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Football national side
Latvia
National team · Latvia
«11 Wolves»
68
Matches
16
wins
21
draws
31
losses
67–97
Goals
−30
Difference
1.0
Scored per game
Form
W
31 Mar · Home Gibraltar · 1:0
D
6 Jun · Away Lithuania · 1:1
L
9 Jun · Home Faroe Islands · 0:1
L
25 Sep · Away Armenia · 0:2
D
28 Sep · Home Cyprus · 0:0
L
2 Oct · Home Montenegro · 1:2
Skonto Stadium seats 6,747, a bowl in Riga that has hosted the national team since the 1990s, with Daugava Stadium taking over twice in between, from 1991 to 2000 and again from 2018 to 2022. The federation behind the team, the Latvian Football Federation, was set up in Riga on 19 June 1921, and the side it fielded took the field for the first time on 24 September 1922, drawing 1–1 with Estonia. That continuity broke in 1940, when the Soviet occupation ended the team's existence, and it took until 1992, after independence was restored, for it to play again.
The crimson shirt and white shorts carry the nickname 11 Wolves. Latvia finished bottom of Group D at Euro 2004, drawing 0–0 with Germany before losses to the Czech Republic and the Netherlands closed the tournament. No World Cup has followed. Vitālijs Astafjevs remains the man most associated with the shirt, with 167 caps.
Where Latvia has been consistently hard to beat is the Baltic Cup, against Estonia and Lithuania. Thirteen titles stretch from 1928 to 2018.
Latest results
Fixtures and results| 5 Oct | UEFA Nations League |
Cyprus
A
|
||
| 2 Oct | UEFA Nations League |
Montenegro
H
|
1:2 | L |
| 28 Sep | UEFA Nations League |
Cyprus
H
|
0:0 | D |
| 25 Sep | UEFA Nations League |
Armenia
A
|
0:2 | L |
| 9 Jun | Baltic Cup |
Faroe Islands
H
|
0:1 | L |
| 6 Jun | Baltic Cup |
Lithuania
A
|
1:1 | D |
Standing
UEFA Nations LeagueGroup stage · League C - Group B
| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Montenegro
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7:4 | 10 |
| 2 |
Cyprus
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5:3 | 7 |
| 3 |
Armenia
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4:5 | 4 |
| 4 |
 Latvia
|
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2:6 | 1 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 68
68
Matches
16
wins
21
draws
31
losses
67–97
Goals
−30
Difference
1.0
Scored per game
wins
draws
losses
scored — above the line
conceded — below the line
| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 68 | 34 | 34 |
| Scored | 67 | 30 | 37 |
| Conceded | 97 | 43 | 54 |
| Scored per game | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| Conceded per game | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Difference | −30 | −13 | −17 |
Key players
by appearances over the last yearSquad of Latvia
by appearances over the last year| Number | Player | Position | Age | Matches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | |
 Andrejs Cigaņiks |
Midfielder | 29 | 5 |
| 15 |  Dmitrijs Zelenkovs |
Midfielder | 5 | ||
| 23 |  Rihards Matrevics |
Goalkeeper | 5 | ||
| 9 |  Vladislavs Gutkovskis |
Forward | 5 | ||
| 10 |  Lūkass Vapne |
Midfielder | 5 | ||
| 21 | |
 Deniss Meļņiks |
Defender | 24 | 5 |
| 13 | |
 Raivis Andris Jurkovskis |
Defender | 29 | 5 |
| 2 |  D. Balodis |
Defender | 5 | ||
| 12 |  Frenks Dāvids Orols |
Goalkeeper | 5 | ||
| 8 |  Eduards Emsis |
Midfielder | 5 | ||
| 5 |  Antonijs Černomordijs |
Defender | 5 | ||
| 22 |  Aleksejs Saveļjevs |
Midfielder | 5 | ||
| 6 |  Danila Patijčuks |
Midfielder | 4 | ||
| 11 |  Roberts Savaļnieks |
Defender | 4 | ||
| 20 | |
 Roberts Uldriķis |
Forward | 28 | 4 |
| 1 |  N. Puriņš |
Goalkeeper | 3 | ||
| 17 | |
 Marcus Strods |
Midfielder | 20 | 3 |
| 4 | |
 Oskars Vientiess |
Defender | 24 | 3 |
| 18 | |
 Albert Aleksanyan |
Midfielder | 20 | 3 |
| 19 |  Maksims Tonisevs |
Defender | 3 | ||
| 7 |  Eduards Dašķevičs |
Forward | 3 | ||
| 3 |  Dennis Cirkin |
Defender | 3 | ||
| 16 | |
 Kristers Čudars |
Midfielder | 27 | 2 |
| 1 |  Krišjānis Zviedris |
Goalkeeper | 2 | ||
| 18 |  Dario Sits |
Forward | 2 | ||
| 10 | |
 Jānis Ikaunieks |
Forward | 31 | 2 |
| 8 |  Renārs Varslavāns |
Forward | 2 | ||
| 7 |  K. Grabovskis |
Midfielder | 2 | ||
| 4 |  Roberts Veips |
Defender | 2 | ||
| 3 |  Vitālijs Jagodinskis |
Defender | 2 | ||
| 19 | |
 Marko Regža |
Forward | 27 | 2 |
| 16 | |
 Gļebs Žaleiko |
Midfielder | 22 | 1 |
| 16 |  Kristers Penkevics |
Midfielder | 1 | ||
| 6 |  Niks Sliede |
Defender | 1 | ||
| 16 |  Emīls Birka |
Defender | 1 |
Fixtures of Latvia
Honours of Latvia
- Baltic Cup 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 13
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