The Latvia 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 the FIFA World Cup, but did qualify for the European Championship in 2004 under head coach Aleksandrs Starkovs.
Skonto FC was a Latvian 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.
FK Ventspils is a Latvian football club, based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils city and is one of the most popular football clubs in the country. The club played in the Latvian Virsliga since 1997. It was abolished in 2020, but has since returned to Latvian football and competes in the Latvian First League as of 2023.
Aleksandrs Starkovs is a Latvian football coach and a former player. Most recently he coached FK Liepāja.
Aleksandrs Koliņko is a Latvian professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of Latvian Higher League club Super Nova.
Vitālijs Astafjevs is a Latvian professional football coach and a former midfielder. He is an assistant manager of Cypriot club Aris Limassol having previously held the role for the Latvia national team.
Jurijs Andrejevs is a 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.
Augšdaugavas NSS, previous Ilūkstes NSS, is a Latvian football club located in Ilūkste. The club played its home matches at the Ilūkstes pilsētas stadions with capacity of 300 people.
Aleksandrs Cauņa is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Aleksandrs Kerčs is a retired Soviet and Latvian professional ice hockey left winger who played five games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers. He also appeared in several World Championships and the 2002 Winter Olympics for the Latvian national team. Previously, he represented the Soviet Union at the 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Jurijs Popkovs is a Latvian football manager and former player. He last managed the Latvian Higher League club FK Spartaks Jūrmala.
Oļegs Karavajevs was a Latvian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was the goalkeeper who made the most appearances for Latvia national team during the 1990s.
Raimonds Laizāns is a former Latvian football goalkeeper who played for Latvia national football team in the 1990s.
The 1996 Baltic Cup football competition took place from 7 to 10 July 1996 at the Kreenholmi Stadium in Narva, Estonia. It was the sixth annual competition of the three Baltic states; Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia; since they regained their independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Aleksandrs Fertovs is a Latvian footballer who plays as a midfielder for FK RFS and the Latvia national football team. 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 football defender who plays for RFS. He plays as a centre-back and as a defensive midfielder.
Aleksandrs is a Latvian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the name Alexander and may refer to:
Nikolajs Jeļisejevs is a Latvian professional ice hockey player who is currently under contract with Admiral Vladivostok of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
HK Olimp/Venta 2002 are a Latvian ice hockey team that plays in the Optibet Hockey League, the top tier of the sport in Latvia. The team is based in Riga and play their home games at the Inbox Ice Arena.
