| Latvia national football team results |
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This article provides details of international football games played by the Latvia national football team from 1922 to 1940. [1] [2]
During this period, they only competed in one major tournament, the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, in which they were knocked-out in the first round by the hosts France. [3] They also played the inaugural edition of the Baltic Cup in 1928, which they won, going on to claim a further three titles in the 1930s (1932, 1936, and 1937). [4]
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| 27 May 1924 Summer Olympics | France | 7–0 | Saint-Ouen, France | |
| Crut Nicolas Boyer | Report Report | Stadium: Stade de Paris Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Henri Christophe (Belgium) |
| 22 June Friendly | Latvia | 1–3 | Riga, Latvia | |
| Bārda | Report | Stadium: LSB Stadions Attendance: 5,000 Referee: August Silber-Sillak (Estonia) |
| 14 August Friendly | Latvia | 0–2 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 18:00 | Fallström Koponen | Report | Stadium: LSB Stadions Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Heinrich Plhak (Austria) |
| 9 August Friendly | Finland | 3–1 | Helsinki, Finland | |
| 18:00 (UTC+2) Match 57 | Eklöf Fallström | Report | Tauriņš | Stadium: Töölön Pallokenttä Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Theodor Malm (Sweden) |
| 26 August Friendly | Estonia | 2–2 | Tallinn, Estonia | |
| 18:00 UTC+2 | Pihlak | Report1 Report2 | Taurinš | Stadium: Kalevi staadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Imre Józsa (Hungary) |
| 20 September 1925 Friendly | Latvia | 2–2 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 15:30 (UTC+1:37) | E. Bārda | Report | S. Sabaliauskas Žukauskas | Stadium: Armijas Sporta Klub Stadions Attendance: 2,500 Referee: August Silber (Estonia) |
| 20 July Friendly | Latvia | 4–1 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 18:30 (UTC+2:00) | Strazdiņš Šeibelis Tauriņš Pavlovs | Report | Hedström | Stadium: LSB Stadions Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alexander McKibbin (Estonia) |
| 12 August Friendly | Latvia | 1–4 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 18:30 | Strazdiņš | Report | Koponen Silve Lönnberg | Stadium: LSB Stadions Attendance: 4,000 Referee: August Silber (Estonia) |
| 21 August 1926 Friendly | Lithuania | 2-3 | Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| 17:00 (UTC+2:00) | S. Sabaliauskas Žebrauskas | Report | Pavlovs Stančiks | Stadium: Makabi Stadionas Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Otto Silber (Estonia) |
| 29 May Friendly | Sweden | 12–0 | Stockholm, Sweden | |
| 14:30 UTC+1 | Hallbäck Rydell Johansson Kaufeldt Andersson | Report | Stadium: Stockholm Olympic Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany) |
| 16 June Friendly | Estonia | 4–1 | Tallinn, Estonia | |
| 19:00 UTC+2 | Eelma Pihlak Stanciks | Report1 Report2 | Urbans | Stadium: Kadriorg Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Gunnar Sund (Sweden) |
| 27 July 1927 Friendly | Latvia | 6-3 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 18:30 (UTC+2:00) | Žins Plade Bradiņš | Report | Marcinkus Blatas Trumpjonas | Stadium: A.S.K. Stadions Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Karel Kettner (Czechoslovakia) |
| 6 July Friendly | Latvia | 0–4 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 19:00 (UTC+2:00) | Report | Lööf Pettersson | Stadium: LSB Stadions Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ernst Thomaschky (Germany) |
| 25 July 1928 1928 Baltic Cup | Lithuania | 0-3 | Tallinn, Estonia | |
| 18:30 (UTC+2:00) | Report | Vaters Pavlovs | Stadium: Kadrioru Staadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Gustaf Ekberg (Sweden) |
| 27 July 1928 Baltic Cup | Estonia | 0–1 | Tallinn, Estonia | |
| 18:30 UTC+2 | Report1 Report2 | Taurinš | Stadium: Kadriorg Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Gustaf Ekberg (Sweden) |
