# List of Latvian football transfers winter 2012–13

This is a list of Latvian football transfers in the 2012–13 winter transfer window by club. Only transfers of the Virsliga are included.
    All transfers mentioned are shown in the references at the bottom of the page. If you wish to insert a transfer that isn't mentioned there, please add a reference.

## Latvian Higher League
### Daugava Daugavpils

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | LVA | Igors Labuts (from Gulbene) |
| 2 | MF | JPN | Koichiro Iizuka (unattached) |
| 3 | DF | LVA | Igors Savčenkovs (from Skonto) |
| 4 | DF | NGA | Joseph Enakarhire (from La Fiorita) |
| 5 | MF | LVA | Armands Pētersons (from Skonto) |
| 13 | DF | NGA | Daniel Ola (from Jūrmala, previously on loan) |
| 14 | FW | NGA | Ibrahim Babatunde (unattached) |
| 17 | DF | LVA | Kirils Ševeļovs (from Skonto) |
| 19 | MF | MDA | Sergiu Japalau (from Thrasyvoulos Fylis) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | LVA | Jans Radevičs (on loan to Ilūkste) |
| 4 | DF | GEO | Bidzina Tsintsadze (to Torpedo Kutaisi) |
| 5 | MF | MDA | Andrei Tcaciuc (loan return to Sfîntul Gheorghe) |
| 14 | MF | LVA | Maksims Rafaļskis (to Íþróttabandalag Akraness) |
| 16 | FW | LVA | Ēriks Kokins (on loan to Ilūkste) |
| 19 | DF | LVA | Dmitrijs Halvitovs (to Spartaks) |
| 23 | DF | CRO | Matija Mihalj (to Segesta Sisak) |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Polovinchuk (released) |
| 33 | FW | GEO | Mamuka Ghonghadze (on loan to Ilūkste) |
| 66 | DF | RUS | Georgi Ulyanov (released) |
| 88 | GK | LVA | Kaspars Ikstens (to Víkingur Ólafsvík) |
| — | FW | RUS | Dmitri Kozlov (to Ilūkste, previously on loan) |
| — | GK | LVA | Igors Serkovs (released) |
| — | MF | LVA | Ričards Raščevskis (to BFC Daugava) |

### Skonto

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | LTU | Paulius Grybauskas (from Shakhtyor Soligorsk) |
| 3 | DF | GEO | Lasha Dvali (from Dinamo Tbilisi) |
| 4 | MF | GEO | Lado Datunashvili (from Zooveti) |
| 7 | DF | LVA | Vladislavs Gabovs (from METTA/LU) |
| 11 | FW | LVA | Artūrs Karašausks (loan return from Gulbene) |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Shotaro Okada (from Olimpia Bălţi) |
| 16 | GK | LVA | Dmitrijs Grigorjevs (from Jelgava) |
| 17 | FW | LVA | Artjoms Osipovs (from Jūrmala) |
| 21 | FW | LVA | Vladislavs Glutkovskis (from Skonto-2) |
| 22 | MF | LVA | Nikolajs Zaicevs (loan return from Narva Trans) |
| — | DF | LVA | Ņikita Berenfelds (from Skonto-2) |
| — | DF | LVA | Dāvis Sandis Strods (from Skonto-2) |
| — | DF | RUS | Sergei Gushchin (from DYuSSh Smena-Zenit) |
| — | DF | RUS | Vladislav Ovsyannikov (from Akademiya Tolyatti) |
| — | DF | GHA | Ofosu Appiah (from Jomo Cosmos) |
| — | MF | LVA | Ingars Stuglis (from Skonto-2) |
| — | MF | RUS | Viktor Lipin (from Lokomotiv-2 Moscow) |
| — | FW | GEO | Levan Chachiashvili (from Pakhtakor Tashkent) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | LVA | Germans Māliņš (to BATE Borisov) |
| 3 | DF | LVA | Igors Savčenkovs (to Daugava Daugavpils) |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Serhiy Shmatovalenko (released) |
| 8 | DF | MKD | Bojan Gjorgievski (loan return to BATE Borisov) |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Minori Sato (to Dinamo Brest) |
| 11 | MF | LVA | Armands Pētersons (to Daugava Daugavpils) |
| 13 | DF | RUS | Roman Amirkhanov (released) |
| 17 | DF | LVA | Vitālijs Maksimenko (to Brighton & Hove Albion) |
| 18 | DF | LVA | Kirils Ševeļovs (to Daugava Daugavpils) |
| 19 | FW | LTU | Tadas Labukas (to Torpedo Moscow) |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Kukanos (to Khimki) |
| 24 | DF | RUS | Adil Ibragimov (loan return to Fakel Voronezh) |
| — | DF | LVA | Toms Rajeckis (to Rīgas Futbola skola) |
| — | MF | LVA | Artjoms Lonščakovs (to Spartaks, previously on loan at METTA/LU) |

