Latvia national football team

Latvia national football team is the national football team of Latvia. They never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, but they did qualify for the UEFA Euro 2004.

Latvia

Nickname(s)	11 vilki [1] (11 Wolves)
Association	Latvijas Futbola federācija
Confederation	UEFA
Head coach	Paolo Nicolato
Captain	Andris Vaņins
Most caps	Vitālijs Astafjevs (167)
Top scorer	Māris Verpakovskis (29)
Home stadium	Daugava Stadium
FIFA code	LVA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	133 1 (22 December 2022)[2]
Highest	45 (November 2009)
Lowest	148 (September 2017)
First international
Latvia 1–1 Estonia  (Riga, Latvia; 24 September 1922)
Biggest win
Latvia 6–1 Lithuania  (Riga, Latvia; 30 May 1935) Latvia 5–0 Lithuania  (Võru, Estonia; 1 June 2012)  Gibraltar 0–5 Latvia (Gibraltar, Gibraltar; 29 March 2016)
Biggest defeat
Sweden 12–0 Latvia (Stockholm, Sweden; 29 May 1927)
European Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2004)
Best result	Group stage, 2004

Most appearances

As of 4 June 2016

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1.	Vitālijs Astafjevs	1992–2010	167	16
2.	Andrejs Rubins	1998–2011	117	10
3.	Juris Laizāns	1998–2013	113	15
4.	Imants Bleidelis	1995–2007	106	10
5.	Mihails Zemļinskis	1992–2005	105	12
6.	Māris Verpakovskis	1999–2014	104	29
7.	Igors Stepanovs	1995–2011	100	4
8.	Aleksandrs Koļinko	1997–2015	94	0
9.	Andrejs Štolcers	1994–2005	81	7
10.	Kaspars Gorkšs	2005–present	77	5
11.	Marians Pahars	1996–2007	75	15
12.	Andris Vaņins	2000–present	74	0
13.	Vīts Rimkus	1995–2008	73	11
14.	Oļegs Blagonadeždins	1992–2004	70	2
15.	Valērijs Ivanovs	1992–2001	68	1
	Dzintars Zirnis	1997–2010	68	0
	Aleksejs Višņakovs	2004–present	68	9
18.	Oskars Kļava	2005–2013	65	1
19.	Ēriks Pētersons	1929–1939	63	24
20.	Deniss Ivanovs	2003–2013	60	2

Top scorers

As of 4 June 2016

#	Player	Career	Goals (Caps)
1.	Māris Verpakovskis	1999–2014	29 (104)
2.	Ēriks Pētersons	1929–1939	24 (63)
3.	Vitālijs Astafjevs	1992–2010	16 (167)
4.	Marians Pahars	1996–2007	15 (75)
	Juris Laizāns	1998–2013	15 (113)
6.	Alberts Šeibelis	1925–1939	14 (54)
7.	Iļja Vestermans	1935–1938	13 (23)
8.	Aleksandrs Cauņa	2007–present	12 (45)
	Mihails Zemļinskis	1992–2005	12 (105)
10.	Vīts Rimkus	1995–2008	11 (73)
11.	Arnolds Tauriņš	1925–1935	10 (39)
	Imants Bleidelis	1995–2007	10 (106)
	Andrejs Rubins	1998–2011	10 (117)
14.	Ādolfs Sīmanis	1932–1940	9 (9)
	Voldemārs Plade	1923–1929	9 (16)
	Aleksandrs Vanags	1937–1940	9 (18)
	Valērijs Šabala	2013–present	9 (26)
	Arkādijs Pavlovs	1924–1933	9 (37)
	Ģirts Karlsons	2003–2011	9 (49)
	Aleksejs Višņakovs	2004–present	9 (68)

Latvia coaches

Coach	Latvia career
Jānis Gilis	1992 – 1997
Revaz Dzodzuashvili	1998 – 1999
Gary Johnson	1999 – 2001
Aleksandrs Starkovs	2001 – 2004
Jurijs Andrejevs	2004 – 2007
Aleksandrs Starkovs	2001–2004
Jurijs Andrejevs	2004–2007
Aleksandrs Starkovs	2007–2013
Marians Pahars	2013–2017
Aleksandrs Starkovs	2017–2018
Mixu Paatelainen	2018
Slaviša Stojanovič	2019–2020
Dainis Kazakevičs	2020–2023
Paolo Nicolato	2024–present

References

1. Krīgers, Renārs. "Jauna identitāte". www.lff.lv. LFF. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.