# List of Latvian football transfers winter 2016–17

This is a list of Latvian football transfers in the 2016–17 winter transfer window by club. Only transfers of the Virslīga 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
### Spartaks

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | LVA | Jevgēņijs Ņerugals (from BFC Daugavpils) |
| — | GK | RUS | Alexey Kozlov (from Spartak-2 Moscow) |
| — | GK | KAZ | Abylaykhan Duysen (on loan from FC Astana) |
| — | DF | LVA | Pāvels Mihadjuks (from Liepāja, previously on loan) |
| — | DF | LVA | Ņikita Bērenfelds (on loan from Liepāja) |
| — | DF | LVA | Klāvs Bāliņš (from Riga FC) |
| — | DF | CRO | Luka Šimunović (from NK Rudeš) |
| — | MF | LVA | Edgars Vardanjans (from METTA/LU) |
| — | MF | UKR | Artem Habelok (from Shakhtar Donetsk U-21) |
| — | MF | LVA | Ralfs Džeriņš (from Liepāja) |
| — | FW | UKR | Rostyslav Rusyn (from Shakhtar Donetsk U-21) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | MDA | Constantin Bogdan (to Milsami Orhei) |
| 5 | DF | LVA | Aleksandrs Gubins (to AFA Olaine) |
| 7 | MF | LVA | Daniils Ulimbaševs (to RFS) |
| 9 | MF | FIN | Moshtagh Yaghoubi (to HJK Helsinki) |
| 10 | FW | CIV | Ridwaru Adeyemo (to ASD Troina) |
| 14 | DF | BLR | Mikalay Kashewski (retired) |
| 17 | MF | LVA | Andrejs Kiriļins (to Jelgava) |
| 19 | FW | LVA | Artis Jaudzems (to Jelgava) |
| 35 | GK | LVA | Vladislavs Kurakins (to Riga FC) |
| 77 | GK | LTU | Marius Rapalis (retired) |

### Jelgava

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | LVA | Jānis Krūmiņš (from Pafos FC) |
| — | DF | CRO | Ante Bakmaz (on loan from St. Andrews F.C.) |
| — | DF | LVA | Reinis Flaksis (from RFS) |
| — | DF | LVA | Dmitrijs Klimašēvičs (on loan from BFC Daugavpils) |
| — | MF | LVA | Alans Siņeļņikovs (from Ventspils) |
| — | MF | LTU | Rytis Leliūga (from HamKam) |
| — | MF | LVA | Andrejs Kiriļins (from Spartaks) |
| — | MF | LVA | Maksims Rafaļskis (from Askania Bernburg) |
| — | MF | LVA | Edgars Jermolajevs (from Skonto FC) |
| — | MF | BRA | Rafael Ledesma (from Gzira United) |
| — | MF | MDA | Alexandru Curteian (from Kuban-2 Krasnodar) |
| — | FW | EST | Kevin Kauber (loan return from Levadia Tallinn) |
| — | FW | LTU | Evaldas Razulis (from FK Atlantas) |
| — | FW | LVA | Artis Jaudzems (from Spartaks) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | LVA | Igors Savčenkovs (to Ventspils) |
| 4 | DF | LVA | Vitālijs Smirnovs (to Riga FC) |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Ryotaro Nakano (to Chonburi FC) |
| 8 | MF | LVA | Andrejs Kovaļovs (to Riga FC) |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Kyrylo Silich (to Dainava Alytus) |
| 10 | MF | LVA | Boriss Bogdaškins (to Riga FC) |
| 11 | FW | LVA | Daniils Turkovs (to Riga FC) |
| 15 | DF | SEN | Abdoulaye Diallo (released) |
| 17 | DF | RUS | Artjoms Osipovs (to Liepāja) |
| 19 | FW | LTU | Karolis Laukžemis (loan return to Sūduva Marijampolė) |
| 24 | GK | LVA | Mārcis Melecis (on loan to Dainava Alytus) |
| 27 | FW | LVA | Verners Zalaks (released) |
| 30 | FW | LVA | Mareks Labanovskis (to FK Auda) |
| 46 | FW | LVA | Antons Dresmanis (to SK Babīte) |
| - | MF | NGA | Kennedy Eriba (released, previously on loan at FC Stumbras) |
| - | FW | NGA | Ismail Musa (released, previously on loan at FK Auda) |

### Ventspils

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | LVA | Igors Savčenkovs (from Jelgava) |
| — | MF | BLR | Artsyom Vaskow (from Neman Grodno) |
| — | MF | NGA | Tosin Aiyegun (from Real Sapphire FC) |
| — | FW | NGA | Akinyemi Adeleke Akinola (from Real Sapphire FC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | NGA | Adebayo Adigun (released) |
| 8 | MF | LVA | Alans Siņeļņikovs (to Jelgava) |
| 13 | GK | LVA | Valentīns Raļkevičs (to Liepāja) |
| 17 | FW | KOR | Hyeok Jun Lee (released) |
| 18 | MF | LVA | Vladimirs Mukins (to SK Babīte) |
| 44 | DF | RUS | Yevgeny Postnikov (loan return to FC Astana) |
| - | DF | LVA | Deniss Bezuščonoks (released, previously on loan at BFC Daugavpils) |
| - | FW | LVA | Anastasijs Mordatenko (released, previously on loan at Radnički Niš) |

