Latvia at the UEFA European Championship
Latvia have qualified for a UEFA European Championship once, the 2004 edition. After finishing second in their qualifying group, they won the two-legged play-offs against Turkey (3–2 on aggregate) to secure their first appearance in a major tournament finals.[1][2] In doing so, Latvia became the first and so far only Baltic team to qualify for a European Championship.[1][2]
At Euro 2004, Latvia were drawn in Group D, alongside Germany, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands.[3] Latvia faced the Czech Republic in their opening match on 15 June 2004, with Māris Verpakovskis scoring before half-time.[4] However, the Czechs would later come back to win the game 2–1.[4] Four days later, Latvia earned a respectable 0–0 draw against World Cup runners-up Germany to earn their first point in a major tournament.[5] They lost their final match 3–0 against the Netherlands,[6] and were eliminated, finishing fourth in the group with one point from their draw and two losses.[7]
Overall record
| UEFA European Championship record | Qualifying record | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| 1960 | Part of the Soviet Union | Part of the Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| 1964 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1968 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1972 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1984 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Did not qualify | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||||||||
| 2000 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 2004 | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | Squad | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | |
| 2008 | Did not qualify | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 17 | |||||||||
| 2012 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 2016 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | ||||||||||
| 2020 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 28 | ||||||||||
| 2024 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 19 | ||||||||||
| 2028 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
| 2032 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | Group stage | 1/8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | 80 | 22 | 13 | 45 | 75 | 135 | |
Euro 2004
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Latvia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 3–0 | Latvia |
|---|---|---|
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See also
- Russia at the UEFA European Championship (records for Soviet Union)
References
- ^ a b "Joyful Latvia make history". Unions of European Football Associations. 20 November 2003. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- ^ a b "Latvia claim historic win". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 19 November 2003. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- ^ "Euro 2004 draw". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- ^ a b "Czech Rep 2–1 Latvia". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 15 June 2004. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- ^ "Latvia 0–0 Germany". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 19 June 2004. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- ^ "Holland 3–0 Latvia". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 23 June 2004. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- ^ "Group D". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 May 2004. Retrieved 31 May 2012.