The Latvia women's national football team (Latvian: Latvijas sieviešu futbola izlase) 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 major tournament.

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Nickname(s)	Sarkanbaltsarkanie (Red-white-red)
Association	Latvijas Futbola federācija
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Romāns Kvačovs
Top scorer	Olga Ševcova (12)
FIFA code	LVA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	116 1 (15 March 2024)[1]
Highest	61 (December 2004 – March 2005; December 2005 – May 2006)
Lowest	119 (October – December 2022; June – August 2023)
First international
Sweden 9–0 Latvia  (Nynäshamn; Sweden 18 August 1993)
Biggest win
Latvia 6–0 Lebanon  (Geroskipou, Cyprus; 13 March 2015)
Biggest defeat
England 20–0 Latvia  (Doncaster, England; 30 November 2021)
Website	lff.lv/izlases/sieviesu-izlases/nacionala-sieviesu-izlase/

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Latvia, alongside their Baltic rivals, Lithuania and Estonia, is also participating in the local sub-regional Women's Baltic Cup, which takes place every year. Latvia has won this tournament five times, the first time in 1997. The next moment of triumph had to wait until 2011, and in 2017, 2018 and 2019 Latvia won the trophy three years in a row.

In the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), women's football was not a recognized sport – in 1972, the Sports Committee of the USSR even banned women's football competitions. That is why women played the first official football matches in Latvia only in 1989, when the first women's team "Latvija" was created. The players were mostly invited from other sports, so the football players had good physical preparation, and several players from Lithuania were also invited to help. In 1990, the team was renamed to RAF Jelgava, participating in the first championship of the highest league of the USSR, where they took eighth place in the competition of 24 teams. RAF played one more season in the top league of the USSR, but another team from Latvia – Ogres "Fortūna" – competed in the first league of the USSR. After the collapse of the USSR, the "RAF" professional team disbanded, and thus women's football in Latvia continued to exist only at the amateur level.^[2]

On 18 August 1993, The Latvian women's national team made its debut and played its first international match in the European Championship qualification tournament, losing in the first match away to Sweden, which was already one of the most important women's football countries in the world at the time.^[3]

After the first qualifying tournament, Latvia did not participate anymore in European Championship qualifying tournaments until 2006. Changes had already been introduced in the selection system, by holding the previous preliminary tournament for the weakest European national teams before the qualification, which the Latvian national team never managed to overcome, which meant that Latvia did not have the opportunity to meet the best national women's football teams in Europe for a long time.^[4]

After participating in the UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying^[5] and withdrew from all qualification until the qualification 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 Israel and Bosnia and Herzegovina by three goals, before losing by one goal to Armenia.^[6] Mini-tournaments after the qualification disaster proved no better for Latvia. Finishing last, in December 2008, Latvia lost 0–3 to Croatia and 0–5 to Turkey.^[7]

The Latvian women's football team won its first World Cup qualification victory against Luxembourg.^[11] Latvia won its first World Cup qualification victory on 24 June 2022 over Lithuania in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group D with a lone goal by Nelle Treimane.^{[citation needed]}

On November 30, 2021, the Latvian national team lost to England in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group D match with 20–0. After the game, this game received a huge amount of attention, shining a light on the shortcomings of the qualifiers and European women qualifying system. Several experts emphasized that such a game should not have happened. This game again sparked discussions about going back to pre-qualification.^[12]

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023

Latvia  v  Azerbaijan

14 July Friendly	Latvia	1–1	Azerbaijan	Riga, Latvia
18:00 UTC+2	Alina Dorofeeva 32'	Report	Karlīna Miksone 44'	Stadium: Jānis Skredelis' stadium Attendance: 295 Referee: Jeļena Jermolajeva

Latvia  v  Azerbaijan

17 July Friendly	Latvia	1–1	Azerbaijan	Riga, Latvia
18:00 UTC+2	Karlīna Miksone 49'	Report	Sevinj Jafarzade 36'	Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Attendance: 213 Referee: Jeļena Jermolajeva

Latvia  v  Malta

22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) Nations League C	Latvia	0–1	Malta	Jūrmala, Latvia
		Report	Bugeja 83'	Stadium: Sloka Stadium Referee: Jana Van Laere (Belgium)

Andorra  v  Latvia

26 September UEFA Women's Nations League	Andorra	0–4	Latvia	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
18:00 UTC+2		Report	Miksone 15', 26', 45+4' Zaičikova 36'	Stadium: Estadi Nacional Referee: Nanna Løf Andersen (Denmark)

Latvia  v  Moldova

27 October UEFA Women's Nations League	Latvia	5–0	Moldova	Jelgava, Latvia
18:00 UTC+2	Suvitra 34', 39' Ševcova 63' Poļuhoviča 74', 76'	Report		Stadium: Zemgale Olympic Center Referee: Eirini Pingiou (Greece)

Moldova  v  Latvia

31 October UEFA Women's Nations League	Moldova	3–3	Latvia	Chișinău
18:00 UTC+2	Guțu 29' Colesnicenco 53' Cojuhari 78'	Report	Miksone 50', 90+1' (pen.) Voitāne 90+6'	Stadium: Stadionul Zimbru Attendance: 300 Referee: Frederikke Lydia Søkjær (Denmark)

Latvia  v  Andorra

1 December UEFA Women's Nations League	Latvia	4–0	Andorra	Riga
18:00 UTC+2	Olga Ševcova 42', 45', 47' Anastasija Poļuhoviča 68'	Report		Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Referee: Silvia Gasperotti

Malta  v  Latvia

5 December UEFA Women's Nations League	Malta	2–1	Latvia	Ta' Qali
18:00 UTC+2	Kailey Willis 58' Maria Farrugia 73'	Report	Karlīna Miksone 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Centenary Stadium Referee: Rita Vehapi

2024

Latvia  v  Slovakia

23 February 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League Play-offs	Latvia	0–3	Slovakia	Riga, Latvia
16:30 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks

Slovakia  v  Latvia

27 February 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League Play-offs	Slovakia	6–0 (9–0 agg.)	Latvia	Trnava, Slovakia
18:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium
Note: Slovakia won 9–0 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.

Latvia  v  North Macedonia

5 April Euro 2025 qualifying	Latvia	3–4	North Macedonia	Riga
	Miksone 7', 76' Poļuhoviča 63'	Report	Rochi 17' Ročāne 25' (o.g.) Andonova 32' Gornela 69' (o.g.)	Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks Referee: Lovisa Johansson (Sweden)

Moldova  v  Latvia

9 April Euro 2025 qualifying	Moldova	0–1	Latvia	Chișinău
		Report		Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Referee: Teresa Oliveira (Portugal)

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

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