario Maslać (from Irtysh Pavlodar) |
  | — | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Bayenko (from FK Buxoro) |
  | — | MF | LVA | Romāns Mickevičs (from Liepāja, previously on loan) |
  | — | MF | LVA | Krišs Kārkliņš (from Liepāja) |
  | — | MF | SLE | George Davies (on loan from SKN St. Pölten) |
  | — | MF | UKR | Valeriy Fedorchuk (from Veres Rivne) |
  | — | MF | BRA | Luiz Paulo Hilário (from Athlitiki Enosi Larissa) |
  | — | FW | UKR | Bohdan Kovalenko (from Pafos FC) |
  | — | FW | CMR | Gaël Etock (from JJK Jyväskylä) |
  | — | FW | LVA | Aleksejs Davidenkovs (from RFS) |
  | — | FW | UKR | Serhiy Zahynaylov (from Zaria Bălți) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 1 | GK | LVA | Vladislavs Kurakins (to Karabakh Wien) |
  | 5 | DF | SRB | Dušan Brković (to Diósgyőri VTK) |
  | 8 | MF | LVA | Andrejs Kovaļovs (to Spartaks) |
  | 11 | FW | LVA | Daniils Turkovs (released) |
  | 13 | DF | LVA | Kaspars Gorkšs (to FK Auda) |
  | 15 | MF | LVA | Ņikita Juhņevičs (to RTU FC/Skonto Academy) |
  | 32 | DF | LVA | Oļegs Timofejevs (released) |
  | 41 | MF | JPN | Minori Sato (to Gwangju FC) |
  | 45 | FW | MNE | Đorđe Šušnjar (to Torpedo Minsk) |
  | 50 | DF | GHA | David Addy (released) |
  | 82 | GK | LVA | Vjačeslavs Kudrjavcevs (to Legia Warsaw) |
  
  ### Ventspils
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | GK | LVA | Vitālijs Meļņičenko (from Spartaks) |
  | — | GK | LVA | Aleksandrs Vlasovs (from BFC Daugavpils) |
  | — | DF | TOG | Abdoul-Gafar Mamah (from Dacia Chișinău) |
  | — | DF | LVA | Dmitrijs Klimašēvičs (from BFC Daugavpils) |
  | — | DF | LVA | Dmitrijs Litvinskis (from BFC Daugavpils) |
  | — | MF | ANG | Amâncio Fortes (from Dacia Chișinău) |
  | — | MF | CPV | Sténio (from Dacia Chișinău) |
  | — | MF | MDA | Maxim Cojocaru (from Dacia Chișinău) |
  | — | FW | UKR | Oleksiy Antonov (from Chornomorets Odesa) |
  | — | FW | LVA | Kaspars Kokins (from BFC Daugavpils) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 2 | MF | LVA | Vladimirs Mukins (to FK Tukums 2000) |
  | 6 | DF | LVA | Igors Savčenkovs (retired) |
  | 7 | MF | LVA | Jurijs Žigajevs (to Spartaks) |
  | 9 | FW | ARM | Viulen Ayvazyan (to Dnepr Mogilev) |
  | 14 | MF | BLR | Artsyom Vaskow (to FC Smolevichi) |
  | 16 | GK | LVA | Andrejs Pavlovs (to Spartaks) |
  | 18 | MF | LTU | Simonas Paulius (to Kauno Žalgiris) |
  | 19 | FW | LVA | Ralfs Akmins (to FK Smiltene/BJSS) |
  | 26 | DF | LVA | Antons Jemeļins (to Liepāja) |
  
  ### RFS
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | GK | LVA | Dmitrijs Grigorjevs (from METTA/LU) |
  | — | GK | LVA | Kaspars Ikstens (from Jelgava) |
  | — | DF | GHA | Ofosu Appiah (from FCI Tallinn) |
  | — | MF | LVA | Gļebs Kļuškins (from Jelgava) |
  | — | MF | GEO | Beka Vachiberadze (from Betis Deportivo Balompié) |
  | — | MF | LVA | Dāvis Indrāns (from METTA/LU) |
  | — | MF | LVA | Jevgēņijs Kazačoks (from Spartaks) |
  | — | MF | UKR | Maksym Marusych (from FK Jonava) |
  | — | FW | LVA | Artis Jaudzems (from Jelgava) |
  | — | FW | BLR | Dzmitry Platonaw (from Spartaks) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 1 | GK | LVA | Germans Māliņš (to Riga FC) |
  | 3 | DF | LVA | Renārs Rode (to Negeri Sembilan) |
  | 7 | MF | LVA | Daniils Hvoiņickis (to SK Super Nova) |
  | 10 | MF | LVA | Aleksejs Višņakovs (to Spartaks) |
  | 14 | FW | LVA | Sergejs Vorobjovs (to BFC Daugavpils) |
  | 17 | MF | LVA | Igors Kozlovs (to Liepāja) |
  | 20 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Diakvnishvili (released) |
  | 21 | FW | BLR | Leonid Kovel (to Neman Grodno) |
  | 22 | MF | SRB | Srđan Dimitrov (to Birkirkara F.C.) |
  | 23 | MF | LVA | Kristaps Liepa (to METTA/LU) |
  | 24 | FW | LVA | Aleksejs Davidenkovs (to Riga FC) |
  | 35 | GK | RUS | Daniil Sizko (to Leningradets Leningrad Oblast) |
  | 81 | MF | LVA | Iļja Šadčins (released) |
  
