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Revision as of 13:00, 29 August 2011

 Latvia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Sarkanbaltsarkanie (Red-white-red in English)
AssociationLatvian Football Federation
ConfederationUEFA
Head coachAleksandrs Starkovs
CaptainKaspars Gorkšs
Most capsVitālijs Astafjevs (167)
Top scorerMāris Verpakovskis (28)
Home stadiumSkonto stadions
FIFA codeLVA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current83
Highest45 (November 2009)
Lowest111 (July 2007)
First international
Latvia Latvia 1 – 1 Estonia 
(Riga, Latvia; 24 September 1922)
Biggest win
Latvia Latvia 9 – 0 Estonia 
(Tallinn, Estonia; 18 August 1942)
Biggest defeat
 Sweden 12 – 0 Latvia Latvia
(Stockholm, Sweden; 29 May 1927)
European Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2004)
Best resultRound 1, 2004

The Latvian national football team (Latvian: Valstsvienība) is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Latvia and represents the country in international football competitions, such as the World Cup and the European Championships. So far, they have never qualified for a FIFA World Cup, but have qualified for one European Championship, in 2004. The current head coach is Aleksandrs Starkovs. The team plays its home matches at the Skonto Stadium in Riga.

History

Latvia played their first match in 1922, a game against Estonia; the result was a 1–1 draw. Latvia are the only Baltic team that has qualified for a European Championship and have won the Baltic Cup 19 times. Latvia in its pre-war period from 1922 to 1940 played 99 official games.

In 1937, the Latvian team participated in the first qualification tournament for the 1938 FIFA World Cup. Latvia were seeded in Group 8 with Austria and Lithuania. Latvia beat Lithuania 4–2 in Riga (Goals: Fricis Kaņeps 9', 52', 83'; Iļja Vestermans 50' – Gudelis 79', Pavilionis 90') and then won 5–1 in Kaunas (Kaņeps 4', 45' (penalty); Vaclavs Borduško 11', 30'; Vestermans 67' – Pavilionis 72'), but lost 1–2 in the decisive match with Austria. Goals by Iļja Vestermans at the 6th minute for Latvia, and by Binders at 33' and Jerusalem at 15'. In April 1938 the Austrian Anschluss relegated the Austrian team, but the team of Latvia was not invited by FIFA as the group's runner-up.

In 1940, Latvia was annexed by the Soviet Union; the country regained its independence in 1991 and played their first match as a new nation against Estonia on November 16 of that year in the Baltic Cup, and their first FIFA-recognized match against Romania on April 8, 1992, a 0–2 loss in Bucharest.

Latvia were surprise qualifiers for the 2004 European Football Championship. After coming second in their qualifying group (ahead of Poland) they defeated 2002 World Cup semi-finalists Turkey in a playoff to reach the final tournament. They were drawn into group D with Germany, the Czech Republic, and the Netherlands. On June 15, 2004, Latvia played the Czech Republic and took a half-time lead with a goal from Māris Verpakovskis. The Czechs would later come back to win the game 2–1. Four days later Latvia earned a respectable no score draw against Germany to earn their first point in a major tournament. Latvia later lost to the Netherlands 3–0 and were eliminated with one point from their draw and two losses.

Vitālijs Astafjevs has played for Latvia more times than anyone else, with 167 caps from 1992 to 2010. He also holds the European record for the most played matches in the national team. Astafjevs has netted 16 times. Andrejs Rubins is the most capped active player for Latvia with 114 appearances, as of March, 2011. Māris Verpakovskis is the nation's top goal scorer with 28 goals. Other high scorers include Marians Pahars and Juris Laizāns, who both have scored 15 goals each for Latvia.

Tournament records

World Cup record

European Championship record

UEFA European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1960 to 1992 Part of  Soviet Union
1996 to 2000 Did not qualify
Portugal 2004 Group Stage 14th 3 0 1 2 1 5
2008 Did not qualify
Total Group Stage 1/13 3 0 1 2 1 5

Results and Fixtures

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group F

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group F

Template:UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group F

Recent and forthcoming matches

Date Tournament Location Opponent Result Latvia scorers
10 August 2011 Friendly Riga  Finland 0:2
2 September 2011 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification Tbilisi  Georgia
6 September 2011 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification Riga  Greece

