Vitalijs Astafjevs - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Latvian player, who obtained 167 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Caps	Date	Venue   	Opponent       Score	Competition
  1  26- 8-92	Riga    	Denmark 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
  2   9- 9-92	Dublin   	Ireland 	0-4	World Cup Qualifier
  3  23- 9-92	Riga    	Spain   	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
  4  28-10-92	Vilnius 	Lithuania	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
  5  11-11-92	Tiranë  	Albania 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
  6  18-11-92	Ilawa   	Poland  	0-1	
  7  16-12-92	Sevilla 	Spain   	0-5	World Cup Qualifier
  8  20- 2-93	Vantas  	Lithuania	1-2	
  9  21- 2-93	Vantas  	Estonia 	2-0	
 10  15- 4-93	København	Denmark 	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 11  15- 5-93	Riga    	Albania 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 12   2- 6-93	Riga    	N. Ireland	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 13   9- 6-93	Riga    	Ireland 	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 14   2- 7-93	Pärnu   	Estonia 	2-0	Baltic Cup
 15   3- 7-93	Pärnu   	Lithuania	0-0	Baltic Cup
 16   3- 6-94	Riga    	Malta   	2-0	
 17  26- 6-94	Riga    	Georgia 	1-3	
 18  30- 7-94	Vilnius 	Estonia 	2-0	Baltic Cup
 19  31- 7-94	Vilnius 	Lithuania	0-1	Baltic Cup
 20   7- 9-94	Riga     	Ireland 	0-3	European Ch. Qual.
 21   9-10-94	Riga      	Portugal	1-3	European Ch. Qual.
 22   6-11-94	Ozolnieki	Estonia 	0-0	
 23  15-11-94	Eschen   	Liechtenstein	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
 24  29- 3-95	Salzburg	Austria 	0-5	European Ch. Qual.
 25  26- 4-95	Riga      	N. Ireland	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
 26  19- 5-95	Riga       	Estonia 	2-0	Baltic Cup
 27  21- 5-95	Riga      	Lithuania	2-0	Baltic Cup
 28   3- 6-95	Oporto  	Portugal	2-3	European Ch. Qual.
 29   7- 6-95	Belfast 	N. Ireland	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
 30  16- 8-95	Riga    	Austria 	3-2	European Ch. Qual.
 31   6- 9-95	Riga    	Liechtenstein	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
 32  11-10-95	Dublin   	Ireland 	1-2	European Ch. Qual.
 33  12- 3-96	Larnaka 	Cyprus   	0-1	
 34   7- 7-96	Narva   	Estonia 	1-1	Baltic Cup
 35  14- 8-96	Riga    	Finland 	0-0	
 36   5-10-96	Riga    	Scotland	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 37   9-10-96	Minsk   	Belarus 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 38   9-11-96	Wien    	Austria 	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 39   2- 4-97	Luzern  	Switzerland	0-1	
 40  30- 4-97	Riga    	Belarus 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 41  18- 5-97	Tallinn 	Estonia 	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
 42   8- 6-97	Riga    	Austria 	1-3	World Cup Qualifier
 43  25- 6-97	Riga    	Andorra 	4-1	
 44  10- 7-97	Vilnius 	Estonia 	2-1	Baltic Cup
 45  11- 7-97	Vilnius 	Lithuania	0-1	Baltic Cup
 46   6- 9-97	Riga      	Estonia 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 47  10- 9-97	Stockholm	Sweden  	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 48   6- 2-98	La Valletta	Georgia 	1-2	Rothmans Tourn.
 49   8- 2-98	La Valletta	Malta   	1-2	Rothmans Tourn.
 50  10- 2-98	La Valletta	Albania 	2-2	Rothmans Tourn.
 51  21- 4-98	Liepaja 	Lithuania	1-2	
 52  17- 5-98	Riga    	Israel  	1-5	
 53  25- 6-98	Valga   	Estonia 	2-0	
 54  10-10-98	Riga    	Georgia 	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
 55  14-10-98	Maribor 	Slovenia	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
 56  10-11-98	Tunis    	Tunisia 	0-3	
 57  24- 2-99	Jerusalem	Israel  	0-2	
 58  31- 3-99	Riga    	Greece  	0-0	European Ch. Qual.
 59   5- 6-99	Riga    	Slovenia	1-2	European Ch. Qual.
 60   9- 6-99	Athinai 	Greece  	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
 61  26- 6-99	Curitiba	Brazil  	0-3	