  ### Jelgava
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | GK | LVA | Mārcis Melecis (from Dainava Alytus) |
  | — | DF | RUS | Vyacheslav Yemelyanenko (from Vytis Vilnius) |
  | — | DF | RUS | Maksim Shiryayev (from FSK Dolgoprudny) |
  | — | DF | SEN | Sady Gueye (from Liepāja) |
  | — | DF | LTU | Sigitas Olberkis (from Dnepr Mogilev) |
  | — | MF | LTU | Mindaugas Grigaravičius (loan return from FK Jonava) |
  | — | MF | LVA | Andris Krušatins (from Liepāja) |
  | — | MF | JPN | Ryotaro Nakano (from Chonburi F.C.) |
  | — | FW | LVA | Marks Kurtišs (from Liepāja) |
  | — | FW | LVA | Vladislavs Kozlovs (from Spartaks) |
  | — | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Nekrasov (on loan from Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg) |
  | — | FW | RUS | Nikita Kolyayev (from FC Ryazan) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 1 | GK | LVA | Kaspars Ikstens (to RFS) |
  | 2 | DF | LVA | Reinis Flaksis (to Grobiņas SC) |
  | 3 | DF | LVA | Endijs Šlampe (to Liepāja) |
  | 4 | MF | LVA | Vadims Avdejevs (to SK Super Nova) |
  | 5 | DF | LVA | Gints Freimanis (to Spartaks) |
  | 10 | MF | LVA | Andrejs Perepļotkins (to SK Super Nova) |
  | 11 | FW | LTU | Evaldas Razulis (released) |
  | 13 | MF | MYA | Kler Heh (to FK Jonava) |
  | 16 | GK | LVA | Nils Puriņš (to Riga FC) |
  | 18 | DF | LVA | Dmitrijs Klimaševičs (loan return to BFC Daugavpils) |
  | 20 | DF | CRO | Ante Bakmaz (to Kauno Žalgiris) |
  | 21 | FW | LVA | Verners Apiņš (to Liepāja) |
  | 23 | MF | LVA | Gļebs Kļuškins (to RFS) |
  | 25 | DF | LVA | Mārcis Ošs (to Spartaks) |
  | 27 | FW | EST | Kevin Kauber (to The New Saints F.C.) |
  | 29 | FW | LVA | Artis Jaudzems (to RFS) |
  
  ### METTA/LU
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | GK | LVA | Helmuts Saulītis (from JDFS Alberts) |
  | — | DF | LVA | Rihards Pētersons (from Liepāja-2) |
  | — | MF | CAN | Benson Fazili (from X-uvia Soccer Academy) |
  | — | MF | LVA | Kristaps Liepa (from RFS) |
  | — | MF | RUS | Tamirlan Dzhamalutdinov (from Anzhi Makhachkala) |
  | — | FW | LVA | Ņikita Kovaļonoks (Free agent) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 1 | GK | LVA | Dmitrijs Grigorjevs (to RFS) |
  | 5 | MF | LVA | Dāvis Indrāns (to RFS) |
  | 10 | FW | NGA | Adamu Abdullahi (to Waiheke United) |
  | 11 | FW | LVA | Konstantīns Fjodorovs (to Valmiera) |
  | 17 | FW | LVA | Artūrs Švalbe (to JDFS Alberts) |
  | 19 | FW | LVA | Gatis Kalniņš (to Valmiera) |
  | 20 | FW | LVA | Aivars Emsis (to JDFS Alberts) |
  | 25 | DF | GHA | Abraham Anane Ashrifie (released) |
  | 26 | DF | LVA | Roberts Ralfs Gudēns (to JDFS Alberts) |
  
  ### Valmiera
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | — | GK | LVA | Marks Bogdanovs (from AFA Olaine) |
  | — | DF | BLR | Nikita Rochev (from FC Lida) |
  | — | DF | MDA | Alexandru Belevschi (from Foresta Suceava) |
  | — | DF | SEN | Massamba Sambou (from FC Lusitanos) |
  | — | DF | RUS | Ivan Knyazev (from Kubansakaya Korona Shevchenko) |
  | — | MF | FRA | Thierry Mukuta (from UJA Maccabi Paris) |
  | — | MF | NGA | Leonardo Okeke (from My People FC) |
  | — | MF | LVA | Jānis Taulavičus (from Staiceles Bebri) |
  | — | MF | LVA | Eduards Stīpnieks (from Smiltene/BJSS) |
  | — | FW | LVA | Gatis Kalniņš (from METTA/LU) |
  | — | FW | CMR | Christian Song Ngan (from Mount Cameroon FC) |
  | — | FW | LVA | Konstantīns Fjodorovs (from METTA/LU) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 2 | DF | LVA | Kārlis Lācis (to Staiceles Bebri) |
  | 7 | MF | LVA | Maksims Koļesņikovs (to Staiceles Bebri) |
  | 25 | MF | LVA | Nauris Ģērmanis (to Staiceles Bebri) |
  