Latvia women's national football team

The Latvia women's national football team () represents Latvia in international football and is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Latvia. They have never qualified for a major international tournament.

Latvia, alongside their Baltic rivals, Lithuania and Estonia, also participates in the local sub-regional Women's Baltic Cup, which takes place every year. Latvia has won this tournament five times, the first time in 1997. The next moment of triumph had to wait until 2011. Latvia closed out the 2010s by winning the trophy three years in a row, in 2017, 2018 and 2019, winning again in 2025.

History In the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), women's football was not a recognized sport – in 1972, the Sports Committee of the USSR even banned women's football competitions. That is why women played the first official football matches in Latvia only in 1989, when the first women's team "Latvija" was created. The players were mostly invited from other sports, so the football players had good physical preparation, and several players from Lithuania were also invited to help. In 1990, the team was renamed to RAF Jelgava, participating in the first championship of the highest league of the USSR, where they took eighth place in the competition of 24 teams. RAF played one more season in the top league of the USSR, but another team from Latvia – Ogres "Fortūna" – competed in the first league of the USSR. After the collapse of the USSR, the "RAF" professional team disbanded, and thus women's football in Latvia continued to exist only at the amateur level.

On 18 August 1993, The Latvian women's national team made its debut and played its first international match in the European Championship qualification tournament, losing in the first match away to Sweden, which was already one of the most important women's football countries in the world at the time.

After the first qualifying tournament, Latvia did not participate anymore in European Championship qualifying tournaments until 2006. Changes had already been introduced in the selection system, by holding the previous preliminary tournament for the weakest European national teams before the qualification, which the Latvian national team never managed to overcome, which meant that Latvia did not have the opportunity to meet the best national women's football teams in Europe for a long time.

After participating in the UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying and withdrew from all qualification until the qualification for the European Championships in 2009.

Latvia's record upon its return to international qualification games was poor. Latvia lost their first two games, against Israel and Bosnia and Herzegovina by three goals, before losing by one goal to Armenia. Mini-tournaments after the qualification disaster proved no better for Latvia. Finishing last, in December 2008, Latvia lost 0–3 to Croatia and 0–5 to Turkey.

The first victory Latvia won its first official match on 5 March 2011 over Lithuania in the qualifying 2013 European Championship preliminary round with a lone goal by Jūlija Sokolova.Statistics of the match in UEFA's website However, Latvia lost the other two games against Luxembourg and Macedonia so the team didn't go through.

First World Cup qualification In 2013, the Latvian women's national team took part in the World Cup qualification tournament for the first time, in the first round of the preliminaries, they drew 0:0 with Luxembourg in their debut match, but then lost 0–2 to Albania and Malta. After four years, the Latvian women's national team won the first victory in the World Cup selection, defeating Estonia 4–0 in the preliminaries, but it was not enough to enter the basic qualification tournament, as the first place in the group was won by the national team of Kazakhstan, with whom Latvian football players played a draw 2–2.

Modern times The Latvian women's football team won its first World Cup qualification victory against Luxembourg. Latvia won its first World Cup qualification victory on 24 June 2022 over Lithuania in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group D with a lone goal by Nelle Treimane.

On November 30, 2021, the Latvian national team lost 20–0 to England in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group D match. After the game, this game received a huge amount of attention, shining a light on the shortcomings of the qualifiers and European women qualifying system. Several experts emphasized that such a game should not have happened. This game again sparked discussions about going back to pre-qualification.

Stadium In October 2023, Latvian Football Federation president Vadims Ļašenko said that Skonto Stadium would become the main home of the men's team, with Daugava Stadium serving as a backup and the venue for the women's and youth national teams. Previously, the women's team has played in various grounds, including Arkādija Stadium and the LNK Sports Park in Riga, Sloka Stadium in Jūrmala, Zemgale Olympic Center in Jelgava and others.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

2025

2026

Coaching staff Current coaching staff

Role Name Head coach Liene Vāciete Assistant coach Jānis Segliņš Goalkeeping coach Dagnis Sausais Fitness coach Valērijs Žolnerovičs Analyst coach Jēkabs Lagūns Team doctor Līga Meija Team doctor Mārtiņš Kacens Team doctor Karmena Ketija Pozņiaka Kit manager Jevgēnijs Vasjukovs Social media Abita Tauriņa Team manager Marta Lielause

Manager history

Viktors Lūkins (1992–1993) Vladimirs Serbins (1994–1996) Grigorijs Rožkovs (1996–1998) Ģirts Marausks (1999–2002) Agris Bandolis (2003–2010) Didzis Matīss (2010–2021) Romāns Kvačovs (2021–2024) Liene Vāciete (2025-)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification matches against Portugal and Slovakia on 5 and 9 June 2026, respectively.

Caps and goals correct as of 9 June 2026, after the match against Slovakia. Latvian Squad

Recent call ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the past 12 months.

Notes = Withdrew due to injury = Withdrew due to medical reasons = Preliminary squad

Records

Statistics

Players in bold are still active with the national team.

Most Appearances RankPlayerCareerCapsGoals1Anastasija Ročāne2011–present10342Karlīna Miksone2015–present8327Olga Ševcova2011–present8316Sandra Voitāne2015–present83155Viktorija Zaičikova2017–present7556Elīza Spruntule2011–20215727Renāte Fedotova2013–20225217Kristīne Giržda2012–20215229Anna Proposhina2009–202047010Marija Ibragimova2012–2019400

Top goalscorers RankPlayerCareerGoalsCapsAvg.1Karlīna Miksone2015–present27832Renāte Fedotova2013–202217523Olga Ševcova2009–present16834Sandra Voitāne2015–present15835Liene Vāciete2015–2017724Anastasija Poļuhoviča2022–present7367Viktorija Zaičikova2017–present5758Anastasia Fyodorova2017–2019419Anastasija Ročāne2011–present410310Diāna Suvitra2023–present325Ieva Bidermane2006–2018337

Competitive record FIFA Women's World Cup FIFA Women's World Cup recordQualification recordYearResultPldWD*LGFGAGDPldWD*LGFGAGD 1991Did not existDid not exist 1995Did not qualifyUEFA Euro 1995 1999Did not enterDid not enter 2003 2007 2011 2015Did not qualify301204–4 2019312073+4 202310109863–55 20276006417–13 2031To be determinedTo be determined 2035To be determinedTo be determinedTotal––––––––1623111570-55 *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship UEFA Women's Championship recordQualifying recordYearResultPldWD*LGFGAPldWD*LGFGA1984 to 1993Did not existDid not exist 1995Did not qualify4004118 – 1997Did not enterDid not enter 2001 2005 2009Did not qualify300318 – 2013310213 2017311155 20228008239 2025630381642nd 2029To be determinedTo be determined Total – – – – – – – 27 5 1 21 18 89 42nd *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Nations League UEFA Women's Nations League recordYearLeagueGroup2023–24C12nd83141715*38th2025C6 To be determinedTotal 8 3 1 4 17 15 38th

Promoted at end of season No movement at end of season Relegated at end of season * Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs

Women's Baltic Cup Baltic Cup recordYearResult1996Runners-up1997Champions1998Third place2003Third place2004Third place2005Third place2006Third place2007Third place2008Third place2009Third place2010Third place2011Champions2012Third place2013Third place2014Third place2015Third place2016Runners-up2017Champions2018Champions2019Champions2021Fourth place2022Fourth placeTotal21/21

Latvia women's national football team

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