| 19 August Friendly | Latvia | 2–1 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 17:00 | Pavlovs | Report | Lönnberg | Stadium: LSB Stadions Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Heinrich Paal (Estonia) |
| 28 July Friendly | Sweden | 10–0 | Malmö, Sweden | |
| 18:00 UTC+1 | Hallbäck Rydell Kroon Andersson Helgesson Nilsson | Report | Stadium: Malmö Idrottsplats Attendance: 8,944 Referee: Otto Remke (Denmark) |
| 14 August 1929 1929 Baltic Cup | Latvia | 3-1 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 18:00(UTC+2:00) | Plade | Report | Chmelevskis | Stadium: L.S.B. Stadions Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany) |
| 16 August 1929 Baltic Cup | Latvia | 2–2 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 18:00 UTC+2 | Priede Pavlovs | Report1 Report2 | Einman Eelma | Stadium: LSB Stadions Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany) |
| 15 September Friendly | Finland | 3–1 | Helsinki, Finland | |
| 13:00 (UTC+2) | Svanström Närvänen Suontausta | Report | Pētersons | Stadium: Töölön Pallokenttä Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Axel Bergqvist (Sweden) |
| 27 June Friendly | Estonia | 1–1 | Tallinn, Estonia | |
| 19:00 UTC+2 | Brenner | Report1 Report2 | Jenihs | Stadium: Kadriorg Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Harry Kuhlberg (Finland) |
| 22 July Friendly | Latvia | 0–5 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 18:15 (UTC+2:00) | Report | Nilsson Johansson Dunker | Stadium: LSB Stadions Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Heinrich Paal (Estonia) |
| 4 August Friendly | Latvia | 3–0 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 18:00 | Pētersons Pavlovs Dambrēvics | Report | Stadium: LSB Stadions Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Georg Muntau (Germany) |
| 16 August 1930 Baltic Cup | Estonia | 2–3 | Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| 17:00 UTC+2 | Einman Karm | Report1 Report2 | Petersons Žins Dambrevics | Stadium: Makabi Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Georg Muntau (Germany) |
| 17 August 1930 1930 Baltic Cup | Lithuania | 3-3 | Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| 16:30 (UTC+2:00) | Citavičius Lingis Chmelevskis | Report | Pētersons | Stadium: Kariuomenės Stadionas Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Georg Muntau (Germany) |
| 28 May Friendly | Latvia | 0–1 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 19:00 UTC+2 | Report1 Report2 | Einman | Stadium: LSB Stadions Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Józef Lustgarten (Poland) |
| 30 June 1931 Friendly | Latvia | 5-2 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 18:30 (UTC+2:00) | Pētersons Verners | Report | Citavičius Dirgėla | Stadium: L.S.B. Stadions Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Heinrich Paal (Estonia) |
| 26 July Friendly | Sweden | 6–0 | Västerås, Sweden | |
| 13:30 UTC+1 | Sundberg Roos Rydell | Report | Stadium: Arosvallen Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Reidar Randers Johansen (Norway) |
| 19 August Friendly | Finland | 4–0 | Helsinki, Finland | |
| 18:30 (UTC+2) Match 57 | Grönlund Malmgren Åström | Report | Stadium: Töölön Pallokenttä Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Heinrich Paal (Estonia) |
| 31 August 1931 1931 Baltic Cup | Latvia | 1-0 | Tallinn, Estonia | |
| 17:30 (UTC+2:00) | Pētersons | Report | Stadium: Kadrioru Staadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Osborn Wenzel (Sweden) |
| 1 September 1931 Baltic Cup | Estonia | 3–1 | Tallinn, Estonia | |
| 17:30 UTC+2 | Eelma Karm | Report1 Report2 | Škincs | Stadium: Kadriorg Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Osborn Wenzel (Sweden) |
| 1 June Friendly | Estonia | 3–0 | Tallinn, Estonia | |
| 19:00 UTC+2 | Lassner Eelma Kass | Report1 Report2 | Stadium: Kadriorg Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Esko Pekkonen (Finland) |
