2024 Latvian Higher League

Football league season

Latvian Higher LeagueSeason| 2024

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Dates| 8 March –
9 November 2024
Matches played| 154
Goals scored| 454 (2.95 per match)

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All statistics correct as of 2 October 2024.

The 2024 Latvian Higher League, known as the TonyBet Virslīga for sponsorship reasons, is the 33rd season of top-tier football in Latvia. The season began on 8 March 2024 and will end on 9 November.[1][2]

The winners qualify for the 2025–26 Champions League first qualifying round. The second and third-placed teams qualify for the 2025–26 Conference League first qualifying round. The ninth-placed team qualify for the Latvian Higher League play-off. The bottom team are relegated to the 2025 Latvian First League.

## Teams

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The league consisted of ten teams; the top nine clubs from the previous season, and one team promoted from the Latvian First League. RFS entered the season as defending champions.

Grobiņa were promoted as champions of the 2023 Latvian First League, replacing the 2023 Latvian Higher League bottom-placed team (Super Nova).[3]

Riga

Valmieras FK

Jelgava

Liepāja

Daugavpils

Tukums

Auda

Grobiņa

Riga teams:
Metta
RFS
Riga

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Locations of the 2024 Latvian Higher League teams

2024 Virslīga competitors  Club  | Seasons
in Virsliga  | 2023 position | Stadium  | Capacity

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Auda | 3  | 3rd  | Audas Stadions | 520
Daugavpils | 11  | 7th  | Celtnieks Stadium | 1,980
Grobiņa | 0  | 1st in Latvian First League | Grobiņa Stadium | 200
Jelgava | 2  | 6th  | Zemgale Olympic Center | 2,500
Liepāja | 11  | 5th  | Daugava Stadium (Liepāja) | 4,022
Metta | 13  | 9th  | Daugava Stadium (Riga) | 10,461
RFS | 9  | 1st  | LNK Sporta Parks | 2,300
Riga | 9  | 2nd  | Skonto Stadium | 8,087
Tukums 2000 | 3  | 8th  | Tukuma Pilsētas Stadions | 1,000
Valmiera | 7  | 4th  | Jāņa Daliņa Stadions | 1,250

## League table

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  | RFS (X) | 31  | 26  | 3  | 2  | 93  | 19  | +74  | 81  | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2  | Riga (X) | 32  | 23  | 6  | 3  | 78  | 21  | +57  | 75  | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round[a]
3  | Valmiera (Q) | 32  | 18  | 6  | 8  | 67  | 30  | +37  | 57[b]
4  | Auda | 31  | 13  | 6  | 12  | 48  | 32  | +16  | 45  |
5  | Daugavpils | 32  | 11  | 7  | 14  | 36  | 47  | −11  | 40
6  | Metta | 32  | 9  | 6  | 17  | 31  | 64  | −33  | 33
7  | Tukums 2000 | 32  | 8  | 8  | 16  | 33  | 62  | −29  | 32
8  | Liepāja | 32  | 8  | 7  | 17  | 28  | 50  | −22  | 31
9  | Grobiņa | 32  | 8  | 5  | 19  | 32  | 69  | −37  | 29  | Qualification for the Latvian Higher League play-off
10  | Jelgava | 32  | 5  | 6  | 21  | 22  | 74  | −52  | 21  | Relegation to the Latvian First League

Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2024. Source: LFF, 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.[4]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (X) Guaranteed at least Conference League
Notes:

1. ^ The 2024 Latvian Football Cup winners (Auda or RFS) qualify for the Conference League second qualifying round (or the second-placed team if the Latvian Cup winners finish first). If the Latvian Cup winners finish in the top three, the second Conference League first round spot will be passed to the fourth-placed team.
2. ^ Valmiera were deducted three points.

## Results

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Teams play each other four times (twice at home and twice away).

Home \ Away  | AUD | DAU | GRO | JEL | LIE | MLU | RFS | RIG | TUK | VAL | AUD | DAU | GRO | JEL | LIE | MLU | RFS | RIG | TUK | VAL

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Auda |  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 4–0  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 3–1  |  | 1–0  | 2–0  |  | 2–0  |  | 1–3  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 0–1
Daugavpils | 0–3  |  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 4–0  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 3–1  | 1–6  |  |  | 4–0  | 3–0  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 0–3  |  | 4–1  |
Grobiņa | 1–1  | 1–3  |  | 4–2  | 3–2  | 3–0  | 0–4  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 0–2  | 2–2  | 3–0  |  | 2–3  |  | 1–2  |  | 0–6  | 1–2  | 1–4
Jelgava | 0–0  | 0–0  | 2–1  |  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 1–5  | 2–3  | 0–3  | 1–3  | 0–0  |  |  |  | 1–0  | 0–2  | 0–2  | 0–0  | 0–4
Liepāja | 1–0  | 1–1  | 3–0  | 0–1  |  | 1–2  | 0–3  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 0–3  | 2–1  |  | 0–1  | 3–0  |  | 1–5  | 1–3  | 0–3  | 3–1  | 0–0
Metta | 1–3  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 3–0  | 2–0  |  | 0–6  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 0–4  | 3–2  |  | 2–0  | 1–2  |  |  | 2–4  | 0–0  | 1–1
RFS | 2–1  | 5–0  | 5–0  | 5–1  | 4–1  | 2–0  |  | 2–2  | 5–0  | 0–1  |  | 4–1  | 3–0  | 7–0  | 2–0  | 5–1  |  |  |  | 4–1
Riga | 1–0  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 4–0  | 5–0  | 1–2  |  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 6–1  | 6–1  | 1–0  |  | 0–0  |  |  | 1–0
Tukums 2000 | 1–4  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 2–1  |  | 1–2  |  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 3–3  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 1–4  | 0–5  |  | 3–2
Valmiera | 2–1  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 4–0  | 0–1  | 3–0  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 6–1  |  | 2–3  | 4–1  | 0–0  |  |  | 4–0  | 1–2  | 2–2  |  |

Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2024. Source: LFF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Latvian Higher League play-off

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The ninth-placed club will face the second-placed club from the 2024 Latvian First League for the final place in the following season's Latvian Higher League.

## Statistics

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### Top scorers

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As of 16 August 2024[5]
Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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1  |  Reginaldo Ramires | Riga | 18
2  |  Alioune Ndoye | Valmiera | 15
3  |  Marko Regža | Riga | 14
4  |  Ismaël Diomandé | RFS | 11
Joseph Oloko Ede | Jelgava
6  |  Darko Lemajič | RFS | 10
Mohamet Corréa | Metta
8  |  Abdoul Kader Traore | Daugavpils | 9
9  |  Aleksej Golijanin | Daugavpils | 8
Jānis Ikaunieks | RFS

## References

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1. ^ "CALENDAR FOR THE NEW SEASON OF THE SUPER LEAGUE IS PUBLISHED" (in Latvian). lff.lv. 18 February 2024.
2. ^ "Latvian First Division 2024". UEFA.
3. ^ "GROBINAS SC GRANTS A LICENSE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUPER LEAGUE" (in Latvian). lff.lv. 30 January 2024.
4. ^ "2024.gada Latvijas Virslīgas futbola čempionāta reglaments" (PDF) (in Latvian). Latvian Football Federation. 27 December 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
5. ^ Flashscore

## External links

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* Official website

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* Albania
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* Bulgaria
* Croatia
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* Albania
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* England
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* Faroe Islands
* France
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* Kosovo
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* Malta
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* Netherlands
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* Republic of Ireland '24 '25
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