2019 Latvian Higher League
Season | 2019 |
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Champions | Riga |
Champions League | Riga |
Europa League | RFS Ventspils Valmiera Glass ViA |
Matches played | 144 |
Goals scored | 384 (2.67 per match) |
← 2018 2020 → |
The 2019 Latvian Higher League , known as the Optibet Virslīga for sponsorship reasons, was the 28th season of top-tier football in Latvia. The season began on 9 March 2019 and ended on 9 November 2019.[1]
Riga were the defending champions from the previous season.[2]
Teams[]
All eight clubs from the previous season remained in the league with Daugavpils joining the league as champions of 1.Liga 2018.[3]
Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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BFC Daugavpils | Daugavpils | Celtnieks Stadium | 4,070 |
FK Jelgava | Jelgava | Olympic Sports Center of Zemgale | 1,560 |
FK Liepāja | Liepāja | Daugava Stadium | 5,008 |
FK Metta/LU | Riga | Hanzas vidusskolas laukums | 2,000 |
Riga FC | Riga | Skonto Stadium | 8,207 |
FK RFS | Riga | Stadions Arkādija | 1,000 |
FK Spartaks Jūrmala | Jūrmala | Slokas Stadium | 2,800 |
FK Valmiera Glass ViA | Valmiera | J. Daliņa stadions | 2,000 |
FK Ventspils | Ventspils | Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions | 3,044 |
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Riga (C) | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 21 | +38 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
2 | RFS | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 55 | 32 | +23 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a] |
3 | Ventspils | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 47 | |
4 | Valmiera Glass ViA | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 46 | |
5 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 49 | 64 | −15 | 44 | |
6 | Liepāja | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 39 | |
7 | Jelgava | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 38 | |
8 | Daugavpils | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 31 | |
9 | METTA/LU (O) | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 26 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play ranking; 7) Play-off.[5]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play ranking; 7) Play-off.[5]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner
Notes:
Results[]
Each club played the other eight clubs home-and-away twice, for a total of 32 matches each.
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Relegation play-offs[]
The ninth-placed team from the 2019 Higher League played the runners-up of the 2019 Latvian First League in a two-legged play-off on 13–16 November 2019.[6] The winner, METTA/LU, will remain in the Latvian Higher League.
13 November 2019 1st leg | METTA/LU | 0–0 | ||
17:30 |
16 November 2019 2nd leg | 1–3 (1–3 agg.) | METTA/LU | ||
13:00 |
Statistics[]
Top scorers[]
- As of match played 30 October 2019[7]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Darko Lemajić | Riga | 15 |
2 | Tosin Aiyegun | Ventspils | 11 |
3 | Nemanja Belaković | Spartaks Jūrmala | 10 |
Tamirlan Dzhamalutdinov | METTA/LU | ||
5 | Tomáš Šimkovič | RFS | 8 |
Vugar Asgarov | BFC Daugavpils | ||
7 | Tolu Arokodare | Valmiera | 7 |
Jānis Ikaunieks | Liepāja | ||
9 | Roman Debelko | Riga | 6 |
Tomáš Malec | RFS | ||
Kgotso Masangane | METTA/LU | ||
Amâncio Fortes | Liepāja | ||
Daniils Ulimbaševs | Ventspils |
References[]
- ^ "Virsliga". soccerway. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "Virsliga". soccerway. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "1.Liga". soccerway. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "1. Liga 2019: Venues". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Virslīga 2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Play-offs 1/2". soccerway. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Latvian First Division - Top scorers". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
External links[]
- Official website (in Latvian)
Categories:
- Latvian Higher League seasons
- 2019 in Latvian football
- 2018–19 in European association football leagues
- 2019–20 in European association football leagues