 62   4- 9-99	Tiranë  	Albania 	3-3	European Ch. Qual.
 63   9-10-99	Riga    	Norway  	1-2	European Ch. Qual.
 64   2- 2-00	Paphos   	Romania 	0-2	International Tourn.
 65  26- 4-00	Kaunas   	Lithuania	1-2	
 66   3- 6-00	Riga    	Finland 	1-0	Baltic Cup
 67  16- 8-00	Riga    	Belarus 	0-1	
 68   2- 9-00	Riga    	Scotland	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 69   7-10-00	Riga    	Belgium 	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 70  15-11-00	San Marino	San Marino	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 71  28- 2-01	Vaduz   	Liechtenstein	2-0	
 72  24- 3-01	Osijek  	Croatia 	1-4	World Cup Qualifier
 73  25- 4-01	Riga    	San Marino	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 74   2- 6-01	Brussel 	Belgium 	1-3	World Cup Qualifier
 75   6- 6-01	Riga    	Croatia 	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 76   3- 7-01	Riga    	Estonia 	3-1	Baltic Cup
 77   5- 7-01	Riga    	Lithuania	4-1	Baltic Cup
 78  15- 8-01	Riga    	Ukraine 	0-1	
 79   6-10-01	Glasgow 	Scotland	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 80  14-11-01	Riga    	Russia  	1-3	
 81  27- 3-02   Hesperange      Luxembourg      3-0
 82  17- 4-02   Ventspils       Kazakhstan      2-1
 83  22- 5-02   Helsinki        Finland         1-2
 84   6- 7-02   Riga            Azerbaijan      0-0
 85  21- 8-02   Riga            Belarus         2-4
 86   7- 9-02   Riga            Sweden          0-0	European Ch. Qual.
 87  12-10-02   Warszawa        Poland          1-0     European Ch. Qual.
 88  20-11-02   Serravalle      San Marino      1-0     European Ch. Qual.
 89  12- 2-03   Antalya         Lithuania       2-1
 90   2- 4-03   Kyiv            Ukraine         0-1
 91   7- 6-03   Budapest        Hungary         1-3     European Ch. Qual.
 92   4- 7-03   Valga           Lithuania       2-1     Baltic Cup
 93   5- 7-03   Tallinn         Estonia         0-0     Baltic Cup
 94  20- 8-03   Riga            Uzbekistan      0-3
 95  10- 9-03   Riga            Hungary         3-1     European Ch. Qual.
 96  11-10-03   Stockholm       Sweden          1-0     European Ch. Qual.
 97  15-11-03   Riga            Turkey          1-0     European Ch. Qual.
 98  19-11-03   Istanbul        Turkey          2-2     European Ch. Qual.
 99  18- 2-04   Larnaka         Kazakhstan      3-1     International Tourn.
100  31- 3-04   Celje           Slovenia        1-0
101  28- 4-04   Riga            Iceland         0-0
102   6- 6-04   Riga            Azerbaijan      2-2
103  15- 6-04   Aveiro          Czech Republic  1-2     European Championship
104  19- 6-04   Oporto          Germany         0-0     European Championship
105  23- 6-04   Braga           Netherlands     0-3     European Championship
106   4- 9-04   Riga            Portugal        0-2     World Cup Qualifier
107   8- 9-04   Luxembourg      Luxembourg      4-3     World Cup Qualifier
108   9-10-04   Bratislava      Slovakia        1-4     World Cup Qualifier
109  13-10-04   Riga            Estonia         2-2     World Cup Qualifier
110  17-11-04   Vaduz           Liechtenstein   3-1     World Cup Qualifier
111   8- 2-05   Lefkosia        Finland         1-2     International Tourn.
112  30- 3-05   Riga            Luxembourg      4-0     World Cup Qualifier
113   4- 6-05   Sankt Peterburg Russia          0-2     World Cup Qualifier
114   8- 6-05   Riga            Liechtenstein   1-0     World Cup Qualifier
115  17- 8-05   Riga            Russia          1-1     World Cup Qualifier
116   3- 9-05   Tallinn         Estonia         1-2     World Cup Qualifier
117   7- 9-05   Riga            Slovakia        1-1     World Cup Qualifier
118   8-10-05   Riga            Japan           2-2
119  12-10-05   Oporto          Portugal        0-3     World Cup Qualifier
120  12-11-05   Minsk           Belarus         1-3
121  24-12-05   Phangnba        Thailand        1-1     Kings' Cup