Players

See also: Latvia international footballers

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the UEFA EURO 2012 qualification matches against Georgia and Greece, taking place in Tbilisi on September 2, 2011 and in Riga on September 6, 2011.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Andris Vaņins (1980-04-30) April 30, 1980 (age 44) 41 0 Switzerland Sion
1GK Aleksandrs Koļinko (1975-06-18) June 18, 1975 (age 49) 86 0 Russia Baltika Kaliningrad
1GK Pāvels Doroševs (1980-10-09) October 9, 1980 (age 43) 0 0 Azerbaijan Gabala
1GK Germans Māliņš (1987-10-12) October 12, 1987 (age 36) 0 0 Latvia Skonto Riga
2DF Kaspars Gorkšs (captain) (1981-11-06) November 6, 1981 (age 42) 39 4 England Reading
2DF Deniss Ivanovs (1984-01-11) January 11, 1984 (age 40) 44 2 Azerbaijan Baku
2DF Oskars Kļava (1983-08-08) August 8, 1983 (age 41) 49 1 Russia Khimki
2DF Ritus Krjauklis (1986-04-23) April 23, 1986 (age 38) 13 0 Latvia Liepājas Metalurgs
2DF Vitālijs Smirnovs (1986-06-28) June 28, 1986 (age 38) 3 0 Latvia Skonto Riga
2DF Ritvars Rugins (1989-10-17) October 17, 1989 (age 34) 3 0 Latvia Ventspils
3MF Jurijs Žigajevs (1985-11-14) November 14, 1985 (age 38) 25 1 Poland Widzew Łódź
3MF Aleksandrs Cauņa (1988-01-19) January 19, 1988 (age 36) 25 6 Russia CSKA Moscow
3MF Ivans Lukjanovs (1987-01-24) January 24, 1987 (age 37) 3 0 Poland Lechia Gdańsk
3MF Aleksejs Višņakovs (1984-02-03) February 3, 1984 (age 40) 36 5 Poland Cracovia
3MF Oļegs Laizāns (1987-03-28) March 28, 1987 (age 37) 1 0 Latvia Ventspils
3MF Aleksandrs Fertovs (1987-06-16) June 16, 1987 (age 37) 6 0 Latvia Skonto Riga
3MF Artis Lazdiņš (1986-05-03) May 3, 1986 (age 38) 7 0 Latvia Jelgava
4FW Māris Verpakovskis (1979-10-15) October 15, 1979 (age 44) 87 28 Azerbaijan Baku
4FW Edgars Gauračs (1988-03-10) March 10, 1988 (age 36) 3 0 Russia Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
4FW Artjoms Rudņevs (1988-01-13) January 13, 1988 (age 36) 12 0 Poland Lech Poznań
4FW Andrejs Perepļotkins (1984-12-27) December 27, 1984 (age 39) 32 3 Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
4FW Vladislavs Kozlovs (1987-11-30) November 30, 1987 (age 36) 2 0 Latvia Jelgava

Most capped players

# Name Career Caps Goals
1. Vitālijs Astafjevs 1992–2010 167 16
2. Andrejs Rubins 1998–0000 115 10
3. Juris Laizāns 1998– 0000 108 15
4. Imants Bleidelis 1995–2007 106 10
5. Mihails Zemļinskis 1992–2005 105 12
6. Igors Stepanovs 1995–2011 100 4
7. Aleksandrs Koļinko 1997– 0000 86 0
8. Māris Verpakovskis 1999– 0000 86 28
9. Andrejs Štolcers 1994–2005 81 7
10. Marian Pahars 1996–2007 75 15

Players in bold are still active.

Top goalscorers

# Player Career Goals (Caps)
1. Māris Verpakovskis 1999– 0000 28 (86)
2. Ēriks Pētersons 1929–1939 21 (63)
3. Vitālijs Astafjevs 1992–2010 16 (167)
4. Marians Pahars 1996–2007 15 (75)
5. Juris Laizāns 1998– 15 (108)
6. Alberts Šeibelis 1925–1939 14 (54)
7. Iļja Vestermans 1935–1938 13 (23)
8. Mihails Zemļinskis 1992–2005 12 (105)
9. Vīts Rimkus 1995–2008 11 (73)
10. Arnolds Tauriņš 1925–1935 10 (39)
Imants Bleidelis 1995–2007 10 (106)
Andrejs Rubins 1998– 10 (115)

Players in bold are still active.

Coaches

Coach Latvia career
Latvia Jānis Gilis 1992–1997
Georgia (country) Revaz Dzodzuashvili 1998–1999
England Gary Johnson 1999–2001
Latvia Aleksandrs Starkovs 2001–2004
Latvia Jurijs Andrejevs 2004–2007
Latvia Aleksandrs Starkovs 2007 – present


See also

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References

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