Dinaburg FC was a Latvian football club, playing in the city of Daugavpils. In 2009 it merged with FK Daugava. The club played at the Daugava Stadium (capacity 4,070). On October 5, 2009, Dinaburg was expelled from the Virsliga and both the president and trainer were banned for life on suspicion of betting and match-fixing.
Following the re-occupation of Baltic states after the World War II, a team was created in Daugavpils in 1944 under the name of FK Daugava. During the Soviet period it was mostly known under name of Celtnieks or Stroitel (áÃÂÃÂþøÃÂõûàin Russian, 'builder') and for a while as öëmi÷is (Khimik, Ã¥øüøú, 'Chemist') after its sponsor - the Daugavpils Synthetic Fibre Mill ().
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the club became bankrupt and participated in competitions fielding its football academy, BJSS Daugavpils. In 1992-1994 the team briefly played as Auseklis Daugavpils before folding. A team under the name of Vilan-D was its successor throughout 1995.
In 1996, FC Dinaburg was founded as a successor to Auseklis and Vilan-D.
They qualified to play with Hibernian, of Scotland, in the second round of the 2006 Intertoto Cup after beating Havnar Bóltfelag, from the Faroe Islands, 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate in the first round. They lost 8âÂÂ0 on aggregate, losing 5âÂÂ0 in Edinburgh and 3âÂÂ0 in Daugavpils.
FC Dinaburg Daugavpils were eliminated from the Baltic League 2007 due to violation of Fair Play rules, but they once again qualified for the Intertoto Cup, where they started against Irish League team Cliftonville, but they lost 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate, losing at home 1âÂÂ0 after a 1âÂÂ1 draw in Belfast.
They qualified to play JK Nõmme Kalju from Estonian Meistriliiga, Estonia, in the first round of the UEFA Europa League. They won 2âÂÂ1 in Daugavpils, and drew 0âÂÂ0 in Tallinn. In the second round they played Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. In Israel they lost 4âÂÂ0 and 1âÂÂ0 in Daugavpils. Later that season, they were relegated from both leagues they participated in (Virsliga and The Baltic Football League) because of suspicions of match fixing and illegal betting.
FK Daugava Daugavpils took their place in Virsliga 2010, with all the players who had previously played for Dinaburg in their squad, except the ones who had joined new clubs during the transfer season.
All results (home and away) list Dinaburg's goal tally first.