2023 Latvian Football Cup

The 2023 Latvian Football Cup, known as the Responsible Gaming Latvian Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 29th edition of Latvia's national football cup. The tournament was held in single elimination matches. The winners qualified for the 2024–25 Conference League second qualifying round.

2023 Latvian Football Cup

Tournament details
Country	Latvia
Teams	54
Defending champions	Auda
Final positions
Champions	Riga
Runner-up	RFS

Riga won the cup on 25 October 2023 with a 5–3 penalty shootout win over RFS after a 1–1 draw, their second Latvian Football Cup win. Since they qualified for the Conference League based on league position, the Conference League spot for winning the cup was passed to the second-placed team in the 2023 Latvian Higher League.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
12 May 2023
Kadaga/Osta	2–1	Namejs
13 May 2023
RTU	0–3	JFC Jelgava
Dobele Allegro	1–0	Ludza
Sigulda	2–3	Sports United/Cēsis
14 May 2023
Lielupe	w/o	Varakļāni

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
26 May 2023
Iecava	0–2	Rīgas Futbola Skola
Ķekava-Auda	5–1	Alberts
DVSK Traktors	0–1	Upesciema Warriors
27 May 2023
Madona/BJSS	0–1	Lielupe
Pļaviņas DM	0–3	Limbaži
Augšdaugava	1–2	PPK/Betsafe
Ogre United	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	Academy/LSPA
JFC Jelgava	3–4	JFK Daugava
Sports United/Cēsis	4–1	Staiceles Bebri
Aliance	4–0	Kadaga/Osta
Salaspils	1–3	Jekabpils
28 May 2023
FK Union	4–1	Dobele Allegro
Valka	0–7	Marupe
29 May 2023
Riga United	3–2 (a.e.t.)	RSU

Second round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
9 June 2023
Upesciema Warriors	0–2 (a.e.t.)	FK Smiltene
Sports United/Cēsis	0–7	Grobiņa
10 June 2023
FK Union	0–10	JDFS Alberts
Rēzekne	4–1	JFK Daugava
Aliance	0–2	Dinamo Riga
AFA Olaine	4–0	JFK Ventspils
Mārupe	2–0	Skanste
11 June 2023
Ogre United	4–0	Riga United
PPK/Betsafe	1–0	Saldus SS/Leevon
Jēkabpils SC	w/o	Limbaži
Ķekava-Auda	2–4	Rīgas Futbola Skola
12 June 2023
Beitar	5–3	Lielupe

Play-off round

The twelve second round winners entered a play-off round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
21 June 2023
JDFS Alberts	8–0	Rēzekne
22 June 2023
Grobiņa	2–3	AFA Olaine
Rīgas Futbola Skola	1–2	PPK/Betsafe
Dinamo Riga	0–11	Marupe
FK Smiltene	1–3	Beitar
23 June 2023
Jēkabpils SC	3–1	Ogre United

Round of 16

The six play-off round winners and ten teams in Tier 1 entered the Round of 16.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
15 July 2023
Jēkabpils SC	0–6	JDFS Alberts
Marupe	0–1	Beitar
Valmiera	2–0	Super Nova
AFA Olaine	1–3	Tukums 2000
16 July 2023
PPK/Betsafe	0–5	Riga
Daugavpils	1–4 (a.e.t.)	Auda
Jelgava	0–3	RFS
Metta	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Liepāja

Quarter-finals

The eight Round of 16 winners entered the quarter-finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
20 August 2023
Liepāja	7–0	Beitar
RFS	4–1	JDFS Alberts
21 August 2023
Valmiera	0–1	Tukums 2000
Auda	0–4	Riga

Semi-finals

The four quarter-final winners entered the semi-finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
20 September 2023
Tukums 2000	1–3	RFS
Riga	2–1	Liepāja

Final

25 October 2023

17:00

Riga	1–1 (a.e.t.)	RFS
Aurélio 43'		Ikaunieks 90+4' (pen.)
Penalties
Ngom Muzinga Dašķevičs Bosančić Contreras	5–3	Ikaunieks Zjuzins Mareš Lemajić

Skonto Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 6,747

Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs

See also

• 2023 Latvian Higher League

External links

• LFF.lv
• uefa.com