| 29 June 1932 Friendly | Lithuania | 2–3 | Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| 17:40 (UTC+2:00) | Lingis Citavičius | Report | Jēnihs Šeibelis | Stadium: Lietuvos Fizinio Lavinimosi Sąjunga Stadionas Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Heinrich Paal (Estonia) |
| 13 July Friendly | Latvia | 0–0 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 18:30 (UTC+2:00) | Report | Stadium: LSB Stadions Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Heinrich Paal (Estonia) |
| 24 July 1932 Friendly | Latvia | 2–1 | Liepāja, Latvia | |
| 18:00 (UTC+2:00) | Pētersons Tauriņš | Report | Lingis | Stadium: Stadions Olimpija Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Voldemar Rõks (Estonia) |
| 28 August 1932 1932 Baltic Cup | Latvia | 4–1 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 17:30 (UTC+2:00) | Pētersons Šeibelis Jēnihs Tauriņš | Report | Citavičius | Stadium: J.K.S. Stadions Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Sven Klang (Sweden) |
| 30 August 1932 Baltic Cup | Latvia | 1–0 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 18:00 UTC+2 | Reinfeldt-Reinlo | Report1 Report2 | Stadium: JKS Stadions Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Sven Klang (Sweden) |
| 11 September 1932 Friendly | Lithuania | 1-0 | Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| Lingis | Report | Stadium: Lietuvos Fizinio Lavinimosi Sąjunga Stadionas Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Otto Silber (Estonia) | ||
| Note: Antanas Lingis set the goal scoring record for Lithuania (7 goals) | ||||
| 2 October 1932 Friendly | Poland | 2–1 | Warsaw, Poland | |
| 15:30 | Kossok Radojewski | Report | Tauriņš | Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Radu Istrate (Romania) |
| 28 May Friendly | Latvia | 2–0 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 12:00 UTC+2 | Tauriņš Pētersons | Report1 Report2 | Stadium: JKS Stadions Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Valerijonas Balčiūnas (Lithuania) |
| 12 June 1933 Friendly | Latvia | 6–2 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 18:30 (UTC+2:00) | Pētersons Brēde Šeibelis Tauriņš | Report | Z. Sabaliauskas Dirgėla | Stadium: J.K.S. Stadions Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Heinrich Paal (Estonia) |
| 4 July Friendly | Latvia | 1–1 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 18:30 (UTC+2:00) | Pētersons | Report | Hansson | Stadium: LSB Stadions Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Valerijonas Balčiūnas (Lithuania) |
| 9 August Friendly | Estonia | 2–1 | Tallinn, Estonia | |
| 19:00 UTC+2 | Eelma Lassner | Report1 Report2 | Šeibelis | Stadium: Kadriorg Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Matti Aalto (Finland) |
| 2 September 1933 Baltic Cup | Lithuania | 1–1 | Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| 16:30 UTC+2 | Citavicius | Report1 Report2 | Kuremaa | Stadium: Kariuomenės Stadionas Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Yrjö Tuhkunen (Finland) |
| 4 September 1933 1933 Baltic Cup | Lithuania | 2–2 | Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| 16:00 (UTC+2:00) | Z. Sabaliauskas Lingis | Report | Pētersons | Stadium: Kariuomenės Stadionas Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Yrjö Tuhkunen (Finland) |
| 10 June 1934 Friendly | Lithuania | 2–0 | Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| 18:00 (UTC+2:00) | Baliulevičius | Report | Stadium: Kariuomenės Stadionas Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Voldemar Loodla (Estonia) |
| 14 August Friendly | Latvia | 1–1 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 18:00 | Priede | Report | Kylmälä | Stadium: LSB Stadions Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Valerijonas Balčiūnas (Lithuania) |
| 9 September 1934 Friendly | Latvia | 1–3 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 16:30 (UTC+2:00) | Borduško | Report | Pavlovs Klimas Bubnovas | Stadium: J.K.S. Stadions Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Yrjö Tuhkunen (Finland) |
