The Latvia national football team represents Latvia in men's international football, and is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Latvia. They have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, but did qualify for the European Championship in 2004 under head coach Aleksandrs Starkovs.
Latvian Higher League or Virslīga, known for sponsorship reasons as TonyBet Virslīga since 2024, is a professional football league and the top tier of association football in Latvia. Organised by the Latvian Football Federation, the Higher League is contested by 10 clubs.
Skonto FC was a Latvian professional football club, active from 1991 until 2016. The club played at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's resumption, and often provided the core of the Latvia national football team. With those 14 national championships in a row, they set a European record, men and women's football combined, until the women of Faroese club KÍ Klaksvík won their 14th championship in a row in 2013.
Jurijs Andrejevs is a Latvian former football player and manager who is the sporting director of Latvian Football Federation. Previously he was the manager of the team but was released in 2008 after an unsuccessful season. He was the manager of Latvia national team from 2004 to 2007, having succeeded Aleksandrs Starkovs in December 2004.
Aleksejs Višņakovs is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was also a member of Latvia national team.
Aleksandrs Cauņa is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
The Latvia national under-21 football team represents the under-21s of Latvia and is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation, the governing body of football in Latvia. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years. The team is coached by Aleksandrs Basovs and is currently captained by defender Daniels Balodis.
Raivis Hščanovičs is a Latvian footballer, currently playing for FS METTA/Latvijas Universitāte in the Latvian Higher League and the founder of the charity foundation RH3 fonds.
Pāvels Mihadjuks is a Latvian retired professional association footballer.
Aleksandrs Fertovs is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Fertovs's nickname in Latvia is Kaķis (Cat).
Aleksandrs Solovjovs is a Latvian footballer, currently playing for RFS in the Latvian Higher League.
Kaspars Dubra is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a defender for A Lyga club Panevėžys and the Latvia national team. He can play as a centre-back or a defensive midfielder.
Vitālijs Smirnovs is a Latvian footballer, who currently plays as central defender for FK Spartaks Jūrmala.
Artūrs Karašausks is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Latvian club FK Liepāja.
Alans Siņeļņikovs is a Latvian footballer.
Vladislavs Gabovs is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
Germans Māliņš is a Latvian professional footballer, currently playing for JDFS Alberts.
Renārs Rode is a retired Latvian professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He has also been capped by the Latvia national football team.
Visvaldis Ignatāns is a Latvian footballer, who currently plays for FK Ventspils in the Latvian Higher League and Latvia national football team.
SK Super Nova is a Latvian professional football club based in Riga. It was founded in 2000, and it has been involved in various levels of the Latvian football league system, including the top-tier Latvian Higher League and lower divisions. The team was based in Salaspils from 2022 till the end of 2023 season and returned to Riga in 2024.
