Competition: | Latvian Higher League |
Season: | 2024 |
Dates: | 8 March – 9 November 2024 |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup2: | Conference League |
Matches: | 7 |
Total Goals: | 11 |
Prevseason: | 2023 |
Nextseason: | 2025 |
Updated: | 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.[1] [2]
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.
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).[3] RFS entered the season as defending champions.
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 |
Teams play each other four times (twice at home and twice away).
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.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Reginaldo Ramires | Riga | 18 |
2 | Alioune Ndoye | Valmiera | 15 |
3 | Marko Regža | Riga | 14 |
4 | Ismaël Diomandé | RFS | 11 |
Joseph Oloko Ede | Jelgava | ||
6 | Darko Lemajič | RFS | 10 |
Mohamet Corréa | Metta | ||
8 | Abdoul Kader Traore | Daugavpils | 9 |
9 | Aleksej Golijanin | Daugavpils | 8 |
Jānis Ikaunieks | RFS |