### Liepāja

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | LVA | Valentīns Raļkevičs (from Ventspils) |
| — | DF | SEN | Sady Gueye (from Diambars FC) |
| — | DF | SEN | Seydina Keita (from Diambars FC) |
| — | DF | RUS | Artjoms Osipovs (from Jelgava) |
| — | DF | GEO | Vasiko Bachiashvili (from FC Tskhinvali) |
| — | MF | LVA | Raivis Jurkovskis (loan return from RFS) |
| — | MF | LVA | Andris Krušatins (loan return from RFS) |
| — | MF | GEO | Giorgi Eristavi (from Dila Gori) |
| — | MF | MTN | Abdoulaye Sileye Gaye (from FC Nouadhibou) |
| — | MF | MTN | Mohamed Yaly Dellahi (from FC Nouadhibou) |
| — | MF | MTN | Alassane Diop (from FC Nouadhibou) |
| — | FW | LVA | Artūrs Karašausks (from FC Wil) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | LVA | Krists Gulbis (on loan to Grobiņas SC) |
| 8 | DF | LVA | Ņikita Bērenfelds (on loan to Spartaks) |
| 13 | DF | LVA | Kaspars Gorkšs (to Riga FC) |
| 17 | FW | LVA | Toms Gucs (on loan to Grobiņas SC) |
| 18 | MF | LVA | Ralfs Džeriņš (to Spartaks) |
| 24 | MF | CRO | Marko Brtan (to NK Lučko) |
| 32 | GK | LVA | Gļebs Sopots (on loan to Grobiņas SC) |
| 40 | DF | CRO | Dino Kluk (to Lokomotiva Zagreb) |
| 91 | FW | LVA | Dēvids Dobrecovs (on loan to Grobiņas SC) |
| - | DF | LVA | Endijs Šlampe (to RFS, previously on loan) |
| - | DF | LVA | Pāvels Mihadjuks (to Spartaks, previously on loan) |
| - | MF | LVA | Roberts Savaļnieks (to RFS, previously on loan at Riga FC) |
| - | FW | LVA | Dāvis Ikaunieks (to Vysočina Jihlava, previously on loan) |

### Riga FC

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | LVA | Vladislavs Kurakins (from Spartaks) |
| — | GK | LVA | Deniss Romanovs (from RFS) |
| — | DF | LVA | Kaspars Gorkšs (from Liepāja) |
| — | DF | LVA | Antons Kurakins (from Hamilton Academical) |
| — | DF | LVA | Viktors Litvinskis (from RFS) |
| — | DF | LVA | Vitālijs Smirnovs (from Jelgava) |
| — | DF | MKD | Egzon Belica (from Inter Turku) |
| — | DF | CIV | Cédric Gogoua (from FK Partizan) |
| — | MF | RUS | Ivan Yenin (from Vityaz Podolsk, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | LVA | Artūrs Zjuzins (from FC Tambov) |
| — | MF | LVA | Andrejs Kovaļovs (from Jelgava) |
| — | MF | LVA | Boriss Bogdaškins (from Jelgava) |
| — | MF | NGA | Chinonso Okonkwo (from Rivers United) |
| — | MF | SVN | Rene Mihelič (from Hapoel Ra'anana) |
| — | MF | UKR | Vitaliy Fedotov (from Arsenal Tula) |
| — | FW | LVA | Daniils Turkovs (from Jelgava) |
| — | FW | LVA | Valērijs Šabala (on loan from Club Brugge) |
| — | FW | RUS | Khyzyr Appayev (from Arsenal Tula) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Denis Kniga (loan return to FC Tosno) |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Sergei Shumeyko (to Avangard Kursk) |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Sherenkov (released) |
| 9 | FW | BFA | Aristide Bancé (to ASEC Mimosas) |
| 10 | MF | LVA | Roberts Savaļnieks (loan return to Liepāja) |
| 11 | FW | LVA | Verners Apiņš (to SK Babīte) |
| 23 | DF | LVA | Vitālijs Barinovs (to FK Jonava) |
| 30 | DF | LVA | Klāvs Bāliņš (to Spartaks) |
| 33 | MF | SLE | John Kamara (to FC Kaisar) |
| 70 | FW | LVA | Sergejs Vorobjovs (to RFS) |
| 72 | GK | UKR | Ihor Lytovka (released) |
| 99 | FW | JPN | Yōsuke Saitō (to Essendon Royals) |
| - | FW | UKR | Pavlo Fedosov (on loan to Arsenal Kyiv, previously on loan at PFC Sumy) |

