Latvia national under-21 football team
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| Nickname(s) | Sarkanbaltsarkanie (The red-white-reds) | ||
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| Association | Latvian Football Federation | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Antonijs Černomordijs | ||
| Most caps | Endijs Šlampe, Reinis Flaksis (31) | ||
| Top scorer | Edgars Gauračs (10) | ||
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| First international | |||
.svg.png){kind=small} (Vilnius, Lithuania; 28 October 1992) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 (Riga, Latvia; 9 October 2009) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
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 (Lugano, Switzerland; 8 September 2014) | |||
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 friendly match against Moldova, taking place in Tiraspol, Moldova on 22 March 2018.
Players in bold have represented Latvia on senior level. Data as per LFF.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Kristaps Zommers | 7 January 1997 | 8 | 0 |  |
| 12 | GK | Vjačeslavs Kudrjavcevs | 30 March 1998 | 0 | 0 |  |
| 5 | DF | Antonijs Černomordijs (Captain) | 26 September 1996 | 23 | 1 | |
| 3 | DF | Viktors Litvinskis | 7 February 1996 | 21 | 0 | |
| 22 | DF | Vladislavs Sorokins | 10 May 1997 | 18 | 0 | |
| 6 | DF | Krišs Kārkliņš | 31 January 1996 | 13 | 1 | |
| 4 | DF | Krists Kristers Gulbis | 15 January 1997 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Dāvis Sandis Strods | 24 April 1996 | 3 | 0 | |
| 19 | DF | Rendijs Šibass | 1 May 1997 | 2 | 1 | |
| 16 | MF | Andris Krušatins | 1 September 1996 | 14 | 1 | |
| 20 | MF | Mārtiņš Ķigurs | 31 March 1997 | 5 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Andrejs Rogozins | 19 April 1998 | 1 | 0 | |
| 21 | MF | Ņikita Jankovskis | 19 December 1998 | 1 | 0 | |
| 17 | MF | Aleksejs Davidenkovs | 27 June 1998 | 1 | 0 | |
| 11 | FW | Ņikita Ivanovs | 25 March 1996 | 20 | 1 | |
| 9 | FW | Marks Kurtišs | 26 January 1998 | 9 | 0 | |
| 10 | FW | Dēvids Dobrecovs | 26 February 1997 | 7 | 0 | |
| 7 | FW | Rolands Vagančuks | 5 January 1998 | 1 | 0 | |
In addition to that, other players were capped or are under consideration of the team management to be capped during the year 2017.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| GK | Vladislavs Kurakins | 9 July 1996 | 21 | 0 | | |
| GK | Ivans Baturins | 25 June 1997 | 0 | 0 | | |
| DF | Klāvs Bāliņš | 9 February 1996 | 1 | 0 | | |
| DF | Ņikita Koļesovs | 25 September 1996 | 10 | 2 | | |
| DF | Antons Tumanovs | 16 April 1997 | 6 | 0 | | |
| MF | Ingars Sarmis Stuglis | 12 February 1996 | 19 | 2 | | |
| MF | Raivis Andris Jurkovskis | 9 December 1996 | 17 | 0 | | |
| MF | Andrejs Cigaņiks | 12 April 1997 | 12 | 1 |  | |
| MF | Eduards Emsis | 23 February 1996 | 6 | 0 | | |
| MF | Kristaps Liepa | 14 March 1998 | 4 | 0 | | |
| MF | Daņiils Hvoiņickis | 8 April 1998 | 0 | 0 | | |
| MF | Jānis Grīnbergs | 28 February 1999 | 3 | 0 |  | |
| MF | Ņikita Juhņevičs | 28 May 1997 | 0 | 0 | | |
| MF | Ralfs Denijs Džeriņš | 23 March 1997 | 2 | 0 | | |
| MF | Aleksejs Grjaznovs | 1 October 1997 | 0 | 0 | | |
| MF | Anastasijs Mordatenko | 24 August 1996 | 2 | 0 | | |
| FW | Vladislavs Fjodorovs | 27 September 1996 | 6 | 0 | | |
| FW | Roberts Uldriķis | 3 April 1998 | 5 | 3 | | |
| FW | Ričards Korzāns | May 3, 1997 | 2 | 0 | | |
Staff
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Recent results
Recent and forthcoming matches
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Most capped players
Only official matches against U-21 national teams, not including against clubs or any other matches.
| # | Name | Career | Caps | Goals |
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| 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 | |
| 6. | Jevgēņijs Kazačoks | 20??–2016 | 27 | 5 |
| Eduards Tīdenbergs | 20??–2016 | 27 | 2 | |
| 8. | Edgars Vardanjans | 2011–2014 | 25 | 1 |
| Kaspars Svārups | 20??–2016 | 25 | 3 | |
| 10. | Vitālijs Barinovs | 2013–2014 | 23 | 0 |
- Players in bold are still available to play for the U-21 National team.
Best goalscorers
| # | Name | Career | Caps | Goals |
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| 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 |
| 5. | Artjoms Rudņevs | 2009–2009 | 10 | 4 |
| Dmitrijs Klimaševičs | 2014–2016 | 30 | 4 |
See also
References
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