| 30 May 1935 Friendly | Latvia | 6-1 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 17:00 (UTC+2:00) | Vītols Vestermans Raisters | Report | Bužinskas | Stadium: J.K.S. Stadions Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Sophus Hansen (Denmark) |
| 6 June Friendly | Finland | 4–1 | Helsinki, Finland | |
| 19:00 (UTC+2) Match 57 | Kanerva Weckström Lintamo | Report | Vestermans | Stadium: Töölön Pallokenttä Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden) |
| 12 June Friendly | Latvia | 1–1 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 18:30 UTC+2 | Rozitis | Report1 Report2 | Siimenson | Stadium: JKS Stadions Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Sophus Hansen (Denmark) |
| 5 July Friendly | Latvia | 0–3 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 18:30 (UTC+2:00) | Report | Karlsson Jonasson Samuelsson | Stadium: LSB Stadions Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Gábor Boronkai (Hungary) |
| 21 August 1935 1935 Baltic Cup | Latvia | 2–2 | Tallinn, Estonia | |
| 18:00 (UTC+2:00) | Vestermans | Report | Lingis Gudelis | Stadium: Kadrioru Staadion Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Rudolf Eklöw (Sweden) |
| 22 August 1935 Baltic Cup | Estonia | 1–1 | Tallinn, Estonia | |
| 18:00 UTC+2 | Eelma | Report1 Report2 | Petersons | Stadium: Kadriorg Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Rudolf Eklöw (Sweden) |
| 8 September 1935 Friendly | Lithuania | 2–2 | Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| 16:15 (UTC+2:00) | Lingis Marcinkus | Report | Lidmanis Pētersons | Stadium: Kariuomenės Stadionas Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Sophus Hansen (Denmark) |
| 15 September 1935 Friendly | Poland | 3–3 | Łódź, Poland | |
| 16:00 (+1:00) | Smoczek Malczyk Borowski | Report | Škincs Pētersons Verners | Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hans Frankenstein (Austria) |
| 13 October Friendly | Germany | 3–0 | Königsberg, Germany | |
| 14:30 UTC+1 | Lenz Panse Langenbein | Report | Stadium: Horst Wessel Stadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Andrzej Rutkowski (Poland) |
| 28 May Friendly | Estonia | 3–4 | Tallinn, Estonia | |
| 18:30 UTC+2 | Linberg Siimenson Kuremaa | Report1 Report2 | Borduško Verners Rozitis | Stadium: Kadriorg Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Saario Mauritz (Finland) |
| 14 June 1936 Friendly | Lithuania | 1–5 | Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| 18:00 (UTC+2:00) | Kersnauskas | Report | Šeibelis Verners Raisters Pakalns | Stadium: Kariuomenės Stadionas Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Rudolf Eklöw (Sweden) |
| 29 August 1936 1936 Baltic Cup | Latvia | 2–1 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 16:30 (UTC+2:00) | Vestermans Šeibelis | Report | Jaškevičius | Stadium: J.K.S. Stadions Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Rudolf Eklöw (Sweden) |
| 31 August 1936 Baltic Cup | Latvia | 2–1 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 17:30 UTC+2 | Šeibelis Lidmanis | Report1 Report2 | Kaljo | Stadium: JKS Stadions Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Rudolf Eklöw (Sweden) |
| 25 June Friendly | Latvia | 1–3 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 18:30 (UTC+2:00) | Raisters | Report | Hohmann Berndt | Stadium: LSB Stadions Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Gustav Krist (Czechoslovakia) |
| 12 July 1937 Friendly | Latvia | 0–0 | Rīga, Latvia | |
| Report | Stadium: A.S.K. [Armijas Sporta Klubs] Stadions Attendance: 8000 Referee: Gustav Krist (Czechoslovakia) |
| 29 July 1937 1938 WCQ Group 8 First Round | Latvia | 4–2 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 18:00 (UTC+2:00) | Kaņeps Vestermans Borduško | Report | Gudelis Paulionis | Stadium: A.S.K. Stadions Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Gustav Krist (Czechoslovkia) |
