Latvia national football team
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Latvia national football team is the national football team of Latvia. They never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, but they did qualify for the UEFA Euro 2004.
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Nickname(s) | 11 vilki [1] (11 Wolves) | ||
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Association | Latvijas Futbola federācija | ||
Confederation | UEFA | ||
Head coach | Paolo Nicolato | ||
Captain | Andris Vaņins | ||
Most caps | Vitālijs Astafjevs (167) | ||
Top scorer | Māris Verpakovskis (29) | ||
Home stadium | Daugava Stadium | ||
FIFA code | LVA | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 133 1 (22 December 2022)[2] | ||
Highest | 45 (November 2009) | ||
Lowest | 148 (September 2017) | ||
First international | |||
Latvia 1–1 Estonia (Riga, Latvia; 24 September 1922) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Latvia 6–1 Lithuania (Riga, Latvia; 30 May 1935) Latvia 5–0 Lithuania (Võru, Estonia; 1 June 2012) Gibraltar 0–5 Latvia (Gibraltar, Gibraltar; 29 March 2016) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Sweden 12–0 Latvia (Stockholm, Sweden; 29 May 1927) | |||
European Championship | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2004) | ||
Best result | Group stage, 2004 |
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