Latvia national under-17 football team

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.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Latvia women's 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 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.

Under-16 format
Year Round GP W D L GS GA
1994did not qualify
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Total0/8000000

Under-17 format
Year Round GP W D L GS GA
2002did not qualify
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2][3]
2021
2022did not qualify
2023
2024
2025to be determined
Total0/21000000

Current players
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Henrijs Auseklis (2006-12-19) 19 December 2006 7 0 JDFS Alberts
1GK Lukass Žuravļovs (2006-03-14) 14 March 2006 3 0 BFC Daugavpils
2DF Timurs Azarovs (2006-03-23) 23 March 2006 6 0 Spartaks Jūrmala
2DF Ivans Galajevs (2006-01-20) 20 January 2006 3 0 Riga FC
2DF Ņikita Jemeļjanovs (2006-04-29) 29 April 2006 8 2 BFC Daugavpils
2DF Hugo Jesse (2006-05-18) 18 May 2006 0 0 FK Metta
2DF Alberts Krasovskis (2006-11-25) 25 November 2006 0 0 SYL FC
2DF Ēriks Maurs-Boks (2006-08-09) 9 August 2006 9 0 Valmiera
2DF Ritvars Krists Zauska (2006-04-12) 12 April 2006 4 0 Valmiera
3MF Kirils Artjomovs (2006-05-09) 9 May 2006 0 0 Academ FC
3MF Raitis Rūdolfs Bomis (2006-02-24) 24 February 2006 9 0 FK Metta
3MF Markuss Ivulāns (2006-08-19) 19 August 2006 9 0 FK Metta
3MF Vladimirs Kostigovs (2006-07-14) 14 July 2006 2 0 Riga FC
3MF Roberts Kudrjašovs (2006-11-11) 11 November 2006 9 0 Riga FC
3MF Ņikita Martiņenko (2006-04-16) 16 April 2006 7 0 JDFS Alberts
3MF Tomašs Mickēvičs (2006-01-25) 25 January 2006 5 0 Riga FC
3MF Roberts Rubulis (2006-05-24) 24 May 2006 8 0 JDFS Alberts
3MF Markuss Strods (2006-10-05) 5 October 2006 0 0 Dundalk FC
4FW Roberts Bočs (2006-07-03) 3 July 2006 9 8 Pisa
4FW Kristiāns Mežsargs (2006-02-03) 3 February 2006 3 0 Frosinone

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. "U-17 Izlase Moldovā Aizvadīs Eiropas Čempionāta Kvalifikācijas Turnīru" (in Latvian). Latvijas Futbola federācija. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
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