Compared to the previous term, defenders Kaspars Dubra and Antonijs Chernomordijs, midfielders Ingars Sarmis Stuglis and Vladimirs Kamešs, as well as goalkeeper Kaspars Ikstens have returned to the list of national team candidates.
The Latvian national team will first play a test match with San Marino on November 11, then return to Latvia, where on November 14 there will be a UEFA League of Nations duel with the Faroe Islands, and at the end, domestic footballers will have a fight with Andorra on November 17.
In September, in the first group of the UEFA Nations D League, Latvians played 0-0 with Andorra at home and fought 1: 1 with Malta. Another draw was recorded in October in Tourshavn, where another 1 – 1 draw was played with Faroese footballers. In the next game, Latvia conceded to Malta with 0: 1.
After four games, the Faroe Islands lead the group with ten points, Malta has five points, the Latvian national team has scored three points, and Andorra has two points.
The winner of the first group of the League of Nations D will secure a place in the C league of the next season or in the third level by force. The weakest national teams play in the D league.
Latvian national football team candidates for November games:
goalkeepers – Roberts Ozols (“Riga”), Kaspars Ikstens (RFS), Dāvis Ošs (Jūrmala “Spartaks”);
guards – Igors Tarasovs (Kuopio “Palloseura”, Finland), Elvis Stuglis, Ritvars Rugins, Antonijs Chernomordijs (all – “Riga”), Roberts Savaļnieks, Vladislavs Sorokins (both – RFS), Marcis Osh (“Lugano”, Switzerland), Krišs Kārkliņš (“Valmiera”), Raivis Jurkovskis (“Liepāja”), Kaspars Dubra (“Oleksandriya”, Ukraine);
midfielders – Artūrs Zjuzins, Jānis Ikaunieks (both – RFS), Eduards Emsis (“Noah”, Armenia), Andrejs Cigaņiks (Luhansk “Zorja”, Ukraine), Vladislav Fyodorov, Vladimir Kamesh (both – “Riga”), Alvis Jaunzems ( “Valmiera”), Eduards Tīdenbergs, Mārtiņš Ķigurs, Ingars Sarmis Stuglis (all – “Liepāja”), Daniels Ontužāns (Munich “Bayern”, Germany)
attackers – Vladislav Gutkowski (Czestochowa “Rakow”, Poland), Robert Uldrik (“Sion”, Switzerland), Dāvis Ikaunieks (“Mlada Boleslav”, Czech Republic), Raimonds Krollis (“Metta”).
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