122  26-12-05   Phuket          North Korea     1-1     Kings' Cup
123  28-12-05   Phuket          Oman U-23       2-1 [!] Kings' Cup
124  30-12-05   Phuket          North Korea     2-1     Kings' Cup
125  28- 5-06   East Hartford   United States   0-1
126  16- 8-06   Moskva          Russia          0-1
127   2- 9-06   Riga            Sweden          0-1     European Ch. Qual.
128   7-10-06   Riga            Iceland         4-0     European Ch. Qual.
129  11-10-06   Belfast         N. Ireland      0-1     European Ch. Qual.
130   6- 2-07   Larnaka         Bulgaria        0-2     International Tourn.
131   7- 2-07   Lemesos         Hungary         0-2     International Tourn.
132   2- 6-07   Riga            Spain           0-2     European Ch. Qual.
133   6- 6-07   Riga            Denmark         0-2     European Ch. Qual.
134  22- 8-07   Riga            Moldova         1-2
135   8- 9-07   Riga            N. Ireland      1-0     European Ch. Qual.
136  12- 9-07   Oviedo          Spain           0-2     European Ch. Qual.
137  13-10-07   Reykjavík       Iceland         4-2     European Ch. Qual.
138  17-10-07   København       Denmark         1-3     European Ch. Qual.
139  17-11-07   Riga            Liechtenstein   4-1     European Ch. Qual.
140  21-11-07   Stockholm       Sweden          1-2     European Ch. Qual.
141   6- 2-08   Tbilisi         Georgia         3-1
142  26- 3-08   Andorra La V.   Andorra         3-0
143  30- 5-08   Riga            Estonia         1-0     Baltic Cup
144   1- 6-08   Riga            Lithuania       2-1     Baltic Cup
145  20- 8-08   Urziceni        Romania         0-1
146   6- 9-08   Tiraspol        Moldova         2-1     World Cup Qualifier
147  10- 9-08   Riga            Greece          0-2     World Cup Qualifier
148  11-10-08   St. Gallen      Switzerland     1-2     World Cup Qualifier
149  15-10-08   Riga            Israel          1-1     World Cup Qualifier
150  12-11-08   Tallinn         Estonia         1-1
151  11- 2-09   Lemesos         Armenia         0-0
152  28- 3-09   Luxembourg      Luxembourg      4-0     World Cup Qualifier
153   1- 4-09   Riga            Luxembourg      2-0     World Cup Qualifier
154  12- 8-09   Sofia           Bulgaria        0-1
155   5- 9-09   Tel-Aviv        Israel          1-0     World Cup Qualifier
156   9- 9-09   Riga            Switzerland     2-2     World Cup Qualifier
157  14-10-09   Riga            Moldova         3-2     World Cup Qualifier
158  14-11-09   Tegucigalpa     Honduras        1-2
159   3- 3-10   Luanda          Angola          1-1 [!]
160   5- 6-10   Milton Keynes   Ghana           0-1
161  18- 6-10   Kaunas          Lithuania       0-0     Baltic Cup
162  19- 6-10   Kaunas          Estonia         0-0     Baltic Cup
163   3- 9-10   Riga            Croatia         0-3     European Ch. Qual.
164   7- 9-10   La Valletta     Malta           2-0     European Ch. Qual.
165   8-10-10   Athinai         Greece          0-1     European Ch. Qual.
166  12-10-10   Riga            Georgia         1-1     European Ch. Qual.
167  17-11-10   Kunming         China           0-1
 
[!] these two matches are not considered official by FIFA (against Angola because too many
    substitutes were used) but they are official for the Latvian FA

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
   167	  54   35   78	181- 223     143      42.81

Types of Matches
Friendlies         	46
World Cup Qualifier	47
European Ch. Qual.	40
European Championship    3
Baltic Cup              18
Other Tournaments	11

Total caps:            165

Goals:
Cap  14	 1 goal
Cap  16	 1 goal
Cap  17	 1 goal
Cap  18	 1 goal
Cap  27	 1 goal
Cap  29	 1 goal
Cap  42	 1 goal
Cap  62	 2 goals
Cap  80	 1 goal
Cap 109  1 goal
Cap 115  1 goal
Cap 134  1 goal
Cap 141  1 goal
Cap 146  1 goal
Cap 156  1 goal

Total:  16 goals



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