Struck and dated in 2004, issued in 2005

Victories over Hungary, Poland, Sweden and Turkey, solid performance in Portugal against the Czech Republic and Germany: these are the greatest achievements in the 100 years of Latvian football. The sports union Keizarmezs was the first football champion of Latvia in 1922. In 1922, Latvia's Football Union became a member of FIFA, and by the summer of 1940 Latvia's national team had played 99 games.

During the Soviet occupation, Liepaja, Daugavpils, Jurmala and Jelgava had strong teams; but the team Daugava, which had been established by the coach Janis Skredelis in Riga, was particularly popular.

After Latvia regained its independence, the national team under the leadership of the coach Janis Gilis grew into a team whom the top class European football teams had to reckon with; but the greatest success was the qualification of Latvia's national football team, with Aleksandrs Starkovs as its head coach, for the European Championship finals in 2004.

The recent success has increased interest in football in Latvia, therefore the Bank of Latvia has issued a collector coin dedicated to 2006 FIFA World Cup as part of an international coin programme.