| Competition: | Latvian Higher League |
| Season: | 2017 |
| Winners: | Spartaks Jūrmala |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Spartaks Jūrmala |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Liepāja Riga Ventspils |
| Matches: | 84 |
| Total Goals: | 200 |
| League Topscorer: | Yevgeni Kozlov (13) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Ventspils 4–0 Spartaks Riga 4–0 METTA/LU |
| Biggest Away Win: | Jelgava 0–3 Riga Spartaks 0–3 Ventspils METTA/LU 2–5 Liepāja |
| Highest Scoring: | METTA/LU 2–5 Liepāja |
| Prevseason: | 2016 |
| Nextseason: | 2018 |
The 2017 Latvian Higher League is the 26th season of top-tier football in Latvia. Spartaks Jūrmala are the defending champions, having won their first title in the previous season.
The bottom-placed team from the 2016 season, BFC Daugavpils, were directly relegated to the 2017 Latvian First League. They were replaced by Babīte, champions of the 2016 Latvian First League.
The seventh-placed team from the 2016 season, FS METTA/LU, retained their top-flight spot for the 2017 season by defeating 2016 First League runners-up, AFA Olaine in the play-offs.
Babīte was removed from the league on 22 June 2017 after the Latvian Football Federation received a notice from UEFA's Betting Fraud Detection System for 6 separate games involving Babīte.[1] All the results for Babīte games were invalidated and do not count for the standings.
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babīte | Piņķi | Piņķu stadions | 500 | |
| Jelgava | Jelgava | Olympic Sports Center of Zemgale | 1,560 | |
| Liepāja | Liepāja | Daugava Stadium | 5,008 | |
| Metta/LU | Riga | Hanzas vidusskolas laukums | 2,000 | |
| RFS | Riga | Stadions Arkādija | 1,000 | |
| Riga | Riga | Skonto Stadium | 8,207 | |
| Spartaks Jūrmala | Jūrmala | Slokas Stadium | 2,800 | |
| Ventspils | Ventspils | Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions | 3,044 |
| Club | Kit manufacturer | Sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SK Babīte | Joma | ||
| FK Jelgava | Nike | Igate | |
| FK Liepāja | Adidas | Mogo | |
| FS Metta/LU | Nike | ||
| Riga FC | Jako | ||
| Rīgas Futbola skola | Nike | LNK Group | |
| FK Spartaks Jūrmala | Nike | Hanseatisches Fußball Kontor | |
| FK Ventspils | Adidas | VK Tranzīts |
Each team will play the other seven teams home-and-away twice, for a total of 28 games each.
The seventh-placed side faced the runners-up of the 2017 Latvian First League in a two-legged play-off, with the winner being awarded a spot in the 2018 Higher League competition.
