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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 Aleksandrs Basovs and is currently captained by defender Daniels Balodis.

Latvia Under-21

Nickname(s)	Sarkanbaltsarkanie (The red-white-reds)
Association	Latvian Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Aleksandrs Basovs
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 4 - 0 Estonia (Carnikava, Latvia; 28 April 1994) Latvia 4 - 0 Andorra (Riga, Latvia; 6 June 2009) Latvia 5 - 1 Romania (Riga, Latvia; 9 October 2009) Turkmenistan 0 - 4 Latvia (Saint Petersburg, Russia; 26 January 2013) Latvia 4 - 0 Liechtenstein (Jūrmala, Latvia; 11 June 2013)
Biggest defeat
Latvia 0 - 6 Greece (Athens, Greece; 9 June 1999) Latvia 0 - 6 Slovakia (Jelgava, Latvia; 11 October 2011) Latvia 1 - 7 Switzerland (Lugano, Switzerland; 8 September 2014)

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.

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	10	9	0	1	32	9	+23	27	Final tournament		—	3–2	0–4	4–0	4–0	4–0
2	Israel	10	6	1	3	19	10	+9	19	Play-offs		0–1	—	2–2	3–0	2–1	2–0
3	Poland	10	5	3	2	26	9	+17	18			1–2	1–2	—	1–1	5–0	3–0
4	Hungary	10	4	2	4	16	17	−1	14			1–5	1–2	2–2	—	1–0	4–0
5	Latvia	10	2	1	7	5	19	−14	7			1–3	1–0	0–2	0–2	—	2–0
6	San Marino	10	0	1	9	0	34	−34	1			0–6	0–4	0–5	0–4	0–0	—

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification.[2]
• Match dates: 2 and 7 June 2022
• Opposition:  Israel and  Hungary
• Caps and goals correct as of: 29 March 2022, after the match against  San Marino

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Jānis Beks	(2002-11-01) 1 November 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Metta
	1GK	Frenks Orols	(2000-06-28) 28 June 2000 (age 22)	5	0	FK Auda
	1GK	Rūdolfs Soloha	(2000-03-16) 16 March 2000 (age 22)	2	0	Miedź Legnica
	2DF	Dāvis Cucurs	(2000-03-19) 19 March 2000 (age 22)	3	0	Daugavpils
	2DF	Daniels Fedorovičs	(2001-10-07) 7 October 2001 (age 20)	0	0	Metta
	2DF	Kirils Iļjins	(2001-05-03) 3 May 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Daugavpils
	2DF	Markuss Kruglaužs	(2002-01-28) 28 January 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Tukums 2000
	2DF	Jegors Novikovs	(2003-02-09) 9 February 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Metta
	2DF	Maksims Toņiševs	(2000-05-12) 12 May 2000 (age 22)	17	0	Valmiera
	2DF	Normunds Uldriķis	(2001-01-29) 29 January 2001 (age 21)	7	0	Metta
	2DF	Roberts Veips	(2000-02-22) 22 February 2000 (age 22)	14	1	Valmiera
	2DF	Rūdolfs Zeņģis	(2002-03-21) 21 March 2002 (age 20)	6	0	Metta
	2DF	Artūrs Ļotčikovs	(2000-01-26) 26 January 2000 (age 22)	4	0	Spartaks Jūrmala
	3MF	Edgars Ivanovs	(2001-10-07) 7 October 2001 (age 20)	1	0	Daugavpils
	3MF	Iļja Korotkovs	(2000-05-24) 24 May 2000 (age 22)	6	1	FK Auda
	3MF	Eduards Daškevičs	(2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 (age 20)	7	0	HamKam
	3MF	Deniss Meļņiks	(2002-09-07) 7 September 2002 (age 20)	3	0	Spartaks Jūrmala
	3MF	Rihards Ozoliņš	(2001-05-31) 31 May 2001 (age 21)	10	0	Super Nova
	3MF	Vladimirs Stepanovs	(2000-02-06) 6 February 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Super Nova
	3MF	Lukass Vapne	(2003-08-31) 31 August 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Metta
	4FW	Rolands Bočs	(2003-07-03) 3 July 2003 (age 19)	5	1	1899 Hoffenheim
	4FW	Kristers Lūsiņš	(2000-05-09) 9 May 2000 (age 22)	9	2	Valmiera
	4FW	Artūrs Ostapenko	(2003-08-28) 28 August 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Spartaks Jūrmala
	4FW	Artjoms Puzirevskis	(2003-01-11) 11 January 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Metta

Recent call-ups

The following players have been capped in the past 12 months and are still eligible to represent.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Roberts Krists Jaunarājs-Janvāris	(2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Tukums
MF	Raivis Ķiršs	(2000-01-15) 15 January 2000 (age 22)	2	0	Daugavpils
MF	Matīss Zēģele	(2000-09-24) 24 September 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Metta

Staff

Head Coach	Aleksandrs Basovs
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

Most capped players

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

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1.	Endijs Šlampe	2014–2016	31	0
	Reinis Flaksis	2013–2016	31	1
3.	Dmitrijs Klimaševičs	2014–2016	30	4
4.	Andrejs Kiriļins	2014–2016	29	0
	Vladislavs Gutkovskis	2014–2016	29	6
	Antonijs Černomordijs	20??–2018	29	1
7.	Jevgēņijs Kazačoks	20??–2016	27	5
	Eduards Tīdenbergs	20??–2016	27	2
9.	Edgars Vardanjans	2011–2014	25	1
	Kaspars Svārups	20??–2016	25	3

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

Best goalscorers

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1.	Edgars Gauračs	2009–2009	9	10
2.	Deniss Rakels	2011–2013	13	6
	Vladislavs Gutkovskis	2014–2016	29	6
4.	Jevgēņijs Kazačoks	2013–2016	27	5
	Marko Regža	2018-	14	5
6.	Artjoms Rudņevs	2009–2009	10	4
	Dmitrijs Klimaševičs	2014–2016	30	4

See also

• Latvia football team
• Latvia U-19
• Latvia U-17

References

External links

• www.lff.lv

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