| 3 September 1937 1938 WCQ Group 8 First Round & 1937 Baltic Cup | Lithuania | 1-5 | Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| 16:00 (UTC+2:00) | Paulionis | Report | Kaņeps Borduško Vestermans | Stadium: Valstybinis Stadionas Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Hans Frankenstein (Austria) |
| 4 September 1937 Baltic Cup | Estonia | 1–1 | Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| 16:00 UTC+2 | Kuremaa | Report1 Report2 | Vestermans | Stadium: Valstybinis Stadionas Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Hans Frankenstein (Austria) |
| 7 September 1937 Baltic Cup | Estonia | 0–2 | Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| 17:00 UTC+2 | Report1 Report2 | Rozītis Vestermans | Stadium: Valstybinis Stadionas Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Hans Frankenstein (Austria) |
| 19 September Friendly | Latvia | 3–1 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 16:00 UTC+2 | Rozītis Kaņeps Borduško | Report1 Report2 | Kuremaa | Stadium: Riia ASK Staddion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Alois Beranek (Austria) |
| 5 October 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification | Austria | 2–1 | Vienna, Austria | |
| 15:30 (UTC+1:00) | Jerusalem Binder | Report | Vestermans | Stadium: Praterstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Pál Hertzka (Hungary) |
| 10 October 1937 Friendly | Poland | 2–1 | Katowice, Poland | |
| 15:00 (UTC+1:00) | Pytel Piec | Report | Rozītis | Stadium: Stadion Pogoni Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Denis Xifando (Romania) |
| 17 May 1938 Friendly | Lithuania | 0–2 | Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| 19:00 (UTC+2:00) | Report | Vanags | Stadium: A.S.K. Stadions Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Alois Beranek (Austria) |
| 27 June Friendly | Latvia | 3–0 | Rīga, Latvia | |
| 19:00 (UTC+2:00) | Borduško Vanags | Report | Stadium: ASK Riga Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Matti Aalto (Finland) |
| 20 July Friendly | Estonia | 0–2 | Tallinn, Estonia | |
| 19:00 UTC+2 | Report1 Report2 | Raisters Vanags | Stadium: Kadriorg Stadium Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Fritz Bouillon (Germany) |
| 28 August Friendly | Latvia | 2–1 | Rīga, Latvia | |
| 14:00 (UTC+2:00) | Vestermans | Report | ? | Stadium: ASK Riga Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Matti Aalto (Finland) |
| 4 September 1938 1938 Baltic Cup | Latvia | 1–1 | Tallinn, Estonia | |
| 17:30 (UTC+2:00) | Jaškevičius | Report | Krupšs | Stadium: Kadrioru Staadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Fritz Bouillon (Germany) |
| 5 September 1938 Baltic Cup | Estonia | 1–1 | Tallinn, Estonia | |
| 17:30 UTC+2 | Kass | Report1 Report2 | Raisters | Stadium: Kadriorg Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Fritz Bouillon (Germany) |
| 18 May Friendly | Romania | 4–0 | Bucharest, Romania | |
| Bodola Dobay Laumanis | Report | Stadium: Stadionul Venus Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Maximilian Sznajder (Poland) |
| 24 May Friendly | Bulgaria | 3–0 | | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 17:00 (UTC+2:00) | Bobev Angelov Pachedzhiev | Report | Stadium: Junak Stadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Mika Popović (Yugoslavia) |
| 27 July Friendly | Latvia | 3–3 | Riga, Latvia | |
| 18:15 UTC+2 | Freimanis Vanags | Report1 Report2 | Siimenson Kuremaa Veidemann | Stadium: A.S.K. Stadions Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Wilhelm Peters (Germany) |
| 24 September Friendly | Finland | 0–3 | Helsinki, Finland | |
| 14:00 (UTC+2) | Vanags Kaņeps | Report | Vestermans | Stadium: Helsingin Olympiastadion Attendance: 4,097 Referee: Otto Remke (Denmark) |
| 18 July Friendly | Estonia | 2–1 | Tallinn, Estonia | |
| 19:00 UTC+2 | Kuremaa | Report | Kaņeps | Stadium: Kadriorg Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Valerijonas Balčiūnas (Lithuania) |