Latvia national under-17 football team

Latvia Under-17
Nickname(s)Sarkanbaltsarkanie (The red-white-reds)
AssociationLatvian Football Federation
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coach Aleksandrs Basovs
CaptainReinis Flaksis
Most capsVitālijs Maksimenko (17)
Top scorerVitālijs Maksimenko (9)
FIFA codeLVA
First colours
Second colours
Biggest win
Latvia 7 - 0 San Marino
(Riga, Latvia; 24 April 2019)
Biggest defeat
Latvia 0 - 5 Israel
(Kyiv, Ukraine; 27 August 2019)
Belgium 5 - 0 Latvia
(Orhei, Moldova; 28 October 2018)
Belgium 5 - 0 Latvia
(Warsaw, Poland; 29 August 2014)
Belgium 5 - 0 Latvia
(Sint-Niklaas, Belgium; 25 October 2012)
European U-17 Championships
AppearancesNone
FIFA U-17 World Cup
AppearancesNone

The Latvia national under-17 football team or Latvia U-17 represents Latvia in association football at the under-17 youth level, and is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation.

The team is for Latvian players aged 17 or under at the start of a two-year UEFA European Under-17 Championship cycle, so players appearing for the team can actually be up to 19 years of age. It is considered a feeder team of the Latvian under-19 and under-21 teams.

Competition history

Prior to Latvia's independence in 1991, Latvian players were eligible for selection to the Soviet Union U-16 team. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Latvian Football Federation was admitted to UEFA as a full member in 1992, and the Latvia U-16 team played their first competitive matches in the first phase of the qualifying tournament for the 1994 European U-16 Championship. The team's competitive debut came on 18 September 1993 against Russia U-16 and they finished their first qualifying campaign as 3rd out of 3 teams, behind Russia and Norway.[1]

Although the team has continued to participate in every under-16 and under-17 European Championship qualifying cycle since 1994, the team has never qualified for any of the tournaments.

European Championship

Under-16 format

Year Round GP W D L GS GA
1994 did not qualify
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Total 0/8 0 0 0 0 0 0

Under-17 format

Year Round GP W D L GS GA
2002 did not qualify
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2][3]
2021
2022 did not qualify
2023
2024
2025
Total 0/22 0 0 0 0 0 0

Current players

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Hungary on 13 and 15 May 2025.[4]

Caps and goals correct as of 30 October 2024, after the match against Malta.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Nils Balagušs (2008-03-14) 14 March 2008 3 0 Torino
1GK Rendijs Mihelsons (2008-04-23) 23 April 2008 2 0 Genoa

2DF Savēlijs Boroviks (2008-04-10) 10 April 2008 6 0 RFS
2DF Patriks Toms Brūns (2008-09-09) 9 September 2008 6 0 Liepāja
2DF Kristaps Rekmanis (2008-08-15) 15 August 2008 6 0 Super Nova
2DF Artemijs Deņisovs (2008-03-15) 15 March 2008 5 0 RFS

3MF Aleksejs Bukovskis (2008-04-07) 7 April 2008 6 0 Pisa
3MF Rojs Bušs (2008-07-05) 5 July 2008 6 0 Valmiera
3MF Enriko Gauračs (2008-06-06) 6 June 2008 6 0 Modena
3MF Markuss Eduards Blaubergs (2008-02-10) 10 February 2008 3 0 Riga
3MF Felikss Sproġis (2008-05-17) 17 May 2008 3 0 Hansa Rostock
3MF Toms Sarma (2008-04-18) 18 April 2008 1 0 Riga
3MF Salvijs Cipruss (2008-08-25) 25 August 2008 0 0 Smiltene/BJSS
3MF Artjoms Kroļikovs (2008-07-04) 4 July 2008 0 0 RFS

4FW Nikita Doroņins (2008-06-17) 17 June 2008 6 2 Real Betis
4FW Artjoms Butriks (2008-03-23) 23 March 2008 6 1 Sevilla
4FW Jegors Olijars (2008-03-17) 17 March 2008 3 1 Atalanta
4FW Olivers Beķeris (2008-06-27) 27 June 2008 2 1 Skanstes
4FW Rauls Ozoliņš (2008-08-04) 4 August 2008 2 0 Riga
4FW Olivers Dzenītis (2008-02-17) 17 February 2008 0 0 Modena

See also

References

  1. ^ Garin, Erik (7 December 2003). "European U-16 Championship 1994". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  2. ^ "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. ^ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Pārbaudes spēles Ungārijā pirms kvalifikācijas otrās kārtas" (in Latvian). Latvijas Futbola federācija. 9 May 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.