Latvia national under-17 football team

Latvia Under-17

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Sarkanbaltsarkanie (The red-white-reds)
Association	Latvian Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	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.

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
1994	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1995	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1996	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1997	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1998	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1999	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2000	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2001	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	0/8	0	0	0	0	0	0

Under-17 format

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2002	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2003	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2004	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2005	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2006	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2007	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2008	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2010	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	0/9	0	0	0	0	0	0

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 Parma 1GK Ivans Baturins (1997-06-25) June 25, 1997 TuS Koblenz 1GK Vladislavs Lazarevs (1997-11-25) November 25, 1997 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 Liepāja SSS 2DF Andrejs Demčuks (1997-08-22) August 22, 1997 Šitika FS Rīga 2DF Krists Kristers Gulbis (1997-01-15) January 15, 1997 Liepāja SSS 2DF Bruno Bērziņš (1997-04-30) April 30, 1997 Rīgas Futbola skola 2DF Vladislavs Sorokins (1997-05-10) May 10, 1997 Skonto Rīga 2DF Ralfs Džeriņš (1997-03-23) March 23, 1997 Liepāja SSS 2DF Rendijs Šibass (1997-05-01) May 1, 1997 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 Šitika FS 3MF Aleksejs Grjaznovs (also plays for Latvia U18's) (1997-10-01) October 1, 1997 0 0 Rīgas Futbola skola 3MF Marks Deružinskis (1997-10-23) October 23, 1997 0 0 BFC Daugavpils 3MF Devids Dobrecovs (also plays for Latvia U19's) (1997-02-26) February 26, 1997 3 0 Liepāja SSS 3MF Ņikita Pačko (1997-05-04) May 4, 1997 8 0 Jūrmala

Forwards

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

See also

• Latvia national football team
• Latvia national under-21 football team
• Latvia national under-19 football team

External links

• Official website of the Latvian Football Federation