### Ventspils

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | MF | GEO | Tornike Tarkhnishvili (from Sioni Bolnisi) |
| 27 | DF | LTU | Robertas Freidgeimas (from Sūduva Marijampolė) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | RUS | Igor Gilmanov (released) |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Yōsuke Saito (to Ufa) |
| 23 | DF | LVA | Vladimirs Bespalovs (released) |
| 24 | MF | NGA | Christian John Agoh (released) |
| 34 | DF | LVA | Raivis Hščanovičs (to Daugava Rīga) |
| 57 | DF | RUS | Mikhail Badyautdinov (released) |
| — | MF | LVA | Romāns Bespalovs (to Jelgava, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | LVA | Igors Barinovs (to Jūrmala, previously on loan at Jelgava) |
| — | FW | LVA | Kaspars Svārups (on loan to Ilūkste, previously on loan at Rubin Kazan) |
| — | FW | LVA | Pāvels Hohlovs (released) |

### Liepājas Metalurgs

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | LVA | Madis Miķelsons (from Liepājas Metalurgs-2) |
| 5 | DF | LVA | Agris Otaņķis (from Liepājas Metalurgs-2) |
| 7 | MF | LVA | Jānis Ikaunieks (from Liepājas Metalurgs-2) |
| 10 | MF | LVA | Mareks Zuntners (from METTA/LU) |
| 13 | MF | LVA | Bogdans Petruks (from Liepājas Metalurgs-2) |
| 14 | DF | LVA | Endijs Šlampe (from Liepājas Metalurgs-2) |
| 15 | MF | LVA | Andrejs Kiriļins (from Liepājas Metalurgs-2) |
| 25 | DF | LVA | Ingus Šlampe (from Jūrmala) |
| 28 | DF | LVA | Antons Jemeļins (from Spartaks) |
| 30 | GK | LVA | Edgars Potapenko (from Liepājas Metalurgs-2) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | LVA | Artjoms Kuzņecovs (to Jūrmala) |
| 6 | DF | LVA | Juris Kučma (to Varavīksne) |
| 7 | FW | LVA | Vladimirs Kamešs (to Amkar Perm) |
| 9 | MF | LTU | Tomas Tamošauskas (to Daugava Rīga) |
| 10 | MF | LTU | Rytis Leliūga (to Žalgiris Vilnius) |
| 13 | DF | LVA | Pāvels Surņins (retired) |
| 15 | FW | LVA | Ģirts Karlsons (to Pro Duta) |
| 18 | DF | LVA | Pāvels Mihadjuks (to Daugava Rīga) |
| 25 | FW | LTU | Lukas Kochanauskas (to Kruoja Pakruojis) |
| 26 | DF | LTU | Mindaugas Bagužis (to Sillamäe Kalev) |

