Latvian U-21 team forward Edgars Gauračs in action
(Foto: A.F.I. press foto)

Latvian U-21 Youth national team candidates came together for a first training camp in 2009. Genādijs Šitiks side will have two practises on Monday and Tuesday, meanwhile on Wednesday (February 11th) Latvian U-21 team will play friendly match against Lithuanian club "Šiauliai" in Olympic Sports centre hall in Riga.

Looking forward for the upcoming 2011 UEFA European Championship qualifying matches this year, Latvian U-21 team will play two friendlies: at home against Poland (on March 27) and against Finland side in Helsinki (on April 1). More information about these matches to come...

	Latvian U-21 squad for a training camp (February 8-11, Riga)
	Goalkeepers:
	Kaspars Ikstens	JFK Olimps
	Jevgēņijs Sazonovs	FC Daugava
	Defenders:
	Vadims Gaiļus	Skonto FC
	Jevgēņijs Kazura	JFK Olimps
	Deniss Petrenko	JFK Olimps
	Toms Mežs	SK Liepājas Metalurgs
	Aleksandrs Gubins	FK Jūrmala
	Alberts Bārbalis	FK Jūrmala
	Midfielders:
	Jevgēņijs Kosmačovs	FK Ventspils
	Aleksandrs Solovjovs	FK Ventspils
	Vadims Žuļevs	FC Daugava
	Igors Tarasovs	JFK Olimps
	Andrejs Kostjuks	JFK Olimps
	Ivans Sputajs	JFK Olimps
	Aleksandrs Zeņkovs	without a club at the moment
	Forwards:
	Edgars Gauračs	Rodengo Saiano (Italy)
	Ritvars Rugins	FK Ventspils
	Raivo Kalniņš	SK Liepājas Metalurgs

Latvian U-21 team will meet Russia, Romania, Moldova, Faroe Islands and Andorra in qualifying for the 2011 UEFA European Championship in Denmark after these sides were drawn together in Group 4 at Wednesday's draw in Aarhus.

Competition structure
With Denmark automatically qualifying for the finals in June 2011 as hosts, the remaining 52 teams were drawn into ten groups, eight with five teams and two with six, with the nations allocated to five draw pots in accordance with their coefficient ranking. Group stage matches will be played according to a standard, home-and-away, league system, kicking off on 28/29 March 2009 and concluding with the final matches in all ten groups on 7 September 2010.

Play-offs
The ten group winners and the four best runners-up at the end of the group stage will move on to the play-off for the final tournament, with the winners of those seven two-legged ties joining hosts Denmark in the final tournament.

	Qualifying for 2011 UEFA European Championship Match calendar for Latvian U-21 Youth team
	Date	Match
	07.06.2009.	LATVIA - ANDORRA
	12.08.2009.	MOLDOVA - LATVIA
	05.09.2009.	LATVIA - RUSSIA
	09.09.2009.	FAROE ISLANDS - LATVIA
	10.10.2009.	LATVIA - ROMANIA
	14.11.2009.	ROMANIA - LATVIA
	18.11.2009.	LATVIA - FAROUE ISLANDS
	11.08.2010.	RUSSIA - LATVIA
	04.09.2010.	ANDORRA - LATVIA
	07.09.2010.	LATVIA - MOLDOVA

 Find out more about Latvian U-21 team here:
http://www.lff.lv/lv/u21izlase/

Viktors Sopirins
LFF Press departmant
viktor.sopirin@gmail.com