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Latvia Under-21

Nickname(s)	Sarkanbaltsarkanie (The red-white-reds)
Association	Latvian Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Dainis Kazakevičs
Captain	Daniels Balodis
Most caps	Endijs Šlampe, Reinis Flaksis (31)
Top scorer	Edgars Gauračs (10)
First colours Second colours
First international
Latvia 0 - 0 Lithuania (Vilnius, Lithuania; 28 October 1992)
Biggest win
Latvia 5 - 1 Romania (Riga, Latvia; 9 October 2009)
Biggest defeat
Latvia 0 - 6 Greece (Athens, Greece; 9 June 1999) Latvia 1 - 7 Switzerland (Lugano, Switzerland; 8 September 2014)

The Latvia national under-21 football team represents the under-21s of Latvia and is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation, the governing body of football in Latvia. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years. The team is coached by former Latvia football team and Southampton F.C. player Marians Pahars and is currently captained by defender Vitālijs Jagodinskis.

Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, under-21 football teams in Europe were formed, while Latvian team was formed only in 1991, after regaining independence from USSR. The team is exclusively for football players that are aged 21 or under at the start of the two-year campaign of the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship meaning a player can represent the national team until the age of 23. Many U-21 players later represent the senior side.

Latvia U-21 have never yet qualified for the European U-21 championships, but has produced many players, who have become regular internationals for the senior side. Oskars Kļava, Deniss Ivanovs, Edgars Gauračs and Artjoms Rudņevs have all played for the U-21 side and are now first eleven players for Latvia internationally.

Latvia U-21 team plays its home matches at the Skonto stadions, which is also the home stadium of Latvia senior side. Before the opening of the Skonto stadions the team played its home matches in many different venues all around the country, including Ozolnieki, Daugavpils and Liepāja.

History

As a team, Latvia U-21 was formed in 1992, after regaining independence from the USSR. The team played its first match in Vilnius, Lithuania on October 28, 1992 that ended in a 0-0 draw. The team firstly participated in the European Championship qualification in 1994, playing the first match in Riga against Ireland U-21 on September 6, that ended in a 1-1 draw.^[1] Since 2001 the team also participates in the Baltic Cup, winning in 2008. Since 1992 Latvia have already played more than 100 matches.

Current players

The following squad has been called up for the Antalya Cup 2019 matches against Kazakhstan, Macedonia and Ukraine taking place on 22-26 March 2019.

Players in bold have represented Latvia on senior level. Data as per LFF.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Rihards Matrevics	(1999-03-18) 18 March 1999 (age 20)	0	0	Barnet
	1GK	Nils Toms Puriņš	(1998-08-01) 1 August 1998 (age 20)	0	0	Riga
	2DF	Vladislavs Soloveičiks	(1999-05-25) 25 May 1999 (age 19)	4	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg II
	2DF	Daniels Balodis (captain)	(1998-06-10) 10 June 1998 (age 20)	0	0	BFC Daugavpils
	2DF	Emīls Birka	(2000-04-25) 25 April 2000 (age 18)	0	0	METTA/Latvijas Universitāte
	2DF	Dāvis Cucurs	(2000-03-19) 19 March 2000 (age 19)	0	0	BFC Daugavpils
	2DF	Dmitrijs Litvinskis	(1999-08-17) 17 August 1999 (age 19)	0	0	Ventspils
	2DF	Ivo Minkevičs	(1999-06-28) 28 June 1999 (age 19)	0	0	Jelgava
	2DF	Deivids Titovs	(2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 19)	0	0	Brentford
	2DF	Roberts Veips	(2000-02-22) 22 February 2000 (age 19)	0	0	Sampdoria
	3MF	Aleksejs Saveļjevs	(1999-01-30) 30 January 1999 (age 20)	4	0	Hellas Verona
	3MF	Daņiils Hvoiņickis	(1998-04-08) 8 April 1998 (age 21)	1	0	Jelgava
	3MF	Alvis Jaunzems	(1999-06-16) 16 June 1999 (age 19)	1	0	Valmiera
	3MF	Kristers Čudars	(1999-09-03) 3 September 1999 (age 19)	0	0	Pafos
	3MF	Bogdans Samoilovs	(2000-05-13) 13 May 2000 (age 18)	0	0	1. FC Köln
	3MF	Raivis Skrebels	(1999-09-26) 26 September 1999 (age 19)	0	0	BFC Daugavpils
	3MF	Maksims Toņiševs	(2000-05-12) 12 May 2000 (age 18)	0	0	BFC Daugavpils
	4FW	Marko Regža	(1999-01-20) 20 January 1999 (age 20)	1	0	Rīgas Futbola skola
	4FW	Aivars Emsis	(1998-04-01) 1 April 1998 (age 21)	0	0	Jelgava
	4FW	Kaspars Kokins	(2000-04-26) 26 April 2000 (age 18)	0	0	Ventspils
	4FW	Dmitrijs Zeļenkovs	(2000-05-15) 15 May 2000 (age 18)	0	0	Empoli
	4FW	Viktors Ziemelis	(2000-01-27) 27 January 2000 (age 19)	0	0	Liepāja

