Latvian Football Team [6]

Football kit of the national team of Latvia The football uniform of the national team of Latvia is made by specialists of the German concern Adidas, which produces sportswear and footwear for many years. Today the company Adidas is a sponsoring company for many national football teams from different countries, including Latvia. Football equipment of athletes from Latvia has a deep shade of dark red color with elements of white. The choice of this color scheme is obvious, since the state flag of Latvia consists of two dark red, transversely arranged bands with a white line between them. The front part of the T-shirt is painted in one color, the line of the gate does not have a fringing. Contrasting white stripes, which are a recognizable feature of the sponsoring company, descend on the shoulders on the sleeves of a shirt without cuffs. On the left, the emblem of "red-white-red" is put on the chest, as the Latvian football players are called. The emblem depicts a green shield under which oak branches are placed, and a black and white soccer ball against the background of the Latvian national flag. On the right side of the chest is the company logo of Adidas company of white color, depicting three inclined bands of different length forming a triangle. The basic complete set of the form of football players from Latvia, monophonic dark red shorts having an emblem of a national team on the right leg and a logo of the sponsor on the left is supplemented. Sport orange claret-colored leggings have transverse white three stripes along the top edge, as well as a sponsor logo placed centrally below. As of February 15, 2018, the national team ranked 132nd in the rating of the International Football Federation. It is noteworthy that in the history of its existence the Latvian national team, both before joining the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and after leaving it, has never participated in the World Cup.