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Latvia (2026)

Latvija

Matches: 7; 7 with a result
Won · drawn · lost: 2-1-4; 2 W · 1 D · 4 L
Goals: 4; 6 against
Goal difference: -2

General Information

Latvijas Futbola Federacija

Founded: 1921
FIFA entry: 1923
Average height in 2026: 1.85 m
Average age in 2026: 26.2 years
Confederation: United European Football Association (UEFA)
Continent: Europe
Infos provided by: The-Sports.org

No jersey for this year

Jersey in 2026

Coaches in 2026

Paolo Nicolato(Coach)

Date of birth: 21 December 1966
Place of birth: Lonigo, Italy
Matches: 7 (7 official · 0 friendlies)

Photo: Kindly provided by Jorge Mendoza

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Players of Latvia in 2026

32 players

Name	Born	Position	Club	M	S	G
				FIFA
Goalkeepers2
Rihards Matrevics	18 March 1999	Goalkeeper	Rīgas FS	5	0	0
Frenks Orols	28 June 2000	Goalkeeper	Rīga FC	2	0	0
Defenders9
Antonijs Černomordijs	26 September 1996	Centre Back	Rīga FC	7	0	1
Raivis Jurkovskis	7 December 1996	Left Back	Rīga FC	5	1	0
Roberts Savaļnieks	4 February 1993	Right Back	Rīgas FS	5	0	0
Dennis Cirkin	6 April 2002	Left Back	Queens Park Rangers	3	0	0
Roberts Veips	22 February 2000	Centre Back	Rīgas FS	3	0	0
Maksims Toņiševs	12 May 2000	Right Back	Rīga FC	1	2	1
Daniels Balodis	10 June 1998	Centre Back	Auda Ķekava	1	2	0
Oskars Vientiess	8 October 2002	Centre Back	FK Teplice	1	1	0
Vitālijs Jagodinskis	28 February 1992	Centre Back	Visakha FC	1	0	0
Midfielders13
Andrejs Cigaņiks	12 April 1997	Left Midfielder	FC Luzern	7	0	0
Lūkass Vapne	31 August 2003	Centre Midfielder	Sogndal IL	7	0	0
Dmitrijs Zelenkovs	10 May 2000	Attacking Midfielder	Rīgas FS	5	0	0
Deniss Meļņiks	7 September 2002	Defensive Midfielder	Falkirk FC	4	1	0
Eduards Emsis	23 February 1996	Defensive Midfielder	Super Nova Olaine	3	0	0
Jānis Ikaunieks	16 February 1995	Attacking Midfielder	Rīgas FS	2	0	0
Renārs Varslavāns	23 August 2001	Attacking Midfielder	Rīga FC	2	0	0
Markuss Strods	10 October 2006	Attacking Midfielder	Bohemians Dublin	1	2	1
Mārtiņš Ķigurs	31 March 1997	Attacking Midfielder	Rīgas FS	0	2	0
Kristers Penkevics	28 January 2003	Defensive Midfielder	FC Zlin	0	2	0
Aleksejs Saveljevs	30 January 1999	Centre Midfielder	Asia Talas	0	2	0
Kristers Čudars	3 September 1999	Defensive Midfielder	Ogre United	0	1	0
Gļebs Žaleiko	27 June 2004	Centre Midfielder	FS Jelgava	0	1	0
Forwards8
Vladislavs Gutkovskis	2 April 1995	Centre Forward	Arka Gdynia	3	2	1
Roberts Uldriķis	3 April 1998	Secondary striker	SC Heerenveen	3	1	0
Kristaps Grabovskis	14 June 2005	Right Winger	B1893 København	2	1	0
Dario Šits	4 February 2004	Centre Forward	FC Dordrecht	1	3	0
Eduards Dašķevičs	12 July 2002	Left Winger	Auda Ķekava	1	2	0
Danila Patijčuks	22 March 2003	Secondary striker	FK Liepāja	1	1	0
Marko Regža	20 January 1999	Centre Forward	FC Hradec Králové	1	1	0
Albert Aleksanjan	10 March 2006	Left Winger	IFK Norrköping	0	1	0

M = matches from the start, S = as a substitute, G = goals; non-FIFA: matches in which this team or the opponent was not a FIFA member.

