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Football in Latvia

Index Football in Latvia

Association football is the third sport in Latvia after ice hockey and basketball, but in recent years it has gained more popularity. [1]

26 relations: Association football, Baltic states, Basketball, FIFA Club World Cup, FIFA World Cup, FK Ventspils, Ice hockey, Latvia, Latvia national football team, Latvia national under-17 football team, Latvia national under-19 football team, Latvia national under-21 football team, Latvia women's national football team, Latvian First League, Latvian Football Cup, Latvian Football Federation, Latvian Higher League, Latvian Second League, Latvian Supercup, Latvian Women's League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Euro 2004, UEFA Europa League, UEFA European Championship, UEFA Super Cup, 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Baltic states

The Baltic states, also known as the Baltic countries, Baltic republics, Baltic nations or simply the Baltics (Balti riigid, Baltimaad, Baltijas valstis, Baltijos valstybės), is a geopolitical term used for grouping the three sovereign countries in Northern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

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Basketball

Basketball is a team sport played on a rectangular court.

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FIFA Club World Cup

The FIFA Club World Cup is an international men's association football competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.

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FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.

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FK Ventspils

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.

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Ice hockey

Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent's net to score points.

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Latvia

Latvia (or; Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika), is a sovereign state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe.

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Latvia national football team

The Latvia national football team (Latvijas futbola izlase) represents the country in international football competitions, such as the World Cup and the European Championships.

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Latvia national under-17 football team

The Latvia national under-17 football team or Latvia U-17 represents Latvia in association football at the under-17 youth level, and is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation.

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Latvia national under-19 football team

The Latvia national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Latvia and is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation.

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Latvia national under-21 football team

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.

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Latvia women's national football team

Latvia women's national football team represent Latvia in international football.

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Latvian First League

The Latvian First League or komanda.lv First league for sponsorship reasons (Latvijas Pirmā līga, 1.) is the second tier of football in Latvia and is organised by the Latvian Football Federation.

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Latvian Football Cup

The Latvian Football Cup is the main "knockout" cup competition in Latvian football.

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Latvian Football Federation

The Latvian Football Federation (LFF) (Latvijas Futbola federācija) is the governing body of football in Latvia with its headquarters located in the capital Elektrum Sports Center in Riga.

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Latvian Higher League

Latvian Higher League or Virslīga, (sponsored name of SynotTip Higher League), is a professional football league and the top tier of association football in Latvia.

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Latvian Second League

The Latvian Second League (2.) is the third tier of football in Latvia and is organised by the Latvian Football Federation.

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Latvian Supercup

The Latvian Supercup (Latvian: Latvijas Superkauss) is a one-match football annual competition.

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Latvian Women's League

The Latvian Women's League is the top level women's football league of Latvia.

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UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs.

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UEFA Euro 2004

The 2004 UEFA European Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2004 or simply Euro 2004, was the 12th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football competition contested by the men's national teams of UEFA member associations.

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UEFA Europa League

The UEFA Europa League is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs.

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UEFA European Championship

The UEFA European Championship (known informally as the Euros) is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), determining the continental champion of Europe.

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UEFA Super Cup

The UEFA Super Cup is an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the two main European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

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2009–10 UEFA Europa League

The 2009–10 UEFA Europa League was the first season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA.

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List of Latvian footballers.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_Latvia

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