2014 Latvian Higher League Explained

Competition:Latvian Higher League
Season:2014
Winners:FK Ventspils
Relegated:FC Jūrmala
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:FK Ventspils
Continentalcup2:Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Skonto FC
FK Jelgava
FK Spartaks Jūrmala
Continentalcup3:Baltic League
Matches:162
Total Goals:505
League Topscorer:Vladislavs Gutkovskis (28)
Biggest Home Win:Liepāja 7-0 FC Jūrmala
Biggest Away Win:FC Jūrmala 0-6 Ventspils
FC Jūrmala 0-6 Daugava Rīga
Highest Scoring:Daugava Daugavpils 5-3 Liepāja
Longest Wins:12 matches:
Ventspils
Longest Unbeaten:12 matches:
Skonto
Ventspils
Longest Winless:23 matches:
FC Jūrmala
Longest Losses:11 matches:
FC Jūrmala
Prevseason:2013
Nextseason:2015

The 2014 Latvian Higher League was the 23rd season of top-tier football in Latvia. FK Ventspils are the defending champions. The season started on 21 March 2014. Initially, Skonto Riga and Daugava Daugavpils, the second and third teams from the previous season, were denied a license to participate and the league began with eight clubs. However, their appeals against this were successful and the league was restored to ten clubs.[1]

Teams

This year the league had ten participants.

Stadiums and locations

ClubLocationStadiumCapacity
BFC DaugavpilsDaugavpilsCeltnieks Stadium3,980
FC DaugavaDaugavpilsDaugava Stadium4,100
FK Daugava RīgaRigaDaugava Stadium5,000
FK JelgavaJelgavaZemgales Olimpiskais Sporta Centrs2,200
FC JūrmalaJūrmalaSlokas Stadium5,000
FK LiepājaLiepājaDaugava Stadium6,000
FS Metta/LURigaStadions Arkādija500
Skonto FCRigaSkonto Stadium10,000
FK Spartaks JūrmalaJūrmalaSlokas Stadium5,000
FK VentspilsVentspilsOlimpiskais Stadium3,200

League table

Relegation play-offs

The 9th-placed side faced the runners-up of the 2014 Latvian First League in a two-legged play-off, with the winner being awarded a spot in the 2015 Higher League competition.

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FS METTA/LU won 6–1 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Vladislavs GutkovskisSkonto28
2 Jānis IkaunieksLiepāja23
3 Vladislavs KozlovsJelgava15
4 Edgars GauračsSpartaks14
5 Jevgēņijs KosmačovsDaugava12
Kristaps GrebisLiepāja
Mantas SavėnasDaugava Rīga
Ndue MujeciVentspils
9 Ahmed AbdultaofikVentspils11
10 Ruslan MingazowSkonto9

Player of the Month

MonthPlayerClub
March/April[2] Jurijs ŽigajevsFK Ventspils
May[3] Jānis IkaunieksFK Liepāja
June[4] Edgars GauračsJPFS/FK Spartaks
July[5] Edgars GauračsJPFS/FK Spartaks
August[6] Kaspars IkstensFK Jelgava
September[7] Jānis IkaunieksFK Liepāja
October/November[8] Vladislavs GutkovskisSkonto FC

Manager of the Month

MonthManagerClub
March/April Jurģis PučinsksFK Ventspils
May Vladimirs BeškarevsFK Jelgava
June Tamaz PertiaSkonto FC
July Roman PylypchukJPFS/FK Spartaks
August Vitālijs AstafjevsFK Jelgava
September Viktors DobrecovsFK Liepāja
October/November Jurģis PučinsksFK Ventspils

Notes and References

  1. http://www.delfi.lv/sports/news/football/news/skonto-un-daugavpils-daugava-tomer-tiek-pielaista-startam-latvijas-futbola-virsliga.d?id=44322103 'Skonto' un Daugavpils 'Daugava' tomēr tiek pielaista startam Latvijas futbola virslīgā
  2. Web site: "Ventspilnieki" Žigajevs un Pučinsks marta/aprīļa labākie Virslīgā . Rolands Eliņš . 2014-05-07. Sportacentrs.com.
  3. Web site: Virslīgas labākie maijā - J.Ikaunieks un Beškarevs . Jānis Rubulis . 2014-06-06. Sportacentrs.com.
  4. Web site: Virslīgas labākie jūnijā - Gauračs un Pertija . Jānis Rubulis . 2014-07-04. Sportacentrs.com.
  5. Web site: Gauračs otro mēnesi pēc kārtas atzīts par Virslīgas labāko futbolistu . Jānis Rubulis. 2014-08-06. Sportacentrs.com.
  6. Web site: Virslīgas labākie augustā - "Jelgavas" pārstāvji Astafjevs un Ikstens . Rolands Eliņš. 2014-09-10. Sportacentrs.com.
  7. Web site: Labākie septembrī - Jānis Ikaunieks un Viktors Dobrecovs . Edmunds Novickis. 2014-10-10. Sportacentrs.com.
  8. Web site: Gutkovskis finišā pirmoreiz mēneša labākais, starp treneriem - Pučinsks . Edmunds Novickis. 2014-11-15. Sportacentrs.com.