In early March, however, the investors reversed their decision following a conflict with the club's ownership, but the name FC Noah Jurmala remained in place due to restrictions on name changes by the Latvian Football Federation after February 1 of a calendar year.
[3][4] While FC Noah Jurmala was initially given the right to compete in the Higher League, their license was revoked due to alleged financing issues on 12 March 2021.
[6] FC Noah Jurmala lost their debut match on 24 April 2021 0–5 against FK Spartaks Jūrmala, and celebrated their first and only top flight victory in their 2–1 defeat of BFC Daugavpils on 14 May 2021.
On 9 June 2021, the Latvian Sports Disciplinary Committee decided to disqualify three FC Noah Jurmala players — Bojan Knežević, Ofosu Appiah, and Oleksiy Babir, for 12 months.
[7][8] Despite the Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision on 14 June 2021 to permit FC Noah Jurmala to continue competing in the Higher League, the team did not show up for their match against Valmiera FC on 18 June 2021 and suffered a technical loss.