Latvia women's national football team

Latvia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Sarkanbaltsarkanie
(Red-white-red)
AssociationLatvijas Futbola federācija
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachRomāns Kvačovs
FIFA codeLVA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 117 Increase 2 (24 March 2023)[1]
Highest61 (December 2004)
Lowest115 (June 2022)
First international
 Sweden 9–0 Latvia 
(Nynäshamn; Sweden 18 August 1993)
Biggest win
 Latvia 6–0 Lebanon 
(Geroskipou, Cyprus; 13 March 2015)
Biggest defeat
 England 20–0 Latvia 
(Doncaster, England; 30 November 2021)

The Latvia women's national football team (Latvian: Latvijas sieviešu futbola izlase) is governed by the Latvian Football Federation (LFF). It played its first international match in August 1993 against Sweden.

After participating in the UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying, Latvia withdrew from all qualification until the qualification for the European Championships in 2009. Latvia's record in international qualification games is poor. In their competitive games, Latvia lost their first two games, against Israel and Bosnia and Herzegovina by three goals, before losing by one goal to Armenia. Mini-tournaments after the qualification disaster proved no better for Latvia. Finishing last, in December 2008, Latvia lost 0–3 to Croatia and 0–5 to Turkey. Latvia won its first official match on 5 March 2011 over Lithuania in the qualifying 2013 European Championship preliminary round with a lone goal by Jūlija Sokolova.[2] However, Latvia lost the other two games against Luxembourg and Macedonia so it didn't go through.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2022
12 April 2023 World Cup qualifying Austria  8–0  Latvia Wiener Neustadt
Puntigam 11' (pen.), 14'
Degen 16'
Schiechtl 58'
Plattner 64', 90+2'
Naschenweng 70'
Rožaščonoka 76' (o.g.)		 Report Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt
Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)
24 June 2023 World Cup qualifying Latvia  1–0  Luxembourg Riga, Latvia
17:00
  • Treimane 64'
 Report (UEFA) Stadium: Daugava Stadium
Referee: Kateryna Usova (Ukraine)
1 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFA Group D North Macedonia  3–2  Latvia Skopje
19:00
Report
Stadium: FFM Training Centre
Referee: Michalina Diakow (Poland)
6 October 2022 (2022-10-06) 2022 Baltic Women's Cup SF Latvia  2–3  Faroe Islands Võru, Estonia
13:00
Report
Stadium: Võru Sports Center Stadium
Attendance: 17
Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)
9 October 2022 (2022-10-09) 2022 Baltic Women's Cup 3rd place Latvia  1–2  Lithuania Võru, Estonia
13:00
  • Poluhovica 84'
 Report
Stadium: Võru Sports Center Stadium

2023
6 April BFU International Women's Cup 2023 SF Kosovo  1–0  Latvia Sofia, Bulgaria
11:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Boyana Sports Complex
10 April BFU International Women's Cup 2023 3rd place Lithuania  2–1  Latvia Sofia, Bulgaria
10:00 UTC+2
Report
  • Suvitra 86'
 Stadium: Boyana Sports Complex

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff
As of 19 August 2021
Role Name
Head Coach Latvia Romāns Kvačovs
Assistant coach Latvia Liene Vāciete
Assistant coach Latvia Edgars Klibus
Goalkeeping coach Latvia Marks Bogdanovs
Physiotherapist Latvia Kristaps Blitsons
Physiotherapist Latvia Anna Poņatovska
Team doctor Latvia Aleksandrs Šamšura
Team manager Latvia Marta Lielause

Manager history
  • Latvia Viktors Lūkins (1992–1996)
  • Latvia Grigorijs Rožkovs (1996–2003)
  • Latvia Agris Bandolis (2003–2010)[3]
  • Latvia Didzis Matīss (2010–2021)
  • Latvia Romāns Kvačovs (2021–present)

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the match against North Macedonia and Northern Ireland on 1 and 6 September 2022.