Matches of Latvia in 2026

7 matches

2 Oct 2026UEFA Nations League 2027 · Group 2 · Skonto StadiumHvs.MontenegroMatch report: Latvia vs. Montenegro 1–2Defeat
28 Sept 2026UEFA Nations League 2027 · Group 2 · Skonto StadiumHvs.CyprusMatch report: Latvia vs. Cyprus 0–0Draw
25 Sept 2026UEFA Nations League 2027 · Group 2 · Vazgen Sargsyan Republican StadiumAvs.ArmeniaMatch report: Armenia vs. Latvia 2–0Defeat
9 Jun 2026Baltic Cup 2026 · Third-place match · LNK Sporta ParksHvs.Faroe IslandsMatch report: Latvia vs. Faroe Islands 0–1Defeat
6 Jun 2026Baltic Cup 2026 · Semi-final · S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionasAvs.LithuaniaMatch report: Lithuania vs. Latvia 1–14–5 pensDefeat
31 Mar 2026UEFA Nations League 2025 · C/D Play-Off · Skonto StadiumHvs.GibraltarMatch report: Latvia vs. Gibraltar 1–0Win
26 Mar 2026UEFA Nations League 2025 · C/D Play-Off · Europa Sports ParkAvs.GibraltarMatch report: Gibraltar vs. Latvia 0–1Win

Match Progress for Latvia

2 W · 1 D · 4 L

One dot per match with a result, on the date it was played; planned or cancelled matches are left out.

Favorite Opponents of Latvia

71 countries

Opponent	M	W	D	L	G
Lithuania	31	13	5	13	47
Estonia	28	15	10	3	36
Andorra	13	8	5	0	26
Liechtenstein	12	9	2	1	19
Georgia	10	3	2	5	10
Austria	9	3	0	6	9
Faroe Islands	9	2	5	2	6
Turkey	9	1	5	3	14
Greece	8	1	2	5	6
Israel	8	1	1	6	6
Poland	8	1	0	7	3
Luxembourg	7	6	1	0	20
Malta	7	3	1	3	8
Kazakhstan	7	2	4	1	7
Iceland	7	2	2	3	12
Armenia	7	2	1	4	7
Northern Ireland	7	2	0	5	4
Hungary	7	1	0	6	7
Albania	7	0	6	1	7
Gibraltar	6	5	0	1	13
Finland	6	2	1	3	4
Azerbaijan	6	1	4	1	4
Belarus	6	1	1	4	7
Sweden	6	1	1	4	3
North Macedonia	6	0	1	5	2
Portugal	6	0	0	6	4
Ireland	6	0	0	6	3
Croatia	6	0	0	6	1
San Marino	5	4	1	0	9
Moldova	5	3	0	2	11
Slovenia	5	1	0	4	2
Slovakia	5	0	3	2	5
Montenegro	5	0	2	3	3
Switzerland	5	0	1	4	3
Netherlands	5	0	0	5	0
Norway	4	1	1	2	4
Cyprus	4	0	2	2	1
Czechia	4	0	1	3	4
Russia	4	0	1	3	2
Denmark	4	0	1	3	1
Spain	4	0	1	3	0
Scotland	4	0	0	4	1
Ukraine	3	0	1	2	1
Romania	3	0	0	3	0
Wales	3	0	0	3	0
North Korea	2	1	1	0	3
Oman	2	1	0	1	4
Japan	2	0	1	1	2
Germany	2	0	1	1	1
Kuwait	2	0	1	1	1
Belgium	2	0	0	2	1
Bosnia & Herzegovina	2	0	0	2	1
Serbia	2	0	0	2	1
Bulgaria	2	0	0	2	0
England	2	0	0	2	0
South Korea	2	0	0	2	0
Bolivia	1	1	0	0	2
Angola	1	0	1	0	1
Thailand	1	0	1	0	1
Kosovo	1	0	0	1	3
Bahrain	1	0	0	1	2
Honduras	1	0	0	1	1
Qatar	1	0	0	1	1
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0
China	1	0	0	1	0
France	1	0	0	1	0
Ghana	1	0	0	1	0
Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1	0
Tunisia	1	0	0	1	0
USA	1	0	0	1	0
Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1	0
Total	364	97	81	186	367

