Latvia national under-21 football team

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Latvia Under-21
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Sarkanbaltsarkanie (The red-white-reds)
Association Latvian Football Federation
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Latvia Dainis Kazakevičs
Captain Reinis Flaksis
Most caps Reinis Flaksis (28)
Top scorer Edgars Gauračs (10)
First colours
Second colours
First international
Latvia Latvia 0 - 0 Lithuania Lithuania
(Vilnius, Lithuania; 28 October 1992)

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 U-21 2016 Baltic Cup matches, taking place in Jelgava, Latvia on 31 May 2016 and in Vändra, Estonia on 3 June 2016.

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

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Vladislavs Kurakins (1996-07-09) 9 July 1996 (age 28) 15 0 Latvia Spartaks Jūrmala
1GK Kristaps Zommers (1997-01-07) 7 January 1997 (age 28) 0 0 Italy Parma
2DF Reinis Flaksis (captain) (1994-04-03) 3 April 1994 (age 31) 28 1 Latvia Riga
2DF Endijs Šlampe (1994-07-24) 24 July 1994 (age 30) 28 0 Latvia Liepāja
2DF Dmitrijs Klimaševičs (1995-04-16) 16 April 1995 (age 29) 27 4 Latvia BFC Daugavpils
2DF Ņikita Bērenfelds (1995-06-07) 7 June 1995 (age 29) 16 0 Latvia Liepāja
2DF Antonijs Černomordijs (1996-09-26) 26 September 1996 (age 28) 10 0 Poland Lech Poznań
2DF Viktors Litvinskis (1996-02-07) 7 February 1996 (age 29) 9 0 Latvia Jelgava
2DF Ņikita Koļesovs (1996-09-25) 25 September 1996 (age 28) 5 0 Latvia Ventspils
2DF Vladislavs Sorokins (1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 (age 27) 5 0 Latvia Jelgava
3MF Andrejs Kiriļins (1995-11-03) 3 November 1995 (age 29) 27 0 Latvia Spartaks Jūrmala
3MF Jevgēņijs Kazačoks (1995-08-12) 12 August 1995 (age 29) 22 5 Latvia Spartaks Jūrmala
3MF Eduards Tīdenbergs (1994-12-18) 18 December 1994 (age 30) 22 2 Latvia Ventspils
3MF Ingars Sarmis Stuglis (1996-02-12) 12 February 1996 (age 29) 10 1 Latvia Metta/Latvijas Universitāte Rīga
3MF Andris Krušatins (1996-09-01) 1 September 1996 (age 28) 8 0 Latvia Rīgas Futbola skola
3MF Raivis Andris Jurkovskis (1996-12-09) 9 December 1996 (age 28) 4 0 Latvia Rīgas Futbola skola
3MF Andrejs Cigaņiks (1997-04-12) 12 April 1997 (age 27) 3 0 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
3MF Krišs Kārkliņš (1996-01-31) 31 January 1996 (age 29) 2 1 Latvia Liepāja
3MF Eduards Emsis (1996-02-23) 23 February 1996 (age 29) 0 0 Latvia Metta/Latvijas Universitāte Rīga
4FW Vladislavs Gutkovskis (1995-04-02) 2 April 1995 (age 30) 26 6 Poland Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza
4FW Kaspars Svārups (1994-01-28) 28 January 1994 (age 31) 21 3 Latvia Ventspils
4FW Ņikita Ivanovs (1996-03-25) 25 March 1996 (age 29) 12 1 Latvia Rīgas Futbola skola

In addition to that, other players were capped or are under consideration of the team management to be capped during the year 2015.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Dāvis Ošs (1994-12-03) 3 December 1994 (age 30) 0 0 Latvia Metta/Latvijas Universitāte Rīga
1GK Toms Vīksna (1995-01-14) 14 January 1995 (age 30) 2 0
1GK Roberts Ozols (1995-09-10) 10 September 1995 (age 29) 0 0 Latvia Riga
2DF Deniss Bezusčonoks (1996-08-20) 20 August 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Latvia BFC Daugavpils
2DF Antons Tumanovs (1997-04-16) 16 April 1997 (age 27) 1 0 Latvia Liepāja
2DF Klāvs Bāliņš (1996-02-09) 9 February 1996 (age 29) 1 0 Latvia Metta/Latvijas Universitāte Rīga
2DF Raivis Vītolnieks (1995-07-29) 29 July 1995 (age 29) 3 0 Latvia Spartaks Jūrmala
2DF Madis Miķelsons (1994-01-18) 18 January 1994 (age 31) 2 0 Latvia 1625 Liepāja
2DF Kārlis Kņūts (1995-06-18) 18 June 1995 (age 29) 2 0 Latvia 1625 Liepāja
2DF Kārlis Plendišķis (1994-12-10) 10 December 1994 (age 30) 4 0 Germany Oldenburg
3MF Dāvis Ikaunieks (1994-01-07) 7 January 1994 (age 31) 17 3 Latvia Liepāja
3MF Iļja Šadčins (1994-07-02) 2 July 1994 (age 30) 22 3 Latvia Riga
3MF Anastasijs Mordatenko (1996-08-24) 24 August 1996 (age 28) 2 0 Latvia BFC Daugavpils
3MF Ņikita Juhnevičs (1997-05-28) 28 May 1997 (age 27) 0 0 Latvia Metta/Latvijas Universitāte Rīga
3MF Dāvis Indrāns (1995-06-06) 6 June 1995 (age 29) 12 1 Latvia Skonto Rīga
3MF Artis Jaudzems (1995-04-04) 4 April 1995 (age 30) 3 0 Latvia Jelgava
3MF Alekss Regža (1994-07-16) 16 July 1994 (age 30) 3 0 Latvia Riga
3MF Ņikita Dobratuļins (1995-07-20) 20 July 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Latvia BFC Daugavpils
4FW Sergejs Vorobjovs (1995-10-09) 9 October 1995 (age 29) 12 2 Latvia Riga
4FW Jānis Ikaunieks (1995-02-16) 16 February 1995 (age 30) 3 0 France Metz