Caps and goals are correct as of 22 August 2022.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Enija Anna Vaivode (1993-12-28) 28 December 1993 15 0 Sweden P 18 IK
1GK Sofija Ņesterova (2001-08-06) 6 August 2001 5 0 Latvia SFK Rīga
1GK Alīna Skļemenova (2004-03-15) 15 March 2004 1 0 Latvia SK Super Nova
2DF Kristīne Evelīna Lodziņa (1998-08-28) 28 August 1998 1 0 Latvia FS Metta
2DF Selga Penelope Vitmore (2002-03-10) 10 March 2002 2 0 Latvia SK Super Nova
2DF Sofija Garanča (2004-05-28) 28 May 2004 6 0 Latvia Rēzeknes BJSS
2DF Arta Luīze Lubiņa (2004-05-29) 29 May 2004 10 0 Latvia SFK Rīga
2DF Kristiāna Zacmane (1999-05-20) 20 May 1999 2 0 Latvia FK Auda
2DF Anastasija Ročāne (1992-06-07) 7 June 1992 50 1 Poland KKPK Medyk Konin
3MF Signija Šenberga (2003-03-13) 13 March 2003 7 0 Latvia SK Super Nova
3MF Sandra Voitāne (1999-09-16) 16 September 1999 50 14 Iceland Keflavík
3MF Karlīna Miksone (captain) (2000-03-21) 21 March 2000 48 8 Poland KKPK Medyk Konin
3MF Viktorija Zaičikova (2000-08-04) 4 August 2000 38 3 Iceland ÍBV
3MF Anna Kristīne Gornela (1997-09-09) 9 September 1997 6 3 Greece PAOK FC (Women)
3MF Nelle Treimane (2003-11-12) 12 November 2003 8 1 Latvia FS Metta
3MF Taisija Smirnova (2003-09-24) 24 September 2003 7 0 Latvia SK Super Nova
3MF Katrīna Daņilova (2004-05-10) 10 May 2004 1 0 Latvia FS Metta
3MF Emīlija Sofija Druviņa (2003-08-15) 15 August 2003 3 0 Latvia SK Super Nova
4FW Renāte Fedotova (1996-12-12) 12 December 1996 35 13 Lithuania FK Saned
4FW Olga Ševcova (1992-11-26) 26 November 1992 36 6 Iceland ÍBV
4FW Anastasija Poļuhoviča (2005-03-06) 6 March 2005 1 0 Latvia SFK Rīga
4FW Evelīna Freidenfelde (2004-03-03) 3 March 2004 2 0 Latvia Liepājas FS

Recent call ups

The following players have been called up to the Latvia squad in the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
FW Katrīna Loreta Gregorio (2001-03-06) 6 March 2001 3 0 Switzerland FC Lugano 2 v.  Austria, 12 April 2022

Records
*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 19 August 2021.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991Did not exist Did not exist
Sweden 1995Did not qualify UEFA Euro 1995
United States 1999Did not enter Did not enter
United States 2003
China 2007
Germany 2011
Canada 2015Did not qualify 301204-4
France 2019 312073+4
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 To be determined
Total-------- 6132770
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship
UEFA Women's Championship record Qualifying record
Year Result GP W D* L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA
1984 to Italy 1993Did not exist Did not exist
EnglandGermanyNorwaySweden 1995Did not qualify 4004118
NorwaySweden 1997Did not enter Did not enter
Germany 2001
England 2005
Finland 2009Did not qualify 300318
Sweden 2013 310213
Netherlands 2017 311155
England 2022 8008239
Total------- 2121181073
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Women's Baltic Cup
Baltic cup record
Year Result
1996Runners-up
1997Champions
1998Third place
2003Third place
2004Third place
2005Third place
2006Third place
2007Third place
2008Third place
2009Third place
2010Third place
2011Champions
2012Third place
2013Third place
2014Third place
2015Third place
2016Runners-up
2017Champions
2018Champions
2019Champions
2021Fourth place
2022
Total21/21

See also

Notes

    References
    1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
    2. Statistics of the match in UEFA's website
    3. "Latvijas sieviešu futbola izlase". Latvian National Encyclopedia (in Latvian). Retrieved 17 September 2021.
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