### Spartaks

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | LVA | Jevgēņijs Sazonovs (from Jelgava) |
| 3 | DF | LVA | Nikolajs Kulmanakovs (unattached) |
| 5 | DF | LVA | Dmitrijs Daņilovs (from Jelgava) |
| 8 | MF | LVA | Jevgēņijs Kazačoks (from Liepājas Metalurgs-2) |
| 9 | FW | COL | Kevin Mena (from Boyacá Chicó) |
| 10 | MF | LVA | Artjoms Lonščakovs (from Skonto) |
| 11 | MF | LVA | Aleksandrs Kļimovs (from Jelgava) |
| 12 | DF | LVA | Dāvids Bagdasarjans (from Skonto-2) |
| 13 | MF | LVA | Jevgēņijs Kosmačovs (from Shakhtyor Soligorsk) |
| 14 | FW | UKR | Andriy Antsybor (from ?) |
| 15 | MF | COL | Daniel García (unattached) |
| 20 | DF | LVA | Dmitrijs Halvitovs (from Daugava Daugavpils) |
| 27 | MF | LVA | Rihards Ivanovs (from Varavīksne) |
| 34 | MF | LVA | Aleksandrs Solovjovs (from Jūrmala) |
| — | MF | COL | Luis Angulo (from ?) |
| — | FW | LVA | Artūrs Krasnočubs (from Spartaks-2) |
| — | FW | LVA | Pāvels Pilāts (from Spartaks-2) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | COL | Francisco Serna (to Tucanes de Amazonas) |
| 4 | MF | LVA | Daniils Ulimbaševs (to Ilūkste) |
| 5 | MF | COL | José Mesa (released) |
| 6 | MF | LVA | Jevgēņijs Golovins (to Jūrmala) |
| 9 | FW | LVA | Romāns Rjabinskis (released) |
| 10 | FW | COL | David Cortés (to Salyut Belgorod) |
| 11 | FW | LVA | Staņislavs Kolomijcevs (released) |
| 13 | DF | COL | Diego Agudelo (released) |
| 14 | MF | GHA | Joseph Gyawu (released) |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Alexsandro Araujo (to Atlético Monte Azul) |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Vafoubge Dosso (released) |
| 26 | FW | SEN | Moustapha Dabo (to Gabala) |
| 27 | GK | LVA | Jānis Skābardis (to Auda) |
| 28 | DF | LVA | Antons Jemeļins (to Liepājas Metalurgs) |
| 29 | MF | LVA | Romāns Geiko (to Jūrmala-2) |
| 30 | GK | RUS | Aleksandr Nevokshonov (released) |
| 37 | GK | LVA | Aleksandrs Vlasovs (to Jelgava) |
| 51 | FW | BRA | Geraldo Batista (to Brasil de Farroupilha) |
| — | MF | COL | Carlos Rúa (to Spartak Nalchik, previously on loan at Salyut Belgorod) |
| — | FW | COL | Jairo Mosquera (to Salyut Belgorod, previously on loan) |

### Jūrmala

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Yuri Kulikov (from Volga Tver) |
| 4 | DF | LVA | Artjoms Kuzņecovs (from Liepājas Metalurgs) |
| 5 | MF | JPN | Keisuke Ogawa (from Pattaya United) |
| 6 | MF | RUS | Konstantin Belov (from Petrotrest Saint Petersburg) |
| 7 | MF | LVA | Sergejs Mišins (from Gulbene) |
| 8 | FW | JPN | Takaya Kawanabe (from Tanjong Pagar United) |
| 10 | FW | JPN | Hideaki Takeda (from Gulbene) |
| 11 | DF | LVA | Ivans Gluško (from Gulbene) |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Sergei Chasovsky (from Dynamo Kostroma) |
| 17 | MF | LVA | Jevgēņijs Golovins (from Spartaks) |
| 20 | FW | LVA | Oļegs Malašenoks (from Jelgava) |
| 23 | DF | LVA | Anatolijs Maksimenko (from Gulbene) |
| 24 | MF | LVA | Kirils Grigorovs (from Gulbene) |
| 25 | DF | LVA | Romāns Gladiļins (from Sillamäe Kalev) |
| 26 | DF | RUS | Kirill Mikaelyan (from Kolomna) |
| 27 | FW | LVA | Artjoms Loginovs (from METTA/LU) |
| 77 | GK | LVA | Alberts Nikoļskis (from Gulbene) |
| — | MF | LVA | Igors Barinovs (from Ventspils) |
| — | MF | LVA | Vlads Rimkus (from Tukums 2000) |
| — | FW | LVA | Arevšats Hačatrjans (from Gulbene) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | LVA | Ingus Šlampe (to Liepājas Metalurgs) |
| 7 | FW | LVA | Artjoms Osipovs (to Skonto) |
| 8 | MF | LVA | Vadims Žuļevs (to Jelgava) |
| 9 | FW | LVA | Dmitrijs Paplavskis (to Jelgava) |
| 10 | FW | LVA | Ivans Sputajs (to Ilūkste) |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Vyacheslav Seletskiy (released) |
| 12 | DF | LVA | Deniss Kačanovs (to Daugava Rīga) |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Ulvi Gaibov (released) |
| 17 | FW | LVA | Maksims Daņilovs (to Jelgava) |
| 20 | MF | LVA | Vitālijs Rečickis (to Daugava Rīga) |
| 21 | DF | LVA | Edijs Joksts (loan return to Tukums 2000) |
| 23 | DF | LVA | Staņislavs Pihockis (to Gulbene) |
| 28 | FW | RUS | Mikhail Mysin (released) |
| 69 | MF | LVA | Aleksandrs Solovjovs (to Spartaks) |
| — | DF | NGA | Daniel Ola (to Daugava Daugavpils, previously on loan) |

