About Torpedo Rīga

Torpedo Rīga was a Latvian football club from Riga, originally the team of the city's taxi park and known for decades as FK RTP (Riga Taxi Park). Its players combined football with work as taxi drivers. The club reached the Latvian Cup final in 1963 and earned a place in the Latvian league after the 1978 season, finishing fourth in its debut year.

Coached by Arkādijs Perkins, Torpedo won the Latvian championship in 1984 and 1986. After independence the club changed its name several times: it became Vidus Rīga in 1993, Amstrig Rīga in 1995 and Daugava Rīga in 1996. As Daugava it was runner-up in the Virslīga in 1996 and 1997, with striker Mihails Miholaps scoring 33 goals in 1996, and played in the UEFA Cup in 1997–98 and 1998–99.

Financial problems followed. Renamed LU/Daugava Rīga, the club gave up its top-flight place after 1998, won the first league in 1999, finished last in the 2000 Virslīga and then merged with Policijas FK to form PFK Daugava.