2025 Latvian Higher League
| Season | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 2025 - November 2025 |
← 2024 2026 →
All statistics correct as of 10 January 2025. | |
The 2025 Latvian Higher League, known as the TonyBet Virslīga for sponsorship reasons, will be the 34st season of top-tier football in Latvia. The season began The season will begin in March 2025 and end in November 2025 (not including play-off matches). RFS enters the season as defending champions.
Teams
[edit]The league will consist of ten teams; the top nine clubs from the previous season, and one team promoted from the Latvian First League.
| Promoted from 2024 Latvian First League |
Relegated to 2025 Latvian First League |
|---|---|
| Super Nova[1] (promoted after a single season absence) | Valmiera[2][3] (relegated after seven seasons in top flight) |
2025 Virslīga competitors
| Club | Seasons in Virsliga |
2024 position | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auda | 4 | 3rd | Audas Stadions | 520 |
| Daugavpils | 12 | 5th | Esplanādes stadions | 1,980 |
| Grobiņa | 1 | 9th | Grobiņa Stadium | 200 |
| Jelgava | 3 | 10th | Zemgale Olympic Center | 2,500 |
| Liepāja | 12 | 6th | Daugava Stadium (Liepāja) | 4,022 |
| Metta | 14 | 7th | Daugava Stadium (Riga) | 10,461 |
| RFS | 10 | 1st | LNK Sporta Parks | 2,300 |
| Riga | 10 | 2nd | Skonto Stadium | 8,087 |
| Super Nova | 2 | 1st in Latvian First League | Sloka Stadium | 2,500 |
| Tukums 2000 | 4 | 8th | Tukuma Pilsētas Stadions | 1,000 |
Personnel
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Head coach | Captain |
|---|---|---|
| Auda |  Aleksandre Rekhviashvili (caretaker)
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| Daugavpils |  Kirils Kurbatovs
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| Grobiņa | Viktors Dobrecovs
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| Jelgava | Aleksandrs Basovs
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| Liepaja |  Dino Skender
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| Metta | Andris Riherts
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| RFS | Viktors Morozs
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| Riga |  Adrián Guľa
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Antonijs Černomordijs
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| Super Nova | Ervīns Pērkons
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| Tukums | Kristaps Dišlers
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Managerial changes
[edit]| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liepaja | Tamaz Pertia
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Sacked | 7 January 2025 | Pre-season | Dino Skender[4]
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7 January 2025 |
| Auda |  Zoran Zeljković[5]
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Sacked | 7 January 2025 | Pre-season | Aleksandre Rekhviashvili (interim)[6]
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8 January 2025 |
| Riga FC | Mareks Zuntners (interim)[7]
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End of interim spell | 14 January 2025 | Pre-season | Adrián Guľa[7]
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14 January 2025 |
League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Daugavpils | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Grobiņa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Jelgava | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Liepāja | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Metta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | RFS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Riga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Super Nova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Latvian Higher League play-off |
| 10 | Tukums 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to the Latvian First League |
Updated to match(es) played on TBD March 2025. Source: [citation needed]
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.[8]
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.[8]
Results
[edit]Teams play each other four times (twice at home and twice away).
Latvian Higher League play-off
[edit]The ninth-placed club will face second club from the 2025 Latvian First League in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2026 Latvian Higher League.
First leg
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Second leg
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Statistics
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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References
[edit]- ^ "2024. gada sezona" (in Latvian). 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ ""Valmiera FC" neizpilda kritērijus; virslīgas licence piešķirta FS "Jelgava"" (in Latvian). 16 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ "Apelāciju padome atstāj negrozītu lēmumu par licences nepiešķiršanu "Valmiera FC"" (in Latvian). 30 January 2025. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
- ^ "Dino Skenders – FK Liepāja galvenais treneris" (in Latvian). 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "Zeļkovičs un asistenti darbu neturpinās" (in Latvian). 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "Pirmssezonu sākam kopā ar Aleksandru Rehviašvili" (in Latvian). 8 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Adrians Gula – Riga Football Club galvenais treneris" (in Latvian). 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ "2024.gada Latvijas Virslīgas futbola čempionāta reglaments" (PDF) (in Latvian). Latvian Football Federation. 27 December 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2024.