### Jelgava

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | LVA | Aleksandrs Vlasovs (from Spartaks) |
| 5 | DF | LVA | Dmitrijs Šiļuks (from Daugava Rīga) |
| 9 | MF | LVA | Vadims Žuļevs (from Jūrmala) |
| 10 | MF | LVA | Romāns Bespalovs (from Ventspils, previously on loan) |
| 11 | MF | LVA | Dmitrijs Medeckis (from Narva Trans) |
| 16 | GK | LVA | Kaspars Ribaks (from Valmiera) |
| 18 | FW | LVA | Maksims Kamkins (from METTA/LU) |
| 20 | FW | LVA | Dmitrijs Paplavskis (from Jūrmala) |
| 21 | MF | LVA | Daniels Vasiļjevs (from Tukums 2000) |
| 29 | FW | LVA | Maksims Daņilovs (from Jūrmala) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | LVA | Jevgēņijs Sazonovs (to Spartaks) |
| 3 | DF | LVA | Jurijs Ksenzovs (to Jelgava-2) |
| 5 | DF | LVA | Dmitrijs Daņilovs (to Spartaks) |
| 9 | FW | LVA | Aleksejs Bespalovs (to Gulbene) |
| 10 | FW | LVA | Pāvels Hohlovs (loan return to Ventspils) |
| 15 | MF | LVA | Nils Sitenkovs (to Varavīksne) |
| 16 | GK | LVA | Dmitrijs Grigorjevs (to Skonto) |
| 18 | MF | LVA | Aleksandrs Kļimovs (to Spartaks) |
| 20 | DF | LVA | Artūrs Kļimovičs (released) |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Soumaïla Keita (to Dainava Alytus) |
| 22 | MF | LVA | Igors Barinovs (loan return to Ventspils) |
| 23 | FW | LVA | Kārlis Kinderēvičs (released) |
| 27 | FW | NGA | Okechukwu Junior (released) |
| 30 | DF | LVA | Vadims Gaiļus (released) |
| 33 | FW | LVA | Oļegs Malašenoks (to Jūrmala) |
| 34 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Ilin (released) |
| 35 | MF | LTU | Darius Jankauskas (to Šiauliai) |
| 99 | FW | LTU | Deividas Lukošius (released) |

### METTA/LU

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | LVA | Artis Ojārs Ostrovskis (from METTA-2) |
| 4 | DF | LVA | Kārlis Putāns (from Fairleigh Dickinson Knights) |
| 5 | MF | LVA | Vladislavs Pavļučenko (from Daugava Rīga) |
| 8 | FW | LVA | Artūrs Švalbe (from METTA-2) |
| 10 | FW | LVA | Artūrs Blūms (from Skonto-2) |
| 27 | MF | LVA | Artašess Daniljans (from METTA-2) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | LVA | Artjoms Zotovs (released) |
| 8 | FW | LVA | Artjoms Loginovs (to Jūrmala) |
| 13 | DF | LVA | Vladislavs Gabovs (to Skonto) |
| 18 | MF | LVA | Artjoms Lonščakovs (loan return to Skonto) |
| 18 | FW | LVA | Maksims Kamkins (to Jelgava, previously on loan at Rīgas Futbola skola) |
| 25 | MF | LVA | Mareks Zuntners (to Liepājas Metalurgs) |
| 28 | DF | LVA | Mārtiņš Ozols (to METTA-2) |
| 66 | DF | LVA | Jānis Kauss (to METTA-2) |
| 79 | GK | LVA | Gvido Ķikāns (released) |