### RFS

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | RUS | Daniil Sizko (from Shinnik Yaroslavl) |
| — | GK | LVA | Daniils Isačenko (from RTU FC) |
| — | DF | LVA | Endijs Šlampe (from Liepāja, previously on loan) |
| — | DF | LVA | Renārs Rode (from Cape Town City) |
| — | DF | GEO | Lasha Shergelashvili (from FC Samtredia) |
| — | DF | CRO | Luka Perić (from HNK Gorica) |
| — | DF | LVA | Aleksandrs Solovjovs (from Sillamäe Kalev) |
| — | MF | LVA | Igors Kozlovs (from Skonto FC, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | LVA | Roberts Savaļnieks (from Liepāja) |
| — | MF | LVA | Aleksandrs Fertovs (from Korona Kielce) |
| — | MF | LVA | Daniils Ulimbaševs (from Spartaks) |
| — | MF | LVA | Jānis Grīnbergs (from Skonto FC) |
| — | MF | LVA | Aleksandrs Cauņa (from CSKA Moscow) |
| — | FW | LVA | Sergejs Vorobjovs (from Riga FC) |
| — | FW | LVA | Roberts Uldriķis (from METTA/LU) |
| — | FW | BLR | Leonid Kovel (from FC Minsk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | LVA | Viktors Litvinskis (to Riga FC) |
| 4 | DF | LVA | Ritus Krjauklis (to PKNP FC) |
| 6 | MF | LVA | Aleksejs Grjaznovs (on loan to SK Babīte) |
| 8 | DF | LVA | Ņikita Kaļiņins (released) |
| 9 | MF | LVA | Edgars Jermolajevs (loan return to Skonto FC) |
| 11 | FW | LVA | Ņikita Kovaļonoks (released) |
| 13 | MF | LVA | Raivis Jurkovskis (loan return to Liepāja) |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Nika Piliyev (to Domodedovo Moscow) |
| 16 | GK | LVA | Deniss Romanovs (to Riga FC) |
| 19 | DF | LVA | Reinis Flaksis (to Jelgava) |
| 21 | FW | LTU | Darius Kazubovičius (loan return to Žalgiris Vilnius) |
| 22 | FW | LVA | Aleksejs Davidenkovs (to SK Babīte) |
| 24 | GK | LVA | Kristaps Dzelme (to RTU FC) |
| 31 | MF | LVA | Vladas Rimkus (to SK Babīte) |
| 32 | DF | LVA | Viktors Jurkovs (to RTU FC) |
| 39 | FW | LVA | Oskars Rubenis (to CSKA Moscow) |
| 44 | MF | LVA | Andris Krušatins (loan return to Liepāja) |
| - | GK | LVA | Hugo Puriņš (to FK Auda, previously on loan) |

### METTA/LU

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | RSA | Kabelo Seriba (from SuperSport United) |
| — | MF | LVA | Aivars Emsis (from JDFS Alberts) |
| — | FW | LVA | Ņikita Ivanovs (from Skonto FC) |
| — | FW | LVA | Vladislavs Fjodorovs (from BFC Daugavpils) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | LVA | Davids Bagdasarjans (to RTU FC) |
| 7 | MF | LVA | Edgars Vardanjans (to Spartaks) |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Takato Yamazaki (released) |
| 10 | FW | LVA | Roberts Uldriķis (to RFS) |

### SK Babīte

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | GHA | Richmond Nketiah (loan return from Arsenal Tula) |
| — | DF | RUS | Pavel Mochalin (from SKA-Khabarovsk) |
| — | DF | BLR | Alyaksandr Danilaw (from FC Gomel) |
| — | DF | UKR | Andriy Khomyn (from Hoverla Uzhhorod) |
| — | DF | GHA | Jeremiah Arkorful (from Tema Youth) |
| — | DF | LVA | Edgars Fjodorovs (from FK Auda) |
| — | DF | LVA | Madars Liepiņlauskis (from AFA Olaine) |
| — | MF | LVA | Vladimirs Mukins (from Ventspils) |
| — | MF | LVA | Vladas Rimkus (from RFS) |
| — | MF | LVA | Aleksejs Grjaznovs (on loan from RFS) |
| — | MF | RUS | Kirill Morozov (from FC Rodina) |
| — | MF | RUS | Evgenii Evgenev (from FC Rodina) |
| — | MF | UKR | Ilya Mykhailovsky (from Zorya Luhansk) |
| — | FW | LVA | Verners Apiņš (from Riga FC) |
| — | FW | LVA | Aleksejs Davidenkovs (from RFS) |
| — | FW | LVA | Antons Dresmanis (from Jelgava) |
| — | FW | RUS | Vyacheslav Sushkin (from Sioni Bolnisi) |
| — | FW | CIV | Mohamed Konaté (from Ural Yekaterinburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | LVA | Igors Labuts (to Athlone Town) |
| 8 | FW | SRB | Miodrag Todorović (released) |
| 12 | GK | LVA | Antons Remezs (released) |
| 88 | DF | SRB | Nenad Vasić (released) |