Staff

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

Recent results

Recent and forthcoming matches

Date Tournament Location Opponent Result Latvia scorers
16 January 2015 CIS Cup 2015 Russia Saint Petersburg  Russia 0:1
18 January 2015 CIS Cup 2015 Russia Saint Petersburg  Kyrgyzstan 1:1 Eduards Tīdenbergs
19 January 2015 CIS Cup 2015 Russia Saint Petersburg  Moldova 1:1 Eduards Tīdenbergs
22 January 2015 CIS Cup 2015 Russia Saint Petersburg  Lithuania 2:0 Iļja Šadčins, Ņikita Ivanovs
24 January 2015 CIS Cup 2015 Russia Saint Petersburg  Moldova 1:1 Reinis Flaksis
25 March 2015 Friendly match Armenia Yerevan  Armenia 2:2 Sergejs Vorobjovs, Vladislavs Gutkovskis
16 June 2015 2017 EC qualification Latvia Liepāja  Malta 1:2 Ingars Sarmis Stuglis
4 September 2015 2017 EC qualification Latvia Jelgava  Belgium 0:2
8 September 2015 2017 EC qualification Latvia Jelgava  Czech Republic 1:1 Iļja Šadčins
11 October 2015 2017 EC qualification Moldova Orhei  Moldova 3:0 Dmitrijs Klimaševičs, Jevgēņijs Kazačoks, Vladislavs Gutkovskis
13 November 2015 2017 EC qualification Montenegro Podgorica  Montenegro 3:3 Jevgēņijs Kazačoks 2x, Vladislavs Gutkovskis
17 January 2016 CIS Cup 2016 Russia Saint Petersburg  Estonia 1:2 Dāvis Ikaunieks
19 January 2016 CIS Cup 2016 Russia Saint Petersburg  Russia 1:2 Dmitrijs Klimaševičs
21 January 2016 CIS Cup 2016 Russia Saint Petersburg  Tajikistan 3:2 Jevgēņijs Kazačoks, Sergejs Vorobjovs, Iļja Šadčins
23 January 2016 CIS Cup 2016 Russia Saint Petersburg  Belarus 0:0 (4-5p)
25 March 2016 2017 EC qualification Czech Republic Uherské Hradiště  Czech Republic 1:2 Dāvis Ikaunieks
31 May 2016 2016 Under-21 Baltic Cup Latvia Jelgava  Lithuania 2:0 Krišs Kārkliņš, Jevgēņijs Kazačoks
3 June 2016 2016 Under-21 Baltic Cup Estonia Vändra  Estonia
2 September 2016 2017 EC qualification Latvia  Moldova
6 September 2016 2017 EC qualification Latvia  Montenegro
7 October 2016 2017 EC qualification Malta  Malta
11 October 2016 2017 EC qualification Belgium  Belgium

Most capped players

yet to be properly updated. Only official matches against U-21 national teams, not including against clubs or any other matches.

# Name Career Caps Goals
1. Reinis Flaksis 2013–Present 28 1
2. Endijs Šlampe 2014–Present 27 0
3. Dmitrijs Klimaševičs 2014–Present 26 4
Andrejs Kiriļins 2014–Present 26 0
5. Edgars Vardanjans 2011–2014 25 1
Vladislavs Gutkovskis 2014–Present 25 6
7. Vitālijs Barinovs 2013–2014 23 0
8. Vadims Žuļevs 2008–2010 22 1
Aleksejs Giļničs 2012–2014 22 0
Iļja Šadčins 2013–Present 22 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–Present 25 6
4. Artjoms Rudņevs 2009–2009 10 4
Jevgēņijs Kazačoks 2013–Present 21 4
Dmitrijs Klimaševičs 2014–Present 26 4

See also

References

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External links

  1. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ol1996q.html#Europe
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