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TonyBet Virsliga

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2026

Location

Latvia

Abbreviation

LVA1

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Summary

The Latvian Higher League (LVA1) (aka ToniBet Virslīga) is the top division of Latvia's football system. At the end of the 2026 season, the LVA1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2027 - 2028 UEFA Champions League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 1st place 2026 LVA1 team
2027 - 2028 UEFA Europa Conference League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 2nd and 3rd place 2026 LVA1 teams

The winner of the 2026 Latvijas kauss (Latvian Football Cup), typically a LVA1 team, also receives a berth in the 1st Qualifying Round of the 2027 - 2028 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Leagues Pyramid - Latvia

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

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
6 Mar 2026 - 8 Nov 2026			10: LVA1 (8 minimum), LVA2 (2 maximum)

Season Format

During the 2026 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) head to head goals scored, (4) goal difference, (5) goals scored, then (6) a play-off.

Playoffs

Not applicable.

Relegation

At the end of the 2026 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 2027 LVA1, while the Playoff loser plays in the LVA2.

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		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	11	9 -1-1	28	-	25	9	16	6	4 -1-1	13	16	5	11	5	5 -0-0	15	9	4	5
2	Riga FC	11	8 -2-1	26	-	35	13	22	4	3 -1-0	10	12	5	7	7	5 -1-1	16	23	8	15
3	FK Auda Riga	11	8 -1-2	25	-	25	12	13	5	3 -0-2	9	14	7	7	6	5 -1-0	16	11	5	6
4	BFC Daugavpils	11	4 -2-5	14	-	14	17	-3	6	3 -0-3	9	6	5	1	5	1 -2-2	5	8	12	-4
5	SK Super Nova	12	4 -2-6	14	-	12	17	-5	5	0 -2-3	2	5	10	-5	7	4 -0-3	12	7	7	0
6	FK Tukums 2000	12	2 -6-4	12	-	24	18	6	7	2 -3-2	9	17	9	8	5	0 -3-2	3	7	9	-2
7	FK Liepāja	11	3 -3-5	12	-	10	17	-7	5	1 -2-2	5	5	6	-1	6	2 -1-3	7	5	11	-6
8	FK Jelgava	12	3 -3-6	12	-	8	22	-14	6	2 -0-4	6	5	14	-9	6	1 -3-2	6	3	8	-5
9	Grobiņas SC	12	2 -5-5	11	-	6	18	-12	6	0 -2-4	2	1	8	-7	6	2 -3-1	9	5	10	-5
10	Ogre United	11	0 -3-8	3	-	9	25	-16	7	0 -3-4	3	7	11	-4	4	0 -0-4	0	2	14	-12
2027-2028 UEFACL 2027-2028 UEFAECL Relegation Playoff Relegation to LVA2