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The Latvia women's national football team ( lv, Latvijas sieviešu futbola izlase) is governed by the
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(LFF). It played its first international match in August 1993 against
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. After participating in the UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying, Latvia withdrew from all qualification until the
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for the European Championships in 2009. Latvia's record in international qualification games is poor. In their competitive games, Latvia lost their first two games, against
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and
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by three goals, before losing by one goal to
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. Mini-tournaments after the qualification disaster proved no better for Latvia. Finishing last, in December 2008, Latvia lost 0–3 to
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and 0–5 to
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. 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
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and Macedonia so it didn't go through.


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


2022


Coaching staff


Current coaching staff


Manager history

* Viktors Lūkins (1992–1996) * Grigorijs Rožkovs (1996–2003) * Agris Bandolis (2003–2010) * Didzis Matīss (2010–2021) * Romāns Kvačovs (2021–''present'')


Players


Current squad

The following players have been called up for the match against North Macedonia and Northern Ireland on 1 and 6 September 2022. ''Caps and goals are correct as of 22 August 2022.''


Recent call ups

The following players have been called up to the Latvia squad in the past 12 months.


Records

:''*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 19 August 2021.


Most capped players


Top goalscorers


Competitive record


FIFA Women's World Cup

:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''


UEFA Women's Championship

:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''


Women's Baltic Cup


See also

*
Sport in Latvia Sport in Latvia includes basketball, football, ice hockey, athletics (track), rugby, tennis, cycling, and others. Ice hockey is historically the most popular of the Latvian sports and is closely followed by basketball. Some of Latvia’s most nota ...
** Football in Latvia ***Women's football in Latvia *Latvia women's national football team **Latvia women's national football team results **List of Latvia women's international footballers *Latvia women's national under-20 football team * Latvia women's national under-17 football team * Latvia men's national football team


Notes


References


External links


Official websiteFIFA profile
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