### Daugava Rīga

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | LTU | Linas Klimavičius (from Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk) |
| 3 | DF | LVA | Raivis Hščanovičs (from Ventspils) |
| 6 | DF | LTU | Valdemaras Borovskis (from Sūduva Marijampolė) |
| 7 | MF | LTU | Mantas Savėnas (from Sunkar) |
| 8 | DF | LVA | Deniss Kačanovs (from Jūrmala) |
| 9 | MF | LTU | Tomas Tamošauskas (from Liepājas Metalurgs) |
| 10 | MF | LTU | Ernestas Veliulis (from Kruoja Pakruojis) |
| 17 | MF | LVA | Nikolajs Kozačuks (unattached) |
| 18 | DF | LVA | Pāvels Mihadjuks (from Liepājas Metalurgs) |
| 20 | MF | LVA | Vitālijs Rečickis (from Jūrmala) |
| 23 | FW | LVA | Kristaps Grebis (from Viktoria 1889) |
| 69 | FW | CRO | Tedi Surać (from Metalac Osijek) |
| 88 | MF | LTU | Dominykas Galkevičius (from Belshina Bobruisk) |
| 92 | FW | LVA | Valērijs Čistjakovs (from Kruoja Pakruojis) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | LVA | Dmitrijs Šiļuks (to Jelgava) |
| 5 | DF | LVA | Deniss Sokoļskis (to Ilūkste) |
| 8 | MF | LVA | Vadims Gospodars (to Neman Grodno) |
| 10 | MF | LVA | Aleksandrs Gramovičs (released) |
| 12 | MF | LTU | Deividas Kapustas (released) |
| 14 | MF | LVA | Artjoms Uļjanovs (to Gulbene) |
| 17 | MF | UKR | Stepan Glubokiy (released) |
| 19 | FW | UKR | Andriy Zadoyko (released) |
| 20 | DF | LVA | Reinis Broders (to Rīgas Futbola skola) |
| 21 | DF | LVA | Artis Novickis (to Tukums 2000) |
| 24 | DF | RUS | Kirill Korban (released) |
| 26 | MF | LVA | Vladislavs Pavļučenko (to METTA/LU) |
| 27 | DF | LVA | Otto Rihters (to Rēzeknes BJSS) |

### Ilūkste

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | LVA | Georgijs Čižovs (from BFC Daugava) |
| — | GK | RUS | Gleb Sochavo (from Tom Tomsk-2) |
| — | GK | LVA | Edgars Vaņins (from Vikingi) |
| — | DF | LVA | Deniss Sokoļskis (from Daugava Rīga) |
| — | DF | LVA | Edijs Ivaško (from Gulbene) |
| — | DF | LVA | Aleksandrs Abramenko (from Narva Trans) |
| — | DF | LVA | Aleksandrs Ivanovs (from Gulbene) |
| — | DF | RUS | Andrey Bezhonov (from Khimik Koryazhma) |
| — | MF | LVA | Aleksejs Kuplovs-Oginskis (from Narva Trans) |
| — | MF | LVA | Daniils Ulimbaševs (from Spartaks) |
| — | MF | JPN | Yoki Kumada (from Pogoń II Szczecin) |
| — | MF | LVA | Jans Radevičs (on loan from Daugava Daugavpils) |
| — | FW | RUS | Dmitri Kozlov (from Daugava Daugavpils, previously on loan) |
| — | FW | LVA | Ivans Sputajs (from Jūrmala) |
| — | FW | ISR | Alexander Davydov (from ?) |
| — | FW | LVA | Kaspars Svārups (on loan from Ventspils) |
| — | FW | LVA | Ēriks Kokins (on loan from Daugava Daugavpils) |
| — | FW | GEO | Mamuka Ghonghadze (on loan from Daugava Daugavpils) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | LVA | Igors Serkovs (loan return to Daugava Daugavpils) |
| 2 | DF | LVA | Andrejs Žuromskis (released) |
| 6 | DF | LVA | Vladimirs Žavoronkovs (retired) |
| 13 | DF | LVA | Sergejs Iļjahovs (to Rēzeknes BJSS) |
| 14 | DF | LVA | Vjačeslavs Vansovičs (to Rēzeknes BJSS) |
| 15 | MF | LVA | Pāvels Koļcovs (to BFC Daugava) |
| 18 | FW | BLR | Pavel Ryzhevski (to BFC Daugava) |
| 44 | MF | LVA | Ričards Raščevskis (loan return to Daugava Daugavpils) |