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TonyBet Virsliga

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2024

Location

Latvia

Abbreviation

LVA1

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Summary

The Latvian Higher League (LVA1) or ToniBet Virslīga is the top division of Latvia's football system. At the end of the 2024 season, the LVA1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2025 - 2026 UEFA Champions League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 1st place 2024 LVA1 team
2025 - 2026 UEFA Europa Conference League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 2nd and 3rd place 2024 LVA1 teams

The winner of the 2024 Latvijas kauss (Latvian Football Cup), typically a LVA1 team, also receives a berth in the 1st Qualifying Round of the 2025 - 2026 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Leagues Pyramid - Latvia

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
LVA1	TonyBet Virslīga	10
LVA2	Optibet Nākotnes Līga (1.līga)	14
LVA3	Latvian Second League (2.līga)	16

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
8 Mar 2024 - 10 Nov 2024			10: LVA1 (8 minimum), LVA2 (2 maximum)

Season Format

During the 2024 LVA1 team plays Home-Away matches with the other 9 LVA1 teams twice for a total of 36 league matches per team. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) head-to-head points, (2) head to head goal difference, (3) goal difference, (4) goals scored, (5) Fair-play ranking, then (6) a playoff.

Playoffs

Not applicable.

Relegation

At the end of the 2024 LVA1 season, the 10th place LVA1 team will be relegated to the LVA2, and the 9th place LVA1 team will enter into a Home-Away highest aggregate score wins Promotion/Relegation Playoff with the 2nd place LVA2 team. The Playoff winner plays in the 2025 LVA1, while the Playoff loser plays in the LVA2.

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Relegation Playoff

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

Aggregate

Grobiņas SC (LVA1)

JDFS Alberts (LVA2)

20.11.24

Grobiņas SC

JDFS Alberts

Daugava Stadions (Liepāja) (turf)

23.11.24	JDFS Alberts		02		Grobiņas SC	RTU stadions (Rīga)
	Grobiņas SC remains in LVA1

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	FK Rīgas Futbola skola	36	29 -3-4	90	-	103	25	78	18	14 -1-3	43	61	14	47	18	15 -2-1	47	42	11	31
2	Riga FC	36	27 -6-3	87	-	99	23	76	18	15 -2-1	47	51	6	45	18	12 -4-2	40	48	17	31
3	FK Auda Riga	36	18 -6-12	60	-	63	34	29	18	9 -3-6	30	30	15	15	18	9 -3-6	30	33	19	14
4	Valmiera Glass FK	36	19 -7-10	55	-9	75	39	36	18	9 -3-6	30	38	20	18	18	10 -4-4	34	37	19	18
5	BFC Daugavpils	36	11 -9-16	42	-	43	60	-17	18	7 -4-7	25	28	30	-2	18	4 -5-9	17	15	30	-15
6	FK Liepāja	36	10 -9-17	39	-	37	56	-19	18	5 -4-9	19	20	30	-10	18	5 -5-8	20	17	26	-9
7	FS Metta	36	10 -6-20	36	-	34	76	-42	18	5 -4-9	19	21	32	-11	18	5 -2-11	17	13	44	-31
8	FK Tukums 2000	36	9 -8-19	35	-	38	81	-43	18	5 -4-9	19	19	32	-13	18	4 -4-10	16	19	49	-30
9	Grobiņas SC	36	8 -5-23	29	-	34	78	-44	18	5 -2-11	17	25	40	-15	18	3 -3-12	12	9	38	-29
10	FK Jelgava	36	6 -7-23	25	-	28	82	-54	18	3 -6-9	15	13	29	-16	18	3 -1-14	10	15	53	-38
2025-2026 UEFACL 2025-2026 UEFAECL Relegation Playoff Relegation to LVA2