Latvia national under-17 football team

Latvia Under-17
Nickname(s) Sarkanbaltsarkanie (The red-white-reds)
Association Latvian Football Federation
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Latvia Igors Stepanovs
Captain Reinis Flaksis
Most caps Vitālijs Maksimenko (17)
Top scorer Vitālijs Maksimenko (9)
FIFA code LVA
First colours
Second colours
European U-17 championships
Appearances None

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.

The team is for Latvian players aged 17 or under at the start of a two-year European Under-17 Football 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 continued to participate in every under-16 and under-17 European Championship qualifying cycle since 1994, the team never qualified for any of the tournaments.

European Championship

Under-16 format

Year Round GP W D L GS GA
Republic of Ireland 1994Did not qualify
Belgium 1995Did not qualify
Austria 1996Did not qualify
Germany 1997Did not qualify
Scotland 1998Did not qualify
Czech Republic 1999Did not qualify
Israel 2000Did not qualify
England 2001Did not qualify
Total0/8000000

Under-17 format

Year Round GP W D L GS GA
Denmark 2002Did not qualify
Portugal 2003Did not qualify
France 2004Did not qualify
Italy 2005Did not qualify
Luxembourg 2006Did not qualify
Belgium 2007Did not qualify
Turkey 2008Did not qualify
Germany 2009Did not qualify
Liechtenstein 2010Did not qualify
Total0/9000000

Current players

The following players have been called up for the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship matches against Portugal, Iceland and Ukraine in Portugal in March 2014.

Goalkeepers

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Kristaps Zommers (1997-01-07) January 7, 1997 Italy Parma
1GK Ivans Baturins (1997-06-25) June 25, 1997 Germany TuS Koblenz
1GK Vladislavs Lazarevs (1997-11-25) November 25, 1997 Latvia Šitika FS Rīga

Defenders

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
2DF Antons Tumanovs (also plays for Latvia U19's) (1997-04-16) April 16, 1997 10 1 Latvia Liepāja SSS
2DF Andrejs Demčuks (1997-08-22) August 22, 1997 Latvia Šitika FS Rīga
2DF Krists Kristers Gulbis (1997-01-15) January 15, 1997 Latvia Liepāja SSS
2DF Bruno Bērziņš (1997-04-30) April 30, 1997 Latvia Rīgas Futbola skola
2DF Vladislavs Sorokins (1997-05-10) May 10, 1997 Latvia Skonto Rīga
2DF Ralfs Džeriņš (1997-03-23) March 23, 1997 Latvia Liepāja SSS
2DF Rendijs Šibass (1997-05-01) May 1, 1997 Latvia Skonto Rīga

Midfielders

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
3MF Ņikita Juhnevičs (captain) (1997-05-28) May 28, 1997 1 0 Latvia Šitika FS
3MF Aleksejs Grjaznovs (also plays for Latvia U18's) (1997-10-01) October 1, 1997 0 0 Latvia Rīgas Futbola skola
3MF Marks Deružinskis (1997-10-23) October 23, 1997 0 0 Latvia BFC Daugavpils
3MF Devids Dobrecovs (also plays for Latvia U19's) (1997-02-26) February 26, 1997 3 0 Latvia Liepāja SSS
3MF Ņikita Pačko (1997-05-04) May 4, 1997 8 0 Latvia Jūrmala

Forwards

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
4FW Edgars Hudjakovs (1997-05-05) May 5, 1997 0 0 Latvia Šitika FS Rīga
4FW Verners Zalaks (also plays for Latvia U18's) (1997-04-05) April 5, 1997 11 0 Latvia BFC Daugavpils
4FW Maksims Osipovs (also plays for Latvia U18's) (1997-05-28) May 28, 1997 2 0 Latvia Rīgas Futbola skola
4FW Ričards Korzāns (1997-05-03) May 3, 1997 9 0 Latvia Spartaks Jūrmala
4FW Vitālijs Vavilovs (also plays for Latvia U18's) (1997-01-30) January 30, 1997 4 1 Latvia Liepāja SSS

See also

References

  1. Garin, Erik (7 December 2003). "European U-16 Championship 1994". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 December 2010.

External links

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