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| Full name | Futbola klubs Alberts | ||
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| Founded | 29 September 2001 | ||
| Ground | Salaspils stadium | ||
| Chairman | Jānis Rubulis | ||
| League | Second League | ||
| 2016 | 3rd (Vidzeme zone) | ||
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Futbola klubs Alberts is a Latvian football club, that plays in the Latvian Second League (2. līga), the third-highest league of Latvian football. The club was founded in 2001 and named after Alberts Šeibelis, Latvia national football team captain before World War II.[1] Originally it was from the city of Riga. From 2008 to 2014 the team played its home matches at Carnikava, but from the 2016 season they play at Salaspils.[2]
At the end of 2006 FK Alberts created a joint team with FK Auda,[3] but also retained a team in the Second League Vidzeme zone under the name of "Vecais Alberts". In 2008 a new club JDFS Alberts was created on the basis of club's youth system.[4] In 2009 the club returned to the name of FK Alberts continuing to play as an amateur team.