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All matches of the team (any status); a penalty shoot-out decides won or lost, goals are without shoot-out kicks. M links to the head-to-head record.

All Time World Cup Stats for Latvia

Games Total: 93
Goals: 98
Goals Against: 159
Games W/D/L: 22/20/51
Avg. Goals / Match: 1.05
Avg. Goals Against / Match: 1.71

Top Players

Most Goals Scored: 9; Māris Verpakovskis
Most Matches: 47; Vitālijs Astafjevs
Most Yellow Cards: 7; Juris Laizāns
Most Red Cards: 1; Aleksandrs Fertovs

Final tournaments and qualifiers; goals include penalty shoot-out kicks.

All-time top 50 of Latvia

Matches

Scope

#	Name	Position	Years	M	11	S	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow cards	Red cards
1	Astafjevs, Vitālijs	Defensive Midfielder	1992–2010	163	153	10	16	0	25	1	0
2	Rubins, Andrejs	Left Midfielder	1998–2011	112	99	13	9	0	8	0	1
3	Laizāns, Juris	Centre Midfielder	1998–2013	110	100	10	15	2	16	1	1
4	Bleidelis, Imants	Centre Midfielder	1995–2007	106	97	9	10	0	7	1	0
5	Zemļinskis, Mihails	Centre Back	1992–2005	104	96	8	12	0	24	1	1
6	Verpakovskis, Māris	Centre Forward	1999–2014	101	90	11	28	2	11	0	0
7	Stepanovs, Igors N	Centre Back	1995–2011	99	95	4	4	0	13	1	0
8	Vaņins, Andris	Goalkeeper	2001–2019	96	95	1	0	0	4	0	1
9	Koļinko, Aleksandrs	Goalkeeper	1997–2015	93	86	7	0	0	3	0	0
10	Gorkšs, Kaspars	Centre Back	2005–2017	86	84	2	5	2	12	0	0
11	Štolcers, Andrejs	Attacking Midfielder	1994–2005	79	44	35	6	0	5	0	1
12	Višņakovs, Aleksejs	Right Midfielder	2004–2018	78	46	32	8	3	2	0	0
13	Savaļnieks, Roberts	Right Back	2016–2026	76	63	13	2	7	10	1	0
14	Pahars, Marians	Centre Forward	1996–2007	75	57	18	15	1	12	1	0
15	Ikaunieks, Jānis	Attacking Midfielder	2014–2026	75	63	12	10	2	16	0	1
16	Cigaņiks, Andrejs	Left Midfielder	2018–2026	75	67	8	4	5	16	1	0
17	Rimkus, Vīts	Centre Forward	1995–2008	72	43	29	10	0	7	0	1
18	Blagonadeždins, Olegs	Right Back	1992–2004	70	58	12	2	0	9	0	0
19	Ivanovs, Valērijs	Midfielder	1992–2001	67	65	2	1	0	2	0	1
20	Gutkovskis, Vladislavs	Centre Forward	2016–2026	65	49	16	13	7	10	0	1
21	Dubra, Kaspars	Centre Back	2010–2024	65	60	5	2	3	8	1	0
22	Zirnis, Dzintars	Left Back	1997–2010	65	53	12	0	0	11	1	1
23	Jurkovskis, Raivis	Left Back	2018–2026	64	60	4	0	1	3	0	0
24	Pētersons, Ērihs	Striker	1929–1939	61	59	2	24	0	0	0	0
25	Zjuzins, Artūrs	Attacking Midfielder	2012–2024	61	42	19	9	3	12	0	0
26	Kļava, Oskars	Centre Back	2005–2013	61	59	2	1	3	22	1	0