In addition to that, other players were capped or are under consideration of the team management to be capped during the year 2019.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Vjačeslavs Kudrjavcevs	(1998-03-30) 30 March 1998 (age 21)	0	0	Ventspils
	1GK	Ivans Baturins	(1997-06-25) 25 June 1997 (age 21)	0	0	Ventspils
	2DF	Vladislavs Sorokins	(1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 (age 21)	23	0	Rīgas Futbola skola
	2DF	Rendijs Šibass	(1997-05-01) 1 May 1997 (age 21)	4	2	METTA/Latvijas Universitāte
	2DF	Antons Tumanovs	(1997-04-16) 16 April 1997 (age 21)	6	0	Grobiņa
	3MF	Mārtiņš Ķigurs	(1997-03-31) 31 March 1997 (age 22)	10	1	Liepāja
	3MF	Kristers Tobers	(2000-12-13) 13 December 2000 (age 18)	4	0	Liepāja
	3MF	Andrejs Rogozins	(1998-04-19) 19 April 1998 (age 20)	1	0	Rēzekne
	3MF	Ņikita Jankovskis	(1998-12-19) 19 December 1998 (age 20)	1	0	RTU FC/Skonto Academy
	3MF	Aleksejs Davidenkovs	(1998-06-27) 27 June 1998 (age 20)	1	0	Riga
	3MF	Andrejs Cigaņiks	(1997-04-12) 12 April 1997 (age 21)	15	1	Cambuur Leeuwarden
	3MF	Kristaps Liepa	(1998-03-14) 14 March 1998 (age 21)	4	0	METTA/Latvijas Universitāte
	3MF	Jānis Grīnbergs	(1999-02-28) 28 February 1999 (age 20)	6	0	Schalke II Gelsenkirchen
	3MF	Ņikita Juhņevičs	(1997-05-28) 28 May 1997 (age 21)	0	0	Atlantas Klaipėda
	3MF	Aleksejs Grjaznovs	(1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 21)	0	0	RTU FC/Skonto Academy
	4FW	Marks Kurtišs	(1998-01-26) 26 January 1998 (age 21)	12	0	Jelgava
	4FW	Rolands Vagančuks	(1998-01-05) 5 January 1998 (age 21)	1	0	Valmiera
	4FW	Roberts Uldriķis	(1998-04-03) 3 April 1998 (age 21)	8	3	Sion
	4FW	Ričards Korzāns	(1997-05-03) May 3, 1997 (age 21)	2	0	Spartaks Jūrmala

Staff

Head Coach	Dainis Kazakevičs
Assistant Coach	Anatolijs Čebans
Assistant Coach	Sergejs Golubevs
Goalkeeping Coach	Aleksandrs Proskurņins
Fitness Coach	Andrés Carrillo Fernández
General manager	Ilvars Grīslis
Doctor	Boriss Novikovs
Physiotherapist	Dmitrijs Jefremenkovs

Recent results

Recent and forthcoming matches

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Result	Latvia scorers
22 March 2018	Friendly match	Tiraspol	Moldova	1:1	Rendijs Šibass
1 June 2018	2018 Under-21 Baltic Cup	Jūrmala	Estonia	2:0	Vladislavs Fjodorovs, Rendijs Šibass
4 June 2018	2018 Under-21 Baltic Cup	Gargždai	Lithuania	0:1
7 September 2018	2019 EC qualification	Zaporizhia	Ukraine	2:3	Vladislavs Fjodorovs, Mārtiņš Ķigurs
11 September 2018	2019 EC qualification	Jelgava	England	1:2	Raivis Andris Jurkovskis
12 October 2018	2019 EC qualification	Rīga	Netherlands	0:3
16 October 2018	2019 EC qualification	Andorra la Vella	Andorra	0:0

Most capped players

Only official matches against U-21 national teams, not including against clubs or any other matches.

Players in bold are still available to play for the U-21 National team.

Best goalscorers

See also

• Latvia football team


• Latvia U-19


• Latvia U-17

References

External links

• www.lff.lv