SK Super NovaÃÂ is a Latvian professional football club based in Riga. It was founded in 2000, and it has been involved in various levels of the Latvian football league system, including the top-tier Latvian Higher League and lower divisions. The team was based in Salaspils from 2022 till the end of 2023 season and returned to Riga in 2024.
On 2 August 2000, on the basis of Riga Secondary School No. 62 from öengarags, SK Super Nova was created, which was represented only in the Latvian youth championships.
In 2002, JÃÂnis Engelis was a graduate of Riga Secondary School No. 62, who continued his studies at the Latvian Academy of Sport Education and was invited to work as a volunteer coach at the Riga Secondary School No. 62 SK Super Nova. On December 18, 2002, JÃÂnis Engelis became the club's president and it all grew to the status of an academy and a sports school.
On 19 July 2013, the Latvian youth football team SK Super Nova triumphed at the World Cup in Sweden, the Gothia Cup U-11 age group. With a final score of 6:4, SK Super Nova celebrated the victory, becoming the first Latvian football team in the U-11 age group to win the prestigious Gothia Cup.
In 2017, the club started playing in Latvian football league system from Latvian Second League in the Kurzeme and Zemgale zone. The first home field was Riga Wilhelm Ostwald Secondary School, which is located in Imanta, Riga. The season ended with 1st place in the Latvian Second League in the Kurzeme and Zemgale zone.
In 2018, they were promoted to the country's Latvian First League. SK Super Nova played its home games at the Olaine City Stadium, as they were unable to find a suitable solution in Riga. In the first two seasons they made it to the promotion rounds to Virslëga, where the team was defeated in both cases.
In 2022, they were promoted to the Virslëga. SK Super Nova debuted in the Latvian Higher League and played its home games at Salaspils Stadium.
In 2023, SK Super Nova gained the right to compete in the Virslëga, after FK Spartaks refused to play football in the Latvian Higher League. At the end of the season, SK Super Nova took last 10th place and got relegated to the Latvian First League.
In 2024, SK Super Nova team can once again be called a Riga team after two years spent in Salaspils. JÃÂnis Skredelis' Stadium became the yellow-blue home field. At the end of the season, the club became the champion of the Optibet Future League, earning the right to return to the Virslëga next season after a one-year break.
In 2025, SK Super Nova returned to the Virslëga after winning the Optibet Future League the previous season. The club competed in the Latvian Higher League and the Latvian Football Cup, playing its home matches at JÃÂnis Skredelis' Stadium in Riga. SK Super Nova finished the league season in 8th place, securing its place in the Virslëga for the 2026 season, and recorded 14 draw matches, a club record in the Latvian Higher League.
<span id="Notes" ></span>Notes: In 2020 and 2021, the Latvian Football Federation board decided to declare a state of emergency and, due to the restrictions introduced to limit COVID-19 infection, decided to end the Latvian First League season early.