2024 Latvian Higher League

Latvian Higher League

Season	2024
Dates	8 March – 9 November 2024
Matches played	7
Goals scored	11 (1.57 per match)
← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 16 March 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.

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

The league consisted of ten teams; the top nine clubs from the previous season, and one team promoted from the Latvian First League. Grobiņa were promoted as champions of the 2023 Latvian First League, replacing the 2023 Latvian Higher League bottom-placed team (Super Nova). RFS entered the season as defending champions.

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
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	RFS	7	5	1	1	18	4	+14	16	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Riga	7	5	0	2	11	3	+8	15	Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3	Valmiera	7	4	1	2	10	6	+4	13
4	Tukums 2000	7	4	1	2	9	10	−1	13
5	Daugavpils	7	3	2	2	7	5	+2	11
6	Auda	7	2	2	3	6	6	0	8
7	Grobiņa	7	2	2	3	8	9	−1	8
8	Metta	7	2	1	4	3	8	−5	7
9	Liepāja	7	2	0	5	4	14	−10	6	Qualification for the Latvian Higher League play-off
10	Jelgava	7	0	2	5	3	14	−11	2	Relegation to the Latvian First League

Updated to match(es) played on 18 April 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.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)

Results

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

Updated to match(es) played on 18 April 2024. Source: LFF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Latvian Higher League play-off

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

Top scorers

As of 30 March 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Aleksej Golijanin	Daugavpils	2
	Mohamet Corréa	Metta
	Darko Lemajić	RFS
	Marko Regža	Riga
	Deniss Rogovs	Tukums 2000
	Ralfs Sitjakovs	Jelgava
7	14 players		1

External links

• Official website