Latvian women's national soccer team

Republic of Latvia
Latvijas Republika

Association	Latvijas Futbola federācija
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	adidas
Head coach	Didzis Matīss
Assistant coach	Karīna Šakurova
Record scorer	-
Record player	-
Home stadium	Changing stages
FIFA code	LVA
FIFA rank	93. (1223 points) (as of August 14, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
60 games 8 wins 7 draws 45 losses
statistics
First international match Sweden 9-0 Latvia ( Nynäshamn , Sweden ; August 18, 1993 )
Biggest win Latvia 6-0 Lebanon ( Paphos , Cyprus ; March 13, 2015 )
Biggest defeat Sweden 9-0 Latvia ( Nynäshamn , Sweden ; August 18, 1993 )
(As of March 15, 2015 )

The Latvian national football team represents the Baltic state of Latvia in international women's football . The national team is subordinate to the Latvian Football Association and is trained by Didzis Matīss .

The Latvian selection is one of the weakest national teams in Europe. To date, the team has not qualified for any international tournament, but has not always taken part in the qualifications. The best place in the FIFA world rankings was 61st place, which was occupied several times between December 2004 and May 2006. After that, Latvia slipped significantly in the ranking. So far only six wins have been achieved, five of them each with a goal difference. The first win by two goals came on May 13, 2011 against neighboring Estonia. Most of the games were played against the Baltic neighbors Estonia and Lithuania . So far there have been no games against Germany , Austria and Switzerland .

In the pre-qualification for the EM 2013 , the team took the last place in the group at the tournament in Macedonia .

Tournament balance sheet

World Championship

1991  : No participation, as part of the Soviet Union , which however did not participate either 1995  : not qualified 1999  : did not participate 2003  : did not participate 2007  : did not participate 2011  : did not participate 2015  : not qualified 2019  : not qualified

European Championship

1984 - 1991  : No participation, as part of the Soviet Union , which however did not participate either 1993  : did not participate 1995  : not qualified 1997  : did not participate 2001  : did not participate 2005  : not participated 2009  : not qualified 2013  : not qualified 2017  : not qualified

Olympic games

1996  : not qualified 2000  : did not participate 2004  : did not participate

2008  : did not participate 2012  : did not participate 2016  : not qualified 2020  : not qualified

See also

• Latvian national football team

References and footnotes

1. ↑ Women's world rankings. In: fifa.com. FIFA , August 14, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 (teams without a place and points are provisional because no more than five games have been played or the teams have been inactive for more than 18 months). 

Web links

• Homepage of the Latvian Association (Lat./engl.)
• Latvia on the FIFA homepage