Latvian Football Federation

Latvian Football Federation

UEFA
Founded	1921
FIFA affiliation	1922
UEFA affiliation	1992
President	Guntis Indriksons
Website	www.lff.lv

The Latvian Football Federation (LFF) (Latvian: Latvijas Futbola federācija) is the governing body of football in Latvia based in the capital, Riga. It takes part in organizing the Latvian football championship (SMScredit.lv Virslīga), Komanda.lv First League and Latvian Second League as well as organizes lower league championships and Latvian Football Cup. It is represented by the Latvia national football team.

1918. - 1940.

LFF was established on June 19, 1921. It was called Latvian Football Union and was active until 1940 when it was disbanded due to the annexation by the Soviet Union. In 1922 the Latvian championship organized by Latvian Football Union consisted of 12 associations, 22 teams and 479 football players. A year earlier rules of football were published in Latvian for the very first time, but in May 1923 Latvia was accepted to FIFA. Herberts Baumanis was the representative of Latvia in the acceptance ceremony in France. In 1925 Latvian Football Union established football unions in the regions of country, but in 1927 established Virslīga championship. It consisted of three of the strongest teams from Riga and a club from Liepāja while others were playing in tournaments of their regions. This system was existent for the whole period of Latvia's first independence. The number of teams in Virslīga increased to eight.^[1]

From 1991

LFF renewed its operation in 1990 right after Latvia regained independence. It was re-accepted by FIFA in 1992 and in the same year it joined UEFA.

As of now LFF employs more than 40 people. The current president of LFF is Guntis Indriksons, but on daily basis the business of LFF is managed by its general secretary Jānis Mežeckis who works in LFF from 1993.

Chairmen of the Federation

• Vladimirs Ļeskovs (1990–1995)
• Modris Supe (1995–1996)
• Guntis Indriksons (1996–present)

References

External links

• Official website (Latvian)
• Latvia at FIFA site
• Latvia at UEFA site

Football in Latvia
Latvian Football Federation (LFF)
National Teams	Men U-21 U-19 U-17 Women
League System	men Virslīga 1. līga 2. līga women Latvian Women's League
Domestic cups	Latvian Cup Latvian Supercup Virsligas Winter Cup
List of clubs List of venues

Futsal in Latvia
Futsal LFF
League competitions	Premier League
National teams	Latvia national futsal team
List of clubs Venues (Listed by capacity) Competitions Trophys and Awards Records

International association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or Timeline of association football
Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)
Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)
Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17
North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15
Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17
South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15
Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games
Games	African Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games
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