27	Uldriķis, Roberts	Secondary striker	2017–2026	59	38	21	8	4	8	0	0
28	Isakovs, Aleksandrs	Centre Back	1997–2005	59	50	9	0	0	8	0	0
29	Ivanovs, Deniss	Centre Back	2005–2013	57	57	0	1	0	8	0	0
30	Lobaņovs, Valentīns	Centre Back	1994–2005	56	50	6	1	0	14	1	0
31	Zakreševskis, Artūrs	Centre Back	1995–2007	55	34	21	1	0	8	1	0
32	Maksimenko, Vitālijs	Centre Back	2013–2024	53	48	5	1	0	10	0	0
33	Šabala, Valerijs	Centre Forward	2013–2019	52	41	11	12	1	13	0	1
34	Černomordijs, Antonijs	Centre Back	2019–2026	52	50	2	3	1	14	0	0
35	Lidmanis, Jānis	Midfielder	1931–1940	52	51	1	2	0	0	0	0
36	Laizāns, Oļegs	Centre Midfielder	2011–2019	52	40	12	0	3	7	0	0
37	Babičevs, Vladimirs	Attacking Midfielder	1991–1999	51	43	8	4	0	4	0	0
38	Karlsons, Ģirts	Centre Forward	2003–2017	48	34	14	7	2	3	0	0
39	Koļesņičenko, Vladimirs	Attacking Midfielder	1997–2010	46	20	26	6	1	5	1	0
40	Ikaunieks, Dāvis	Left Winger	2016–2024	46	19	27	5	0	3	0	0
41	Jaunzems, Alvis	Right Midfielder	2020–2025	46	26	20	0	2	3	0	0
42	Tarasovs, Igors	Centre Back	2010–2022	45	30	15	2	1	5	0	0
43	Cauņa, Aleksandrs	Centre Midfielder	2007–2015	44	35	9	11	4	0	0	0
44	Ševļakovs, Jurijs	Defender	1992–1997	43	43	0	2	0	5	0	0
45	Troickis, Igors	Defender	1991–2001	41	39	2	0	0	6	1	0
46	Fertovs, Aleksandrs	Defensive Midfielder	2009–2018	41	31	10	0	1	7	0	1
47	Krollis, Raimonds	Centre Forward	2020–2025	40	9	31	4	6	3	0	1
48	Soloņicins, Genādijs	Right Midfielder	2000–2010	40	24	16	1	3	7	0	0
49	Gabovs, Vladislavs	Right Back	2013–2019	40	32	8	0	2	3	0	0
50	Rugins, Ritvars	Right Midfielder	2010–2020	39	25	14	0	1	7	0	1

M = matches from the start (11) and as a substitute (S), as on the player pages.
Only FIFA matches count.
Assists are only known where the assisting player was recorded.

Top 9 duos of Latvia

#	Assist	Goal	Years	Goals	%
1	Uldriķis, Roberts	Gutkovskis, Vladislavs	2021–2022	3	23
2	Soloņicins, Genādijs	Verpakovskis, Māris	2006	2	7
3	Karlsons, Ģirts	Verpakovskis, Māris	2007–2009	2	7
4	Višņakovs, Aleksejs	Cauņa, Aleksandrs	2012–2015	2	18
5	Cauņa, Aleksandrs	Gauračs, Edgars	2012	2	40
6	Rakeļs, Deniss	Zjuzins, Artūrs	2013–2015	2	22
7	Gutkovskis, Vladislavs	Kamešs, Vladimirs	2019–2020	2	67
8	Savaļnieks, Roberts	Uldriķis, Roberts	2022	2	25
9	Jaunzems, Alvis	Ikaunieks, Jānis	2022–2023	2	20

Assister → scorer pairs with at least two goals in the team's FIFA matches. The assisting player is only known for 98 of 332 goals.